"Where
justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance
prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an
organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons
nor property will be safe." - Frederick Douglass
"The
genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the
people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people
drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in
return." - Gore Vidal
"We
can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth
concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." - Louis
Brandeis
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America’s scariest police chief shoots “libtards” and forms militias
Meet Chief Marc Kessler: Liberal hater, M-16 carrier and founder of armed group to defend the country from tyranny
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Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts says, "The
country is not being run by the President. It is being run by spy
agencies and private interest groups, Wall Street and military security
complex . . . They run the country. The President is a puppet, a
figurehead." Dr. Roberts contends, "If
you are a lawless state, which the United States is, it obeys no
international law. It does not obey the Geneva Convention . . . It
tortures people. It doesn't obey the Constitution. It doesn't obey
anything. It does what it wants. . . . If you are a lawless state, you
disguise yourself as a democracy." Former President Jimmy Carter agrees. Just last week, Carter said, "The U.S. has no functioning democracy at this moment." Why hasn't the mainstream media picked up this astounding comment from a former Democratic President? Dr. Roberts says, "Five
firms now own what used to be a large dispersed independent media.
Nobody can open their mouth, they'd get fired. They have become a
propaganda ministry for government and corporations."
give 20 million to our states! not to support apartheid policies ............just like America, and any occupied territory (ask the native indigenous owners of any occupied state, the ogalala souix perhaps) and raping their land both physical and human resources..........stop claiming things that do not belong to the .01 % of Americans/world.........kos
Op-Ed Articles
War Against Iran, Iraq AND Syria?
By Pepe Escobar
Britain,
the Netherlands and France, have just branded the organization that is
fighting jihadis on the ground in Syria/Lebanon "terrorists", while
the jihadis themselves get away with it. So much for European
ignorance/arrogance.
Caving to White House Pressure
Livni Squeals, Kerry Deals and the EU Picks Up the Tab
By Franklin Lamb
Ms.
Livni demanded three things from Kerry as the 'price tag' of the
Israeli government going thru the motions of appearing to be willing to
resume negotiations.
Mossad's Pardo Visits UAE
By Richard Silverstein
If
I were an Iranian intelligence official I'd be following very closely
the travel schedule of Tamir Pardo, Israel's Mossad chief.
On the Death of Helen Thomas
By Lawrence Davidson
Since we are on the topic of bigotry, let's consider the behavior of the Zionists in this regard.
Egypt's Old Guard Takes the Reins After Overthrow of Mohamed Morsi
By Abigail Hauslohner
Mubarak-era officials give a familiar face to new regime in Cairo as supporters of former president are rounded up.
Tony Blair's Malawi Adventure
By Elliot Ross
Malawians could cash in on the former British prime minister's trip through the Arrest Blair campaign, says Elliot Ross.
Washing U.S. Hands of the Dirty Wars
News Coverage Erases Washington's Role in State Terror
By Kevin Young
U.S.
news outlets have usually ignored the role of the U.S. government in
supporting these murderous right-wing regimes through military aid and
diplomatic support. This pattern also applies to press coverage of
current U.S.-backed "dirty wars," in Honduras and elsewhere.
US: Assassination of Citizens, Uncounted "Collateral Damage" and a Law Suit
By Felicity Arbuthnot
"My grandson was killed by his own government. The Obama administration must answer for its actions and be held accountable."
Obama, Race and Class:
By Patrick Martin
Obama does not speak for Trayvon Martin. He speaks for a different social class.
Stop Doing the Vicious Work of the Ruling Class
"Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been ... a Racist?"
By Arthur Silber
Obama has adopted the white racist framework with regard to every issue of importance."
Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System
By Ellen Brown
Rather
than expanding the money supply, quantitative easing (QE) has actually
caused it to shrink by sucking up the collateral needed by the shadow
banking system to create credit.
Onward Back to Feudalism
By Phillip Faruggio
Big
investors have poured more than $10 billion into the single family
home rental market in recent years... The biggest, the Blackstone
Group, has bought 29,000 homes in 13 markets, 25,000 of them in the
past year."
US Middle-class Prosperity is Pure Fantasy
By Les Leopold
New research reveals that the US ranks 27th in the world when it comes to middle-class wealth.
Liberty Slipping
10 Things You Could Do in 1975 That You Can't Do Now
By Robert Wenzel
1.You could buy an airline ticket and fly without ever showing an ID. 2.You could buy cough syrup without showing an ID.
Hard News
US Killed 94 Children In Pakistan: Report:
A
tally of civilian deaths in Pakistan from drone strikes compiled by
the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that relies largely on media
reports estimates the total number of civilian casualties at somewhere
between 411 and 890.
Leaked Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes:
The
United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of
non-combatants have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan - despite
research by the Bureau and others suggesting that over 400 civilians
may have died in the nine-year campaign.
Three Americans occupation force soldiers killed by suicide bomber in Afghanistan:
The
attacker was riding a donkey when he approached the U.S. personnel and
detonated the bomb. According to a U.S. military official, the bomber
and the donkey were also killed in the attack.
