Article by Andre C. James. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Little known to the American public Newt Gingrich and his then wife Marianne were the subject of a US Justice Department criminal investigation in the late 1990s involving a $10 million bribe of the world’s largest private arms dealer, Sarkis Soghanalia Unaware […]
Article by Kirkpatrick Sale. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Aristotle declared that there should be a limit to the size of states. But really, what did he know? He lived at a time when the entire population of the world was somewhere around 50 million—about the size of England today. Athens, where […]
From MSNBC —————————————————————————————————————————————————– In his final word, the CIA’s top weapons inspector in Iraq said Monday that the hunt for weapons of mass destruction has “gone as far as feasible” and has found nothing, closing an investigation into the purported programs of Saddam Hussein that were used to […]
Article by Stephen Walt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- While I was away, a friend sent me a link to an article from the online magazine Tablet, and asked me what I thought about it. The piece is by Adam Kirsch, and it’s basically a critical summary of the impact of my […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– There’s always a Looming Danger, an Ominous Threat lurking somewhere – that’s the War Party’s bread-and-butter. Back in the day, it was the Germans, who were going to cross the Atlantic and meet their Japanese allies somewhere near the Mississippi. Then it was the Commies, who were […]
Hmmm. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Hazel Jones, 27, appeared on ITV’s This Morning earlier in the week to discuss her rare condition. (Screengrab) A British woman who revealed she has two vaginas was reportedly offered $1 million to make a porno film. Hazel Jones, 27, appeared on ITV’s This Morning earlier […]
WTF? ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The owner of the goat Mr David Mutunha said he caught Chisare in the act with his goat after he heard sounds of distress coming from the animal. Residents in Ward 28 in Norton were left stunned by the bizarre incident which happened on Saturday night. […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The US government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy. Leon Panetta, a former congressman who Obama appointed CIA director and now head of the Pentagon, just told the sailors on the USS Enterprise, an aircraft […]
From KFI AM 640 —————————————————————————————————————————————————- LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Joint military training exercises will be held evenings in downtown Los Angeles through Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD will be providing support for the exercises, which will also be held in other […]
From PressTV.Com —————————————————————————————————————————————————— An alliance of activist groups in the United States has announced that they will occupy the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) headquarters in early March. Anti-corporate protesters from over 120 groups are devising plans to occupy AIPAC headquarters in Washington, DC from March 2 […]
Article by Adam Gopnick. Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. Photograph by Steve Liss. A prison is a trap for catching time. Good reporting appears often about the inner life of the American prison, but the catch is that […]
From Debka.Com ————————————————————————————————————————————————— India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar, DEBKAfile’s intelligence and Iranian sources report exclusively. Those sources expect China to follow suit. India and China take about one million barrels per day, […]
From Gizmodo.Com ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Anonymous has sure been quiet lately, but today’s federal bust of Megaupload riled ’em up good: a retaliatory strike against DoJ.gov (and plenty of other foes) leaving them completely dead. DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is reporting the department’s site as universally nuked, and an Anonymous-affiliated Twitter account is boasting success. This is almost certainly […]
From CNS News. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Organized crime-related deaths in one Mexican border state during the first nine months of 2011 exceed the number of Afghan civilians killed in roughly the same period in all of war-torn Afghanistan. According to the Mexican government, from January through September 2011 2,276 deaths were […]
Article by Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Few Republicans would deny that it’s difficult for Mitt Romney to sell himself as a fiscal conservative while sharing a stage with Ron Paul. The Texas congressman and physician, who has consistently scored among the top three GOP candidates in recent weeks, has […]
Interesting blog that includes some good words for yours truly.
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- In a single day of glory, January 18, a major portion of the Web went dark as a warning that we will no longer tolerate the Copyright Nazis’ infringements on our speech. The next day, with the FBI’s takedown of MegaUpload, they showed […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- The present historic epoch is one of transition from authoritarian institutions like states and corporations, to a society of self-organized networks and voluntary associations. As in any historic transition, second-order variables introduce high levels of turbulence to the process. One such source of […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— There’s no doubt about it: Andrew B. Adler, the editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times, is afool. His article advocating the assassination of President Obama has by now beenbroadcast all over the internet, and brought condemnation from every quarter down on his head. His tearful apologies, his denials that he […]
Richard Spencer interviews Jonathan Bowden.
I’ve always thought one of the most embarrassing tendencies of leftists is their habit of parading with tacky, hand-lettered signs with misspelled words. That and all the goofball chants: “Hey, hey, ho, ho, blah blah blah has got to go….” Puke.
