How Much You Wanna Bet?

by | Mar 28, 2010 |

I'm gambling that it will turn out these right-wing idiots were put up to whatever they were doing by an undercover cop or informant. Joint Terrorism Task Force: Not just for use against innocent Muslims anymore... Update: Indictment here. [.pdf] Update: MSNBC says the groups of kooks had been infiltrated for "several months" before the arrest. Update: Toldya.

CIA: How to Bullshit People Into Supporting War

by | Mar 27, 2010 |

Are you struggling with a population reluctant to send their sons off to murder people and perhaps get exploded in someone else's campaign of imperial aggression? Are there brave, patriotic Michael New types in your country who refuse to fight under the flag of another power? Well, just tell them it's for the good of the women-folk and that they could get killed by terrorists at home if they don't fight them "over there." Sound familiar? Well, it's the CIA manual on how to keep the French and...

My letter to NH Sen. Jeanne Sheheen re. West Bank Settlements

by | Mar 25, 2010 |

Dear Senator Sheheen, I am writing asking you to take a stand and support President Obama on the issue of settlement expansion in the West Bank of Palestine. The Israeli government has been illegally occupying the West Bank since 1967 against UN242, and in so doing denying the native population the very rights that we as US citizens have fought wars to secure. And the Israelis do this using my hard-earned tax dollars. The current efforts to build 1600 units of Jewish-only housing in...

Freedom of Speech

by | Mar 25, 2010 |

Glenn Greenwald recently wrote of that hag Ann Coulter's visit to Ontario Canada to speak at the University of Ottawa, and the reminder by that university's Vice Provost to watch her words: "You will realize that Canadian law puts reasonable limits on the freedom of expression. For example, promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." This is a law written for and about the brutal bigotry and social...

Israeli intelligence, our constant companion

by | Mar 24, 2010 |

The Great Jeff Stein, writing at the Website of the Washington Post: Another big week for Israeli spies — new and old. In the latest chapter of the Dubai assassination drama, Britain gave the boot Tuesday to an Israeli diplomat, asserting that Israel was involved in the forgery of U.K. passports used in the January killing of a senior Hamas operative. Meanwhile, declassified FBI documents from a 25-year-old Israeli spy scandal here surfaced on the Internet. Lest one think the Israelis might...

Israeli intelligence, our constant companion

by | Mar 24, 2010 |

The Great Jeff Stein, writing at the Website of the Washington Post: Another big week for Israeli spies — new and old. In the latest chapter of the Dubai assassination drama, Britain gave the boot Tuesday to an Israeli diplomat, asserting that Israel was involved in the forgery of U.K. passports used in the January killing of a senior Hamas operative. Meanwhile, declassified FBI documents from a 25-year-old Israeli spy scandal here surfaced on the Internet. Lest one think the Israelis might...