By Caitlin Johnstone In an excellent new essay titled “We’re Not the Good Guys — Why Is American Aggression Missing in Action?“, Tom Engelhardt criticizes the way western media outlets consistently describe the behavior of disobedient nations like Iran as…
Unhappy Thoughts For the Fourth of July By Paul Craig Roberts July 04, 2019 The human race, being a collection of stupids, continues to make decisions that imperil itself. For example, a simple mistake in a warning system about incoming…
Submitted by: ButtCracker — On June 4th the Chinese government issued a travel alert for Chinese tourists thinking of visiting the United States, a day after it issued a similar advisory to Chinese students thinking of studying in the US…
You Just Might Be A…Thought Criminal Submitted by: ButtCracker The Omnipresent Surveillance State: Orwell’s 1984 Is No Longer Fiction By John W. Whitehead “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made…
Submitted by: ButtCracker — “No matter who you are, no matter how strong you are, sooner or later, you’ll face circumstances beyond your control.” — Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones Those coming of age today will face some of the…
Submitted by: ButtCracker — NYT – 18 May 2019 – Venezuela’s Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Subtitle: Butchers have stopped selling meat cuts in favor of offal, fat shavings and cow hooves, the only animal…
Submitted by: ButtCracker — There is a realignment coming in electoral politics. It began with Ron Paul in 2008 and has been building for more than a decade. We know this story well. That realignment will be about restoring not…
Submitted by: Buttmeister — After two years of gaslighting the public while it blew smoke up America’s ass, the Jacobin news media enjoyed its final feeding frenzy with the release of the 400-page Mueller report. They expected 1000 pounds of…
Submitted by: Buttmeister — Julian Assange sits in a jail cell today after being betrayed by the Ecuadorian government and his home country of Australia. A British judge named Michael Snow has found the WikiLeaks founder guilty of violating bail…