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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
“The Tragic City”—Birmingham AL After 50 Years. Coming To An America Near You?
Post Date: 2013-07-01 17:07:17 by Big Meanie
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“What is the city but the people?” asked Shakespeare in Coriolanus. In The Tragic City: Birmingham 1963-2013 , author Paul Kersey examines the city of Birmingham, Alabama. One of the major battlegrounds of the Civil Rights movement, Birmingham now has a special place in the hearts of those who fought for and support what the author calls Black Run America (BRA). Every American schoolchild now learns that peaceful, put-upon blacks in that city faced down insurmountable odds in overcoming segregation, white racism, bombings and Bull Connor’s fire hoses and police dogs. But Kersey looks beyond that popular myth at the reality of post-civil rights era Birmingham. In this age ...
Whistleblower Russell Tice Tells More
Post Date: 2013-07-01 14:44:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Whistleblower Russell Tice Tells More by Stephen Lendman Edward Snowden hopes his revelations embolden others to come forward. Tice did years earlier. He's a former Office of Naval Intelligence/Defense Intelligence Agency/NSA analyst. His career spanned 20 years. In December 2005, he accused NSA and DIA of unconstitutionally wiretapping US citizens. He got national attention, saying: "Everyone at NSA knew what they were doing was illegal, because it’s drilled into our heads over and over that it’s against NSA policy, that you do not do that. The choice is to speak out and get fired." Bush administration officials maintained secrecy. The New York Times knew ...
'The Extremists Are Coming; The Extremists Are Coming!'
Post Date: 2013-07-01 09:49:31 by Ada
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"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice! And . . . moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" ~ Barry Goldwater, in speech written by Karl Hess A recent discussion on the Fox Business channel, amongst John Stossel, Stuart Varney, and Judge Andrew Napolitano, has raised, once again, the empty charge directed at libertarians: "you are being an extremist!" Such words are always offered in lieu of a substantive analysis of the position advocated. That both Albert Einstein and Jeffery Dahmer could be labeled as "extremists," by virtue of how far their thinking deviated from some norm, provides us no basis upon which to evaluate their thinking or ...
Mass Protests Rock Egypt
Post Date: 2013-07-01 03:13:54 by Stephen Lendman
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Mass Protests Rock Egypt by Stephen Lendman Washington engineered Hosni Mubarak's ouster. He fell from grace. He opposed Obama's regional agenda. It cost him dearly. He became more liability than asset. Mohammed Morsi replaced him. He's Washington's man in Egypt. Hard line rule continues. Morsi's its public face. Egypt's anti-democratic tradition persists. Junta power rules. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) runs things. Politicians serve them. Elections don't matter. They provide a veneer of democratic change. It's illusory. It's fake. It's not real. Wealth, power and privilege are served. Popular interests go begging. Washington ...
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Wrongfully Indicted
Post Date: 2013-07-01 03:12:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Wrongfully Indicted by Stephen Lendman On June 27, federal grand jurors indicted him on 30 counts. They did so disgracefully. Charges include: • "use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death and conspiracy; • bombing of a place of public use resulting in death and conspiracy; • malicious destruction of property resulting in death and conspiracy; • use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; • use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence causing death; • carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury; • interference with commerce by threats or violence; and • aiding and ...
America: Government by Terror, Torture and Tyranny
Post Date: 2013-06-30 02:58:15 by Stephen Lendman
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America: Government by Terror, Torture and Tyranny by Stephen Lendman America governs lawlessly. Out-of-control rogues run things. Conditions go from bad to worse. Tyranny threatens everyone. So does possible global war. Fear-mongering, saber rattling, hot wars, proxy ones, drone ones, geopolitical ones, financial ones, anti-populist ones, mass incarceration, censorship, lawless sanctions, subversion, sabotage, targeted assassinations, mass murder, cyberwar, and horrific draconian harshness reflect out-of control governance gone mad. Lying is official policy. So is state terror. Independent governments aren't tolerated. They're targeted. Regime change is prioritized. World peace ...
Texas: America's State-Sponsored Execution Capital
Post Date: 2013-06-30 02:57:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Texas: America's State-Sponsored Execution Capital by Stephen Lendman In 1972, the Supreme Court's Furman v. Georgia ruling banned capital punishment, saying: "(T)he imposition and carrying out of the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments." Doing so is "harsh, freakish, and arbitrary." It's constitutionally "unacceptable." Forty state death penalty statutes were voided. Over 600 death row inmates nationwide were spared. In Gregg v. Georgia (1976), the High Court reversed its earlier ruling. It called capital punishment not inherently cruel. It's "an extreme ...
Snowden, NSA, Blackmail, and the Boys in the Back Room
Post Date: 2013-06-29 19:02:37 by X-15
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The NSA is spying on everybody. That includes a major, major, prime target: Congress. So imagine this conversation taking place, in a car, on a lonely road outside Washington, late at night. The speakers are Congressman X and a private operative representing a covert unit inside the NSA: “Well, Congressman, do you remember January 6th? A Monday afternoon, a men’s room in the park off – ” “What the hell are you talking about!” “A stall in the men’s room. The kid. He was wearing white high-tops. A Skins cap. T-shirt. Dark hair. Scar across his left cheek.” “Jesus.” “We have very good audio and video. Anytime you want to watch ...
