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"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me.
They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business
of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.
Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and
pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them.
Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing.The tenth time is
made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a
broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction
sale of stolen goods." -H. L. Mencken
- (1880-1956) American Journalist
"The
True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an
acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all
emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty,
the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or
deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble
another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of
his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but
always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who
thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and
who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and
virtue safe." - -- John Walter Wayland - 1899
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US Intelligence Community Report
America Planning for a Post-Israel Middle East?
Franklin Lamb
GOP senators plan resolution promising support should Israel strike Iran
By JTA
United States Offers Azerbaijan the Northern Area of Iran in Exchange for Participation in War: Report
By StratRisks
The
belief of some experts in the United States are ready to attach to the
Azerbaijan territory of northern Iran, populated by ethnic Azeris in
exchange for participation in a military operation against Iran on the
West, has found a new confirmation. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32313.htm
Iran Calls for Nuclear Arms Ban Goes Unreported
By Alice Slater
Engineering Consent for an attack on Syria
Syrian Rebels Claim to Take Over Chemical Weapons
By Elad Benari
King-making' in Syria
Britain and US Plan Syrian "Revolution" From Istanbul
By Damien McElroy
The Western Onslaught Against International Law
By Paul Craig Roberts
The Emperor Has No Clothes
By Paul Balles
US Troops Plotted to Kill Barack Obama
By AP
The Mirage of Our Lives
By Chris Hedges
The Program
Must Watch - By Laura Poitras
Installing Totalitarianism
America is no longer a democracy
By Fred Reed
Final Evidence: The USA Has Gone Crazy
Video
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Afghanistan: 8 Insurgents, 1 Afghan Soldier killed in Badakhshan Operation
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At least eight Taliban insurgents and an Afghan soldier were
killed in a security forces operation in northern Badakhshan province
Twelve killed, scores injured by suburban Damascus car bomb (PHOTOS, VIDEO): At
least 12 people have been killed and another 48 injured as a car bomb
detonated at a funeral procession in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus.
The men being buried are reported to have been supporters of the Bashar
al-Assad government.
Civilians crushed in own homes in Syria's Aleppo: The
hospital mortuary received the corpses of four people on Tuesday,
including the crumpled remains of a woman and a young boy, crushed to
death when their homes collapsed over their heads.
Syria's rebels starting to wilt: The best that rebel commanders can now hope to achieve is to draw the regime into a quagmire.
Syrian Rebels Claim to Receive Battle Training on Turkish Border: Fighters
of the Free "Syrian Army" (FSA) leave the Apaydin camp in the southern
province of Hatay after daybreak to cross the border into Syria and
fight the Al-Assad regime, only to return back to the camp toward
evening, Abu Hussein, the commander of an FSA unit, told bianet.
Senior CFR official: Free Syrian Army needs al-Qaeda support Special: "The
Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in
their ranks," writes Ed Husain, a Senior Fellow of Middle East Studies
with the CFR, which is considered in political circles to be America's
most influential foreign-policy think tank.
Robert Fisk: 'We believe that the USA is the major player against Syria and the rest are its instruments': Assad's Foreign Minister gives his first interview to a Western journalist since the conflict began.
Syrian opposition announces roadmap for post-Assad Syria: Syrian
opposition activists announced they have drafted a political roadmap
for the country's development in the event of the ouster of President
Assad. The project, initiated by US and German think tanks, is
currently being presented in Berlin.
Syrian opposition leader criticizes US: The
head of the main Syrian opposition group is criticizing U.S. officials
for saying it was premature to speak about a transitional Syrian
government. The Syrian opposition leader was responding to the U.S.
reaction to French President Francois Hollande's assertion that the
Syrian opposition should form a provisional government and that France
would recognize it.
Presstitute Alert:
Arab states looking to turn IAEA meeting into referendum on Israeli nukes
11 Iraqi servicemen killed in separate attacks: Four
Iraqi soldiers were killed and three were severely injured after
attack by armed men on a checkpoint in Al-Nabaie area north of the
capital, Iraqi security source said on Tuesday.
Israel's First Drone Strike Inside Egyptian Territory Kills Sinai Bedouin: Alon
Ben David, Channel 10's military correspondent reports a drone strike
against an Egyptian target 18 miles inside that country's borders.
France 'opens Arafat murder inquiry':
Decision follows allegations that deceased Palestinian leader may have been poisoned before he died in 2004.
Rachel Corrie ruling 'deeply troubling', says her family: American activist's family vows to appeal against Israeli court's ruling that her death was a 'regrettable accident'
U.S.: Israeli probe into Rachel Corrie's death wasn't 'credible': U.S.
Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro tells Corrie family that Israel's
investigation into their daughter's death was unsatisfactory; family is
in Israel awaiting verdict in civil suit against Israeli government.
Glenn Greenwald: How the US and Israeli justice systems whitewash state crimes Op-Ed - Courts
are supposed to check the abuse of executive power, not cravenly serve
it. But in the US and Israel, that is now the case
"I saw the whole beating, it's a good thing that they beat the Arabs..." Video - Just
days after a mob of Jewish Israelis beat and injured three Palestinian
youth, one nearly to death, Israel's Ynet news website conducted
interviews in Central Jerusalem
Suicide bomber kills Muslim cleric in Russia: A
woman suicide bomber killed an Islamic cleric and at least five of his
followers in Russia's southern Dagestan region on Tuesday as President
Vladimir Putin visited another mainly Muslim area and called for an end
to religious violence.
Shocking autopsy: South African police 'shot fleeing protesters in the back': South
African police are facing accusations of mass murder after autopsies
on the victims of a bloody crackdown at Marikana platinum mine, showed
that miners were shot in the back. Meanwhile, new violence has broken
out at the location.
Archbishop Tutu dodges event over war criminal Tony Blair: " Ultimately,
the Archbishop is of the view that Mr Blair's decision to support the
United States' military invasion of Iraq, on the basis of unproven
allegations of the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction,
was morally indefensible", said a statement from his office.
Armed Troops Deployed as Hurricane Isaac Targets New Orleans : Brandishing
automatic assault rifles to ward off any threat of looting, the troops
in military vehicles took up positions on mostly deserted streets.
Boehner Says Out Loud He Hopes Blacks and Latinos 'Won't Show Up' This Election:
House
Speaker John Boehner is the most prominent Republican to admit, out
loud, that his party's strategy for winning in November doesn't suppose
that the GOP can win over some black and Latino voters, but hoping
they won't vote at all.
Republicans really should have bought up that billboard space: This is what the Democratic National Committee is displaying on the digital billboard facing the Tampa Bay Times Forum
The Courts Will Soon Decide If Police Can Sample Your DNA Without A Warrant: Michael
Risher of the ACLU of Northern California is challenging a California
law that requires all felony arrestees to give a DNA sample.
25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA: It's
no secret the Central Intelligence Agency has an investment firm that
funds startups that could have a big impact for the Agency. If there is
a company out there doing intelligence research, it's likely that
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's personal investor, either looked them up or made a
check out to them.
Twitter defies court order to release personal information of Occupy protester: Attorneys
for Twitter have filed an appeal on the behalf of one of their users
in the latest installment of an ongoing legal battle over some
seriously-wanted tweets.
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,883
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,159
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
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