We’ve heard that the cover-up is worse than the scandal, but we’ve moved far beyond mere scandal. These are cover-ups of things that subvert the entire nature of “civilized” humankind: like the true scope of C.I.A. Black Ops and renditions, … Lire / Read
What The World Needs Now: Time for the Mad Tea Party to End
« Our shared belief is that wealth must serve more than the wealthy, that prosperity must serve more than the simply prosperous, that good fortune must help more than those who are just fortunate…inequality should not be woven into … Lire / Read
Let Us Take A Moment To Remember Why We are Liberals
Today we read about how President Obama traveled to West Virginia to attend the funeral of 9 miners who were killed recently in an accident that was entirely preventable, but which was at the same time inevitable due to the … Lire / Read
IRAN IS GETTING NUKES: SUCK IT UP
Pakistan has nuclear weapons. North Korea has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons (whether they admit it or not). Iran is going to have nuclear weapons, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Well, there is one thing: the … Lire / Read
QUAGMIRE QUESTIONNAIRE: Can We Believe ANYTHING We’re Being Told About Afghanistan?
In an article titled, Hamid Karzai’s Rebellion, Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation reports: “President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, the almost classic definition of a pawn […in] a series of angry, frustrated outbursts, […] has declared that the United States … Lire / Read
Civilization vs. Brutalization: Countdown to Armageddon
Over the past months the world has been watching the Americans, and especially President Barack Obama, to see if democracy and the rule of law will continue to decompose in the tomb or resurrect and shine. So far, it doesn’t … Lire / Read
Getting Away With (Worse Than) Murder: War Crimes in Congo, Israel
The Voice of Africa in New York, Nicholas Kristoff, once again asked in his most plaintiff voice why nothing is being done about the savagery being perpetrated against women and children in Congo. Mere weeks after Peter Daou’s article appeared … Lire / Read
Credit Where None Is Due: Epic Fails Become Wins For GOP
Banks create biggest financial crash since Depression, receive $700+ billion in taxpayer-funded bailout, subsequently cease all lending while raising credit card interest rates/fees to record levels!
President Obama extends war in Afghanistan to include relentless drone-bomber strikes on Pakistan, receives … Lire / Read
The Pink Panther Strikes Again!
What is it about “intelligence” that seems to bring out the stupid in our National Security agencies?
The infamous memo of August 6, 2001, presented at President George W. Bush’s Daily Briefing, was actually titled, “Bin Laden determined to attack … Lire / Read
Even Hamid Karzai Has A 5-year Plan
Don’t you love how these guys pull “5 years” out of their asses, when in fact the future of the rest of his fraudulently-acquired term – let alone Afghanistan itself – is less assured than Aerosmith’s tour dates?
‘“We will … Lire / Read