Article by Kirkpatrick Sale. Required reading. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Why America Failed, which this book is not about, is nonetheless a devastating and eviscerating critique proving convincingly that Americahas failed, and abominably, even tragically. That makes it a very important book that I hope will find an attentive audience, particularly among […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. I’m not sure I agree with all of this. Most of the criticism of RP I hear isn’t especially focused on standard libertarian opposition to Social Security and Medicare. Rather, the Republi-turd “base” opposes RP because of his opposition to neocon wars and […]
My interview with Gottfried on VOR. ———————————————————————————————- Keith Preston interviews Paul Gottfried. Topics include: The core characteristics that distinguish the Right from the Left, including a belief in the necessity and legitimacy of organic hierarchy, respect for the limitations imposed by human nature, and a preference for tradition […]
Wow! It looks like Ron Paul is a lot more popular with the public than with the Republi-turds. Ron Paul is not “the answer.” The Andrew Levine article I previously posted explains fairly well why a RP presidency would be ineffective at genuinely dismantling the system (unified opposition […]
Article by Sheldon Richman. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– The image of four U.S. marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan fighters is a fitting symbol of American intervention in Central Asia and the Middle East. That picture will live forever in the memories of people in the region, along with the […]
By Bill Anderson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– As the returns from South Carolina come in, we find that about two-thirds of SC Republican voters are evangelicals, and the evangelicals have spoken loudly: If Democrats are adulterers, they are evil, but if it is a Republican, well, all is forgiven. I’m sure […]
Article by John Walsh. It’s official. The Left is formally dead as an enemy of the Empire. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- For the Left, the big news of the New Hampsire primary has been greeted with an embarrassed silence. For there the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, for example “Progressive” […]
From Paul Craig Roberts new website. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Since my January 11 column http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/01/11/the-next-war-on-washingtons-agenda/and the news alert posted on January 14 http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/01/14/news-alert/, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama regime is using its Ministry of Propaganda, a.k.a., the American media, to spread […]
Watch the video. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— In the Nov. 22nd Republican debate on CNN Ron Paul was asked about the Drug War. He called it a “failure” and said the US should handle illegal drugs the same as alcohol. “Al least sick people should be able to get marijuana”. He […]
Article by Anthony Gregory. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– I have noticed many progressives opposed to Ron Paul will say something like this: “Ron Paul might be right on the drug war, bailouts of Wall Street, the war in Afghanistan, and civil liberties issues, but these are exceptions to an otherwise horrible […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- On Sept. 21, 1976, as his car rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier was assassinated by car bomb. Ronni Moffitt, a 25-year-old American woman who worked with Letelier at the leftist Institute for Policy Studies, died with him. […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— The second part of Fleeing Vesuvius is entitled “Innovation in business, money and finance.” It draws on the main theme of Part I, describing how the current economic crisis is a direct result of fossil fuel scarcity and spiking energy costs. The second section focuses […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Whatever his other shortcomings, I get plenty of entertainment from watching Mitt Romney on the news. His personality type — privileged white boy, executive-type hair, born with a silver foot in his mouth — reminds me of how much I miss Dan Quayle. […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Increasingly desperate to knock GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney off track, would-be nominees Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have made the former Massachusetts Governor’s tenure at Bain Capital a campaign issue. The core of their criticism is that while capitalism and its venture variant […]
Article by Russell Longcore. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Here are the facts as I see them: • Iran has had a nuclear energy program for nearly 40 years. They use nuclear reactors to produce electricity. • Iran is being accused by Western nations of enriching radioactive materials with the intent of […]
From CNN. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Washington (CNN) – Only 11% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling its job, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday. That’s a new record for this measure on a CNN survey; the previous all-time low approval rating for Congress was 14%, set […]
Article by Fred Reed. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Vote? Why? What candidate in the quadrennial resurrection of the Mickey Mouse club wants to do anything that I want done?
From The Guardian. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Middle-aged people who thought they would be unemployed for a few months have realised that they were, in fact, forcibly retired. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The year 2011 will be remembered as the time when many ever-optimistic Americans began to give up hope. President John […]
Watch the video.
Watch the video.
From NBC Philadelphia. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— A northeastern Pennsylvania woman claims she was fired from her job for wearing a prosthetic penis to work while contemplating gender reassignment. Pauline Davis filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against J&J Snack Foods Corp. over her termination from the company’s plant in […]
From Before Its News. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————-
From The Daily Mail. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- A 76-year-old millionaire allegedly broke a waiter’s finger in an exclusive restaurant because he brought him the bill. John Castle was with his wife Marianne at Club-Colette, a private dining club in Palm Beach, Florida, when Paul Kucik, 57, gave him the bill […]
Article by Bill Bonner. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Not much action at the end of last week… Gold closed the week over $1,600. Oil remained over $100. The show goes on! We are watching the destruction of an empire. All empires must go away sometime. They are natural things. And nature […]
From CNN. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— A number of websites including TMZ and YouTube posted a video Wednesday showing four men dressed in U.S. Marine Corps combat gear urinating on the apparently dead bodies of three men sprawled on the ground in front of them. One of the men says, “Have […]
By Ian Huyett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- I like that Martin Luther King slammed interventionism and warned that it would backfire, but, even more, I like King’s emotional oratorical style. Let’s consider, in honor of Martin Luther King day, a different viral video featuring similarly impassioned oratory. In this excerpt, a 13-year-old girl, […]
My inaugural broadcast for Voice of Reason. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Attack the System: Anarchism, Secession and the Relevance of These to the Alternative Right January 12, 2012 This is the debut show of Attack the System! Keith Preston discusses: His own political journey from the radical left to the alternative right; […]
Check out the “spirited” exchange between Justin and and the “bleeding heart libertarians” in the comments thread. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– To begin with, the idea that you and the rest of the “bleeding heart libertarians” on this blog are libertarians is the result of a misunderstanding. Are we really supposed […]
From Natural News. These are the factions of the Left we need to engage in genuine dialogue and bring into our camp: the antiwar left, the civil liberties left, the genuine economic left, the alternative medicine left, the “food freedom” left, the bioregionalist left, and genuine sovereignty or […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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