Rex Regnant Sed Non Gubernat

Obama Readies Citizen Spies For Action

2011-08-13T00:20:00.002-05:00

I think at this point it is fair to say that the name “Barack Obama” has become irrevocably synonymous with the phrase “Brownshirts”, and with very good reason. Riding the euphoric wave of a Prozac addled collectivist saturated puppy-love election season, the teleprompter dependent basketball playing android immediately launched several programs designed to centralize community organization

Putin to the West: Take Your Medicine......And don't go socialist

2009-03-04T00:07:00.007-06:00

http://kingsausage.blogspot.com/ We've truly entered a Bizarro World universe, where up is down, right is left – and the Russians, of all people, are now lecturing us about the virtues of free enterprise.Yes, it happened at the Davos conference of bigwigs, insiders, and their sycophantic hangers-on, where the elite meet to munch canapés and discuss the way the world works, or, in this case, the

Just because I smoked pot doesn't mean I want to eat your flesh.

2009-02-04T23:44:00.008-06:00

http://kingsausage.blogspot.com/Why Condemn Phelps, When We Ought to Condemn the Laws That Brand Him a Criminal.by Paul ArmentanoAdd decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to the growing list of successful Americans who happens to indulge in marijuana during his down time. The tabloid news story is making international headlines,

Watching Our Rulers Destroy Our World

2009-02-04T12:49:00.003-06:00

http://kingsausage.blogspot.com/Our rulers are destroying the economy. Not little by little, as they usually do, but in huge swaths. Each great assault on the free market, whether it be denominated a bailout, a stimulus, or some other species of purported salvation, brings us visibly closer to the complete ruin of an economic order that required centuries to build. Awestruck, as if we were

There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession

2008-12-30T10:30:00.003-06:00

Belt-tightening is required by all, including government.By PETER SCHIFFAs recession fears cause the nation to embrace greater state control of the economy and unimaginable federal deficits, one searches in vain for debate worthy of the moment. Where there should be an historic clash of ideas, there is only blind resignation and an amorphous queasiness that we are simply sweeping the slouching

The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Financial Crisis

2008-10-23T15:30:00.001-05:00

The news media are in the process of creating a great new historical myth. This is the myth that our present financial crisis is the result of economic freedom and laissez-faire capitalism.The attempt to place the blame on laissez faire is readily confirmed by a Google search under the terms “crisis + laissez faire.” On the first page of the results that come up, or in the web entries to which

When it comes...Act surprised.

2008-10-01T02:55:00.003-05:00

A Dial Marked 'War' The last resort of our bankrupt elite The War Party loves generals: John McCain mentions Gen. David Petraeus at the drop of a hat, citing him as the final military and moral authority when it comes to U.S. strategy in the Middle East. The reverent tone is supposed to indicate that no further argument is necessary.

Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer.

2008-09-30T10:01:00.002-05:00

By Jeffrey A. Miron

The Fallacy of We

2008-09-03T09:25:00.003-05:00

While watching the Olympics, we tend to cheer participants along national lines. We root for our country's athletes over those from the rest of the world. While there is nothing wrong with this fun diversion, the concept of the individual must never be lost amid the ideal of the collective — the belief that the members of the collective (the nation in this instance) are

Bruce Ivins: The Movie

2008-08-05T23:57:00.003-05:00

Anthrax mystery: the FBI/media narrative is laughable – and sinister by Justin Raimondo It sounds like a very bad

Faustian economics: Hell hath no limits

2008-08-04T11:50:00.002-05:00

By Wendell BerryThe general reaction to the apparent end of the era of cheap fossil fuel, as to other readily foreseeable curtailments, has been to delay any sort of reckoning. The strategies of delay, so far, have been a sort of willed oblivion, or visions of large profits to the manufacturers of such “biofuels” as ethanol from corn or switchgrass, or the familiar unscientific faith that “

Booms, Busts, and "Krugpot" Economics

2008-07-30T11:14:00.002-05:00

Daily Article by William L. Anderson | Posted on 7/30/2008 In a recent column, Paul Krugman tries to explain the "Bush bust." Instead of clear, cogent economic theory, we are fed a mass of contradictory ideas, a bit of political partisanship, and explanations that simply make no sense. When one attempts to apply economic theory in order to explain

Extraordinary Times, Intentional Collapse, and Takedown of the U.S.A.

