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Latest Articles: Ron Paul
Ferguson: The War Comes Home
Post Date: 2014-08-25 07:26:04 by Ada
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America’s attention recently turned away from the violence in Iraq and Gaza toward the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown. While all the facts surrounding the shooing have yet to come to light, the shock of seeing police using tear gas (a substance banned in warfare), and other military-style weapons against American citizens including journalists exercising their First Amendment rights, has started a much-needed debate on police militarization. The increasing use of military equipment by local police is a symptom of growing authoritarianism, not the cause. The cause is policies that encourage police to see Americans as enemies to subjugate, ...
Happy Birthday Dr. Ron Paul!
Post Date: 2014-08-20 20:21:35 by Deasy
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Longtime congressman and two-time Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul turns 79 years young today. Since announcing his bid for the White House in March 2007, Paul has become a household name in the liberty movement and has inspired countless numbers of individuals, particularly students, to believe in the cause of liberty. Paul’s own belief in liberty came at an early age. The son of dairy farmers, Paul was born in 1935 at the height of the Great Depression. The big-government ideals of Franklin Delano Roosevelt were prominent, with Social Security introduced only a week before his birth. Yet Ron Paul ignored the overreach from Washington and instead learned the values of hard ...
Ron Paul: Mission Creep in Iraq...and Missouri!
Post Date: 2014-08-20 07:22:48 by Ada
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“To militarize [the police], to give them military weapons…it creates a culture. Guns and tanks and gasses that are illegal in wartime are being used. It is an atmposphere that encourages police to over-react,” Ron Paul told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC today. As the National Guard takes up its positions in Ferguson, MO, and the situation escalates, Dr. Paul explains his opposition to the program that allowed small- town police forces across the US to be equipped with military equipment: Police are supposed to be local people, and they’re supposed to be peace officers. They’re not supposed to be warriors. Opponents of local police militarization are up against ...
In The West Respect for Truth No Longer Exists
Post Date: 2014-08-18 08:52:09 by Ada
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The Western media have proved for all to see that the Western media comprises either a collection of ignorant and incompetent fools or a whorehouse that sells war for money. The Western media fell in step with Washington and blamed the downed Malaysian airliner on Russia. No evidence was provided. In its place the media used constant repetition. Washington withheld the evidence that proved that Kiev was responsible. The media’s purpose was not to tell the truth, but to demonize Russia. Now we have the media story of the armored Russian column that allegedly crossed into Ukraine and was destroyed by Ukraine’s rag-tag forces that ISIS would eliminate in a few minutes. British ...
Republican Impeachment Embarrassment (of Obama)
Post Date: 2014-08-16 12:22:57 by BTP Holdings
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Republican Impeachment Embarrassment Posted: 08/15/2014 1:07 pm EDT Updated: 1 hour ago President Obama is in the middle of his sixth year in the White House and is not exactly surfing a huge wave of popular support. With less than three months to go before the midterm election, Obama's poll numbers are stuck in the low 40s. His party is poised to lose a few seats in the House of Representatives in November and may even lose control of the Senate. It is, however, more likely that they will hold onto a very narrow lead in the upper chamber of the legislature. Obama has always had many critics on the right who were never going to be happy with the president. In addition, many ...
The Savings and Loan Debacle: Twenty-Five Years Later
Post Date: 2014-08-13 09:22:51 by Ada
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August 9, 2014 marks twenty-five years since the signing into law of the US savings and loan (S&L) industry bailout, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) of 1989. After FIRREA was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, the federal government took control of 327 failed S&Ls with $147 billion in assets. “Deregulation” Did It? By now the S&L scandal lies deep in the Memory Hole, but at the time, the mainstream media had the greatest effect on how most Americans viewed the debacle. A quarter of a century ago the mainstream press and television media — as with the 2008 financial crisis — portrayed the debacle as the ...
