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 Sacrificing Julian Assange and OUR Right to Question and Know the TRUTH posted by Chris Hedges via reg, 2019-04-14 22:09:11
The arrest Thursday of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British and U.S. governments, in the seizure of Assange are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite will be masked from the public. They presage a world where those with the courage and integrity to expose the misuse of power will be hunted down, tortured, subjected to sham trials and given lifetime prison terms in solitary confinement. They presage an Orwellian dystopia where news is replaced with propaganda, trivia and entertainment. The arrest of Assange, I fear, marks the official beginning of the corporate totalitarianism that will define our lives. (full story)
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Quantum Entanglements posted by sylvia, 2019-04-14 10:22:12
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  The Killing of Journalism and the Criminal Pursuit of Assange for Publishing Truth posted by Pepe Escobar via gayle, 2019-04-13 20:53:56
The date – April 11, 2019 – will live in infamy in the annals of Western “values” and “freedom of expression.” The image is stark. A handcuffed journalist and publisher dragged out by force from the inside of an embassy, clutching a Gore Vidal book on the History of the US National Security State. (full story)
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China Belt and Road Initiative Moves to Americas, Rattles U.S. posted by staff report AP via cyd, 2019-04-10 19:30:52
PANAMA CITY--China's expansion in Latin America of its Belt and Road initiative to build ports and other trade-related facilities is stirring alarm in Washington over Beijing's ambitions in a region that American leaders since the 19th century have seen as off-limits to other powers. (full story)
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Folly and Desire posted by quinn, 2019-04-10 08:05:26
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 Trump's Neocons See Erdogan as Their Ticket to a Region-Wide Middle East War posted by Mike Whitney via gail, 2019-04-09 23:26:14
Before proceeding it is important to realise what a neocon really is, a rabid, war-mongering pro-Israel puppet pretending to serve America first. See this excellent article on crypto-'Jews' in Washington. (full story)
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 Decriminalizing the [Lost] War on Drugs? posted by Alfred W. McCoy via reg, 2019-04-09 22:11:45
You would think the USA learned from its bitter alcohol prohibition FAILURE which allowed organised crime to become the behemoths they are today, however, as the world knows America is a hard learner, if it learns at all. The 'war' on drugs is an abysmal failure, no doubt, but it allows for certain government agencies to make large amounts of instant unrecorded cash, as well as making drug lords multi-millionaires and billionaires -- now note that it is no coincidence that the largest world heroin supply moved with the American military from Indo-China to Afghanistan, as once tempted by easy money that habit is hard to break, particularly for the CIA, which runs its own covert operations not sanctioned or funded by Washington, as well as those sanctioned by government from which it gains funds. (full story)
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Imprint posted by lex, 2019-04-09 09:59:39
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Climate Crisis -- Arctic Indicators Spell Doom posted by Jon Queally via stella, 2019-04-08 23:57:45
A new research paper by American and European climate scientists focused on Arctic warming published Monday reveals that the "smoking gun" when it comes to changes in the world's northern polar region is rapidly warming air temperatures that are having—and will continue to have—massive and negative impacts across the globe. (full story)
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 ALIENATION: The SOCIAL IMPLOSION of America posted by Michael Snyder via jane, 2019-04-08 21:32:58
The American Dream is dead and buried and it is easy to see why. The manic pursuit of profit -- worse than a heroin addiction -- by elite bankers and mega-corporations have destroyed the traditional social fabric and the viability of the nation. Take for example defence. Profit seeking weapons manufacturers build multi-billion dollar aircraft carriers simply because they make huge profits therefrom, while Russia and China, not ruled by vested interests, build hyper-sonic anti-aircraft carrier missiles which easily vaporise any super carrier for a tiny fraction of the cost. Aircraft carriers are actually redundant today, so why are they built? So all the corporations involved in their manufacture are able to turn massive profits, just look at the defence budget, which is bleeding the country dry and making ocean going sitting ducks. The same applies to the aircraft industry -- the F-35 strike 'lemon' is the obvious example. (full story)
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"Shameful" Trump Admin Revokes ICC Prosecutor's Visa Over Probe Into US War Crimes posted by Jessica Corbett via darcy, 2019-04-06 23:02:34
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office said she will continue her work for the Hague-based tribunal "without fear or favor." (full story)
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 Who's to Blame? YOU Are! posted by jess, 2019-04-06 22:16:05
There comes a time when Reality and the horrors of OUR monumental failures must be faced. (full story)
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 Enter Moreno, Goodbye Assange posted by cyd, 2019-04-05 23:20:35
I recall an US official saying in an interview, to paraphrase, 'what's the point of Assange's self-incarceration if he has access to the internet, he lives online' – indeed, he does. So Lenin Moreno, now fully captured by Washington and given huge monetary incentives, is complying with US wishes to have Assange expelled from his sanctuary in the London Ecuadorian Embassy. (full story)
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Tech Workers Refuse to Assist Military with AI Used for Killing posted by Jessica Corbett via jill, 2019-04-05 21:47:53
Employees, tech experts, and the public protested the appointments of The Heritage Foundation president and a drone company's CEO in Google AI Ethics Board -- The Google Con Exposed. (full story)
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America and the Losing Syndrome posted by gerry, 2019-04-04 01:25:01
Americans love to ‘win’ in fact they are so addicted to winning that when confronted with the reality of numerous losses, they withdraw into denial. No, they say, we really did win that one and that one, of course relying on the fictitious media which never accepts a loss. Indeed culture is a self-sustaining system based on lies or whatever. (full story)
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