It is from a strange mixture of tyranny and cowardice that exclusions have been set up and continued. The boldness to do wrong at first, changes afterwards into cowardly craft, and at last into fear. The Representatives in England appear now to act as if they were afraid to do right, even in part, lest it should awaken the nation to a sense of all the wrongs it has endured. This case serves to shew that the same conduct that best constitutes the safety of an individual, namely, a strict adherence to principle, constitutes also the safety of a Government, and that without it safety is but an empty name. When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example of the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal.Thomas Paine
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or
Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify
and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
T. Paine
"Let
us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the
attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the
blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty." - George W. Bush
"Almost
all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the
proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly." -
Charles Fort
"Why
would the US try to win a war? War is an assembly line of death that
is highly profitable for politicians and weapons manufacturers. An
ongoing war is a conveyer belt of cash. Once your war is won, the
assembly line has stopped and the big money is gone." - Jarod Kintz
"The
conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and
opinions of the [public] is an important element in democratic society.
Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an
invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country." - Edward Bernays
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Video of 2008 interview with Howard Zinn, provided by the Brooklyn Historical Society
In
memory of Howard Zinn (1922-2010) and in appreciation of his life's
work, the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Development Corporation would like to share excerpts from an interview
we conducted with Howard Zinn on December 8, 2008.
a fucking shill......for the corp. media.....a non-entity
From the Rants in Trainspotting and Network:
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life...
Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:12 AM PDT
Last
week, REDD-Monitor wrote about a Greenomics Indonesia report that
questioned whether the Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia has the
necessary approvals from the government of Indonesia. Infinite Earth,
the project developer, responded by refuting the Greenomics Indonesia
report. Now Greenomics Indonesia has responded to Infinite Earth’s
response. Greenomics Indonesia’s statement is posted here [...]Lessons From An Accident
by Grace Damman
For
the last forty years, I have been a somewhat compulsive caregiver.
However, I found an appropriate niche in medical school, and have
happily practiced medicine for the last twenty-five years. For the last
year, however, I have been on the opposite side of the
caregiver/caretaker divide. For eleven months, I have been totally
dependent on others for everything: for brushing teeth, being fed,
helping me in and out of the chair. What I initially thought was that
compassion ought to be aligned with warmth and empathy. Now I feel that
it must be aligned with wisdom. <read more>
Aquarius Full Moon 22 July, 2013: Freedom Now
Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:59 PM PDT
22 July 2013
-
This is a powerful lunar cycle to reflect on how you radiate your
persona to others, and socially interact with your fellow humans.
This particular lunation has a
strong dynamic theme around freedom, a favorite Aquarian vibration. As
you may realize, freedom is becoming a challenged concept in many places
in the world. This decline points to the Uranus (ruler of Aquarius) in
difficult aspect with Pluto thru 2015.
Over the next 2 weeks, the energy
is ripe for you to explore "what freedom means to you in your life" and
"what are you willing to do to ensure its continuation".
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Hundreds of inmates are still free in Iraq after they escaped from two jails, including the infamous Abu Ghraib, following a series of military-style attacks that left at least 20 dead. A senior Iraqi official says that many of the 500 prisoners who escaped from Abu Ghraib were senior members of al-Qaida and had been sentenced to death.
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Previously Unseen Joseph Heller Story Explores American Racism
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“Almost Like Christmas” is a hard-boiled story in which a fight resembling “the primordial brutality of an alley fracas” leaves a white man dead and a young black man, Jess Calgary, as the prime suspect. The Guardian quotes an excerpt in which a teacher named Carter tries to persuade Calgary to come in for questioning:
“There’s going to be trouble, Mr. Carter. It’s like a holiday, a real holiday, and they’re going to have it, no matter who pays for it. It’s almost like Christmas the way everybody’s walking around in a fever of excitement. Don’t let their anger fool you. It’s a chance to feel important, and they’re going to use it.”—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
“Why, Freddie? Why?”
“That’s hard to say, Mr. Carter. Maybe they just want to be respectable. Everybody wants to be respectable, and joining a mob is the easiest way.” <read more>
New PCR Column, July 23, 2013
Role Reversal: How the US Became the USSR
"I
spent the summer of 1961 behind the Iron Curtain. I was part of the
US-USSR student exchange program. It was the second year of the program
that operated under auspices of the US Department of State. Our return
to the West via train through East Germany was interrupted by the
construction of the Berlin Wall. We were sent back to Poland. The East
German rail tracks were occupied with Soviet troop and tank trains as
the Red Army concentrated in East Germany to face down any Western
interference.
