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Joe Clifford lives in Rhode Island and has written a regular column for an online newspaper and has contributed many articles to various RI newspapers. His articles deal almost exclusively with American Foreign policy but ventures into other areas on occasion.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 10, 2016 The Fake News Controversy is Larger than you Think
"Fake News" is a smokescreen for future censorship and control of alternative media. Because corporate media has no credibility and has lost control of the public, they are attempting to eliminate alternative media under the guise of it being "fake news".
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Whose Congress is it? We will soon find out.
The impending battle between Congress and the US President over a treaty that would limit the spread of nuclear weapons will tell citizens a great deal about the loyalty of their Senators.
(28 comments) SHARE Friday, December 23, 2016 Russian Hacking: The CIA Never Lies?
The CIA has offered no proof whatsoever of Russian hacking or interfering in our election. Do you believe?
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 1, 2015 What Large Banks Don't Want You to Know
This article contrasts how others, namely Iceland, dealt with their large banks who brought on the world recession of 2008. The treatment and attitude towards the large banks is contrasted with the supplicant view of the large banks in this country.
(13 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The Warrior Queen or the Wacko? Who is the Lesser of Two Evils?
You may not know it but you do have a logical alternative to the clown show Presidential race. For those who languish in their choice of Trump vs. Clinton, I suggest Trump might just be the lesser of two evils.
Fortunately I have a rational sane candidate to support.
(7 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 14, 2017 Not Yet Inaugurated; Already a New War
The struggle between the military industrial complex, the Intelligence Agencies, and corporate media vs. Trump, over the narrative about Russia is the real major story that no one is willing to discuss.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 17, 2016 Mainstream Media on Syria and Russia: "Fake News
If you rely on mainstream media and the cable outlets as your primary source of information on Syria, Aleppo, and Russia, you are subjected to a great deal of propaganda.
(12 comments) SHARE Friday, July 1, 2016 Why We Have So Many Mass Killings? Look in a Mirror.
Why so many mass murders in this country? Take a close look at the US government, for government always sets the example for the people to follow.
SHARE Tuesday, March 3, 2015 The Bibi Circus Comes to Town
This article describes the folly of the Netanyahu speech before the US Congress, and illustrates the desire of Netanyahu to sabotage the nuclear talks with Iran, possibly insuring the next step in a US war with Iran.
(22 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 27, 2014 A Nation Without a Conscience
This article discusses the useless killing of 650,000 Iraqi children that occurred because of the US imposed sanctions on the people of Iraq and questions how a nation can convince itself that the deaths of so many innocent children was "worth it". Nothing is worth the loss of 650,000 innocent children.
SHARE Friday, May 1, 2015 Are All Innocents Killed by Drones Equal?
This article compares the reaction to the deaths of the two American hostages by a US drone strike to the many other lives lost by drones.
SHARE Saturday, May 2, 2015 Quiz on Baltimore's "criminals and thugs"
Who are the "thugs and criminals" in Baltimore. If you sever the spine of another human being death resulting might yo0u be considered the "thug and criminal"?
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, February 1, 2016 Letting Banks Fail and Putting Bankers in Jail? Iceland Did, but You Were Not Told
This article compares the way the US government handled the bank collapse, and contrasts it with the way the bank failure was handled in Iceland. They, unlike us, refused to bail out banks and prosecuted bankers for negligence.
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, July 6, 2015 On the Brink of Nuclear War, and You Don't See it Coming.
Warmongering neocons are risking a nuclear confrontation with Russia and most Americans do not see the emergency because a complicit corporate media merely acts as a mouthpiece of the US government and fails to report the importance of events.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, July 11, 2016 Did Senator Jack Reed Sell his Morality for $11,000?
Senator Jack Reed's support of cluster bombs illustrates the threat to democracy; the influence of money in politics. Reed does what almost the entire Congress does. It is a corrupt system that can only be ended by taking all money out of campaigns.