Chuck Spinney: Obama & Netanyabua — Scorpions in a Bottle

How two scorpions trapped in a bottle weaken each other while they strengthen Hamas and Iran and increase the risks of nuclear proliferation throughout the Middle East. Attached is an excellent explanation of this.  Not addressed specifically, but nevertheless implicit in the discussion is the universal influence of domestic politics in the shaping or a …

David Swanson: Obama OK on Israel Nuking Iran — AFTER the November 2012 Election

Evidence of War Lies Public Pre-War This Time By David Swanson WarIsACrime.org, 9 March 2012 When President George W. Bush was pretending to want to avoid a war on Iraq while constantly pushing laughably bad propaganda to get that war going, we had a feeling he was lying.  After all, he was a Republican.  But …

Eagle: NSA Whistle-Blower: Obama Worse than Bush

NSA whistle-blower: Obama “worse than Bush” Thomas Drake on life inside the National Security Agency and the price of truth telling Matthew Harwood Salon, 7 March 2012 Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to prosecute for leaking information about waste, fraud and abuse at the National Security Agency, now works …

David Swanson: Nobel Peace Prize in Toilet – Pressure Mounts to Rescind Obama Award and Clean Up the Entire Process

Petition: Investigate Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize Dear Members of Stockholm’s County Administrative Board: The signers of this petition include an array of peace groups and peace activists based in the United States.   The undersigned wish to endorse and support the investigation that Stockholm’s County Administrative Board has reportedly begun based on it supervisory …

Eagle: Israel Does the Shiksa, “Owns” Obama

Shiksa: a disparaging and offensive term applied to a non-Jewish girl or woman.  As in “Shiksas don’t count.” 2013 Budget: ‘Difficult Cuts’ for Americans, Jackpot for Israel EXTRACT: Yet, instead of reducing or even just freezing levels of U.S. military aid to Israel, President Obama wants to provide Israel with $3.1 billion of U.S. taxpayer-funded …