Iraq Policy: Washington’s Puzzle Palace Keeps Getting Curiouser
Post Date: 2014-08-13 06:56:50 by Ada
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Let’s count the ways. It goes without saying that Obama is now busily bombing American military equipment. Some of that equipment is pretty high tech gear and especially lethal—not the kind that jihadists ordinarily train with in their desert lairs or mountain redoubts. But then again, ISIS got provisioned by none other than the Iraqi Army. The latter not only dropped its uniforms for civvies during the battle for Mosul, but also left behind armored Humvees, heavy artillery, night vision systems, state of the art firearms and much else of like and similar nature. Nor was this the first time that the Iraqi Army disarmed itself unilaterally. A while back they also surrendered ...
Has the ‘Libertarian Moment’ Finally Arrived?
Post Date: 2014-08-10 13:12:20 by Ada
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Rand Paul is to the libertarian movement what Pearl Jam is to rock, according to one prominent libertarian. “Let’s say Ron Paul is Nirvana,” said Kennedy, the television personality and former MTV host, by way of explaining the sort of politician who excites libertarians like herself. “Like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years, and the songs are nebulous but somehow meaningful, and the lead singer kills himself to preserve the band’s legacy. “Then Rand Paul — he’s Pearl Jam. Comes from the same place, the songs are really catchy, can really pack the stadiums, though it’s not quite Nirvana. “Ted Cruz? He’s Stone ...
Flight 17 Shoot-Down Scenario Shifts
Post Date: 2014-08-07 07:49:54 by Ada
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Exclusive: From magazine covers to pronouncements by top politicians, Official Washington jumped to the conclusion that Ukrainian rebels and Russia were guilty in the shoot-down of a Malaysian passenger plane. But some U.S. intelligence analysts may see the evidence differently, writes Robert Parry. Contrary to the Obama administration’s public claims blaming eastern Ukrainian rebels and Russia for the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, some U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded that the rebels and Russia were likely not at fault and that it appears Ukrainian government forces were to blame, according to a source briefed on these findings. This judgment – at odds ...
Bill Clinton’s Body-Snatching Legacy
Post Date: 2014-08-06 09:20:58 by Ada
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Former president Bill Clinton continues to be feted around the world as a progressive champion of human rights. But a European Union task force last week confirmed that the ruthless cabal he empowered by bombing Serbia in 1999 has committed atrocities including murdering individuals to extract and sell their kidneys, livers, and other body parts. Clint Williamson, the chief prosecutor of a special European Union task force, declared that senior members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had engaged in “unlawful killings, abductions, enforced disappearances, illegal detentions in camps in Kosovo and Albania, sexual violence, forced displacements of individuals from their homes and ...
Buchanan: Obama Amnesty Could Be 'Firestorm' for Midterms
Post Date: 2014-08-05 17:09:41 by BTP Holdings
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Buchanan: Obama Amnesty Could Be 'Firestorm' for Midterms Monday, 04 Aug 2014 03:11 PM By Courtney Coren If President Barack Obama grants amnesty to 5 million illegal immigrants before Labor Day, it could become "the issue" of the November midterm elections, says political commentator Pat Buchanan. "There could be a firestorm unlike any we've seen on this issue," Buchanan told John Bachman on "America's Forum" on Newsmax TV Monday. "It would elevate it dramatically and make it 'the issue' for the fall campaign." Story continues below video. "That would clearly rally and energize Obama's base, but it would do ...
Obama: After 9/11, US 'Tortured Some Folks'
Post Date: 2014-08-02 12:59:50 by BTP Holdings
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Obama: After 9/11, US 'Tortured Some Folks' Friday, 01 Aug 2014 08:20 PM The United States tortured al Qaida detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama acknowledged Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to date about a controversial set of CIA practices that he banned after taking office. "We tortured some folks," Obama said at a televised news conference at the White House. "We did some things that were contrary to our values." Addressing the impending release of a Senate report that criticizes CIA treatment of detainees, Obama said he believed the mistreatment happened because of the pressure national security officials felt to ...
