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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Money Printing Madness
Post Date: 2012-09-17 04:03:21 by Stephen Lendman
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Money Printing Madness by Stephen Lendman According to an ancient proverb, "Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." Perhaps it had central bankers in mind. In fall 2007, economic crisis conditions erupted. Counterproductive policies followed. Resolution is nowhere in sight. Responsible measures weren't adopted. Everything done so far failed. Money printing madness substituted for stimulative growth policies. Since early September, coordinated central bank intervention repeated what hasn't before worked. For most people, conditions are much worse now than earlier. Troubled European economies are cratering. Force-fed austerity crippled them. Stronger ...
A Tale of Two Whistleblowers
Post Date: 2012-09-16 05:10:15 by Tatarewicz
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Justitia, the Roman goddess of Justice, is often depicted as a blindfolded figure, carrying in one hand a sword and, in the other, a set of measuring scales. The image is a conflation of characteristics taken from multiple goddesses; the blindfolded Fortuna (fate) of Rome, Hellenistic Greek Tyche (luck), and the sword-carrying Nemesis (vengeance). Justitia, commonly referred to as Lady Justice, is said to be blinded or “impartial” in administering her duties. She is supposed to have no masters, to serve no particular interest over another. Increasingly, however, Lady Justice appears to be doing the bidding of one very special interest: that of the United States government. By ...
Chicago Teachers Union Sellout
Post Date: 2012-09-16 03:20:29 by Stephen Lendman
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Chicago Teachers Union Sellout by Stephen Lendman It's in the air. You can smell and taste it. It's not pleasant. Union bosses and city officials struck a deal. A previous article headlined Capitulation in Chicago? Final details aren't known, but bet on it. It's baked in the cake. By the time this article circulates, it may be official. It practically is now. Unions in Chicago and across America ill represented rank-and-file members for decades. Corporate and government negotiators know it. Beating labor means staying hardline and waiting them out. They'll cave like they always do. Months of discussions produced stalemate. On September 10, teachers walked out. Board ...
Fed Panic
Post Date: 2012-09-16 03:17:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Fed Panic by Stephen Lendman On September 13, the Fed announced QE 3. Pimco head Bill Gross tweeted Bernanke plans to buy mortgages "till the cows come home." It's open-ended along with near zero short-term rates. His move suggests desperation. What does he know, we don't, and why now? Things aren't as they seem. They're worse. Troubled Eurozone countries are imploding. Obama practically begged Angela Merkel to keep things intact until post-election. Greece is bankrupt. Only its obituary remains to be written. Portugal and Ireland are sinking. So is Italy. Spain is practically coming apart. It's been deteriorating for years. In August alone, ...
Texas Police Kill Unarmed Man Before Confiscating Witness Camera and Deleting Images
Post Date: 2012-09-15 23:51:19 by X-15
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Police in Texas shot an unarmed man 41 times, then turned around and confiscated another man’s camera after he started taking photos and shooting video of the bloody aftermath. Dallas-area cops then deleted the man’s footage before returning the camera four days later. Now police from two agencies are vowing to do a “complete investigation,” which, of course, means we will hear nothing more about the August 31 incident for at least several months. But so far, the partial investigation has determined that Garland police officer Patrick Tuter lied in his initial report when he claimed that suspect Michael Vincent Allen backed his truck into the patrol car, causing the ...
Mom Arrested For Kids Playing Outside
Post Date: 2012-09-15 22:26:28 by farmfriend
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History of the Supreme Court of the United States
Post Date: 2012-09-15 12:58:42 by HOUNDDAWG
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The History of the Supreme Court of the United States" (copyright 1911-1912) is a treasure that won't be found in law libraries or references databases, and if you read it you'll understand why. Gustavus Myers painstakingly documented the early, never before documented history of the Supreme Court and how it not only differed from state courts that protected the Lilliputians from the robber barons, but how the Court willfully and with malice aforethought preempted the states' power to limit the well connected swindlers mischief. Although not an easy read having been written in 19th century English, it's fascinating to learn how early land grubbers circumvented the ...
