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Robert Parry: Netanyahu – Israel’s Rascist-in-Chief
06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, Corruption, Government
Exclusive: For years, U.S. politicians have rejected allegations of Israeli racism and excused mistreatment of the Palestinians as a temporary necessity that would be fixed by a two-state solution. But Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has destroyed those arguments in his panic to keep his job, reports Robert Parry.
Graphic: US “Strategy” Against Russia
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Russia, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call
SchwartzReport: Giving Homes to Homeless Cheaper than Neglecting Them on Street
01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 11 Society, Government, Idiocy
Yet again we have evidence that the compassionate life-affirming choice in social programs is not only the most wellness oriented, it is also cheaper, and more efficient. We see this over and over, so one must ask, why so often is this not the option chosen? Hate, a need to punish the vulnerable? Self-righteous superiority? Just plain nastiness? Given the evidence I think we ought to be asking this question.
Giving Homes to the Homeless is Cheaper Than Leaving them on the Street. Here’s Proof
John Pilger: Fascisim Today — Led by America
04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Military, Peace Intelligence
Why the rise of fascism is again the issue
EXTRACT:
Uniting fascism old and new is the cult of superiority. “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fibre of my being,” said Obama, evoking declarations of national fetishism from the 1930s. As the historian Alfred W. McCoy has pointed out, it was the Hitler devotee, Carl Schmitt, who said, “The sovereign is he who decides the exception.” This sums up Americanism, the world's dominant ideology. That it remains unrecognised as a predatory ideology is the achievement of an equally unrecognised brainwashing. Insidious, undeclared, presented wittily as enlightenment on the march, its conceit insinuates western culture. I grew up on a cinematic diet of American glory, almost all of it a distortion. I had no idea that it was the Red Army that had destroyed most of the Nazi war machine, at a cost of as many as 13 million soldiers. By contrast, US losses, including in the Pacific, were 400,000. Hollywood reversed this.
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Mongoose: Plastic Not Being Recycled – China Refuses Further Trash Imports — Plastic Can Be Converted Into Fuel…
03 Environmental Degradation, Commerce, Corruption, Government
We are lied to about what is being done to plastic, and our government is unethical and ignorant about what can be done to convert plastic into fuel.
CounterPunch: Deep Green Resistance – Confronting Industrialism
03 Economy, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Other Atrocities, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Ethics
If You Can't Clean It Up, Don't Make It
Confronting Industrialism
by DERRICK JENSEN
Q: What do you call someone who puts poison in the subways of Tokyo? A: A terrorist. Q: What do you call someone who puts poison (cyanide) into groundwater? A: A capitalist: CEO of a gold mining corporation. Read full article.
