The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The below essay by Jonathan Cook is a show stopper. Cook, a British writer, is an independent reporter based in Nazareth, Israel. Cook has proven himself to be one of the most insightful western observers now reporting on Israel, the Palestinian conflict, and the Middle East in general. In the classic Beyond Culture, the great …
Questions for the Electors on Russian Hacking by ANDREW COCKBURN, Counterpunch, 14 December 2016 It is being reported that John Podesta, Chairman of the defeated $1.2 billion Clinton presidential campaign, is supporting the call by various officials, including at least forty Electors, that the members of the Electoral College be given a classified intelligence briefing …
The writer, Uri Avnery is in his early 90s; a former terrorist in the Irgun, a hero of the 1948 war, a former member of the Knesset, Avnery today is Israel’s leading peace advocate. Avnery is arguably Israel’s most eloquent spokesman for a two state solution, with Israel living peacefully side by side with a …
Happy Days Are Here Again New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd occasionally gets one just right. Her attached op-ed, The Perfect G.O.P. Nominee, well sums up the happy state of affairs in the smoke filled rooms of the Single-Party American Deep State. I particularly like Ms. Dowd’s loaded reference to primogeniture, particularly — at the …
Below is a stunning report describing the Saudi slaughter in Yemen and the U.S. culpability in abetting this slaughter. This story is written by Andrew Cockburn, a good friend (caveat emptor: I am biased). Yemen has a population of almost 27 million, making it the seventh largest of the 22 Arab countries, exceeding the population of Syria …
Why Is the U.S. Air Force Dismantling Some of Its Stored A-10s? Old Warthogs should remain flyable by JAMES STEVENSON, War is Boring, 3 August 2016 The U.S. Marine Corps, tired of waiting for the continuously-delayed F-35B, has gone to the Arizona boneyard to retrieve some of its preserved, first-edition F-18 Hornets to fulfill its …
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Flush With Cash; Running on Empty (V) Message of the 2016 Election: Goodbye Checks and Balances for Controlling Defense Spending Phi Beta Iota: Neither Trump nor Clinton have a clue — they are all mouth and no brain — or ethics — on the subject of national defense. Chuck, and the National Interest article he …
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