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Nexus X HumectressArticle by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————– Last week (Thursday, June 2), reports CNN, “Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence vote in parliament.” The no-confidence motion was lodged by the opposition party in response to the Prime Minister’s “handling of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————- Charles Schumer, a charter member (along with Lieberman, Hatch and Feinstein) of the US Senate’s authoritarian moral scold caucus, is at it again. Schumer, for those who don’t recall, exemplifies the managerialist heart of darkness of 20th century liberalism. That ideology might be […]
From The Agitator. —————————————————————————————————- Carlos Miller has the details. Miami Beach police did their best to destroy a citizen video that shows them shooting a man to death in a hail of bullets Memorial Day. First, police pointed their guns at the man who shot the video, according […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————- A controversial and “polarizing” election in Peru that, according to CNN, “pit the county’s left and right against each other,” has apparently ended in a victory for “leftist military man Ollanta Humala.” When Humala ran for president unsuccessfully in 2006, his campaign identified […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————– According to MSNBC, “an astonishing victory for nationalists in the Scottish parliamentary elections” presages a referendum on whether the country should secede from the United Kingdom. For more than three centuries, the Treaty of Union between England (subsuming Wales) and Scotland has yoked […]
Article by Alex Knepper. —————————————————————————————————— Jeremiah Headen likely lost the vice presidency of the Student Government over a hyperbolic Facebook note. Its contents — a blast of old-school masculinity — slammed men for not realizing that being manly had nothing to do with what is between one’s legs, […]
Yes! This asshole has evaded justice for 40 years. Leave it to the Swiss to show some balls. ————————————————————————————————— Dominique Baettig calls on federal authorities to apprehend former US Secretary of State Image: Wikipedia Commons Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, June 6, 2011 A prominent member of […]
Leonard Nimoy gives his two cents worth on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. —————————————————————————————————- Jewish-American actor Leonard Nimony, noted for his portrayal of Mr. Spock in the TV classic Star Trek, has urged Israelis and Palestinians to reach a peace agreement based on the two-state solution, warning Americans against the […]
Article by Sorcha Faal. —————————————————————————————————– A grim report prepared by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for President Medvedev warns that the ‘Deep State’ intelligence and security organizations in the United States have now grown larger than those same forces established under the fascist dictatorship of Nazi Germany in the 1920’s. According to […]
Article by Larry Elliot. ——————————————————————————————————————————— Dust-bowl refugees walk towards Los Angeles during the Great Depression. House prices have now fallen further than in the 1930s. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis America clocked up a record last week. The latest drop in house prices meant that the cost of real estate […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— The Republican congressional leadership was in a panic: their covering for the Obama administration’s unconstitutional and unnecessary war in Libya was rapidly unraveling as a resolution by Rep. Dennis Kucinich calling for an end to it gained momentum – among Republicans. Kucinich’s bill […]
Article by John Lindsay Poland. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Under the auspices of the drug war, the United States is returning to its historical pattern of using Central America and the Caribbean for its own military and strategic purposes. Even as a growing chorus of voices throughout Latin America argue that […]
Article by Paul Pillar. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Signs are increasing that the American people are growing tired enough over fighting two and a half (or whatever the right number is, depending on how you count what’s going on in Libya) wars for their fatigue to affect policy, especially through the […]
From Liberale Et Libertaire. ————————————————————————————————————————————- New York Senator Chuck Schumer probably occupies a top place in the libertarian axis of evil. A bigot, a religious fanatic, a nanny-state totalitarian and a crook, Schumer epitomizes the libertarian critique against political authority. This is a man who is accustomed to […]
Article by Anna Morgenstern. ————————————————————————————————————————————— The problem with any sort of “political” ideology is that they are largely made up of a “laundry list” of specific issue proposals. This is true whether there is an underlying consistent idea behind them or not. Let’s first examine the favorite whipping […]
Article by Dr. Sean Gabb. —————————————————————————————————– In the past few days, I have made six appearances in the British media. Each one has been to argue against a proposal by the British Government to make an Act of Parliament to control the alleged sexualisation of children. This will […]
Important observations from Tom DiLorenzo. ——————————————————————————————————— LRC readers are aware that a key political strategy of the Marxist left (which we used to call the “lunatic left”) is to attempt to censor all criticisms of their socialistic policies by claiming that their critics are “haters,” “extremists,” “racists,” etc. […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. It looks like Roberts is developing a Duginite approach to international geopolitics. —————————————————————————————————- What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India. The staging of the fake death of […]
From the Los Angeles Times. So much for the theory of the solidarity of the downtrodden. ———————————————————————————————— Noxolo Nogwaza died because she dressed like a man and wasn’t afraid of anyone, friends and backers in Kwa-Thema say, one of the latest of a series of brutal rapes and […]
My latest post at AlternativeRight.Com. In case we actually needed any more evidence that Cultural Marxism is now the official ideology of the ruling class, this would be it.
