Exploring the Shadows of America’s Security State
Or How I Learned Not to Love Big Brother By Alfred W. McCoy [This piece has been adapted and expanded from the introduction to Alfred W. McCoy’s new book, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power.] WN: A family member once quipped about the United States that she would […]
Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More
Racism’s economic effects are pernicious. August 24, 2017 By Bryce Covert WN: Similar realities obtain of course in Canada. Please see for instance a trilogy edited by Steve Heinrichs of Mennonite Church Canada. Affirmative action – railed against by a close family member – is a drop in the bucket for what is needed. As the […]
‘Shades of 1933 Germany’: Trump’s Hostile Rally Prompts Third Reich Comparisons
Former British ambassador expresses shock at president’s rhetoric as U.N. panel issues warning on Charlottesville response Published on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 by Common Dreams WN: Things begin to become genuinely scary. Especially in light of a former Trump advisor who warned of armed insurrection if Trump is impeached. Lord, have mercy. In the wake […]
Ex-intelligence chief – Trump’s access to nuclear codes is ‘pretty damn scary’
James Clapper questioned the US president’s ‘fitness to be in this office’ after his speech in Phoenix, joining a growing chorus of alarm over his erratic behavior Julian Borger in Washington Wednesday 23 August 2017 16.17 BST excerpts: Donald Trump’s access to the nuclear codes is “pretty damn scary”, a former US intelligence chief has said, calling Trump’s […]
Why Are There No Eclipse Deniers?
AUG 21, 2017 COLUMNS by Juan Cole an excerpt: In fact, we are all climate criminals and saboteurs. The US is putting 5.4 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. Year in, year out. We should be rapidly reducing our carbon footprint. We aren’t. You’re endangering your grandchildren. If you own a […]
The Fundamentalists Holding Us Back from a Climate Change Solution
The evangelical Christian movement has been at war with environmentalism for decades—but the stakes have never been higher. By ALLIE CONTI illustrated by LIA KANTROWITZ Aug 20 2017, 7:15pm WN: It is truly tragic to see US politics swayed by a minority of religious climate change deniers – out of all proportion to their numbers. […]
Christianity Does Not Justify Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’
Steven Paulikas THE STONE AUG. 14, 2017 photo above: Jeff Swensen for The New York Times excerpts: Jeffress told The Post, “God has endowed rulers full power to use whatever means necessary — including war — to stop evil.” I argue that recent history has already demonstrated that the invocation of evil in political rhetoric leads […]
Why Trump Could Be Gone Before 2020
AUGUST 18, 2017 by PAUL STREET excerpts: Increasingly, though, one really must wonder if the arch-authoritarian racist idiot Donald Trump will make it to 2020. The supreme madness and evil of the rolling atrocity that is the Insane Clown Trump presidency has just now reached a new level of bizarre and scary-weird ruling-class dysfunction. Just last […]
We Must Speak Out: Christian Leaders on the White Nationalist Rally
The hate must end. August 13, 2017 This weekend, hundreds of alt-right white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, to hold a “Unite the Right” rally. Their stated goal was to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park. Their rally, which consisted of neo-Nazis, heavily armed militia members […]
Parked Electric Cars Earn Cash While Feeding the Power Grid
Lorraine Chow Aug. 11, 2017 09:56AM EST In Europe, electric vehicles are not just a low-emission way of getting from A to B, they are also being built as mobile generators. Newly designed Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) models can both receive electricity from the grid and supply excess power right back during peak demand. Notably, the Parker Project in Denmark—carried out by […]
How to Challenge Media Narratives Without Being Called a Conspiracy Theorist
August 12, 2017 John Kiriakou Contributor photo above: President Kennedy minutes before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Also in the presidential limousine: Jackie Kennedy, Texas Gov. John Connally and Connally’s wife, Nellie. (Walt Cisco / Wikimedia) WN: As to the last line of the quote below: You can fool all the people […]
Denier-in-Chief Trump Should Read NOAA’s Frightening New Climate Report
With “highest concentration of CO2 in the air in 800,000 years,” how much more proof does president need? Published on Thursday, August 10, 2017 by Common Dreams by Jake Johnson, staff writer photo above: The report—based on contributions from over 450 scientists from around 60 countries—is the most detailed climate assessment that has emerged from […]
Note To Wall Street: Never Mind Your Nuclear Stock Tips For “Highly Dovish Forward Guidance.” On Account of Everyone Being, You Know, Dead.
by Abby Zimet, staff writer illustration above: by The Spectator We can’t even. Tensions with North Korea continue to escalate, in large part thanks to the belligerent rhetoric of our moronic Narcissist-In-Chief – who, despite claims to the contrary, has not done anything to “renovate and modernize” our nuclear arsenal. Though he has in fact fired the people who […]
Two Tracks – One Goal
How Alcoholics Anonymous Relates to Christianity, Cal Chambers, North Vancouver BC: Bridging the Gap Enterprise, 1998. WN: The book is by a friend of many decades, who died in 2014. Cal was always very supportive of the prison work I was engaged in, and was also involved with people with addictions for many decades. We […]
Trump has taken us to the brink of nuclear war. Can he be stopped?
In previous nuclear standoffs, Trump’s predecessors knew when to hold back from further antagonising the other side. But now there is no such certainty Wednesday 9 August 2017 12.39 BST Jonathan Freedland WN: A few months ago, Germany’s Der Spiegel used an online headline about Trump and Jong un thus: “The Two Crazies with the Bomb”“. I […]
On Fighting Inequality, Which Nations Do More Than Pay Lip Service?
Sunday, July 23, 2017 By Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org | News Analysis WN: Jesus says more about wealth and power than most things. The Prophets likewise repeatedly address ill-gotten wealth and oppressive power. James chapter 5 raises those issues thus: Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths […]
Deforestation and Climate Disruption Are Degrading the Amazon, Endangering Our Survival
Monday, August 07, 2017 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report photo above: The Amazon Rainforest, the most biologically diverse place on Earth, is threatened by deforestation and anthropogenic climate disruption. (Photo: CIAT; Edited: LW / TO) an excerpt: Sao Paolo and Brasilia, Brazil — Warwick Manfrinato, the director of Brazil’s Department of Protected Areas, has a deep understanding of […]
Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago
The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Great Hysteria Posted by Andrew Bacevich at 6:10am, August 8, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. By Andrew J. Bacevich WN: The article highlighted below claims that “Trumps R Us“. Another way of expressing it of course: Trump is the Ultimate Ugly American! Tragically, America got exactly what it had become. […]
Internet Party of New Zealand Hosts #AntiSpyBill Campaign Event
Posted on Aug 6, 2017 On Sunday [August 6, 2017], the Internet Party of New Zealand live-streamed a general election campaign event featuring guests such as award-winning investigative journalist Barrett Brown, hacktivist Lauri Love and stand-up comedian Lee Camp. The party’s platform is based on internet freedom and consumer privacy protections, and it looked to the public to help draft legislation during the […]