Tag Archives: Saudi Arabia
Wall Street Primitivism: Nicaragua, China, The Middle East & Charlottesville
By Caleb Maupin Source: New Eastern Outlook Wall Street, London, and the Bretton Woods institutions like the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund claim to support development and the eradication of poverty around the world. They also claim to support … Continue reading
Does the Washington Post Have Fake News?
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation There are two kinds of fake news: One is a report of something that actually didn’t happen, which for a newspaper to do can reasonably be called lying, inasmuch as a newspaper is … Continue reading
Gaslighting: State Mind Control and Abusive Narcissism
By Vanessa Beeley Source: 21st Century Wire Exceptionalism: the condition of being different from the norm; also: a theory expounding the exceptionalism especially of a nation or region. There are many theories surrounding the origin of American exceptionalism. The most popular … Continue reading
Forbidden Questions? 24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother
By Andrew J. Bacevich Source: TomDispatch.com Donald Trump’s election has elicited impassioned affirmations of a renewed commitment to unvarnished truth-telling from the prestige media. The common theme: you know you can’t trust him, but trust us to keep dogging him … Continue reading
The U.S. Deep State Rules – On Behalf of the Ruling Class
By Glen Ford Source: Black Agenda Report “The U.S. Deep State is unlike any other, in that there is no other global superpower bent on world domination.” The Deep State is busy denying that it exists, even as it savages … Continue reading
Nationalist Propaganda has Many Progressives Demonizing ‘The Russians’
By Robert Barsocchini Source: Washington’s Blog Neocon and neoliberal war propaganda, as exhibited in the Washington Post, New York Times, etc., “has turned much of the liberal/progressive community” in the US “into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage … Continue reading
Obama Fears Backlash from Saudi 9/11 Bill — So What?
By Klaus Marre Source: Who.What.Why. Only an idiot would sign an order triggering a process that ends up with them in court. President Barack Obama is not an idiot and that is why he vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of … Continue reading
Hillary and the Clinton Foundation: Exemplars of America’s Political Rot
By Eric Draitser Source: CounterPunch Hillary Clinton may be enjoying a comfortable lead in national polls, but she is far from enjoying a comfortable night’s sleep given the ever-widening maelstrom of scandals engulfing her presidential bid. And while Clinton delights … Continue reading
