Chuck Spinney: The United States of Confusion and Disorder

The United States of Confusion and Disorder Descent into Chaos by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY COUNTERPUNCH, WEEKEND EDITION NOVEMBER 1-3, 2013 The US exit strategy from Afghanistan is emerging …. and the picture is not pretty. Nevertheless, it is a revealing microcosm of what now passes for governance in the United States of Confusion and Disorder. …

Chuck Spinney: The Lofgren Corollary: The Method Behind the Madness of the Shutdown

It is easy to look at the shutdown and the concomitant chaos in federal government as the product of incompetence and corruption.  But it was a deliberate effort by a vocal congressional minority from safe, cynically gerrymandered, congressional districts to sabotage the functioning of the entire federal government. One would think that a deliberate effort …

Paul Craig Roberts: Is the USA a “Failed State?”

A Plague Upon The World: The USA is a “Failed State” Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary US Treasury, Associate Editor Wall Street Journal, Professor of Political Economy Center for Strategic and International Studies Georgetown University Washington DC. Question:  Dr. Roberts,  the United States is regarded as the …

Marcus Aurelius: Defense Orders Most Furloughed Players Back to Work

Not sure just what this really means — What does “most” mean? I read the language of the law, which extremely broad and permissive. DoJ and, of course DoD (little difference) attorneys appear to have construed the language VERY, VERY narrowly SECDEF’s memo, link highlighted, follows suit, seeming to focus on employees doing things like …

Gordon Duff: Are the Mormons in Charge of America’s Drug Empire? Is NSA Part of Their Power Base?

America’s Drug Empire Narcotics: Business of Western wars “Heroin trafficking is the lubrication that keeps the wheels of Western politics moving as intended.”   It was only a week ago that the US government released Eric Harroun, a former soldier who had been fighting with foreign backed al-Qaeda terrorists and the CIA against the Assad …