"So
many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in
mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create
'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice,
all freedom, and all human dignity." -- Thomas Sowell
"People
who think of government as the institution to entrust with enough
power to right all the world's wrongs seem to never consider that they
must thereby give it enough power to do wrong to all the world's
rights. In fact, they seem NEVER to consider what the founders always
thought was obvious: that the 'good guys' will NOT always be in charge!"
-- Bert Rand
"Defend EVERY ONE of your rights. When any one is given up none of the rest can last." -- Rick Gaber
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Why Can Corporate Interests Trump Sovereign Rights?
Chakravarthi Raghavan Pt2: International trade agreements have given corporations the rights colonial powers used to wield
Published on Feb 9, 2013
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Published on Feb 10, 2013
"Former Fox News Channel contributor
Dick Morris took to his website on Wednesday to impart a bit of his
political insight. In his latest video, Morris took on the challenge
Republicans face in their efforts to woo Hispanic voters. He said that
Latino voters are "Republicans at heart," but they need to be convinced
to pursue a path towards societal assimilation followed by most European
immigrant groups. Morris specifically advised Republicans to warn
Hispanics against pursuing the "African-American model" of assimilation
into American society."*Dick Morris, who was fired from his Fox News contributor position recently, says immigrants are Republican...except for those pesky African-Americans. Is his reasoning racist, or just ignorant of history? Cenk Uygur and Jayar Jackson discuss.
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Life
in Syria's most populous city has become a dog-eat-dog existence: a
battle for survival in a place where the strong devour the weak.
Is Iraq on its Way to a Civil War?
By Adil E. Shamoo
Since coming to power,
al-Maliki has taken complete control of the country's security forces
through executive orders. This control was Maliki's ticket to his own
survival and that of the government.
US Officials Confess to Targeting Iran's Civilian Population
By Franklin Lamb
"It
would be a defense lawyer's worst nightmare wouldn't it? I mean to
have one's clients, in this case the Vice-President of the United
States and the outgoing Secretary of state confess so publicly to
serial international crimes against a civilian population?"
US Congress Seeks to Thwart Palestinian Reconciliation
By Annie Robbins
Preventing
Fatah-Hamas reconciliation was the agenda in Congress last Wednesday--
at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing titled, The
Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects. Middle East
Subcommittee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen set the pro-Israel tone in
her opening statement.
Israel Commits Crimes Without Punishment
By Stephen Lendman
Israel is a rogue state. It's a serial abuser. It commits crimes without punishment. It tolerates no criticism.
A Tale of Two Presidents
Power, Privilege and Climate Change:
By Joseph Nevins
President José Mujica
of Uruguay,"lives in a run-down house on Montevideo's outskirts with no
servants at all. His security detail: two plainclothes officers parked
on a dirt road." He hangs his laundry on a clothesline outside his
home.
US' Betrayal of Truth: Our Silence Is Complicity
Must Watch Video :
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with former NSA whistleblower, Thomas Drake, about his personal story
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of the governmet.
Learning From America's History of Assassinations
By Gary Hart
For a new and very
young senator, it was shocking to discover that a sewer of still
unknown dimensions was flowing underneath the city on a hill. Such a
discovery causes you to suspect almost everyone and everything (in my
case not enough) and to believe that expediency will trump principle on
almost every occasion.
The Running Man ... For Real
By Eric Peters
Civilian areas were
overflown by military choppers firing blanks. To train them. More
precisely, to acclimate them to the idea of raining death down on
Americans.
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By Glenn Greenwald
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By Economist Laurence Kotlikoff
The US national debt
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trillion, and today's children could soon be paying their parent's
debts.
A Choice For Corporate America:
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By Sen. Bernie Sanders
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America set up more than 200 subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands (which
has a corporate tax rate of 0.0 percent) to avoid paying U.S. taxes. It
worked. Not only did Bank of America pay nothing in federal income
taxes, but it received a rebate from the IRS worth $1.9 billion that
year.
