A great summation by David Swanson on AfterDowningStreet on his post about all of Obama’s broken promises so far: The lesson is not that you voted for the…
I watched Obama’s Cairo speech live via YouTube (how amazing is that?). My initial impressions were very positive. I, like everyone else, was in awe at his smooth…
While there is some doubt as to the author of this article in AlterNet (the byline says it’s by Clive Anderson, while the bio down the bottom says…
Noam Chomsky has written a penetrating piece on the USA’s history of using torture, explaining that it isn’t a new thing and that Obama really isn’t putting a…
Via Pharyngula: Just another demonstration of how Christians use their Bible to justify violence and intolerance. As I’ve said many times before, violence is at the CORE of…
Watch this video from Australian journalist John Pilger if you’re at all interested in where our modern “news” organisations came from, why they can’t be trusted, and how…
When I was visiting my girl Chrissy in Seattle last October, I met her best friend Jed Montgomery. The four of us (including Jed’s partner Chris) had some…
From the “When You Can’t Even Trust Your Friends” department: A boast by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he persuaded President Bush to reverse a U.S. vote…
Some interesting statements in this story. In a speech late on Monday, (Ehud) Olmert (Prime Minister of Israel) said Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, was left…
Were the Mumbai attacks a false flag operation co-ordinated by the CIA? Perhaps, according to this post: informationliberation – Pakistani Security Consultant Calls Mumbai Attacks A “Botched” False…