Category: US politics

Debating Americans About Healthcare Oct 2009

Here’s a transcript of a chat I’ve been having on a Facebook thread belonging to an American conservative. I think it’s a demonstration of a) how little some…

Obama’s Health Care Explained Sep 2009

I know you’ve all seen this video before, but here’s my translation: The white team are the Democrats trying to push through health care. The black team are…

Former Insurance Exec Confesses to Bill Maher Sep 2009

Wendell Potter, former Corporate Communications Exec at insurance giant Cigna, was on Bill Maher’s show last week talking about how Big Insurance are screwing Americans. He talks, among…

Obama’s America: Hooked On War Sep 2009

Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project, has written an excellent post up on CBS (surprisingly) about America’s addiction to war: "The U.S., with $37.8 billion in…

America After 9/11 Sep 2009

Do you really think America wasn’t involved in torture, secret prisons or wanton death and destruction before 9/11? The record shows that they existed before. In fact, 9/11…

FBI Paid, Trained Right-Wing Hate Blogger Aug 2009

That’s the allegation made by Hal Turner’s lawyer in his defense. If it turns out to be true – and I’m sure the FBI will deny it until…

Hiroshima & Nagasaki 64 Aug 2009

August 6 and 9 are the 64th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, perhaps the greatest single acts of terrorism committed in human history. Here are…

What Kind Of Country Tortures A 12 Year Old Child? Aug 2009

Iran? North Korea? Cuba? China? No – the United States of America. If President Obama and the Democratic Party aren’t willing to prosecute the people responsible for torturing…

The Great American Bubble Machine Jul 2009

Rolling Stone magazine has a Hunteresque story about Goldman Sachs: The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful…

Tariq Ali on the US Empire in the Middle East, Latin America and Pakistan Jul 2009

This is what Chrissy and I watched this morning in bed. Not your usual breakfast TV. It’s a terrific talk. (via Beyond The Fringe)