Our Score [O poder do “não”] [Het vermogen van “njet”] The way things are supposed to work on this planet is like this: in the United States, the power structures (public and private) decide what they want the rest of…
The Power of “Nyet”
Category: Political
Baby picture for a better government
Our Score —A short resume—— Early on I was interested in finance, the economy, world affairs & getting things done, many times undone. I’ve worked with all sorts of working class people (sometimes those with no class at all) but never for those at the very…
Nader: The U.S. Political & Media System Is Designed to Obstruct, Silence Third-Party Candidates
Our Score http://www.democracynow.org/2016/5/10/nader_the_us_political_media_system Polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are on pace to be the least popular major-party presidential nominees in decades. Will some voters look to cast votes with third-party candidates? We speak to former presidential candidate Ralph…
Yanis Varoufakis on the European Constituion, Economic Disintegration and Orwellianism
Our Score July 03, 2016 In this video the former finance minister of Greece and founder of DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement 2025), Yanis Varoufakis, provides us an insight into why the European constitution does not represent the people of…
U.S.-Europe trade deal promises ‘Climate Armageddon’
Our Score The group Friends of the Earth obtained a leaked EU document that details how the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would kill December’s Paris climate deal by making it harder for the nations to live up to their…
Iraq war ‘was illegal,’ Blair’s former deputy acknowledges
Our Score Published time: 10 Jul, 2016 13:26 Unidentified Royal Marines sit with a British Union flag atop of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s palace at Basra in southern Iraq, April 7, 2003. © Jon Mills / Reuters The…
10 shocking reasons why Zika Virus fear is another fraudulent medical hoax
Our Score Mike Adams, June 3, 2016 (NaturalNews) Think the Zika virus is responsible for all the cases of microcephaly in South America? Think again: There is no reliable scientific evidence linking the two. The developmental deformities are actually caused…
Guccifer 2.0 reveals Clinton expenses, clues on identity & slams presidential hopefuls
Our Score Published time: 1 Jul, 2016 17:50 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton © Rick Wilking / Reuters Releasing a new batch of documents from the Democratic National Committee, hacker Guccifer 2.0 mocked allegations he works for the Kremlin,…
“Conspiracy Fact”: The CIA, Afghanistan’s Poppy Fields and America’s Growing Heroin Epidemic
Our Score By Timothy Alexander Guzman July 1, 2016 The heroin epidemic resembles the days when “Crack cocaine” became the major drug that destroyed communities across the United States and other parts of the world including the Caribbean that began in the…
As the War on Weed Winds Down, Will Monsanto Be the Big Winner?
Our Score Posted on June 23, 2016 by Ellen Brown The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. Research shows that this natural plant, rather than posing a deadly danger to health,…
Why the British said no to Europe
Our Score Journalist, film-maker and author, John Pilger is one of two to win British journalism’s highest award twice. For his documentary films, he has won an Emmy and a British Academy Award, a BAFTA. Among numerous other awards, he…
Clinton’s Energy Plan Pits Green Against Green
Our Score Will solar and wind farms take over parks and preserves? Posted at Jun 20, 2016 5:13 PM John Bicknell There is a civil war going on in the environmental movement. No blood will be spilled, but like the…
Clinton and Trump Are Historically Unpopular. Here’s Why
The Pentagon’s Real Strategy
Our Score By Andrew Cockburn, June 16, 2016 These days, lamenting the apparently aimless character of Washington’s military operations in the Greater Middle East has become conventional wisdom among administration critics of every sort. Senator John McCain thunders that “this…
Exxon attacks Dem AGs in day two of retaliatory court action
Our Score Exxon Mobil asked the Massachusetts Superior Court to bar Attorney General Maura Healey from continuing a probe. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Exxon Mobil went after Democratic attorneys general for a second day on Thursday for targeting the company over…
Silencing America as it prepares for war
Our Score 27 May 2016 John Pilger Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I was with Robert Kennedy when he was shot…
Whistleblowing is Not Just Leaking – It’s an Act of Political Resistance
CIA ‘Accidentally’ Destroyed 6,700 Page Torture Report? Snowden Calls Bullshit
Our Score Published: May 20, 2016 – Carey Wedler – ANTIMEDIA (ANTIMEDIA) The world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, took Twitter by storm when he created an account last year. Since, he has criticized everyone from the FBI to…
Hillary Clinton: Changing Positions At Every Election
Our Score By: Brandon Turbeville on February 6, 2016 Image by Hypeline.org As the tide of public opinion goes, so goes Hillary Clinton’s campaign rhetoric. Note the term “campaign rhetoric” here since it is not Clinton’s true positions that change,…
Gun control: California Senate passes sweeping new restrictions on firearms owners
Our Score State Sen. Isadore Hall III, D-Compton, left, gives a thumbs up as the “bullet button” bill he and Sen. Steven Glazer,D-Orinda, right, authored was approved by the Senate, May 19, 2016. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) SACRAMENTO — Quickly…