“Imagine the LAPD politely asking a gang of Crips and their lawyers to issue a report on whether or not a drive-by shooting by the Crips should be brought before a grand jury – that’s basically how the SEC now handles many preliminary investigations against Wall Street targets.”
-Matt Taibbi in his latest Rolling Stone exposé

“This situation — exploding wealth inequality combined with harsh austerity, little hope for improvement and a growing sense of irreversible national decline — cannot possibly be sustained for long without some serious social unrest.”
-Glenn Greenwald on the importance the government places on the National Surveillance State, given the disturbances likely in the pipeline.

August 2, 2011

US military occupation forces in Iraq and Afganistan and attacking forces in Libya under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 139 combat casualties in the week ending August 2, as the official casualty total rose to 107,328. The total includes 78,705 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 28,623… Continue reading August 2, 2011

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