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Put Government Press Secretaries Under Oath, Subject Them to Perjury Charges

Put Government Press Secretaries Under Oath, Subject Them to Perjury Charges “People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” -Alan Moore, V for Vendetta “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” my Midwestern Irish-Catholic grandmammy used to opine as she indiscriminately lined up and sadistically hosed […]

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Lying About The Economy Will Only Make The Coming Crash Worse

Lying About The Economy Will Only Make The Coming Crash Worse I don’t know who needs to hear this. Wait, yes I do. The Biden Administration. I really don’t know how to describe the disturbing trend over the last few months of the Biden administration, along with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, simply lying to the […]

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No Matter Who Wins, The War Machine Wins

October 24, 2020

No Matter Who Wins, The War Machine Wins The US government is pushing yet another unproven election meddling narrative about yet another disobedient government, this time targeting Iran and Russia. This is exhausting. Do I really need to type this bullshit out? Fine. Okay. Here we go again: At a press conference with Director of National Intelligence […]

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Lying Politicians Are Killing Our Democracies

November 28, 2019

Lying Politicians Are Killing Our Democracies Weak watchdogs and lax social media bred a pandemic of dishonesty. We need new laws. If anything takes us out before climate change, it will be the triumph of lying in government. Having spent a lifetime digging out facts to reveal the truth, I have to acknowledge it — […]

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How Democracy Ended

How Democracy Ended What killed democracy was constant lying to the public, by politicians whose only way to win national public office is to represent the interests of the super-rich at the same time as the given politician publicly promises to represent the interests of the public — “and may the better liar win!” — it’s a […]

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You Know The U.S. is Losing, We’re Willing to Talk

You Know The U.S. is Losing, We’re Willing to Talk How do you know when a politician is lying? Their lips move and words come out. How do you know when the United States is at a disadvantage in a geopolitical quagmire? Our diplomats and Presidents want to ‘open up talks.’ Multiple times in the past […]

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Things Must Be Serious, Everyone’s Lying

Things Must Be Serious, Everyone’s Lying European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had a moment of clarity once. He famously said, “When things get serious, you have to lie.” Given the state of affairs in his beloved European Union right now Mr. Juncker and company are doing a lot of lying. It is rare in politics […]

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Reviving the Spirit of Existential Rebellion in a World of Propaganda, Lies and Self Deception

November 9, 2017

Reviving the Spirit of Existential Rebellion in a World of Propaganda, Lies and Self Deception Photo by Mónica Leitão Mota | CC BY 2.0 Search for nothing anymore, nothing except truth. Be very still and try to get at the truth. And the first question to ask yourself is: How great a liar am I? […]

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CIA-Funded Washington Post Smears Indie Media For Covering DNC Fraud Lawsuit

September 1, 2017

CIA-Funded Washington Post Smears Indie Media For Covering DNC Fraud Lawsuit The Washington Post, whose sole owner is both a CIA contractor and one of the wealthiest plutocrats of all time, has sent its Bezos-paid Ringwraiths after small independent reporters for having the temerity to talk about a lawsuit that had severe implications for the future […]

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James Howard Kunstler: It’s Time To Be Honest With Ourselves

August 28, 2017

James Howard Kunstler: It’s Time To Be Honest With Ourselves The major systems our society relies on are failing The ever-eloquent James Howard Kunstler returns to our podcast this week to discuss the dangers of the ‘comprehensive dishonesty’ he observes in our culture today. We occupy ourselves with distractions (e.g., the fear du jour that our […]

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Obama/Trump: Contrasting Deceivers

Obama/Trump: Contrasting Deceivers On the surface, Donald Trump and Barack Obama may seem like polar opposites but they are alike in one fundamental way: both promised to challenge a corrupt and brutal establishment but promptly caved in, writes Sam Husseini. Donald Trump won the 2016 Republican nomination and the general election largely because he was […]

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From Nuisance to Threat: The High Cost of Truth — Paul Craig Roberts

From Nuisance to Threat: The High Cost of Truth — Paul Craig Roberts From Nuisance to Threat: The High Cost of Truth When one gives so much scarce time and energy from one’s life to a large and unknown public, one needs to know that it is sufficiently appreciated to be a worthwhile use of […]

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“We Are All Doing It”: Thousands Of Canadian Bankers Admit Lying To Customers To Boost Sales

“We Are All Doing It”: Thousands Of Canadian Bankers Admit Lying To Customers To Boost Sales Several days after shares of Canada’s TD Bank tumbled following reports that its employees were engaging in practices similar to those which led to a major scandal at Wells Fargo, which cost CEO John Stumpf his job and led […]

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Someone Is Lying

October 8, 2016

Someone Is Lying Observant readers may recall the name Vitas Vasiliauskas from our May story in which we quoted the ECB governing council member as defining not only himself, but his central banking peers, as “magic people.” As the portly Lithuanian banker said in a Bloomberg interview then, “markets say the ECB is done, their box is empty, but we […]

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29 Pages Revealed: Corruption, Crime and Cover-up Of 9/11

29 Pages Revealed: Corruption, Crime and Cover-up Of 9/11 By Kristen Breitweiser, one of the four 9/11 widows – known as the “Jersey Girls” – instrumental in forcing the government to form the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 2001 attacks. Follow Kristen Breitweiser on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kdbreitweiser. First and foremost, here is what you need to know […]

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