Uncovering Russiagate’s Origins Could Prevent Future Scandals
There are legitimate grounds to probe the intelligence officials behind the all-consuming Trump-Russia affair. By Aaron Maté October 28, 2019 photo above: Trump shakes hands with Attorney General William Barr before taking the podium in the East Room of the White House in September. He was awarding police officers and civilians for their role in […]
Scheer, Who Is Toast, Should Have Listened to Preston Manning
To win, Tories must chuck their leader and Harper’s old playbook. Michael Harris Today | TheTyee.ca Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry. photo above: Manning saw the potential of […]
Saying Goodbye to Sam
Oct 28, 2019 Opinion | TD originals sketch above: Mr. Fish / Truthdig Chris Hedges Columnist Chris Hedges is a Truthdig columnist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a New York Times best-selling author, a professor in the college degree program offered to New Jersey state prisoners by Rutgers… And so much more! WN: Chris Hedges is […]
Donald Trump: An American Tragedy for the U.S. and the Entire World
By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay Global Research, October 24, 2019 “If this [U.S.] government ever became a tyrant, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back because the most careful […]
Of Course a US President Can Murder Somebody Without Legal Jeopardy—Ain’t That Great!
Of Course a US President Can Murder Somebody Without Legal Jeopardy—Ain’t That Great! Published on Saturday, October 26, 2019 by Common Dreams “Once the foundation is there, and the people and Congress acquiesce, mission creep soon extends the immunity and impunity to other areas.” by Kary Love photo above: If the president does it, is […]
Harry Nigh started groundbreaking sex-offender support group
The Circles of Support and Accountability model has spread worldwide By Julie McGonegal October 22, 2019 WN: Last week in Canmore Alberta, CoSA Canada held a celebration of 25 years of work with sex offenders returning to the community, and deemed high risk to reoffend. We had a small reception Wednesday October 16 in the […]
It’s Time For One Per Cent Families Like Mine To Pay A Super Wealth Tax
PERSONAL 10/20/2019 This election, we have a chance to vote for a party with a serious plan to tackle inequality. By Bronwyn Oatley, Special To HuffPost photo above: Living the high life: the richest 1% have got richer at the expense of the rest of us. Photograph: Getty Images WN: A relative regularly contends that […]
The Collusion Of Church and State
Published on Thursday, October 17, 2019 Common Dreams by Robert C. Koehler Where are the values—religious or otherwise—that can save this recklessly careening, war-addicted, carbon-spewing state from participating both in its own and the whole planet’s destruction? photo above: Considering that Pompeo is widely known as both a war hawk—a proponent of war with Iran—and […]
Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals
Published on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Common Dreams by Michael Winship The White House theocrats may be the biggest danger of all. photo above: Like Trump, a would-be dictator madly claiming the overwhelming support of the populace, the real-life Capone insisted that his criminal acts satisfied “a public demand.” (Photo-Illustration: Daily Intelligencer; Photos: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty […]
Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism
It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the most corrupt regimes on earth. Published on Thursday, October 10, 2019 by Common Dreams by Medea Benjamin and by Nicolas J S Davies photo above: Not only are they reeling from protests against government corruption […]
Why this ‘genius’ scholar is mapping out the world’s largest jail system
photo above: Kelly Lytle Hernández, who received the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, views prison abolition through the eyes of rebels Fri 11 Oct 2019 by Sam Levin WN: In a revised forthcoming publication by Wipf and Stock Publishers, namely Volume One of Justice That Transforms, I write: Longtime Restorative Justice promoter Howard Zehr once directly critiqued […]
Donald Trump’s Iran Humiliation
U.S. Military bases and Iran photo above: infiniteunknown.net Oct 08, 2019 Opinion | TD originals by Scott Ritter WN: One rightly asks, in light of the map showing U.S. military bases encircling Iran, “Who is the aggressor/terrorist here?” excerpts: Exactly 17 months have passed since President Donald Trump precipitously withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement, […]
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century The Real Cover-Up: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context Posted by Andrew Bacevich at 7:28am, October 8, 2019. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: Mr. Bacevich I find always on target and persuasive. excerpts: As this process unspools, what politicians like to call […]
My Life Without Sugar
My plan was to have a sugar-free month. But now I feel so much better that I can’t imagine going back. The Guardian | Olivia Judson photo above: Sugar: life is more savory without it. Photograph: Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images WN: Very doable; reasonable presented. excerpts: Three years ago, I stopped eating sugar. My plan was […]
Introducing The Gap Year Project: Joshua Rempel
photos above and below: Purcell Mountains wilderness hike August 2019, with Josh’s dad and his dad’s friend–Josh in foreground, bottom left. WN: Joshua Rempel is our 18-year-old grandson who with help primarily from his dad Mark Northey, has chosen not to go directly to university after having graduated this year from Grade 12 in Abbotsford […]
Impeachment, Brought to You by the CIA
October 4, 2019 by Rob Urie photo above: Photograph Source: Master Steve Rapport – CC BY 2.0 WN: There is always more going on geopolitically than meets the eye! This account is to be taken seriously. excerpts: For the first time in half a century, the political left in the U.S. is ascendant. Bernie Sanders […]
Playing the Trump Card in Ukraine
October 1, 2019 by Victor Grossman WN: Indeed! excerpts: Yes, we all detest Trump and would be gladdened and relieved to see the last of those orange-yellow tresses now defiling the pure White House! Therefore: impeachment – olé! But does all such current enthusiasm have the same motivation? The reasons stressed by most of the […]
Iran’s Capacity to Strike Back Should Even Make a Politically Desperate Trump Think Twice
Iran’s Capacity to Strike Back Should Even Make a Politically Desperate Trump Think Twice Such a scenario means that the entire region—from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush mountains—will be plunged deeper into war. by Vijay Prashad Published on Tuesday, October 01, 2019 photo above: Saudi Arabia continues to insist that the September 14 […]
Beyond Impeachment: Remove This Regime from Below
October 1, 2019 by Paul Street photo above: White House – Public Domain WN: This is a powerful broadside against the Ultimate Bad Guy on the Planet: the Evil Empire of the United States of America! The vehemence is found not only in the colourful language, but even in the typos . . . Mr. […]
Donald Trump Is Finished
Sep 30, 2019 TD originals Bill Blum photo above: President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence at left, takes part in an Armed Forces event at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., on Monday. (Evan Vucci / AP) WN: Of all the vile presidents I have lived through, Trump is clearly the worst: as I […]