2008-05-04T14:23:00.004-05:00

By Richard C. Cook Global Research, April 30, 2008 Much has been written about whether a worldwide plan exists to control events and steer them in the direction profitable to an elite of the rich and powerful. Is this a “conspiracy theory”? While it is difficult to be specific about who exactly may be behind such a conspiracy, if it exists, it is at least clear that the privately-managed

Has Capitalism Failed?

2008-04-16T10:54:00.003-05:00

Congressional Record — US House of Representatives July 9, 2002 It is now commonplace and politically correct to blame what is referred to as the excesses of capitalism for the economic problems we face, and especially for the Wall Street fraud that dominates the business news. Politicians are having a field day with demagoguing the issue while, of course, failing to address the fraud and

Why I Am a Ron Paul Libertarian

2008-04-10T08:58:00.003-05:00

Why I Am a Ron Paul Libertarian by Stan Warford I was born and raised a liberal Democrat. My grandmother, who lived through the Depression, thought that Franklin Roosevelt was the savior of the United States. My father, who was a farmer, explained to me why it was a good policy for

On Money, Inflation and Government

2008-04-01T01:19:00.003-05:00

by Ron PaulThese past few weeks have provided an unfortunate opportunity to discuss inflation. The dollar index has reached new all-time lows. The total money supply, M3, as calculated by private sources, is growing at a disturbing 17% rate. The Fed is pumping dollars into the economy at an alarming rate. Just recently the Fed announced new loan auctions totaling $100 billion. That is new money

Is Another 9/11 Inevitable? In short – yes.

2008-04-01T01:10:00.005-05:00

by Justin Raimondo It was shocking, hearing CIA director Michael Hayden tell Tim Russert on Sunday morning that we're wide open to another 9/11-style terrorist attack.

GOD, How can I help?

2008-03-06T23:53:00.004-06:00

Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor by Garrett Hardin, Psychology Today, September 1974 Environmentalists use the metaphor of the earth as a "spaceship" in trying to persuade countries, industries and people to stop wasting and polluting our natural resources. Since we all share life on this planet, they argue, no single person or institution has the right to destroy, waste, or

Security and the Falling Dollar

2008-03-05T10:21:00.004-06:00

By JUDY SHELTONFebruary 15, 2008; Page A15 Every year, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is briefed by the chief of U.S. intelligence on potential threats to the nation. The list is sobering, but usually predictable and typically includes global terrorism, nuclear proliferation and regional conflicts. But this year, there was a surprising potential foe: the falling dollar. In his

Stop Fed Intervention

2008-02-28T00:12:00.005-06:00

Stop Fed Interventionby Ron PaulA Statement to the House Banking Committee, February 26, 2008Mr. Chairman,Price controls are almost universally reviled by economists. The negative economic consequences of price floors or price ceilings are numerous and well-documented. Our current series of hearings have been called to discuss the most important, but least understood, price manipulation in the

The Libertarian in First Grade

2008-01-21T00:45:00.000-06:00

I remember only one event from first grade. It happened on the first day of school, a time of excitement and new challenges for all of us, I’m sure. I was excited to be a "grader" – that is, to be in a grade which ends with "grade." The school had a milk program, where parents could pay each week for their children

The Liberal's Ron Paul Problem

2008-01-16T09:22:00.000-06:00

The liberal attacks on Ron Paul, fueled by a recent hit piece in the New Republic, are so transparently cynical that it almost makes me smile.Almost.To quote James Ridgeway, liberals can be and often are the meanest motherfuckers around. Criticize any of their scared beliefs, then watch out. They'll come at you with anything they've got, doesn't matter if it's truthful, accurate, or even sane.

An Open Letter to My Liberal Friends

2008-01-04T00:49:00.000-06:00

"Equal rights for all; special privileges for none.""Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable . . . the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression." "[The purpose of representative government is] to curb the excesses of the monied interests.""The influence over

Election '08: The Collapse of the 'Frontrunners'

2007-12-28T11:55:00.000-06:00

A new contrarian spirit rules American politicsby Justin RaimondoWhat characterizes the political season so far is what we might call frontrunner collapse. The candidates we were all told were the nearly inevitable winners – Hillary Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani – are now hanging on for dear life. Obama is currently pulling ahead of Clinton in Iowa, and the two are neck-and-neck in New Hampshire.

