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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Gun Violence, Yeah, Uh-Huh, Right
Post Date: 2016-07-21 19:12:58 by Ada
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The United States of America does two things admirably well: Scare people and convince people to buy—or buy into—crap they don’t need. Now, of course, those two things are linked because scared people tend to shop more, watch more scary movies to get more scared, and demand the government DO SOMETHING. Of course, this is a scam; we all know this. But the American people tend to want the government to do things and, paradoxically, then whine later about all these taxes and laws. Excuse me, but new taxes and laws don’t suddenly manifest from the forehead of Mount Rushmore in some quasi-mythic birth of government mandates. No, what happens is people get scared, they feel ...
Ginsburg goes full partisan
Post Date: 2016-07-21 18:45:15 by BTP Holdings
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Ginsburg goes full partisan Posted on July 21, 2016 by Bob Livingston ginsberg Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg soiled herself and laid bare the lunacy of those that think the Supreme Court is some kind of impartial arbiter of the law last week when she stepped into the political fray and began advocating for the Witch of Chappaqua to be elected president. In a series of interviews, Ginsburg called Trump a “faker” with an “ego” and said “I can’t imagine what this place would be – I can imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president.” In classic Trump fashion, The Donald responded with a tweet claiming ...
Not Your Founders’ Constitution
Post Date: 2016-07-21 17:08:01 by Ada
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Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, Randy E. Barnett, Broadside Books, 296 pages Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett is the most prominent libertarian in legal academia today. His latest book, Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, shows why. Characteristically of libertarian legal scholars, Barnett decries the essentially unchecked power of the federal legislative and executive branches (I agree with him about that) and advocates that the courts exercise far broader veto power over federal and state policymaking (which is not my favorite idea). Barnett bases his argument for reinvigorated ...
Trump in Spotlight Thursday Night
Post Date: 2016-07-21 08:27:34 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump in Spotlight Thursday Night by Stephen Lendman Accepting his party’s presidential nomination Thursday night represents his triumphant moment - overcoming long odds and internal opposition to emerge last man standing. What persona will show up? Will he continue demagogic bravado or try appearing presidential? Expect both, Trump using his acceptance speech to bash “crooked Hillary” while attempting to show leadership qualities - aiming for party unity and a more favorable image in the minds of voters, largely reviling him for good reason. Rejecting Hillary around as much means Obama’s successor will be the most widely loathed new president in US history on ...
Turkey's Erdogan Abolished Constitutional Governance
Post Date: 2016-07-21 08:08:31 by Stephen Lendman
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Turkey’s Erdogan Abolishes Constitutional Governance by Stephen Lendman On Wednesday, Turkey’s fading democratic remnants died. Erdogan officially usurped dictatorial power. He suspended constitutional law and parliamentary governance - 90-day emergency authority replacing it, likely to be extended indefinitely so he can ruthlessly eliminate all elements potentially challenging his absolute rule. Interviewed by Qatar’s owned and operated Al Jazeera, he lied claiming circumventing constitutional governance “remain(s) inside a democratic parliamentary system,” adding: “(W)hatever is necessary for the nation’s peace and stability will be done,” ...
Islamic Anti-Trump Campaign in America
Post Date: 2016-07-21 07:13:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Islamic Anti-Trump Campaign in America by Stephen Lendman Islamophobia is longstanding in America, especially virulent post-9/11. Bipartisan complicity targets Muslims as enemies of convenience at home and abroad. They’ve have been hounded, vilified and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, prominence, activism and charity - arrested, detained, tried on secret evidence or summarily declared guilty by accusation, imprisoned on bogus charges or none at all, at times longterm. Numerous examples explain bipartisan viciousness, unjustifiable state-sponsored scapegoating, continuing largely unreported. Criticizing Trump’s Islamophobia misses the bigger picture. Post-911, ...
Erdogan's Reign of Terror Intensifies
Post Date: 2016-07-20 08:07:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Erdogan’s Reign of Terror Intensifies by Stephen Lendman Purging suspected regime opposition elements rages into its sixth day, all sectors of Turkish society affected. Anyone suspected of disloyalty is vulnerable. Mass arrests and detentions targeted thousands of military, judiciary, police, civil servants and other civilian personnel. According to Bloomberg LP, 60,000 academics were suspended, fired or stripped of professional accreditation. Turkey’s High Education Board (HEB) reported “licenses of 21,000 teachers working in privately-run institutions…cancelled” - claiming “(t)ip-offs” about their alleged link to “terrorist activities,” no ...
