Iraq War Vet Given the Abu Ghraib Treatment to Death "The two-hour-long tape shows what led up to the moment Edwards, a decorated veteran who served in Kosovo and Iraq, was strapped in a chair for 16 minutes, as he seemed to struggle to breathe, his chest heaving and...
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Cops Kill Man
by Scott Horton | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog
Well, first they entrapped him on some drug bullshit. Then they killed him. Unarmed, no chance. Then they got away with it. https://youtu.be/CPeufhOU6OQ
CDC, Epidemics And “Panic”
by Zack Sorenson | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog
Could world health authorities be concealing information from the public at all right now? Who knows, could be. If they are doing this, is the need to "prevent panic" itself preventing people from having the information they need to take proactive protective measures?...
Jim Grant: The World Created by Upside-Down Interest Rates
by Steven Woskow | May 31, 2019 | Blog
Central banks are trapped. "Five years into the negative rate experiment, and a decade on in radical monetary improvisation, the central bankers are looking for a way back to normalcy. Not finding it, they are casting around for new ways to control what they seem...
April tax Receipts Up 1.8% at $2 Trillion
by Steven Woskow | May 13, 2019 | Blog
Unfortunately, spending is up 7.6% to $2.57 trillion. The largest increase is debt service, up 13.6% from last year. This is in a low interest rate environment. The Fed is trapped in maintaining low interest rates. Danielle DiMartino: "Fed controlled rates...
Wonderful News: George Bush is Dead
by Scott Horton | Dec 1, 2018 | Blog
No, not W., unfortunately. But his horrible, murderous father, George H. W. Bush, is now finally dead like all those people he killed. As he deserves to be. Too bad Hell isn't real. That would be hilarious to think that Bush was forever trapped in a burning cell. At...
The Antiwar Comic: This is What He Wants
by Tony DiGerolamo | Sep 9, 2017 | Blog
In many ways, it doesn't surprise me that Trump wants this. No skin off his back, right? Still, would've been nice of him to close it. For a few minutes during the campaign, I thought he might just to spite Obama. For more comics, visit The Webcomic...
Murder Trial Opens for Cop Who Killed 6-Year-Old
by Matt Agorist | Mar 13, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice
Marksville, LA — Sixteen months ago, one of the worst police killings ever to be recorded on video rocked the country. Jeremy Mardis, a 6-year-old boy, was gunned down in cold blood by two bad Louisiana cops — Derrick Stafford and Norris Greenhouse Jr. Now, one of...
Slow-Going in Mosul
by Scott Horton | Nov 13, 2016 | Blog
Patrick Cockburn writes that the combined forces invading Mosul are bogged down, and that due to large numbers of civilians trapped there the U.S. air power cannot just flatten the place as they did in Ramadi. Perhaps there will still be enough ISIS left in Mosul and...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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