Category Archives: rise and fall of empires
The “Snowden Is Ready To Come Home!” Story: Case Study in Typical Media Deceit
The “Snowden Is Ready To Come Home!” Story: Case Study in Typical Media Deceit Post Categories: Canada GLENN GREENWALD @ggreenwald | Sunday, March 8, 2015, 2:19 Beijing Most sentient people rationally accept that the U.S. media routinely disseminates misleading stories … Continue reading
U.S., Qatar Plan To Rebrand CIA-Founded, -Funded Al Qaeda Into “Moderate”(?) Rebels
U.S., Qatar Plan To Rebrand CIA-Founded, -Funded Al Qaeda Into “Moderate”(?) Rebels Post Categories: Canada moonofalabama | Saturday, March 7, 2015, 10:52 Beijing 57 views The CIA supported and equipped “moderate” rebels in Syria are losing out against al-Qaeda affiliate … Continue reading
Ferguson Police an Allegory of American “Exceptionalism”
Will Ferguson’s police chief be next? Timeline for one of America’s worst police departments: August 9, 2014: Ferguson cop Darren Wilson kills black teenager Michael Brown. Later that evening, a cop allows his dog to urinate on a makeshift memorial, … Continue reading
CIA Director overhauls spy agency
CIA Director overhauls spy agency CIA Director John Brennan has ordered a reorganization of the spy agency that will shift its focus from Bush-era counterterrorism back to its traditional Cold War-era intelligence gathering role, the Seattle Times reports. Thousands of … Continue reading
Some Memes and Mimetics From “Indian Country” No. 1
Shades of the CIA: The Chicago PD’s black site
Shades of the CIA: The Chicago PD’s black site The Chicago police admire the CIA so much they’re trying to emulate them. What they like best about the CIA, of course, is their talent for bypassing and nullifying … Continue reading
Ex-Guerrilla, Pot-Legalizing, Champion of the Poor: Uruguay’s Mujica Steps Down
Ex-Guerrilla, Pot-Legalizing, Champion of the Poor: Uruguay’s Mujica Steps Down Post Categories: Photo News RT | Monday, March 2, 2015, 6:10 Beijing Jose Mujica. (Reuters/Andres Stapff) Uruguay’s president, Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerrilla who lives on a farm and … Continue reading