A Re-Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with its own government, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the denunciation. FULL STORY...

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Six down, six to go… trillion dollars!

America's economic misery index is fast climbing, yet most people still discount the current state of economic affairs as an "oil crisis," or a "housing crush," or a "credit crunch"… or simply one more "mild recession" in the unavoidable cycles of economic life that tune up the free marketplace in this mighty USA. FULL STORY... 

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Scheherazade, Murdochracy Paczmen & Climate Criminals

We are all familiar from childhood with the fabulous stories of The Arabian Nights, the One Thousand and One stories told by the courageous princess Scheherazade to stop the deadly mass murder of innocent princesses by the vengeful Sultan and indeed to change his heart to a course of humanity. FULL STORY...

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To bolster his argument that the Guantánamo detainees should be denied the right to prove their innocence in federal courts, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent in Boumediene v. Bush: "At least 30 of those prisoners hitherto released from Guantánamo have returned to the battlefield." It turns out that statement is false. FULL STORY...

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Two caliphates in Baghdad, simultaneously… are we crazy?

The Brits made an imperial mess of Iraq back in 1930, now it is America's turn! 

We followed the fate of the French in Vietnam; are trying hard to imitate the Russians in Afghanistan; and now, our emulation-in-progress is of our beloved European cousins. FULL STORY... 

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America’s Irrational Defense of Israel

Rocky was a boyhood friend. He was as big and as strong as his name. In his wild days, Rocky hung out with a runt whose obnoxious mouth regularly got my friend into serious bar fights. One night Rocky was beaten senseless when he stepped between the runt and someone with dangerous friends. FULL STORY...

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US Military Officers Challenge “official Bush version”.

The Pakistan newspaper “Pakistan Daily” has recently published a powerful article entitled “USA Military Officers Challenge Official Account of September 11” . This article succinctly presents the views of 25 outstanding, courageous, US military officers who have spoken out against the Bush Administration lies about the 9/11 atrocity. FULL STORY...

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US Supreme Court: Not a place to court democracy

Ours is a government best described as the closest thing to a true democracy thanks to its touted system of checks and balances which, we are constantly reminded, maintains the three branches in some sort of equilibrium; thus serving this nation best, as well as the people who populate it. FULL STORY...

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NASA’s Dr Hansen Pleads for Negative CO2 Emissions

Top US climate scientist Dr James Hansen has written a letter to the newly-elected PM of Australia, Mr Kevin Rudd, urging global cessation of net carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. FULL STORY...

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Last August the watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, foiled a Pentagon plan that would have allowed the shipment of "freedom packages" to soldiers and Marines in Iraq. The parcels were put together by the fundamentalist Christian ministry, Straight Up, and contained Bibles, proselytizing tracts in English and Arabic,.. FULL STORY...

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