Rarely do I watch or listen to any online documentary interview (I think, showing my age, they are called 'podcasts' these days), even when accompanied by video, as this one is, but, released today by Aaron Maté, this interview with Australian academic Dr Tim Anderson, centred around the Syrian situation and probably prompted by the... Continue Reading →
Will We Survive 2020?
"U.S. Demands Iraq Either Join U.S. War Against Iran or Be Destroyed" - by Eric Zuesse for The Saker Blog "This is a war by U.S., Saudi Arabia, the other Arab oil monarchies, and Israel, against Iran, and it will become also a U.S.-v.-Russia war unless Russia complies with America’s demand to stay out, and... Continue Reading →
‘The State Cannot Convict Itself’: Operation ‘Gladio’ & the Crimes of U.S. Empire
I have long held the view presented in this excellent, re-blogged article and encapsulated in this quote from it: "Given post-WWII history and our current state of affairs Western governments and institutions clearly exist as criminal entities which function outside the rule of all recognized morality and law, domestic and international." ...and so I am... Continue Reading →
Illegal Immigrants/Invaders In Syria
There are the 'boots'. We can see them. They are American boots, with American military feet in them. There is the 'ground'. We can see it. It is Syrian national ground. Photo credit: news.vice.com So. American boots on Syrian ground. Is that not a sufficient and complete definition of 'boots on the ground'? In anybody's... Continue Reading →
♫ Anything I Can’t Do, Can’t Be Done Better ♫
The US "can't leave" Afghanistan (or Iraq for that matter), simply because that would be "self-defeating", in their own words. This post inspired by LA Times op-ed: Yes, the U.S. can leave Afghanistan Photo: President Obama announced this week that he will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017. (Ron... Continue Reading →
Something To Talk About
I just found something to talk about, but I think I will let Jim Kunstler do the talking for me. We haven't heard much at all in the news about Ukraine and what those nasty, interfering Russians are doing there, and how NATO is standing ready to save the day, lately, have we? There's a... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 