Ukraine's War on Press Freedom
Post Date: 2016-07-20 07:54:02 by Stephen Lendman
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Ukraine’s War on Press Freedom by Stephen Lendman In February 2014, Washington replaced democracy in Ukraine with Nazi-infested fascist dictatorship. Ruthlessness triumphed over freedom, equity and justice. The State Department’s 2015 country report on human rights said Ukraine “suffer(s) from corruption and deficiencies in the administration of justice.” “Human rights groups and the UN noted there were few investigations into human rights abuses committed by security forces.” “(T)he Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ministry of Internal Affairs operate(s) with impunity. Corruption in the Prosecutor General’s Office and the judiciary was of ...
Four in Five Americans Say Nation Heading in Wrong Direction
Post Date: 2016-07-19 14:05:44 by Stephen Lendman
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Four in Five Americans Say Nation Heading in Wrong Direction by Stephen Lendman Eight years ago, Obama promised hope and change. Betrayal and dirtier business than under George Bush followed. All politicians lie. Judge them solely by their actions. They serve wealth, power and privilege exclusively. Popular needs increasingly go begging. Each wing of America’s duopoly party mimics the other - in lockstep on issues mattering most. No wonder most Americans distrust politicians. What’s to like - Bernie Sanders’ sellout to war criminal/racketeer Hillary Clinton the latest outrage. The guy millions trusted is as dirty and rotten a scoundrel as all the rest. His lofty rhetoric ...
Lockdown in Cleveland: Party Unity v. Anti-Trumpism
Post Date: 2016-07-19 11:36:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Lockdown in Cleveland: Party Unity v. Anti-Trumpism by Stephen Lendman Cleveland is occupied GOP territory, the area around the Quicken Loans Arena convention site taken over from city residents. Thousands of heavily armed state and local police, DHS and federal secret service agents, along with National Guard and federal troops available if needed to control things. Police states operate this way. What’s orchestrated resembles a militarized event as much as a party unifying one to choose its standard bearer. Monday’s theme was making America safe again. Fiery over-the-top speeches dominated proceedings, rants without substance, raw meat for the party’s extremist base. ...
Rebellion in Turkey: Coup Attempt or False Flag?
Post Date: 2016-07-19 08:40:03 by Stephen Lendman
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Rebellion in Turkey: Coup Attempt or False Flag? by Stephen Lendman Much needs sorting out before concluding one way or the other for sure. My initial reaction regarded what happened as a CIA-orchestrated plot, an agency specialty, wanting Erdogan replaced with a more easily controlled Turkish leader. I then had doubts. Alleged coup plotters were sloppy and ineffective, more like a gang unable to shoot straight. Toppling governments requires involvement of a select few capable individuals sworn to secrecy, careful planning, enough military support and precision execution. Last Friday and Saturday events played into Erdogan’s hands. Instead of ousting him, he’s emboldened to ...
Reign of Terror Accelerates in Turkey
Post Date: 2016-07-19 08:26:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Reign of Terror Accelerates in Turkey by Stephen Lendman Crises create opportunities for leaders to more easily do what otherwise would be harder, not feasible or practicable. Turkey’s Erdogan is taking full advantage - mass arresting regime critics in the wake of last Friday’s real or state-sponsored rebellion - practically stillborn when launched. Perhaps it was planned this way. He and prime minister Binali Yildirim vowed retaliation against US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his “movement,” accusing him of orchestrating Friday events - despite no corroborating evidence. Calling his supporters a “parallel terrorist organization,” he vowed to “dig ...
4 Ways The Anti-Gun Movement Supply Crime And Terrorism
Post Date: 2016-07-19 06:13:13 by BTP Holdings
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4 Ways The Anti-Gun Movement Supply Crime And Terrorism by Carmela Tyrell July 18, 2016 jefferson As I write this, three more police officers in Baton Rouge, LA are dead, and three more have been wounded. Even as these officers lay in a pool of blood, the left wing stubbornly refers to this as a “racial matter” and offers “gun control” as the miracle cure for the whole mess. But even as these people demand disarmament, their very own rhetoric creates more innocent victims in our schools, in our movie theaters, among people of color, and among our civil servants. Unfortunately, when anti-gunners write and speak, I feel, they have a tendency to use their words in ...
