Penguin: Wikileaks Exposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership for What It Is — Secret Predatory Corporate Corruption Enabled by Secret Government Complicty in Looting the Public Purse

WikiLeaks releases major trade agreement draft chapter The TPP, based on the draft chapter, seems set to be yet another boon for corporate interests Natasha Lennard Salon, Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement — an international trade agreement some years in the making between major world powers including the U.S., Canada and Japan …

Penguin: Stonewalling Fukushima – a Betrayal of the Public Trust

Think of the vastness of the evil of covering up this baby (headlines by country, plus streaming — truly shocking): http://enenews.com/ Almost a complete blackout across the board when we there should be a national mobilization of state and local civil officialdom including schools to begin the measured precautions to protect our kids, particularly on …

Penguin: Our Veterans, Our Blood, Our Soul

This captures my continuing anguish. How American Troops in Afghanistan became Unreal (Jones) Ann Jones writes at Tomdispath.com Informed Comment Posted on 11/08/2013 by Juan Cole The last time I saw American soldiers in Afghanistan, they were silent. Knocked out by gunfire and explosions that left them grievously injured, as well as drugs administered by …

Penguin: South Africa Opts Out of Predatory IMF/WTO System

Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University, was Chairman of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. His most recent book is The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers our Future. South Africa …

Penguin: Our Oath to the Constitution — and Our Failure to Honor that Oath…

The old guard, with a touch of guilt and and what remains of integrity, is trying to call a halt to the rape of the Army. The neo-con dead-enders and Obamites feel their wings getting clipped and are enlisting the Barnos to sharpen their beaks. U.S. war decisions rightfully belong to elected civilian leaders, not …