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Iran is a threat because Washington says so. Certainly, WaPo accepts the charge at face value: Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as a common bond keeping a frail peace process intact despite threats that have arisen even before the negotiations open Thursday at the State … Read More ““Iranian Threat” – Don’t Question It” »
Here you were, thinking that the job of U.S. Secretary of State was to craft foreign policy, mediate international conflicts, serve national interests, develop relations with foreign countries, and put a kinder, gentler face on the American Empire. But you were wrong. WaPo knows it’s all about the hairdo.
RSA Animate has created an excellent piece of animation based on David Harvey’s lecture on the causes of the current global economic meltdown, “Crises of Capitalism.” As a lecture, Harvey’s critique of the various standard explanation for the current crisis and placement of the implosion into a historical context is worth listening to on its … Read More “Animated: David Harvey on Crises of Capitalism” »
Heard this on Here and Now. Seriously, this piece of actual reporting cannot be re-linked enough: During this election cycle, Arizona politicians are touting the potential dangers of illegal immigration. Gov. Jan Brewer is one of the loudest voices. She has made several statements to the national media, the validity of which CBS 5 Investigates … Read More “IOW, Jan Brewer is LYING” »
A long piece in the NYTimes Magazine ponders, “Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?” Sigh. Same shit, different decade. Twenty years ago, when I was indeed 20, Time Magazine ran a cover story on “twenty-somethings” — the first I had heard the term used — musing on … Read More “Evergreen News Story: Those Feckless 20-Somethings” »
Um, actually, nobody. Win-win. Dr. Laura has announced she will end her show following criticism for her repeated use of the “N-word” at a black caller on her show. Classic white whining about her “First Amendment rights” and “some special-interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent.” She does “not … Read More “Who’s The Real Victim Here?” »
In a previous post about the futility of preventing Iran (or anyone else) from developing nuclear weapons, I wrongly mentioned that Iran has maintained the right to do so. That was faulty memory. I should have looked up the source and gotten it right. My bad. Iran maintains the right to develop nuclear fuel, but … Read More “Correction: Iran Does NOT Maintain Right to Nukes” »
Yup. Yet this is hypocrisy to which we’ve grown so accustomed that nobody seems to notice it any more. The nuclear club is meant to be exclusive. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty recognises the five permanent members of the UN security council as “nuclear weapons states”, committing them to act as bouncers at the club door. … Read More “Bouncers at the Club Door” »
The story of U.S. counterinsurgency “success” and military withdrawal is a bed-time tale told to put the American public to sleep. So argues Hannah Gurman in a Salon piece that punctures several propaganda balloons floated by the ObamAdmin, GOP and Dem hawks, and the usual right-thinkers among the commentariat. Here is one to keep in … Read More “Not a Withdrawal” »
As in “blind” and “crazy”: Instead of “the hammer,” in the words of John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, America will rely on the “scalpel.” In a speech in May, Mr. Brennan, an architect of the White House strategy, used this analogy while pledging a “multigenerational” campaign against Al Qaeda and its extremist … Read More “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” »