John Edwards Takes on the War Party

2007-11-07T10:05:00.000-06:00

But is it too little, too late? by Justin RaimondoThe Democratic presidential primary has been a real yawner, and I say that with a high degree of disappointment. After all, one never expected that the most vocal, visible, and credible antiwar voice to be raised this election season would come from the mouth of a Republican – a nine-term congressman from Texas, no less – who has ignited what

House passes the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act"

2007-11-06T19:10:00.000-06:00

House Passes Thought Crime Prevention BillThe U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism. If passed into law, it will also establish a commission and a Center of

The Deceit behind Global Warming

2007-11-06T15:36:00.000-06:00

The Deceit behind Global WarmingBy Christopher Booker and Richard NorthNo one can deny that in recent years the need to "save the planet" from global warming has become one of the most pervasive issues of our time. As Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, claimed in 2004, it poses "a far greater threat to the world than international terrorism", warning that by the end of this

The War on Terrorism - The Mistaken Means of Social Change.

2007-08-22T11:19:00.001-05:00

As Sir Isaac Newton lamented in 1721 after losing his shirt in the South Sea bubble, "I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." T here is a formula I often follow when I don’t know where to begin, and that is to start with history. If you discover the history, you should be able to figure it out as you go along. It was

Militarism – America's State Religion

2007-07-27T01:39:00.001-05:00

One soldier's literary blasphemyby Justin RaimondoThis has got the War Party in an uproar: Michelle Malkin's head is spinning practically off its axis, like Linda Blair in The Exorcist, only faster, the boys over at Powerline are hotly demanding an "explanation," and, to top it off, Jonah Goldberg, of all people, is waxing skeptical over "Shock Troops," a piece in The New Republic by the

Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state

2007-07-20T02:16:00.000-05:00

07/19/2007 @ 10:12 pm Filed by Muriel Kane Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies. He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts -- a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

Praying for a Terrorist Strike: The GOP's Newest Political Strategy

2007-07-12T17:40:00.000-05:00

Praying for a Terrorist Strike: The GOP's Newest Political Strategy Nuclear terrorism: If it happens, it will be an answer to Republican prayers.Former Republican Senator Rick Santorum made the grand crusade against “Islamic fascism” the central focus of his unsuccessful 2006 re-election effort. On numerous occasions the preening Keystone State solon – who

What planet are they on?

2007-07-07T09:40:00.000-05:00

Live Aid is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on? As Madonna bounds on to the huge Wembley stage to save the planet, how the assembled Greenies will cheer. The superstar is today fronting the massive Live Earth event, with nine concerts played over 24 hours across seven continents before an audience of two billion. The much-hyped bid to save the world is

What's behind the calls for the U.S. to bomb Iran?

2007-06-13T10:45:00.000-05:00

It's All About Israel What's behind the calls for the U.S. to bomb Iran? by Justin Raimondo I see that Zbigniew Brzezinski is stealing my ideas and not giving me

Neocon “Scholars” Call for Dismembering Bill of Rights

2007-06-12T21:38:00.000-05:00

Imagine my surprise. A “guest scholar at the center-left Brookings Institution,” Benjamin Wittes, wants to gut the Second Amendment. Wittes told CNSNews “that rather than try to limit gun ownership through regulation that potentially violates the Second Amendment, opponents of gun ownership should set their sights on repealing the amendment altogether.” Georgetown University law professor Randy

"We're from the government and we're here to help... "

2007-06-10T00:56:00.000-05:00

American Community Survey InterrogationDefective, dependent, or delinquent...After being delayed several years due to budget shortfalls, one of the largest invasions of our privacy is now in full swing, compliments of the U.S. Census Bureau and a cadre of Department of Commerce corporate partners. In the past, the American people only had to put up with this unconstitutional nonsense once every

