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Major Questions Remain Unanswered in Boston Killing of Alleged ISIS Beheading Plotter
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/10/major-questions-remain-unanswered-killing-alleged-boston-isis-beheading-plotter/
I have been on the verge of commenting on this several times. It is interesting to me that the only place I am seeing this sort of …
While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/while-wronged-homeowners-got-300-apiece-in-foreclosure-settlement-consultants-who-helped-protect-banks-got-2-billion-20130426
This an interesting article and I recommend reading it to understand how corrupt our government is, but it is more or less …
I was reading this post by Jared Bernstein:
A Few Fiscal Points re this AMs WaPo
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/a-few-fiscal-points-re-this-ams-wapo/
and then read this comment:
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/a-few-fiscal-points-re-this-ams-wapo/#comment-412115 (reproduced below)
…The “intra-governmental” debt is maybe even more problematic. What it really represents is money that
New York’s top court highlights the meaninglessness and menace of the term ‘terrorism’
A fascinating new ruling unwittingly illustrates the separate system of ‘justice’ invented for Muslims in the US after 9/11
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/16/court-terrorism-morales-gangs-meaningless
I talked about the meaninglessness of the …
Four huge corporate power grabs possibly worse than Citizens United
These court cases offer a chilling reminder how close America has come to becoming an outright plutocracy
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/09/4_huge_corporate_power_grabs_that_never_came_to_pass/
This author chooses to use the term ‘plutocracy‘ where I …
Prior to my looking at the third-party candidates and reviewing them I am going to quickly describe my views so my reader(s) know from what direction I cast my gaze. I doubt this will be all encompassing (and I am …
Sounds like great work by our domestic anti-terrorist agency, eh? Until you read this:
New York Federal Reserve ‘bomb’ plotter ensnared in FBI sting
Federal authorities arrest 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis who they say attempted to detonate a …
There are a bunch of interesting articles on CNN this morning and several about the ‘situation’ regarding Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin. I have commented (perhaps not on my blog, I am not sure) about this before and how it is …
Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, Fueling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
We do have a “Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex” exactly like the military industrial complex with the revolving door between the government and the companies sucking on its tits. However, the problem potential …
http://www.ajc.com/news/man-facing-105-years-1221252.html
What the title should also add is man loses kidney, home, business, car, everything because of hot-headed cops unwilling to follow protocol shooting at non-threatening individuals.
I have spoken with many people who say that cops deserve the benefit …