Eagle: Call for Internet “Quality Control” aka Quash Dissent

Columnist Calls for Internet “Quality Control” to Quash Dissent Michael Tennant New American, 25 January 2012 Do you think anthropogenic global warming is a hoax? Are you unconvinced that your ancestors had more in common with Cheetah than with Tarzan? Have you any doubts about the official version of how 9/11 went down? Then you, …

Theophillis Goodyear: Vandalism is Violence – Occupy Must REJECT

I just heard about what happened in Oakland. Rather than threatening lawsuits against the police, the OWS movement should use this moment to make a public appeal to protestors and say that destruction of any kind will not be tolerated by the OWS movement. For Gandhi, even unduly embarrassing the opponent was considered counter-productive. And …

Robert Steele: Slate and New America Foundation a Propaganda Front – Taking Money Under the Table?

Warning: This Site Contains Conspiracy Theories Does Google have a responsibility to help stop the spread of 9/11 denialism, anti-vaccine activism, and other fringe beliefs?  By Evgeny  Morozov|Posted Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at 7:43 AM ET In its early days, the Web was often imagined as a global clearinghouse—a new type of library, with the …

Chuck Spinney: How Bankers Own White House, Offer Clandestine Tax Evasion Services in USA

The Washington-Wall Street Revolving Door Keeps Spinning Tuesday 24 January 2012 by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Co. | Op-Ed We’ve already made our choice for the best headline of the year, so far: “Citigroup Replaces JPMorgan as White House Chief of Staff.” When we saw it on the website Gawker.com we had to smile — but the …