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Tag Archives: Washington’s Blog
Standard & Poor’s: Runaway Inequality Dampens GDP Growth, Leads to Boom/Bust Cycles and Discourages Trade, Investment and Hiring
Source: Washington’s Blog Inequality Also Dampens Social Mobility, Increases Political Pressure and Produces a Less Competitive Workforce Standard & Poor’s released a report on inequality today, concluding: Higher levels of income inequality increase political pressures, discouraging trade, investment, and hiring. Keynes … Continue reading
ISIS, Weapons Makers, Thugs Benefit from Bombing
By David Swanson Source: Washington’s Blog President Obama is bombing the opposite side in Syria from the side he swore we needed to attack one year ago, and those pleased by this declare that he is “doing something.” U.S. polls … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, news, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged David Swanson, ISIS, Syria, war, war on terror, war profiteers, Washington's Blog
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The Real Reasons America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan
Today marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, an event responsible for the deaths of up to 166,000 lives, most of whom were innocent civilians. This was followed by the use of another atomic bomb (using … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, propaganda, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Atomic Bomb, Collateral Damage, empire, geopolitics, Hiroshima, Lew Rockwell, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Foreign Policy, Washington's Blog
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The U.S. Elite Run a Ukrainian Genocide While American Public Are Ignorant of It
By Eric Zuesse Source: Washington’s Blog On Wednesday, July 2nd, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko resumed unlimited war against the residents of southeastern Ukraine, whom he calls “terrorists” for their wanting not to be killed by his troops. European leaders (especially … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Social Control, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, CIA, Eric Zuesse, geopolitics, Kiev, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Washington's Blog
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The Real Reason U.S. Government Targets Whistleblowers
I’ve mentioned in past posts such as this my thoughts on reasons behind the government’s war on whistleblowers, and it has nothing to do with protecting national security (except in the sense of protecting criminals working within the national security … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, NSA, surveillance state, Uncategorized, Whistleblowers
Tagged Federal government of the United States, Glenn Greenwald, Government Hypocrisy, government lies, Henry Farrell, Martha Finnemore, NSA, snowden, The Guardian, United States, US government, Washington, Washington's Blog, whistleblowers
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Does the Government Only Label Bad Guys As Terrorists?
Perhaps, if one’s definition of a “bad guy” is so broad it becomes meaningless. Among the findings in this must-read article recently posted at Washington’s Blog, Does the Government Only Label Bad Guys As Terrorists?, the following characteristics could get … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, conditioning, culture, divide and conquer, freedom of speech, NSA, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, society, surveillance state, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged activism, dissent, NSA, Privacy, surveillance, Terror List, terrorism, War on Activists, war on terror, Washington's Blog
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