“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — YOU HAVE A NEW ALLY IN NORTH AFRICA.” (Global Research) This phrase was printed on a banner welcoming Sen. John McCain to Benghazi, Libya on his visit to the main stronghold of the “rebel” fighters opposing the regime of Moammar Gaddafi. The sentiment of that banner is important to understand [...]
IF BAGHDAD IN 2003 WAS A “CAKEWALK,” IS TRIPOLI IN 2011 TO BE CAKEWALK II? (Sydney Morning Herald) This is a troubling possibility, says Paul Geough, noting the same cluelessness today as in 2003 about the future of a country “liberated” after a quick march into a capital city from a much-hated dictator. Now as [...]
OBAMA UBER ALLES: 15 MEMBERS OF CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS HELP PASS “DEBT RELIEF” BILL THAT WILL COMPLETE THE “RUINATION” OF BLACK AMERICANS. (Black Agenda Report) Glen Ford names names among the 40 members of the Black Caucus after minority leader Nancy Pelosi releases them to “vote their conscience” on a bill that, Ford says, will [...]
THE RUPERT MURDOCH SCANDAL AND THE CORRUPTION OF MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT: THE MORE THINGS SEEM TO CHANGE, THE MORE THEY WILL STAY THE SAME. (Black Agenda Report) This is Margaret Kimberley’s perspective in reflecting on the denunciation by political leaders in the U.S., U.K. and Australia of the atrocious “news” practices of the media mogul’s [...]
AMERICA’S “INDUSTRIAL-SCALE…KILLING MACHINE.” (AlterNet) President Obama has made headlines for his promises to withdraw US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, seemingly scaling back America’s commitment to military intervention overseas and especially the Muslim world. But that public imagery is utterly false, as the Obama administration has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the United States [...]
A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN OUR BACKYARD? PLEASE AND THANKS! (New York Times) A New York Times article describes the receptivity to power plants in Japan by local communities today, after many of the same communities had displayed the NIMBY pattern of opposition when such developments started 40 years ago. What is different today? For [...]
IF DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY, ISRAEL MAY BECOME THE LAST REMAINING SUPERPOWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (Asia Times) This is the perspective of an Asia Times writer called “Spengler,” who notes the much higher rates of fertility among the Jewish as opposed to the Arab people of the region. Of course this emergence of Israel as [...]
THE MORTGAGE FRAUD MELTDOWN CONTINUES AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS NAB MEGA-BANKS THAT THEY SAY ATTEMPTED TO “SWINDLE” UNCLE SAM — AND TAXPAYERS. Stemming from reports last year that some of America’s largest mortgage companies and banks fraudulently foreclosed on homeowners, a new federal investigation has apparently found an even more pervasive and potentially serious scheme at [...]
“GROWTH MANAGEMENT” REVOCATION IN FLORIDA MAY BE A BAD JOKE IN A STATE IN WHICH VERY LITTLE GROWTH IS OCCURRING. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) This is an observation in Sarasota, a city with a severe recession in new developments, a condition that will not be cured by de-regulation of the building industry; that recovery will await the [...]
A glut of empty homes and dire economic consequences of the housing boom did not stop the state of Florida from ushering in a sweeping overhaul of state guidelines for development that literally shred the set of regulations in place for over 25 years. With newly elected Republican Gov. Rick Scott promising to remove “roadblocks” [...]
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