Cyber ignorance is not bliss for those in the public eye

2007-06-04T09:19:00.000-05:00

By Noam CohenSunday, June 3, 2007NEW YORK: Any modern office worker quickly learns that professing complete inadequacy is usually the best move in the presence of someone from the tech support department. The same rules, however, do not apply in public life.The latest example of the danger of revealing technological weakness was Judge Peter Openshaw of the High Court, Queen's Branch Division, in

Rudy Giuliani v. Ron Paul, and Reality

2007-05-18T09:58:00.000-05:00

The Nation -- Rudy Giuliani made clear in Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate that he is not ready to let the facts get in the way of his approach to foreign policy.The most heated moment in the debate, which aired live on the conservative Fox News network, came when the former New York mayor and current GOP front-runner angrily refused to entertain a serious discussion about the role

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

2007-04-25T11:05:00.000-05:00

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them allNaomi WolfTuesday April 24, 2007GuardianLast autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as

“If we're not true to our principles, we're not serving our national interest.” - Wolfowitz

2007-04-15T00:34:00.000-05:00

Leave it to the corporate media to make a big deal out of Paul Wolfowitz’s shameless promotion of his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, while ignoring the larger story—the fait accompli fusion of neoliberal and neocon policies at the World Bank and the IMF.“The neolib-neocon fusion is personified by Wolfowitz, close ally of the exceptionally corrupt, brutal Indonesian dictator Suharto during the 1980s and

Pelosi Booed at AIPAC

2007-03-14T11:23:00.000-05:00

Pelosi and Dems Taken to Task by AIPAC, CheneyNo matter what Nancy Pelosi does, she cannot grovel enough before AIPAC. For instance, Pelosi attended the latest AIPAC confab, as should be expected of all Dems worth their salt—and mindful of their careers—but when she called the Iraq “war” a “failure on several scores,” she was roundly booed by the attendees. “Pelosi said the U.S. military campaign

Fast Tracking the Global Slave Plantation

2007-03-09T11:11:00.000-06:00

It is shameless, but wholly typical. “Fears about U.S. job losses from globalization are driving the debate over renewing the White House’s fast-track trade negotiating authority and may require legislative action on a number of fronts, a top Senate Democrat said,” reports the CIA’s favorite newspaper, the Washington Post. “The White House wants a renewal of fast-track trade legislation—also

False Prophet

2007-03-05T01:56:00.000-06:00

A Horse of a Different ColorObama, the Lobby, and the next war by Justin RaimondoIt had to happen sooner or later, and Barack Obama's startling rise to near the top of the Democratic presidential pack made it sooner – I'm talking about his speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It starts out with a riff about his ride in an IDF helicopter and how this made him "truly see

America's Alliance With bin Laden

2007-02-26T11:02:00.000-06:00

We're playing the Sunni card in the Middle East – and that means playing footsie with al-Qaeda.The latest Seymour Hersh piece has a lot of new information, some of it shocking, some of it not at all surprising to readers of Antiwar.com and observers of this space. An example of the latter:"The administration is now examining a wave of new intelligence on Iran's weapons programs. Current and

Mind-Blowing Video Illustrating How Easily You Are Deceived

2007-02-26T01:31:00.000-06:00

You are only allowed to watch this video once.Seriously, do not cheat!In the video you will see a group of basketball players, some in white and some in black passing two balls around.Your goal is to count how many times the ball is passed by those wearing white shirts.It's that simple.Remember, count just the passes of the ball by those wearing white.Once the movie is over, write down the number

Monbiot Shrugged!

2007-02-21T13:44:00.000-06:00

It stinks of desperation. George Monbiot, inveterate leftist of the foundation financed environmentalist persuasion, has once again taken a swing at the “conspiracy idiots” who believe government is capable of mass murder, including the reflexive murder of its own subjects.Not unlike his brethren, most notably Noam Chomsky and Alex Cockburn, Monbiot buys the Ward Churchill version of events in

Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy

2007-02-17T09:09:00.000-06:00

Statement at Hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, February 15, 2007Transparency in monetary policy is a goal we should all support. I've often wondered why Congress so willingly has given up its prerogative over monetary policy. Astonishingly, Congress in essence has ceded total control over the value of our money to a secretive central bank.Congress created the Federal Reserve, yet

The War on Global Warming

2007-02-04T14:29:00.000-06:00

Other than being among the most contentious issues of the day, China's currency and global warming have little in common — unless you are George W. Bush.The U.S. president has been slow to realize that if he wants China to allow the yuan to strengthen, he must offer something. In return for a rising currency, for example, China wants the U.S. to fix its current-account and budget deficits.Now

It would be comical, if not so pathetic.

