146 Articles

Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Point of No Return
(9 comments) Paulson's emergency session of Congress last night was characterized by lawmakers who attended as "chilling". The situation is much worse than government officials have let on so far. Ironically, the very people who created this mess, are the ones who will decide how to resolve it; the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury. Where else, but Washington would such massive failure be rewarded with more power and authority.

Friday, August 22, 2008
Bush to Putin: "Get out now!" Putin to Bush: "Nyet!"
(6 comments) When Vladimir Putin heard President Bush demand that Russian troops "leave Georgia territory immediately", he did what any sensible leader of a great nation would do; he yawned, scratched his belly and ambled over to the Kremlin frig to see if there were any left-overs from last night's imperial banquet with the French dignitaries.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
America On The Couch
(5 comments) America is a country badly in need of therapy. We don't know who we are anymore; everything is topsy-turvy. It's like we're suffering a national identity crisis and need a turn on the couch. There's just been too much change too fast and no one really knows what's going on. The torture thing was the last straw. That's where good old American values really took a shellacking.

Thursday, August 14, 2008
Putin Walks into a Trap
(4 comments) Did US military advisers set up a trap for Putin?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sorting Through the Rubble in Post-Bubble America
(1 comments) The hurricane that began with subprime mortgages, has swept through the credit markets wreaking havoc on municipal bonds, hedge funds, complex structured investments, and agency debt (Fannie Mae). Now the first gusts from the Force-5 gale are touching down in the real economy where the damage is expected to be widespread. The Labor Dept. reported on Friday that US employers cut 63,000 jobs in February, the biggest monthly...

Friday, January 11, 2008
The Winning Ticket: Hillary and Diebold in 2008
(4 comments) If this election had been conducted in any other country in the world, the Bush administration would have immediately dispatched an independent team of election observers and demanded a recount. But not in the good old USA, where stealing elections is replacing baseball as the national pastime.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The butcher's apron
(3 comments) When civil liberties are stripped away; elections become pointless. Freedom has nothing to do with pushing a colored-nob on a touch-screen computer every four years. Its about containing the power of the state. ...Freedom has become an empty sound bite that's sprinkled through presidential speeches or used to defend the latest bloody intervention in some foreign country. It's lost whatever meaning it had.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
A Dollar the Size of a Postage Stamp
The dollar is America's Achilles heel; if the dollar tanks, so does the empire. That means the taxpayer will have to foot the bill for Bush's bloody-interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than the Chinese.

Monday, November 26, 2007
"A Generalized Meltdown of Financial Institutions"
The credit storm that began in the United States with subprime mortgages has spread to markets across the globe. In fact, the train has already crashed. What we're seeing now is the boxcars piling up on top of each other.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Last Dead Bull on Wall Street
(1 comments) This is a bear market now. The last bull was dragged from the Street on Friday with a harpoon in its chest. The subprime contagion has now spread beyond the US and Europe to markets in the Far East. No one is fooled by Bernanke's sunny predictions that the economy will bounce back next year with a strong showing in the first quarter. That's baloney and everyone knows it.

Monday, June 25, 2007
Iraqis to Bush: "You have left us with nothing"
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Saturday, February 3, 2007
The corporate media cover-up of the Najaf massacre
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Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Hanging Saddam
The execution of Saddam Hussein is another grim chapter in the catalogue of war crimes perpetrated against the Iraqi people. It is a gratuitous act of barbarism devoid of justice. What right does Bush have to kill Saddam? What right does the author of Abu Ghraib, Falluja, Haditha and countless other atrocities have to pass judgment on the former leader of a nation which posed no threat to the United States?

Monday, December 18, 2006
Bush's Mad-dash to History's Dustbin
(1 comments) Sometimes I'm struck by the sheer enormity of Bush's stupidity. It is truly breathtaking. After nearly 4 years of steadily-intensifying guerilla warfare with no end in sight, Bush has decided to expand the war.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Housing Bubble Smack-down
(1 comments) Give me 5 minutes and I'll convince you that you should sell your house immediately and invest your life-savings in gold or a Swiss bank-account.

Monday, October 30, 2006
The Dollar's Full System Meltdown
(2 comments) The U.S. Dollar is kaput. Confidence in the currency is eroding by the day. The Sydney Morning Herald reports "Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello has called on East Asia's central bankers to 'telegraph' their intentions to diversify out of American investments and ensure an 'orderly adjustment'....Central banks in Asia have channeled immense foreign reserves into US, but'the strategy has changed.'

Sunday, October 29, 2006
The Charnel House of Baghdad
There are three things wrong with the current policy in Iraq. Occupation, occupation and occupation.

Monday, October 9, 2006
Putin Fights Back
(4 comments) The Bush administration's long-range objectives are already clear. They aim to privatize the Russian oil industry, convert the ruble to the dollar, remove Putin from office, and prevent Russia from controlling the huge oil reserves in the Caspian Basin.

