“We don’t need to ask who you’re talking to. We know.”
–Anonymous “national security representative“, to reporter Lucy Dalglish, on why she shouldn’t expect too many subpoenas of journalists for their sources, a la James Risen.
Author: almerindo
February 7, 2012
US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 12 combat casualties in the week ending February 7, as the official casualty total for both Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112, 200 The total includes 79,557 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 32,643… Continue reading February 7, 2012
“One must wonder why an effort that has so carefully gone after terrorists who plot to kill civilians has been subjected to so much misinformation. Let’s be under no illusions — there are a number of elements who would like nothing more than to malign these efforts and help Al Qaeda succeed.”
–A “senior American counterterrorism official”, cowardly hiding behind anonymity granted by the New York Times to attack the fine work of researchers to expose the terrorist practices of the US covert drone program (namely, secondary attacks which kill emergency first responders and funeral attendees.)
“Obama Wall Street Fundraising Evaporates As Donors Flee To Romney”
–Headline at The Huffington Post. Apparently allowing Too Big To Fail banks to thrive and escape prosecution has not paid off. Might as well welcome their hatred, Mr President.
A highly complex set of laws and exemptions from laws and taxes has been put in place by those in the uppermost reaches of the U.S. financial system. It allows them to protect and increase their wealth and significantly affect the U.S. political and legislative processes. They have real power and real wealth.
–An anonymous investment manager. It’s not really the 1% who pull the strings. It’s the 0.1%.
Right after Obama began his SOTU speech with a plea asking civillians to emulate his military, the military justice system whitewashed the Haditha Massacre and its coverup. That was one of many war crimes committed by US troops that led Iraq to reject Obama’s effort to continue the military occupation by refusing to continue the exemption of US troops from Iraqi law.
January 31, 2012
US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 31 combat casualties in the week ending January 24, as the official casualty total for both Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112,185 The total includes 79,557 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations “Iraqi Freedom” and “New Dawn”), and 32,628 since… Continue reading January 31, 2012
“The more we shed ourselves of national identity in this fight, the more we grasp that our true allies may not speak our language or embrace our religious and cultural traditions, the more powerful we will become.”
—Chris Hedges on Occupy
Life After Death
Egalitarians must work to take over the Democratic party as the Tea Party has recently taken over the Republicans. Action in the streets will lead the way, but we must have electoral strength to make our leaders follow through with the changes we demand.
The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: ‘Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?’
Mr Bryan told security officials that ‘destroy’ is slang for party in the UK, but that was not enough to convince them.