2007-02-04T14:03:00.000-06:00

“More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most if not all of the devices depict a character giving the finger,” reports the Associated Press. “Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent

In Gold We Trust, Not U.S. Dollars

2007-01-20T16:38:00.000-06:00

The financial press, and even the network news shows, have begun reporting the price of gold regularly. For twenty years, between 1980 and 2000, the price of gold was rarely mentioned. There was little interest, and the price was either falling or remaining steady. Since 2001 however, interest in gold has soared along with its price. With the price now over $600 an ounce, a lot more people are

The Criminality of the State

2006-12-29T15:54:00.000-06:00

by Albert Jay Nockhis essay first appeared in The American Mercury in March 1939.As well as I can judge, the general attitude of Americans who are at all interested in foreign affairs is one of astonishment, coupled with distaste, displeasure, or horror, according to the individual observer's capacity for emotional excitement. Perhaps I ought to shade this statement a little in order to keep on

Peace on earth: The Christmas truce of 1914

2006-12-25T02:53:00.000-06:00

In 2006, peace on earth is as elusive as ever as small wars occur regularly and expand into bigger conflicts. Territorial “imperatives,” aggressive tendencies and desire for plunder always interfere with an ability to sustain a lasting peace. Wars are such a regular routine for humanity that the European lack of a continent-wide conflagration between the final exile of Napoleon in 1815 and the

Impeach the American People!

2006-11-17T00:37:00.000-06:00

Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yetsufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of notthinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, andraises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soonsubsides. Time makes more converts than reason.~ Tom Paine, Common SenseNow that George Bush’s

The Coming Death of Free Speech

2006-11-17T00:07:00.000-06:00

If Rev. Ted Pike is correct, this blog may soon be illegal.“For the past eight years, the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith has tried unsuccessfully to pass its Orwellian federal ‘anti-hate’ bill. It has failed largely for one reason: Republican control of Congress,” writes Pike. “Repeatedly, Republican opponents of their hate bill, such as Rep. Roy Blunt and Sen. Bill Frist have been able,

Mercenaries Look Beyond Iraq

2006-10-31T12:51:00.000-06:00

Mercenaries Look Beyond Iraqby Tom GriffinAs the position of the Coalition forces in Iraq looks increasingly untenable, it is not just the fate of the national military contingents that is in question.Private military contractors, which make up the second largest Coalition contingent, are also considering their future following the end of the "Baghdad bubble," the boom in the industry spawned by

American Prison Camps Are on the Way

2006-10-31T12:47:00.000-06:00

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 governing the treatment of detainees is the culmination of relentless fear-mongering by the Bush administration since the September 11 terrorist attacks.Because the bill was adopted with lightning speed, barely anyone noticed that it empowers Bush to declare not just aliens, but also U.S. citizens, "unlawful enemy combatants."Bush & Co. has portrayed the

Bush’s Martial Law Act of 2007

2006-10-31T12:41:00.000-06:00

On October 17, with little fanfare, the unitary decider signed H.R.5122, or the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007. “The act provides $462.8 billion in budget authority for the department. Senate and House conferees added the $70 billion defense supplemental budget request to the act, so overall, the act authorizes $532.8 billion for fiscal 2007,” explains Jim Garamone of the

The 'Color' Revolutions:Fade to Black

2006-09-29T10:33:00.000-05:00

Whatever happened to Bush's global democratic revolution?by Justin RaimondoHow quickly we forget. It seems like only yesterday that the headlines were ablaze with news of the color-coded revolutions supposedly inspired by our president's commitment to fostering "democracy" throughout the globe. In an inaugural speech widely derided by those who hadn't quaffed too deeply of the neoconservative

Bush Aims to Kill War Crimes Act

2006-09-11T15:58:00.000-05:00

The US War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a felony to commit grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Post recently reported that the Bush administration is quietly circulating draft legislation to eliminate crucial parts of the War Crimes Act. Observers on The Hill say the Administration plans to slip it through Congress this fall while there still is a guaranteed Republican

Prove It!

