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Syria: It’s Not a Civil War and it Never Was
by Ulson Gunnar | Dec 29, 2015 | Featured Articles
The weapons are foreign, the fighters are foreign, the agenda is foreign. As Syrian forces fight to wrest control of their country back and restore order within their borders, the myth of the “Syrian civil war” continues on. Undoubtedly there are Syrians who oppose...
What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2016? More of Everything We Don’t Want
by John W. Whitehead | Dec 29, 2015 | Featured Articles
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. 1 In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again...
Retro Cold War Guff From the NY Times
by Eric Margolis | Dec 28, 2015 | Featured Articles
A striking example of how dangerously Americans are misinformed and misled by the war party was featured in a major article in 24 December, New York Times.In “Russia Rearms for a New Era,” the authors assert Russian military spending is growing and has risen $11...
What Are The Chances For Peace in 2016?
by Ron Paul | Dec 28, 2015 | Featured Articles
Each year more than one trillion dollars goes up in smoke. More accurately, it is stolen from the middle and working classes and shipped off to the one percent. I am talking about the massive yearly bill to maintain the US empire. Washington’s warmongers have sold the...
The FBI’s 1,800-Page Obsession With Peace Activist Pete Seeger
by Adam Dick | Dec 27, 2015 | Featured Articles
It may not be surprising that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) snooped on renowned singer-songwriter Pete Seeger for decades and even that the bureau’s file on Seeger runs to nearly 1,800 pages. After all, Seeger was a high-profile opponent of the Vietnam...
A Call for Proof on Syria-Sarin Attack
by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | Dec 24, 2015 | Featured Articles
MEMORANDUM FOR: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Sarin Attack at Ghouta on Aug. 21, 2013 In a Memorandum of Oct. 1, 2013, we asked each of you to make...
Your Business Been Hacked? Thanks NSA!
by Peter van Buren | Dec 24, 2015 | Featured Articles
It appears that the NSA (“or someone”) hacked into the code of a popular firewall and planted a password in there that would allow them access as needed. That means the NSA (“or someone”) would be able to bypass the security features of a network and do what they...
Your Business Been Hacked? Thanks NSA!
by Peter van Buren | Dec 24, 2015 | Featured Articles
It appears that the NSA (“or someone”) hacked into the code of a popular firewall and planted a password in there that would allow them access as needed. That means the NSA (“or someone”) would be able to bypass the security features of a network and do what they...
Ron Paul Warned About This: TSA Removes Opt-Out From Full Body Scanners
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 24, 2015 | Featured Articles
Never let a crisis go to waste. That is the motto of every government agency and every bureaucrat. Citing "heightened tensions over terrorism," the Transportation Safety Administration has unilaterally decided that fliers can no longer "opt-out" of the potentially...
The SEALS Beat a Man to Death — Should We Care?
by Peter van Buren | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured Articles
Here’s what happened: The three Navy SEALs stomped on bound Afghan detainees and dropped heavy stones on their chests. They stood on the prisoners’ heads and poured bottles of water on their faces in an improvised form of waterboarding. A bomb had exploded at an...
What If Jesus Had Been Born 2,000 Years Later in the American Police State?
by John W. Whitehead | Dec 22, 2015 | Featured Articles
“Two thousand years later … the memory of the revolutionary zealot who walked across Galilee gathering an army of disciples with the goal of establishing the Kingdom of God on earth, the magnetic preacher who defied the authority of the Temple priesthood in Jerusalem,...
Do We Need the Fed?
by Ron Paul | Dec 21, 2015 | Featured Articles
Stocks rose Wednesday following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of the first interest rate increase since 2006. However, stocks fell just two days later. One reason the positive reaction to the Fed’s announcement did not last long is that the Fed seems to lack...
The Clash of Stupidity: Republican Debate Part V
by Justin Pavoni | Dec 19, 2015 | Featured Articles
Watching the Republican debates has become a surreal experience, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. Terrorism in general and ISIS in particular were very much the focus area of the fifth and final GOP presidential debate in 2015 and fear is what’s for...
Why the US Pushes an Illusory Syrian Peace Process
by Gareth Porter | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured Articles
The anti-Assad coalition led by the United States continues to stagger toward the supposed objective of beginning peace negotiations between the Syrian government and what has now been blessed as the politically acceptable “opposition”. The first such meeting was...
Obama Administration Fights To Withhold Over 2,000 Photos Of Alleged US Torture and Abuse
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured Articles
President Obama once pledged that his government would be the most transparent in history — a claim that is often mocked by civil libertarians and other critics who accuse him of almost Nixonian secrecy policies and inclinations. That troubling record is playing out...
Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us
by Peter van Buren | Dec 17, 2015 | Featured Articles
In the many strategies proposed to defeat the Islamic State (IS) by presidential candidates, policymakers, and media pundits alike across the American political spectrum, one common element stands out: someone else should really do it. The United States will send in...
Washington’s ‘Plan B’ in Syria: Renewed Military Intervention to Oust Assad?
by Finian Cunningham | Dec 17, 2015 | Featured Articles
US top diplomat John Kerry appeared to offer cooperation during lengthy talks in Moscow this week with President Vladimir Putin. Kerry said that US policy was not trying to isolate Russia, neither was it seeking regime change in Syria. Rhetoric aside, Kerry’s...
How US and EU Manipulate Public Consciousness: Montenegro
by Ion Todescu | Dec 16, 2015 | Featured Articles
I’ve been working on this post for a long time, meticulously collecting scraps of information piece by piece to give you a comprehensive picture. It is well known that the US employs a sophisticated network of non-governmental organizations to manipulate public...
‘Washington Has Gone From “Regime Change” to “Political Transition” in Syria, But We are Not Stupid’
by RT | Dec 16, 2015 | Featured Articles
It is a good sign that John Kerry visited Moscow and had high-level meetings, but we must remember that US foreign policy will not change on a dime, said Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. RT: Washington appears to...
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