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Obama Votes for Romney
Post Date: 2012-11-06 11:35:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Votes for Romney by Stephen Lendman "Well, he might have," said Mark Crispin Miller on his blog site. He doesn't know. Nor do other voters. Corporate owned, programmed and manipulated electronic voting machines control things. The Carter Center monitors elections globally. It refuses to do so in America because free, fair and open standards don't exist. Jimmy Carter calls Venezuela's electoral process "the best in the world." He said America's is "one of the worst." He cited money power controlling them. Others call US elections shams. They lack legitimacy. Nothing about them reflects democracy. Duopoly power controls things. People ...
Election and Democracy Excerpts - Paul Craig Roberts
Post Date: 2012-11-06 10:22:28 by Horse
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Abbas Ill-Serves and Insults Palestinians
Post Date: 2012-11-06 02:46:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Abbas Ill-Serves and Insults Palestinians by Stephen Lendman Abbas is a longtime Israeli collaborator. He provides enforcer services, not legitimate governance. Corruption, sham elections, targeting critics, and other type malfeasance continue on his watch. Instead of governing responsibly, he defiles rule of law principles and other democratic values. Why Palestinians put up with him, they'll have to explain. Insults compound injuries making things worse. As long as he's in power, they'll be no third Intifada, he said. One insulting comment followed another. So did responses. More on them below. Large-scale Palestinian resistance is badly needed. Submissiveness is ...
Romney, The White Working Class, And The Limits Of “Economism”
Post Date: 2012-11-06 01:50:50 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Romney, The White Working Class, And The Limits Of “Economism” By James Kirkpatrick on November 5, 2012 at 10:54pm "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.” This Presidential election has the Republican Party feeling like Michael Dukakis contemplating George H.W. Bush in the famous Saturday Night Live skit. Yes, all the recent polls are within the margin of error and anything could happen. And, yes, some pundits have bravely predicted a Mitt Romney victory—with Michael Barone [Going out on a limb: Romney beats Obama, handily] perhaps the most surprising, no doubt because he has finally counted up America’s still-dominant white voting bloc. But the ...
Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney unfit for office
Post Date: 2012-11-05 18:21:50 by hondo68
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TAMPA, November 2, 2012 – It wasn’t so long ago that the following statement could only appear in a dystopian novel or movie script: The U.S. President has killed an American citizen without due process, without even charging him with a crime. His decision to do this has been challenged by members of neither party. While the media-fueled frenzy goes on about how supposedly different Romney and the conservatives are from Obama and the liberals, no one even raises an eyebrow about this terrifying political development. Not even the left, which quite correctly howled at passage of the Patriot Act and the Bush administrations’ other assaults on freedom. Bush and the Republicans ...
The Police Can Now Put Hidden Cameras In Your Home Without Your Permission
Post Date: 2012-11-05 16:18:46 by tom007
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The Police Can Now Put Hidden Cameras In Your Home Without Your Permission David Seaman, David Seaman Online | Nov. 5, 2012, 2:46 PM | 3,023 | 13 inShare Email More guantanamo Wikimedia Commons David Seaman URL David Seaman is host of The David Seaman Hour and a prominent new media advocate. Follow him on Twitter (new!) and Google+. Previously, David founded the popular credit card deals web site, Outlaw. David Seaman's views are his own, and Business Insider's publication of his work is not an endorsement. Recent Posts The Truth Is, Nothing Will Really Change Under A Romney... Why I Can't Vote For Obama In 2012, After Supporting Him In 2008 Hurricane Sandy's ...
Rebel or Perish
Post Date: 2012-11-05 03:19:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Rebel or Perish by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed what perhaps is the most perilous time in world history. American-led Western societies are waging war on humanity. Imperial war is a way of life. Social democracies are being eliminated. Freedom is on the chopping block to be crushed. Elections are meaningless and farcical. America's are the worst. They mock legitimacy. Money power controls them. It runs the country and most societies. People have no say. They're ill-served and stomped on by governments in bed with corporatist rogues. Media scoundrels serve wealth and power interests. Managed news misinformation is featured. Former Wall Street Journal writer Greg ...
Public Banking Works
Post Date: 2012-11-05 03:15:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Public Banking Works by Stephen Lendman Publicly-owned banks work as intended. Colonial America had them for 25 years. Tax and inflation-free prosperity followed. Money created produced economic growth. It ended when Bank of England scoundrels regained control. Public banks aren't predatory profiteers. They're not beholden to Wall Street, shareholders, or greedy corporate executives. They serve communities, states or nations responsibly. It works the same way everywhere they exist. North Dakota is America's only public banking state. It's 100% state owned. It was established in 1919. It partners responsibly with private banks. Instead of cutting back like other states, ...
America's Deplorable Human Rights Record
Post Date: 2012-11-04 03:07:23 by Stephen Lendman
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America's Deplorable Human Rights Record by Stephen Lendman Far and away, America's human rights record is the world's worst. No other nation approaches its unprincipled history. Earlier crimes against humanity were largely internal and regional. Twentieth century ones went global. New millennium ones elevated atrocities and other human rights abuses to an unprecedented level. It keeps rising. America is guilty of virtually every crime imaginable and then some. Former dovish US diplomat, advisor, and father of Soviet containment George Kennan explained what reflects America's post-WW II foreign and domestic policy. His February 1948 "Memo PPS23" said: ...
