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Tag Archives: Pentagon
How $21 Trillion in U.S. Tax Money Disappeared. “Full Scope Audit” of the Pentagon
By David DeGraw Source: Changemaker Media and Global Research This is part of our series on the unaccounted for $21 Trillion in taxpayer money. As unbelievable and absurd as that sounds, the actual total of unaccounted for money at the … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Militarization, military spending, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Anti-Deficiency Act, Black Budget, Defense Industry, Department of Defense, Department of Defense Inspector General Report, DOD, DOD IG Report, Economics, Government, military spending, military-industrial complex, Pentagon, Pentagon Audit, State Crime, Taaxpayer Dollars, The Pentagon Labyrinth
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The Fall of the American Empire
By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views Why do empires fall? Sometimes, it’s easy to identify a cause. Whether led by the Kaiser or by Hitler, Germany’s Second and Third Empires were destroyed by world wars. Germany’s ambition was simply too … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Welfare, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Alfred McCoy, corporatocracy, Corruption, Donald Trump, empire, imperialism, Militarism, military spending, Neocons, Oligarchy, Pentagon, Plutocracy, State Department, U.S. Foreign Policy
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The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again: War Spending Will Bankrupt America
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Why throw money at defense when everything is falling down around us? Do we need to spend more money on our military (about $600 billion this year) than the next seven countries … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged American Empire, Defense Contractors, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Militarism, military spending, military-industrial complex, National Security State, Pentagon, police state, surveillance state, Totalitarianism, Uri Friedman, war, war profiteers
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Wonder Woman Is a Hero Only The Military-Industrial Complex Could Create
By Jonathan Cooke Source: TruePublica For a while I have been pondering whether to write a review of the newly released Wonder Woman, to peel back the layers of comic-book fun to reveal below the film’s disturbing and not-so-covert political … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Empire, Feminism, Film, media, Militarization, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged DC Comics, Department of Defense, empire, Gal Gadot, geopolitics, hollywood, Identity Politics, imperialism, Interventionists, Israel Defense Forces, Militarism, military-industrial complex, Pentagon, propaganda, social control, Syria, war, Wonder Woman
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Trump proposes huge hike in military and police spending
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org The Trump administration sent instructions to federal agencies Monday proposing a $54 billion increase in spending for the Pentagon, the intelligence agencies and the Department of Homeland Security, to be offset by $54 billion in … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, Militarization, military spending, news, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Agriculture, Border Wall, CIA, Corporate Welfare, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Domestic Spending, Education, empire, EPA, food stamps, geopolitics, Health and Human Services, Housing, Infrastructure, John McCain, Labor, Medicaid, Medicare, Mick Mulvaney, Militarization, Military, Military Budget, military spending, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Pentagon, police, police state, Ruling Elite, Social Security, taxpayer dollars, Transportation, Trump, Trump Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Urban Development
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We Have Met the Alien and He Is Us
By William Astore Source: TomDispatch.com We Are The Empire Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars By William J. Astore Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Cartoonist Walt Kelly’s … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Cold War, Drone Assassination, Drone Bombs, Drone Warfare, empire, Evil Empire, George Lucas, Independance Day, Interventionalism, iraq, Libya, Militarism, Neocons, Pentagon, Science fiction, Star Wars, US Military, Vietnam, war on terror, Yemen
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