Saturday, May 28, 2011

Versus EconoParody on Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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Many thanks to Versus and Naked Capitalism for this splendid piece. I don't think that it is only a  parody of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ...
Friday, May 27, 2011

We've Gone from a Nation of Laws to a Nation of Powerful Men Making Laws in Secret [13:48m video]

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Thanks to Washington's Blog for this excert from C-Span of Sen. Ron Wyden's speech to the US Senate regarding the renewal of the Pa...

The Counter-revolution Club

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Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online. Welcome to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), formed in 1981 by top...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

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NOTICE: Because I am having guests visiting me through Saturday, my postings until Sunday will be rather light.

Black 9/11: A Walk on the Dark Side, Part 3: AIG and the Linkage to the Drug Trade

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Click here to access article by Mark H. Gaffney from Foreign Policy Journal.  I have read quite a few excellent books on this general sub...

U.S. weather extremes show "new normal" climate

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Click here to access article from Reuters News Service.  Yes, the extreme weather we are seeing and will continue to experience is being ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Remaking Our Conceptual Maps of the World

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Click here to access article by Harry Targ from New Clear Vision.  The author of this piece draws on the insights of past cultural critic...

The Spanish protests and the need for politics and conflict

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Click here to access article by Guy Aitchison from Open Democracy (UK). This morning I surveyed a number of articles regarding the protes...

Why the Rich Love High Unemployment

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Click here to access article by Mark Provost from Truthout. America's unemployed have been ignored and forgotten, but they are far fro...

More deadly heat waves coming, climate scientists warn

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Click here to access article by Sunanda Creagh from The Conversation. The author gives us a preview of an upcoming report from The Interg...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

If Arab Spring threatens Israel, why does Saban support it?

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Click here to access article by Maidhc Ó Cathail from Foreign Policy Journal.  The first thing that struck me about his article was all t...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Battle Over IMF Chief: Proxy War Over Power of Banks?

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Click here to access article by Yves Smith from Naked Capitalism. The open question is at what cost will the advanced economies incur in i...

Contamination: The totalitarian strategy of the GMO crop industry

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Click here to access article by Kurt Cobb from Energy Bulletin.  [Revised 5 PM Seattle time] What is missing from this excellent article...

Greece: Urgent call for international solidarity

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Click here to access article by Pavlos Stavropolous from Institute for Social Ecology.  What is happening in Greece is the future for wor...

Dr. King Spanks Obama: Part 6

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Click here to access article by David Kendall from OpEd News.  [Slightly revised 5 PM Seattle time]   In this report on Dr. King's l...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Disinformation-Fighting Toolkit

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Click here to access article from Washington's Blog. I think of these as techniques used to distract from critical thinking and disru...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Bankers Cheer as IMF Head Faces Sexual Assault Charges: Why They Hated Dominique

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Click here to access article by Mike Whitney from Counterpunch.  I have been nauseated by mainstream media's orgy of coverage regardi...

Mexico: Imperialism, Bankers, Drug Wars and Genocide

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Click here to access article by James Petras from Voltaire Network.  If Washington has been the driving force for the regime’s war, Wall S...

Spain: this is what working class revolt in 2011 looks like

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Click here to access article by Alex Snowdon from his blog, Luna17.   The mass protests in Spain are an inspiration to everyone facing a...

The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State

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Click here to access article by Glenn Greenwald from Salon. We now live in a National Security State, otherwise known as a police state. ...