Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, I asked myself? ... I said to myself, Here are a people who have suffered for three centuries. We can make them as free as ourselves, give them a government and country of their own, put a miniature of the American Constitution afloat in the Pacific, start a brand new republic to take its place among the free nations of the world. It seemed to me a great task to which we had addressed ourselves.I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific ...
But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris [which ended the Spanish-American War], and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem.
It should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people free, and let them deal with their own domestic questions in their own way. And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land. sc
Some days they win the 02, and some days I fight for another breath, I stand for those that cannot speak for themselves and have taken a vicious beating for 'Team Humanity' most days. I would do it all again for nothing, because that's what i get for caring about everyone. The blessing of an ungrateful country. btw........ I sleep very sound til hot lead comes. kos
"Our
country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an
artificually induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an
incessant propaganda of fear." - General Douglas MacArthur, Speech, May 15, 1951
"Most
of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident,
lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long
persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward
virtuous ends." - Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine
"If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks": Frederick The Great
"Perhaps
the most obvious political effect of controlled news is the advantage
it gives powerful people in getting their issues on the political
agenda and defining those issues in ways likely to influence their
resolution.": W. Lance Bennett - Author, professor at University of Washington Source: News: The Politics of Illusion, 1983
"Make
men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty
follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against
the artillery of opinion.": William Godwin - (1756-1836)
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2minews
The "duck" viginasity
PNN
looks like we prevented another cop killing or is it 'The cop 'from' killing
Could be worse, be a cop from Detroit.......you guys just let them steal, from you, your retirement while unquestionably up-holding laws......now too little, too late.....the real thives are the ones 'you' the police, the fireman, the teacher.......on and on ad infinite.......where charged to protect and serve.
Basically you will work for psychopaths for free, now BOW to your master for kibbles and bits at the justice table.........
the tide is turning in the north
L.,
The shutdown is finally over. But now the Tea Party is plotting to approve Keystone XL -- so our fight is just ramping up.
We’re raising $100,000 by October 31 to stop them -- and every dollar you give will be tripled. Can you help?
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The Tea Party suffered a resounding defeat last week when the government shutdown finally came to an end. The EPA is back up. Our national parks are open.
But this budget compromise set the stage for another showdown in January -- and we’re
already hearing that folks like Paul Ryan have plans to make the
Keystone XL tar sands pipeline a part of the next budget deal.
L., if we’re going to stop this thing, we need your help now. Not next month. Not next year. Now.
The best thing you can do to help right now is to become an LCV member. Every contribution before October 31 will be tripled
and will fund the work that keeps this risky pipeline off the table.
We’re helping the Obama Administration stand strong against Tea Party
brinkmanship, but we need the resources to do it. Right now, membership only costs $5 -- and every bit helps.
Many
of the people who just brought our country to the brink of economic
disaster are the same ones who reject science and insist climate change
isn’t real. Their extreme views are wildly out-of-step with most
Americans. But the shutdown is proof that they can really screw things
up for the rest of us when they put their minds to it.
We’ve faced threats like this before -- and we’ve come out on top.
We defeated nearly every member of the Dirty Dozen in the 2012
elections. We called out some of the worst climate change deniers in
Congress for their lies, and got the national media talking about it.
And when Congress dragged its heels on confirming a clean air champion
to head the EPA, your grassroots efforts helped make it happen.
These victories were only possible with your
help. Right now, the best way to stop the Tea Party’s next push to
green-light the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is to have passionate,
committed supporters like you standing with us again.
Was this staged or what? The timing was too perfect.
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Last October, 8-year-old Nabeela ventured outside while her 68-year-old grandmother Mamana Bibi picked vegetables in their family's large, open field.
Moments later, this beloved grandmother was blasted to pieces by not one, but two US drone missiles apparently aimed directly at her. Nabeela and other nearby grandchildren were injured when the exploding missile lodged shrapnel in their bodies.
One year later, the US government has not even acknowledged Mamana's death.
Now Nabeela wonders whether she will be next. How would you feel if this happened to your family?
Force President Obama to come clean about Mamana's death and investigate this unlawful killing by a US drone.
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We interviewed 60 survivors and eyewitnesses, who describe a daily life of inescapable violence - death from above, and attacks on the ground by Pakistani forces, Taliban and Al-Qa-ida-linked groups.
