Colombian Army Murdered Thousands of Civilians with the Help of US Tax DollarsA disturbing report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch details how the Colombian military callously murdered thousands of innocent civilians and dressed their lifeless bodies in leftist rebels' uniforms, just to artificially inflate the body count for a period of at least six years. The commander of the armed forces and other senior army brass knew about it the whole time.
Somewhat euphemistically termed "extrajudicial killings," the practice has been recogniz... (more)
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'This is America': The Day Police Firebombed West PhiladelphiaPictured: "Let it burn": Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, May 13, 1985
By the time Lt. Frank Powell hurled a satchel bomb onto the roof of a three-story row house on Philadelphia’s Osage Avenue, the siege had gone on for nearly twelve hours. Powell was a member of the Philadelphia PD’s bomb squad, and like the “firemen” in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novelette, he was performing a function assu... (more)
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The Fascinating History of Hershey, CubaYesterday the Washington Post carried a fascinating article about a small town in Cuba named Hershey. The history of the town provides valuable lessons about America's heritage of economic liberty as well the socialist economic system established by Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Hersh... (more)
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Another Urban Legend? The Middle Ages Were the "Dark Ages"As the culture wars intensify in America, let’s consider some of the roots of these contentious conflicts.
With the “Age of Enlightenment” of the 17th and 18th centuries, a “modern” narrative was invented to explain the history of the West, the wider world, and humankind’s place in the universe. This narrative claimed that liberty, democracy, republicanism and religious tolerance could only be achieved through an “Enlightenment project” of secularism taking control of both the pub... (more)
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The U.S.'s Nazi ImportsA Florida appeals panel recently upheld an order to deport General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova. A former defense minister of El Salvador, Casanova is accused of gross human rights violations, including the 1980 murder of three nuns and a missionary. He was granted entry into the United States. in 1989. Now, a unit of the U.S. Immigration and Custom... (more)
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When Government Spreads Disease: The 1906 Meat Inspection Act You know the old myth about the meat-packing industry. In 1906, Upton Sinclair came out with his book The Jungle, and it shocked the nation by documenting the horror of the meat-packing industry. People were being boiled in vats and sent to larders. Rat waste was mixed with meat. And so on.
As a result, the Federal Meat Inspection Act passed Congress, and consumers were saved from ghastly diseases. The lesson is that government is essential to stop private enterprise from poison... (more)
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The US Air Force Almost Nuked North CarolinaThe United States narrowly averted a nuclear disaster in 1961 after two atomic bombs fell from a B-52 bomber and came frighteningly close to detonating in North Carolina, newly-released documents reveal.
On January 24, 1961, two hydrogen bombs fell from a B-52 as it broke apart in the sky and hit the ground near the city of Goldsboro.
The Air Force bomber suffered a “failure of the right wing” and broke in half while flying over North Carolina, said documents reveal... (more)
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Gun Control in Nazi GermanyThere is no shortage of theories or writings related to the rise of the Third Reich and the subsequent Holocaust. Stephen Halbrook's 2013 book, Gun Control in the Third Reich offers a compelling and important account of the role of gun prohibition in aiding Hitler's goals of exterminating the Jews and other "ene... (more)
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Obama's Former Foreign Policy Adviser Said -- In 1997 -- that the U.S. Had to Gain Control of UkraineThe Battle for Ukraine Was Planned in 1997 ... Or Earlier
Neoconservatives planned regime change throughout the Middle East and North Africa 20 years ago. Robert Parry correctly points out that the Neocons have successfully "weathered the storm" of disdain after their Iraq war fiasco.B... (more)
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100 Years of War Lies DEBUNKED)
When Secretary of State John Kerry made his now infamous statement about Russia's actions in Ukraine, the hypocrisy was immediately apparent to all but the most clueless of viewers. But perhaps Kerry wasn't so wrong to expect the public to let him get away with such a transparently hypocritical statement. After all, the public have always been happy to go along wit... (more)
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Stalin ApologiaSalon.com published a truly disgusting article on the supposed myths of communism. There are a lot of problems with it, but I’ll focus on this particularly revolting passage, which might seem literally true if you drop the context of what it suggests:
For one thing, a large number of the people killed under Soviet communism weren't the kulaks everyone pr ... (more)
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Molyneux: The Truth About Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is portrayed in the mainstream media as a peace-loving anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist. But what is the truth about Nelson Mandela?I enjoyed this article in the NYT pointing out he's a politician, and he is viewed as just that--a politician--in his home town of South Africa. The reverence for the man comes from those who don't know him and didn't live under his rule. Evidently, the people who worship him most in his own country are those from his own political party who benefit most from it. What a shocker. - Chris |
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A Brewing Terror: The U.S. Government's Alcohol Poisoning ProgramHardly had the last wisps of gun smoke faded into the ether of post-World War I Europe before America found herself embroiled in an epic domestic struggle, championed by an uncanny conglomerate of religious zealots, women’s rights advocates, and racists. America’s War on Alcohol infamously gave rise to organized crime, widespread violence, and rampant corruption — and that’s just speaking of the government. One forgotten aspect of the prohibition era was the government’s disturbing and ... (more)
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