Monday, October 9, 2006
Ambling towards Disaster; Bush's North Korea Policy
(24 comments) It took 6 years of relentless threats, sanctions and belligerence, but Bush finally succeeded in pushing Kim Jong-Il to build North Korea's first nuclear bomb. Now, Kim can just add a few finishing touches to his ballistic-missile delivery system, the Taepo-dong ICBM, and he'll be able to wipe out the 9 western states with a flip of the switch.

Monday, October 2, 2006
Woodward's 60 Minutes Bloodbath
(2 comments) Veteran journalist Bob Woodward can always be counted on to tell the truth-- after all the other options have been exhausted. His new book, State of Denial, doesn't veer too far from the pattern he's followed his entire career; one minute he's the "kingmaker" dishing up hearty-helpings of literary tripe like "Bush at War" and "Plan of Attack" and the next minute he's ramming a scimitar into the lower lumbar region of his prey.

Thursday, September 28, 2006
How did we sink so low in just 6 years?
(6 comments) How did things get this bad? The "Military Commissions Act" which passed the Republican-led Congress yesterday is a bigger blow to the Constitution and our core values than any piece of legislation in our 200 year history. It is 100 times worse than Bin Laden's crimes on 9-11.

Thursday, September 21, 2006
Ending the Dollar's Tyranny
(1 comments) The US dollar is the very heart of the empire. It's the cornerstone upon which the military, the media and the political establishment rests. The dollar's strength however does not come from its comparative value to other currencies, but from its widespread use as the world's reserve currency. As the reserve currency the dollar defies the fundamental rules for determining "real value." All is not as it appears...

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Surprising End of the New American Century
Iran has no choice but to take Bush's saber rattling seriously and prepare for war. The administration's stated goal of "regime change" poses a credible "existential threat" to current Iranian government and they must plan accordingly.

Sunday, July 9, 2006
Does Kim Jung Il read the newspapers?
Kim Jung Il may be a nut-job, but what difference does that make? It's Bush who is calling for regime change and its "Madhatter" Bolton who said, "The end of North Korea is our policy." The real whackos are hunkered-down at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and their sweaty fingers are twitching on the Big Red switch.

Saturday, July 8, 2006
The Washington Post's War-mongering Scribe
(5 comments) Charles Krauthammer loves touting war from his comfy perch at the Washington Post, but now he's got a real job on his hands. The bungling Bushes are looking for a way to save face while caving in to the "Ba'athists and dead-enders". That's right, Bush is talking amnesty, and wants his number one pitch-man to sell the goodies to the American people.

Thursday, July 6, 2006
Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse?
Wouldn't you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you'd know whether his "deficits don't matter" claim is just baloney or not. The truth is, old Dickie is betting that the dollar is going to tank and interest rates are headed through the roof. Better find yourself a nice dry spot under the highway off-ramp. They're going fast.

Sunday, July 2, 2006
Is this the beginning of Transfer?
Why is Israel destroying critical infrustructure in Gaza? Are there other factors behind the invasion besides the desire to secure the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit? Perhaps, the comments of former Israeli prime minister's will shine a bit of light on the real motives for the attack.

Sunday, June 18, 2006
The Calculus of Targeted Assassination
The mortar round that killed Huda Ghalia’s entire family on a beach in Gaza has renewed the debate over “targeted assassinations”. It’s never okay to kill “suspects” without allowing them due process. Government officials must be compelled to operate within the law. After all, the law is our only shelter from the terror of the state

Thursday, June 15, 2006
Will Ramadi be Rumsfeld's Next Bloodbath
(2 comments) Ramadi should be another chance for Rumsfeld to spread misery across the pock-marked landscape; another occasion to reduce a major Iraqi city to Dresden-type wreckage.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Bush Policy Kills 3 Guantanamo Inmates
(4 comments) Guantanamo is the face of America under Bush.... One day we'll tear down the gun-towers and block walls and erect a monument to the countless victims of this vile and vicious regime.

Saturday, June 10, 2006
Terrorism in Iraq? Don't blame Zarqawi
Zarqawi has become more valuable dead than alive. Now heÂ’s being blamed for the up-tick in sectarian violence and the thousands of bodies showing up at the Bagdad morgue. According to Rep. Dennis Kucinich, those casualties were produced by American-trained death squads.

Thursday, June 8, 2006
AfghanistanÂ’s Second Intifada
(3 comments) A traffic accident has ignited a firestorm in Afghanistan; turning the cityÂ’s people against the occupation. Kabul is headed for widespread political upheaval. Meanwhile, the Taliban have begun a spring offensive in the south, stretching allied forces to the limit. Let's see how Bush manages a second front in his global resource war.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006
The MediaÂ’s Bloody Footprints
(3 comments) The media operates “for profit”, right? Which means that the news is crafted to meet the interests of ownership, correct? Then how is it that most Americans still believe we have a “free press”? The corporate media has concealed the deliberate destruction of our constitution and lied the country into a bloody war of aggression. It is the most corrupt institution in American life…and the most lethal.