2 militants killed in Afghan security point attack:
Two
militants were killed and one was captured when Taliban launched an
armed attack on checkpoints in southern Afghan province of Helmand
early Tuesday morning, the police said.
The occupation will continue:
Afghans 'ready' to sign US security pact: Karzai:
The
Afghan president told the top US military commander Monday that he was
ready in principle to let American troops stay in Afghanistan beyond
2014, a month after suspending security talks.
Activists: 75 Syria rebels dead in Damascus battles:
Syrian
activists say government troops have killed at least 75 rebels over 24
hours in battles for control of the capital, Damascus.
Turkish troops kill civilian trying to cross into Syria:
A Turkish
border patrol killed one of eight civilians trying to cross illegally
from Turkey into Syria on the tense frontier, the Turkish military said
on Tuesday.
For Syrian government, Homs is the key target, not Aleppo:
Forces
loyal to the Syriangovernment are escalating their offensive to push
rebel fighters out of the divided strategic city of Homs in the central
region, indicating their much-touted drive against the northern city
of Aleppo was a feint.
Syria Kurds overrun villages, expel jihadists: activists:
Syrian
Kurds made rapid advances in the north of the country Tuesday,
expelling jihadists from several villages, as a gulf of mistrust
between Arabs and Kurds grew, activists said.
Russia: Al-Qaeda-linked extremists hold 200 Kurdish civilians hostage as 'live shield' in Syria:
Civilians
remain hostage after Syrian Kurds clashed with Al-Qaeda linked
militants in the north-eastern Syrian towns of Tal Abyad and Ras
al-Ain, along the Syrian-Turkish border over the weekend.
US Intel committees approve arming Syrian rebels, top general warns of costs:
Dempsey,
the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking
American military advisor, wrote that a no-fly zone over Syria would
cost the US between $500 million and $1 billion a month to maintain,
and may be ineffective because the Syrian army relies on artillery, not
air support, to fight the "insurrection".
Dempsey Pegs Syria No-Fly Zone at $1 Billion a Month:
Imposing a
no-fly zone over Syria would cost as much as $1 billion a month and
put U.S. aircraft at risk of being shot down without necessarily
toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime, the U.S. military's top officer
said.
US military intervention in Syria would create 'unintended consequences':
The top
US military officer warned senators on Monday that taking military
action to stop the bloodshed in Syria was likely to escalate quickly
and result in "unintended consequences", representing the most explicit
uniformed opposition to deeper involvement in another war in the
Middle East.
Syrian Rebels Hope for US Arms in August - Reports:
Both the
US Senate and House of Representatives last week signed off on the
White House's plan to allocate US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
resources to provide weapons, training, and logistics and intelligence
support to the Syrian rebels, though US officials only confirmed this
week that the committees had approved the program.
50 killed in 24 hours in Baghdad:
Violence
exploded in Iraq over the past 24 hours near Baghdad and in Mosul,
leaving nearly 50 people dead and hundreds of al Qaeda-linked militants
free in a massive jailbreak, authorities said
Iran: EU blacklisting of Hezbollah serves Israeli interests:
There was
condemnation from Beirut, where the caretaker government had described
Hezbollah as "an essential component of Lebanese society". Leading
politicians warned the move would play into the hands of Israel.
Al-Manar, the pro-Hezbollah TV channel, reported: "Israel has imposed
its will on Europe."
Richard Silverstein: Israel to Sign Guns for Refugees Deal With African States: Op-Ed:
Ynet
reports that the government is close to inking a deal with three
African states (who are likely Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda) who
will take "tens of thousands" of 'undesirable' African refugees from
Israel in return to Israeli weapons and training.
Israeli Arms exports hit record $7.5b in 2012:
Israel's
main defense market in 2012 was the Asia-Pacific market. There were
also large deals with countries such as India and Azerbaijan. Israeli
defense exports to the Asia-Pacific market totaled $4 billion in 2012.
Contracts worth $3.5 billion were signed with the US, Canada, and
countries in Europe, Latin America, and Africa.
Anti-Arab Sentiment in Israel: Video -
This
short film, documents the Israeli side of our 2011 public opinion
survey in Israel and the West Bank. For this part of the survey, we
visited 5 cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheba, Herzliya, and Haifa
where we spoke to 250 Jewish-Israelis
US drone strikes in Yemen cast a long shadow over life on the ground:
Unmanned aircraft create refugees and resentment among civilians as remote provinces become a battleground
Murder Inc:
America's targeted killing policy : Video -
The
director of the American Civil Liberties Union's national security
project talks about why the Obama administration's drone assassinations
are not just illegal in many cases, but are becoming increasingly
risky for the US itself.
10 killed in Egypt:
At
least six people were killed early Tuesday when opponents of Mursi
attacked supporters of the deposed president who were staging a sit-in
near Cairo University, state media reported. The deadly clashes which
also wounded dozens broke out on Monday, raged through the night and
were continuing on Tuesday, a day after Mursi's family vowed to sue the
military over his ouster.
71% of Egyptians unsympathetic with pro-Morsi protests: Poll:
71
percent of Egyptians voiced their disapproval of the Brotherhood-led
protests which have been taking place for three weeks, according to a
poll conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research
(Baseera).
