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I would not like to offend poor pigs by calling this human excrescence a "pig". pigs are noble and innocent creatures. But this man, this arrogant and unrepentant criminal is an ugly stain on the remaining honor of all Americans. —Ed

CHENEY MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRETENDING THERE WAS REASON TO INVADE IRAQ

Posted by Andy Borowitz HOUSTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a sombre ceremony attended by former members of the Bush Administration, the former ...
Cheney, like his accomplice, W Bush, a demonstrable imperialist criminal that should be at least serving a life sentence somewhere. That is, if justice still existed in America.

Dear George Bush and Dick Cheney, You Are Guilty of Murder: A Letter from a Dying Veteran

Truthdig [1] / By Tomas Young [2] March 19, 2013 To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young ...
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Bombs Over Baghdad

Ten Years On— Bombs Over Baghdad by VIJAY PRASHAD, Counterpunch Roaming through the al-Jazeera Arabic headquarters in Doha, Qatar, last ...
Garfield with Lana Turner, the doomed and incandescent duo in Postman Rings Twice.

One hundred years since the birth of John Garfield—charismatic, working class figure of postwar Hollywood films

By Joanne Laurier, wsws.org “Garfield was the darling of the romantic rebels, beautiful, enthusiastic, rich with the knowhow of street ...
60 Minutes — Hit Man (John  Vesey), disarmingly honest about his "career"

60 Minutes — Hit Man (John Vesey), disarmingly honest about his “career”

Last Sunday 60 Minutes presented an amazing interview with a self-confessed  former mafia contract killer, John Vesey.  It is probably ...
George W. Bush: far more than a jovial buffoon, the man is a primarily an war criminal at large.

OpEds: The Iraq War ten years on: A turning point for US imperialism

Bill Van Auken and David North, wsws.org Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Ten years ...
The Salvadoran death squads spared no one, not even US religious. Under the criminal Reagan four nuns were raped and murdered obviously as a warning to other "meddling" Americans. UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick famously declared that it was all "their fault."

Terrorism with a “Human Face”: The History of America’s Death Squads

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Url of this article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/terrorism-with-a-human-face-the-history-of-americas-death-squads/5317564 The recruitment of death squads is part of a well established US military-intelligence ...
Col. James Steele: Sordid henchman for the empire with a record of organizing death squads in many unfortunate nations.

America’s Dirty War in Iraq

by Stephen Lendman America wages wars dirty. They're all unprincipled and lawless. It's official policy. Exceptions don't exist. No-holds-barred barbarism ...
GLOBOVISION'S owner Guillermo Zuloaga, a Latin Murdoch in terms of poisonous influence.

Washington Post Anti-Bolivarian Propaganda

by Stephen Lendman Western media scoundrels waged war on Chavez. They did so throughout his tenure. Managed news misinformation substituted ...
USAF Gen. Michael Short. Traditionally, the air force, an offshoot of the army, has been among the most gung-ho in enforcing imperialist designs.

The Siege and Terrorism: what the media (as usual) rarely tells you

The Siege and Terrorism By Stephen Gowans, What's Left In his 2011 book Crisis in Korea: America, China and the Risk ...
Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong

Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong

Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong Published by maryam adrangi, October 27th, 2011 Canada , Climate Justice , Greenwashing , Impacted Communities , Oil , Politics , Tar ...
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At What Price Silence?

Special to The Greanville Post—  BUENOS AIRES NOTEBOOK "Someday Americans too will have to come to terms with America’s crimes ...
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