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50 arrested in Occupy Wall Street demonstration

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A protester is arrested during Saturday’s Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Those arrested attempted to scale a fence belonging to a church, NYPD spokesman says The arrests “may have stymied plans to cut through the fence on multiple sides,” police say […]

Putin dubs McCain 'nuts', says US drones, commandos killed Gaddafi

From Russia Today. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Vladimir Putin has lashed out at John McCain over his threats that the PM may face same fate as the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Russian premier speculated that the US senator has been traumatized by his POW experience. Putin presented his version […]

Pakistan military insists NATO attack was deliberate

From CNN —————————————————————————————————————————————————– updated 4:00 PM EST, Fri December 16, 2011 Pakistani tanks take part in an exercise Friday. Military officials were in the U.S. discussing what they say was a NATO attack. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Pakistani military officials say NATO forces knew they were firing at Pakistani troops […]

Ex-Bear Sam Hurd freed on $100,000 bond as drug case heads to Texas

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————   Sam Hurd, seen here making a play earlier this season, was arrested in Rosemont, Illinois, on drug charges this week. December 16th, 2011 [Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET] Sam Hurd was released on a $100,000 cash bond late Friday afternoon. His case will now be […]

Pregnant Seattle protester miscarries after being kicked, pepper sprayed

Article by David Edwards. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Topics: Jennifer Fox ♦ pepper spray A woman who was pepper sprayed during during a raid on Occupy Seattle last week is blaming police after she miscarried Sunday. Jennifer Fox, 19, told The Stranger that she had been with the Occupy protests since they started in Westlake Park. She […]

Thank You, Anarchists!

Says a writer for The Nation. ————————————————————————————————- Occupy Wall Street protesters hold a general assembly meeting inside an enclosed site near Canal Street on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) It is becoming something of a refrain among the well-meaning multitudes now energized by Occupy Wall Street […]

Ron Paul and Marine Le Pen

Article by Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I was euphoric when I heard that my favorite French politician was coming to the United States to meet my favorite American politician. I was less thrilled – but sadly unsurprised – when Paul’s spooked advisorscanceled the meeting to avoid upsetting politically correct sensitivities. The course of events […]

The Wax Museum of the Left

Article by Richard Spencer. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– North Korea’s media is notorious, but few doubt the veracity of their reports of the death of Kim Jong Il (unless, of course, the Dear Leader is planning some kind of miraculous public resurrection in the future…) There’s little left to say about […]

North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Il has died

R.I.P. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Kim Jong Il, North Korea‘s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died. He was 69. By Dmitry Astakhov, AP North Korean says leader Kim Jong Il died at age 69. Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, […]

"Anti-Fascism" is the New Fascism

Article by Aidan Rankin.   This really nails it. Here’s a money quote: “Typical of such philanthropists is Mrs Jellyby in Dickens’s Bleak House, whose eyes ‘had a curious habit of looking seeming to look a long way off, as if they could see nothing nearer than Africa’. […]

The Government v. Everyone

From Taki’s Mag. ————————————————————————————————— Thursday marked 220 years since the Bill of Rights was signed. As tribute, the US government fed the Bill of Rights through a paper shredder. This week they shoved forward two bills that would neuter the constitution. Then, almost as if they were deliberately […]

Why I'm No Longer on the So-Called Left

Article by Stephen Bender. If I had written a critique of the Left circa 1992-93 when I first started drifting away from that milieu, this is more or less what I would have said. I’d like to think I’ve progressed since then. ————————————————————————————————- First off, we don’t have […]

Egypt protesters post sickening images of police brutality as election count is marred by fresh clashes on the streets

From The Daily Mail. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Soldiers stormed a protest camp outside Egypt’s Cabinet building today, prompting clashes with demonstrators calling for an end to military rule. The violence came just as officials were counting votes from the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections when police tried to […]

The Left is Silent as Obama Formally Institutionalizes Fascism

Hat tip to David Kramer. So much for the sincerity of the Left’s “anti-fascist” convictions. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Left-wing TV political commentator Cenk Uygar rips into the current Warmonger-in-Chief about the Fascist National Defense Authorization Act that was passed by the Congress. He says all of the things that we classical liberals have been saying for […]

The Stark Truth: Interview with Siryako Akda

An interesting discussion of some very important ideas. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Robert interviews Siryako Akda. Topics include: How nationalism and race is viewed in the Philippines and elsewhere outside the West; How the adoption of New Right ideasoutside the West will give legitimacy to the New Right movement in the West. […]

Rabbi Outcast Honored

From Free Association. ———————————————————————————————— On December 8 Jack Ross’s excellent biography of Rabbi Elmer Berger, Rabbi Outcast (also on Kindle), which chronicles the life one of the leading Jewish anti-Zionists of the second half of the twentieth century, was honored with a panel discussion at the National Press Club. […]

And Was the Mission Accomplished?