2006-09-02T20:03:00.000-05:00

Coming Close to a Breakthrough on 9/11?It appears the government is really starting to run scared about 9/11 now.All kinds of counter claims are starting to appear in the MSM trying to rebuke the 9/11 'Conspiracy Theories'.They haven't said anything new and they haven't done anything to prove or demonstrate their point that physical laws can be altered.I have stated before that physical and

"Folks, We Are Being Set Up Again!"

2006-08-27T21:36:00.000-05:00

Iran's Nuclear "Threat"By JUAN COLE08/25/06 "Counterpunch" -- -- Here is what the professionals are saying about the Republican-dominated Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy report on Iran that slams US intelligence professionals for poor intelligence on Iran: The report demonstrates that these Republicans have poor intelligence . . . on Iran. What follows is summaries of things I've seen from

Brace for the Splat

2006-08-10T11:12:00.000-05:00

Something’s coming and it ain’t gonna be pretty. Most of us have an inner sense of a pending calamity, be it political, economic, military aggression, social chaos or just Nature cleaning house. Given the interconnectedness of our world, all of the above may be the correct answer.The writing has been on the wall since before most of us began to read. It could be next week, next month, next year,

Evidence of Election Fraud Grows in México

2006-08-02T11:20:00.000-05:00

A month after more than 41 million Mexicans went to the polls to elect their next president, the country is still awaiting a result. A preliminary count of polling station tally sheets put conservative Felipe Calderón of the National Action Party (PAN) ahead with a slight lead over left-populist Andres Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD).Both candidates have claimed

The Silence of the "Liberals"

2006-08-02T00:37:00.000-05:00

Israel and 'Moral Equivalence'The Qana massacre reveals the true face of Israel's aggressionby Justin RaimondoThe Qanamassacre was the occasion for a full-court propaganda campaign by Israel’s amen corner, and one has to say they rose to the occasion like real pros. First, of course, they expressed remorse – then, naturally enough, they blamed it all on… Hezbollah.How so? Well, you see, the

Why Are Americans So Angry?

2006-07-23T14:35:00.000-05:00

HON. RON PAUL OF TEXASBefore the U.S. House of RepresentativesJune 29, 2006Why Are Americans So Angry?I have been involved in politics for over 30 years and have never seen the American people so angry.It’s not unusual to sense a modest amount of outrage, but it seems the anger today is unusually intense and quite possibly worse than ever.It’s not easily explained, but I have some thoughts on

Israel Crosses the Line

2006-07-14T09:59:00.000-05:00

The Israeli offensive against Iran – until now, purely polemical – morphed into military action the moment the IDF crossed the border into Lebanon and took on Hezbollah. As our regular readers know, this turn of events was predicted in this space three months ago:"War with Iran will probably not begin with a frontal assault by the U.S. and/or Israel on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons facilities,

Osama Tape Appears Fake, Experts Conclude

2006-06-01T15:38:00.000-05:00

The latest audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden appears to be one more installment in a succession of evidence fabricated by the US government to deceive the American people, according to Scholars for 9/11 Truth."This tape is only the latest in a series of fabrications intended to mislead the American people," said James H. Fetzer, the society's founder."The closer we get to revealing the

Fake but Accurate

2006-05-24T00:56:00.000-05:00

Fake but AccurateThe War Party fabrication factory is revving up its motor again.Destination: TehranThe world was horrified to learn the other day, courtesy of Canada's National Post, that a law supposedly passed by the Iranian Parliament would require non-Muslims to wear special clothing identifying their religious affiliations: Zoroastrians were assigned blue, Christians red, and Jews – in a

What the Price of Gold Is Telling Us

2006-05-02T00:30:00.000-05:00

What the Price of Gold Is Telling Usby Ron PaulWatch Ron Paul's speech on video.Before the U.S. House of Representatives, April 25, 2006The financial press, and even the network news shows, have begun reporting the price of gold regularly. For twenty years, between 1980 and 2000, the price of gold was rarely mentioned. There was little interest, and the price was either falling or remaining

