Chuck Spinney: Obama’s Failure of Intelligence & Integrity

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 …

Bin Laden Show 67: Paradigm Shift — Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions

Towards a New Paradigm Shift: Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions By ESAM AL-AMIN 13-15 May 2011 EXTRACT: Despite the dozens of meetings in the review process, it’s remarkable that the whole premise of the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan was not challenged or probed. The U.S. has committed tens of thousands …

Bin Laden Show 32: Journalists on Fiction and Lies

Journalists Are Grumbling About Changing Raid Details By Uri Friedman May 05, 2011 Atlantic Monthly The White House’s account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has undergone some revisions in recent days–a fact White House press secretary Jay Carney (pictured above) attributed to a “fog of war” atmosphere as information continues to stream …

Bin Laden Show 17: From Insane to Preposterous

Headlines Only: Rashard Mendenhall fired by Champion over Osama bin Laden tweets Bin Laden, two others didn’t fire on SEALs: sources Captured wife relives bin Laden’s life in mansion Crashed Copter Sparks Concern About Secrets Military interrogators: Waterboarding didn’t yield tips that led to bin Laden Osama bin Laden death: Intelligence reveals US rail threat …