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Vote None of the Above in November
Post Date: 2016-05-01 09:02:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Vote None of the Above in November by Stephen Lendman US elections are farcical, democracy pure illusion, voters deceived every time. Names and faces alone change. Deplorable policies remain in place. Democrat and Republican nomination races are virtually over except for postmortems - Clinton and Trump too far ahead to be overtaken. Polls show they’re ahead in most upcoming primaries, including California. Voter choices in November come down to death by hanging or firing squad. America’s money-controlled process assures dirty business as usual always wins. All duopoly party aspirants march to the same drummer, differing in style and rhetoric alone. Voter choices in November ...
DICK GREGORY: Obama's "EXECUTIVE ORDER 13603" Makes Us SLAVES!!!
Post Date: 2016-04-30 20:56:56 by BTP Holdings
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allowfullscreen> Published on Jul 27, 2015 Chilling commentary from activist Dick Gregory regarding EXECUTIVE ORDER 13603, which covertly violates many constitutional rights ie: FORCED LABOR, concentration camps, government take-over, food shortages, population control etc. Also discussion on Baltimore riots, Tennessee shooting, martial law, the U.S. as a POLICE STATE and much more. www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparednessPoster Comment:This Executive Order is dated March 16, 2012. Obummer has had this in the works for a while.
US Behind New Coup Plot in Venezuela
Post Date: 2016-04-30 09:17:01 by Stephen Lendman
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US Behind New Coup Plot in Venezuela by Stephen Lendman Since Hugo Chavez’s December 1998 election, Washington plotted to regain control over Venezuela and its vast oil reserves. Two anti-Chavista coup plots failed, another against current President Nicolas Maduro foiled. US economic war facilitated fascists gaining control of Venezuela’s National Assembly. Washington’s dirty hands are involved in helping their latest attempt to oust Maduro - wanting neoliberal harshness replacing Bolivarian fairness. In March, the anti-Chavista Movement of Democratic Unity (MUD) published its Roadmap for Change. MUD executive secretary Jesus Torealba “call(ed) on the entire ...
Russia and America Are Adversaries, Not Partners
Post Date: 2016-04-29 12:12:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and America Are Adversaries, Not Partners by Stephen Lendman Agreements Russia and other nations make with America are fraught with hazards. Sordid US history shows it flagrantly breaches deals repeatedly. Washington can’t be trusted. It doesn’t negotiate in good faith. Duplicity is longstanding policy, peace anathema to advancing its imperium. Russian officials calling their US counterparts partners is oxymoronic on its face. Longstanding relations between both countries are adversarial. Top US officials and Pentagon commanders call Moscow America’s leading threat. Evidence shows otherwise. Numerous previous articles explained in detail. Putin and Obama are ...
Former Speaker Boehner Blasts Cruz
Post Date: 2016-04-29 12:02:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Former Speaker Boehner Blasts Cruz by Stephen Lendman John Boehner minced no words, calling Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh,” adding “I have never worked with a more miserable son-of-a-bitch in my life.” Trump sounds almost mild, calling him “lying Ted…a hypocrite…a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him.” A previous article called him the most despised US senator - arrogant, abrasive, mean-spirited, insufferable and obnoxious, antagonizing friends and foes. His combative style creates enemies. He calls fellow Republicans fake conservatives. Boehner silently blasted him earlier by ...
Obama's Economic Legacy: Thirdworldizing America
Post Date: 2016-04-29 09:08:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s Economic Legacy: Thirdworldizing America by Stephen Lendman The New York Times colluded with Obama, presenting the illusion of economic recovery, twisting reality, ignoring cold hard facts. Interviewed by its financial columnist Andrew Sorkin, a false picture of his economic record was presented. America’s 1% never had things better. Protracted Main Street Depression conditions affect most others. One out of four working-age Americans have no jobs. Most others lucky to have work are underemployed - stuck in rotten part-time, low-pay, poor-or-no-benefit temp or part-time positions, one missed paycheck away from homelessness, hunger and desperation. Economist John ...
