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Ukraine ‘Disappears’ Regime Opponents
Ukraine ‘Disappears’ Regime Opponents In Odessa — the same city where the Ukrainian civil war started on 2 May 2014 with a massacre of opponents that had been carefully planned by a team connected to the U.S. White House — there are reported to be two bloggers for the “Voice of Odessa” political site who were seized […]
Obama Administration Sets New Record for Censoring and Denying Access to Government Documents
Obama Administration Sets New Record for Censoring and Denying Access to Government Documents War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength Censorship is Transparency Many of you will have heard about how the White House recently celebrated National Freedom of Information Day by removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of […]
MAYBE OBAMA’S SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA ARE NOT REALLY ABOUT HIS “DEEP CONCERN” OVER SUPPRESSION OF POLITICAL RIGHTS
MAYBE OBAMA’S SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA ARE NOT REALLY ABOUT HIS “DEEP CONCERN” OVER SUPPRESSION OF POLITICAL RIGHTS The White House on Monday announced the imposition of new sanctions on various Venezuelan officials, pronouncing itself “deeply concerned by the Venezuelan government’s efforts to escalate intimidation of its political opponents”: deeply concerned. President Obama also, reportedly with a straight face, officially declared that Venezuela poses “an extraordinary […]
Obama’s Force Authorization is a Blank Check for War Worldwide
Obama’s Force Authorization is a Blank Check for War Worldwide The president is requesting Congress to pass an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) resolution against ISIS. Congress has not issued a similar resolution since 2002, when President Bush was given the authority to wage war against Iraq. The purpose of this resolution […]
Banks May Have Overplayed Their Hand Fighting Wall Street Regulation
Banks May Have Overplayed Their Hand Fighting Wall Street Regulation (Bloomberg) — The financial industry is finding that winning in Washington comes at a cost. Wall Street lobbied aggressively and succeeded late last year in persuading lawmakers to roll back rules for the $700 trillion derivatives market. Instead of generating momentum for further changes to […]
The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment
The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment Here’s something that many Americans — including some of the smartest and most educated among us — don’t know: The official unemployment rate, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, is extremely misleading. Right now, we’re hearing much celebrating from the media, the White House and Wall Street about […]
US sending weapons to Kiev ‘not the answer’ to Ukraine crisis – White House adviser
US sending weapons to Kiev ‘not the answer’ to Ukraine crisis – White House adviser Supplying more arms to the Ukrainian government will not solve the crisis in the country, US deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes has stated. According to Rhodes, implementing more sanctions against Russia is the amicable solution. READ MORE: US mulls […]
The Police State Is Upon Us
The Police State Is Upon Us Anyone paying attention knows that 9/11 has been used to create a police/warfare state. Years ago NSA official William Binney warned Americans about the universal spying by the National Security Agency, to little effect. Recently Edward Snowden proved the all-inclusive NSA spying by releasing spy documents, enough of which […]
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL
How Nebraskans are winning the fight against Keystone XL Senate Democrats filibustered a measure yesterday that would speed up the vote on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which could take the decision on Keystone out of the hands of both the White House and the State Department. Known as cloture, the move — pushed by […]
Neo-Feudalism Has Officially Arrived – Congressman Suggests Building a Moat Around White House | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Neo-Feudalism Has Officially Arrived – Congressman Suggests Building a Moat Around White House | Liberty Blitzkrieg. What has been occurring over the past several years is not a recovery, rather, it’s a painful transition of the U.S. into a neo-feudal society. Earlier this week in the post, Welcome to the Recovery – U.S. Child Homelessness Hits […]
Interview with Henry Kissinger on State of Global Politics – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Interview with Henry Kissinger on State of Global Politics – SPIEGEL ONLINE. Henry Kissinger seems more youthful than his 91 years. He is focused and affable, but also guarded, ready at any time to defend himself or brusquely deflect overly critical questions. That, of course, should come as no surprise. While his intellect is widely […]
Remembering Rick Piltz, Who Fought Government Suppression of Science – The Intercept
Remembering Rick Piltz, Who Fought Government Suppression of Science – The Intercept. Rick Piltz, a climate change whistleblower, died this weekend of cancer. Piltz revealed in 2005 that the Bush administration was revising supposedly scientific reports to cast doubt on the existence of human-caused climate change. He leaked copies of the edited documents toThe New York Times, after resigning […]
