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Some of us may have been shocked to have read The New York Post’s coverage of trouble at #OWS.  As a native born Neu Yawker I'm used to the Post's peculiar way of, uh, I think they call it reporting.  I did a little research and I’m gonna say, the NY Post twists a story with clear intent to spread propaganda and to sow seeds of discontent, divide and conquer, create media stars and generally distract from the fact that #OWS is astonishingly, beyond comprehensionally, ragingly SUCCESSFUL!  Now... Read Full Story

What can you say about people who betray your trust?  Not a whole lot.  What can you do?  That depends on how egregious the betrayal.  In these times when a stark, survivalist mentality seems normal, it would seem "right action" requires a bit of thought and investigation. It does occur to me, however, that if the agency which is supposed to be tracking cyber crimes COMMITS them, an investigation would make sense. Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD By Adrian... Read Full Story

I've come back to Key West after having spent the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in NYC, with friends and strangers and a lot of folks taking a break from the smarmy cynicism that poisons too much conversation.  There  is such beauty in mourning and we mustn't ever let anyone tell us to "move on."  Yes, being dysfunctional is not good but as long as one is still participating in the real world, who is to say what is dysfunctional?  I love New York.  I will always be a New Yorker and completely... Read Full Story

Self defined as the 99% who pay taxes and get screwed with less than 1% of the profits, a determined and disciplined group of mostly early 30 year olds attempted to occupy Wall Street.  Even the benches were fenced in!!!  After a day of playing hide & seek with the NYPD, the radicals settled in at "Liberty Park" on Broadway just north of Wall.  Although the afternoon was fraught with chaos and potential police riot, once this detente was reached everyone settled in.  I took a break and... Read Full Story

This is really important stuff.  It exposes how evil the forces are, that there is NO moral code they live by.  They'd shoot their own child in the head if it got what was necessary.  EVIL! Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group By: Kirk James Murphy, M.D. Saturday December 4, 2010 9:20 pm Yesterday Alexander Cockburn reminded us of the news Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett broke at Counterpunch in September.   Julian Assange’s chief accuser in Sweden has a... Read Full Story

From The Nation comes Jeremy Scahill's latest, very important article.  He discusses the "covert operations" perpetrated by Blackwater and other mercenary war opportunists like DynCorp within the framework of official government policies, now exposed by Wikileaks, connecting the dots.  It's all so reminiscent of  our "special advisers" in Vietnam and the terrible toll it took on our country.  We're neck deep in the big muddy, but the big fools say to push on. The (Not So) Secret (Anymore) US... Read Full Story

This is the way we need to go.  There are no easy solutions, no wiggle room.  Just pack it up and say, "Sorry, folks, we bombed your country and now we have no solutions.  But you can do it without us.  We're just making more trouble than it's worth."  This is from The Raw Story: Kucinich to force Congress to vote on withdrawing from Afghanistan after news Obama will extend war to 2014 By Eric W. Dolan [....] Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) blasted President Barack Obama Wednesday over... Read Full Story

Have you had enough of the corporate take-over of America?  If this last election didn't rub it into your nose enough that money buys power and democracy is an illusion, just wait.  The next few months are gonna make you long for the Reagan era (gag). Citizens United was a disaster for our ability to hold fair elections since it granted "personhood" to corporations, allowing big money to give however much it could to the candidates who would sing the song they picked.  But we do have some... Read Full Story

We, the People were lied to about 9/11 and the reasons to bomb people in Afghanistan, then Iraq.  There has never been any reason to go to war with these countries since the "attack" of 9/11 was perpetrated by Saudis and a couple of misfits, none from those two countries.  Yet we have destroyed them.  Why?  Oil and now, we are learning about precious minerals in Afghanistan, plus pipelines, et al, et nauseum. If we are to have any credibility in the future of this planet, we must take the... Read Full Story

There is too much to lose if we let ourselves become deluded into thinking "they're all the same."  Yes, Obama and the Dems have let us down but just imagine what this country will turn into if the tea baggers and repuglicans take over Congress. They already own the Supremes and have essentially given the richest 2% complete power over the electoral process by granting corporations the right to spend as much as they want to on campaign funding.  How do you think that will INFORM citizens... Read Full Story