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Chilling Effect’ of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says
Chilling Effect’ of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says Thanks largely to whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, most Americans now realize that the intelligence community monitors and archives all sorts of online behaviors of both foreign nationals and US citizens. But did you know that the very fact that you know this […]
The History of Hollywood: Propaganda for White Supremacy at Home and US Militarism Abroad
The History of Hollywood: Propaganda for White Supremacy at Home and US Militarism Abroad turtix | Shutterstock.com For more than a century American film has been one of the most important apparatus used for perpetuating American white supremacy and justifying American military adventures. Racism in film and white supremacy are so intricately interwoven into the fabric of America […]
US recession data shows it’s a very short road to capital controls
US recession data shows it’s a very short road to capital controls “Prosperity is like a Jenga tower. Take one piece out and the whole thing can fall.” That’s a direct quote from John Williams, the President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank in a speech he gave a few weeks ago. He could […]
The Status Quo Plan – Convince the American Public to Accept Serfdom
The Status Quo Plan – Convince the American Public to Accept Serfdom Earlier today I came across a fantastic article published at Naked Capitalism by a writer known as Gaius Publius. Yves Smith introduces the piece with the following poignant passage: Let us not forget that the “things are going to get worse for you” story also conveniently […]
Obama to Push Passage of TPP Trade Deal Despite Rising Public Opposition
Obama to Push Passage of TPP Trade Deal Despite Rising Public Opposition The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? Small businesses? Taxpayers? Or the biggest multinational […]
Rome & the Birth of the United States
Rome & the Birth of the United States QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Are you saying they never intended to create a democracy since the founding fathers created the Electoral College? ANSWER: Correct. We have a republic and not a democracy, despite the fact they call this a democracy. You vote for delegates to represent you. The rules allow them to […]
Secret Monetary Group Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming
Secret Monetary Group Warns a Catastrophe Is Coming This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Bank for International Settlements is nothing if not obscure. As the central bankers’ bank, it seems little-more than a back-door, private club for monetary elites to rub shoulders. And it’s located in Switzerland which has always carried a […]
Energy Wars of Attrition: The Irony of Oil Abundance
Energy Wars of Attrition: The Irony of Oil Abundance Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world by predicting that the United States would overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020 and, together with Canada, would become a net exporter of oil around 2030. Overnight, […]
Creating Russia/China Bogeymen
Creating Russia/China Bogeymen Relying on the most unreliable propaganda, Washington’s foreign policy establishment is seeking massive new military spending to counter Russian and Chinese “aggression” — when a more sober analysis would show these “threats” to be wildly exaggerated, as Gilbert Doctorow explains. Where Russia is concerned – and now also China – one can […]
U.S. Has Too Much Oil. So Why Are Imports Rising?
U.S. Has Too Much Oil. So Why Are Imports Rising? Despite domestic production declining and demand surging, the EIA reported oil inventories surge by more than 10 million barrels, or more than three times what was expected. The 10.4 million barrel increase was mostly due to a near record increase in imports of 490,000 b/d […]
US Oil Rig Count Points To A Sharp Decline In Production
US Oil Rig Count Points To A Sharp Decline In Production The North American Baker Hughes Rig Count came out Friday. The decline continues. Baker Hughes gives an oil and gas breakout for every basin and state with five years of historical data. Baker Hughes has twenty eight and one half years of historical data for total […]
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence
America’s Ruling Classes: No Fear, No Caution, No Prudence Could it be that America’s ruling classes, its Imperial state and the Federal Reserve, no longer rule their own destiny? America’s smug ruling classes are supremely confident: they feel no fear, no caution, and exhibit no prudence. I outlined the five ruling classes in America’s Nine Classes: The […]
Plunging Manufacturing Numbers Mean That It Is Time To Hit The Panic Button For The Global Economy
Plunging Manufacturing Numbers Mean That It Is Time To Hit The Panic Button For The Global Economy We haven’t seen numbers like these since the last global recession. I recently wrote about how global trade is imploding all over the planet, and the same thing is true when it comes to manufacturing. We just learned that […]
This Is How Government Dealt With Dissent And Revolt In Collapsing Venezuela – “Soldiers Shooting Civilians In The Streets, Paramilitaries Roaming Neighborhoods”
This Is How Government Dealt With Dissent And Revolt In Collapsing Venezuela – “Soldiers Shooting Civilians In The Streets, Paramilitaries Roaming Neighborhoods” Editor’ Note: The initial report about this incident was printed in error. While the videos and images below were believed to be recently recorded, several readers contacted us to report that these incidents occurred […]
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen Exclusive: The Obama administration, eager to assuage Saudi Arabia’s anger over the Iran nuclear deal and the failure to achieve “regime change” in Syria, has turned a blind eye to Riyadh’s savaging of Yemen, even though that is helping Al Qaeda militants expand their territory, writes Jonathan Marshall. For […]