World's Most Evil And Lawless Institution? The Executive Branch Of The U.S. Government
Post Date: 2013-06-29 13:26:15 by Southern Style
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World's Most Evil And Lawless Institution? The Executive Branch Of The U.S. Government By Fred Branfman Introduction: America’s Secret ShameAmerica has a secret. It is not discussed in polite company or at the dinner tables of the powerful, rich and famous.Parents do not teach it to their children. Best-selling authors do not write about it. Politicians and government officials ignore it. Intellectuals avoid it. High school and college textbooks do not refer to it. TV pundits do not comment on it. Teachers do not teach it. Journalists from the nation's most highly regarded TV news shows, newspapers and magazines, do not report it. Columnists do not opine about it. ...
Senate Passes Racist Immigration Bill
Post Date: 2013-06-29 03:12:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Senate Passes Racist Immigration Bill by Stephen Lendman On June 27, S. 744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (BSEOIMA) passed. House members address it next. On June 28, The New York Times headlined "Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration," saying: Senators approved "the most significant overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats to remove a wedge between Republicans and Hispanic voters." An accompanying editorial headlined "Immigration Reform, Finally," saying: Senators ...
More Evidence of Lawless US Spying
Post Date: 2013-06-29 03:10:37 by Stephen Lendman
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More Evidence of Lawless US Spying by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, unprecedented domestic spying began. It did so extrajudicially. It continues under Obama. It's institutionalized. It's warrantless. It's unconstitutional. It doesn't matter. It's sweeping and all-embracing. It prioritizes everyone Washington wants monitored. Phone calls, emails, web sites visited, and other personal information is routinely collected. Doing so reflects police state lawlessness writ large. It's official US policy. Constitutional protections don't matter. Government by diktats supersede them. Alleged national security priorities don't wash. They're fabricated to justify ...
HOAX NSA Security Edward Snowden
Post Date: 2013-06-28 23:52:07 by Itistoolate
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Snowden is Zukerburgs cousen
The United States Is In Fact An Orwellian Tyranny-Obama Statements At The National Defense University
Post Date: 2013-06-28 10:44:21 by christine
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The United States is in fact an Orwellian Tyranny that merely chooses not to implement full tyrannical measures. It only makes this decision because it does not yet have sufficient power to completely control the masses, i.e. we have not been made sufficiently docile, nor sufficiently dumbed down, fattened, sickened, and disarmed. When the government does have that power, and it will soon enough, it may then be too late to effectively resist. During a speech on May 23 at the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington D.C. in which Barrack Hussein Obama was called to the carpet by Medea Benjamin, one of his employers, for his actions relating to men who are illegally imprisoned ...
Obama in Africa
Post Date: 2013-06-28 02:51:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama in Africa by Stephen Lendman Voice of America reflects raw imperial power. It broadcasts US propaganda globally. On June 26, it said Obama "arrived in Senegal, the first stop of a three-nation African trip, focused on supporting democratic progress, and increasing US trade and investment." It's his second African trip. He visited earlier as a freshman Illinois senator. He told Kenyans, "I want you all to know that as your ally, your friend and your brother, I will be there in every way I can." He lied. He's a serial liar. Democracy is verboten. Washington tolerates none at home or abroad. America comes to exploit. At issue is controlling Africa's ...
Snowden: Shooting the Messenger
Post Date: 2013-06-28 02:50:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Snowden: Shooting the Messenger by Stephen Lendman A previous article said challenging US lawlessness more than ever matters. Big Brother spying reflects it. Unprecedented global surveillance is official US policy. Everyone can be monitored all the time, everywhere, for any reason or none at all. National security threats are fabricated. America's only enemies are ones it creates. The ACLU said "(i)t's time to get angry. (It's) "Time to Rein in the Surveillance State." Stop lawless US spying. Mega-data-mining's unconstitutional. "This unprecedented surveillance strikes at the core of our right to free speech, association, and privacy." "On ...
The Terrifying Future of The United States
Post Date: 2013-06-27 22:18:14 by Southern Style
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Here's your WTF for today: Official: Water complaints could be 'act of terrorism'
Post Date: 2013-06-27 17:53:51 by PSUSA2
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A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a group of Maury County residents that unfounded complaints about water quality could be considered an “act of terrorism.”“We take water quality very seriously. Very, very seriously,” said Sherwin Smith, deputy director of TDEC’s Division of Water Resources, according to audio recorded by attendees. “But you need to make sure that when you make water quality complaints you have a basis, because federally, if there’s no water quality issues, that can be considered under Homeland Security an act of terrorism.”“Can you say that again, please?” an audience member can ...
