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Mescaline CatechismSince I first started commenting on drones, in November, and started the first draft of this post, in early February 2012, the number of articles on drones have increased. So, like many other drafts, it languished on the side. Let’s see if I can get it started, somehow! Pakistan is the silent Iraq. It happens [...]
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United States in Pakistan: The Terminator.
Monday 20 February 2012
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Media War: US Media’s Push for War on Iran
Saturday 4 February 2012
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This article on the various actors pushing for war on Iran raised a question that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. To quote: It has to be asked: What is the media‘s interest in pushing for war? For the war on Iraq, they claimed that they were misled; what [...]
Who is Best for the Planet?
Tuesday 31 January 2012
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With all the brouhaha over Obama and Republican candidates for office of the President of the United States; with the red-meat hoi polloi riled up over their choice among the Republican freak show; and the progressives wondering, once again, what they should do in the absence of choice, hope, change and whatever else Obama let/lured [...]
Obama. Change They Believed In
Wednesday 25 January 2012
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Here we go again. Another US election. In 2008, The Real news had a series of interviews with Ralph Nader, on the eve of Obama’s election. Nader made many prophetic statements, and they remain as relevant today, at the outset of the next election, as they were then. The US public, and so the rest [...]
Omar Khadr, Canada’s Responsibility to Protect.
Tuesday 24 January 2012
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I am loyal to the flag that protects me. Louis Riel The shameful conduct of Canada towards Omar Khadr is continuing. Watching the documentary Four Days in Guantanamo on Al jazeera, by filmmakers Patricio Henriquez and Luc Côté, has been a disturbing reminder. Loyalty works both ways. How is one to phrase the conduct of [...]
War on Iran. Dramatis Personea
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Let’s see, before a war begins on Iran, who the culprits may be. There are the Likudniks, of course. Is Richard Pearle still around? I vaguely recall seeing him, though I avoid MSM typically. Neo-cons are everywhere, as always; god bless them!, The Israeli think tanks, AIPAC pundits, Sheldon Adelson, Rupert Murdoch’s/Fox’s Roger Ailes. All [...]
George Galloway: Iraq, Palestine and Iran
Monday 16 January 2012
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George Galloway, on three hot topics: Iraq, Palestine and Iran. An excellent show. A book-end on the American war in Iraq; on the historical creation of an Israeli identity, including an interview with Arthur Neslen, the author of the books “Occupied Minds: A Journey Through Israeli Psyche”, and “In Your Eyes: A Sandstorm” about Palestinian [...]
Chris Hayes on Iraq War. Head Not Up Ass!
Saturday 14 January 2012
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The mighty, mighty Chris Hayes covered the end of the Iraq War in a recent episode of his Up (With Chris Hayes) show. It was the only US show not to have its head up (no pun) its ass with respect to the war on Iraq. They even talked to an actual Iraqi, in Iraq! [...]
The Real News: Jihan Hafiz, Roddy Hafiz
Saturday 14 January 2012
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Jihna Hafiz, of The Real News, has the best reports from Egypt. This is just one sample, on the use of US/Israeli tear gas. She is in the thick of the crowd, with great shots by the cameraman/woman. The close-up shots, the wide angles, the interviews with individuals (who are) anonymous in their randomness, all [...]
Terrorists Assassinate Scientists
Thursday 12 January 2012
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Another Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated. Juxtapose this with the recent, comical allegations against an Iranian-American used-care salesman–that he plotted with some drug traffickers to kill some Saudi ambassador or something! The media’s tacit acquiescence with the former, and hysteria for the latter. United States, for whom Pakistani civilians are “Bugsplat”–drone fodder–and Iraqi dead [...]