Defending the Indefensible
Post Date: 2012-09-15 07:45:50 by Ada
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Eric Posner gives intellectual cover to the unitary executive My college alumni magazine is featuring an article entitled “Octopotus” on the kind of reasoning in some jurisprudential circles that has supported the “unitary executive.” The article is about the University of Chicago Law School’s Professor Eric Posner, whose most recent book is The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic, co-authored with Harvard’s Adrian Vermeule. Posner and Vermeule would appear to agree that when George W. Bush declared the US Constitution to be just a piece of paper he was being candid and also acting in the best interests of the American people. Posner ...
Capitulation in Chicago?
Post Date: 2012-09-15 03:15:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Capitulation in Chicago? by Stephen Lendman By the time this article circulates, it may be all over but the shouting, finger-pointing, and bitterness among rank-and-file loyalists over another union sellout. As this is written, it looks that way. It won't surprise. Across America, union bosses keep prioritizing their own positions and welfare over workers they represent. Instead of fighting for rights they deserve, they capitulate to corporate and government scoundrels. Wisconsin public workers learned the hard way. The state was ground zero to save public worker rights. During February and March 2011, they waged an epic struggle. It captured international attention. It ended with ...
Members of Congress Who Reauthorized Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Don't Understand What It Does
Post Date: 2012-09-14 20:26:32 by farmfriend
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Members of Congress Who Reauthorized Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Don't Understand What It Does Or they're ignoring the surveillance of US citizens it allows. —By Adam Serwer | Fri Sep. 14, 2012 12:17 PM PDT Congress doesn't really understand what it's doing. Specifically, the House members who voted 301-118 on Wednesday to reauthorize the vast spying powers in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act (or FISA Amendments Act, and yes, that's really its name) don't seem to understand what they were doing. The same thing happened in 2008, when Congress first voted to retroactively legalize warrantless wiretapping. Then, as now, supporters of ...
Anti-Muslim Hate Film Incites Violence
Post Date: 2012-09-14 03:25:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Anti-Muslim Hate Film Incites Violence by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, Washington declared war on Islam. Islamophobia facilitates war on terror policy. Muslims became public enemy number one. Imperial wars followed. Endless direct and proxy ones continue. Others are planned. Dehumanizing Islam violates core US beliefs about religious freedom and respecting all faiths equally. America only respects money power and imperial dominance. It targets anyone challenging its quest for global hegemony. Millions of corpses attest to its resolve. They're strewn across North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and other parts of the world without end. Their numbers increase daily. The business ...
Rahm Emanuel's Privatize Chicago Plan
Post Date: 2012-09-14 03:21:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Rahm Emanuel's Privatize Chicago Plan by Stephen Lendman Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spent years waging war on progressive politics. He's a corporate predator turned politician. As White House strategist and senior advisor, he represented the worst of the Clinton years. His abrasive style earned him the nickname "Rahmbo." From 1999 - 2002, he earned a reported $18 million as managing director for Chicago investment bank firm Kleinwort, Wasserstein. From January 2003 - January 2009, he represented Illinois' 5th congressional district. From January 2005 - January 2007, he chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. From January 2009 - October 2010, he ...
New York OKs nation's first ban on supersized sugary drinks
Post Date: 2012-09-13 12:45:59 by freepatriot32
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City passed the first U.S. ban of oversized sugary drinks on Thursday in its latest controversial step to reduce obesity and its deadly complications in a nation that is fatter than ever. By a vote of eight members in favor, with one abstaining, the mayoral-appointed city health board outlawed sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces nearly everywhere they are sold, except groceries and convenience stores. Violators of the ban, which does not include diet sodas, face a $200 fine. Opponents, who cast the issue as an infringement on personal freedom and called Mayor Michael Bloomberg an overbearing nanny, vowed to continue their fight, possibly by going to court in ...
