However, I'm perplexed as to why it tastes so acrid and bitter . By the way - this makes me wonder in turn how well Canada's own no-fly list is growing. (Then again - aren't the two shared anyway ?) Oh yeah - vive la démocratie et la liberté ! Read Full Story
Not only is the US media actually arguing (if not demanding) that the Bush administration's ( criminal ) actions of the last eight years remain concealed, buried and forgotten , the silence on our side with regards to the implicit criminality of CSIS/RCMP agents allowing /enabling/ encouraging renditions of people to countries with the knowledge that they would be tortured, and/or taking torture-obtained testimonies for their own uses, is equally mindboggling. All of the above is especially... Read Full Story
The rampant hypocrisy with regards to prosecuting war crimes has reached a nauseating level. Such hypocritical double standards - like supporting the International Criminal Court's arrest order against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir while at the same time refusing to hold U.S. officials to the same standards - is of course largely fueled by the media : to this effect, here's just one recent example of the fallacious (if not often self-contradictory) reasoning used to promulgate the... Read Full Story
Following up on this earlier post of today - here's a very à propos OpEd driving the point home: Wars, Endless Wars by Bob Herber The singer Edwin Starr, who died in 2003, had a big hit in 1970 called "War" in which he asked again and again: "War, what is it good for?" The U.S. economy is in free fall, the banking system is in a state of complete collapse and Americans all across the country are downsizing their standards of living. The nation as we've known it is fading before our very eyes... Read Full Story
Back there , I called incompetence on ( gasp !) President Obama and his administration. As a consequence, I've received a couple of, ah, " aggressive-defensive " e-mails hotly contesting my aforementioned conclusion. (There were even calls for me to "surrender" my progressive credentials and other such nonsense) Now, here's a refresher of the Eight Principles of Incompetence : Zeroth Principle : Incompetence is driven by intellectual sloth . First Principle : Incompetence surrounds itself... Read Full Story
That's right - we're not that special ... definitely. You see, it's not just dolphins who can "sense the future" or plan for it, but our evolutionary (distant) cousins as well . And now that belief in the supernatural has been scientifically demonstrated to be nothing more than something "in our heads", then perhaps we'll stop thinking of ourselves as so damn special/privileged and start dealing with the world, and the universe, with much sober humility and understanding. Who knows what we... Read Full Story
Interestingly enough, when the conservative Republicans launched their “conversation with America” Jeb Bush was among those taking part. Is this an indication of what is to come? Can America endure another Bush in the White House?
According to ABC news:
It was the first of several events planned as part of a new movement they’re calling The National Council for a New America. The event drew some of the biggest names in the GOP, including former presidential candidate Mitt Romney... Read Full Story
Following up on this post from yesterday ... interesting question, indeed: Obama's Budget A Banana Republic by 2012? By Paul Craig Roberts President Obama has presented the most irresponsible budget in US history. His fiscal year 2010 budget projects federal spending of $3.5 trillion and a federal deficit of $1.75 trillion. In other words, 50 percent of the government’s budget consists of red ink. And Americans are angry that sub-prime borrowers took mortgages they couldn’t afford. The bald... Read Full Story
Following up on today's earlier post regarding the ongoing Afghanistan FUBAR , as well as an older post concerning resource wars , I offer this interesting piece which also reminds me of the concept of " communicating vases/quagmires " ( Operation Enduring Propaganda , anyone?): Freeing Up Resources ... for More War By Norman Solomon Hours after President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, The New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw "American combat... Read Full Story
Still going, and going, and going .... Seven Years of Wartime Propaganda From Bush to Obama By Anthony DiMaggio Despite the termination of George W. Bush’s presidency, continued opposition to ending the Iraq war remains in the halls of Washington and amongst media pundits. In a Meet the Press interview this month, Washington Post reporter Thomas Ricks explained that, under current thinking in Washington, the U.S. may continue “to have American troops dying in Iraq for years to come.” He... Read Full Story
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