On “Speeding” (It's All About Theft)
Post Date: 2012-11-03 17:22:15 by James Deffenbach
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The government cares about revenue – and control. It posts speed limits accordingly. At best – that is, assuming benevolent if condescending intent – they are posted based on the least common denominator: The abilities (rather, the lack thereof) of the most inept Clovers possessed of a license to drive. If one old lady can’t handle a curve without reducing her speed by 20 MPH – or execute a safe passing maneuver without needing an entire mile of perfectly straight road to do the deed – then everyone else must be compelled to operate at her level, rather than expect the old lady (and Clovers, generally) to up-rate their skills to an acceptable level. The ...
Good News and Bad
Post Date: 2012-11-03 03:14:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Good News and Bad by Stephen Lendman A personal note: As a writer and radio host, I'm often asked why I don't discuss good news. My answer is when I find some I will. Today I did, and here it is. Two previous articles discussed suppressing free expression in Greece. Targeting dissent and media freedom continues. Journalists revealing information government authorities want suppressed are suspended, fired, and/or arrested and prosecuted. Costas Vaxevanis and Spiros Karatzaferis were targeted. Karatzaferis remains in custody on libel charges. He claimed to have information on how Greece manipulated its deficit to seek bailout help at the expense of ordinary people. He said ...
Cop Stuns 10 year old for no logical reason
Post Date: 2012-11-02 09:17:39 by titorite
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A lawsuit claims an Albuquerque, N.M., police officer stunned a 10-year-old boy with a Taser after he refused to wash the officer's car. Officer Christopher Webb was visiting the boy's elementary school for a career day on May 4 when the incident occurred, according to Courthouse News. During the presentation, Webb apparently asked a group of students if they wanted to wash his patrol car, the lawsuit states. When the boy, identified as R.D. jokingly refused, Webb pointed the stun gun at him and said, "Let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police." Then R.D., who weighs about 100 pounds, was hit in the chest with two barbs and 50,000 volts of ...
Looking Beyond Election Day: The Issues That Threaten To Derail the Nation
Post Date: 2012-11-02 08:22:23 by Ada
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While it may be months before the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy can be fully resolved, Americans cannot afford to lose sight of the very real and pressing issues that threaten to derail the nation. What follows is an overview of the major issues that both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, despite their respective billion dollar war chests, have failed to mention during their extensive campaign trail stumping and televised debates. These are issues that aren’t going away anytime soon. Indeed, unless we take a proactive approach to the problems that loom large before us, especially as they relate to America’s ongoing transformation into a police state, we may find that they ...
Greece Suppresses Free Expression
Post Date: 2012-11-02 03:23:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Greece Suppresses Free Expression by Stephen Lendman Ordinary Greeks face deepening Depression conditions. At a time vital help is needed, force-fed austerity is policy. Corrupt governance mandates it. Severe repression targets resisters. Now they've got another woe. Press freedom isn't tolerated. A previous article explained. Whistleblower/journalist Costas Vaxevanis faces charges of violating state privacy laws. He'll be tried for truth-telling. More on that below. Greece is bankrupt. Vital social services are vanishing. Ordinary people face extraordinary hardships. Corrupt governance makes things harder by punishing them. Human deprivation is more than many can bear. At ...
Profile of a Police State
Post Date: 2012-11-02 03:19:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Profile of a Police State by Stephen Lendman For years, America has been on a fast track to tyranny. Duopoly power runs things repressively. Government of, by, and for the people never existed and doesn't now. Homeland repression is policy. Police state laws target resisters. Elections are farcical, rigged, and illegitimate. People have no say. Corporate controlled electronic voting machines decide for them. Money power is firmly in charge. Democracy is illusory, not real. Corporate/party boss-run Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) members exclude alternative voices. Money power operates secretly with no public oversight. A sham process repeats each electoral cycle. ...
Predicting Protracted Hard Times
Post Date: 2012-11-01 11:46:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Predicting Protracted Hard Times by Stephen Lendman It works the same way every time. Bad policies assure bad results. Prioritizing short-term profits jeopardizes long-term gains. Force-fed austerity when stimulus is needed is madness. So is harming economies, communities, and ordinary people to save banks. Chickens eventually come home to roost. We'll know when they arrive. Perhaps it'll be sooner than imagined. Money power in private hands assures it. The Fed and other major central banks bear full responsibility for monetary madness. The late Bob Chapman warned about easy money, market manipulation, reckless speculation, counterproductive fixes, and unsustainable debt ...
Supreme Court Spurns Justice
Post Date: 2012-10-31 03:02:04 by Stephen Lendman
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Supreme Court Spurns Justice by Stephen Lendman Several previous articles discussed the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) charity case. Five extraordinary human beings were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to long prison terms. They're doing hard time in America's gulag. They learned the hard way about being Muslims in America at the wrong time. On Monday, the Supreme Court denied their final appeal for justice. More on that below. The words "Equal Justice Under Law" adorn the Supreme Court Building's west facade. Facing east is the motto "Justice, the Guardian of Liberty." Since the Court's 1789 establishment, these words belie its decisions, arguments, ...
