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Nexus X HumectressFrom the Dollar Vigilante. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— As a P.T. (often referred to as perpetual traveller, permanent tourist or prior taxpayer), I have travelled to nearly 100 countries. During those travels there has always been one defining moment, upon entry into a country, which shows that the country is what […]
Article by Anthony Gregory. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- In Oakland, California, where I live, the Occupiers have been struggling to keep their ground on Ogawa Plaza, a piece of public property in front of City Hall. On the night of Tuesday, October 25, I saw from my apartment, miles northeast of […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— In a recent discussion, someone proposed “a political system comprised of professionals rather than career politicians.” Policy-making bodies, she suggested, might be equally divided between professionals and elected politicians. The problem with such a proposal is that there’s no such thing as neutral […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Campaign finance reform is something of a tricky issue. It spotlights some of the problems of applying free market principles in an unsystematic way. For many libertarians, efforts at campaign finance reform with an eye toward curbing the influence of corporate donors, are […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Hardly a week goes by without me seeing another think piece on the question: “Are we winning the war on drugs?” That depends on who “we” is. The War on Drugs has certainly served some very powerful interests in our society. Between the […]
From the Huffington Post. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- UPDATE — Downey Police Chief Rick Esteves announced in a statement on Tuesday that the police officer involved in the shooting of Michael Lee Nida has been placed on paid administrative leave. He also offered his condolences to Nida’s family and friends. The release […]
From CNN. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— As a vigil was held for a two-time Iraq war veteran whose skull was fractured allegedly during a clash between protesters and Oakland police, Wednesday night’s Occupy protests could be a bellwether on whether police have agitated or suppressed the movement, analysts said. “The police […]
From MoveOn.Org. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Scott Olsen, a protester who’s done two tours of duty in Iraq and is now involved in Veterans For Peace, was critically wounded during an Oakland police raid by police projectiles. When people tried to help him, an officer lobbed a flash bang grenade right […]
From Russia Today. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The high court in London is to hear a case over the use of uranium-enhanced weapons by U.S.-led forces during the infamous Iraqi Battle of Fallujah in 2005. This, following a number of reports alleging their use was much more widespread than originally thought. […]
From Citizens for Legitimate Government. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— General Strike: November 28, 2011! The only thing we have left is our labor. This is what we must withhold. The debt “super committee” makes its budget recommendations on Wednesday, November 23rd, the day before Thanksgiving. We know that the recommendations will […]
From Military.Com. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– October 21, 2011 Villagers in Afghanistan say they were forced to walk ahead of Afghan and U.S. Soldiers along roads in areas believed to be mined by the Taliban. National Public Radio reports villagers said the Afghan and U.S. troops pulled them from their homes […]
From CNN Money. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, pictured at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 28, 2010, in Davos, Switzerland NEW YORK (CNN) — Former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta was indicted on insider trading charges Wednesday, U.S. prosecutors say. According to […]
From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- CNN) — Authorities made a series of arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests in California and Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday, with clashes in one city that involved tear gas being used on demonstrators. Police said they fired the tear gas on protesters in Oakland, California, […]
Article by Paul B. Farrell. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — The theme: Repent. Haunting images of fanatical serial killers warning, “The End is Near, Repent!” That message seared my brain as the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” rode into “Dexter’s” dark world, the Miami Metro Police […]
Article by Fred Reed. —————————————————————————————————————————————— Very Sincere Too October 25, 2011 Of the various books I have inflicted on the world, my favorite is Au Phuc Dup and Nowhere to Go, the print version of which is a mess. The Kindle version is fine. Should anyone be interested, a […]
Article by Tracey Shelton. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— October 25, 2011 “Global Post” — SIRTE, Libya — An analysis of video obtained by GlobalPost from a rebel fighter who recorded the moment when Col. Muammar Gaddafi was first captured confirms that another rebel fighter, whose identity is unknown, sodomized the former […]
More reason to favor separation of medicine and state. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Atlanta (CNN) — A federal government advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend that males ages 11 to 21 be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, which is blamed for thousands of cases of cancer among women and men. The […]
From Open Revolt. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- by Said Gafourov In the last quarter of the twentieth century Libya has been in the focus of world attention. Unorthodox foreign and domestic policies, her challenge to the developed countries together with a strategic geographic position and great mineral (mainly oil) resources, […]
Article by Peter Augustine Lawler. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The “Occupy Wall Street” protesters are at the very least occupying a lot of the media’s attention—this despite the fact that it’s nearly impossible to tell what the movement wants, with practically every protester issuing his own unique list of demands and […]
Article by Allison Kilkenny. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- On October 17, hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered in Liberty Park around cakes that had been donated by local businesses. The group was celebrating the one-month anniversary of the occupation, but the moment was simultaneously both joyous and somber. Though OWS […]
Article by Barbara Ehrenreich. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems. Large numbers of people must be fed and kept reasonably warm and dry. Trash has to be […]
