Few share our privilege, power and freedom – hence responsibility
“It is interesting to see the sources on whom NBC News executives rely to develop their understanding of the world, and it’s even more interesting to learn what they’re being told about that.”
-Greenwald on the recent hawkish report that Gen Barry McCaffrey gave to NBC officials, intended to influence their war peddling by hyping the “threat” of Iran.
“Our job, as consumers, is to continue to keep the pressure on until Apple decides that the risks inherent in the status quo – the risks to its brand, its staff morale, and its loyal customer base – are higher than the costs of taking real action to improve workers’ lives.”
–SumOfUs in its latest email. Sign the petition.
US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 40 casualties in the week ending February 28, as the official casualty total for both Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112, 579. The total includes 79,576 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 33,003 since… Continue reading February 28, 2012
“There’s a certain impatience — I mean, there are people who don’t see how we succeed under the current conditions, and their case is getting stronger,”
–Another one of those anonymous American officials, explaining the obvious about Afghanistan
“The White House keeps praising these journalists … who’ve been killed … How does that square with the fact that this administration has been so aggressively trying to stop aggressive journalism in the United States by using the Espionage Act to take whistleblowers to court? … You want aggressive journalism abroad; you just don’t want it in the United States.
–Jake Tapper displays a bravery too rare in the White House press room
US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 59 combat casualties in the period ending February 21, as the official casualty total for both Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112, 539. The total includes 79,575 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 32,964… Continue reading February 21, 2012
“Pay attention: Occupy was so powerful a force for nonviolence that it was already solving Oakland’s chronic crime and violence problems just by giving people hope and meals and solidarity and conversation.”
–Rebecca Solnit clarifies – violent crime in Oakland was down 19% while the encampment existed.
“In any case, the situation demonstrates a growing and expanding willingness on the part of our country’s senior military leaders to use “Information Operations” even on domestic audiences to manipulate the system in order to get what they want.”
–From Lt. Col. Davis’s damning report on our failures in Afghanistan
The neoconservative senator from Connecticut has introduced a “Sense of the Senate” resolution that would put the body on record as rejecting a situation that arguably already exists, in which Iran has the know-how to build a bomb even if it has no intention to do so.
–Sen. Lieberman is not satisfied with bombing Iran if they build a nuke. He wants us to bomb them just for knowing how it’s done.
US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 22 combat casualties in the period ending February 15, as the official casualty total for both Iraq and AfPak wars* jumped to 112, 472 with the monthly report of “non hostile” casualties. The total includes 79,575 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003… Continue reading February 16, 2012