Tyranny's Ugly Face in Turkey
Post Date: 2016-07-18 12:27:22 by Stephen Lendman
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Tyranny’s Ugly Face in Turkey by Stephen Lendman Friday’s coup appeared state-sponsored, a vehicle to roust out political, military and other regime opponents - long knives unleashed against them with a vengeance. The toll keeps mounting - scores, maybe hundreds, killed, countless numbers injured, massive numbers of arrests made. According to prime minister Binali Yildirim, 7,500 were rounded up, arrested and detained so far, more likely coming - witch-hunt charges to follow, guilt by accusation automatic. Victims include 6,000 military officers and lower-ranking personnel, 755 judges, 650 civilians and 100 police. As of Tuesday, “2,725 criminal cases were launched ...
Erdogan, Turkey's Netanyahu
Post Date: 2016-07-18 12:01:01 by Stephen Lendman
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Erdogan, Turkey’s Netanyahu by Stephen Lendman They’re two of a kind, power-hungry despots masquerading as democrats, waging wars at their discretion, killing and persecuting with impunity, hostile to fundamental civil and human rights - scoffing at rule of law principles, values, norms and standards, getting away with high crimes because who’ll intervene to stop them. They’re valued US imperial allies. Ironically Obama has strained relations with both leaders - forced to tolerate what he can’t change, so far at least. What can’t go on forever won’t, nor will their leadership stand the test of time. Whether their successors improve or worsen things ...
Republican Political Circus Kicks Off in Cleveland
Post Date: 2016-07-18 07:51:32 by Stephen Lendman
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Republican Political Circus Kicks Off in Cleveland by Stephen Lendman Political conventions showcase party standard bearers, portray unity, and create the illusion of a political process serving everyone equitably - democratic governance at its best when nonexistent. Cleveland is Trump’s show, presumptive GOP nominee, to become official when delegates formally choose him as party standard bearer. Convention proceedings more resemble reality TV than democracy in action. A rogue’s gallery of speakers include right-wing politicians, military figures, and Trump family members, culminating with the nominee’s acceptance speech. Daily themes include making America safe again, ...
False Flag Coup in Turkey
Post Date: 2016-07-18 07:36:22 by Stephen Lendman
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False Flag Coup in Turkey by Stephen Lendman When is a coup more illusion than real - when ruling authorities stage a fantasy uprising to consolidate greater power and eliminate opponents. Erdogan was never in danger of being ousted, controlling events once begun to their short-lived conclusion, last Friday’s uprising more a manufactured tempest in a teapot than anything threatening his rule. He straightaway began mass arresting alleged coup plotters, participating soldiers, political opponents and others earmarked for elimination. Iron-fisted consolidation of power works this way. Erdogan’s aim is establishing tyrannical over democratic rule, lawful principles discarded - ...
Despotism's Triumph in Turkey
Post Date: 2016-07-18 07:21:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Despotism’s Triumph in Turkey by Stephen Lendman Friday’s coup was state-sponsored false flag deception, Erdogan using it to consolidate tyrannical rule - eliminating shaky remnants of democratic governance. Regime authority already is unforgiving, waging slow-motion genocide against Kurds the way America ravished its native people, how Israel massacres Palestinians, NATO and rogue regional leaders complicit through silence. Erdogan partners with Obama’s naked aggression on Syria - endorsing regime change, actively supporting the scourge of terrorism he rhetorically opposes. He, family members and regime officials profit from selling stolen ISIS oil, lets Turkey be a ...
America's Olympian Russia Bashing
Post Date: 2016-07-18 07:09:09 by Stephen Lendman
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America’s Olympian Russia Bashing by Stephen Lendman Olympism is more about big business, profiteering, politics, spectacle, and exploitation than amateur athletics at their best. America wants control over Rio 2016. Russia’s Olympic Committee head Alexander Zhukov accused the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of conducting a “well-orchestrated biased campaign” to unfairly and irresponsibly ban Russian athletes from competing. America’s dirty hands are involved, Canada complicit, partners in shame, mocking Olympic competition by wanting one of the world’s most important countries banned from participating - solely to serve their imperial interests. Imposing ...