Friday, June 2, 2006
Endgame in Iran
(1 comments) Bush is zeroing in on Iran even though there is “no evidence” that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. The Washington war-mongers are planning to expand their treachery and war-crimes across the region; turning the entire Middle East into one vast Haditha. US carrier groups have already moved into the Gulf. Lt General Sam Gardiner expects that an attack will come as early as June 2006.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Spreading Democracy in Haditha
Haditha completes the Bush Trifecta of war crimes in Iraq. After dabbling in the sadistic abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and inflicting Guernica-type devastation on Falluja, Bush has finally returned to that favorite of tyrants and evil-doers alike; good old homicide. Can we now begin to draw comparisons to Adolph Hitler without fear of censure?

Sunday, May 28, 2006
Olmert should have stayed Home
What right does the Prime Minister of Israel have to ask America to take on Iran. Haven't enough men died in Iraq? And how dare Olmert use the congress as a platform for saying he will ignore UN resolutions and set Isreal's borders unilaterally. Olmert is taking advantage of America. He should have stayed home.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Vladimir Putin and the rise of the petro-ruble
(1 comments) Vladimir Putin is planning a preemptive strike on the US that will send shock-waves through the world economy. On June 8, Russia will convert from dollars to rubles in the oil trade; savaging Uncle Sam's monopoly on petro-dollars and putting the greenback in a death-spiral. Watch the fur-fly as the media begins its attack on the "new Hitler"

Friday, May 19, 2006
Chavez: “Bush is a terrorist, a drunkard, and a donkey.”
(5 comments) Chavez says, “The worst genocidal leader in history is the President of the United States. Hitler would be like a suckling baby next to George W Bush… He is a terrorist, a drunkard, and a donkey”. Ouch...rip off the band-aid!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses; just no Mexicans, please
(14 comments) Is there room for a different opinion on immigration? Why not disband the Border-guard and install a conveyor-belt between Nogales and Phoenix? Let's unhinge the gates, bulldoze the fences, and welcome anyone who wants to come in. We'd all be better off.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Starting over when Bush is gone
(9 comments) At 29% BushÂ’s popularity is now somewhere below NixonÂ’s and just above venereal disease...The inescapable force of public contempt has fallen on the White House like a darkening storm-cloud. The neocon master-plan is unraveling like a spool of yarn skittering across the kitchen floor. The Bush Reich is moving ever-closer to doomsday.

Sunday, May 14, 2006
"Shock Therapy" and The Freefalling Dollar
(4 comments) “Crashing” the dollar is the fastest way to shift middle class wealth to America’s plutocrats and corporate mandarins. Bush tacked on another $3 trillion in debt in just 6 years. The dollar is headed for life-support and “shock therapy” is on the way. It’s time to toss those greenbacks overboard and figure out a way to survive.

Saturday, May 13, 2006
Liar
No one has done more to disgrace the US military than Don Rumsfeld. HeÂ’s transformed the service into a global security apparatus for the oil giants and destroyed morale in the process. Behind the slippery wordplay and clever repartee, Rumsfeld has manufactured lie after lie to distance himself from the bungled mission in Iraq.

Monday, May 8, 2006
The Last Gasp of the Dollar? Iran bourse opens next week
Expect to hear a lot about the Iran oil bourse. IranÂ’s plan to trade oil in euros will be a death-blow to the faltering greenback. After all, the twin-axels of empire are money and oil; when one wheel falls off the whole contraption screeches to a halt.

Monday, May 8, 2006
Inevitable Collapse of the Greenback
Under the guidance of the Federal Reserve, Bush has increased government spending by 35% while raising the national debt a whopping $3 trillion.

Sunday, May 7, 2006
Not One Drop
Imagine oil depots smoldering in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Iraq and Iran. Now, imagine oil at $350 per barrel and $14 per gallon at the pump. This is what we can expect if Bush goes ahead with his blinkered-plan to attack Iran. Maybe Bush will welcome the hellfire as fulfillment of his Biblical mission?

Thursday, May 4, 2006
The GreenbackÂ’s long downward spiral
Gold is soaring while the mighty greenback plunges downward like the Hindenburg. Bush has increased the national debt by $3 trillion while opening up a yawning $800 billion trade deficit. Is all spells doomsday for the disappearing American middle class.

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Bush's hand in the Terror War
Tired of the same old BS about civil war and Zarqawi when you know something else is going on? Robert Fisk has connected the dots and fingered intelligence agents as the cause of the violence in Iraq. Who do you believe; Bush or Fisk?

Sunday, April 30, 2006
Time to Dump the UN
(3 comments) The UN has failed in its basic mission to stop wars of aggression. Now Washington is saber-rattling at Iran and the UN is bending over backwards to placate Bush. Let's take Bolton's advice and dump the whole operation into the Potomac.