Article by Pat Buchanan.   Having successfully lost the war in Iraq, the neocons are now agitating for war with Iran. ———————————————————————————————— For the Army and Marines who lost 4,500 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, many of them amputees, the second-longest war in U.S. history is over. […]

Occupy Outsmarts Police

From the Green Star. —————————————————————————————————————————————————-   Portland Occupy has adopted this tactic to outsmart their local Pig-force.  Read on… (excerpted from a  article by Lester Macgurdy). The Portland Occupation stumbled upon a tactical innovation regarding occupying public spaces. This evolution in tactics was spontaneous, and went unreported in […]

Anarchist Anthropology

Article by Thomas Meaney. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The anthropologist David Graeber has a strong claim to being the house theorist of Occupy Wall Street. A veteran of the antiglobalization uprisings in Seattle and Genoa, he helped orchestrate the first “General Assembly” in New York this summer, and has since become […]

Is Occupy Reaching a Takeoff Point?

Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Has this previous year of global uprising been the opening skirmish of the “final conflict?”  At this point, who can say? Who could have answered with any confidence at the start of the successful revolutions of the past? We can only examine events […]

Is US being booted out of Pakistan?

From Rehmat’s World. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— US forces have been forced to vacate their drone base at Shamsi air base in Bolochistan. Islamabad had leased it to United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1992. The UAE later donated to Pentagon during US invasion of Afghanistan. This became the third military humiliation […]

Gary Johnson Outs Newt Gingrich? ‘Among 100 Million Americans Who Smoke Marijuana’

Article by Tommy Christopher. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fourth-tier GOP presidential candidate and one-time debate sensation Gary Johnson became the latest to level a “serial hypocrisy” attack at frontrunner Newt Gingrich over the weekend, telling MSNBC’s Alex Witt that in 1997, Gingrich “proposed the death penalty for marijuana — for possession of marijuana above a certain quantity of marijuana, and […]

Gingrich and Adelson Forge Firm Alliance

By Nathan Guttman and Josh Nathan-Kazis —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In the battle for the Republican pro-Israel vote, Newt Gingrich lacks Mitt Romney’s broad base of prominent Jewish donors. But he has something potentially more powerful: the support of one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most significant American backers, and a relationship with the Israeli prime […]

More pressure on Iran in the works

Article by Elise Labott. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– It appears the international community will usher in the new year with new pressure points in the campaign against Iran’s developing nuclear program. Both the United States and the European Union are considering going after Iran’s oil profits, which account for more than […]

American privilege rots an empire from within

Article by Andy Xie. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — A rising empire rewards people who contribute to its growth and invest in its future. The empire’s decline begins when certain members of society are over-rewarded by means of privileges, and the empire’s money is wasted on outdated endeavors. […]

Charity carol concert attacked by Congo protesters

Article by Matthew Holehouse. WTF? —————————————————————————————————————————————————–   A demonstrator is arrested during the protests Photo: DEMOTIX  Shops were attacked, passers-by threatened and car windows smashed during a demonstration in central London against the election result in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The carol concert was raising money for MacMillan […]

China Joins Russia, Orders Military To Prepare For World War III

Article by Sorcha Faal. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– A grim Ministry of Defensebulletin issued to Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev today states that President Hu has “agreed in principal” that the only way to stop the West’s aggression led by the United Statesis through “direct and immediate military action” and that the Chinese leader has ordered his Naval Forces to “prepare […]

E-mails questioned huge contract for firm with ties to Obama administration

From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- WASHINGTON (CNN) — A series of e-mail exchanges between officials at the Department of Health and Human Services shows growing alarm at the amount of projected profit from a government contract for a drug company whose controlling shareholder is a longtime Democratic Party activist. Ronald Perelman […]