From Youth for Western Civilization. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- By H.W. De Kryger They say children are the future. If that is true, then America — and most of the West for that matter — doesn’t have much of a future. Maybe time to put our children over our pets? Maybe […]
Article by David Sirota. ————————————————————————————————— “Corporate Police State,” it’s a fraught — some might even say, overwrought — term. But in its purest, apolitical form, it simply describes the periodic commingling of state and corporate power to protect private interests. In the American psyche, any discussion of that […]
by Thomas Knapp ——————————————————————————————————————————————— C4SS Director Brad Spangler is addressing the Free Bradley Manning Rally in Leavenworth, KS today. In tandem with that event, we’re releasing Spangler’s special report, “Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, and the Case for Anarchism” [PDF]
Article by Tom Odula. —————————————————————————————————– Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for a crime he maintained he did not commit, died early Friday from a medical ailment, an associate said. He was 63. Pratt […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– BBC News recently reported that “Brazil has launched a welfare scheme to lift millions out of extreme poverty by 2014.” The South American country’s plan will direct resources into already-established programs and toward those regions with the highest rates of poverty. In an […]
Justice at last! —————————————————————————————————— Collier County, Florida — Have you heard the one about a homeowner foreclosing on a bank? Well, it has happened in Florida and involves a North Carolina based bank. Instead of Bank of America foreclosing on some Florida homeowner, the homeowners had sheriff’s deputies foreclose […]
From The Gonzo Times. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- One morning, when I was in eighth grade, I got dressed for school and went outside to wait for my father to drive me. I was wearing a long knit skirt, sweater, and some boots. My outfit would have met the requirements for […]
Article by Stephen Walt. ——————————————————————————————————————————— A couple of weeks ago, Americans were treated to a remarkably clear demonstration of the power of the Israel lobby in the United States. First, Barack Obama gave a speech on Middle East policy at the State Department, which tried to position America […]
Article by Steven Greenhut. ————————————————————————————————– Not only did Alameda firefighters and police stand around, watch and do nothing as a suicidal man, Raymond Zack, spent an hour in the San Francisco Bay, neck deep in water, they didn’t even go into the water to retrieve his lifeless body […]
Article by Robert Wicks. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— People often use anarchy and chaos interchangeably. They refer to civil unrest as “anarchy, total chaos.” As an anarchist of the anarcho-libertarian variety myself, naturally, this habit irks me. Anarchy is simply the absence of forceful authority. Chaos is disorder. The two things […]
Article by Jaenelle Antas. An interesting take on Rousseau. I’d like to see a discussion between Jaenelle and David Heleniak on this.
