Some in South Korea dispute the official version of events: that a North Korean torpedo ripped apart the Cheonan. [ … now that’s what I’m Tonkin about … ] The way U.S. officials see it, there’s little mystery behind the most notorious shipwreck in recent Korean history. Secretary of State […]
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Give Us Your Lavishly Rich, Your Xenophobic Immigrants. Taking our jobs and public assistance. The cause of all our problems. But it’s not true. We’re blaming people who are struggling day-by-day to survive on their own or support their families, while we applaud a system that allows a financial expert […]
Very often, if you want an explanation for things that seem to be beyond explanation, you can profit from looking to the past. This interview – recorded nearly 30 years ago about events that took place over 60 years ago is one of the most remarkable bits of video I’ve ever seen. Must watching. Video: […]
9/11 was like Pearl Harbor to America, uniting many, awakening bitter skepticism in a few. Where Pearl Harbor began America’s official role in crushing the Fascist juggernaut that threatened to dominate the world, 9/11 had quite the opposite effect. America’s response to 9/11 was oppression at home and a tirade […]
The Israeli government has refused to provide the United Nations assurance to discontinue its illegal usage of internationally banned white phosphorus bombs, which it used heavily in its latest war on the Gaza Strip, causing hundreds of Palestinian deaths, in addition to serious environmental damage. Israel submitted an official report […]
[ … and when we say ‘rock’ we don’t mean the good kind of rock ] The Conflict A cartoon published in an American newspaper in 2002 showed former president George Bush sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, utterly confused by a news report he was reading about […]
https://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ I realise that Democracy Now are, to some extent, gatekeepers, but both these interviews are worth a listen. “Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation Reveals Massive, Unmanageable, Outsourced US Intelligence System” https://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/19/top_secret_america__washington_post “Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System” […]
I couldn’t help the sarcastic title – I blame it on a bit of grim humor I sensed in the video – you’ll see – but the documents are, after all, an important part of the experiment. But if one is to accept the official explanations fed to the public […]
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