Berto Jongman: New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile + Cabal / Conspiracy Meta-RECAP

New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile Dr. Kevin Barrett PressTV, 13 July 2013 Recent studies by psychologists and social scientists in the US and UK suggest that contrary to mainstream media stereotypes, those labeled “conspiracy theorists” appear to be saner than those who accept the official versions of contested events. In short, …

Worth a Look: A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, And American Culture

A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, And American Culture Andrew Cockburn (RIP) Forthcoming 13 September 2013 — Pre-Order Now Open Cockburn, a radical journalist and Nation columnist who died in July 2012, casts a jaundiced, jolly eye on passing scenery in this stimulating if erratic miscellany. In these short, sharp pieces, …

Owl: Trans-Pacific Partnership A Worst Case View

Another Cog Coming Into Machinery of US Destruction: The Trans-Pacific Partnership This trade pact is vile beyond words. If passed, it will devastate the US economy, health, well-being and workplace like nothing that has ever come before it, making Clinton’s NAFTA look benign by comparison. This may become Obama’s greatest and most hostile anti-99% accomplishment …

Chuck Spinney: CIA Media Entanglement and Snowden Story

The corporate media’s long relationship with the spook world may help explain why it doesn’t like Snowden Sam Smith, Undernews, 2013-07-07 11:15 AM This obituary is of note because it is a rare example of that long-time media bedfellow of spooks, the Washington Post, telling a piece of the story of the long relationship between …

Chuck Spinney: Is Syria About Natural Gas Under the Mediterranean?

The attached essay describes the natural gas bonanza in the Eastern Mediterranean is packed with facts, and it will give you a headache reading it, but it is very important and I recommend it to your attention. Chuck Spinney Bastia, Corsica   Is the US Playing With Gas in Syria? Evan Taylor, Counterpunch, 2013-06-28 4:59 …

Mini-Me: NSA Routinely Monitored Barack Obama, John McCain, and Other Members

Huh? ORIGINAL NSA WHISTLEBLOWER: I Saw The Order To Wiretap Barack Obama In 2004 Michael Kelley Business Insider, 22 June 2013 Russ Tice worked as an offensive National Security Agency (NSA) agent from 2002 to 2005, before becoming a source for this Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times article exposing NSA domestic spying. This week he …