Article by Michael Kleen. I’ve posted this here before but it’s worth posting again. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Out of all modern philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was one of the most unique critics of the modern State, yet his views on the subject have been largely overshadowed by his more famous […]
Article by Fritz Bolkestein. Interesting to find something like this in the Wall Street Journal. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Europeans weren’t always so self-hating. The 19th century saw the high tide of imperialism, and Europe was brimming with self-confidence. What has happened? The past century witnessed the cataclysm of World War […]
Article by Anthony Hilton. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- First of all, while not too sure where WC begins and ends, Ferguson certainly has a lot of positive things to say about it. By that he means not just “High Visual Culture”, art, architecture, and music, but all the cultural and technological […]
Wow! This comes straight out of the Voice of the Neocons, The Weekly Standard. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— According to the unemployment data released this morning, the economy added only 54,000 jobs, pushing the unemployment rate up to 9.1 percent. However, this report from MarketWatch suggests the data is much worse […]
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Podcast episode for 3 June 2011. Jeff Riggenbach is a journalist, author, editor, broadcaster, and educator. [20:16] Download this audio file or play it with your browser’s default player.
Seymour Hersch interviewed by Scott Horton. —————————————————————————————————– Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter for The New Yorker magazine., discusses his article “Iran and the Bomb: How real is the nuclear threat;” the lack of evidence for Iran’s interest in nuclear weapons after 2003, despite extensive satellite and covert […]
John Glaser interviewed by Scott Horton. ——————————————————————————————————- John Glaser, editorial assistant at The American Conservative magazine, discusses his article “The American Deep State,” about Eli Lake’s New Republic article “Enemy of the State: Are we at war with Pakistan’s intelligence service;” how Lake’s premise equally applies to the […]
Article by Paul Gottfried. ——————————————————————————————————– There are two compelling reasons that the Republicans keep trotting out faceless moderates who turn leftward once the primaries are over. First, being Republican is a sociological more than ideological choice. The party is predominantly white Protestant; and according to the Pew survey, […]
From The Onion. ——————————————————————————————————- DANBURY, CT—After learning that he had been laid off Friday by global conglomerate Honeywell International, senior sales associate Edward Morway expressed relief that his employer of 14 years would be able to scrape by. “When [department head] John [Condos] called me into his office […]
Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————– These are discouraging times, but once in a blue moon a bit of hope appears. I am pleased to report on the bit of hope delivered in March of 2011 by Michael Spence, a Nobel prize-winning economist, assisted by Sandile Hlatshwayo, a […]
Article by Kevin Carson. ——————————————————————————————————- It’s remarkable, considering how frequently our politicians and cable news commentariat remind us of the “free market” we live in, just how existentially unfree things seem down here where the rubber meets the road. We constantly see the Washington Consensus and the neoliberal […]
Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————— A few days ago, the G8 — that cabal of states with the world’s most powerful economies — issued an appropriately preachy statement saying, among other things, “[Gaddafi] has no future in a free, democratic Libya. He must go.” That statement follows after […]
Article by Gavin McInnes. ——————————————————————————————————– Ever hang out with an old dude? They’re pretty great. They’re not self-obsessed the way boomers are. They’re not “over it” the way Generation X is, and they’re not completely tuned-out like the kids today. Here are ten more great things about them: […]
Jim Goad kicks ass as always. ——————————————————————————————————- Jim Goad is the author of The Redneck Manifesto and a contributor to Taki Magazine. Mr. Goad explains different taboos in modern society and why and how the word redneck has become the symbol of evil for liberal do -gooders and […]
From The Gonzo Times. —————————————————————————————————— 1 – The Land Monopoly – The enforcement by government of land titles which do not rest upon occupancy and use. This monopoly is immoral for various reasons since it violates just ownership. Just ownership over a natural resource is validated when an […]
Article by Anthony Gregory. This is what I was telling all of my liberal and progressive friends back in 2008. —————————————————————————————————— If in 2008 someone had said that Obama’s war policy would be more belligerent and costlier than another round of Bush’s, nearly no one would have believed […]
Article by Justin Raimondo. The progressives haven’t changed much. ——————————————————————————————————- Roger Baldwin, ACLU chairman, was instructed by the ACLU Board that “local committees are not free to sponsor cases in which the position taken is that the government has no constitutional right to remove citizens from military areas.” […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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