…and then says no to any further dialogue. In some ways, this discussion reminds me of the foreign policy debates between realists and liberal-humanist-universalists. Not coincidentally, the realist George Kennan became a supporter of something resembling pan-secessionism in his final years, whereas supporters of “human rights internationalism” typically […]
Watch the video. This is a great discussion, and an example of the kind of civil and intelligent dialogue between the radical Left and radical Right that there needs to be more of.
Article by Charles Coulombe. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The latest flap over a Benetton ad campaign is far from the first in that notoriously tasteless company’s history. Obama is shown kissing the President of China, French chief of State Nicolas Sarkozy liplocks with German Kanzlerin Angela Merkel, and the pope swaps spit with some […]
Article by Jim Goad. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— This has been the Year of the Vermin. With the Arab Spring, the black flash mobs, the London riots, and the OWS camper babies, we’ve had an eyeful of what “the people” really look like. It ain’t pretty. They don’t look nearly as […]
Article by Brian Foley. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I marched with Occupy Oakland last Saturday, but I’ve had a change of heart. I’m joining the One Percent. The One Percent have fun. They have jobs and money. Or just money, because when you have a lot of money, you don’t need […]
Article by Alexander Cockburn. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- The last time we met Michael Bérubé on this site was back in 2007, and he was up to his neck in a rubbish dump, where I’d placed him, in the company of other promoters of the 2003 war on Iraq: where, I […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— On November 25, two days after a failed German government bond auction in which Germany was unable to sell 35 per cent of its offerings of 10-year bonds, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble said that Germany might retreat from its demands […]
From The New York Times. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Parallels between Iraq’s former nuclear weapons program and the Iranian nuclear program have shaped policy debates for nearly a decade. We are still paying the costs of failing in Iraq. Israel now seems determined to make similar mistakes in Iran.
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Is there a single region of the world where the United States government isn’t scheming to grab more control, more influence, and have more of a military presence? In Pakistan, a memo has been unearthed from “President” Zardari to Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the joint chiefs […]
Ha! Talk about a Heel vs Heel match. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Sheriff Threatens Feds With SWAT Team As more people became dissatisfied with federal government controls and land grabs, it was inevitable that local law enforcement would eventually see the bigger picture. At the northern California fairgrounds of Yreka […]
Like him or not, has he committed any crime?
From ABC News. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The U.S. Department of Justice is looking for fluent Ebonics speakers to fill nine drug enforcement jobs, giving merit to a dialect that experts say is often mimicked and little understood. The federal Drug Enforcment Administration translators would work out of the Atlanta field office according to […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Pastor Michael Stevens at a “Gathering of Solidarity with the State of Israel” event in Brooklyn, New York. November 26th, 2011 10:00 PM ET Share Comments (1,630 comments) Permalink Israel’s backers step up efforts to win African-American support By Heather M. Higgins, CNN Brooklyn, New York (CNN) […]
Article by Nicholas West. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Activist Post A new level of invasive screening is scheduled for airports this summer: a portable DNA scanner to conduct on-site, real-time genetic testing. This technology is being implemented under the cover of combating human trafficking, illegal immigration, and finding missing persons, but […]
Article by Naomi Wolf. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– November 26, 2011 “The Guardian” – – vUS citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated crackdown against peaceful OWS protesters in cities across the nation this past week. An elderly woman was pepper-sprayed in […]
From CNN. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— CNN) — NATO helicopters opened fire on a Pakistani checkpoint early Saturday, killing 26 soldiers, a provincial governor said. At least 14 soldiers were wounded in the attack in the Mohmand Agency area, said Syed Masood Kausar, governor of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Mohmand Agency is […]
From Poor Richards Blog. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on […]
From Infowars.Com —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Thursday, November 24, 2011 We now know what those six Russian warships that reportedly entered Syrian territorial waters last week were carrying. Aside from representing a show of strength to discourage NATO powers from launching a military attack, on board were Russian technical experts ready […]
Bill would outlaw talking to representatives of Iran.