Saturday, April 29, 2006
Going to War with the Morons you have
The problem with Rumsfeld runs deeper than his failure to stabilize Iraq. His “Strangelovian” ideas of military transformation have no place in a democracy. His efforts to convert the military into a martial-force for private industry have eroded America’s moral standing in the world and put allies and enemies on alert.

Thursday, April 27, 2006
Slaughterhouse
Who’s behind the violence in Iraq? Is it sectarian warfare as we’ve been told or is Washington conducting a massive “dirty war” like earlier counterinsurgency campaigns in El Salvador and Nicaragua? The media calls it civil war, but can we believe them?

Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Preparing for the Economic Typhoon
Bush will not be deterred by the falling dollar, the deflating housing market, or the skyrocketing energy prices. He will continue to savage the middle class and the underpinnings of American democracy until his bloody work is done.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Transforming the World into a War-zone
(2 comments) Don Rumsfeld’s plan to turn the world into a “free-fire” zone will take place immediately following the next terrorist attack on American soil. According to the Washington Post, 53,000 paramilitaries are ready to swarm the globe eliminating the enemies of the corporate empire.

Saturday, April 22, 2006
Failing Big with Don Rumsfeld
(2 comments) The litany of failures on RumsfeldÂ’s resume is nearly endless. More than anyone else, the quagmire in Iraq is his handiwork. No wonder heÂ’s fighting so hard to salvage his miserable career. Time will prove that he was the biggest flop in American history.

Thursday, April 20, 2006
Can Hamas change to a purely Political Organization?
(1 comments) The democratic aspirations of the Palestinian people must be recognized if there is to be a settlement to the ongoing struggle. But, how can Hamas hope to succeed in its pursuit for national liberation if it doesnÂ’t renounce its support for suicide bombings?

Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Zarqawi and the PentagonÂ’s ongoing War of Deception
(3 comments) The Washington Post has blown the cover on the PentagonÂ’s slick PSYOPs sham, Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Zarqawi magically appeared everywhere at once causing havoc and drawing attention away from a brutal occupation. Now heÂ’s gone into early-retirement leaving room for the next public relations gambit; civil war.

Monday, April 17, 2006
Iran was not ordered to Stop Enrichment
Iran has been called “defiant” by the western media for demanding that its rights under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty be respected. Their action is a principled defense of international agreements and a refusal to let Washington arbitrarily decide these matters by itself.

Saturday, March 25, 2006
Jack the Ripper in Sudan
Imagine you had prostate cancer. Would you let Jack the Ripper perform the surgery? So, why would Sudan be foolish enough to allow US-backed peacekeepers into their country? Are they so blind they can't see what's going on in Iraq? Think again!

Friday, March 24, 2006
Denial; ItÂ’s not just a river in Egypt
(1 comments) The country is careening towards the abyss, but Americans just shove their heads further into the sand. WeÂ’ve breezily watched while Bush looted the treasury, savaged the constitution and dragged us to war. Is their some magic elixir that will arouse the American people from their slumber?

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Death Squad Democracy
(1 comments) The real enemy in Iraq is neither the "insurgency" nor "foreign terrorists". It is the prospect of Arab solidarity or Iraqi nationalism. These are the forces that will drive the U.S. out of Iraq and end the occupation. They are being countered by (as Max Fuller says) the spreading terror through the application of extreme violence.”

Monday, March 20, 2006
Killing Children: the “My Lai” phase of the Iraq War
(1 comments) What goes through George BushÂ’s mind when he sees the dead bodies of Iraqi women and children loaded on the back of a pickup truck like garbage? Is there ever a flicker of remorse; a split-second when he fully grasps the magnitude of the horror he has created?

Sunday, March 19, 2006
CENTCOM, the central battlefield in the global resource war
The entire Middle East and Central Asia is referred to in military parlance as CENTCOM; the central battlefield in the global resource war. Once we grasp the geographic objectives of Central Command, the illusions of the “war on terror” quickly vanish.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
The Changing Face of Terror
(1 comments) Perhaps, there is a far more sinister force behind the seemingly random bombings that have rocked Iraq? Perhaps, they're part of a massive covert operation intended to weaken resistance and spread anarchy throughout the region? Perhaps, Iraq, like America, is being controlled by men who believe that terror is the most effective way to govern.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006
BushÂ’s Roadblock at the Security Council
Is it possible to get dragged before the Security Council if no treaty obligations have been violated It happened to Iran. International law and treaties really don't matter much if the Superpower has you in its crosshairs.

Sunday, March 12, 2006
South DakotaÂ’s slide to Theocracy
(3 comments) The assault on personal freedom has never been greater. Our basic liberties are now in the hands of proselytizing, Christian-extremists who see independence and personal-autonomy as a sign of moral decline. South Dakota is just the first domino.