"Fortunately,
in those days there were no neoconservatives. Washington had not grown
the hubris it so well displays in the 21st century. The wall was built
and war was avoided. The wall backfired on the Soviets. Both JFK and
Ronald Reagan used it to good propaganda effect.
"In
those days America stood for freedom, and the Soviet Union for
oppression. Much of this impression was created by Western propaganda,
but there was some semblance to the truth in the image. The communists
had a Julian Assange and an Edward Snowden of their own. His name was
Cardinal Jozef Mindszenty, the leader of the Hungarian Catholic Church."
Op-Ed Articles
EU Bows to US Pressure, Blacklists Military Wing of Hezbollah
By Al-Manar
European
Union Foreign Ministers announced on Monday their countries'
submission to the pressure exerted by the United States to put the
military wing of Hezbollah on the EU list of terrorist organizations.
If we are Going to Retreat, Must we Grovel so Shamefully as we Leave?
By Robert Fisk
We
hiss at those who humiliate us - Iran and now the disobedient,
ruthless regime in Damascus - and we purr, naturally, if the Israelis
are humiliating us.
Aafia Siddiqui: Victim of US Injustice
By Stephen Lendman
Post-9/11,
Washington declared war on Islam. It rages out-of-control. It goes on
at home and abroad. Many others are victims like Aafia. They're guilty
of being Muslims in America at the wrong time.
Gitmo Prisoner Force-Feeding Violates Medical Ethics
By Nuriel Moghavem, Marty Makary
The
cruel practice of forced nasograstic tube gagging of tied down persons
who have never had a trial is not an American value.
Snowden and Latin America Expose Washington's Impotence in a Changing World
By Finian Cunningham
US
political and economic power is no longer what it once was. The
country is undergoing a historic social meltdown that betrays the
moribund state of capitalism in the 21st century.
Gen. Hayden's Glass House
By Ray McGovern
His
barrage Friday against truth-teller Edward Snowden and London Guardian
journalist Glenn Greenwald invited a return rain of boulders for
Hayden committing the same violations of constitutional protections
that he is now excusing.
Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press
By Norman Solomon
The administration's efforts to quash press freedom are in sync with its unrelenting persecution of whistleblowers.
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Trayvon and White Madness
By Glen Ford
Most
of African American history has been a struggle to mollify or tame the
racist beast, to find a way to coexist with white insanity, possibly
to cure it, or to make ourselves powerful and independent enough that
the madness cannot harm us too badly.
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Hedges says The Democratic Party used to watch out for the interests
of labor and even for the poor. But that all changed under Bill
Clinton.
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Noam Chomsky: The Corporatization of the University
Video
To
prevent increasing privatization, he said the United States should put
greater emphasis on funding higher education. He added that many other
countries, such as Germany and Mexico, offer free or heavily
subsidized access to higher education.
Why Is the United States So Sick?
By Laudan Aron
The
rate of premature births in the United States is the highest among the
comparison countries and more closely resembles those of sub-Saharan
Africa.
Mind Rape and the Christian Right
By Chris Hedges
The
trauma, emotional abuse and manipulation Lyons suffered at the hands
of Total Freedom Program were familiar to me because of the two years I
spent investigating the Christian right for my book "American
Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America."
Hard News
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Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As
Suicide attack kills 25 in northern Iraq:
A
suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi army convoy in the northern city of
Mosul early on Monday, killing at least 22 soldiers and three
passers-by, police said.
Assault on Iraq prisons kill at least 20: -
Militants
attacked two Iraqi prisons including the notorious Abu Ghraib in a bid
to free inmates, killing 20 security force members in fierce all-night
clashes, officials said on Monday.
Over 500 'Al Qaeda militants' escape Iraq's Abu Ghraib in violent break-out:
A manhunt
is underway in Iraq for hundreds of convicts, including senior al
Qaeda terrorists, who broke out of Abu Ghraib prison after a
military-style raid to free them, authorities said on Monday.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As
Depleted uranium used by US forces blamed for birth defects and cancer in Iraq:
Cancer is
more common than flu in the Iraqi city of Najaf, about 160 km south of
Baghdad, one local doctor told RT. After the start of the war rates of
leukemia and birth defects "rose dramatically" due to use of depleted
uranium by the US military.