From DumpDC. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— If you believe that the United States is the “sole superpower” in the world, then you really need to read the rest of this article. Most Americans have very little idea what is actually going on in the rest of the world and how the […]
From Media Lens. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The IAEA, Iran And ‘Fantasy Land’ Earlier this month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its much-trailed report ‘presenting new evidence’, said the BBC, ‘suggesting that Iran is secretly working to obtain a nuclear weapon.’ Relying on ‘evidence provided by more than 10 member […]
Article by William Anderson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Several years ago, James Bovard wrote that large numbers of Americans working in government positions simply are not subject to obeying laws that other Americans must follow – or go to prison. Lest anyone doubt what he says, the recent recommendation by a special […]
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Buy the book online. This has gotten some pretty impressive endorsements: Alex Cockburn, Sean Gabb, Bill Kaufmann. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Markets Not Capitalism: Individualist Anarchism Against Bosses, Inequality, Corporate Power, and Structural Poverty Ed. Gary Chartier & Charles W. Johnson Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic privilege. They […]
Black Friday Violence Reported at Stores Across the Country Despite a lagging economy and high unemployment rates, shoppers made a mad dash to stores this Black Friday even inciting moments of violence among bargain hunters this holiday season. Early reports suggest that bigger crowds were found at the […]
Article by David Ramsay Steele. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— You’re the top! You’re the Great Houdini! You’re the top! You are Mussolini! (1) Soon after he arrived in Switzerland in 1902, 18 years old and looking for work, Benito Mussolini was starving and penniless. All he had in his pockets was a […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. There’s no political columnist around who hits harder than Dr. Roberts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- November 23, 2011: The day before the Thanksgiving holiday brought three extraordinary news items. One was the report on the Republican presidential campaign debate. One was the Russian President’s statement about his […]
Interesting article about the factions that emerged in the period leading up to the southern secession. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- [Peter Brimelow writes: Needless to say, by no means all VDARE.com readers are Confederate sympathizers, or think that partition of the U.S. along demographic lines is desirable or inevitable—although this dark expectation is more widespread among Americans […]
Article by Derek Turner. This line from Derek’s article summarizes very well one of the principal problems with totalitarian humanism: Comparing past government performance with present, it seems as if the dearest wish of African National Congress MP Mario Rantho has already been realized: “It is imperative to […]
An important work of Alain De Benoist that has been translated into English. I hope to issue my own review of this book very soon. The ideas in this work are critical as wars for “democracy and human rights” are now the ideological justification of the empire’s militarism. […]
Article by the always interesting James J. O’Meara. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– “These ladies were so much of the place and the place so much of themselves that from the first of their being revealed to me I felt that nothing else at Brookbridge much mattered. They were what, for me, […]
Article by Eric Margolis. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— In October, 2002 I wrote in the first issue of The American Conservative an analysis of the impending Iraq War entitled “The Road to Folly.” I observed, “A war that fails to achieve clear political objectives is merely an exercise in violence and futility.” Having […]
Article by Andrew Bacevich. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In every aspect of human existence, change is a constant. Yet change that actually matters occurs only rarely. Even then, except in retrospect, genuinely transformative change is difficult to identify. By attributing cosmic significance to every novelty and declaring every unexpected event a […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The PC police are at it again. According to a sympathetic Associated Press report on November 7 and a survey conducted by the American Association of University Women, “sexual harassment is pervasive in grades 7-12.” Such improprieties are taking place “in person or electronically via […]
Article by Conor Friedersdorf. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Jonathan Chait is the latest to write about the president as if his civil liberties abuses and executive power excesses never happened When I pleaded with liberals to stop ignoring President Obama’s failures on civil liberties, foreign policy, and the separation of powers, treating them […]
Article by Gary Kamiya. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– We’ve been through this before. As one of the most disastrous wars in our history is coming to an inglorious end, the same neoconservative hawks who dreamed it up are agitating for a new war that would make Iraq look like the invasion […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The misnamed Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is filing a lawsuit [.pdf] against the government of Guam, charging it with “discrimination” – on the grounds that voter qualifications in the upcoming plebiscite on the island’s status are “undemocratic.” The problem? Guam has decided that the American invaders […]
Article by William Norman Grigg. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- “Which is better – to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or by three thousand tyrants not a mile away?” – ~ Attributed to Boston physician Mather Byles, 1770. “Do you see this soldier in this checkpoint?” Iraqi Wael al-Khafaji […]
Article by Joshua Katz. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- The time has come for you to make a choice. You must choose where you stand. You must take a stand and decide what society you wish to live in. Do not tell us that you follow orders, we dealt with that one […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— (My 4th and last post about the ability of OWS to expand into the traditional working class) Why Do Some Kids Develop a Sense of Privilege? I have always found class orientation to center around the presence or absence of a sense of […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— For years, the standard drill after a police beating or shooting, when it was a citizen’s word against a cop’s and the cop’s testimony was backed up by his Brothers in Blue, was “administrative leave” with pay for the cop — until a […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– There is heated debate across the political spectrum whether OWS represents a genuine working class movement. The issue is vitally important, both to social change activists and the political elite. It will determine whether OWS succeeds in engaging the 80% of the population […]
Article by Michael Kleen. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- In the past several months, Matt Zwolinski and Ben Powell took to the pages of the Journal of Business Ethics, as well as the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog, to defend what they consider to be the mainstream libertarian position on sweatshops: that sweatshops represent […]
Article by Peter Dale Scott. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— “I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency [the National Security Agency] and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so […]
From Before It’s News. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith (ret) as reported here is the newest notable American whose presence at Occupy Wall Street’s demonstration resulted in police force. To sooth the sensitivities of the people/entities opposing this new movement which is still in its genesis stage can simply […]
Watch the video. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Emily delivered the winning rant at the Soapbox Idol competition from Porcfest 2011. Porcfest is short for the Porcupine Freedom Festival which is held annually in NH by the Free State Project. The judges panel included Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio, Carla Gericke of […]
From Haaretz. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– srael and the U.S. will embark on the “largest” and “most significant” joint exercise in the allies’ history, said Andrew Shapiro, U.S. assistant secretary for political-military affairs, on Saturday. Speaking to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Shapiro said the exercise will involve […]
Article by Eric Black. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The United States maintains a military establishment far far far in excess of anything that could reasonably be called necessary to defend the country from any real threat to “national security” as that term would be defined by any other more normal country. […]
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Article by Eric Peters. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— What will we say when the government announces that “for security reasons” it will begin conducting random checks of our homes? That we will be required by law to open our doors and stand aside while government agents do a walk-through, just to […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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