All Wars Are Bankers' Wars
By Michael Rivero
I know many people
have a great deal of difficulty comprehending just how many wars are
started for no other purpose than to force private central banks onto
nations, so let me share a few examples, so that you understand why the
US Government is mired in so many wars against so many foreign
nations.
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Security
sources said that the forces launched action in Ghaljo Lundo Qamar and
Mir Kalam Khel and killed 15 militants. Several other militants were
also wounded in the action.
US kills nine people in Pakistan: officials:
"Six
drones were hovering in the sky at the time of the attack. One drone
fired two missiles at a house," a security official in Miranshah told
AFP.
Shame on Pakistan:
Pakistan official admits 20% drone victims are innocent civilians:
Pakistan's
Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani on Friday admitted that 600
people killed in the country in drone attacks were civillians.
Whitewash for sale:
Pakistan urges US to end drone strikes:
Pakistan
is holding talks with the United States to end drone strikes against
suspected Taliban fighters, which sometimes also kill civilians, a
senior Pakistani official has said.
Legalizing murder::
US senators propose assassination court to screen drone targets:
It
sounds like an Orwellian idea from a futuristic sci-fi movie.
Government officials gather in a secret courtroom, poring over
documents and weighing whether to approve the fly-by killing of a
suspected terrorist. If the judges say yes, the target dies. If not, the
target lives.
Assange to White House staff: 'Leak drone killing rules':
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Assange addressed US officials on a popular TV channel, urging them to
disclose to WikiLeaks the secret instructions on how decisions on
eliminating American citizens using drones are being taken. Source
confidentiality guaranteed.
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CIA used ISI facilities in Karachi, says US report:
Pakistan
extended full cooperation to the CIA in tracing suspected terrorists
and provided secret detention and interrogation facilities to the US
intelligence agency, says a report.
Six killed by Afghan roadside bomb:
A
roadside bomb has struck a car in southern Afghanistan, killing six
civilians. The spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province
said two women and four men were killed in the blast in the Nad Ali
district.
Afghanistan confirms UN report on child killings by US-led troops:
"We
agree with the UN report and confirm that innocent kids have been
killed during coalition forces operations specifically US troops
operations during the past ten years," Aimal Faizi, a spokesman for the
Afghan government, said Saturday.
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Dozens
have been injured in clashes between protesters and police in India,
after demonstrators took to the streets over the hanging of a Kashmiri
man accused of a 2001 attack on India's parliament.
At least 10 killed in attack on Iranian opposition camp in Iraq:
Another
100 people were injured in the rocket and mortar attack on Camp
Liberty, which houses around 3,100 MeK dissidents given sanctuary by
former dictator Saddam Hussein. It was not clear who was responsible
for the attack.
Embassy demo after refugees killed:
Members
of the Iranian community in Britain gathered outside the US Embassy,
calling on the US government to facilitate the transfer of the 3,100
Iranian dissidents in the camp back to another camp in Iraq, Camp
Ashraf, where they were before.
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Iraq's Maliki - Assad could hold on for years:
Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad could survive two more years of revolt
despite U.S. expectations of a more imminent fall, Iraqi Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Woman killed in south Yemen clashes:
A
pregnant woman was accidentally shot dead in the southern city of Aden
on Saturday as protesters calling for the release of prisoners clashed
with Yemeni police, government and medical officials said.
Assad's forces battle rebels closing in on Damascus ; Video report:
President
Bashar al-Assad's forces battle rebel fighters closing in on Damascus
with shelling and air strikes, amateur video purports to show. Sunita
Rappai reports.
Syria says talks with opposition cannot have 'preconditions';
"When
you speak of dialogue, it means dialogue without conditions, which
excludes no one. But if someone comes to me and says 'I want to talk
about this issue or I'll kill you', that's not a dialogue," he said,
adding: "There must be no preconditions."
