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Since early 2011, Obama's been waging proxy war on Syria. Imported death squads masquerade as freedom fighters. The scheme's familiar. It repeats. It reflects US imperialism's dark side. In the 1980s, CIA-recruited mujahideen fighters battled Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers. Ronald Reagan called them "the moral equivalent of our founding fathers." He characterized Contra killers the same way. —Stephen LendmanFor over a century now US ambassadors have acted as fifth columns in the nations they are embedded in, their role chiefly to foster corporate and plutocratic power and coordinate machinations against any truly pro-democratic government.•••••"The dead end identity politics of SF Pride, which sells out a peace hero like Bradley Manning to curry favor with the American ruling class, is what I had in mind. The empire loves your tameness, irrelevance and cowardice, SF Pride. You don’t bother the American ruling class — a five foot two, 105 pound soldier does because he has a conscience and because he didn’t make comfort the guiding principle of his life...." —Randy Shields

Dr. Noam Chomsky breaks the set on war, imperialism and propaganda

 AMERICAN STUDIES, BOUGHT POLITICIANS & PHONIES, CLASS COLLABORATION, CORPORATE CRIMINALITY, CORPORATE OWNED PARTIES, CORPORATE TELEVISION, COUPS & CIVIL WAR, PUTRID CORPOMEDIA, THE PENTAGON-MEDIA COMPLEX, WAR CRIMES & CRIMINALS  No Responses »
May 252013
 
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RT’s Abby Martin interviews Noam Chomsky on current issues stemming from pseudo-democratic governance in the United States.

On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to philosopher, linguist, professor, political critic and author of over 100 books Dr. Noam Chomsky about the Boston bombings, US terror inflicted abroad, drones, Obama’s rebranding of Bush administration policies, the National Defense Authorization Act, Holder v. Humanitarian Law, conventional wisdom, the evolution of media propaganda and education as a form of elite indoctrination

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Why Corporate Media Focuses on Benghazi Instead of Guatemalan Genocide

 AMERICAN STUDIES, ANNOTATED NEWS, ANTI-COMMUNISM, ANTI-CORPORATISM, ANTI-NEOLIBERALISM, ASSHOLES, BASTARDS & CRIMINALS, BOUGHT POLITICIANS & PHONIES, CORPORATE CRIMINALITY, CORPORATE OWNED PARTIES, GOVERNMENT CRIMES, GREAT HYPOCRISY, IMPERIALISM, PUTRID CORPOMEDIA, WAR CRIMES & CRIMINALS  No Responses »
May 242013
 
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AlterNet [1] / By Sean McElwee [2]
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guatemala-genocideLast week two important stories about U.S. foreign policy broke. First, the White House released some 100 pages of e-mails confirming a dastardly scandal: rather than call the Benghazi attack a “terrorist act,” President Obama, in a Nixonian power grab, called it an, “act of terror.” Continue reading »
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The major sea change in media discussions of Obama and civil liberties

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May 222013
 
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The controversies over the IRS and especially the AP phone records appear to have long-lasting effects

By ,  guardian.co.uk 

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Due to the controversies over the IRS and (especially) the DOJ’s attack on AP’s news gathering process, media outlets have suddenly decided that President Obama has a very poor record on civil liberties, transparency, press freedoms, and a whole variety of other issues on which he based his first campaign. The first two paragraphs of this Washington Post article from yesterday, expressed in tones of recent epiphany, made me laugh audibly:

“President Obama, a former constitutional law lecturer who came to office pledging renewed respect for civil liberties, is today running an administration at odds with his résumé and preelection promises.

“The Justice Department’s collection of journalists’ phone records and the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups have challenged Obama’s credibility as a champion of civil liberties – and as a president who would heal the country from damage done by his predecessor.” Continue reading »

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Apple CEO defends multi-billion-dollar tax dodge

 American "Way of Life", American Parties, AMERICAN STUDIES, BOUGHT POLITICIANS & PHONIES, CLASS COLLABORATION, CORPORATE CRIMES, CORPORATE MENTALITY, CORPORATE OWNED PARTIES, CORPORATE TELEVISION, PUTRID CORPOMEDIA  No Responses »
May 222013
 
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By Andre Damon, wsws.org

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends multi-billion-dollar tax dodge, and many in Congress back him up. A fraternity of filth shielded by their media.

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends multi-billion-dollar tax dodge, and many in Congress back him up. A fraternity of filth shielded by their media.

 

Apple CEO Tim Cook used his appearance Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations—called to investigate Apple’s evasion of billions of dollars in taxes—to call for a sharp reduction in the corporate tax rate. The senators on the committee, Democratic and Republican alike, agreed with Cook that the appropriate response to the systematic evasion of taxes carried out by Apple and other US corporations was to enact pro-corporate tax “reform.” Continue reading »

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Red State Hypocrites: Inhofe and Coburn

 ABOMINATIONS, AMERICAN STUDIES, ANTI-CORPORATISM, ANTI-NEOLIBERALISM, ANTIWAR, CORPORATE CRIMINALITY, CORPORATE OWNED PARTIES, IDIOTIZED PUBLICS, IMPERIAL APOLOGISTS & COLLABOS, INDECENT SLIMEBALLS, PUTRID CORPOMEDIA, SCUMWATCH  No Responses »
May 212013
 
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Salon [1] / By Joan Walsh [2]
Oklahoma's James Inhofe: climate change denier and a poster boy for political corruption,and rightwing meanness, this man should be in jail, not presiding over the destiny of a great nation.

Oklahoma’s James Inhofe: climate change denier and poster boy for political corruption and rightwing meanness, this abject bastard should be in jail, not presiding over the destiny of a great nation. 

Just a week ago, Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe suggested that President Obama might be impeached over the Benghazi non-scandal. Now, Inhofe must watch as Obama declares Inhofe’s state a disaster area and promises Oklahomans “all the resources they need at their disposal.” Continue reading »

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What the Syrian Constitution says about Assad and the Rebels

 ANTI-CORPORATISM, ANTI-NEOLIBERALISM, ANTIWAR, BOUGHT POLITICIANS & PHONIES, CORPORATE CRIMINALITY, CORPORATE OWNED PARTIES, CORPORATE TELEVISION, COUPS & CIVIL WAR, FALSE FLAGS & PROVOCATIONS, GREAT HYPOCRISY, IMPERIALISM, MEDIA SCUM, PUTRID CORPOMEDIA, WAR CRIMES & CRIMINALS  No Responses »
May 212013
 
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By Stephen Gowans, What’s Left

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A fundamentalist rebellion abetted by the unholy alliance of reactionary Arab regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the NATO bloc, and al-Qaeda fanatics has plunged Syria into a bloodbath.

The idea that the uprising against the Syrian government is inspired by a grassroots movement thirsting for a pluralist, democratic state is a fiction. The opposition’s chief elements are Islamists who seek to establish a Sunni-dominated Islamic state in place of a Syrian government they revile for being secular and dominated by Alawi “heretics.” “Al Qaeda-linked groups…dominate rebel ranks,” notes The Wall Street Journal. [1] “There is frustration with the West’s inability to help nurture a secular military or political opposition to replace Mr. Assad,” echoes The New York Times. [2] “Islamic forces seem to be ascendant within the opposition,” observes Gerald F. Seib. [3] Continue reading »

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