Friday, March 10, 2006
Running-Amok with John Bolton
(1 comments) Scott Ritter noted that, “Bolton was sent to destroy the UN.” His new package of "reforms" is loaded with goodies for big-business and more power for Washington. Ultimately, Bolton aims to remake the UN into a reliable "rubber stamp" for American foreign policy. Iran and Sudan are just the most recent debacles.

Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Shock and Awe; the Sequel
(1 comments) The Bush administration has unilaterally repealed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) by demanding that Iran cease all uranium enrichment. This action overturns the central principle of the treaty which provides states with the “inalienable right” (NPT phrase) to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
BushÂ’s bumpy road to Iran
Bush's plans to bring Iran before the Security Council have temporarily derailed. IranÂ’s eleventh hour antics have made it harder for Washington to get "international" support for its next preemptive war. Expect the propaganda-campaign to kick into high-gear from this point on.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006
The Smoking Gun
Agence France is reporting that the bombing of the Golden-Domed Mosque "was the work of specialists". The expertise involved suggests that Intelligence agencies may have been involved. Who benefits from such a vicious attack on one of the main icons of Islamic identity?

Friday, February 24, 2006
Rumsfeld Zeros in on the Internet
The Pentagon is taking steps to strangle free speech on the Internet to burnish its image as a defender of liberty. Preserving the 1st amendment is about to get a ‘whole lot tougher’ as the information wars heat up.

Thursday, February 23, 2006
Whose Bombs were They
(2 comments) Was the bombing of the al-Askariya Mosque the work of Sunnis fighters or foreign provocateurs? No one knows. But thereÂ’s a paper-trail a mile long suggesting that civil war was always part of the Bush administrationÂ’s overall strategy.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance
Is the media powerful enough to convince the American public that Iran was “referred” to the UN Security Council for violations to the NPT when, in fact, it wasn’t?

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Hurricane Katrina; National Failure or Criminal Negligence

Monday, February 13, 2006
The PentagonÂ’s War on the Internet
(1 comments) The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for privatizing the internet so the information-revolution can be transformed into an information-tyranny, extending to all areas of communications and serving the exclusive interests of a few well-heeled American plutocrats.

Sunday, February 12, 2006
Riding-high with Hugo Chavez
“The imperialist, mass-murdering, fascist attitude of the president of the United States doesn’t have limits”, Chavez said. “I think Hitler could be a nursery-baby next to George W. Bush”. Viva Chavez

Saturday, February 11, 2006
Frog-marching the Media to the Gallows
The New York Times has proved once again that the elite-media is a steadfast partner in mobilizing the masses for an unpopular war. Even though countless thousands of innocent people have already been killed by the TimeÂ’s reckless reporting and specious fear-mongering on Iraqi WMD, the editors continue to use the corporate bullhorn to call the nation "to arms".

Saturday, February 4, 2006
Why Russia caved-in on Iran
(2 comments) Why would Russia agree to send Iran to the UN Security Council knowing it would pave the way to war? Putin was probably motivated by the lucrative oil contracts that have been offered to Lukoil in Iraq.

Friday, February 3, 2006
Time to Scrap the NPT
Iran will be dragged before the UN Security Council and humiliated for fictitious violations to the NPT, while next door in Iraq the crimes against humanity continue apace. The UN was never meant to be a rubber stamp for the superpower, nor was the NPT meant as a bludgeon to beat the weaker nations. Maybe its time to disband them both and forgo the duplicity.

Thursday, February 2, 2006
The Tyranny that follows Economic Collapse
What is the relationship between the yawning chasm of debt produced by the Bush team and the strengthening of the police-state? Do the new instruments of repression anticipate the “political turmoil” that naturally results from financial collapse?

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Afghanistan Five Years Later
Apart from Iraq, Afghanistan has been the Bush Administration's greatest foreign-policy blunder; a failed narco-state celebrated by the establishment-media as a budding democracy. What do you think?

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Battle Plans for Iran
(1 comments) The Bush administrationÂ’s plans for Iran will not be limited to aerial bombardment alone. The oil-rich province of Khuzestan will undoubtedly be invaded; putting 90% of IranÂ’s oil under United States control and strengthening the anemic dollar.

Monday, January 23, 2006
IranÂ’s Oil Exchange threatens the Greenback
(2 comments) The opening of the Iranian oil-bourse coincides with Israel's plan for bombing alleged nuclear sites. Is it just coincidence or is something else going on here?

Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Avoiding a War with Iran
Its time to step back from the abyss and reconsider our policy on Iran. The NPT allows Iran to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. The IAEA did its job in Iraq and it can succeed here as well. “Suspicion” is not sufficient grounds for war.

Monday, January 16, 2006
Reinventing Sharon, Tom Friedman style
(2 comments) Tom Friedman has decided that Ariel Sharon's career needs a bit of professional "air-brushing"; a task for which he is infinitely well suited. But, does he succeed?

