WILL THE NEXT U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BE THE MAIN INSTIGATOR OF BLACK GENOCIDE IN THE CONGO? This prospect develops as UN ambassador Susan Rice may be nominated to replace Hillary Clinton in Obama’s second administration. If she gets the post, it may further cement the agenda of U.S. “proxy” invasions of the country [...]
IRANIAN LEADERS DON’T TRUST OBAMA IN SECRET TALKS; WILL THEY TRUST VALERIE JARRETT? Leaked White House information notes that Jarrett, the Iranian-born advisor to Obama, is heading up the preliminary talks with Iran leading to the possibility of “after-the-elections” negotiations on Iran’s nuclear development program, despite her lack of any diplomatic experience. John Glaser [...]
AMERICAN PRIORITIES: MORE MONEY FOR PRISONS, LESS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. An alarming trend that has taken hold in the United States is a startling divergence in the amount of public money earmarked for the sustenance of the nation”s system of higher education versus that spent on incarceration. America is now a place where [...]
Voting rights and partisan politics collide in Ohio, where a spat between the two major presidential candidates over that state’s new restrictions on voting could be a preview of more chaos to come before Election Day. With states governments rushing to make “voter fraud” a priority in the wake of massive conservative gains in the [...]
NOTHING “UNCLEAR” ABOUT IT: FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES IN AMERICA ARE RIP-OFFS BOTH OF STUDENTS AND OF TAXPAYERS. New congressional report of committee headed by Senator Tom Harkin documents the profound failure of for-profit colleges to deliver a high quality and usable education to their students despite the huge investment of federal tax dollars, especially in [...]
“DOES THAT MEAN THAT IN BIOLOGY YOU CAN TEACH BIOLOGY THAT TOTALLY DISREGARDS DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION?” The global cabal of climate change deniers can only be described as resourceful in seeking to publicize their message discrediting the science of climate change and global warming. Backed by organizations funded with money from oil and energy [...]
“THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PURPOSIVE SOCIAL ACTION.” (Asia Times) This phrase, found in the work of sociologist Robert Merton, is invoked by Pepe Escobar in commenting on the situation of the current conflict between Iran and the West resulting from Iran’s alleged development of capacity for nuclear warfare. The European Union has just issued an [...]
“FORTUNATELY FOR OHIO, PEOPLE THERE HAD A WAY TO DIRECTLY UNDO THE DAMAGE THEIR GOVERNOR DID. HERE, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO UNDO THE GOVERNOR’S TERM IN OFFICE.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Voters in Ohio soundly rejected the legislative overreach of Republican Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday by approving a referendum to repeal Kasich’s signature law [...]
Inside the cockpitof the spy place at Trapani (Photo: JANE MINGAY/UK Telegraph) THE STUFF OF WHICH NEW MEMORIES OF WAR ARE MADE. (UK Telegraph) Though the UK does not celebrate Memorial Day, the Sunday Telegraph gets into the spirit of the weekend by putting a reporter aboard an RAF spy plane based in Trapani, Sicily [...]
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker traveled to Washington on Thursday for testimony on Capitol Hill regarding his controversial measures that take aim at labor rights for state employees, including the notorious law that rescinds collective bargaining right for Wisconsin public workers. The session proved especially illuminating… Gov. Walker commenced his appearance by praising himself in opening [...]
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