“WITH VARYING DEGREES OF CONFIDENCE.“ White House sends message to Congress saying that Syria “may” (according to U.S. intelligence agencies) have used chemical weapons against its own population. This cautious wording seems both to move U.S. toward a view that a “red line” may have been crossed that would justify (overt) U.S. intervention in [...]
Captured by law enforcement after what was often a violent 24-hour manhunt. the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings last Monday now recovers in a hospital under the careful watch of state and federal officials. With considerable video evidence of his role in the crime, few think Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent of participating in [...]
STOCK MARKET RECORD HIGHS: THE RICH GET RICHER, EVERYONE ELSE GETS POORER… Last week saw the Dow Jones stock index shatter its all-time record highs, an occurrence trumpeted by the press and the Obama administration as a clear sign of a full turnaround from the depths of the Great Recession and proof of a [...]
IN 25 U.S. STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A HOMELESS PERSON CAN LOSE HIS/HER CHILDREN BY THE ACT OF TRYING TO OBTAIN SOCIAL SERVICES TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THEM. As in so many ways that the homeless are “criminalized” rather than being provided for, these states make application for assistance actionable instances of “abuse [...]
The scene is set for a legal showdown between the federal government, at least two states, and activist groups in the wake of the success of landmark votes to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election. And for the first time, public opinion on pot is overwhelmingly against the feds. Plenty of coverage was generated after [...]
TEA AT 4, SHERRY AT 6. BANKSTERS OF THE WORLD ARISE; YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN BUT A LUXURY SANCTUARY FOR YOUR CRIMINALITY IN LONDON. James Petras describes the “veritable crime wave” that has swept over London as it has become the inviting destination of kleptocrats from around the world as they find a [...]
Gun violence, a national epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over the past decade, has been systematically ignored by the candidates and the media in an otherwise contentious presidential election where almost every other issue is amplified for political impact. The cone of silence regarding guns and gun laws continued at Wednesday [...]
` “EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS POINTS IN THE SAME DIRECTION: WE’VE MADE THE EARTH WARMER.” ` In a year that has already seen frightening signs of a warming world that includes record heat and drought across the United States and mass melting of the Green;and ice sheet, scientists say another ominous sign of rapidly escalating climate [...]
JULIAN ASSANGE: WHERE THERE IS UNITY IN GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION, THERE MUST BE UNITY IN CITIZENS’ RESPONSE. In a speech at the embassy of Ecuador in London which has granted him asylum from extradition to Sweden, the Wiki-Leaks founder praises crowd of “witnesses” who turned out in the middle of the night, crediting them with [...]
MASSACRE AT OAK CREEK: “SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE” OR “VIOLENCE AT THE WRONG ADDRESS?” Vijay Prasad deconstructs the post-factum reactions to the gunning down of 6 people in a Sikh (Indian) temple in Wisconsin. He finds an all-too-similar reaction to that to other recent atrocities in Colorado and elsewhere. Branding them “senseless” isolates them [...]
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