Nixon's Secrets
Post Date: 2014-08-01 06:08:14 by Ada
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The Bay of Pigs, the JFK Assassination, Watergate and the Nixon pardon finally connected- and the dark secrets of Watergate are revealed. In “Nixon’s Secrets” the blockbuster book by Roger Stone with Michael Colapietro…out August 11th from Skyhorse Publishing the dark secrets of these historic events are finally exposed, the light and dark side of Nixon exposed and analyzed. Nixon’s Secrets Chronicles Nixon’s greatest triumphs, his bitter loses , his Spartan like disciple , meticulous preparation , hard work and resilience . Chart the rise and fall and rise of fall and final comeback of the most durable political leader of the 20th Century- Richard Nixon ...
Stop the Coming Obamnesty!
Post Date: 2014-07-31 21:01:09 by Gentile Defense League
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According to Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Obama intends “to act broadly and generously” on behalf of the “millions and millions” of illegal immigrants in the United States today. Gutierrez, who meets often with the president, is implying that Obama, before Labor Day and by executive order, will grant de facto amnesty to five million illegal immigrants. They will be granted work permits and permission to stay. With his pen and his phone, Obama will do what Congress has refused to do. There is a precedent. Obama has already issued one executive order deferring the deportation of “dreamers,” children brought into the United States illegally by their parents before 200 ...
END TORTURE, SHUT DOWN THE CIA!
Post Date: 2014-07-28 07:26:26 by Ada
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Revelations of US secret torture sites overseas and a new Senate investigation revealing widespread horrific CIA torture practices should finally lead to the abolishment of this agency Remember back in April, 2007, when then-CIA director George Tenet appeared on 60 Minutes, angrily telling the program host, “we don’t torture people”? Remember a few months later, in October, President George W. Bush saying, “this government does not torture people”? We knew then it was not true because we had already seen the photos of Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib prison four years earlier. Still the US administration denied that torture was torture, preferring to call it ...
Rand Paul, John Harwood spar over ex-aide Jack Hunter
Post Date: 2014-07-25 15:26:41 by Deasy
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Rand Paul, John Harwood spar over ex-aide Jack Hunter By: Hadas Gold August 6, 2013 02:33 PM EDT Sen. Rand Paul got testy Tuesday morning on the NPR show “On Point,” chastising guest host and CNBC reporter John Harwood for focusing on the questionable past of Paul’s ex-aide Jack Hunter. “Why don’t we talk about Rand Paul, I’m the one doing the interview. You can go ahead and beat up on an ex-employee of mine, but why don’t we talk about Rand Paul and what I’m trying to do to grow the party, and then we might have an intelligent discussion,” the Kentucky Republican said. Harwood shot back, noting that Hunter, who left his post in July, ...
Rand Paul: The Republican Candidate Least Feared by Young Non-Republicans
Post Date: 2014-07-25 14:59:37 by Deasy
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The new Quinnipiac poll out of Colorado and new NBC/Marist poll out of Iowa should please Democrats only for the residual pain they might cause Dick Cheney. In Colorado, Rand Paul performs absolutely the best against Hillary Clinton, among any of the 2016 Republicans—he leads her 46–43, and has led consistently since the pollster started trial heats last year. In Iowa, Paul is the only Republican who leads Clinton (within the margin of error), 44–44. This is the summer of Rand Paul; in a way, all of 2014 has been a summer of Rand Paul. No Republican gets more positive coverage. Reporters (myself included) love to cover a politician who riffs with so little ...
Is Rand Paul’s MLK Analogy Offensive? [COINTELPRO & NSA]
Post Date: 2014-07-25 14:22:57 by Deasy
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At times, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul can have all the tact and graciousness of an arrogant college student. He’ll talk as if no one else could have his insight or perception, leading to embarrassments like last year’s speech at Howard University, where he lectured black politics students on the civil rights record of the Republican Party. Jamelle Bouie Jamelle Bouie is a Slate staff writer covering politics, policy, and race. He almost put a foot in it again last week, during an address to the College Republicans at the University of California, Berkeley. “I find it ironic that the first African-American president has without compunction allowed this vast ...