Insults, profanities and almost fistfight on Hezbollah television:
The
show brought together two men, each of whom holds starkly different
opinions, to debate the Syrian crisis. The result is a nasty verbal
fight that highlights the bitter divisions in Lebanon as a whole when
it comes to neighboring Syria.
Spy chief: Dozens of Dutch citizens have travelled to Syria to join 'jihad': -
Dozens
of Dutch citizens are fighting with rebels in Syria and could return
home battle-hardened, traumatized and even further radicalized, the
chief of the Netherlands' top intelligence agency has warned.
Erdogan vs Army: '15% of Turkish top brass on trial, hundreds resign':
Turkish
officers are resigning en masse to avoid arrest and sentencing for
conspiracy against the government. The cabinet of PM Erdogan is winning
the decade-long battle with country's once almighty generals
US Congress seeks to thwart Palestinian reconciliation :
Preventing
Fatah-Hamas reconciliation was the agenda in Congress last Wednesday--
at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing titled, The
Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects. Middle East
Subcommittee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen set the pro-Israel tone in
her opening statement
34 Egyptians injured in clashes:
The
clashes between opponents of Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi and
riot police left 34 injured persons countrywide, the Ministry of Health
said Friday evening.
Egypt: Presidential Palace Severely Damaged By Protesters:
Cairo's
prosecutor investigations revealed on Saturday that the presidential
palace suffered severe damages. Gate (four) of the palace was set
aflame and completely burned. The guard booths outside the palace were
also demolished.
Egypt blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film:
Court orders suspension of video-sharing website's services for a month for carrying anti-Islam film.
Tunisia PM to resign if new cabinet rejected:
Jebali threatens to resign if his technocratic cabinet offer is rejected as thousands of pro-ruling party mass in Tunis.
Paratroops mutiny in Mali's Bamako:
Malian
government soldiers fought mutinous paratroops in the capital Bamako
yesterday in a clash that threatened to undermine a French-led
offensive against Islamist rebels that has moved up close to the
Algerian border.
Major explosion near Gao, northern Mali:
A
massive explosion near Gao in northern Mali late Saturday raised fears
of an Islamist attack, hours after villagers near the city detained
two youths preparing suicide bombings.
Heavily armed Mali rebels spreading across Africa:
When
the 13-vehicle convoy of Malian rebels crashed through the Libyan
frontier, armed with anti-aircraft guns and other heavy weapons, the
Libyan border guards were soon overwhelmed.
U.S. military wants quick forces in wake of Libya:
The
U.S. military is determined to position small, quick reaction forces
closer to global crises after the rapid assault on the U.S. diplomatic
mission in Libya last September kept U.S. armed forces from responding
in time to save four Americans. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Army
Gen.
More Marines to Japan; Vietnam, Cambodia next:
The
Marine Corps' shift to the Pacific will ramp up considerably this
year, with more personnel and aircraft rotating to Japan and other
destinations throughout the region.
Inside the FBI's 'Terror factory': Video -
Since
the attacks of September 11, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has
brought approximately 500 terror cases to trail. Of these cases, 150
people have been involved in sting operations in which the FBI has
supplied suspects with materials to act out plans of terror
Venezuela devalues currency against US dollar:
Venezuela
is devaluing its currency by 32 percent against the dollar on the
orders of President Hugo Chavez, in part to reduce the country's budget
deficit.
Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why:
Warren
Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some
time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of
"disappointing performance" in dyed-in-the-wool American companies like
Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Kraft Foods.
Great Recession Leaves Long-Lasting Scars: Poll:
Americans
remain deeply pessimistic about the nation's economic future nearly
four years into the recovery, and the vast majority think it will take
"many years" for things to return to the way they were before the
downturn, according to a poll released Thursday.
Why gasoline prices are headed even higher:
Gasoline prices at the pump have climbed every day for the past 21 days - and they're not going to let up anytime soon.
UK; Horse meat scandal:
'More
contaminated food likely to be found': Horse meat could be found in
even more British foods within days, ministers warned on Saturday.
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