Back in 1991, I did a book review of J. Neil Schulman’s The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana (originally published 1990; sample). My review was posted and discussed on the “GEnie Science Fiction and Fantasy RoundTable” (I believe GEnie was one of those pre-Internet dial-up networks some of us used back in the day). I thought I had […]
By Michael HoffmanFrom a review of the book After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation (2009) by Giles MacDonogh:"This absorbing study of the Allied occupation of Germany and Austria from 1945 to 1949 shows that the end of WWII by no means ended the suffering. A vengeful Red Army visited on German women an ordeal of mass rape, while looting the Soviet occupation zone of almost everything of value, from watches to factories.
Terrorism has become as all-American as apple pie. It is ingrained in our civic DNA, it fills our newspapers and is the backstory for every foreign policy discussion on talk radio and television. One might reasonably expect that American mothers might now cajole their children into turning out the light and going to sleep not […]
Readers of this site are well aware of the revelations during the past six months of spying by the National Security Agency (NSA). Edward Snowden, a former employee of an NSA vendor, risked his life and liberty to inform us of a governmental conspiracy to violate our right to privacy, a right guaranteed by the […]
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by KenUnable to sleep, New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff tells us in his most recent blogpost ("To Sleep, Perchance (Very Good Chance) to Wake"), he turned to Ian Parker's article "The Big Sleep" in the magazine, about efforts by our friends the drug-makers t
Fresh attacks in Iraq left 17 dead and 11 wounded.
Voice of Russia
December 11, 2013
NATO engaged in wars of aggression against small countries – Rick Rozoff
John Robles
Recorded on December 7, 2013
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There's a last minute, rush/rush-end-of-the-world vote scheduled for Thursday in the House, presumably Friday in the House of Lords, for the Frankenstein's monster of a "compromise" that Establishment shills Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) reached Tuesday. The Budget Deal sucks. Can progressives stick to their values and principles and defeat it? Probably not. It's either this or the Republicans will shut down the government again.
Today’s Snowden flurries fall on Canada, whose spy agency collaborates with NSA to collect data in 20 countries, including data on Americans…Click here for free audiobook download, and generate $15 to the PBC Podcast from Audible!
Group of whistleblowers issues joint statement in support of Ed Snowden, calling for more disclosures of wrongdoing by insiders
–listener Ken Horton sent a radio spot that urges Utah to cut off water to the NSA’s Bluffdale wiretap warehouse, in response to our coverage yesterday
Jon Stewart Nails Obama on NSA: ‘If You Like Your Spy, You Can Keep Your Spy’
Last March – before Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s sweeping collection of phone and other data – Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said no such operation existed. Now, a group of ex-national security officials urge President Obama to fire Clapper.
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Fire James Clapper
Hey… we’re good for the next few weeks. Thanks DC
How’s it feel to have a gun to your head O’merica?
/by Lucas O'ConnorSan Diego is the largest border city in the country, and one of the last big cities where Republicans have been able to stay competitive. That's been changing in recent years thanks to a whole lot of hard work to organize emerging communities, and in a special election this February the city now has the chance to elect a strong progressive as San Diego's first Latino mayor.
This FAKE (planted) protestor is another in the long line begging Obama to supersede the (separated) Constitutional powers of the White House. Will he get his wish with this latest Czar appointment? Anything to keep Democrat voters happen in an (s)Election year right?
Al-Akhbar | December 11, 2013
Dutch water supplier Vitens has ended a partnership with Israeli water company Mekorot due to the “political context,” the Dutch company said on Wednesday.
The abrupt decision comes days after a visit to the Mekorot offices in Occupied Palestine by the Netherland’s trade minister Lilianne Ploumen was abruptly cancelled.
By Ben Taub
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Voice of Russia
December 11, 2013
Russia modernizing and building its defenses in response to modern threats
John Robles
Voice of Russia
December 11, 2013
France seeking to tighten grip on Africa
Sergey Duz
The French military seems to be holding its ground in Africa. Observers point out that Paris’s formally peacekeeping operations amount to an attempt to make the most of its presence in France’s former colonies politically and economically.
The Local
December 11, 2013
Germany tells Afghan leader to sign NATO pact
Germany’s defence minister on a visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday urged President Hamid Karzai to quickly sign a deal to pave the way for a continued NATO presence after 2014.
Karzai has so far refused to sign the agreement setting out rules for Western training and security support after most combat forces pull out, frustrating Washington which has warned it may withdraw altogether and freeze its aid.
World Bulletin
December 11, 2013
Montenegrins against NATO membership
38 per cent for, 45 per cent against NATO integration, Center for Democracy and Human Rights reports
Montenegro’s membership in NATO is supported by 38 per cent of the population, 6 per cent more than in March of this year, while 45 per cent of citizens are against and 17 per cent of respondents have no opinion on the matter, according to the latest research by the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDHR).
By Barbara Roberts and Martha Rosenberg | Dissident Voice | December 10, 2013
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently released new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines. They are an egregious example of much that is wrong with medicine today.