Greek Whistleblower/Journalist Risks Imprisonment
Post Date: 2012-10-31 03:00:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Greek Whistleblower/Journalist Risks Imprisonment by Stephen Lendman Doing the right thing is risky. Greek magazine publisher Costas Vaxevanis faces charges of violating state privacy laws. Potentially he faces two years in prison. Press freedom and whistleblowing should be inviolate. Not in today's corrupt money controlled world. More on this below. A previous article discussed a recent Tax Justice Network (TJN) USA report. It estimates up to $32 trillion of hidden and stolen wealth stashed largely tax-free secretly. "The Price of Offshore Revisited" reveals what super-rich elites want concealed. Governments let them avoid taxes. Societal costs are huge. Ill-gotten gains ...
Romney Rep. Peter King: Presidential Kill List "Totally Constitutional"
Post Date: 2012-10-31 00:54:00 by X-15
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Luke Rudkowski asks NY Congressman and Romney representative, Peter King for his insight on how Mitt Romney should handle the inheritance of Obama's kill list should he become president. Peter King touts the kill list as "totally right, totally Constitutional" as he quickly becomes angered and derogatory towards Luke.
Obama's Disposition Matrix
Post Date: 2012-10-29 02:53:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Disposition Matrix by Stephen Lendman Call it elevating Murder, Inc. to a higher level. A Washington Post Special Report discussed America's permanent war agenda. It includes targeted killings, Obama's secret kill list, global drone wars, and White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan's new rules for war playbook. Established in 2003, Washington's National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) provides terrorist related information for America's intelligence community. Brennan initially ran the agency. It devised Washington's so-called "disposition matrix." If America had a motto it would be war is good, the more wars the better. How else ...
Paul Wellstone: Tenth Anniversary of His Assassination
Post Date: 2012-10-28 03:14:48 by Stephen Lendman
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Trafficking Anti-Iranian Propaganda by Stephen Lendman American media scoundrels honed it to an art form. Britain's BBC and commercial media regularly feature it. So does a newly licensed anti-Iranian TV channel. More on Raha TV below. On US and UK television, truth is verboten. Last January, Britain banned Press TV broadcasts. In a disturbing move without valid reasons, the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) pulled the plug disgracefully. For months it threatened to do so. In January, Press TV was removed from the Sky Platform. High UK officials approved it. Prime Minister David Cameron perhaps had final say. In October, EU nations followed suit and then some. They lawlessly ...
Big Week for Justice Department Vigilantes
Post Date: 2012-10-26 03:47:53 by Stephen Lendman
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Big Week for Justice Department Vigilantes by Stephen Lendman Call it three-bagger injustice. Three "bad guys" in one week include one wrongfully arrested, another forced to plead guilty though innocent, and a third convicted without having committed a crime. In America, criminal justice works that way more times than not. It's especially true when targeting Washington's enemy of choice. When Department of Justice (DOJ) vigilantes choose victims, innocence is no defense. Guilt by accusation is policy. Post-9/11, praying to the wrong God was criminalized. Doing so violates inviolable First Amendment rights. War on terror priorities take precedence. So do hate, ...
Texas attorney general threatens to arrest international election monitors
Post Date: 2012-10-25 08:30:52 by tom007
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Texas attorney general threatens to arrest international election monitors By Chris McGreal, The Guardian Wednesday, October 24, 2012 19:31 EDT Print [Image via Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons licensed] Topics: Greg Abbott ♦ OSCE ♦ texas attorney general The Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott, has threatened to arrest international election monitors invited by liberal groups to observe the conduct of next month’s presidential vote in states accused of attempting to disenfranchise minorities. Abbott has written to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe warning that its monitors have no right to monitor the vote even though they have observed previous US ...
Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online?
Post Date: 2012-10-22 07:52:27 by Ada
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How fear of cyber attack could take down your liberties and the Constitution First the financial system collapses and it’s impossible to access one’s money. Then the power and water systems stop functioning. Within days, society has begun to break down. In the cities, mothers and fathers roam the streets, foraging for food. The country finds itself fractured and fragmented — hardly recognizable. It may sound like a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie or the first episode of NBC’s popular new show “Revolution,” but it could be your life — a nationwide cyber-version of Ground Zero. Think of it as 9/11/2015. It’s Secretary of Defense Leon ...
Rage Against Austerity
Post Date: 2012-10-22 03:13:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Rage Against Austerity by Stephen Lendman The criminal class in Washington is bipartisan. Together they planned force-fed pain. They met secretly. They mandated poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and hunger during hard times. They did it when vital help is needed. Officially it's called "austerity." Obama calls it "shared sacrifice." In other words, ordinary people "sacrifice" to let rich ones "share." Rape, pillage, loot, steal, or plunder best describes it. The name of the game is shifting public wealth to bankers, other corporate favorites and wealthy elites already with too much. It's gone on for decades. Post-9/11, Bush and Obama ...
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