Tomorrow, President Obama is meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. Mamana Bibi's unlawful death should be the first item on their agenda.
Demand answers about Mamana's death by US drone strike.
In May of this year President Obama pledged to increase transparency about drone strikes. 5 months later, nothing has changed.
No new information about drone policy. No legal framework for when and why the US would use this deadly force. No acknowledgment of responsibility. No investigations into cases like Mamana's.
Drone strikes have destroyed families and fomented hate against the US.
Mamana's grandchildren deserve better than this. They deserve answers. They deserve justice.
Stand up for Mamana's grandchildren. It's time the US government answered for these killings.
BTW.....in case you haven't heard...Attention sheeple!!
The German church..........is also flush with cash, Did angela M. get a kick-back? Stupid question
if they can spend then they can be taxed............the line between church and state seem to blur in douchland
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U.S. Military Investing Heavily in Africa
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The
Pentagon has begun a burst of spending in Africa, investing in air
facilities, flight services, telecommunications and electrical upgrades
as the U.S. military deepens its footprint in a region with a rising
threat of "Islamist terrorism".
Remember 'Kony'?
By Daniel McAdams
Remember the bizarre "Kony 2012" video last year that was supposed to mobilize us all to fight the really bad guys in Uganda?
The Business of America Is War
Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield and in the Boardroom
By William J. Astore
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United States is in favor of stability. But you have to remember what
stability means. Stability means conformity to US orders.
Carrots Or Sticks For Iran?
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Israel's
constant alarms about Iran's so far non-existent nuclear weapons serves
to distract attention from its rapid absorption of the West Bank and
Golan, and generate potent political and financial support from its
North American partisans.
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Israel
has adopted a strategy of "territorial seizure and apartheid," as the
publisher of the Israeli daily Haaretz put it, that obviates the
practical possibility of implementing a two-state solution.
France, Mexico Seek Answers on 'Shocking' US Spy Claims
By AFP
The
spy agency taped 70.3 million phone calls in France over a 30-day
period between December 10 and January 8 this year, Le Monde reported
in its online version, citing documents from Snowden.
Glenn Greenwald and the $250 Million "Angel Investor"
By Jonathan Franklin
Omidyar,
who was considering buying The Washington Post this year, decided that
for the same price - $250 million - he could build his own
investigative journalism outfit.
US Torture On A Daily Basis
Video
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Race is Central to the Fear and Angst of the US Right
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The shrinking white base of the Republican party cannot accept the country in which it now lives - so it shut it down.
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Hedges speaks about the conspiracy to use Al Qaeda to strip civil
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Stone.
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We
have been blinded to the depravity of our ruling elite by the
relentless propaganda of public relations firms that work on behalf of
corporations and the rich.
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36 militants killed in Afghan raids:
36
"armed Taliban" were killed, 18 wounded and 15 others were arrested by
the ANSF," the ministry said in a statement providing daily
operational updates.
Two police killed in Afghan roadside bombing:
Two
Afghan policemen were killed and four others wounded Monday in roadside
bombing in the northern province of Baghlan, sources said.
Fourteen Million AFG Stolen From New Kabul Bank:
Roughly
250,000 USD, was stolen from a branch of New Kabul Bank in the Baraki
area of Kabul city on Sunday night. Preliminary investigations were
said to indicate three staff-members of the bank branch were behind the
robbery.
At Least Five Killed In Pakistan Train Bombing:
Provincial
government official Asad Gillani said the explosives had apparently
been planted on the railway tracks as the blast caused a crater several
feet deep.
Blast kills 6 bus passengers in Russia:
Interfax,
a Russian news agency, reported that Russian intelligence officials
believe the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber.
Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As
16 killed in Iraq terror attacks:
The
attacks occurred at noon when two suicide bombers attacked the city
council and a nearby police station in Rawa, about 100 km west of
Baghdad, the source told Xinhua.
Senior Syria rebel chief killed in clashes with army:
Lieutenant
Colonel Yasser Abbud, "leader of the Fallujah-Houran brigade... was
killed fighting against regime troops in Tafas", a spokesman for the
rebel Military Council in the southern province of Daraa told AFP.
Besieged Syrian town sends SOS to world:
Mouadamiya,
on the southwest outskirts of the capital Damascus, was occupied by
rebels last year and the government has been trying to win it back
since then. "For nearly one year, the city of Mouadamiya has been under
siege with no access to food, electricity, medicine, communications,
and fuel," said the letter
Syria's Assad says willing to run for presidency :
" I don't see any reason why I shouldn't run in the next election."
