0,1% > 90%

The increase in inequality in the western world is a theme that is increasingly discussed. Occasionally you come into a statistic that in a very simple way explains the degree of inequality that has been "achieved". The Economist publishes this chart where it is easily visible that the top 0.1% of the USA population in … Continue reading 0,1% > 90% →

Fracking Fraud

In Shale Fraud Created by Wall Street, The Burning Platform (TBP) analyzes and exposes some key facts about the "fracking revolution" that are usually hidden from the public due to, according to TBP, the hype fostered by Wall Street. As Shale Bubble reports, "the Reality is that the so-called shale revolution is nothing more than … Continue reading Fracking Fraud →

Typewriter Salvation

Armstrong Economics and The Guardian both report of the latest breakthrough in anti-eavesdropping, anti-NSA technology: the typewriter. Depending on how old you are, you might not even have seen, much less used, one. Well, it is a device that allows you to type letters, documents, in a non-electronic environment, the way it was done well … Continue reading Typewriter Salvation →

Smedley Butler revisited

According to Wikipedia "Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps major general, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, … Continue reading Smedley Butler revisited →

The American Deep State

http://vimeo.com/87243281 The expression "Deep State" originated in Turkey, and it designates "a group of influential anti-democratic coalitions within the Turkish political system, composed of high-level elements within the intelligence services (domestic and foreign), Turkish military, security, judiciary, and mafia", that compose a state within the state. The turkish Deep State appeared with the Kemal Ataturk revolution of 1923. "Deep … Continue reading The American Deep State →

Prescient George Carlin

Many of us have spent time in the USA, a country for which we have harbored kind thoughts and fond memories. But in the age of the NSA spying even on the closest allies, in the age of american drones killing civilians in a routine fashion, in the age where Wall Street and its tool, … Continue reading Prescient George Carlin →

TYReads about NDAA “program 1033”

A hidden process, perhaps related to the rising inequality in american society, is discussed by The Guardian in America's police are looking more and more like the military where it explores how, quietly, America's government is militarizing it's own homeland, expecting perhaps, widespread civil unrest. Some excerpts: "A little-known Pentagon program has been quietly militarizing American police … Continue reading TYReads about NDAA “program 1033” →

TYReads “A Plea for Caution From Russia”

A Plea for Caution From Russia by Vladimir V. Putin @ The New York Times In a rare oped by Russia's president, Vladimir Putin pleads directly with the american people against USA intervention in Syria. The well crafted article stresses two ideas: 1) America is increasingly perceived not as a democracy, but as an aggressive entity … Continue reading TYReads “A Plea for Caution From Russia” →

America’s “high moral ground” in Syria

Drums of war again. Among unproved allegations of a chemical attack by the Syrian government against its own people, the USA is preparing to go to war, again, and topple the Syrian regime. Not that the Syrian regime is a model one and that deserves praise, but if the allegations of a chemical attack are … Continue reading America’s “high moral ground” in Syria →

TYReads about Cognitive Infiltration

It seems we'll have to get used to a new neologism, "Cognitive Infiltration", after the Obama administration is proposing to pick Cass Sunstein to serve on the NSA Oversight Panel, the body responsible for reviewing allegations of NSA privacy abuses. As The Washington Post reports in Obama pick for NSA review panel wanted paid, pro-government shills … Continue reading TYReads about Cognitive Infiltration →