Archive for the 'Foreign & Security Policy' Category

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT….REDUX

Friday, December 26th, 2008

JOEL STEIN IN THE LA TIMES–A THOUGHTFUL BLOG…..
Republicans are blinded by love
Lefties just don’t have the same feeling about America as the hard right does.
Joel Stein
December 26, 2008
I don’t love America. That’s what conservatives are always telling liberals like me. Their love, they insist, is truer, deeper and more complete. Then liberals, like all people […]

NEWSMAX? BULLSHIT….

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

From: geoff smith
Date: December 25, 2008 10:05:50 PM EST (CA)
To: “Newsmax.com”
Subject: Re: U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances
your U.S. military cannot control even Iraq or Afghanistan…what makes you think it could control unruly rednecks? The military would be a pushover.
On 25-Dec-08, at 8:34 PM, Newsmax.com wrote:
Breaking from Newsmax.com
U.S. Military Preparing for […]

THE SOVIETS DID IT……..

Monday, December 8th, 2008

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, A STUDY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO DISSENTERS: NB, THE U.S. HAS USED THIS TACTIC IN ITS SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICULARLY THE CONSENSUS HISTORIANS OF THE 1940S-1960S…..
THINK ABOUT IT…..
December 9, 2008
Complainers in China Hospitalized
By ANDREW JACOBS
BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers […]

SOUNDS LIKE THE 3 STOOGES BUT IT’S MUCH MORE SERIOUS

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

FROM THE LOST ANGELES TIMES, A SCARY STORY…..
Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nuns
An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists.
By Bob Drogin
December 7, 2008
Reporting from Takoma Park, Md. — To friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager 20-something who attended their events and sent encouraging […]

JOHN YOO — A TOUGH ONE? ONLY IF YOU THINK TORTURE IS PART OF THE U.S. REPERTOIRE

Friday, December 5th, 2008

JOHN YOO…..AT BOALT HALL AT UC BERKELEY….AN ARCHITECT OF THE U.S. TORTURE POLICY. AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW, AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION…..IS HE A FELON?
FROM THE SF CHRONICLE/GATE
Back to Article
UC professor under fire for White House memo
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, December 5, 2008
(12-04) 18:02 PST — Berkeley’s City Council will delve into national policy […]

HONEYMOON ENDS BEFORE IT BEGINS??

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

THE OBSERVER ON OBAMA’S “THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME….
Obama criticised for economic team’s link to failed bank chief
Presidential advisers are protégés of director of Citigroup, the bank accused of reckless sub-prime investments that led to its near-collapse
Edward Helmore in New York
guardian.co.uk, Sunday November 30 2008 00.01 GMT
As Barack Obama prepares […]

A DRUG MUSEUM THAT SHOULD BE SEEN…

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND ALL YOU HEALTH 239 STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE, TAKE HEED……
November 27, 2008
MEXICO CITY JOURNAL
Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden
By MARC LACEY
MEXICO CITY — At their best, museums are glorious cultural repositories, reflecting the highest flowering of human creativity, ingenuity and art. But not everything in […]



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