Kerry warns against Assad's re-election:
US Secretary of State tells reporters in Paris that any attempt by Syrian leader at re-election may extend civil war.
Pressure on Syria rebels to join talks:
Opposition
group has postponed internal meetings to early November, a member said
today. "Our political committee and general assembly meetings in
Istanbul have been postponed till the start of November," said National
Coalition member Samir Nashar.
Kerry voices doubts on Iran role in Geneva talks on Syria:
U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday it was hard to see how
Iran could play a constructive role in planned peace talks in Geneva
without backing plans for a transitional government in Syria.
Report: US canceled delivery of Predators to Turkey:
The
United States Congress canceled the delivery to Turkey of 10 Predators
-- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are proving crucial in
combating terrorism -- following Turkish intelligence chief Hakan
Fidan's disclosure of the identity of 10 Iranians who had been working
for Mossad with the Iranian intelligence service, according to the
Taraf daily.
The BBC spreads untruths about Iran's nuclear activities:
Misrepresentation
is all over the BBC website as well. A Q&A on what is termed the
"Iran nuclear crisis" begins by posing the question "Why is there a
crisis?" and responds:
Iran gives Russia copy of US ScanEagle drone as proof of mass production:
US spy drone given to prove Iran's forces have mass produced the drone they claim to have captured a year ago
Gulf states, Egypt back Saudi rejection of UN seat:
Expressions
of support from Saudi Arabia's Gulf Arab friends contained no overt
criticism of U.S. policy, but echoed the kingdom's complaints about the
Security Council's failure to end the war in Syria and resolve the
Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
U.S. tries to calm Saudi anger over Syria, Iran:
Secretary
of State John Kerry sought on Monday to calm rising tensions with
Saudi Arabia, which has spurned a U.N. Security Council seat in fury at
inaction over the crisis in Syria.
Saudi Arabia 'failing to address human rights concerns':
Saudi
Arabia has failed to act on recommendations by a UN body to improve
human rights and instead "ratcheted up" repression, Amnesty
International says.
Saudi Arabia: Videos Challenge a Ban on Women Driving and Gather Support for Change: Video -
Ms. Azwah
is defiantly resisting the restriction on women's rights for one of
the most basic and essential tasks of life-getting around.
Qatar court upholds poet Mohammed al-Ajami's sentence:
A
court in Qatar has upheld a 15-year prison sentence given to a poet
found guilty of inciting people to overthrow the government and
insulting the emir.
Israel must end settlements: EU head Lithuania:
Grybauskaite
called on Israel "to end the expansion of settlements in the occupied
territories," insisting that "the European Union does not recognise
settlements as part of Israel."
Israel's Livni to block effort to bar talks about Jerusalem: -
Israel's
chief "peace" negotiator will seek to block a proposal introduced by
members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet to make it
tougher to negotiate with the Palestinians over Jerusalem, one of her
aides said on Sunday.
40 people killed in rebel attack in South Sudan:
At least
40 people were killed, including soldiers belonging to Sudan People's
Liberation Army ( SPLA) of South Sudan, in an attack by rebels in
Jonglei State on Sunday, local media reported Monday.
Ten killed as gunmen open fire on Borno residents:
Barely 24
hours after gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect attacked
a boarder communities of Logomani villages between Dikwa - Gamboru
Ngala and Cameroon Republic killing over 20 civilians, another set of
gunmen invaded villages of Local Government Area of Borno state,
killing 10 residents including three vigilante youth suspected to be
civilian JTF.
3 killed as gunmen open fire on Coptic Christian wedding in Cairo:
Three
people, including a girl aged eight, died when gunmen on motorcycles
opened fire on a wedding party outside a Coptic Christian church in
Cairo. At least nine others were wounded in the attack in Giza,
officials said.
5 killed in armed clashes over residential allocations in Libya:
Five
people were killed and four others wounded in armed clashes following
an allocation dispute in a residential complex in Libya, security
sources said Monday.
