Obama's Mercenary Armies
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 12:59pmPresident Obama has set a number of milestone records while in the White House.
One of those being the only two-term president to be at war every single day.
Progressives: Dems Want Your Votes While Working Against Your Candidates
Submitted by Steven D on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 11:23amI know that title is shocking. Are National Democrats working to sabotage their own candidates?
The political sands of Syria's war continue to shift
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 12:39amThings have changed so much in the region since the attempted coup in Turkey that the regional alliances might be unrecognisable by November at this rate.
The latest flashpoint is in Hasakah.
Are Hillary and Donald really so different?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/21/2016 - 1:50pmDid you ever get the feeling that you were being lied to about something so big that the entire paradigm of how the world is being presented to you is false?
The lie in this case is that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are dramatically different, and thus there is a Lesser Evil.
This leads to the dominant feature of presidential politics today - voting out of fear of the other.
Should the Green Party be replaced?
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 08/21/2016 - 1:14pmIt's beginning to look unlikely that Jill Stein will merit 5% of the vote this year. This reality shouldn't keep us from trying, though. The question on my mind, however, is one of whether or not the Green Party needs to be replaced with some other party, or a new party, capable of challenging the Democratic Party in the election cycles ahead.
Obama to Push for TPP Passage During Lame Duck Session
Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 4:30pmNot a surprise to anyone here, unless we're surprised he's admitting it and at least one news outlet is reporting on it...
From The Hill has published an editorial by Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, and the president of Just Foreign Policy. He is also the author of the new book "Failed: What the 'Experts' Got Wrong About the Global Economy" (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Clinton Foundation Walks Back Pledge to Halt Foreign Donations
Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 08/20/2016 - 1:13amAnd they wonder why people think they are untrustworthy...
From Reuters:
Central banking have the money taps wide open and why this is more important than any election
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 6:09pmChairman Lord Jacob Rothschild of Rothschild Investment Trust recently made an interesting announcement.
The Evening Blues - 8-19-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 3:30pm
Against Adolph Reed's "It's Important"
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 10:08amAs of yesterday Adolph Reed had a piece up on the Common Dreams website titled "Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It's Important" that, if anything, makes an excellent opportunity to reveal the strength of the powerful political forces locking us into the current mass suicide pa
