The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
WAR POWERS ACT Is Obama above the law By GEORGE F. WILL Miami Herald, 05.30.11 The U.S. intervention in Libya’s civil war, intervention that began with a surplus of confusion about capabilities and a shortage of candor about objectives, is now taking a toll on the rule of law. In a bipartisan cascade of hypocrisies, …
Congress Returns to Town With Demand Obama Get OK on Libya Fox News, May 22, 2011 President Obama could be impeached for violating U.S. Constitution and law by going into Libya without congressional consent, but Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he doesn’t want to cause that kind of havoc on the Republic, he just wants the …
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This important essay by Robert Parry contextualizes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s arrogant stuffing of President Obama, which took place after Obama gave a weak-kneed speech on the Middle East. If Parry is right, a really dirty game is in the offing. And look at the banality of language that provoked Netanhahu: Obama’s speech purported to …
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‘Carlos The Jackal,’ Cold War Terrorist: Osama Bin Laden ‘Will Be Remembered In 100 Years’ Time’ 05/19/11 11:16 AM ET STOCKHOLM — The notorious Cold War terrorist Carlos the Jackal says in an interview to be aired Thursday that Osama bin Laden is a martyr who earned himself a place in history through terrorism. In …
Obama’s Middle East speech missed ‘historic opportunity,’ say many Arabs While those involved in Arab uprisings welcomed Obama’s support, others were disappointed with his failure to apologize for US support for Middle East dictators EXTRACT: “Obama really had an opportunity to reshape and reframe the debate and … he gave it away,” says Shadi Hamid, …
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My friend Jeff Madrick, and old fashioned liberal democrat in the best sense of the term, has penned a pithy analysis of the anti-empirical madness now dominating the contemporary American political economy. Jeff concludes that the Right ignores its track record, particularly regarding the clear economic effects of tax cuts, and is rarely challenged on …
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