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | December 11, 2013
A little-known federal office has demonstrated that bankers have not avoided criminal prosecution altogether since the 2008 financial crisis. Experts note, however, that those thrown in jail have largely been from small institutions, leaving counterparts at Wall Street powerhouses untouched.
By Ismail Salami | Press TV | December 11, 2013
There is no remission to Washington’s belligerence towards Iran and no deal seems to be an antidote to this venom of spite secreted out on the part of the US officials on a daily basis.
By Michael Hoffman Copyright ©2013 www.revisionisthistory.orgHow our enemies despise the world that Norman Rockwell conveyed! In particular the innocence, the family values and the gay old times (before that word was ruined in our time).We are grateful for the many hours of time-traveling marvels which Mr.
Here in Switzerland, the train chugs along nicely between Geneva and Lausanne. The Alpine mountain range desperately fights to make its presence known despite the irritating persistence of low- hanging clouds. A friend had just introduced me to the music of J.J. Cale, but my thoughts were moving faster than the speed of the train. Time is too short to sleep, but never long enough to think.
by Judith Curry The U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment is holding a Hearing today: A Factual Look at the Relationship Between Climate and Weather. From the opening statement by Committee Chair Lamar Alexander: President Obama stated in his 2013 State … Continue reading →
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 108. This was my (remotely delivered) presentation, “Why Intellectual Property is not Genuine Property,” at the 3rd Adam Smith Forum, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 12, 2011). As I noted in a previous post, this event was held Nov. 12, 2011 in Moscow. It was organized by the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, the […]
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | December 9, 2013
Nearly a decade before Gary Webb published his investigative series on cocaine trafficking by Nicaraguan Contra rebels, U.S. law enforcement received a detailed account of top Contra leader Adolfo Calero casually associating with Norwin Meneses, called “a well-reputed drug dealer” in a “secret” document that I recently found at the National Archives.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 107. This was one of my guest appearances on Adam vs. the Man (Oct. 25, 2011), episode “on “AVTM + Stephan Kinsella: “Intellectual Property” vs The 4th Amendment,” discussing Copyright and Neo-Mercantilism and related issues. We discussed U.S. Copyright Czar Cozied Up to Content Industry, E-Mails Show and related issues such as neo-mercantilist aspects of […]
Although he hasn't announced it yet-- maybe because his spokesperson has other issues to deal with-- it's an open secret in Santa Clarita that Buck McKeon is retiring from congress to become a lobbyist for arms manufacturers.
UN climate panel leaders don't behave in a "policy-neutral, never policy-prescriptive" manner.
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari | FNA | December 8, 2013
TEHRAN – Syria is entrapped in a mesmerizing and unusual conflict these days. Fighters from more than 80 countries, mostly the European and Arab allies of the United States, have taken up arms against the Syrian government and persistently push for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad from power. Opinion polls, however, show that the majority of Syrians support President Assad and want him to remain in power.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 106. I was a guest today on the Peter Schiff Show (guest host Stefan Molyneux), discussing: ObamaCare’s Next Legal Hurdle. Stephan Kinsella, patent attorney & director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom, on how ObamaCare still fails any reasonable legal test, whether anything constructive may come from the Apple/Samsung […]
Palestine Information Center – 10/12/2013
BEIRUT — The Hamas movement has expressed its total rejection of the agreement linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, considering it a normalization and legalization to the Israeli occupation.
I asked one of the sharpest minds I know on Capitol Hill if there's a single issue facing Congress right now-- just one-- that separates conservatives from progressives. He didn't miss a beat: the Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act and the Strengthening Social Security. Act. Yesterday we had a guest post from the progressive candidate for the Maine Senate seat, Shenna Bellows, on the topic.
Russian Information Agency Novosti
December 11, 2013
Russia Warns of Nuclear Response to US Global Strike Program
MOSCOW: A senior government minister warned Wednesday that Russia could retaliate with a nuclear strike if a new US military strategy threatened its security.
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
C. Virgil Gheorghiu
From The Twenty-Fifth Hour (1949)
Translated by Rita Eldon
By Melanie Ward · December 11, 2013
“You destroy the soldier himself”
That was the response of Munir, a Palestinian who is faced with Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint opposite his shop in Hebron every day, when I asked him how he thought being in Hebron must affect the soldiers.
I have had so many encounters with Israeli soldiers during my time in Hebron – it is impossible not to, due to the intensity of the military occupation.
I have never ever pictured myself as being "racist".... I abhor that term, and fully understand that the term was invented on purpose to denigrate White Caucasian people exclusively....
Here is a summary I prepared of my interview with Dr. Stan Monteith on Radio Liberty, December 3, 2013. 2m – Canada now more economically free than the United States 3m – most recent to free enterprise in U.S. was for nearly 30 years after the end of the privately owned Second (central) Bank of […]
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In the years when I was growing up more or less middle class, American war on the childhood front couldn’t have been sunnier. True, American soldiers were fighting a grim new stalemate of a conflict in Korea and we kids often enough found ourselves crouched under our school desks practicing for […]