Sunday, January 15, 2006
Dusting off the Brown-shirts and Jackboots
The attack on civil liberties is part of a broader strategy to shift wealth from the middle class to the 1% that Bush represents. When the economy tanks, the police-state will begin.

Saturday, January 14, 2006
More Lies about Iran
(1 comments) The propagandist Bush-media are running at full-throttle; spreading the half-truths, fictions and outright lies about IranÂ’s nuclear programs. Could another war be far off?

Thursday, January 12, 2006
The Countdown to War with Iran
Behind the nonsense about Iran’s “nuclear weapons programs” is the vital need of the western financial system to underwrite its burgeoning $9 trillion in debt with the one commodity that will keep the listing Greenback afloat... oil.

Monday, January 9, 2006
ChinaÂ’s Stranglehold on the Dollar
(4 comments) ChinaÂ’s announcement that it would begin to diversify its foreign-exchange reserves away from US dollar has sent shock-waves through the markets. Gold is soaring and the prospect of hyper-inflation and skyrocketing interest rates are looking increasingly likely.

Monday, January 2, 2006
The Guerilla War for IraqÂ’s Oil
The real war in Iraq is never mentioned in America's newpapers. It is the war to secure Iraq's massive oil reserves. Currently, the administration is losing that battle quite badly and there is little chance that that will change in the near future.

Saturday, December 31, 2005
New Skirmishes in the Information Wars
Propaganda is a crucial part of controlling public opinion, but its just one facet of BushÂ’s overall strategy for information-management. Secrecy, obfuscation and disinformation are all being effectively used in the administrationÂ’s covert war against the American people.

Thursday, December 29, 2005
Doomsday for the Greenback
(1 comments) Guerilla warfare will take many shapes in the coming century. As the battles continue to rage in the Middle East and Central Asia, the greenback is bound to come under fire from global adversaries who disapprove of WashingtonÂ’s militarism

Tuesday, December 27, 2005
The Housing MarketÂ’s Last Gasp
(1 comments) The housing market looks like it may be following the path of the Hindenburg, careening towards earth in a ball of flames. Take a look at some of the numbers and see if the end is near or if its just more gloom and doom.

Monday, December 26, 2005
What everyone should know about Jose Padilla
(1 comments) The case against Jose Padilla has nothing to do with Padilla, a hapless gang-banger caught up in a Bush dragnet. It has everything to do with habeas corpus, the presumption of innocence, and the rule of law. The final verdict could decide the future of freedom in America.

Wednesday, December 7, 2005
AngelaÂ’s Betrayal
The new German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has shown that her loyalties to Bush go before her duties to her own people or any commitment to the law. If the CIA wants to kidnap a German citizen, that's their business; isn't it?

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
The Case for a Nuclear Iran
(1 comments) One thing we can all agree on is that no one wants to see Iran become another Iraq. America depended on "deterrents" for decades to offset the possibility of a nuclear war with the Soviets. Maybe its time to apply that same principle to Iran.

Monday, December 5, 2005
How Greenspan Skewered America
(1 comments) Low interest rates have kept the American people in a narcotic haze while Greenspan and Bush engineered the greatest shifting of wealth from one class to another in the history of the world. Good work, Alan.

Sunday, December 4, 2005
Barbara Bush and the wretched Mr. Cheney
(1 comments) Is Barbara Bush on the war-path by the way her boy has been mistreated? "The Washington Note" thinks so; and, apparently, Dick Cheney is in the First-Mom's crosshairs. Better pack your bags, Dick!

Saturday, December 3, 2005
Blood-feast; the celebration of Ritual Murder in America
There is no more heinous or morally indefensible crime than capital punishment. Ultimately, the death penalty is a form state-worship; elevating the authority of government above the principles that legitimize its existence.

Friday, December 2, 2005
Uncovering the Roots of AmericaÂ’s Terror War in Iraq
(2 comments) Max Fuller exposes the disturbing activities of the Interior Ministry's death-squads and their possible connection to the CIA

Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Cheerleading at Annapolis
(1 comments) The war is lost. Still, Bush is sent on his fool's errand to drum up support in the last spot possible; Annapolis. The lies are wearing thin, the public is growing wary, and the bunkers are being readied.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Death squads, Devastation and the Corporate Media
(1 comments) The New York Times confirmed today that the “Iraqi (security) forces are carrying out executions in predominantly Sunnis neighborhoods. The death squads are just one part of a masterplan to crush the Sunni resistance and force an unwelcome armistice.

Sunday, November 27, 2005
Anticipating a Terrorist Attack on Congress
(2 comments) Bush's dream of one-man rule has hit a few unanticipated speed bumps. The last hurdle to fascism in America is the Congress. Could they be entering the imperial crosshairs?

