The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
How Ron Paul Could Win In the Soviet Union common criminals were punished less harshly and received better treatment than political prisoners. A person who had committed a violent crime had more rights than someone who expressed criticism of the government and could be portrayed as having acted against the government. We now have the …
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Read this at least three times. This is a talking points memorandum for the Empire cabal, which is now ready to take on the white guys (including the white guys with guns). They believe blacks and hispanics are cowed, “weed and seed” has been a success story (in their view). This is a subtle hit …
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Economists Scoff at Obama, Romney Job-Creation Myths: Ezra Klein Bloomberg, 11 January 2012 EXTRACT: Believing the Unbelievable To buy much of this requires you to hold deeply ridiculous beliefs about the American economy. You must believe that Obama bears responsibility for events that predate his presidency and deserves applause for the demand created by aging …
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Chris Hedges’ latest. Thank You for Standing Up Chris Hedges truthdig, 23 January 2012 EXTRACT: Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick-Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.” The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the …
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Huh? Black America Paralyzed, Powerless, Irrelevant: Year 4 of the Obama Era Bruce A. Dixon Black Agenda Report, 18 January 2012 Next week will mark the third anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration, and the unveiling of his fourth budget. Already White House spokespeople admit that it will be bad news for black and poor Americans. …
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Huh? Half of U.S. Households Took Government Benefits in 2010 Derek Thompson Atlantic, 17 January 2012 Is this statistic a watershed mark of our decline into socialism, a totally reasonable outcome from the Great Recession, or, somehow, both things at the same time? A record-high 49% of the population lived in a household receiving some …
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This appears to be a bluff, issues appears to distill down to how soon does our cut and run from Afghanistan become total. Decision Time In Afghanistan Anthony Cordesman Washington Post, 15 January 2012 …withdrawal of U.S. and allied troops from Afghanistan could plunge that country into a recession or depression by the end of …
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