Article by Tom Hayden. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- In a stunning and largely unexpected victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq as scheduled by this December 31. First reported by the Associated Press on October 16, the […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– “We came, we saw, he died,” babbled our notoriously bloodthirsty Secretary of State as news of Moammar Gadhafi’s grisly murder hit the headlines. Throwing her arms up in a gesture of mock-triumph, she averred – perhaps sarcastically – that she was “sure” her recent visit to Tripoli had […]
Defection from the ranks of the PIGS? I think state autonomy theory has much to be said for it. The police and the military are the backbone of the state. When soldiers and cops walk off the job, the state is finished. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Occupy Albany protesters in New […]
Article by Kevin Carson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Center for a Stateless Society Media Coordinator Tom Knapp, summarizing his experience with the Occupy St. Louis movement, reported a movement “with an ideological center of gravity somewhere in the neighborhood of ‘mild reform Democrat.’” Most of the people there, apparently, were basically […]
Article by Joshua Holland. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Photo Credit: Paul Stein “This is the most heavily documented protest in the history of the world by a longshot,” says Jesse LaGreca, 31, an underemployed restaurant manager who has been at Occupy Wall Street since the beginning. “And It really serves two purposes. […]
Article by Richard Spencer. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Beginning with the Council of Nicaea, the Catholic Church has forbidden usury, in some way or form, for most of its history. (And usury was most often strictly defined as charging any kind of interest on a loan (“making money from money”), and […]
Article by Robert M. Smith. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— It seems Tennessee is the first state to allow TSA agents to inspect citizens during traffic stops. They have road blocks set up and are inspecting all vehicles, both commercial vehicles and private cars for possible terrorist activities, with no probable cause. I […]
It’s keeps on getting crazier. Fragmentation of the police along political, racial, or whatever lines is a desirable development. Disunity among the PIGS makes their defeat more obtainable. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Six white police officers are suing Scotland Yard for racial discrimination claiming they are victims of ‘political correctness gone […]
From The Independent. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- RACIAL harassment charges against a woman who displayed a golliwog toy in her window have been dropped. Jena Mason, 65, of College Lane, Worlingham, Suffolk, was arrested after her black neighbour Rosemarie O’Donnell complained about the doll to police. Today at Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court, […]
Article by Kevin MacDonald. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Yet another glimpse into the massive Jewish ethnic infrastructure, the infrastructure that undergirds the power of the Israel Lobby. A column by Justin Logan in The National Interest (“Memo to Leslie Gelb: The neocons never left“) points out that neocons are alive and well, dominating […]
Article by Gary D. Barnett. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume…that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for […]
bbc.co.uk Yarns made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, scientists have found. The effect, reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles. However, the yarns twist 1,000 times […]
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Another home run. —————————————————————————————————————————————————–
Another great video from Adam Bilzerian.
Watch the video. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Author Adam Bilzerian forever ends the debate about whether or not Jewish Americans control the media by providing names and titles of the CEOs and owners of the major media networks. He also investigates AIPAC, the Federal Reserve, the cause of Sept 11, 2001, […]
Article by Naomi Wolf. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Mayor Bloomberg is planning Draconian new measures to crack down on what he calls the “disruption” caused by the protesters at Zuccotti Park, and he is citing neighbors’ complaints about noise and mess. This set of talking points, and this strategy, is being […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Pat Buchanan may be the only self-described paleoconservative whose last six books have reached The New York Times Best Seller list. Pat did this despite the established conservative movement’s slanders and the Murdoch media empire’s inattention. His books have come out with topline commercial presses […]
Article by Tom Engelhardt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Think of Iraq as the AIG of wars — the only difference being that the bailout there didn’t involve just three payouts. More than eight years after the Bush administration invaded that country, the bailout is, unbelievably enough, still going. Even as the U.S. […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. “In Suicide of a Superpower, out this week, I argue that the America we grew up in is disintegrating, breaking apart along the fault lines of politics, race, ethnicity, culture and faith; that the centrifugal forces in society have now become the dominant forces. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— In […]
Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Calling attention to the crises spawned by contemporary global capitalism, the Occupy movement provides an opportunity for more than mere response to the symptoms of that system. Just as doctors would be remiss to merely attend to symptoms on an ad hoc basis, […]
Article by Kevin MacDonald. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Occupy Wall St. movement and its many offshoots have clearly become creatures of the left. Although it’s hard to say what it was originally, it is becoming the left’s answer to the Tea Party’s angry middle-aged and middle-class White people: angry young, […]
Article by Colin Liddell. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Can’t wait to Twitter this “The West is the best and we’ll do the rest,” sang Jim Morrison on that damning 1967 indictment of poor parenting and pharmacological excess, The End. Despite it’s intended irony, the lyric nevertheless reflected the realities underlying US foreign […]
By Colin Liddell. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Not every Occupy Wall Street protester is trying to relive the 1960s. At least some want to return to the 1360s, or some other lost decade from the Middle Ages, when public consciousness of ethnic patterns in the world of credit and finance was […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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