Corporate Media's War on Public Education
Post Date: 2012-09-13 03:21:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Corporate Media's War on Public Education by Stephen Lendman September 12 marked day 3 of Chicago's teacher strike. At stake is the future of public education in the city and perhaps the country. This battle is too important to lose. It's too early to tell what's coming. Teachers are resolved. Parents and students support them. Union officials in Chicago and across America are suspect. They often cave when they should resist. They mostly look out for their own interests. Chicago teachers may end up alone in this fight. Hopefully they understand and won't yield no matter what union officials decide. Public education and futures for Chicago kids are on the line. As ...
German High Court Capitulates to Bankers
Post Date: 2012-09-13 03:18:20 by Stephen Lendman
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German High Court Capitulates to Bankers by Stephen Lendman As expected, the Court caved. On September 12, headlines reported it. The Financial Times said "German politicians declared the road clear for the creation of the eurozone's (500 billion euro) rescue fund after the country's constitutional court rejected a petition to block it." At issue is does it matter? More on that below. Two Eurozone rescue schemes exist. The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is running out of funds. Germany's High Court approved the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Originally it was scheduled to take effect July 1. Germany's parliament was still debating it. ...
Obama's NDAA Law Allowing Indefinite Military Detention of Citizens Ruled Unconstitutional
Post Date: 2012-09-13 02:10:27 by farmfriend
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Obama's NDAA Law Allowing Indefinite Military Detention of Citizens Ruled Unconstitutional By Nick Pinto Thu., Sep. 13 2012 at 12:15 AM The Obama administration's efforts to enshrine sweeping 9/11-era rollbacks of civil liberties and constitutional rights as federal law hit a serious roadblock yesterday, as a federal judge struck down clauses of the National Defense Authorization Act as unconstitutional. The offending section of the NDAA, signed by Obama on New Year's Eve last year, grants the government the power to put citizens in military detention indefinitely and without the usual recourse to civil courts. Chris Hedges, along with other writers and activists including ...
Chicago: America's Epicenter of Resistance
Post Date: 2012-09-12 03:18:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Chicago: America's Epicenter of Resistance by Stephen Lendman Public education is on the chopping block for elimination. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants it commodified into another business profit center. At issue is saving it. Education isn't a product. It's a fundamental right. It's a societal bedrock. In Chicago and across America, it's being handed over to corporate predators. Their scheme is exploiting it for a buck. Money making is all they care about. Educating kids doesn't matter. Federal, state, and local politicians are in league with corporate profiteers. The future for millions of children is up for grabs. It's disappearing in plain sight. On ...
Chicago Teachers v. Rahm Emanuel
Post Date: 2012-09-11 03:15:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Chicago Teachers v. Rahm Emanuel by Stephen Lendman Except for Harold Washington (1983 - 1987), Chicago never had populist mayors. Father (Richard J.) and son (Richard M.) Daley ran the city like their private fiefdom for over 40 years. In his book "Boss," noted journalist Mike Royko described Richard J. as follows: "If ever a man reflected a city, it was Richard J. Daley." He was "strong (and) hard-driving." He had Texas-sized ambitions. He was also "arrogant, crude, conniving, ruthless, suspicious, intolerant, raucous, hot-tempered, devious, big and powerful." He was Chicago. Time magazine said Richard M. "wield(ed) near-imperial ...
Obama v. Romney on Issues Mattering Most
Post Date: 2012-09-10 03:27:36 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama v. Romney on Issues Mattering Most by Stephen Lendman Both candidates represent duopoly power. They're two sides of the same coin. Differences between them are minor. On issues mattering most, they're in lockstep. In January 2013, America will be run by rogues whoever wins. Under either party, expect the next four years to be worse than previous ones. Lame duck Obama will be unrestrained. Religious extremist/corporate predator Romney promises the worst of his agenda and then some. Money power runs America. Wall Street owns both candidates. Whatever giant banks want they'll get. Expect victory for whichever one they prefer. They get to choose, not voters. Interlocking ...
