Will 2016 be the year the artificially stimulated US economic house of cards collapses? It’s long overdue. What can’t go on forever, won’t. Markets levitate only for so long. Day of reckoning time inevitably arrives. Continue reading
The spirit of Christmas represents peace, good will, consideration for those less fortunate, as well as mutual cooperation among nations for the benefit of humanity. Continue reading
In 2011, US-led NATO ravaged and destroyed Africa’s most prosperous country—Jamahiriya “government of the popular masses by themselves for themselves.” Continue reading
Charges are unrelated to Christine Lagarde’s greatest crimes—representing the US-controlled IMF and Western monied interests at the expense of beneficial social change. Continue reading
US-installed Kiev fascists plan another blockade of Crimea, targeting trade—its latest lunatic scheme guaranteed to fail, along with providing more evidence of an out-of-control regime. Continue reading
He’s been Syria’s president since July 2000, overwhelmingly reelected in June 2014 in a process independent international monitors judged open, free and fair. Continue reading
So-called COP21 discussions from November 30-December 11 among hundreds of representatives from 196 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) countries were dead on arrival. Continue reading
Israeli settlements were built on stolen Palestinian land, its residents ethnically cleansed for exclusive Jewish development. Continue reading
Most people believe the hype and Big Lies government officials and media scoundrels tell them. Propaganda rages because it works. Continue reading
No nation in world history threatens humanity’s survival more than America—a rogue state masquerading as a democracy, controlled by powerful monied interests, profiting hugely from endless wars of aggression, all based on Big Lies. Continue reading
Britain is a longstanding US imperial partner, involved in virtually all its wars of aggression—four post-9/11. Continue reading
The NYT is America’s longstanding leading voice for wealth, power and privilege exclusively—state-supportive propaganda its specialty, the most important news “fit to print” systematically suppressed. Continue reading
Fear-mongering is longstanding US policy, facilitated by false flags—state-sponsored terrorism, 9/11 Exhibit A, perpetrated with an agenda in mind. Continue reading
US policies are consistent, the greatest ever threat to world peace and stability, verboten notions, endless wars prioritized. Continue reading
TPP now revealed in full is one of the latest examples of how fascists running things in Washington harm public welfare and safety—in bed with predatory monied interests exclusively. Theirs alone matter. Continue reading
Shameless fear-mongering along with bashing independent countries and their leaders is longstanding US practice. Russophobia rages out-of-control in America. Propaganda substitutes for hard truths. Continue reading
Remember earlier reports about $7,600 coffee makers, $640 toilet seats, $436 dollar hammers and numerous other US military items, including hugely overpriced weapons systems, some of which were never used or don’t work? Continue reading
Paul Ryan awakened Thursday morning one step away from succeeding John Boehner as House speaker—ousted by a palace coup. He wasn’t conservative enough for hardline Republicans. Continue reading
New York Times reporting shifts from the absurd to the contemptible to the outrageous in virtually every article on geopolitical issues. Why anyone wastes time and money reading it they’ll have to explain. Continue reading
Israel heads perilously closer to becoming a full-blown police state—for Jews as well as Arabs. Continue reading
A decade of deplorable Harper-led Conservative governance ended. It gave Canadians endless wars of aggression partnered with Washington, deepened social injustice, hardline support for Israel’s killing machine, and police state harshness against nonbelievers. Continue reading
Political debates are pre-scripted, well-rehearsed theater, especially presidential ones. They don’t edify. They insult. Avoid them. You’ll learn nothing. Continue reading
On Tuesday, Netanyahu vowed to use “all means” available against Palestinians—more intense state terror than already. Continue reading
In politics, doing the right thing exacts a price. It’s no game for sissies. Most officeholders are scoundrels. Exceptions like Corbyn prove the rule. More below on attempts to vilify him. Continue reading
John Pilger once called Washington’s Afghanistan war “the grand illusion of the American cause,” a failed aggression no matter how long fighting continues. Continue reading
Russia’s sovereign independence sticks in Washington’s craw, long-term US policy determined to replace it with governance it controls—even at the risk of WW III. Continue reading
The New York Times is a virtual US administration/Pentagon house organ. Its articles read like imperial press releases, real journalism entirely absent, making sensationalist tabloid operations look good by comparison. Continue reading
It’s always open season on irresponsibly bashing Vladimir Putin—instead of embracing his sensible solutions to major world problems. Continue reading
Vladimir Putin understands what’s going on and how to resolve things responsibly—polar opposite Obama’s endless war agenda, blaming his high crimes on Assad. Continue reading
In welcoming the pontiff on the White House south lawn, President Obama ignored his earlier disturbing record. Continue reading
Big Lies continue circulating, claiming a Russian military buildup in Syria, reminiscent of fabricated accusations of “Russian aggression” in Ukraine, long ago discredited. Continue reading
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Grim New Year tidings
Posted on January 4, 2016 by Stephen Lendman
The new year traditionally is a time for hope and change, a new beginning, a shift from policies causing so much harm to many millions worldwide—nameless, faceless victims of imperial ruthlessness. Continue reading →