Cruz-Fiorina Alliance Shows Desperation
Post Date: 2016-04-28 08:57:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Cruz-Fiorina Alliance Shows Desperation by Stephen Lendman A days earlier announced Cruz-Kasich alliance to stay out of each other’s way in upcoming primaries as a way of challenging Trump faltered straightaway - Kasich urging supporters to stick with him. Trump called their gambit “pathetic,” a desperation move. In response to Cruz naming Carly Fiorina his running mate, he posted an earlier TV clip on his Twitter page of her calling Cruz a politician who “says whatever he needs to say to get elected.” Don’t they all!! Promises are made to be broken. Obama broke every major one he made. Separately, Trump mocked the move, saying “Cruz can’t win. ...
Trump's Worldview: Old Wine in New Bottles
Post Date: 2016-04-28 08:48:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump’s Worldview: Old Wine in New Bottles by Stephen Lendman Believe nothing politicians say. They all lie. Trump sent mixed messages in delivering his first foreign policy address. His worldview is more nightmarish than visionary. His America first agenda features unipolarity, nativism and US military supremacy while claiming to “want to live peacefully with Russia and China.” Absent was urging respect for and adherence to rule of law principles along with wanting mutual cooperation among all nations. He failed to denounce America’s imperial agenda, its phony war on terrorism as a pretext for endless aggression against nonbelligerent states threatening no others. ...
Symbolic French Vote for Lifting Sanctions on Russia
Post Date: 2016-04-28 08:32:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Symbolic French Vote for Lifting Sanctions on Russia by Stephen Lendman America and EU countries illegally imposed sanctions on Russia - Washington four times since March 2014 for fabricated reasons relating to Ukraine. Nations unilaterally or collectively may not impose sanctions on other countries, individuals, businesses or organizations. International law permits only Security Council members to impose them. They’re counterproductive achieving nothing. The EU succumbed to heavy US pressure, instituting its own sanctions on Russian state-owned banks, defense and oil companies, as well as restricting sales of weapons, military and dual-use technologies, high tech and oil industry ...
Bracken: What I Saw At The Coup
Post Date: 2016-04-27 13:54:30 by Horse
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Short-fuse fiction by Matt Bracken intended to spread alarm among progressives, in the spirit of dispiriting them from ever attempting such a mad folly in order to cling to power. Matt Bracken is the author of the Enemies Foreign And Domestic trilogy, and Castigo Cay. (He is a former Navy Seal) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is the first time in many years that I have put pen to paper for a lengthy letter, so please forgive my misspellings, poor handwriting or any other errors. I will probably do this in one go and be finished with it. I won’t need much of this new notebook. It’s a nice room, desk and chair, but really, no computer? I just wish they would ...
Honoring An Erdogan Victim
Post Date: 2016-04-27 12:28:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Honoring An Erdogan Victim by Stephen Lendman Turkey is a US-supported fascist police state, Erdogan a world-class thug, a despot by any standard. During June 2013 anti-regime protests, 15-year-old Berkin Elvan was struck on the head by a police tear gas canister while out buying bread for his family. On March 11, 2014, he died following a 269 day coma. Thousands turned out for his funeral, accompanying his coffin through Istanbul. Protesters shouted “Erdogan, killer.” “All against fascism.” “Berkin’s murderers are the AKP police,” referring to Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development party. In Berkin’s Okmeydani neighborhood, shopkeepers ...
Bernie Sanders: More Myth Than Populist Champion
Post Date: 2016-04-27 10:39:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Bernie Sanders: More Myth Than Populist Champion by Stephen Lendman Populists are excluded from high office in America. A true progressive hasn’t run for the presidency since socialist Eugene Debs tried five times - his last attempt from prison in 1920 for opposing WW I. In 1924, Robert LaFollette’s Progressive Party bid failed. Following his defeat, his party disbanded. Progressivism began in the 19th century to end slavery, support women's rights, small farmers, and political populism. It supported: • social reforms benefitting ordinary Americans;
• citizens having more control over government;
• education as a universal right;
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Trump and Clinton Win Big on Tuesday
Post Date: 2016-04-27 10:32:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump and Clinton Win Big on Tuesday by Stephen Lendman Both candidates moved closer to their party’s nominations. With overwhelming unelected super- delegate support (nearly 20% of the Democrat total), Sanders is too far behind to catch up. Without Republican super-delegates (6.5% of the GOP total), Trump is 400 delegates ahead of rival Cruz, momentum working for him. On Tuesday, he won all five GOP primaries, Clinton four of five, Sanders winning only Rhode Island. Strong showings from both leading candidates are expected in six May primaries and the big one in California on June 7, five other states voting on the same date. The race for both party nominations should be over by ...
