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Report and be damned: an American whistleblower’s story (Fitzgibbon)
Will Fitzgibbon writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism . . . . the last four weeks have largely been a positive time for whistleblowers […]
Mitt Romney’s coming War on Iran: A Tale of Two Conventions
The American Republican Party Convention in Tampa ironically coincides with the Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Tehran, Iran. Were nominee Mitt Romney to win, he has […]
White Terrorist Plot to Assassinate the ‘Commander in Chief’
A white terrorist cell on a military base in Georgia plotted to assassinate President Barack Obama and stage a military coup. It murdered two former […]
The Age of Mass Killing Comes to Syria & France Pushes Gov’t in Exile
In recent months, the uprising in Syria has become bloodier and bloodier. In the beginning, in spring and summer of 2011, the crowds were largely […]
Top Ten Pieces of Bad News for Romney on Eve of Convention
1. Ron Paul declined the opportunity to speak at the Republican Convention because he does not “fully support” Mr. Romney. Paul as the leader of […]
Plot to Provoke war with Iran thwarted by Navy analyst
Shorter WaPo: In spring of 2007, someone in the Bush administration (unindicted co-conspirator Richard Bruce Cheney? Neocons?) Sends uber hawk Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff […]
Tampa Area Republicans terrified of Tea Party, Ryan (Guzzo)
Paul Guzzo writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: As Republicans from all over the nation converge upon the City of Tampa to celebrate […]
South Africa: Label West Bank Squatter Products; Israel: You Apartheid State!
Having Avigdor Lieberman as a foreign minister is one of the worst things that could happen to Israel. I was in Brazil last year this […]
Just Deserts: Iraqis get Iraq’s Oil, not Bush/Cheney (Muttitt)
Gregg Muttitt writes at Tomdispatch: Mission Accomplished for Big Oil? How an American Disaster Paved the Way for Big Oil’s Rise — and Possible Fall […]
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