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Featured Editorials

When it comes to insider trading, Congress are amateurs compared to the Federal Reserve

Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 12:03am

By now everyone has had their chance to rage against the openly corrupt congresspeople who bought and sold stocks based on their insider knowledge of various laws being proposed. And you should be outraged at this corruption.

The Weekly Watch

Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 5:55am

We Have Met the Terrorists
and They are U.S.

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Throughout the twenty year war on terror, we have failed again and again to look in the mirror. Self reflection is not an American strong point. Clearly the US provokes more global violence, destruction, and death than any other nation...by far (and has done so since at least WWII). However, 9/11 provided the impetuous to do far more...added gas to the fire, creating selective wars, coups, and conflicts without congressional approval (and in many cases public awareness).

It is appropriate and necessary that we also reflect on the illegal invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq and the unspeakable deaths and destruction caused by the Global War on Terror that followed the attacks: more than one million Iraqis; 164,000 people in Afghanistan; 80,000 Pakistanis; and countless more in Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Syria and Niger, and more we don’t even know about.

https://electronicintifada.net/content/global-war-terror-comes-home/33901

How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare?

Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 09/11/2021 - 6:25pm

An op-ed by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance, September 10, 2021, (Creative Commons)

“Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age of innocence for America. The Cold War was over and our leaders promised us a “peace dividend.” There was no TSA to make us take off our shoes at airports (how many bombs have they found in those billions of shoes?). The government could not tap a U.S. phone or read private emails without a warrant from a judge. And the national debt was only $5 trillion – compared with over $28 trillion today.

Welcome to Saturday's Potluck

Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 09/11/2021 - 5:39am

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso

9/11 is the most significant national propaganda event in my lifetime. The actual tragedy of lost lives, a shocked, grieving nation and desire to help the nation recover was used to unleash a larger destructive force onto the world in the name of protecting our nation's citizens.

Friday Night Photos Import edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 5:00pm

These are some shots of the Scaly-breasted Munia, aka Spotted Munia, Nutmeg Manikin, Spice Finch. It's native to India and South Asia. Do to the pet bird trade it is now found in coastal California from the Mexican border to the SF bay area and scattered areas along the gulf coast from Texas to Florida.

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