Syrian forces kill at least 49 rebels near Damascus - monitors:
Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad's forces ambushed rebels in a strategic
suburb near the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 49 people,
a pro-opposition monitoring group said.
Explosions and firefights in Damascus:
Amateur
video purportedly shows Syrian rebels launching mortars at what they
say is a government ammunition storage facility in Damascus. Deborah
Lutterbeck reports.
Syria conflict: Khan al-Assal 'falls to rebels':
A
strategic town close to the northern city of Aleppo has fallen to
Syrian rebels, according to UK-based activist group the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
Palestinian fighters take on Syrian militants at Yarmouk camp:
Palestinian
volunteer fighters have been advancing into the camp slowly, facing
the militants who have turned every building and every street into a
bunker.
Syria's civil war could last for years, says US official:
David
Shedd, deputy director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, delivered
one of the grimmest US public assessments of the Syrian conflict as he
described the increasing strength of Islamic radicals in the Middle
East. His sobering analysis was echoed by David Cameron on Sunday.
Syria conflict in stalemate, David Cameron says:
Mr Cameron said there was "too much extremism" among the opposition, but moderate groups still deserved support.
Russia to follow through with promised missiles to Assad:
In
an attempt to bolster Syria's war-battered economy, Russia is
considering extending a loan to Damascus and is still committed to
delivering S-300 missiles in defiance of the West, a top Syrian
official said Monday.
Lavrov Says Syrians Must Unite to Expel 'Terrorists':
Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov issued a new call Monday for the Syrian
government and opposition to work together to expel all "terrorists and
extremists from Syria," news agencies reported.
Israel praises Hezbollah blacklist, calls on EU to go further:
Netanyahu
says Israel doesn't distinguish between military and political wings,
highlights group's involvement in Syrian civil war
Israel to free 'around 80' Palestinian prisoners:
Israel
is set to decide on the release of around 80 long-serving Palestinian
prisoners ahead of renewed peace talks, an Israeli official said on
Monday.
Netherlands: Retailers ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements:
Dutch
media reports 2 of country's largest retail chains announce they will
not sell more products originating beyond Green Line. Foreign Ministry:
'Boycott is tainted with hypocrisy, prejudice'
Iranian Leader: US Not Trustworthy:
Supreme
leader of Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, warned
that the United States is "not trustworthy" after former US officials
and lawmakers urged diplomacy with the Islamic republic's incoming
president, Sheikh Hasan Rouhani.
Six killed in militant attacks in Egypt's Sinai:
Six
Egyptians were killed and 11 others wounded in several attacks by
militants in the Sinai peninsula near Egypt's borders with Israel and
the Palestinian Gaza strip, medical sources said on Monday.
15 year-old child killed in clashes north of Cairo:
Clashes
in Egypt's Qaliubiya province just north of Cairo between supporters
and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi led to the death of a
15 year-old child who was shot in the chest, reported Al-Ahram's Arabic
news website.
Dozens injured in clashes between Morsi supporters, opponents in Egypt's Suez:
The
head of the emergency department of the Suez Health Directorate said
on Monday that 46 people were injured in clashes between supporters of
ousted President Mohamed Morsi and his opponents.
EU calls on military to stand aside in Egypt:
EU
foreign ministers called Monday on Egypt's military to stand aside and
allow a peaceful transition to civilian rule after ousting the elected
government earlier this month.
Egypt Denies Morsi and U.S. Joined in a Plot:
A central
question hanging over Egypt - what is to become of Mohamed Morsi, the
ousted president - turned cloudier on Sunday as state institutions
conducted a bizarre public argument about his legal status.
Family of Egypt's ousted president vows legal action against "kidnapping:
The
family of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Monday it
would take legal action against the army, accusing it of abducting the
country's first democratically-elected president.
Retired colonel shot dead in eastern city in Libya,:
The
official said gunmen shot and killed the 70-years-old retired officer
while he was driving his car Sunday in the volatile city of Derna.
Protest halts Libyan port's oil exports for 6th day:
Protesters
demanding jobs closed off the eastern Libyan port of Zueitina for a
sixth day on Monday, extending a halt in oil exports, according to a
senior oil industry source and to one of the demonstrators.
