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Another Brutalized Guantanamo Victim Freed
Post Date: 2016-01-09 07:35:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Another Brutalized Guantanamo Victim Freed by Stephen Lendman Guantanamo represents pure US evil. It’s the tip of a disturbing iceberg, one of numerous US global black sites operating extrajudicially. Unknown numbers of innocent victims languish under hellish conditions, subjected to torture and other horrific forms of mistreatment, denied all international law guaranteed rights. Most were uncharged, others falsely accused. They’re all Muslims, America’s target of choice. The vast majority of the 779 men and boys held at Guantanamo since the infamous camp opened in 2002 were sold to US authorities for bounty - not imprisoned for criminality. A handful were convicted by ...
Saudis Escalate Tensions with Iran
Post Date: 2016-01-09 07:15:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudis Escalate Tensions with Iran by Stephen Lendman Riyadh and Tehran are regional rivals, each nation pursuing polar opposite policies. Iran forthrightly supports regional peace, stability and mutual cooperation. Saudi Arabia is a monster regime, lawlessly pursuing a rogue agenda - the epicenter of Middle East violence and chaos, fostering terrorism, denying its people fundamental rights free societies take for granted. On January 3, Riyadh cut diplomatic ties, trade and air links with Iran, likely pre-planned, using the phony pretext of justifiably angry Iranians storming its Tehran embassy over the extrajudicial execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Other Gulf States Kuwait, Bahrain, ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states’ rights
Post Date: 2016-01-08 22:19:07 by BTP Holdings
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states’ rights Brandi Grissom Follow @brandigrissom Email bgrissom@dallasnews.com Published: January 8, 2016 1:09 pm Facebook Twitter Email Comments Print Gov. Greg Abbott called Friday for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Gov. Greg Abbott called Friday for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Updated at 3:45: Revised to include response to Gov. Abbott’s speech and add reference to the Convention of States. Updated at 1:54: Revised to include comments from Gov. Abbott’s ...
Who Cares?
Post Date: 2016-01-08 10:54:29 by Ada
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Whether Ted Cruz was or was not born in the United States? So many of the provisions of the Constitution have been ignored or interpreted out of existence, why should one more section concern us? The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th Amendments that ostensibly limit federal power have been whittled down to little more than July 4th phraseology. The 9th Amendment – the most liberty-supporting words in the Constitution – has never (as in NEVER) been given serious attention by Congress, the courts, presidents, or even high school civics class teachers. The “commerce clause” of Article I, Section 8, has been interpreted by the Supreme Court (in the classic case of Wickard v. ...
The Plight of the Modern Rebel
Post Date: 2016-01-08 10:21:19 by Ada
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This past Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. a Southern man who goes by the moniker “Saint Negro” tweeted, “We are doing the same thing Rosa Parks did,” under a fake Twitter account called @Ammon_Bundy. Ammon is obviously the son of rancher Cliven Bundy and he’s in Oregon right now fighting for his fellow ranchers the Hammonds, who are back in prison for daring to preserve their land. It’s an inspiring act of civil disobedience torn right out of the Constitution, but the media class doesn’t like it because the Hammonds are white. We want occupations to be done by cool black guys or American Indians. When a young Eric Holder took over an ROTC building with other armed ...
Tenured Professor Questioning Official Sandy Hook Shootings Narrative Fired
Post Date: 2016-01-07 12:51:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Tenured Professor Questioning Official Sandy Hook Shootings Narrative Fired by Stephen Lendman Adam Lanza was blamed for the December 14, 2012 Newtown, CT shootings, perhaps wrongfully. South Florida University (SFU) tenured Professor James Tracy questioned inconsistencies and anomalies in the official narrative - reinforced by corporate media scoundrels unwillingness to ask tough questions and demand clear answers. Tracy questioned whether any shootings took place - “at least in the way law enforcement authorities and the nation’s news media” described events, unquestionably reporting the official narrative. Contradictions abound. Key questions remain unanswered. How ...