Saturday, November 26, 2005
The Greatest Strategic Disaster in American History

Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Bush's Reckless attack on the Bill of Rights
(1 comments) Americans are unaware of how high the stakes are in the Jose Padilla case. Bush is trying to deliver a death-blow to the Constitution, while the public continues to snooze. Take a look at what is happening to your freedom before its too late.

Monday, November 21, 2005
Hugo Chavez and the Crawford Madman
(1 comments) Hugo Chavez is the only world leader to take on George Bush. His policies of redistribution have made him an enemy of Washington and a certain target for regime change. Viva Chavez.

Saturday, November 19, 2005
Mugging Democrats on the House Floor
(1 comments) The Democrats committed seppuku on the House floor yesterday by caving in to Republican trickery. They continue to backpedal while their supporters look for some sign of guts. Not bloody likely.

Friday, November 18, 2005
Money for Napalm but not for Food Stamps
The new Republican bill passed late Thursday night hacks away at the programs that keep us safe and our people fed. Another 220,000 needy Americans will be tossed of food stamps while zillions are sluiced into the war department.

Monday, November 14, 2005
Corporate MediaÂ’s threat to Freedom
The media now serve as the information-arm of the war on terror; providing a storyline that promotes unpopular policies. The marriage of media and state poses a grave threat to both democracy and liberty.

Saturday, November 12, 2005
The Senate agrees to Imprisonment without Charges
The Senate has voted to rescind the Bill of Rights by allowing the president the authority to detain prisoners indefinitely without charging them with a crime. The suspects are thus deprived of all human rights and civil liberties at Bush's orders.

Friday, November 11, 2005
Judith Miller's Farewell, what she should have said
Judy Miller's long-winded farewell conceals her role in leading the country to war. She continues to be a skillful liar, however, obscuring even the basic facts of her termination at the NY Times. She was fired.

Thursday, November 10, 2005
A Little Rioting, now and then, is a Good Thing
(1 comments) Its hard for us to justify violence even when it seems to produce positive effects. The riots that swept through France have drawn attention to the widespread segregation and disenfranchisement of the largest Muslim community in Europe. Its wake up time for France!

Sunday, November 6, 2005
YouÂ’re doinÂ’ a Heck of a Job, Dick Cheney
(5 comments) No man in the 200 year history of the United States has embodied the “banality of evil” as thoroughly as Dick Cheney. He authored the policies of "cruel and degrading" treatment of prisoners, and skippered the ship of state towards national disaster.

Saturday, November 5, 2005
Panicky Bush slinks away from Chavez
(1 comments) The showdown between George Bush and Hugo Chavez ended with a fizzle as braggart George hopped aboard Air-Force 1 and skedaddled out of town. Bye-bye

Friday, November 4, 2005
The United States of Torture
(1 comments) How did we stoop so low? The latest report in the Washington Post about the chain of secret CIA concentration camps across the globe, confirms the Bush administration's deep commitment to the policies of prisoner abuse and torture.

Thursday, November 3, 2005
Drifting towards a Police State
(1 comments) What you don't know, will hurt you. Its time to consider some of the changes in the law that have already taken place under Bush and see how they foreshadow the coming police-state

Monday, October 31, 2005
Carry on, Patrick Fitzgerald.
The longer the Fitzgerald investigation takes, the better. We're looking at 3 years of indictments and a slow "death by a thousand cuts". If that's what it takes to derail the White Hiuse cabal than, carry on.

Sunday, October 30, 2005
Outing Valerie Plame put us all in Greater Danger
The outing of Valerie Plame destroyed an entire CIA network which is vital in protecting the American people from the threat of "loose nukes".

Friday, October 28, 2005
Life after Rove
What would the Bush White House look like without Karl Rove? Once the center of gravity is lost, the orbiting planets will certainly spin out of control.

Thursday, October 27, 2005
Thinking the Unthinkable; opening up negotiations with the Iraqi Resistance
There will be no "political process" in Iraq until members of the Bush administration sit down to negotiations with representatives of the Iraqi National Resistance.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Assassinations in Lebanon; Pipelines in Haifa
John Bolton wants to punish Syria before the facts are even collected. Why? Is this another smokescreen for regime change? How do Israel and oil factor into this new neocon ruse?

Monday, October 24, 2005
Après Rove le Déluge
Can Bush survive in a post-Rove world? Not bloody likely.

Sunday, October 23, 2005
Voting in Afghanistan; warlords, jihadis, and Iranian-agents
America's "other war" in Afghanistan has been a dismal failure by any standard. The Sept 18 elections put parliament in the control of warlords and Islamic fundamentalists. Is this what American's bargained for when they were "sold" the war 4 years ago?

Thursday, October 20, 2005
SaddamÂ’s Metamorphosis; genocidal maniac or folk-hero
Saddam's trial is back-firing on the Bush Administration. Saddam is defiant and the proceedings look like a sham. The last thing the Iraqi people need is another humiliation.

