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Tag Archives: ISIS
No Negotiating With Terrorists
U.S. terrorism expresses itself internationally as wars, regime changes, special operations missions, economic manipulation and interference, cyber and propaganda warfare, and is implemented with the forward-basing of troops and often outright military occupation of 140 countries. While we can find fault in the workings of the loose collective of institutions which make up what is now called the Deep State, much direct blame for our terrorism can be assigned to the CIA. We now have little choice. The CIA and all traces of it must be eradicated. “No negotiating with terrorists!” Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Democracy, Political Analysis, Political Rant, War and Peace
Tagged al Nusra, al Qaeda, CIA, deep state, ISIS, regime change, terrorism, Vault 7, war on terror, Wikileaks, William Blum
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Putin’s War on America’s Christmas!
Cleverly disguised as attacks on ISIS, Putin is actually conducting a ruthless war in the Middle East targeting our Christmas holiday celebrations. Continue reading
Posted in Nihilism, Satire, War and Peace
Tagged Christmas, Christmas spirit, Erdogan, Iraq, ISIS, jihadists, Medecins sans Frontieres, Su-24, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, Vladimir Putin, Wahhabi Islam, war on Christmas
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How Bernie Sanders Can Win and Turn America Around
Here is a video of the announcement Bernie Sanders needs to make in order to win the presidency and turn the country around. Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Corporatism, Democracy, Economics, Environment, Political Analysis, War and Peace
Tagged Afghanistan war, banking reform, Bernie Sanders, candidate contracts, Citizens United, corporate personhood, corporate welfare, democracy, Donald Trump, education, fair taxation, Hillary Clinton, infrastructure, Iraq War, ISIS, minimum wage, peace, Syria war, Wall Street regulation, wealth inequality
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Oratory as a Weapon of Mass Deception
You can pretty much tape a copy of Obama’s speech at the U.N. this week to the wall, throw darts at it, and end up 9 times out of 10 hitting a half-truth, outright lie, or manipulative mangling of reality. I won’t even try to cover everything which puts this in the all-time Top 10 for gross misuse of oratorical gifts and abuse of the powerful platform he is accorded as president. Just a few comments along the way, made when I was able to get my gag reflex under control . . . Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Democracy, Political Analysis, Political Rant, War and Peace
Tagged Afghanistan, hypocrisy, Iraq, ISIS, Libya, NGOs, Obama, Obama's UN address, Putin, Russia, sanctions, Syria, Ukraine, war
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Obama’s Neocons and Other Hawkish Lunatics
Obama’s foreign policy is a box of chocolates, except you always know what you’re going to get __ more war, more bombing, more drone assassinations, more illegal regime change, more chaos and destruction. It’s the company he keeps. He is surrounded by bloodthirsty, arguably mad, imperialist warmongers, megalomaniacs who see themselves as saviors of the Universe, chosen by destiny and blessed with infallibility. Were any of them to undergo sound and objective psychological testing, they would immediately be committed to maximum-security institutions for the criminally insane. Continue reading
Posted in Political Analysis, Political Rant, War and Peace
Tagged Afghanistan, Ashton Carter, Empire of Chaos, General Philip Breedlove, Geoffrey Pyatt, Iraq, ISIS, James Clapper, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Libya, Pakistan, Robert Kagan, Russia, Samantha Power, Ukraine, Victoria Nuland, war, Yemen
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Distractions
There are WMDs loose in the land of the free, land of the brave. Not weapons of mass destruction, but weapons of mass distraction. Unfortunately, they are still massively destructive. Continue reading
Posted in Corporatism, Democracy, Political Analysis, Political Rant, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged Ebola, economy, ISIS, MSM, North Korea, nuclear war, Putin, Russia, terrorism, Tom Brady, TPIP, TPP, Wall Street
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Conscious . . . Conscience . . .
Question of the day: How do we deal with people who are fully conscious, basically stable and mentally sound, have a conscience, but who ignore what that conscience is saying to them? Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Philosophy, Political Rant, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged conscience, death squads, drones, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, morality, Native Americans, Pakistan, Syria, Vietnam, war, Yemen
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Americans . . . GET A GRIP!
The War On Terrorism is a fraud. We are paying trillions of dollars to be frightened out of our minds by peddlers of fear, pimps for profiteering defense contractors. Continue reading →