Canada: Selling Its Soul to America
Post Date: 2012-09-09 03:14:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Canada: Selling Its Soul to America by Stephen Lendman Canada is more colony than sovereign state. Canadians perhaps wonder when it'll grow up, act like an adult, and regain its rightful independence. They're also worried about a country junior partnering with imperial America, Israel, and other rogue NATO allies. A previous article said the following: On September 7, Foreign Minister John Baird said Canada closed its Tehran embassy. It expelled Iranian diplomats in Ottawa. They have five days to leave. He claimed a nonexistent Iranian threat. He took a page from AIPAC's playbook. He bogusly called Tehran the gravest threat to global security. He accused Iran of ...
Legitimizing Illegal Spying
Post Date: 2012-09-09 03:10:58 by Stephen Lendman
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Legitimizing Illegal Spying by Stephen Lendman On August 15, federal district court Judge Cormac Carney dismissed a class action ACLU of Southern California/Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR) lawsuit. Fazaga v. FBI charges lawless FBI surveillance. More on what's involved below. Southern California Muslims were targeted for praying to the wrong God. In his ruling, Judge Carney didn't say illegal surveillance hadn't occurred. Nor did he agree that First Amendment provisions, illegal searches, privacy rights, and other constitutional principles weren't violated. Instead, he ruled for Washington's "state secrets" privilege. It's anti-democratic ...
Irrational Draghi Exuberance
Post Date: 2012-09-08 03:19:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Irrational Draghi Exuberance by Stephen Lendman Thursday was Draghi day. He explained what ECB watchers knew. At his Frankfort press conference, he said Governing Council members agreed to unlimited bond buying. It's called Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT). Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann alone dissented. He called Draghi's plan "tantamount to financing governments by printing banknotes." Doing so creates more problems than solutions. In late August, Weidmann said bond purchases were "too close to state financial via the money press for me. The central bank cannot fundamentally solve the problems this way. It runs the risk of creating new problems." ...
Mitt and Mormonism: Does It Matter?
Post Date: 2012-09-06 03:22:13 by Stephen Lendman
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Mitt and Mormonism: Does It Matter? by Stephen Lendman Romney is America's first non-Christian presidential nominee. He's a Mormon (aka Latter Day Saints Church member - LDS). Does it matter? More on that below. Before he entered politics, he spent years as a Massachusetts Mormon leader. He began in the mid- 1970s. From 1986 - 1994, he was president of the Boston Stake. It's similar to a Catholic diocese. Before that he was a Belmont and Cambridge bishop. His duties involved organizational work and counseling. Later he taught Sunday school and oversaw church programs for teenagers. He overstepped by lecturing women on their sex lives and roles as homemakers. A 1994 Boston ...
US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent Attacking rescuers – a tactic long deemed by the US a hallmark of terrorism – is now routinely used by the Obama administration
Post Date: 2012-09-05 16:42:54 by tom007
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US drone strikes target rescuers in Pakistan – and the west stays silent Attacking rescuers – a tactic long deemed by the US a hallmark of terrorism – is now routinely used by the Obama administration Share Email Glenn Greenwald Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 August 2012 10.33 EDT Jump to comments (…) A US air force pilot controls a Predator drone from the command centre in Kandahar. A US air force pilot controls a Predator drone from the command centre in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photograph: David Bathgate/Corbis The US government has long maintained, reasonably enough, that a defining tactic of terrorism is to launch a follow-up attack aimed at those who ...
Stealth Corporate Coup d'Etat
Post Date: 2012-09-05 03:37:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Stealth Corporate Coup d'Etat by Stephen Lendman Obama and other Washington extremists support an alphabet soup of federal and international freedom-destroying measures. SOPA, PIPA, CISPA, ACTA, and now TPP are stealth pro-corporate, anti-populist hellish schemes. Two previous articles by this writer called TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) ACTA 2.0 and a trade deal from hell. Another one said ACTA is worse than SOPA and PIPA. Public Citizen's Lori Wallach heads its Global Trade Watch division. It monitors destructive trade deals like TPP. On June 27, she headlined her Nation magazine article "NAFTA on Steroids," saying: TPP, like other destructive trade deals, is ...
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