Chuck Spinney: USAF General James Post Says Telling the Truth to Congress About the A-10 is “Treason” — Really…

USAF General James Post’s Mexican Hot Platter There are indications and warnings (I&W) that the U.S. Air Force is headed for the rubber room, at least if the attitude of Major General James Post, the Vice Commander of Air Combat Command is an I&W of the Air Force’s corporate attitude.  As I said in an …

SchwartzReport: A Coup (Treason), Electoral Reform, or Continue Business as Usual Looting the Commonwealth?

TREASON noun treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; sedition, subversion, mutiny, rebellion. ANTONYMS allegiance, loyalty. This is the voice of the Theocratic Right. Fox News Analyst Tells Tea Party Group He Can Lead a Military Coup Against Obama TRAVIS GETTYS – The Raw Story A retired Army general and Fox News analyst told a Tea Party group …

SchwartzReport: CITIZENS UNITED Treason Playing Out at State Level Now

Citizens United is perhaps the the worst Supreme Court decision since Dred Scott v. Sandford. One resulted in a Civil War, the other is destroying democracy. I am astonished how little citizen outcry there is about this. The pernicious effects have extended into the State level, which is even more vulnerable to influence and money. …

Chuck Spinney: Mission Accomplished in Afghanistan — Treason, Looting of the Commonwealth, Destruction of the Millitary, and Wanton Collateral Damage…

Below, Seumas Milne well summarizes the calamitous results of our misbegotten GWOT* crusades in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.  The result is not pretty, but that is hardly surprising. While Milne’s call for accountability applies to the British contribution to the GWOT, it bespeaks volumes for the United States — a country that prides itself on its …