Category: Global Issues
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TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES OF TAX OPPRESSION IN AMERICA
RANKING OF 50 STATES BY AGGREGATE TAX RATES Tax Freedom Day or Tax Slavery Parole Day, Will Be Friday Apr 24 This Year “THE MORE THE WORLD CHANGES, THE MORE IT STAYS THE SAME” (J-B Alphonse Karr 1808-1890) I have been watching on Netflix the TV series “TURN.” It is about the American Revolution and the…
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POPULISM, THY FACE IS PUTIN
PLUTOCRACY, THY FACE IS OBAMA When was the last time you’ve heard of an American president holding a four-hour live “town hall meeting” with the whole nation? Never, of course, is the correct answer. Now contrast that with what the Russian president Putin has just done (Apr 16). He held a four-hour live televised “town…
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ARKANSAS MUFFLER BILLBOARD – EXPANDED
ARKANSAS MUFFLER BILLBOARD – EXPANDED Someone had posted on Facebook a real billboard from Hillary and Bill Clinton’s home state of Arkansas. Here it is… . Which inspired me to agree with its general sentiment. “Except that it’s not complete,” I added in my comment about it. So here’s now my expanded version of the…
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DRONES THAT ACTUALLY SERVE, RATHER THAN KILL, ARE NOT SO WELCOME IN THE U.S.
Drone. What does that word connote in your mind? Death and destruction? And maybe spying, too? On us, Americans. Under the pretext of protecting us from “terrorism.” Talk about a fox guarding a chicken coop. Or a pot calling a kettle black. If you’re like most Americans whose minds are programmed by TV and Hollywood…
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GREED & ILLUSION OF CHOICE: NOBODY OWNS ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE
COMMENT: NOBODY OWNS ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE A reaction to Prof Robert Reich’s piece “The Conundrum of Corporation and Nation“ The problem with corporatocracy like ours in America is that it is driven by Greed. “Making money” is a euphemism for Greed. Which has come to connote “Goodness” thanks to our corrupt systems of government.…
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REINCARNATION OF FASCISM: “MADE IN AMERICA” VERSION
John Pilger is an Australian, Sydney-born, award-winning journalist and filmmaker (click here for his bio). Two days ago, he published at his website an editorial on the current state of global affairs under the headline “Why the rise of fascism is again the issue.” This time, we are witnessing the “made in America” version of fascism. Pilger’s…
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UKRAINE CURRENCY COLLAPSED 50% IN 2 DAYS: SO WHAT?
UKRAINE CURRENCY JUST COLLAPSED 50 PERCENT IN 2 DAYS (Washington Post) Why the sudden collapse? Ukraine’s economy is being deliberately destroyed by the West in the hope that it would be rebuilt by the western multinationals. This is what happens when to countries which align themselves with the US-led New World Order. Ukraine is now on…
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UK COURT DECLARES UK-US MASS SPYING ILLEGAL
It took 10 British judges to start a process of liberation of Americans and Britons from their own government MAJOR US MEDIA MUM ABOUT THE UK VERDICT It took 10 Britons to start a process of liberation of Americans and Britons from their own government. In a landmark decision, the British Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent judicial body that investigates complaints…
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TERMINATOR-LIBERATOR: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
CONGRESS IS NO LONGER USED EVEN A FIG LEAF BY PRESIDENTS BENT ON WAGING PERPETUAL WARS Over two decades ago, the Truth in Media editor coined a slogan that best defines the MO of the New World Order. It was “Perpetual War for Perpetual Commerce” (see New World Order Unmasked). Today, Sunday Feb 1, even a New World Order…
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“AMERICAN SNIPER” SARAJEVO VERSION: “SERBIAN CHRIS KYLE” WAS A YOUNG WOMAN
TOP THIS PLOT, CLINT EASTWOOD: TOP SARAJEVO SNIPER WAS A SERB WOMAN WHO KILLED SERBS The latest Clint Eastwood movie, “American Sniper,” has already grossed over $257 million in less than two weeks, and is setting box office records worldwide. It has also been nominated for a plethora of Academy Awards including the Best Picture. So you can…
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