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The Shotgun Sings the Song
It’s becoming clear just what Margaret Thatcher meant when she told everyone that there was no alternative to neoliberalism. In an absolutely stunning article, economist Michael Hudson explains how the US is wielding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a … Continue reading
Return to Sender
Crimes committed by the empire on the periphery always return to the center. Always. Bombing, murder, torture, drone assassinations, and employing terrorist proxies as cut-outs are some of the many crimes carried out by the US government in an effort to … Continue reading
Control
If Americans appear clueless about foreign policy it’s by design. The rationales offered range from fighting terrorists who threaten our homeland, to protecting helpless civilians, to spreading peace and democracy. Hopefully you, dear reader, don’t need me to point out … Continue reading
The Great Game
I’ve always wondered if Obama is a figure-head for the deep state or if he’s in on it. Paul Craig Roberts is wondering the same thing in response to Turkey shooting down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border. Here’s … Continue reading
The Rabbit Hole
Why is it that the CIA, while ostensibly an intelligence agency, instead has operated as a para-military unit fomenting coups and instigating regime change in numerous foreign countries? Also, has the CIA been operating as a rogue agent carrying out these policies or … Continue reading
Broken Record
At risk of sounding, once again, like a broken record, here’s a very easy point to remember–if you deplore terrorism, don’t employ terrorists. Also, for those who still have a hard time accepting that our country does bad things, here … Continue reading
Reaping the Whirlwind
I feel like a lonely voice in the wilderness, warning of the consequences of US foreign policies. The polices our elite have chosen–that of employing Sunni terrorists to smash any secular government that puts its citizens ahead of US corporations–have … Continue reading
The Safari Club
The Safari Club sounds like a seedy stripper bar on the wrong side of the tracks that sells cheap beer and has a condom machine in the mens room advertising–For Her Pleasure. In reality the Safari Club is an instructional story … Continue reading