Venezuelan Fascists Defy Supreme Court Ruling
Post Date: 2016-01-07 06:38:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Venezuelan Fascists Defy Supreme Court Ruling by Stephen Lendman Right-wing extremists controlling Venezuela’s parliament abhor rule of law principles and other democratic values. Their modus operandi is raw power, serving elitist interests over all others, wanting Venezuela returned to its bad old pre-Chavez days. On January 2, Venezuela’s Supreme Court suspended the swearing in of four incoming legislators, three opposition party members and one from Maduro’s PSUV, pending investigation of Amazonas state voting irregularities, including vote buying, fraud and significant numbers of blank ballots. If electoral tampering evidence is found, Venezuela’s National ...
Americans Critical of Government Can Lose Gun Rights Due to Executive Order
Post Date: 2016-01-06 20:11:41 by BTP Holdings
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Americans Critical of Government Can Lose Gun Rights Due to Executive Order Psychologists could diagnose conservatives, libertarians with "Oppositional Defiant Disorder in adults" Kit Daniels | Infowars.com - January 5, 2016 Americans critical of government could have their Second Amendment rights restricted if psychologists diagnose them with “Oppositional Defiant Disorder” or a similar diagnosis as a result of Obama’s new gun control executive action. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition (DSM-5), which the American Psychiatric Association uses for psychiatric diagnosis, defines “oppositional defiant disorder” as a ...
Obama's Indifference to Violence and Human Suffering
Post Date: 2016-01-06 06:28:47 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s Indifference to Violence and Human Suffering by Stephen Lendman America is the greatest purveyor of violence in world history. No other regime ever matched its barbarity on a global scale over a longer duration, its contempt for human rights and welfare. It operates beneath the phony facade of supporting right over wrong, might alone enforced to serve its imperial interests. Obama is the latest in a long line of rogue US leaders, contemptuous of rule of law principles and democratic values - responsible for global violence and instability, indifferent to cops turning US streets into battlegrounds, licensed to kill with impunity. According to the Killed by Police ...
Obama Had the Perfect Response to Critics Who Say He Doesn’t Understand Second Amendment
Post Date: 2016-01-05 17:10:09 by BTP Holdings
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Obama Had the Perfect Response to Critics Who Say He Doesn’t Understand Second Amendment By Liz Rowley 3 hours ago During a public address from the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama laid out a comprehensive plan to enact tighter gun control laws in the U.S. Core to the debate of gun control is the second amendment, which the president evoked more than once during his speech. "I believe in the second amendment, that guarantees a right to bear arms," Obama said in the televised address. "I believe that we can find ways to reduce gun violence consistent with the second amendment." He continued by reminding his audience that as a former teacher of ...
Rogue Saudi Allies Cut Diplomatic Ties with Iran
Post Date: 2016-01-04 13:02:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Rogue Saudi Allies Cut Diplomatic Ties with Iran Stephen Lendman Saudi Arabia used the pretext of justifiably angry Iranians storming its Tehran embassy over the extrajudicial execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr to cut diplomatic ties with Tehran irresponsibly. The action sounds like a premeditated plot against the Islamic Republic - perhaps hatched in Washington and/or Israel, maybe Riyadh aiming to distract attention from its state-sponsored terrorism, supporting ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq, and Libya, along with other regional destabilizing activities - complicit with US-led NATO states and regional rogue partners. Decades of US-led hostile relations toward Iran ...
National grocery chain: We follow the law, not anti-gun hysteria
Post Date: 2016-01-04 05:44:13 by BTP Holdings
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National grocery chain: We follow the law, not anti-gun hysteria Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sam Rolley Several national retailers have made the decision to violate Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights by implementing anti-firearm policies that appease gun grabbers and make patrons less safe. That’s why you should be sure to support this grocery store that has vowed to protect your right to self-defense. With a new open-carry law making headlines in Texas, the state’s largest grocery retailer, H.E.B., along with Safeway and lefty supermarket du jor Whole Foods have all announced that they won’t allow customers to exercise their open carry rights while shopping. But ...
Riyadh Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Iran
Post Date: 2016-01-04 05:05:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Riyadh Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Iran by Stephen Lendman On Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Tehran - using the pretext of angry Iranians storming its embassy, expressing outrage over Sheikh Nimr al- Nimr’s extrajudicial execution. Iranian diplomats were given 48 hours to leave the kingdom. Saudi ones returned home from Iran over the weekend. Tehran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said “Riyadh cannot cover up its big mistake of executing a religious man by announcing cut relations with Tehran.” No Saudi diplomats or staff were injured during the embassy storming ...