Thursday, October 20, 2005
Escorting Judy to the Gallows
Who does Judy Miller really serve? Did she ever accept compensation for her articles? If so, she cannot seek protection under the 1st amendment and should be prosecuted for the deaths of 100,000 Iraqis.

Sunday, October 16, 2005
Judy MillerÂ’s Confession; wading through the rubbish for a grain of truth by Mike Whitney
Did Scooter Libby coerce Miller into silence? Did Miller spread the news about Valerie Plame via the phone? Was Dick Cheney the only one who had access to classified information about CIA agents? We may now have the answers to these quetions.

Saturday, October 15, 2005
The Iraqi Constitution; a cynical cover for partition
The American policy towards Iraq hasn't changed in 15 years. The constitution is just the latest scheme to control vital oil reserves through partition. Iraqis should stay at home and avoid collaborating with Bush's cynical plan.

Thursday, October 13, 2005
Can Attacks on Oil Facilities lead to Peace?
Two years have passed since the initial invasion of Iraq, but Bush still hasn't proved to the oil companies that he can create the security they need to commit to long-term contracts

Monday, October 10, 2005
George Bush and the Four Horsemen
Bush's frenzied spending and radical foreign policy have taken the country to the brink. Still, the American people seem to be enjoying the view from the quarter-deck of the Titanic

Sunday, October 9, 2005
When Torture becomes Policy
Bush's promise to veto the ban on torture puts him at odds with the basic moral values the underscore our founding documents. It is grounds for his immediate removal from office.

Saturday, October 8, 2005
Bunker-days with George Bush
(1 comments) Bush has latched onto terrorism like a drowning man clings to a life-raft. The ship-of-state may be taking on water, but the fabrications just keep on coming.

Friday, October 7, 2005
Edging Towards Disaster with Iran
There are signs that Washington is gearing up for a war with Iran. And, there are signs that Iran will be prepared.

Thursday, October 6, 2005
Martial Law; the one answer to every question
Bird-Flu is the latest excuse for deploying the military inside the country. At one time "tax-cuts" was the all-purpose answer to every question. Now, that's been changed to martial law.

Sunday, October 2, 2005
The Occupation of New Orleans
Liberty does not exist in a vaccuum; certain criteria must be met before people can call themselves free. The appearance of mercenaries on the streets of New Orleans is a direct challenge to our most fundamental values as Americans; the commitment to personal liberty.

Saturday, October 1, 2005
Why not Torture Judith Miller?
(2 comments) NY Times reporter Judith Miller intentionally withheld crucial information that was directly connected to national security. Why hasn't she been dispatched to Guantanamo and tortured?

Thursday, September 29, 2005
BrownieÂ’s Comic Opera
(1 comments) The testimony of FEMA chief Michael Brown was more like a Sit-Com than a congressional investigation. The real questions about the invisible agancy (FEMA) remain unanswered.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Apartheid-justice in America; Krugal vs. Padilla
The rule of law has been smothered by the Bush Administration and replaced by an apartheid-system that operates at the discretion of the president.

Monday, September 26, 2005
The impending Cakewalk in Iran by Mike Whitney
(2 comments) Iran is next on the imperial hit-list thanks to the EU-3; Gerany, France and England. By pushing through a resolution at the IAEA, they've paved the way for another preemptive war.

Sunday, September 25, 2005
Farewell to the Democratic Party
(6 comments) The ruling-elite in the Democratic Party have eliminated the possibility for meaningful political change within the present system

Saturday, September 24, 2005
Basra; another milestone in the war on terror
Were there explosives in the trunk of the car driven by the 2 British commandos? The future of the war on terror depends on the answer to that one question.

Friday, September 23, 2005
The Inevitable War with Iran
(1 comments) The EU-3 is pushing for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council even though Iran is in complete compliance with its treaty obligations.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
No Exit; descending into hell with George W. Bush
"Character is fate," said Marcus Aurelius and the American people are now hoplessly linked to the dwindling fortunes of their misguided leader, George Bush

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Who's Blowing up Iraq?
(1 comments) New evidence surfaces that bombs are being planted by British commandos

Monday, September 19, 2005
Let them Die or Let them go
Reports of a hunger-strike in its 6th week at Guantanamo has endangered the lives of 200 victims, none of whom have been charged with a crime

Saturday, September 17, 2005
Hurricane Hugo at the U.N.
(2 comments) Chavez wants to move the UN out of New York because of US violations to international law. He also announces the US plan to invade Venezuela

Friday, September 16, 2005
The Second American Revolution
(3 comments) The use of mercenaries in New Orleans is a provacative decision that could have unintended and violent consequences

Thursday, September 15, 2005
Tal Afar; crackdown in the Sunni Heartland
The siege of Tal Afar has done nothing to pave the way for a political solution in Iraq

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
John Roberts' role in the Guantanamo Hunger-strike
Robert's final ruling in the Circuit Court has condemned the prisoners in Guantanmo to indefinite detention without any legal recourse