NYT Calls Trump Unfit to Be President
Post Date: 2016-04-27 09:06:07 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Calls Trump Unfit to Be President by Stephen Lendman Times editors bash him relentlessly, supporting neoliberal neocon war goddess, Wall Street favorite Clinton, ignoring her pure evil agenda - shamelessly calling her the most qualified US presidential aspirant “in modern history.” No responsible editors would publish this rubbish. All duopoly party candidates support the American way, serving wealth and power interests exclusively at the expense of peace, equity and justice. Don’t let their campaign rhetoric fool you. Realpolitik speaks for itself. Democrat and Republican administrations are pro-war, pro-business and anti-populist, notably since the 1990s. Sanders ...
Tax Avoidance 101
Post Date: 2016-04-26 13:32:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Tax Avoidance 101 by Stephen Lendman The Panama Papers exposed the tip of a hugely dirty iceberg. Rich and powerful public and private figures hide wealth in tax havens to avoid paying what they owe. Governments protect their privileged class, notably America, the world’s leading tax haven, letting foreign corporate and high-net worth individuals shelter their wealth, free from taxation. Many thousands of US businesses and wealthy individuals largely avoid taxes by registering in Delaware, more a tax haven than a state. Trump and Clinton do it at the same 1209 North Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware address, along with 285,000 business firms, London’s Guardian reported. ...
Turkey Banning Foreign Journalists
Post Date: 2016-04-26 05:46:45 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey Banning Foreign Journalists by Stephen Lendman Erdogan escalated war on press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) accused him of increasingly banning entry to foreign journalists, expelling others. Sputnik News Turkey bureau chief Tural Kerimov is the 10th foreign correspondent banned in the last six months. A border control officer seized his press card and residence permit, called him persona non grata, and deported him to Russia. Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) secretary general Nadezda Azhgikhina issued a statement, saying: “The rights of the journalists in Turkey is an issue which had been concerning international organizations seriously for ...
Revisiting July 2011 Oslo Killings
Post Date: 2016-04-25 09:04:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Revisiting July 2011 Oslo Killings by Stephen Lendman On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik reportedly detonated a van bomb, killing eight in Oslo, then single-handedly killed 69 Workers Youth League members at a Utoya island summer camp. In August 2012, he was convicted of mass murder and terrorism, given a 21-year sentence, subject to extension if still considered dangerous. Questions remain unanswered about what happened. More on this below. Breivik made headlines again last week, winning a lawsuit, claiming “inhuman and degrading” treatment in violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. He sued over his forced separation from other prisoners and ...
Desperate GOP Attempt to Stop Trump
Post Date: 2016-04-25 08:35:27 by Stephen Lendman
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Desperate GOP Attempt to Stop Trump by Stephen Lendman Trump remains overwhelmingly popular among GOP voters, way outdistancing his rivals. Cruz and Kasich alone remain - allying in a desperate bid to stop him. Party bosses are committed to anyone but him even though he looks unstoppable. He calls the GOP electoral system “rigged,” saying “this kind of crap (shouldn’t) happen.” During a mid-April campaign rally, he said “the economy is rigged. The banking system is rigged… The (whole) system is rigged.” It “has nothing to do with democracy.” Neocons Cruz and Kasich are colluding to block Trump’s nomination. They’ll stay out of ...
Why Obama Opposes Brexit
Post Date: 2016-04-24 12:35:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Why Obama Opposes Brexit by Stephen Lendman During his UK visit, Obama’s London Telegraph op-ed was duplicitous like all his remarks. The headline alone gave it away this time, saying “(a)s your friend, let me say that the EU makes Britain even greater.” Neoliberal Europe reveals otherwise, benefitting monied interests exclusively, harming most others, devastating least advantaged households throughout the EU. Obama’s op-ed meddled unjustifiably in the affairs of another country. It made painful reading, ignoring issues mattering most to ordinary Brits, ones affecting their economic, financial and social welfare, suffering under force-fed neoliberal austerity. ...
