Tuesday, May 12
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Robert Kaercher is the guest editor today. |
"An old saw among opponents of ever more powerful government is the tale of the boiling frog. As the story goes, a frog can be placed in a pot of cool water and, if the heat is turned up slowly enough, find itself boiled alive without ever thinking to jump out." Commentary by Thomas L. Knapp.
Hundreds of Thousands Flee Fighting in Northwest Pakistan
Pakistan government + Taliban government wanna-bes = Hundreds of thousands of homeless
A Full Court Press for Pakistan War
"We are now in the midst of a full-blown campaign to 'roll out the product' for a new war: this time, in Pakistan. Anyone who lived through the run-up to the invasion of Iraq should be able to read the signs -- anyone, that is, who is not blinded by partisan labels, or by the laid-back cool of a media-savvy leader far more presentable than his predecessor."
U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Other Troops in Iraq
"The shooting occurred at 2 p.m. at a stress clinic at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad International Airport, two senior defense officials said." Government "therapy" is apparently no remedy for the stress of fighting government wars. Just one of many, many reasons I highly recommend no one volunteer to fight them in the first place.
Immigration Raid Leaves Damaging Mark on Postville, Iowa
Government immigration policy created all sorts of problems in this Midwestern town when there was no problem in the first place…unless you consider peaceful economic exchange with people who weren't born within imaginary U.S. border lines a "problem," of course.
Recording of Charles W. Johnson's introductory speech on anarchism at the Las Vegas Anarchist Cafe.
"Banks are overvalued and the government enabled them to have better first quarter earnings than they should, well-known analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC." A ray of common sense even pierces through the corporate-state media complex every once in awhile.
"The Federal Reserve System does more than conjure up money from thin air. (That would be enough!) The Fed is also regulator/protector of the American banking industry. Indeed, as recent events amply demonstrate, we may think of the industry as a government-organized protectionist cartel, with the Fed as the hub."
History Cannot Fail, It Can Only Be Failed
Some Thoughts on the Recent Space Shuttle Launch
God flip-flops on Darwin! (video clip, Editor's pick)
Pentagon Reports U.S. Army Mascot 'Liberty' Killed in Iraq
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