The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Obama to Use Pension Funds of Ordinary Americans to Pay for Bank Mortgage “Settlement” Naked Capitalist, 23 January 2012 EXTRACT: The president seems to labor under the misapprehension that crimes by members of the elite must be swept under the rug because prosecuting them would destablize the system. What he misses is that we are …
The State of Obama’s 2008 Promises Presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Democratic primary last time around largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq. Then he chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who had led efforts in the U.S. Senate to support …
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Chris Hedges’ latest. Thank You for Standing Up Chris Hedges truthdig, 23 January 2012 EXTRACT: Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick-Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.” The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the …
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How the media enable the Republican tax agenda By Mike Lofgren, Nieman Watchdog, Commentary, January 18, 2012 Mike Lofgren, the former Republican congressional staffer who recently decried the descent of the GOP into lunacy, blames the press for not holding politicians accountable for their budgetary flimflam in the service of the rich. The result: A …
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Kissinger vows to China: “Jeb Bush Will Be Next President” Sorcha Faal WhatDoesThisMean.com, 18 January 2012 A shocking report prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Prime Minister Putin on the just completed meeting between China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger states that the Chinese were told …
We don’t make this stuff up. The good news first — if Stephen Colberg decides to run for President, he will win if he has We the People Reform Coalition as a foundation. 2012-01-17 Third-Party Colbert Would Get 13%: Poll If Stephen Colbert decided to run for president as a third-party candidate, his performance might …
Ron Paul: An Intellectual Revolution? Jesse DeathRattleSports, 16 January 2012 What we all need to wake up to is that there is a truth he is not talking about, nor any of the establishment candidates: No matter who gets elected things are going to radically change in the coming years. The industrial age is not …
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