While the world may be aware of the millions of marchers in France who expressed support for the Charlie Hebdo employees who were murdered by terrorists for exercising their freedom of the press, I thought a roundup of other recent events—for or against freedom—would be appropriate. 2,000 people, including women and children, were massacred by […]
Read More THIS (PAST) WEEK IN FREEDOMI support the right to Free Speech. Hell, I support the Ku Klux Klan’s right to say stupid stuff just as much as I support my right to call them stupid. Allow me to go one step further—I even support racists posting ridiculous comments on my blog, even though no legal provisions exist for me […]
Read More AM I CHARLIE HEBDO? IT DEPENDS.On January 15, the world approaches what could be a decisive round of negotiations in Geneva regarding Iran’s nuclear program. Since Iran is willing to talk with the P5+1 in order to free itself from the US-imposed economic sanctions, Iran President Hassan Rouhani obviously needs to return home after the talks with fewer sanctions against its oil and […]
Read More THE ROUHANI NO ONE TALKS ABOUTThe Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 is another piece of legislation the US Congress managed to push through before year’s end—in addition to that banking oligarchy-scented spending bill. “Freedom?” This should be Ukraine’s signal to run away… Who—other than Congress—believes a bill authorizing President Obama to enact additional economic sanctions against Russia and provide […]
Read More FREEDOM – DEADLY WHEN EXPORTEDI want to post some thoughts about the latest APEC summit since most news agencies either ignored key events in the months prior to this meeting, or their approach to distribute “news bits” in the namesake’s most literal way possible prevents the grasp of an emerging new world: America’s status as the all-powerful world leader is being challenged, […]
Read More APEC NOTES: WHAT’S LEFT FOR OBAMA, PUTIN OR JINGPING TO SAY?Today, you’re going to hear two amazing stories on CBS News programs This Morning and Face the Nation—former US President George W. Bush will say that the Islamic State’s rise is his only regret about invading Iraq, and that he was surprised how now-deceased dictator Saddam Hussein remained in Iraq as a sign of disbelief […]
Read More TWO STORIES BY BUSH THE SECOND TODAYEquipped with the CIA’s research that covert efforts to arm overseas armies have never, never, never, never, never, never, never worked, why is the US training Iraqi soldiers for an upcoming spring offensive against ISIL? We should say “retraining” since the previous multi-billion dollar investment in Iraq’s armed forces has been a failure. (Laughing) Not sure. Perhaps […]
Read More SPONSORED DEATH IN IRAQ, REMIXEDPresident Obama’s visual legacy may have nothing to do with the slow economic recovery, health care reform, NSA follies, dog-hating fence jumpers or the fact that the President hasn’t jailed a single large banksta for the 2008 financial markets meltdown. But the possibility that America could lose whatever little control it has over Baghdad […]
Read More WHAT COULD BE OBAMA’S LEGACYDepending on the media outlet you roll with for your daily dose of stories, you may get the impression that the entire balance of the America’s war against ISIL—where the latter has teamed up with additional extreme jihadist groups and moderate jihadists rebels to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, a leader America wants to remove from […]
Read More IDLIB’S NEAR FALL, OR HOW MUCH LAND DOES ISIL CONTROL THESE DAYS?When the West began to tell the story of how Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed over Eastern Ukraine, do you think they listened to the wisdom of parents: telling Fish Story Number 1 can only survive by telling additional fish stories? You received your first warning that a game was about to be played on the […]
Read More BUSTED: MALAYSIA AIRLINES UKRAINE CRASH REVISITED
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