Congress was able to cobble together a temporary patch for the self-imposed fiscal cliff in a series of late-night votes featuring intra-party bickering and a widespread sense that the final deal was imperfect and nothing more than a painful necessity. Well over a year since the artificial deadline for the “cliff” was concocted by the [...]
ALL THE NEWS THAT EVEN THE BBC FEELS COMPELLED TO AIR. The BBC, whose coverage of the Syrian “crisis” practically amounts to cheerleading for the Syrian opposition, is seemingly forced into one of its occasional “lapses” in that role when it airs a piece documenting what may well be a “war crime” involving that [...]
HOW DOES THE EMPIRE “WIN” THE WAR ON TERRORISM? IT TOPPLES ANOTHER WEAK COUNTRY REGIME, STUPID! (Antiwar.com) Reviewing U.S. military operations since 9/11/01, Anthony Gregory presents the engaging thesis they do not accomplish their stated aims of democracy, safety against terrorist attack, humanitarian disasters, etc. These conditions—in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere—go on and are [...]
Trillions of dollars spent on two major wars. An unknown amount of money dedicated to global military intervention and counterterrorism activities. Over half a trillion dollars spent on “homeland security.” The numbers are startling. As America marks ten years since the 9/11 attacks this weekend, these figures are what has come to represent the legacy [...]
President Barack Obama has decided to risk the lives and well-being of thousands, potentially millions, of Americans at risk by deciding to quash efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to put in place stronger air quality regulations targeting the nation’s dirtiest industries and regions. The order is is especially unexpected given that the clean air [...]
NOTHING LIKE A NASTY HURRICANE TO RAMP UP BUSINESS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL. (New York Times) Think of it if you will as the hedge funders of the weather world; the TV channel that specializes in weather news is making some “disaster capitalism” out of the current interest of people being “entertained” by the “live” [...]
The accusation that the Bush administration directly ordered the CIA to “get” a prominent academic and Iraq War critic with disparaging personal information has taken a serious turn, with the U.S. Senate now prepared to investigate the incident. .. The story emanates from information given to the New York Times by a former CIA official, [...]
By Glen Ford Having failed in deploying Ethiopia as its proxy in the war against Somalia, the United States now attempts to rally Europe and as many African stooges as it can muster to gang rape the Somalis into submission. Two years ago, the Americans encouraged Ethiopia to invade its neighbor, to overthrow a young [...]
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