NATO's Support for Ukraine's Putschist Regime
Post Date: 2016-04-24 08:49:25 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO’s Support for Ukraine’s Putschist Regime by Stephen Lendman US-installed Ukrainian putschists have no legitimacy. Deputy NATO Secretary-General/former US Defense Secretary for International Affairs Alexander Vershbow runs the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg a figurehead leader. Days earlier, Vershbow affirmed NATO’s support for the US created monster, sharing a 1,500 mile land and sea border with Russia, a cancer in central Europe, a dagger targeting Russian Federation’s heartland, a flashpoint risking global war. He spoke at the Kiev Security Forum, featuring Russia bashing, suppressing hard truths, substituting misinformation and Big Lies, repeating the tired old ...
Chelsea Clinton: Gun Control Possible with Scalia out of the Way
Post Date: 2016-04-23 14:27:13 by BTP Holdings
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Chelsea Clinton: Gun Control Possible with Scalia out of the Way Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, campaigns for her mother at Denizens Brewing Company in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 21, 2016. / AFP / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) by AWR Hawkins 22 Apr 20169,171 During a campaign speech which recently aired on MSNBC, Chelsea Clinton made clear that her mother, Hillary Clinton, can pursue gun control now that Antonin Scalia is out of the way. Chelsea was pointing to things that differentiate her mother from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16% and the GOP candidates, when she said: It matters to me that ...
Police State Germany
Post Date: 2016-04-23 08:54:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Police State Germany by Stephen Lendman Free expression in all forms is the most important democratic right, no matter how offensive to some people. Without it, all other freedoms are jeopardized. Articles 1 through 19 of Germany’s constitution affirm basic rights afforded all Germans. They include equality for all citizens, freedom of speech, assembly, the media, and religion. Discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or political beliefs is prohibited. Conscientious objection to compulsory military service is allowed. Article 18 states: “Whoever abuses freedom of expression of opinion, in particular freedom of the press, freedom of teaching, freedom of ...
Erdogan Wants Everyone Criticizing Him Prosecuted
Post Date: 2016-04-22 12:29:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Erdogan Wants Everyone Criticizing Him Prosecuted by Stephen Lendman In Turkey, dissent is a criminal offense. Anyone criticizing Erdogan or exposing regime wrongdoing risks arrest, prosecution and imprisonment on charges ranging from insulting the president to espionage, treason or terrorism. Journalists, academics, public figures, human rights activists, even young children are vulnerable. So would world leaders be if Erdogan has his way. Last December, regime loyalist Mahir Akkar urged Putin be criminally investigated on charges of insulting and defaming Erdogan. He wants Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov to stand trial for “insulting the president,” saying ...
Andrew Jackson Demoted
Post Date: 2016-04-21 08:18:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Andrew Jackson Demoted by Stephen Lendman On April 20, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said abolitionist/suffragist/civil rights activist Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the front of new $20 bills. The former president gets demoted to their reverse sides. Tubman was born into slavery, escaped to freedom and worked to rescue dozens of enslaved families, using so-called Underground Railroad safe houses. Post-war, she was active in the struggle for women’s suffrage. Former slave Frederick Douglas said he “kn(ew) of no one (else) who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people.” Honoring her can’t erase the longstanding ...
Supreme Court Orders Iran to Pay Compensation to Victims of An Israeli False Flag
Post Date: 2016-04-20 12:27:24 by Stephen Lendman
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Supreme Court Orders Iran to Pay Compensation to Victims of An Israeli False Flag by Stephen Lendman Unjustifiable US hostility toward Iran persists. Last year’s nuclear deal changed nothing. Regime change remains firm bipartisan policy. Washington wants Iranian sovereignty replaced by puppet governance it controls. In October 1983, during Israel’s first Lebanon war, slaughtering thousands, including at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, the Beirut Barracks were attacked, killing 241 US marines. Iran, Syria and Hezbollah were wrongfully blamed for a Mossad false flag. Israel wanted anti-Arab sentiment stoked to enlist US support for its regional aggression. In September 200 ...
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