David Swanson: Localities Reining in Federal Government – Sixth City Passes Anti-Drone Resolution

Leverett Becomes Sixth City to Pass Anti-Drone Resolution Here are the other five. Leverett and Amherst, Mass., both were expected to consider resolutions. I haven’t heard any news from Amherst. The Leverett news is courtesy of Beth Adams. I haven’t seen official text, but here’s some idea of what was passed, or at least what …

Berto Jongman: Fixed (Drone) Mindsets versus Growth (Learner) Mindsets – Understanding Industrial Era Commoditized Human Gridlock versus Information Era Liberated Human Potential

Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives by Maria Popova How to fine-tune the internal monologue that scores every aspect of our lives, from leadership to love. “If you imagine less, less will be what you undoubtedly deserve,” Debbie Millman counseled in one of the best commencement speeches ever given, urging: …

David Swanson: Three Images – Drone Bugsplat, Jesus on a Bench, Man vs. Machine

Three Images the World Needed Employees of the U.S. government refer to people they murder as “bugsplat.” They pretend that the men, women, and children they are killing with drones are just bugs, because they just look like little fuzzy creatures on a computer screen. Thank goodness for the artists who have put a giant …

Mini-Me: Don’t Reform the CIA. Abolish It

Don’t Reform the CIA. Abolish It. by Jacob G. Hornberger March 12, 2014 Anyone who reads the works of the late Chalmers Johnson will have an excellent understanding of the role that the U.S. national-security state, especially the vast military empire and military-industrial complex, plays in America’s foreign-policy woes. I particularly recommend his four books: …

Wayne Madsen: Snowden Had Help — CIA vs NSA Story Gains Traction

Snowden was not alone: CIA faction behind leak of NSA document trove February 15-17, 2014 Sources within the U.S. intelligence community have told WMR, on the condition of anonymity, that National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden gained access to and released tens of thousands of classified NSA documents because a faction within the Central Intelligence …