When reading the article published today in The Financial Times, Pentagon sees ‘war on terror’ lasting 20 years, it is difficult not to get reminded of George Orwell's well-known doublespeak sentence in his novel "1984": "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength". Gore Vidal does deserve some credit too, having warned in his book "Perpetual War … Continue reading War is peace
Category: War
TYR reads ” 5 Reasons…Mainstream Media…Pro-War”
5 Reasons that Both Mainstream Media – and Gatekeeper “Alternative” Websites – Are Pro-War @ Washington's Blog asks why there is so much Pro-War reporting, not only by mainstream media, but also by big "alternative" (blog) websites. Like all Washingtonsblog articles, this one is well researched, but perhaps an image, a chart, will go a … Continue reading TYR reads ” 5 Reasons…Mainstream Media…Pro-War”
24 January 2013 TYR reads: Apparitions in the Fog
Apparitions in the Fog @ The Burning Platform In this apocalyptic article, Jim Quinn exposes the foundations of the present economic "system". With the assistance of a series of charts, it is convincingly argued that: the economic recovery is a mirage, that the middle class is being destroyed in the USA, and by extension in the … Continue reading 24 January 2013 TYR reads: Apparitions in the Fog
TYR 15 November 2012 reads
The Bernanke-Obama-Keynes Toxic Triangle Dead End @ Zerohedge In this article originally published in Forbes Mark Spitznagel explores Frédéric Bastiat's observation: “The bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.” … Continue reading TYR 15 November 2012 reads
TYR 26 October 2012 reads
The SAME Unaccountable Government Agency Which Spies on ALL Americans Also Decides Who Gets ASSASSINATED by Drones @ Washington's Blog The world that is coming...or perhaps is already here. David Einhorn Explains How Ben Bernanke Is Destroying America @ Zerohedge explaining how the Fed's policies are not only not helping the economy, they are now actively destroying this … Continue reading TYR 26 October 2012 reads
TYR reads “The Real Reason Behind War”
by James E. Miller of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada First some excerpts, then a comment, and finally the article. The excerpts: "As economist Joseph Salerno notes: We thus arrive at a universal, praxeological truth about war. War is the outcome of class conflict inherent in the political relationship – the relationship between ruler and ruled, … Continue reading TYR reads “The Real Reason Behind War”
NYT: “All the News That’s Fit to…Serve the Powerful”
Daniel Simpson, former NYT journalist was recently interviewed by Russia Today. In the interview he explains the way the NYT really works: "All the News That's Fit to...serve the powerful". He has just published a book, "A Rough Guide to the Darkside", where he explains how he "threw away a career as a foreign correspondent, aghast at … Continue reading NYT: “All the News That’s Fit to…Serve the Powerful”