Month: December 2017

Surveillance Is Not About Fighting Terrorism

Submitted by:  ButtCracker   — Intelligence Community Says US Had Better Reauthorize Surveillance… Or Else The editorial board of the Washington Post, whose sole owner is a CIA contractor, has published a predictably fact-challenged op-ed arguing that congress must reauthorize the…

How Corporate Power Killed Democracy

Submitted by:  ButtCracker   — Corporate Power is the Fusion of the Corporation and the State The rise of Corporate Power was the fall of democracy.  Over the long haul, US politics has revolved around a deep tension between democracy and…

Russiagate Becomes Israelgate

Submitted by:  ButtCracker   — Who was corrupting the American political system? Reading the mainstream media headlines relating to the flipping of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to provide evidence relating to the allegations about Russian interference in America’s last…