Libyan PM Says Controlling Militias 'Beyond the Capability of Anyone':
Ali Zeidan blames the deteriorating security situation on 'various parties' in and outside the government
Libya 'awash with weapons' - PM:
Libya's
prime minister said he is "swimming against the current" in a country
awash with militias and weapons as Libyans mark the second anniversary
of the killing of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
NATO sets up small defense adviser group to strengthen Libya's security apparatus:
Carmen
Romero, a spokeswoman for the defense alliance, said ambassadors from
NATO's 28 member countries on Monday granted the request first made by
Libyan authorities in May.
Libya Is a Failed State: Op-Ed:
Last week
gunmen seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central
Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that
post-Gaddafi Libya is a failed state and that the government is
incapable of taking full control over its oilfields and export
terminals.
Gaddafi's wife demands return of his body: -
The widow
Muammar Gaddafi has urged the United Nations and the European Union to
help her recover the remains of her husband and their son Mutassim.
UK Student pleads guilty to murder/attacks on Midlands mosques:
A gifted
student has pleaded guilty to a campaign of terrorist attacks in the
Midlands in which he stabbed to death a Muslim grandfather and staged
bomb attacks against mosques in an attempt to murder and maim
worshippers.
Pope Francis describes 'ideological Christians' as a 'serious illness' within the Church:
"And when
a Christian becomes a disciple of the ideology, he has lost the faith:
he is no longer a disciple of Jesus, he is a disciple of this attitude
of thought... "
France summons U.S. ambassador over NSA spying claims:
"When a
telephone number is used in France, it activates a signal which
automatically triggers the recording of the call. Apparently this
surveillance system also picks up SMS messages and their content using
key words," the French newspaper reported
Espionnage de la NSA : tous les documents publiés par "Le Monde":
Retrouvez ci-dessous l'ensemble des documents publiés par Le Monde, en collaboration avec le journaliste Glenn Greenwald.
EU's first step towards data protection in wake of Snowden leaks : Video -
The
measure would make America's secret court orders powerless, forcing
companies to comply with European laws. And MI5 agent Annie Machon
thinks there's still a lot of room for improvement in protecting
privacy.
The NSA files: how they affect you - video animation, explaining how the NSA collects the information:
This really isn't just a story for geeks. Here's why
The World's Policeman Is Looking Mighty Guilty:
NSA snooping exposed by Snowden breaches international law, experts say.
'Guardian' scoops up two online journalism awards for NSA coverage:
The
Guardian's exposure of the electronic surveillance by the US spy
agency was honored in the categories of innovative investigative
journalism and watchdog journalism at the annual awards banquet here of
the Online News Association (ONA).
The US government's secrecy problem just got worse: Commentary:
Judge endorses dangerous claim that officials can classify documents usable as '??propaganda'??
China shuts down city amid smog crisis:
Schools suspend classes and authorities closed the airport as smog engulfs a city of 11 million
Interview With George Soros: 'Greece Can Never Pay Back Its Debt':
Should
Greece have a large part of its debt waived? Absolutely, says George
Soros, otherwise the country will never recover. The billionaire
investor also warns about the rise of extremist parties if Germany does
not change its policies towards Europe.
For JPMorgan, Ending Criminal Probe Proves Impossible for Now:
Dimon has
negotiated a tentative $13 billion deal to settle many of the U.S.
investigations into mortgage bonds that JPMorgan - and the banks it
bought during the financial crisis - sold to investors.
U.S. housing regulators seek over $6 billion from BofA: FT: -
U.S.
housing regulators are looking to fine Bank of America more than $6
billion for its role in misleading mortgage agencies during the housing
boom, compared with the $4 billion to be paid by JPMorgan Chase &
Co, the Financial Times reported on its website, citing people familiar
with the matter.
Fed could up QE to $1 trillion a month: Marc Faber: Video - Faber:
Fed
is 'boxed in' with no exit strategy "The question is not tapering. The
question is at what point will they increase the asset purchases to
say $150 [billion] , $200 [billion], a trillion dollars a month," Faber
said in a "Squawk Box" interview.
Treasuries Lose Cachet on Lowest Foreign Demand Since '01:
America's borrowing costs are on the cusp of exceeding the rest of the world for the first time since 2010
Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Fall as Affordability Drops:
Sales
(ETSLTOTL) of existing U.S. homes fell in September for the first time
in three months as higher prices and mortgage rates curbed demand in
an industry that helped boost the expansion last year.
5,057 janitors in the U.S. have Ph.D.'s:
Over
317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees (over 8,000 of
them have doctoral or professional degrees), along with over 80,000
bartenders, and over 18,000 parking lot attendants.
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