America Resembles Gunfight at the OK Corral
Post Date: 2016-07-17 13:39:42 by Stephen Lendman
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America Resembles Gunfight at the OK Corral by Stephen Lendman Hollywood is now real life. Instead of good v. bad guys shoot ‘em ups, it’s killer cops against people of color, mostly unarmed Black youths, victims of racist injustice. Do five Dallas police officers lethally shot days earlier, another 10 wounded and now three Baton Rouge cops killed, seven others wounded on Sunday indicate victims are beginning to retaliate - or perhaps as one of my readers suggests a “gov’t covert ops designed to foment race war.” Most likely it reflects a combination of justifiable public anger exploding, along with state- sponsored terrorism, most recently in Orlando and Nice, ...
Bernieism Pure Fantasy All Along
Post Date: 2016-07-17 12:22:38 by Stephen Lendman
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Bernieism Pure Fantasy All Along by Stephen Lendman Anyone examining his deplorable 30-year public service record knew there was no there there, same old, same old, masquerading as revolutionary populism, a thinly veiled facade concealing support for dirty business as usual. It shouldn’t need explaining, yet too few people understand. America is more autocracy than democracy, more fascist than fair, more police state than populist, more ruthless over a longer duration than any regime in history - run exclusively of, by and for its privileged class. Its political process is too debauched to fix. Tinkering around the edges won’t change things. Conditions worsen each electoral ...
Public Support for Turkey's Erdogan More Suspect Than Real
Post Date: 2016-07-17 08:29:19 by Stephen Lendman
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Public Support for Turkey’s Erdogan More Suspect Than Real by Stephen Lendman In the wake of Friday’s aborted coup, thousands rallying for Erdogan looked suspect. Like all leaders, he can mobilize hard core faithful on short notice to show public support. Saturday demonstrations looked more staged than authentic. Genuine support in the wake of an aborted coup would bring tens or hundreds of thousands out in force. After the April 11, 2002 coup attempt against Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, popular support was overwhelming. Spontaneous mass protests erupted. Tens of thousands took to the streets, demanding he be reinstated. On April 13 he was back, telling Venezuelans ...
Trump's Worldview?
Post Date: 2016-07-17 08:16:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump’s Worldview? by Stephen Lendman Trusting politicians is imprudent. Notoriously they say one thing and do another. Judge them solely by their actions, not promises, most turning out empty. Trump is a businessman with no public policy record - in contrast to Hillary Clinton’s deplorable one, showing she’s dangerous, untrustworthy, legally challenged, wicked and ruthless. Will Trump differ if elected president in November? Or is he just another business as usual wannabe politician, a dirty rotten scoundrel like all the rest? Selecting Tea Party hardliner Mike Pence as his running mate isn’t reassuring - even though vice presidents are virtually powerless, little ...
Hardened Fascist Dictatorship in Turkey
Post Date: 2016-07-17 08:06:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Hardened Fascist Dictatorship in Turkey by Stephen Lendman Some observers suggest Erdogan may have staged Friday’s botched coup, a false flag to solidify unchallenged power - retaliation coming hard and fast, long knives out in full-force, rule of law principles discarded. According to justice minister Bekir Bozdag, around 6,000 alleged coup plotters and regime opponents were arrested and detained. “(C)leansing…continu(es),” he said. Numbers likely to rise, Erdogan is using what happened to eliminate political, military and other opponents, how despots always operate. He blamed exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, living in Pennsylvania, Turkish intelligence claiming ...
Trump/Pence Dog and Pony Show Kick-Off
Post Date: 2016-07-16 13:26:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump/Pence Dog and Pony Show Kick-Off by Stephen Lendman Politics in America combines image-building with deception. It’s more about theatrics than substance, voters left uninformed about issues mattering most. The fate of the nation and world hang in the balance. On Saturday in Manhattan, the Trump/Spence train left the station, aiming for triumph in November, not derailment. Introducing Indiana Governor Mike Spence to a national TV audience, Trump called him “my partner in this campaign.” Together for the first time publicly, Trump combining Clinton bashing with praising his running mate. “What a difference between crooked Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence,” he ...
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