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Latest Articles: Resistance
War is still a racket
Post Date: 2012-07-23 06:33:11 by Ada
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They say war is a fight between forces seeking victory. But sometimes the conflict is more complicated than that. Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars is More Important than Winning Them, by David Keen. Yale University Press, 2012, 304 pp. $38. "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." So begins U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler's 1935 pamphlet War is a Racket. Butler, who had participated in many military interventions, came to realize that war allowed ...
How Many Brainwashed Americans Does It Take to Plug in a Gun Ban? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-07-22 21:16:26 by christine
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The faces of the victims of Friday’s shootings in Colorado are being brought into our living rooms via the brainwashing box by the corporate propagandists in an effort to make the event a personal tragedy in our lives. There is no such thing as objective reporting in the corporate mainstream media anymore. Everything we see and hear is orchestrated for a specific purpose. It is truly amazing how many brain dead people there are out there. They actually identify with the actors and actresses in crime dramas, CSI, Cold Case, Law and Order. This delusion is then perpetuated to the next step through America’s Most Wanted where the viewer is invited to join the pursuit for the bad ...
Chris Hedges: America’s devastated ‘sacrifice zones’ are the future for all of us
Post Date: 2012-07-21 08:18:41 by Ada
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Journalist and activist Chris Hedges appeared Friday on Moyers & Company to talk about the conclusions of his latest book. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt is dedicated to investigating the most exploited and impoverished places in America, places that he says are “virtually off the radar screen in terms of the commercial media.” “It’s absolutely imperative that we begin to understand what unfettered, unregulated capitalism does,” Hedges emphasized. “These are sacrifice zones, areas that have been destroyed for quarterly profit. And we’re talking about environmentally destroyed, communities destroyed, human beings destroyed, families destroyed. ...
US Military Reveals Coup Plan To Topple Obama
Post Date: 2012-07-21 04:22:25 by Tatarewicz
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A shocking Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC) report red-lined to President Putin this morning warns that “various elements” within the US Military establishment are “actively planning” for the overthrow of President Barack Obama prior to the November elections. According to this report, Russian Naval Infantry Forces commanders participating in Rim of the Pacific-2012 (RIMPAC) international naval war games off Hawaii (the world's largest multi-national maritime exercise) this week were told by their US counterparts aboard the USS Port Royal (CG-73) that Obama had to be overthrown as he posed the most dangerous threat to the United States since ...
A Bug's Life America
Post Date: 2012-07-20 15:40:32 by Horse
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Poster Comment:Please report this anti-Semitic cartoon from Pixar to the ADL.
Jesse Ventura Interview: 'The Whole Thing is a Fraud' (and He Doesn’t Mean Wrestling)
Post Date: 2012-07-20 08:33:09 by Ada
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And Has Fluoridated Water Turned Us All Into Lemmings? In his new book DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans, Jesse Ventura argues in favor of abolishing all political parties within what he calls a corrupt two-party system. From my perspective, I can't advocate anymore for third-party politics. We've got to face the reality that the two parties control the system to such an extent that, to be viable, a third party would have to sell out and become just as bad. Ventura asserts that corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions and political action committees. As the book jacket blurb advertises: Ventura ...
The Illusion of Choice
Post Date: 2012-07-19 08:00:39 by Tatarewicz
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Tell me sir, “yes” or “no,” have you stopped beating your wife? Of the myriad rhetorical tools employed in public discourse today, there are dangerous few more insidious than the false dilemma. Little surprise then that, as the election season circus rolls into towns across the country, this Weapon of Dialectic Destruction (WDD) finds itself a favorite of slick politicians working to curry favor with an increasingly ovine voter mass. Simply put, the false dilemma is a sly trick of exclusion whereby a speaker (always generously) offers his or her audience the apparently favorable choice between two unfortunately poor options. “With which horn do you wish to be ...
Hidden History of Militias Protecting Liberty in the 20th Century. Before they Were Called Oath Keepers
Post Date: 2012-07-19 03:02:25 by hondo68
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Today the word Militia is a bad word to be looked upon with disdain and contempt in political circles in Washington. These are power mad people who seek the dominate every facet of our lives if we let them have their way. The militia is a part of our history throwing out tyranny from our midst, It has been a force for good. I will share with you why. We all know that all veterans, even those returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan are now a national security threat according to the Department of Homeland Security. This federal agency made publications they passed out to Law Enforcement all around the country. They did not make this classification by pulling a thought out of their rectal ...
