Greg Palast: Why are Christie and the Kochs in my driveway? It’s time to subpoena the Committee for Our Children’s Future

Why are Christie and the Kochs in my driveway? It’s time to subpoena the Committee for Our Children’s Future By Greg Palast for Truthout Thursday, 16. January 2014 Far more insidious, more corrosive and dangerous than the Governor of New Jersey playing traffic warden is the story of Gov. Chris Christie’s secret meetings with a …

ScvhwartzReport: Truths

Few people seem to realize that six of nine Justices on the Supreme Court are Roman Catholics. As this essay explains this has had a significant impact on the Court’s decisions concerning women. The Catholic Supreme Court’s War on Women JAMIE STIEHM – U.S. News and World Report Here is the latest in the GMO …

2014 Rethinking National Intelligence — Seven False Premises Blocking Intelligence Reform

Is this the year in which populism defeats the two-party system, when the US stops borrowing to finance waste, and when the NSA debacle outrages the American people to the point that they call for a radical overhaul of the government? – DOC (12 Pages): Rethinking Intelligence 2.3 This post is available for complete re-posting …

Andy Piascik: “OBAMACARE” and the Bogus Health Care Debate

“OBAMACARE” AND THE BOGUS HEALTH CARE DEBATE The biggest secret of politics in the United States is that a majority of the population is to the left of both major parties. This can be amply demonstrated by comparing public opinion on a host of issues to the policies pushed by corporate and political elites. Whether …

Rickard Falkvinge: Copyright Infringement is Not Theft

Reminder 1: Copyright Monopoly Infringement Isn’t Stealing (Says The US Supreme Court) Copyright Monopoly:  Over the Yule holidays, I’ll be running a series of reminders of some of the most useful talkbacks. We open with one of the more common ones: copyright industry lawyers tend to insist that violation of the copyright monopoly is “stealing”. …