Thoughts on DOMA; “Marry your Sweetheart, Not Your State”
Post Date: 2013-06-27 15:36:36 by christine
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In light of the Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, I want to reiterate one of my very first blog posts for you, bringing about the argument that it’s a constitutional issue (and I’m happy that the SCOTUS agrees…finally, we are recognizing the documents our founders set forth): “That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.” Thomas Jefferson Those who know me well are very aware of my position on gay marriage: I find absolutely nothing wrong with it. However, my decision is a secular one: if you take religion and government out of the marriage business, there shouldn’t be any ...
Lynne Stewart Denied Compassionate Release
Post Date: 2013-06-27 13:30:16 by Stephen Lendman
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Lynne Stewart Denied Compassionate Release by Stephen Lendman Numerous previous articles discussed her. She's one of America's best. She's a role model for others. She's wrongfully imprisoned. She got 10 years for acting responsibly. She served others honorably, ethically, and heroically. She did so for 30 years. Doing the right thing matters. It's its own reward. She defended clients prosecutors wanted wrongfully imprisoned. They have no chance for justice without advocates like her. Obama wants her silenced. He wants justice denied. He reflects the worst of America's dark side. No pun intended. He wants Lynne dead. She's a breast cancer survivor. It ...
Woops! Obama Ordered Gun Report Reveals Guns Actually Save Lives
Post Date: 2013-06-27 11:44:48 by Itistoolate
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Woops! Obama Ordered Gun Report Reveals Guns Actually Save Lives June 27, 2013 Print Version Source: Story Leak A gun report ordered in by Obama has ended up highlighting the fact that legal guns are actually saving lives and diffusing crime. Woops! In a recent study orchestrated by the CDC and carried out by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, it was found that individuals involved in violent crimes who defended themselves using techniques other than carrying a gun were more likely to be injured when compared to those who were carrying a concealed firearm. All-in-all, the Obama ordered report ended up finding more pros than cons in regards to the ...
Challenging US Lawlessness
Post Date: 2013-06-27 02:45:33 by Stephen Lendman
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Challenging US Lawlessness by Stephen Lendman It's vital today more than ever. America's a rogue terror state. It's ruthlessly out-of-control. It spurns rule of law principles. It mocks democratic rights. It honors its worst. It persecutes its best. It acts unconscionably. It threatens freedom. It menaces world peace. It endangers humanity. It's guilty of worldwide espionage on a massive, unprecedented scale. Edward Snowden revealed it. Everyone needs to know. He did it heroically. He accepted great risks. He acted responsibly. He did so because it matters. He's a role model for others. Hopefully he'll embolden others to come forward. Political Washington ...
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act
Post Date: 2013-06-27 02:44:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act by Stephen Lendman America's High Court lacks legitimacy. It's supremely pro-business, anti-populist, anti-labor, and anti- rule of law fairness. It mocks democratic principles. It does so shamelessly. On June 25, it eviscerated Voting Rights Act enforcement. It usurped congressional authority. It did so unconscionably. In Shelby County v. Holder, it ruled 5 - 4. More on this below. A previous article said America's Supremes are notoriously hard right. Equal justice under law is more illusion than reality. Rule of law principles and egalitarian fairness don't matter. Power politics corrupts the High Court. It lacks legitimacy. Five ...
Podunk prosecutors seek gag order against eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt
Post Date: 2013-06-27 00:00:24 by Original_Intent
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The case of the rural West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended and arrested in late April after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the National Rifle Association just keeps getting weirder. According to local CBS affiliate WOWK-TV, the student, 14-year-old Jared Marcum, was back at the Logan County Courthouse on Monday for a hearing because prosecutors Christopher White and Sabrina Deskins were seeking an emergency gag order. Earlier this month, Marcum had been formally charged with obstructing an officer. He was also suspended from school for one day. His crime was refusing a teacher’s request to take off the shirt, which was emblazoned with a hunting rifle and the ...
Obama’s informants
Post Date: 2013-06-26 23:04:14 by Original_Intent
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Obama’s informants Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:46AM 3 1 Melvin Goodman, Counter Punch President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address more than 50 years ago is famous for its warning about the military-industrial complex, but he also warned that permanent war and a “permanent arms industry” would do great harm to American rights and liberties. Over the past decade, we have experienced a Bush administration that deputized the Pentagon to spy on law-abiding citizens, with military officers attending antiwar rallies and staff sergeants engaged in the National Security Agency’s warrantless eavesdropping. And now we have an Obama administration that has encouraged the creation of ...
Snowden on the Move
Post Date: 2013-06-26 02:54:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Snowden on the Move by Stephen Lendman Where is Edward Snowden? Unanswered questions remain. Supposedly he traveled from Hong Kong to Moscow en route to Havana and Quito, Ecuador. Or did he? More on that below. On June 25, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) headlined "Snowden sought Booz Allen job to gather evidence on NSA surveillance." He said so. "My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked," he explained. "That is why I accepted that position about three months ago." He took less pay "in the course of pursuing specific work. Booz was not the most I've been paid." On May 20, ...
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