World-News

http://lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi255.html

Janus Christians
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance325.html

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The militarization of American life

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

03/27/13

In this age of Empire, militarism pervades American culture like a poisonous fog, hypnotizing a complacent population with narratives that valorize and justify a foreign policy of perpetual war. It reaches into every corner of everyday life, from the war propaganda spewed forth by the 'mainstream' media to the movies we watch and what we learn in 'science' class. Once this kind of cultural rot sets in, it is hard to root out: this is the true meaning of decadence, of a society suffering the latter stages of a fatal hubris...

http://tinyurl.com/clasbu7


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Tyranny Of The Reasonable

Popular Complacency In An Era Of Economic Exploitation And Perpetual War

By Phil Rockstroh

You cannot force truth upon the deceived.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34519.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mainstream+media
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/sardi
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/vance
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Phil+Rockstroh
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http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/cheney-lied-about-911.html

9/11 Didn t Change Everything
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2013/03/12/355-911-didnt-change-everything/



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lewrockwell-show
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http://lewrockwell.com/lazarowitz/lazarowitz65.1.html

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Drone semantics: Obama s definition of 'combat' may be unlike ordinary humans'

I think they left a lot of wriggle room in the way they worded the statement. And they certainly have the past history of being pretty liberal in how they choose to define terms when it suits their interests.

http://is.gd/Kvf6pU


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=propaganda
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lazarowitz
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Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: Capitalism prescribes the same policy mistakes over and over again, austerity, punishment for debtors (unless they are financial institutions), labor cost cutting, that exacerbate its inevitable crises. When will we attack the structural roots of crisis?

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14917-austerity-another-policy-mistake-again

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The Global Austerity Resistance Continues
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/11-6

A Cure for Capitalism?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/03/13

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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
http://lewrockwell.com/stockman/stockman17.1.html

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European Austerity Costing Lives

As the euro crisis wears on, the tough austerity measures implemented in ailing member states are resulting in serious health issues, a study revealed on Wednesday. Mental illness, suicide rates and epidemics are on the rise, while access to care has dwindled.

http://is.gd/bWkRBr


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=capitalis
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+D.+Wolff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Allison+Kilkenny
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/stockman
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Emanuel Pastreich, Truthout: The United States faces a historic decision: We can passively follow the ineluctable path towards militarism and imperial decline, or radically transform the present military-industrial complex into the model for a truly global collaborative to combat climate change.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14901-leading-climate-fight-defense-could-preserve-and-protect-rather-than-kill-and-destroy



Basing Our Economy on Fossils Is Stupid

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: It is time that America joined countries who have decided to break their addiction to fossil fuels with a carbon tax.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15003-basing-our-economy-on-fossils-is-stupid



Price for Denial, Inaction on Climate Is Higher Than Toll of Reducing Consumption

Karen Rybold-Chin, Truthout: ''People need to realize that [oil] is a finite resource, and using it in the crazy, irresponsible ways we use it today is in fact suicidal, suicidal within one generation,'' University of Texas Chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Tad Patzek says.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15058-price-for-denial-inaction-on-climate-is-higher-than-toll-of-reducing-consumption



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=climate+change
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Thom+Hartmann
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Facing deteriorating conditions and the hopelessness of their legal abyss, detainees are starving themselves in protest

http://is.gd/GMklE8



A Huge Hunger Strike at Guantánamo

By Andy Worthington

When is a hunger strike not a hunger strike? Apparently, when the government says it doesn t exist.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34237.htm



Over 100 Guantanamo inmates 'on hunger strike,' possibly in grave condition

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay inmates have claimed ''all but a few men'' are on a hunger strike over their Qurans being taken away. The condition of the strikers ''appears to be rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potentially critical level,'' they said.

http://is.gd/QFh97U



Human Rights Body Holds Hearing on Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis at Guantánamo

As Detained Men Enter Fifth Week of Hunger Strike in Peaceful Protest of 11 Years Detention, U.S. Officials Face Questions About Guantánamo for First Time Since Obama Re-Election.

http://is.gd/PhtTwD


From Information Clearing House

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Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/13-4

Starving for Justice at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/14-5



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/07-10

Applause for Standing Against Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/07-7

The 3 Real Problems With Drone Strikes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/08



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Cenk+Uygur
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/03/07-8



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+terror
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Attorneys Allege in Letter to Prison Officials

Jason Leopold, Truthout: For the past three weeks, nearly all of the 166 prisoners detained at Guantanamo have been engaging in a hunger strike to protest the conditions of their confinement, which they claim have worsened as many enter their eleventh year of captivity.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/14972-guantanamo-hunger-strike-potentially-life-threatening-attorneys-allege-in-letter-to-prison-officials



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Mark Karlin, Truthout: Karlin interviews Melvin Goodman, who speaks about our huge military-industrial complex, the power of the Pentagon and presidents intimidated by the military.

http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/14959-the-militarization-of-the-national-security-state



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Karlin

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