More from expat Reckoners
Post Date: 2012-07-18 05:58:42 by Tatarewicz
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Next up, Reckoner Dennis writes in with this... As a former government school teacher and from German-Russian ancestors who worked hard and were responsible for family and friends, I feel the future with the present government is one of too much interference with OUR CHOICES AND DECISIONS. I have been self-employed for 30 years in the resort business. During the last 10 years the EPA, ODEQ, and other government bodies have stifled us and are preventing us from giving the public a good and reasonable service. We have an excellent cash-flow business but potential buyers are scared of the future and thus cannot complete a sale. We have a home at Atenas, Costa Rica. We have no need for ...
Arrest of Taiwan Citizen in China Raises High Stakes
Post Date: 2012-07-18 03:40:15 by Tatarewicz
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The arrest in mainland China a little over three weeks ago of a citizen of Taiwan poses a significant challenge to relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan). The arrest also reasserts the PRC’s claim to control what information may reach the Chinese people, no matter how dangerous such a policy might be. Chung Ting-pang was ready to return to Taiwan after visiting family members in southeastern China’s Jiangxi Province when security police arrested him at Ganzhou airport on June 18. His family in Taiwan has not heard a single word from him since. Chung is a manager in a high tech company in Taiwan. He is also a Falun ...
Troops Ordered To Kill All Americans Who Do Not Turn In Guns
Post Date: 2012-07-17 23:19:04 by wakeup
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Expat Experiences
Post Date: 2012-07-17 07:23:28 by Tatarewicz
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[Joel’s Note: In the July 3 edition of The Daily Reckoning, senior editor Eric Fry wondered aloud why more and more Americans are renouncing their US citizenship. “Americans who bail on their country may not think things are going to get any worse any time soon,” wrote Eric, “but they clearly do not believe things are going to get better. So far, the pitter-patter of footsteps heading for the exits is barely a murmur...but the murmur is getting louder.” So is it the rampant overspending mentioned above motivating the as- yet mini-exodus? A loss of freedom? Over-regulation? The weather? We asked expat Reckoners to weigh-in...and weigh-in you did. Below you’ll ...
"Are you an American citizen?"
Post Date: 2012-07-16 09:40:16 by Eric Stratton
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Poster Comment:I think we need to start asking LEOs for their licenses to ensure that their names match that on their unis. No license, no heeding.
The 'Heroic' Louis Freeh and His Legacies
Post Date: 2012-07-16 08:16:00 by Ada
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Standing before the podium with his reading glasses perched on his nose in a Really Serious Position, former FBI Director Louis Freeh read the summary of his damning report on what happened at Penn State University. The university, he intoned, was directly responsible for permitting Jerry Sandusky, the former football team defensive coordinator and now a convicted child molester, for preying on young "troubled" boys. So far, the media response has been lockstep not only in its condemnation for Penn State and the late Joe Paterno, the legendary coach who won more games than any other NCAA Division I football coach in history, but also in its praise for Freeh. (I include links ...
Libya's Olympic chief taken by gunmen in Tripoli
Post Date: 2012-07-16 05:38:01 by noone222
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Libyan security forces in Tripoli. The country's Olympic committee president has been taken from his car by gunmen. Photograph: Sabri Elmhedwi/EPA Libya's Olympic committee president was taken from his car by gunmen in Tripoli on Sunday and his whereabouts are unknown, colleagues said. Nabil Elalem was in his car with a colleague when two vehicles carrying men in military-style clothing blocked them off, another colleague, Arafat Jwan, said. "They told him he was needed and he had to go with them. He asked if he could take his phone and laptop with him and then the cars sped away with him," Jwan said, adding that Elalem's colleague was left in the car. It was not ...
Middle East Damascus struck by 'most intense' clashes yet
Post Date: 2012-07-16 01:24:04 by purplerose
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Middle East Damascus struck by 'most intense' clashes yet Opposition reports explosions and heaviest fighting to date in the capital as Syria army tries to invade neighbourhoods. Last Modified: 15 Jul 2012 23:35 Heavy clashes between rebels and regular troops have erupted in Damascus in the "most intense" fighting in the capital since the start of the anti-regime revolt in Syria 16 months ago, a monitoring group has said. "The regular army fired mortar rounds into several suburbs" where fighters of the Free Syrian Army are entrenched, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday. "They have never been this ...
Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes, bottles
Post Date: 2012-07-16 01:06:10 by Tatarewicz
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Protesters in the city of Alexandria in northeastern Egypt have thrown bottles and tomatoes at the motorcade of the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On Sunday, a large number of demonstrators gathered outside the US consulate in the city to denounce Washington’s interference in their country's internal affairs, Reuters reported. "We are, first of all, opposed to the American visit to Egypt. Why? Because they (Americans) are trying to pressure on the new presidential institution. And we fundamentally cannot accept any interference in Egyptian affairs," a protester said. Similar protests were also held outside Clinton's hotel in Cairo on Saturday ...
How to Survive The Rise & Fall of Society
Post Date: 2012-07-14 06:25:54 by Tatarewicz
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Frank Chodorov called it the “Revolution of 1913” — the year the income tax was installed... the IRS was created... the Federal Reserve was established... and the direct election of U.S. senators became law of the land. With these fruits of the Progressive Era, Washington, D.C., gave themselves a blank check on the future earnings of Americans. Control over the money supply itself. And made senators residents of Washington, rather than advocates of the state legislatures, who used to appoint them. With that control began the 100-year stumble down the path to empire... and the rise of the entitlement programs that threaten to bankrupt all our futures. (We chronicle the ...
Individualist Anarchism
Post Date: 2012-07-13 10:12:09 by Ada
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Dear Reader, The following includes three sequential parts: first is my Individual Anarchist statement, followed by Don's response to it, and lastly my response to Don. The Individual Anarchist statement is at the very end, which I suggest reading first. Don and I audited philosophy classes at the University of California, Irvine, and the mention of Martin and Ermanno refers to the first names of two of our professors. At the time, Don was associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UCI and is also in private practice. My mention of Anna is a reference to my wife, currently of 59 years. Enjoy Lou Click for Full Text!
'Democracy no longer exists in West'
Post Date: 2012-07-13 03:00:33 by Tatarewicz
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Interview with Giulietto Chiesa, former member of European Parliament There is an evident shortage of democracy. Democracy is finished in the West. Democracy is ceremonial, is a fiction. You can vote one time [every] 4 or 5 year but the power is not there. The power is in the hands of those people, for instance Paul Krugman [who is] named the master of universe.” American police forces have attacked and brutalized protesting 99-percenters and journalists during a rally near New York City's iconic Zuccotti Park. Eyewitnesses say officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) were waiting in ambush for Occupy Wall Street protesters returning from the so-called Occupy Guitarmy ...
Dude Is Fed Up With Traffic Checkpoints: He lets the cops know how he feels about it.
Post Date: 2012-07-11 20:37:29 by Eric Stratton
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Bravery and drone pilots
Post Date: 2012-07-11 06:33:49 by Ada
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The Pentagon considers awarding war medals to those who operate America's death-delivering video games The effort to depict drone warfare as some sort of courageous and noble act is intensifying: The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone pilots who work on military bases often far removed from the battlefield. . . . [Army Institute of Heraldry chief Charles] Mugno said most combat decorations require “boots on the ground” in a combat zone, but he noted that “emerging technologies” such as drones and cyber combat missions are now handled by troops far removed from combat. The Pentagon has not formally endorsed the medal, but ...
Everything They’re Telling Us About Syria… Is False?
Post Date: 2012-07-10 08:29:11 by Ada
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Friday, we read in the New York Times and elsewhere about one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s most important supporters and allies having defected. The impression one gets is that Assad’s government is in a state of collapse – and this gives credibility to those pushing for Assad to turn over power. But what the media are not mentioning is that Brigadier General Manaf Tlass did not defect directly from the Assad inner circle. He had already fallen into disfavor early in the uprising and lost his command in May 2011 – 14 months ago. If you had that additional piece of information, you would interpret the news reports in a totally different way. When a piece of ...
Freedom Beyond Belief, a Revolution of Truth and Sustainability
Post Date: 2012-07-09 09:52:22 by Amandil
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Seems I've been chatting with the individual who created the site I am introducing you to here for quite some time, but only just now met them and seen their work. I promised to put some links here for ya'all to check out. Personally, I like his approach a bit more than the nut cases with megaphones. But that's just me. Click for Full Text!
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
Post Date: 2012-07-08 22:28:07 by James Deffenbach
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Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775 They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. he millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and ...
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