Rocket attack in Libya hits near Tripoli luxury hotel where prime minister has apartment:
The
official says the rocket launcher was attached to a vehicle, which
erupted in flames. No injuries were immediately reported, though the
residential building next to the hotel was damaged in the Tuesday
attack.
Survey finds religious freedom did not increase during Arab Spring:
The
survey may be a sign that the hopes world leaders had expressed of
democracy emerging from the uprisings in Egypt and several other
countries in the region won't improve conditions for the world's
religious minorities anytime soon.
Snowden hopes to be able to leave airport by Wednesday: lawyer:
Former
U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers by
Wednesday allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area
of a Moscow airport and move to the city center, his Russian lawyer
said on Monday.
Russian official slams US for turning down Moscow's extradition requests:
"Law
agencies asked the US on many occasions to extradite wanted criminals
through Interpol channels, but those requests were neither met nor even
responded to," spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry Andrey
Pilipchuk said on Monday.
NSA locates cell phones even when they are turned off:
Never
mind the non-stop collection of metadata and other sneaky surveillance
tools being implemented by the NSA: a new report has revealed that the
National Security Agency's spy powers allow the government to grab
location data on just about anyone.
Justin Amash's NSA Surveillance Amendment Ruled In Order:
A little
more than a month after secret National Security Agency (NSA)
surveillance programs were leaked to the public, one GOP congressman is
making headway with his push to defund those initiatives.
Here Come the Drone Wars in America -- The Public vs. Overzealous Police:
Using drones for surveillance in the US won't make overzealous police behaviour or lack of accountability disappear.
US Gulag:
Guantánamo Rulings Change Little:
Over the
last two weeks, three federal judges have issued rulings on the
legitimacy of the recent rough treatment being doled out to the
detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
FBI Admit They May Have Abused Hair Analysis To Convict Hundreds To Thousands Of Innocent People:
For the
DOJ, it's never about justice, but about winning. And that can be a bit
dangerous when you're the guys with the most guns and you get to make
up many of the rules as you go along.
Poll: Obama's job approval plunges; Congress, especially GOP, still unpopular:
Stung by
Americans' persistent worries about the economy and a capital gripped
by controversy and gridlock, President Barack Obama is suffering his
lowest job approval numbers in nearly two years, according to a new
McClatchy-Marist poll.
Police Say Sexual Favors Spur $1.5 Billion Glaxo China Sales:
GlaxoSmithKline
Plc's (GSK) sales in China jumped 20 percent to about 1 billion pounds
($1.5 billion) last year, almost quadruple the pace of growth across
its emerging markets. Police say bribes and sexual favors spurred the
gain.
BofA, Barclays Sued by Houston For Libor Manipulation:
The Texas
city seeks unspecified damages for both receiving artificially low
interest and paying artificially high rates on municipal investments
dating back six years, according to a complaint filed today in federal
court in Houston.
Banks Are Fined for LIBOR & Energy Manipulation, But Prosecution of PM Rigging Cannot Be Permitted!:
We
know market rigging occurs every day. We may not be able to see it, as
it's hidden in vast arrays of high frequency trading at the nanosecond
level. The manipulators can conceal their work through offshore
accounts. Proxy traders conceal their actions, but we still know it
goes on.
Chicago Fires More than 2,000 School Staff as Crippling Cuts Deepen:
Austerity deepens in Chicago this year with the firing of more than 3,000 total school staff after closing 50 schools.
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Between
2007 and 2011, Indonesia lost more than US$7 billion to illegal logging
and mismanagement in the forestry sector. That’s the shocking finding
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Smart phone owners look at their phones a barely believable 150 times a
day, on average. Apart from the radiation dangers, it's also ruining
their eyesight, giving them jowls, squashing their spines, causing
spots, damaging their hearing, stopping them from sleeping and
destroying their relationships.
This article discusses some of
the ways to offset the damage, but the best solution of all is to get
rid of your cell phone altogether, once and for all!
Two old men were sitting in the yard outside the care home one day when Tim turned to the other and said "John I'm really feeling my age today I just hurt all over, how are you feeling?
John replied "I feel just like a new born babe"
Tim looked at him startled "A New Born babe really?"
"Yep, I have no hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants."
It’s
time to go on the offensive. While many in Washington are talking about
cutting Social Security benefits, there are two Senators who are taking
steps to increase benefits for Seniors.
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Mark Begich (D-AK) have proposed legislation that would:
We
know the right-wing’s game plan is to try to force cuts to Social
Security and Medicare as concessions in upcoming budget fights. It is
time for us to stop playing defense and go on offense, and the Harkin
and Begich bills are our chance.
Social
Security is the most successful anti-poverty program in our country’s
history and has never contributed a single penny to the deficit. Let’s
strengthen, not cut Social Security!
Thank you for all that you do,
Alex Lawson
Social Security Works
P.S. It is critical that we stop playing defense and go on the offense. Please join Social Security Works and Democracy for America in calling on the U.S. Senate to strengthen Social Security today.
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