Minn. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of BB Gun
Post Date: 2016-01-03 18:26:08 by BTP Holdings
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Minn. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of BB Gun The Minnesota Supreme Court has decided to hear the appeal of a man with a controlled substance related felony on his record who was sentenced to five years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm when he was found in possession of a BB gun. By Barry Donegan - Dec 30, 2015 Screenshot from the Macabespeed YouTube channel depicting a Walther CP99 Compact .177 caliber BB gun. The Minnesota Supreme Court is set to take on a case that will determine whether a BB gun is considered a firearm as it pertains to felons who have had their gun rights stripped due to a prior conviction. 37-year-old Minnesota resident ...
CNN: ’14 Women Have Made Claims’ Of Sexual Abuse Against Bill Clinton
Post Date: 2016-01-02 15:14:48 by BTP Holdings
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CNN: ’14 Women Have Made Claims’ Of Sexual Abuse Against Bill Clinton by John Nolte 31 Dec 20155,557 CNN political contributor Errol Louis went off-script Thursday morning when he reported out loud one of the truths the DC Media has spent decades covering up: that a total of 14 women have accused former President Bill Clinton of some form of sexual abuse, from rape to groping to harassment. “After what we’ve seen with Bill Cosby and with old accusations,” Louis said, “There are about 14 women who could be said to have made claims at one time or another” against Bill Clinton. Proving she hasn’t done her homework on one of the biggest stories of ...
Four Dozen Saudi Extrajudicial Executions
Post Date: 2016-01-02 10:25:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Four Dozen Saudi Extrajudicial Executions by Stephen Lendman Riyadh and Washington are close allies, partnering in each other’s high crimes - both countries notably supporting ISIS and other terrorist groups, used as US imperial foot soldiers. Domestically, Riyadh’s human rights record is abominable. Fundamental freedoms don’t exist. Criticizing ruling authorities risks arrest, imprisonment or death. On Saturday, the kingdom’s interior ministry said prominent Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr along with 46 others were executed on phony charges of terrorism - mostly by beheadings, several by firing squad, done inside prisons instead of public squares, Riyadh’s usual ...
Erdogan Damage Control
Post Date: 2016-01-02 05:35:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Erdogan Damage Control by Stephen Lendman Turkish democracy is pure fantasy. None whatever exists. Erdogan is a tinpot despot, a rogue leader in a part of the world ruled by tyrants. He seeks constitutional changes for a presidential system, officially affording himself unchallenged power - able to eliminate opponents and critics more easily than already. He cited Hitler’s Germany as the way he seeks to run things - calling it streamlined rule for more effective decision-making - code language for wanting one-man tyrannical authority, no opposition or critics allowed. Damage control followed to subdue outrage to his remarks. An official statement said he was misinterpreted. His ...
Hitler: Erdogan's Role Model
Post Date: 2016-01-01 11:32:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Hitler: Erdogan’s Role Model by Stephen Lendman Erdogan heads a fascist police state. As a valued NATO member, Washington ignores his domestic crimes, uses its regime to advance its imperial objectives. On Thursday on return from Saudi Arabia, he was asked if a presidential system is compatible with Turkey’s unitary structure. “There are examples around the world,” he said, including earlier in “Hitler’s Germany,” citing the Nazi regime perhaps as his ideal way to run Turkey, saying he wants things more streamlined for more effective decision-making - code language for wanting iron-fisted rule, all challengers and critics eliminated. Prime Minister ...
Obama: I'll Meet With Lynch Monday on Gun Control Order
Post Date: 2016-01-01 08:23:36 by BTP Holdings
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Obama: I'll Meet With Lynch Monday on Gun Control Order Image: Obama: I'll Meet With Lynch Monday on Gun Control Order Friday, 01 Jan 2016 07:08 AM President Barack Obama will meet Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss executive actions he could take to make it harder for "a dangerous few" to get their hands on guns. Obama said on his weekly radio address that he gets so many letters from parents, teachers and children about the "epidemic of gun violence" that he can't "sit around and do nothing." "The gun lobby is loud and well organized in its defense of effortlessly available guns for anyone," Obama said. "The ...
