The New Colonialism

"Washington’s expensive failures in Iraq and Afghanistan have not tempered the empire ambition. Washington can continue to rely on the print and TV media to cover up its failures and to hide its agendas, but expensive failures will remain expensive failures. Sooner or later Washington will have to acknowledge that the pursuit of empire has bankrupted the country."
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Note:  ...but there must be a ball game on somewhere.  

The Case against George W. Bush under Torture Law

"The case against Bush in Switzerland is, in some ways, a commentary on law and politics in the United States. But not in the way Frum presents it. Sadly, it is a commentary on the failure of the U.S. legal system to demonstrate its strength and independence from politics."


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Note:  Great article - one wonders how many times we must repeat stating the obvious - the American legal system is a joke.  Corrupt, cowardly, co-opted - disgraceful - and filthy rich.  Congrats to to the Amerikan legal system.  Clowns.

Release: Why Did the Fed Bail Out the Bank of Libya?

"“It is incomprehensible to me that while creditworthy small businesses in Vermont and throughout the country could not receive affordable loans, the Federal Reserve was providing tens of billions of dollars in credit to a bank that is substantially owned by the Central Bank of Libya,” Sanders said. "
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Note:  It's because you let them do it Bernie.