A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier than you think
Phi Beta Iota: Lengthy, brilliant, and lacking context. The USA created the Cold War, NATO, and the military-industrial complex that creates conflict in partnership with predatory bankers, in order to sell war.
American Mensa Annual Gathering, Louisville, KY July 3, 2015
Donald E. Stahl
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The government's official position is that no explosions occurred. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's latest statement on the matter is dated September 9, 2011. It reads:
“In summary, NIST found no corroborating evidence for alternative hypothesis suggesting that the WTC towers were brought down by controlled demolition using explosives.”
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The question of demolition or no demolition decides the question of government truth or Truther truth, of “conspiracy theory” as regards 9/11; in other words, it determines whether 9/11 was the reason for war or war was the reason for 9/11.
Rita Katz who was reportedly the brains behind various fake Osama bin Laden videos. “She served in the Israeli Defense Forces.”Russ Winter writes: The original Dylann Roof photos were first tweeted byRita Katz at 7:37 am on the 18th. ‘Arrest' of Dylann Storm Roof: The Hoax that Keeps On Giving
I have reached a point where I just wonder: what is it going to take to wake us up? How many alarms have to go off before we awaken from the profit trance and begin to make decisions based on creating wellness? Will we survive?
American military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, a little-noticed part of the Pentagon's vast operations. But in an eye-opening account, Base Nation shows that the worldwide network of bases brings with it a panoply of ills–and actually makes the nation less safe in the long run.
As David Vine demonstrates, the overseas bases raise geopolitical tensions and provoke widespread antipathy towards the United States. They also undermine American democratic ideals, pushing the U.S. into partnerships with dictators and perpetuating a system of second-class citizenship in territories like Guam. They breed sexual violence, destroy the environment, and damage local economies. And their financial cost is staggering: though the Pentagon underplays the numbers, Vine's accounting proves that the bill approaches $100 billion per year.
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I find it fascinating that the Republican Party puts Paul Ryan forward as their leading economist in the Congress. I find his budget and policies naive, incompetent, and heartless. Partly as a result of thinking such as his American children by the millions are in poverty. Here are the facts.