The Ideology of American Empire

2006-03-25T09:44:00.000-06:00

The Ideology of American Empireby Claes G. RynClaes G. Ryn is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America andchairman of theNational Humanities Institute. He is editor of Humanitas andauthor of numerous books,including Unity Through Diversity: On CultivatingHumanity’s Higher Ground (BeijingUniversity, 2000) and Will, Imagination andReason: Babbitt, Croce and the Problem of

Profs Document Hijacking of U.S. Foreign Policy

2006-03-22T14:56:00.000-06:00

It comes as no surprise two “of America’s top scholars,” having released an article criticizing the hijacking of American foreign policy by AIPAC, the neocons, and the tiny outlaw state of Israel, are unable to get a hearing in the corporate media.John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard’s Kenney School “say that [AIPAC] is so strong that they doubt their article

President May Have Known of Constitutional Defect Before Signing Bill

2006-03-18T10:43:00.000-06:00

Today Rep. Waxman sent a letter to the White House Chief of Staff asking that the White House respond to information that the Speaker of the House called President Bush to alert him that the version of the Reconciliation Act he was about to sign differed from the version that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.Rep. Waxman writes: "If the President signed the Reconciliation Act knowing its

US/Israel plan nuclear attack on Iran to control oil and defend the dollar

2006-03-15T12:04:00.000-06:00

US and Israeli governments plan a military attack against Iran, possibly using nuclear bombs [1] [2] [3] [4] [5], possibly this month (March 2006) for reasons including:stopping the planned opening of an international oil-petrochemical-gas stock exchange for oil trade in euros [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]; control of Khuzestan province [1] [2] [3] where most Iranian oil lies, on the border with Iraq (US

The White Rose: A Lesson in Dissent

2006-03-09T12:12:00.000-06:00

The date was February 22, 1943.Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, along with their best friend, Christoph Probst, were scheduled to be executed by Nazi officials that afternoon.The prison guards were so impressed with the calm and bravery of the prisoners in the face of impending death that they violated regulations by permitting them to meet together one last time.Hans, a medical student at

No one knows who invented water, but you can bet it wasn’t the fish

2006-03-05T16:52:00.000-06:00

Replete with esoteric symbols, conspiracy research certainly warrants semiotic examination.Although fraught with historical flaws and theological distortions, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown acknowledges the value of semiotics in studying the conspiratorial world.In fact, the novel’s central character is a semiotician specializing in symbology. Evidently, Brown recognized the potential of

Senator Feinstein's War-Profiteering

2006-02-27T14:37:00.000-06:00

It happens all the time.If the antiwar movement takes on the Democrats for their bitter shortcomings a few liberals are bound to criticize us for not hounding Bush instead.It doesn’t even have to be an election year to get the progressives fired up.They just don’t seem to get it. “How can you attack the Democrats when we have such a bullet-proof administration ruling the roost in Washington,”

Hating Arabs

2006-02-24T09:20:00.000-06:00

In a repeat of the calculated insults to the Arab world coming fast and furious these days, Democratic politicians, including putative presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, are raising a ruckus over a deal in which Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation, a U.K. company that manages the ports of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, and Philadelphia, would be acquired by Dubai

The Educational System Was Designed to Keep Us Uneducated and Docile

2006-02-20T23:46:00.000-06:00

It's no secret that the US educational system doesn't do a very good job.Like clockwork, studies show that America's schoolkids lag behind their peers in pretty much every industrialized nation.We hear shocking statistics about the percentage of high-school seniors who can't find the US on an unmarked map of the world or who don't know who Abraham Lincoln was.Fingers are pointed at various

See No Evil, Become That Evil: Supporting the War As An Act of Unpatriotic Cowardice

2006-02-17T11:23:00.000-06:00

Nowadays, Americans have to actively journey far out of their way to blind themselves to how the country was utterly duped into fighting a completely unnecessary war in Iraq.Last week, the former chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell called the WMD rationale for the invasion “a hoax on the American people."This week, the top CIA official in charge of intelligence assessments on

Masters of Deception.....And now for the real news…

2006-02-15T08:18:00.000-06:00

While the country – or, rather, the American media – is fixated on an accidental shooting by the vice president, and the airwaves are filled with the natterings of the chattering classes over this inconsequential albeit unfortunate matter, the real shooting is being largely ignored: the slaughter continues in Iraq. While reporters and pundits rush to track down every niggling detail of Quailgate,

Another day in the empire!