U.S.'s Afghan Headache: $400-a-Gallon Gasoline

Article by Nathan Hodge. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— OVER EASTERN AFGHANISTAN—Parachuting a barrel of fuel to a remote Afghan base takes sharp flying skills, steady nerves and flawless timing. It also costs a lot of money—up to $400 a gallon, by military estimates.  But the Pentagon is stuck with the expense […]

Are we becoming a police state? Five things that have civil liberties advocates nervous

Article by Sal Gentile. ————————————————————————————————- Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza, the site of an Occupy Wall Street encampment, Tuesday, Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Is our Constitution under siege? Many civil liberties advocates fear it might be. They’re worried about a provision […]

Hundreds in Fallujah burn U.S. flag to celebrate troops pulling out of Iraq

It looks like some hearts and minds didn’t get won. These are the kinds of demos we need in the U.S. ———————————————————————————————- AFP/Getty Images Hundreds of Fallujah residents burn U.S. and Israeli flags as they demonstrate in celebration of the departure of US troops from Iraq, on December […]

10 Ways the War on Drugs is a Wild Success

Article by Eric Blair. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- For all the evidence of how the War on Drugs has failed society, there’s equally as much evidence of how it is a great success to those who continue to support it. The drug war has many advantages if you wish to control […]

What Happens When The Majority Of Americans Face Economic Hardship?

The struggle ahead. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– There was a time when mercy was shown for those facing economic hardship. Even the Internal Revenue Service would reduce debt if a family could show they were in “trouble.” Hospitals would often gift part of an extensive medical bill, if not all, due […]

Race, Religion, and Politics

I found this interesting post at a blog called Quisling’s Quest. This is somewhat simplistically stated, but the core vision is correct. Anarchists should be at the forefront of developing a movement like what this blogger describes. In fact, anarchists should be the natural leadership of such an […]

Bradley Manning Finally Gets a Hearing

Article by Kelley Vlahos. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Next week, as the country’s Christmastime frenzy is in full swing, a 24-year-old American Army private will be on trial for his very life. His supporters say “we are all Bradley Manning,” and perhaps they are right. His first hearing since he was […]

Do the Republicans Ever Learn?

Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- In August 2008, as the world’s leaders gathered in Beijing for the Olympic games, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, hot-headed and erratic, made his gamble for greatness. It began with a stunning artillery barrage on Tskhinvali, capital of tiny South Ossetia, a province that […]

As California mandate looms, some LGBT curriculum already in place

Article by Debra Goldschmidt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In 10th grade English at Los Angeles’ Grover Cleveland High School, Danielle Taklender’s students read the book “Luna” by Julie Anne Peters.  It’s a story about a transgender teen. Taklender has been teaching the book for seven years without any fanfare or push back. It’s […]

The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To Every Police Department In The US

Article by Robert Johnson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The U.S. military has some of the most advanced killing equipment in the world that allows it to invade almost wherever it likes at will. We produce so much military equipment that inventories of military robots, M-16 assault rifles, helicopters, armored vehicles, and […]

Oath Keepers Alert: Federal Agents Demand Customer Lists From Mormon Food Storage Facility

From Oathkeepers.Org ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Oath Keepers has learned that federal agents recently visited a Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church food storage cannery in Tennessee, demanding customer lists, wanting to know the identity of Americans who are purchasing food storage from the Mormons. This incident was confirmed, in person, by Oath Keepers […]

Quarter-Billion Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Penis Pumps

Article by Benjamin Domenech. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– According to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare has spent more than $240 million of taxpayer money on penis pumps for elderly men over the past decade, and will surpass a quarter of a billion dollars this […]

NATO tankers destroyed in Pakistan

From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Militants attacked and destroyed at least 22 oil tankers parked in Pakistan. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Police say 7 militants on motorcycles attacked the parked oil tankers Thursday night The tankers had been parked since Pakistan shut down NATO supply routes last month Closing the routes was […]

Idiot SWAT Team Tried to Catch Guy Who Was Already in Prison

From the Gawker. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- After collecting tips from (drunk? bath salts-addled?) witnesses and obtaining a warrant, a Santa Maria, California SWAT team stormtroopered the home of Hope and Javier Bravo Sr. in search of their son, Javier Bravo Jr. But he was already incarcerated. Which seems like something […]