George Carlin and Bill Hicks tell it like it is.
Greenwald: The REAL U.S. Government
I’ve been posting the Washington Post’s recent series on the Stasi-esque security state that has sprung up in the U.S. since 9/11. It’s a pretty good piece, but it’s the Washington Post, and if you’re reading this, chances are that you’re already aware of the fact that the mainstream media has merely been a branch [...]
Top Secret America; The spooks are running the assylum
Dana Priest and William M. Arkin have spent two years investigating what they call “an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight.” Part one of their expose is below, after the video. The video is a trailer for a companion piece that Frontline [...]
Obama kicks progressives directly in the nuts – AGAIN
Gosh, this is just soooo shocking… Obama Hires Fmr. Wellpoint Exec to Implement Health Care Law by: David Sirota Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 19:31 From the Department of You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up, check out this little-noticed report from the Billings Gazette today: Liz Fowler, a key staffer for U.S. Sen. Max [...]
Yet another NY Times pro-Israel propoganda piece
I almost did a spit-take with my coffee while perusing the New York Times this morning. For a split second, the following headline provided a glimmer of hope that perhaps the editors were asleep at the switch. Trapped by Gaza Blockade, Locked in Despair Wow! That headline does look promising. Did the New York Times [...]
Bageant: Waltzing at the doomsday ball
Joe Bageant’s at it again. This guy hits more nails squarely on their heads than Norm freaking Abram ever did on his best day. The entire article is worthy of being excerpted, but that kind of defeats the purpose of excerpting, so here’s a small sample to suck you in, followed by the entire piece. [...]
July 4th, or … I pledge allegiance to the aircraft carrier
“Wake up sucker! We’re thieves and we’re bad guys, that’s exactly what we are.” ~ Peter — Dawn of the Dead I watched Dawn of the Dead (the original) on the evening of July 3rd. I’ve seen it a bunch of times, actually, but this was the first time I had watched it in about [...]
The CIA, Likud, and the October Surprise
In case you weren’t already aware of the October Surprise, here’s a bit of background. In 1953, the CIA’s Operation Ajax unseated Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, and inserted the U.S. friendly Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as the Shah (ancestral Monarch). Mossadegh had to go because he was the chief architect of the nationalization [...]
Michael Hastings and Lara Logan: Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, and good reporting is bad reporting
Last week, I wrote about the recent General McChrystal hoo ha. I pointed out the colossal mindfuckery of a system that tolerates wholesale murder in the pursuit of empire, while drawing the line of acceptability at petty personal insults. I reminded everyone that it was just a few short months ago that the New York [...]