2006-02-13T19:26:00.000-06:00

NSA Snoop Fiasco: Democrats Sell the Constitution Down the River Monday February 13th 2006, 10:25 amIf we are to believe the corporate media, Bush's "secret eavesdroppingprogram" is useless and "out-dated" because a shrewd "al-Qaeda" has"undoubtedly has changed its means of communication to avoidWashington's monitoring," according to the Associated Press. "Doesanyone really believe that, after 50

Do Bush supporters hate their country?

2006-02-12T23:01:00.000-06:00

Sometimes the people who still fervently support George W. Bush seem just plain stupid, and other times it seems they must be dishonest and even malevolent, harboring a hatred for their country that allows them to support misguided ideas and private agendas over the public good.In more reasonable moods, I want to believe that the Bush supporters are just like me in simply wanting what is best for

Experts Claim Official 9/11 Story is a Hoax

2006-01-31T15:33:00.000-06:00

Scholars for 9/11 Truth call for verification and publication by an international consortium.Duluth, MN (PRWEB) January 30, 2006-- A group of distinguished experts and scholars, including Robert M. Bowman, James H. Fetzer, Wayne Madsen, John McMurtry, Morgan Reynolds, and Andreas von Buelow, have concluded that senior government officials have covered up crucial facts about what really happened

Bush once again playing on fears of U.S. public

2006-01-27T10:08:00.000-06:00

BY LEONARD PITTS JR.lpitts@MiamiHerald.comKarl Rove said in a speech last week that this year's midterm election will be about security. So you know it will be about fear.It would be nice to be able to take President Bush's chief political advisor at his word. Consider where we stand 52 months after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Hurricane Katrina has shown that the government could not

Firearms Refresher...repudiated!

2006-01-22T22:26:00.000-06:00

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.I submit an unarmed man is a target, and that an armed man is a frightened dangerous animal. Have you ever heard gun owners talk about why they own guns? They seem to walk in a world where they’re constantly on the verge of being raped, robbed, beaten and shot at. I’ve never been afraid here one day of my life. Why are people in, say,

The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

2006-01-22T14:32:00.000-06:00

By Krassimir Petrov, Ph. D.January 17, 2006 Abstract: the proposed Iranian Oil Bourse will accelerate the fall of the American Empire.I. Economics of EmpiresA nation-state taxes its own citizens, while an empire taxes other nation-states.The history of empires, from Greek and Roman, to Ottoman and British, teaches that the economic foundation of every single empire is the taxation of other

A Prayer Before We Go To War....Again!

2006-01-21T11:47:00.000-06:00

The War Prayerby Mark TwainIt was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of

Anarchy

2005-12-09T22:05:00.000-06:00

"I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom."-Noam Chomsky, Red & Black Revolution

Art, Truth & Politics

2005-12-08T23:25:00.000-06:00

Harold Pinter – Nobel LectureArt, Truth & PoliticsIn 1958 I wrote the following:'There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.'I believe that these assertions still make sense and do still apply to the exploration of reality through art. So as a

Home Sweet Home!

2005-12-07T21:51:00.000-06:00

"Home is not where you live, but where they understand you"

How about a Kiss

2005-12-07T21:11:00.000-06:00

Smack!

2005-12-07T21:04:00.000-06:00

The hour is near!

2004-12-11T21:07:00.000-06:00

Apocalypse This Way Comesby Nelson HultbergSeptember 2, 2003 A smattering of today's mainstream pundits is beginning to understand that what economically plagues us today is something quite different from the standard inflationary-recessionary cycles that have prevailed since World War II. But the great majority of talking heads and financial columnists remain clueless -- dutifully accepting the

2004-12-06T08:15:00.000-06:00

Going,.... going......gone

2004-12-01T01:31:00.000-06:00

OHM!

The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World

2004-12-01T00:44:00.000-06:00

The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World In this postmodern world, cultural conflicts are becoming more dangerous than any time in history. A new model of coexistence is needed, based on man's transcending himself. By Vaclav Havel There are thinkers who claim that, if the modern age began with the discovery of America, it also ended in America. This is said to have