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 The American Shutdown Paralysis posted by abe, 2019-01-17 20:02:25 Thousands of public servants are working without pay to satisfy no more than the petty ego plays of politicians that clearly do NOT give a damn for the people -- that is obvious. This shutdown is a standoff between Trump and his political opposition, to which consequences for American families insular politicians are oblivious. (full story) prose / international
 The Inevitable Collapse posted by jake, 2019-01-16 20:56:23 Remember Quantitative Easing (QE) which, printing money from air, was supposed to be a TEMPORARY measure to boost the global economy after the Wall St banker induced collapse of 2008? Well, as we know QE became permanent as banks (again) hogged all the money being created from air and did not release it into the global economy at large, the banks continued to use that money to speculate. And so QE became the heroin fix for junkie banks and large financial institutions -- nothing more. (full story) prose / international
Who Do They Really Serve? posted by cyd, 2019-01-15 20:55:23 “[You] Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
... you're gonna have to serve somebody... “ -- Bob Dylan (full story) prose / international
The Media Lobotomised Public posted by lex, 2019-01-14 22:37:18 Today most western nations/societies live in an intellectually depleted or deficient world primarily due to elite formulated design implemented in order to maintain elite minority rule -- populations have intentionally and effectively been ‘dumbed down.’ (full story) prose / international
 It’s Time to Force Tech Giants to End the Digital Panopticon posted by Duncan McCann via claire, 2019-01-14 00:30:20 Today we are living in a digital panopticon, a world where our every interaction with digital technology is being recorded and analysed. The rationale for much of this collecting, selling, and sharing of data is often based on the need to monetise it through the provision of personalised adverts. (full story) prose / international
 Trump threatens Turkey with 'Economic' Devastation -- LOL! posted by Quint Forgey via james, 2019-01-13 20:35:15 Turkey's president Erdogan is no doubt shaking in his shoes as did Kim Jong Un of North Korea -- blow it out your stupid arses, Trump admin. Even better, declare war, nutters Mike Pompeo and John Bolton. (full story) prose / international
 Psychopaths in the Whitehouse posted by Jessica Corbett via jaxie, 2019-01-13 20:05:21 Resurrected neocon John Bolton remains as he always was, totally nuts, the WSJ recently published a report clearly indicating that John Bolton, and to a lesser extent Mike Pompeo are a danger to the USA and world at large -- these men cannot understand that pre-emptive wars create more problems than they try to solve, simply view the handiwork in the Middle East and North Africa, functional states reduced to anarchy, perpetual violence and factional infighting in the form of sectarian tribalism. Not one war the USA and its vassal allies have instigated is a success, they are all abject failures that have cost $trillions and created massive destabilisation/destruction and YET known madman Bolton sits in the inner circle of the Trump administration -- have we learned nothing from the failures of Bolton in the George W Bush regime? (full story) prose / international
Understanding Contemporary Political Power posted by nano, 2019-01-12 20:43:02 “That’s not the way the world really works anymore. We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors… and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” -- Karl Rove, adviser to George W Bush. (full story) prose / international
 Media Hysteria, Dingoes, Babies and Russiagate posted by jane, 2019-01-11 20:18:43 Yes indeed, the title refers primarily to the infamous Chamberlain case where an innocent woman was convicted of murdering her baby and subsequently jailed for years until proven INNOCENT. (full story) prose / international
 Why Are We Working to Support Our Oppressors? posted by Edward Curtin via jane, 2019-01-10 20:55:34 Ever since I was a young boy, I have wondered why people do the kinds of work they do. I sensed early on that the economic system was a labyrinthine trap devised to imprison people in work they hated but needed for survival. It seemed like common sense to a child when you simply looked and listened to the adults around you. Karl Marx wasn’t necessary for understanding the nature of alienated labor; hearing adults declaim “Thank God It’s Friday” spoke volumes. (full story) prose / international
 Mainstream Strategy to Neutralise Influence of Alternative Media posted by Whitney Webb via shirl, 2019-01-10 20:28:16 MINNEAPOLIS — Soon after the social media “purge” of independent media sites and pages this past October, a top neoconservative insider — Jamie Fly — was caught stating that the mass deletion of anti-establishment and anti-war pages on Facebook and Twitter was “just the beginning” of a concerted effort by the U.S. government and powerful corporations to silence online dissent within the United States and beyond. (full story) prose / international
The Tax INVERSION Con posted by lex, 2019-01-09 21:58:15 Indeed, those that have more than enough to pay fair taxes pay little or mostly no tax, as their wealth enables the mega-rich to utilise various tax evasion structures which they invented for their own use, such as various no taxation zones [tax havens] in which the mega-rich register companies and thereby avoid local taxes. Which contemporary situation is the diametric opposition of how taxation was originally structured, ie, taxing those that have more than enough to pay higher taxes DUE TO THE FACT that the wealth created was/is derived from the nations in which everyone is supposed to pay fair taxes for the maintenance of infrastructure and general up-keep, which RESPONSIBILITY the mega-rich NOW shirk. The huge cost of these necessary projects now falls on the shoulders of those that can least afford to pay. (full story) prose / international
Scientists have established a link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism posted by Bobby Azarian via jaxie, 2019-01-09 20:50:52 A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known as the prefrontal cortex. The findings suggest that damage to particular areas of the prefrontal cortex indirectly promotes religious fundamentalism by diminishing cognitive flexibility and openness—a psychology term that describes a personality trait which involves dimensions like curiosity, creativity, and open-mindedness. (full story) prose / international
The Majority of Americans Do Not Believe the Official 9/11 Story posted by Paul Craig Roberts via darcy, 2019-01-08 18:51:01 TruePublica, a British website that has avoided the 9/11 issue, has had its fill of ignorant journalists at the BBC, Huffington Post and other propagandists for the military/security complex. The constant, shrill demeaning of experts and distinguished people who have raised questions about the official story has convinced TruePublica that skeptics who need so much shouting down must have a point. (full story) prose / international
Syria Withdrawal: 'President' Trump's Decision OVERRULED by Underlings posted by Ron Paul via james, 2019-01-08 18:16:06 If the presidency of the United States means anything at all it means LEADERSHIP and authority; so HOW is it that on almost ALL occasions Trump makes a positive initiative for peace it is OVERRULED by war hawks and neocons that serve the corporate military/industrial/surveillance complex? Indeed, the PRESIDENT, that is the 'commander-in-chief,' seems to command NOTHING -- the so-called 'Deep State' clearly rules the USA, an unrepresentative, un-elected, UNDEMOCRATIC entity that serves its own interests, war PROFITS at the huge expense of civilian and military lives.
Trump, if nothing else, has served to DEMONSTRATE to the ENTIRE WORLD that the US president is IMPOTENT. (full story) prose / international
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