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Pentagon Brands ‘Belligerent’ Journalists As Legitimate “Enemy Combatant” Targets
Pentagon Brands ‘Belligerent’ Journalists As Legitimate “Enemy Combatant” Targets The Pentagon has released an 1,176-page book of instructions on the “The Law Of War” detailing acceptable ways of killing the enemy. The manual also states that journalists can be labeled “unprivileged belligerents,” an obscure term that replaces the Bush era “unlawful enemy combatant.” As The Washington Times reports, an […]
James Risen, Obama, Holder and the NSA
James Risen, Obama, Holder and the NSA “He made my life miserable for a long time.” Earlier this year I did an hour long interview with James Risen. We discussed his case with the Department of Justice, where he was being threatened with incarceration for refusing to reveal his source who gave him insights about […]
Obama: TPP a secret treaty because ‘US War on Terror requires secrecy’
Obama: TPP a secret treaty because ‘US War on Terror requires secrecy’ (Satire): President Obama announced at a White House press conference today that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade treaty details must remain secret because the now 14-year-old US War on Terror requires secrecy from terrorist enemies, secrecy is the founding principle of American freedom, and […]
Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google Over Surveillance of Wikileaks Volunteer
Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google Over Surveillance of Wikileaks Volunteer The Obama administration fought a legal battle against Google to secretly obtain the email records of a security researcher and journalist associated with WikiLeaks. Newly unsealed court documents obtained by The Intercept reveal the Justice Department won an order forcing Google to turn over more than one year’s […]
The Four Horses Asses of the TPP Apocalypse
The Four Horses Asses of the TPP Apocalypse Congress members are often pressured in how to vote by the moneyed interests that buy their television ads, which in turn persuade the media to “cover” them nicely and dumb people to vote for them. But more often they are pressured in how to vote by the […]
TPP: Unconstitutional tribunal for .01% oligarchs to dictate what is ‘fair trade’
TPP: Unconstitutional tribunal for .01% oligarchs to dictate what is ‘fair trade’ “The corporations have bribed the political leaders in every country to sign away their sovereignty and the general welfare of their people to private corporations. Corporations have paid US senators large sums for transferring Congress’ law-making powers to corporations.” – Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, […]
How Obama’s “Trade” Deals Are Designed To End Democracy
How Obama’s “Trade” Deals Are Designed To End Democracy U.S. President Barack Obama has for years been negotiating with European and Asian nations — but excluding Russia and China, since he is aiming to defeat them in his war to extend the American empire (i.e, to extend the global control by America’s aristocracy) — three international […]
The Two Contending Visions of World Government
The Two Contending Visions of World Government The Origin & Broader Context of Obama’s ‘Trade’ Deals U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed ‘Trade’ deals are actually about whether the world is heading toward a dictatorial world government — a dictatorship by the hundred or so global super-rich who hold the controlling blocks of stock in the world’s […]
Obama’s Bipolar Approach To Energy And Climate Change
Obama’s Bipolar Approach To Energy And Climate Change With less than two years to go in office, President Obama has already sealed his fate with regards to his legacy on climate change. When historians look back and assess his actions on what could be one of the biggest issues of his presidency, they will undoubtedly be […]
Slave or Rebel? Ten Principles for Escaping the Matrix and Standing Up to Tyranny
Slave or Rebel? Ten Principles for Escaping the Matrix and Standing Up to Tyranny “Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.”—George Orwell The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s a shell game intended to keep us focused on and distracted […]
March Toward Global War
March Toward Global War Obama = McCarthy + Dulles Brothers The New York Times (NYT) is a trusted source of Administration thinking, particularly in foreign policy, more, an uncanny, sensitive barometer of deep-lying structural-military-diplomatic events which are presently culminating, beyond the New Cold War brewing since Clinton’s international posture in Europe and the Pacific, in […]
American Pharoah: What A Perfect Description For The Guy In The White House
American Pharoah: What A Perfect Description For The Guy In The White House A horse named “American Pharoah” just won the Triple Crown. Is this some sort of a sign for America? The office of the presidency was greatly strengthened under previous administrations, but now Barack Obama has grabbed an unprecedented amount of power for himself. […]
On Patriot Act Renewal and USA Freedom Act: Glenn Greenwald Talks With ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer
On Patriot Act Renewal and USA Freedom Act: Glenn Greenwald Talks With ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer Even in the security-über alles climate that followed 9/11, the Patriot Act was recognized as an extreme and radical expansion of government surveillance powers. That’s why “sunset provisions” were attached to several of its key provisions: meaning they would expire automatically unless […]
Is Washington Coming To Its Senses?
Is Washington Coming To Its Senses? There is much speculation about US Secretary of State John Kerry’s rush visit to Russia in the wake of Russia’s successful Victory Day celebration on May 9. On May 11, Kerry, who was snubbing Russia on the 9th, was on his way to Russia, and Putin consented to see […]
