The Real “National Security Budget: $1.2 Trillion

Tomgram: Chris Hellman, $1.2 Trillion for National Security Here’s the thing: the House Republicans are going after their version of unsightly pimples on the body politic — the programs they and their billionaire sponsors find ideologically unpalatable — without seriously considering where our money really flows.  We at TomDispatch thought we might lend a hand …

Michael Moore on the Class War & Looting of America

Recommended! Phi Beta Iota: Two items are included in full below the line in sequence.  To read them in their original online form, here are the two headlines: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin …a letter from Michael Moore Michael Moore: The Smug Wealthy Have Gone Too Far — And We’re Finally Fighting Back  

Afghanistan: Too Many Contractors, No Accountability

SECRECY NEWS EXTRACT: DOD CONTRACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN AT A RECORD HIGH The number of private security contractors employed by the Department of Defense in Afghanistan has reached a new record high, according to DoD statistics in a recently updated report (pdf) from the Congressional Research Service.