4 soldiers killed in southern Afghan roadside bombing:
Four
Afghan army soldiers were killed and one was wounded Monday when their
vehicle was hit by a Taliban roadside bombing in the country's southern
province of Zabul, the provincial police chief said.
The Five Totally Reasonable Demands That Prisoners In California Are Willing To Die For:
UN
Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, stated that any time over
15 days in solitary confinement constitutes torture. Yet California
prisoners have been caged in solitary for 10 to 20 years or more.
Imported Torture Haunts Poland:
According
to a U.S. intelligence source quoted by The New York Times, the prison
in Poland was the most important of the CIA's black sites, where
terror suspects were subjected to interrogation techniques that would
not be legal in the United States. The source claimed that Poland was
picked mostly because "Polish intelligence officials were eager to
cooperate."
Two FARC rebels killed in Colombia clashes: military:
Two
leftist FARC guerrillas were killed Monday in a flare-up of fighting in
Colombia that claimed the lives of 25 soldiers and rebels over the
weekend, the military said.
Colombia vows full-bore assault on FARC:
President Juan Manuel Santos promises decisive retaliation after 19 soldiers killed in ambush by FARC rebels.
NSA growth fueled by need to target "terrorists" -
Already
bigger than the Pentagon in square footage, the NSA's footprint will
grow by an additional 50 percent when construction is complete in a
decade. And that's just at its headquarters at Fort Meade, Md.
"What Is That Box?" - When The NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company;
For nine months, this Utah ISP had a little black box in the corner, courtesy of the NSA. Its owner tells his story.
UK: Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces:
Most
households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet
provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced.
In addition, the prime minister said possessing online pornography
depicting rape would become illegal in England and Wales - in line with
Scotland.
Report questions costs of villas and mansions for top military brass:
The
five-bedroom residence, across the street from the famed Biltmore Golf
Course, is provided rent-free to Kelly as head of U.S. Southern
Command, which oversees military operations in the Caribbean Latin
America.
Militiamen Showing Up in Wisconsin as Mining Co. 'Security': Video report:
Imagine
taking a hike in your local woods and coming upon characters toting
semi-automatic weapons, dressed in camo and wearing masks. Then imagine
finding out they are militia-movement followers hired by a mining
operation to protect against "eco-terrorists."
Fukushima Plant Admits Radioactive Water Leaked To Sea:
Tokyo
Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, also
came under fire Monday for not disclosing earlier that the number of
plant workers with thyroid radiation exposures exceeding threshold
levels for increased cancer risks was 10 times what it said released
earlier.
CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine In An 8-Year Span When It Was Contaminated With Cancer Virus:
The CDC
has quickly removed a page from their website, which is now cached
here, admitting that more than 98 million Americans received one or
more doses of polio vaccine within an 8-year span from 1955-1963 when a
proportion of the vaccine was contaminated with a cancer causing
polyomavirus called SV40.
Don't Have A Stroke In The State Of Florida:
Speaking
incoherently and unable to move his left arm, Hicks was arrested on a
charge of obstructing a law enforcement officer when he did not respond
to commands to exit his car. Just after noon, he was booked into the
Orient Road Jail.
Being homeless soon a crime in Miami? : Video report:
City
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is considering making being homeless
illegal, and sleeping on a park bench, eating on sidewalks or
congregating in public spaces could land you behind bars.
A Black Box for Car Crashes:
About
96 percent of all new vehicles sold in the United States have the
boxes, and in September 2014, if the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration has its way, all will have them.
'You're Dead, Mother**r!':
Those
were the last words spoken to 41-year-old Kamas, Utah resident Wade
Pennington as he bled to death from two gunshot wounds inflicted at
point-blank range
After Detroit bankruptcy filing, city retirees on edge as they face pension cuts:
The
battle over the future of Detroit is set to begin this week in federal
court, where government leaders will square off against retirees in a
colossal debate over what the city owes to a prior generation of
residents as it tries to rebuild for the next.
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Dear Oklahoma MoveOn member,
I'm Neal Piche, a MoveOn member in Edmond, Oklahoma, and I started a petition to the Oklahoma State House, the Oklahoma State
Senate, and Governor Mary Fallin, which says:
Make a law that all foods containing GMOs have to be labeled as such.
Thanks!
–Neal Piche
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