Dems & Repubs, both work for the same masters

Democrats joined Republicans in voting to “Defund ACORN,” yet have done nothing to stop Blackwater’s ongoing taxpayer funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Jeremy Scahill
Republican Congressional leaders are continuing their witch-hunt against ACORN, the grassroots community group dedicated to helping poor and working class people. This campaign now unfortunately has gained bi-partisan legislative support in [...]

America the new Police State

September 25, 2009
“Tell me what a Police State Looks Like” by Cindy Sheehan
By Cindy Sheehan
“Pittsburgh is what a police state looks like!”
I have been to dozens of protests, large and small, since my son was killed in Iraq, but I have never seen anything like today and the only term I can use is: Profound [...]

Why Propaganda Trumps Truth

September 16, 2009
by Paul Craig Roberts
An article in the journal, Sociological Inquiry, casts light on the effectiveness of propaganda. Researchers examined why big lies succeed where little lies fail. Governments can get away with mass deceptions, but politicians cannot get away with sexual affairs.
The researchers explain why so many Americans still believe that Saddam [...]

This is a very important, must watch report: “Kill The Messenger”

Sibel Edmonds, a 32-year-old Turkish-American, was hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 because of her knowledge of Middle Eastern languages. She was fired less than a year later in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security breaches to her supervisors that could have prevented [...]

Can you say Freudian Slip?

Can you say, ‘from the top, down’?

It’s only torture if they die. A commentary on the 2008 documentary “Standard Operating Procedure”.

Somalia: Another CIA-Backed Coup Blows Up
By Mike Whitney
“The Ethiopian invasion, which was sanctioned by the US government, has destroyed virtually all the life-sustaining economic systems which the population has built for the last fifteen years.” Abdi Samatar, professor of Global Studies at the University of Minnesota, Democracy Now
December 02, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse” — Up until [...]