Rand Paul’s Preemptive Strike: [attacking other GOP 2016 hopefuls on] Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2014-07-25 13:41:59 by Deasy
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Sen. Rand Paul may not be a foreign policy hawk but he is a political one. He wrote, in a recent critique of his Republican colleagues: “What we don't need right now is politicians who have never seen war talking tough for the sake of their political careers.” Incoming! Paul was talking about grandstanding responses to the Ukraine crisis. It wasn’t a pinprick attack about a policy disagreement: Sen. Paul is claiming his rivals—ignorant to the sacrifices of war—are too cavalier about committing American troops to foreign conflicts in their rush to make names for themselves. He made this point in an essay where he also charged these performance hawks with ...
Rand Paul and the Alternate History of World War II
Post Date: 2014-07-25 12:53:30 by Deasy
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Jennifer Rubin, a Washington Post blogger/columnist who has never pretended to be a fan of Rand Paul, got her hands on a 2012 (vertical!) video of Rand Paul answering a question about sanctions on Iran. Paul mused a little about the mistakes America made before the outbreak of World War II. "There are times when sanctions have made it worse," Paul said. "Leading up to World War II, we cut off trade with Japan. That probably caused Japan to react angrily. We also had a blockade on Germany after World War I that probably encouraged some of their anger." Advertisement Aaron Blake reached out to Paul's spokesman (and former chief of staff) ...
Let's Have a War: At CPAC, a new generation of [Hawks]
Post Date: 2014-07-25 12:42:39 by Deasy
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Twenty-five years since Oliver North was convicted for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. Twenty-three years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. And yet here he is, the ever-more grizzled “host of ‘War Stories’ with Oliver North,” standing between American flags and issuing warnings about the Russian bear. David Weigel David Weigel is a Slate political reporter. “The people of Ukraine are this very minute paying the terrible price for America’s leadership deficit disorder and the Obama organization’s utopian rush to unilateral disarmament,” says North. “That’s where we’re headed. We ...
The Pledge of Allegiance
Post Date: 2014-07-23 07:32:23 by Itistoolate
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The Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August 1892 by the socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931). It was originally published in The Youth's Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country. In its original form it read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In 1923, the words, "the Flag of the United States of America" were added. At this time it read: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, ...
The New Republic Is Queen of the Presstitutes
Post Date: 2014-07-22 10:25:21 by Ada
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UPDATE: According to the latest reports, the separatists in Donetsk have handed over to Malaysian authorities the black boxes from the downed Malaysian airliner, which indicates that those who have been blamed by Washington and the Western presstitute media have nothing to fear from the facts. How much did the CIA pay the New Republic to print this false report? Re: http://www.newrepublic.com/node/118782? utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=TNR%20Daily%20Newsletter&utm_campa ign=TNR%20Daily%20Zephyr%20with%20LiveIntent%20-%20July%2021%2C%202014 Probably a lot. In the 1960s there was a prominent intellectual journal in London, Encounter. The journal had a ...
President Obama Was Raised By Gay Transgendered Prostitute Named Evie
Post Date: 2014-07-21 16:48:48 by Itistoolate
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President Obama Was Raised By Gay Transgendered Prostitute Named Evie Barack Obama’s gay transgender prostitute nanny who made him laugh by trying on his mother’s lipstickHave you ever wondered why president Barack Obama has such a love for the LGBT Movement? As it was revealed this weekend in a shocking revelation, back in the days when he went by the name Barry Soetoro, Barack Obama was raised by an openly gay, transgendered prostitute named ‘Evie’.Barack Obama’s former nanny Evie, who was born a man but believes she is a woman, pictured on left.Barack Obama’s former nanny has been revealed as a gay transgender man who made the future president laugh by ...
Ron Paul Is Putin's New Best Friend
Post Date: 2014-07-21 15:07:04 by Ada
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The former congressman from Texas is making a better argument for shielding the Russian president from blame than Kremlin TV. It used to be that blaming America for crisis abroad was largely the province of liberals. That folk wisdom appears to be changing—just ask Ron Paul. In the days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the former House member has been quick to attack the West and President Obama for pointing any fingers in the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Just days after the tragic crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine, Western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. It ...
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