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Government Are Just Going Broke
Governments Are Just Going Broke The events in the Senate concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh’s illustrates that career politicians are destroying our way of life because they are so intent on just beating the opposite party that nobody is paying attention to the real problems we are staring at straight in its eyes. We face a […]
We Need More, Not Less, Separation of State and Journalism
We Need More, Not Less, Separation of State and Journalism “Newspapers are dying,” writes Rob Kall, Editor-in-Chief of progressive (but refreshingly open-minded) opinion site OpEdNews, in a (recently updated) 2010 op-ed. “Let them. There may have been people who wanted to rescue the buggy whip industry. But they were misguided. It was transportation they really […]
Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners
Facebook’s New Propaganda Partners Reuters (9/19/18) described two branches of the National Endowment for Democracy, set up by the Reagan administration during the Cold War to promote US foreign policy objectives, as “two US nonprofits.” Media giant Facebook recently announced (Reuters, 9/19/18) it would combat “fake news” by partnering with two propaganda organizations founded and […]
The Real Reason the Government Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable
The Real Reason the Government Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable The villagers are marching with their torches and pitchforks. Big tech companies are in trouble. The government is coming to regulate them. Someone leaked a draft of an executive order from President Trump. It calls on various agencies to use all current laws to look into possible […]
Suspending the Constitution: In America Today, the Government Does Whatever It Wants
Suspending the Constitution: In America Today, the Government Does Whatever It Wants “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”—Margaret […]
Apocalypse, Or Not?
Apocalypse, Or Not? Members of the American libertarian movement, particularly extremist preppers, are often associated with a belief that a complete breakdown in society is the only outcome from government economic policies and will lead to complete social disintegration. At the centre of their concerns is monetary destruction, with other issues, such as the erosion […]
Plutocracy Now!
Plutocracy Now! The United States today qualifies as a plutocracy – on a number of grounds, and it is having a profound impact on the media, education and think tanks–indeed on the whole of society, says Michael Brenner. Plutocracy literally means rule by the rich. “Rule” can have various shades of meaning: those who exercise […]
Our Rulers’ ChiCainery
Our Rulers’ ChiCainery Iraq War Dead John McCain is buried, may his philosophy soon follow. Now they lay his body down Sad old men who run this town “Kings,” Steely Dan (Walter Becker and Donald Fagen), 1972 Novelists can align their stories with whatever deeper truth they’re trying to convey. Real life is seldom so […]
Discretion in the Hands of Every Government Agent = Tyranny
Discretion in the Hands of Every Government Agent = Tyranny There has been an interesting case of an American Muslim woman who had her phone seized by border guards as she returned home to the United States from a trip to Switzerland. The guards just seized her phone and she had to file a lawsuit […]
Julian Assange and the Fate of Journalism
Julian Assange and the Fate of Journalism Photograph Source Jeanne Menjoulet | CC BY 2.0 Julian Assange is the Australian founder of Wikileaks—a website dedicated to the public’s right to know what governments and other powerful organizations are doing. Wikileaks pursues this goal by posting revelatory documents, often acquired unofficially, that bring to light the […]
Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right
Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right © Kacper Pempel / Reuters The banning of right wing controversialist Alex Jones from multiple social media platforms last week was a cause of celebration for many liberals, but should those on the left really be so complacent […]
Joel Salatin: The Rise Of Rogue Food
Joel Salatin: The Rise Of Rogue Food A ‘food freedom’ revolt against the government is starting This week, we welcome back Joel Salatin to the podcast. Labeled by The Washington Post as “the most famous farmer in America”, Joel has spent his career advocating for sustainable farming practices and pioneering models that show how food […]
Vicious Cycle: How Government “Solutions” Spiral into Bigger Problems
Vicious Cycle: How Government “Solutions” Spiral into Bigger Problems Government creates a problem. Government becomes more authoritarian to solve that problem. This creates more problems. Government becomes even more authoritarian… This is basically the story of the war on drugs, the oppression of teens, the wars in the middle east, every bubble, burst, and bailout, ad […]
Journalists Are All Julian Assange
Journalists Are All Julian Assange As Ecuador threatens to expel Julian Assange, CN Ed. Joe Lauria will speak in a 50-hr. online vigil for Assange on Sat., 8pm EDT. In 2010, Bob Parry, late CN founder & editor, wrote this incisive essay on Assange’s vital work. Whatever the unusual aspects of the case, the Obama administration’s […]
