Saturday, February 16

Anthony Gregory is the guest editor today.

 

An Uncontrollable Juggernaut

Sudha Shenoy on the U.S. military establishment.

 

The Myth of War Prosperity

A video of Robert Higgs. Here’s the mp3 version. An important talk indeed.

 

Baghdad Is Still a City at War

And “Iraq remains a great sump of human degradation and poverty, unaffected by the ‘surge.’” Patrick Cockburn on the war that has destroyed millions of lives, McCainian propaganda notwithstanding.

 

A Liar and a Fascist

Keith Olbermann on Bush and his FISA surveillance state. He’s always great on Bush, but let’s wait and see how he treats a Democratic fascist president.

 

Most of You Will Eat Shit Until the Day You Die

“I'll be blunt, even rude: You can call it Republican shit. You can call it Democratic shit. You can call it progressive shit. It's still shit. It's still murder, and torture, and criminal war, and a growing surveillance state. If you vote for the Democratic or the Republican candidate for president -- and if you vote for almost any of the candidates for national office -- you're voting for murder. You're voting for torture. You're voting for criminal war. You're voting for the growing surveillance state.” Arthur Silber.

 

U.S. Space Empire

Mike Moore on U.S. imperialists and their desire to unilaterally weaponize and dominate space.

 

Scott Horton Interviews Scott Horton

On the waterboarding torture state.

 

Livin’ on the Edge
We’re “on the edge” of a recession, says Greenspan.

 

Economic Nonsense About Immigrants

Bumper Hornberger, as usual, defends the free market and rights of alien workers.

 

Obama No Worse Than Republicans on Guns

He says the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, though he of course supports gun control laws anyway.

 

$845 Billion

Obama’s crazed foreign aid scheme.

 

How to Make a Million Before You Turn 20

I wish someone told me this about 17 years ago! 

 

McCain’s Betrayal on Torture

Alex Hanna on the lying straighttalk express.

 

40 Most Inappropriate Children’s Book Covers

 

Another Way FEMA Is Fatal

 

The Oldest Animal Ever

A 405-year-old clam.

 

The Border Fence

 

Everyone Worships FDR

Anthony Gregory on the tragic universal embrace of the New Deal.

 

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