The NSA is in the process of profiling every one of us
as horrifying as this sounds, it's no surprise... since the government is collecting information on not only every electronic transaction - from phone calls to atm withdrawals to airline tickets to...
View ArticleChris Hedges: The allure of combat is a trap, a ploy, an old, dirty game of...
from the boston review... War Is BetrayalPersistent Myths of Combat Chris Hedges We condition the poor and the working class to go to war. We promise them honor, status, glory, and adventure. We...
View ArticleTaxing the rich to make investments that grow the middle class, is the single...
here's that ted video that ted deemed "too controversial" to post on their website...and here's some of the transcript...I can say with confidence that rich people don't create jobs, nor do businesses,...
View ArticleStiglitz: Unrestrained power and rampant greed are writing an epitaph for the...
i was pointed to this by commenter mettle...from the guardian... The ancient Greeks had a word for it – pleonexia – which means an overreaching desire for more than one's share.[...]In The Price of...
View ArticleTwo video clips from RT on Bohemian Grove
why is it that our global super-rich elites, the very people who pull the strings of governments, corporations and, by extension, all of us, get to gather to discuss who knows what without any media...
View ArticleThe legality of execution by executive decree without due process
glenn...The ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights this morning filed a lawsuit in federal court against several Obama officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and CIA Director David...
View ArticleThe dismantling of “the charter of every self-respecting man”
chomsky reflects on the magna carta and the upcoming millennium celebration of its creation in 2015...Recent events trace a threatening trajectory, sufficiently so that it may be worthwhile to look...
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Defining "terrorism" and deciding who's behind a "terrorist" attack...
of course i've been following the situation in syria and the damascus suicide bombing without the slightest notion of who are the good guys and who are the bad guys (although i am strongly leaning...
View ArticleHedges: It’s absolutely imperative that we begin to understand what...
it is absolutely imperative that we understand because it's killing us and, ultimately, the entire planet to say nothing of destroying our souls...chris hedges talking with bill moyers via raw...
View ArticleOur global, super-rich, elite "cabal" have at least $21 TRILLION tax-free...
truly staggering but not at all surprising... merely a confirmation of what we have already assumed to be true... from the guardian (emphases added)...A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in...
View ArticleGlenn details Obama's most recent curtailment of the already...
and the sack of bollocks he sold to the american people about guantánamo...glenn...Last week, the Obama administration imposed new arbitrary rules for Guantanamo detainees who have lost their first...
View ArticleMore on our elites' hidden money
the pirate banking industry... from rt, speaking with james henry, the author of the "tax haven" report...
View ArticleBarry Ritholtz: This corruption is not an accident. It is the product of...
from economonitor, originally published in the big picture...We live in an era of defective government.This corruption is not an accident. It is the product of years of very patient work. It has been...
View ArticleOur nation’s oligarchs believe at their core that they are entitled, by all...
glenn calls out dianne feinstein, the epitome of corrupt, super-rich, elite arrogance and hypocrisy, for her crusade against leakers and whistleblowers when she herself is one of washington's biggest...
View ArticleAdbusters - Tactical Briefing #36
Tactical Briefing #36 The Strategic Pincer.Alright all you existential diggers and expectant souls out there,Defying all cynicism, the passion on the streets keeps burning … with the crisis of...
View ArticleYes, it's been one of those don't really give a shit periods
seems to happen every few weeks... other than a few more criminal bankers being arrested (see here) - which is always a good thing - there just hasn't been much going on other than the usual shit, and...
View ArticleGlenn and Bruce Ackerman on the extreme advance of executive power under Obama
overreaching executive power and the virtually complete negation of constitutionally protected liberties lie at the heart of the choices we are being presented in the 2012 presidential election which,...
View ArticleJames Petras: the operation and strategy of our growing police state
yes, it's growing as we watch...james petras via information clearing house... The key to the police state operations of the US in the 21st century is to repress pro-democracy citizens and pre-empt any...
View ArticleThe psychologically destructive conundrum of war: ’Thou shalt not kill’ vs....
bill moyers... What It’s Like to Go to War excellent interview... i wish everyone could listen and absorb this kind of thoughtful exchange about the ugliness of war...as a vietnam army vet and with 8...
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