White House Intends Breaching Iran Nuclear Deal
Post Date: 2016-01-01 07:32:20 by Stephen Lendman
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White House Intends Breaching Iran Nuclear Deal by Stephen Lendman Years of Iranian patience, compromise and good faith may end up all for naught. Washington has a long, odious history of flouting agreements. Native Americans understand best of all. Broken promises and betrayal defined every treaty agreed to. Successive US governments pledged one thing and did another. They vowed peace and waged war, slaughtered indigenous people, stole their lands and resources, herded them onto reservations in violation of terms reached, treated them like subhumans. Iranians aren’t fools. After 36 years of unrelenting US hostility, they’re under no illusions about Washington turning a new ...
Obama's Meaningless New Year's Gesture
Post Date: 2016-01-01 07:11:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama’s Meaningless New Year’s Gesture by Stephen Lendman Obama exhibits con man duplicity in his role as a convenient imperial front man - selected for this reason, serving wealth and power interests exclusively. The reliable Saker calls him “exceptionally weak and even clueless.” He performs the role assigned him, his public actions and comments carefully scripted - an agenda based on deceit and contempt for fundamental rights everyone deserves. A shameless NYT New Year’s eve editorial headlined “Obama’s Trickle of Mercy,” saying he commuted scores of mostly illicit drug related sentences on grounds of “justice and fairness” - along ...
Hilarious! The Constitution Strikes Back — New Video Casts This GOP Candidate in Star Wars-like Battle
Post Date: 2015-12-31 13:20:22 by BTP Holdings
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Hilarious! The Constitution Strikes Back — New Video Casts This GOP Candidate in Star Wars-like Battle The creator of the new video, The Constitution Strikes Back: Episode VIII, The Cruzade, told Breitbart that it was Ted Cruz’s performance during the filibuster against Obamacare in September 2013 that inspired him to make the video. “I had a vision of Cruz as a galactic rebel warrior who would one day lead America back from the progressive abyss. …As I attended CPAC and screened my films nationwide, it became clear that Cruz was the one true conservative who could win the White House. Simply put, Cruz was in a league of his own. In my mind, no politician came ...
If You Want to Limit the Power of the Super-Wealthy, Stop Using their Money
Post Date: 2015-12-31 09:05:06 by noone222
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If You Want to Limit the Power of the Super-Wealthy, Stop Using their Money Posted on December 29, 2015 by Charles Hugh Smith Many well-meaning people want to limit the wealth and power of the super-wealthy, i.e. the Financial Aristocracy/Oligarchy. (For more on the modern class structure, please see America’s Nine Classes: The New Class Hierarchy.) Reformers have suggested everything from a global tax on wealth (Piketty) to publicly owned banks to limiting the pay to play circus of campaign contributions. None of these will change the power structure or limit the super-wealthy. as I explained last week, If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created and Distributed, We Change ...
Business As Usual Chicago Police Reform
Post Date: 2015-12-31 07:32:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Business As Usual Chicago Police Reform by Stephen Lendman Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s announced police overhaul plan to stem cop killings and violence smacks of pure subterfuge. Living in Chicago for nearly half a century, I’ve heard numerous horror stories about police misconduct and abuse, several from affected victims. Expect meaningless cosmetic changes only, nothing addressing an out-of-control law enforcement culture in Chicago and nationwide, letting cops operate like vigilantes - armed, dangerous, ready to use live fire or other violent tactics indiscriminately with hair-trigger quickness. Emanuel’s scheme follows the fatal shooting of two Chicago Blacks threatening no ...
Spying on Congress and Israel: NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own is Violated
Post Date: 2015-12-30 16:02:12 by Aragorn
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[...] So now, with yesterday’s WSJ report, we witness the tawdry spectacle of large numbers of people who for years were fine with, responsible for, and even giddy about, NSA mass surveillance suddenly objecting. Now they’ve learned that they themselves, or the officials of the foreign country they most love, have been caught up in this surveillance dragnet, and they can hardly contain their indignation. Overnight, privacy is of the highest value because now it’s their privacy, rather than just yours, that is invaded. What happened to all the dismissive lectures about how if you’ve done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to hide? Is that still applicable? Or is it ...
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