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Thumbs down for both Donald and Hillary

18 Jul

“In both their policies and personalities, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the natural offspring of the upside-down incentives of the political plunderland that the American system has degenerated into: where governance is perverted into a regime of kleptocratic power-grabbing and the paternalistic social engineering of human relationships.”

Source: Donald and Hillary in Plunderland | Foundation for Economic Education

 

Erdogan’s efficient purge

18 Jul

Knowing who to purge so quickly is a remarkable investigative task.  Erdogan and this administration should be running the world.

“Overnight Turkish president Erdogan’s counter-coup witch hunt continued, when thousands of police officers were suspended on Monday, widening a systemic purge of Erdogan’s enemies first in the armed forces and then judiciary after a failed military coup, now focusing on the interior police force, and raising concern among European allies that it was abandoning the rule of law. Reuters reports that at least 8,000 police officers have been removed from their posts, in addition to 1,500 at the ministry of finance, on suspicion of links to Friday’s coup.”

Source: Erdogan Purges 8,000 Cops As Europe Voices Concern Coup Was Staged With “Prepared Arrest Lists”

 
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Posted in Corruption, Foreign policy, Leadership

 

“The Saudis Did 9/11″…

18 Jul

Or “ally” in the Middle East…With allies like the Saudis who need enemies?

“News reports about the recently released 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks are typically dismissive: this is nothing new, it’s just circumstantial evidence, and there’s no “smoking gun.” Yet given what the report actually says – and these news accounts are remarkably sparse when it comes to verbatim quotes – it’s […]”

Source: The Saudis Did 9/11 – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com

 

Will this be the tripwire for a greater Middle East conflict?  

17 Jul

“Moments ago, a Turkish government official said the commander of the critical Incirlik airbase, used by U.S.-led coalition jets to conduct bombing runs against the Islamic State, has been arrested.  Meanwhile, Erdogan’s…”

Source: “A Gift From God” – Erdogan Arrests 6,000 In Historic “Systemic Purge”, Incirlik Airbase Commander Detained | Zero Hedge

 
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Posted in CIA, Foreign policy, Middle East, Military-industrial complex, Warfare state

 

Debunking Washington’s Big Lie

17 Jul

The federal government needs a foreign foe to take the people’s minds off the rotten domestic polices, maintain and build up the military-industrial comple  and do the bidding of our so-called allies. 

“By Jeff Faux at the Nation Where are you from?” the elderly man asked politely, as my wife and I strolled through his small Iranian village in early May. “America,” I answered. “Wonderful,” he said…”

Source: Debunking Washington’s Big Lie—–Why Iran Is Not Our Enemy | David Stockman’s Contra Corner

 

This is as bad as it gets

16 Jul

“Is the Real Scandal the Clinton Foundation?,” TRNN, July 8, 2016.Michael Hudson says the media has failed to look beyond the emails and into potential conflicts of interest during Hillary…”

Source: The Clinton Foundation?

 

Hillary is the neocon in the presidential race

16 Jul

“As political leaders across the world swear to engage in total war against Isis in the wake of the massacre in Nice, not enough notice is being taken of the fact that the long-term prospects of the… ”

Source: A Hillary Clinton presidency could end up letting Isis off the hook

 
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Posted in Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, Military-industrial complex, Politics, President Obama, Presidential campaign, Warfare state

 

Thumbs down for “maverick” Trump

16 Jul

How Trump blew his credibility by picking Pence.

Source: Dead Man Walking

 

A thumbs up for Trump

16 Jul

Illana Mercer on the Trump phenomenon.

Source: The Trump Revolution

 

A recipe for conflict?

15 Jul

Do the American people want mass migration from Middle East?  The law of unintended consequences will be far reaching.

“Hillary Clinton could permanently resettle close to one million Muslim migrants during the first term of her presidency alone.”

Source: Clinton to Resettle One Million Muslim Migrants During First Term

 
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Posted in Democrats, Economy, Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Middle East

 

Trump Says He Would Ask for a Declaration of War

15 Jul

More war?  Haven’t the American people rallied around Trump because he has been critical of our undeclared wars? 

Source: Target Liberty: MAD DOG: Trump Says He Would Ask for a Declaration of War

 
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Posted in Donald Trump, Foreign policy, Middle East, Military-industrial complex, Warfare state

 

Murray Rothbard had Newt’s number in 1994

13 Jul

Source: Target Liberty: Murray Rothbard on Newt Gingrich

 
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Posted in Crony capitalism, Economy, Federal Government, Foreign policy, Trade, Warfare state, Welfare state

 

Phoney , baloney and BS from DC exposed

13 Jul

“Remember “We’re fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here”? That was the justification for the worldwide war on terrorism the Bush administration trumpeted in the early days of the post-9/11 era. Keeping in mind that the American people don’t really care about what goes on thousands of miles away, […]”

Source: The Myth of the ‘War on Terrorism’ – Antiwar.com Original

 
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Posted in Crony capitalism, Foreign policy, Middle East, Military-industrial complex, Neocons, Warfare state

 

Bernie Sanders caves in to Hillary

13 Jul

Bernie is not leading a revolution.  He is grasping for power. 

Source: Target Liberty: The Sanders “Revolution” Was Just Put To Sleep

 

Hillary is a liar or incredibly dumb

12 Jul

Whichever it is, she is eminently qualified to be president.

“She never, through the year and a half that the email saga played out, claimed she did not realize she was transmitting highly classified government secrets”

Source: Clinton Says She Was ‘Unaware’ She Was Sending Classified Material on Email Server | Ghosts of Tom Joad – Peter Van Buren

 
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Posted in Corruption, Crime, Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Politicians, Politics, Presidential campaign