Which is more maddening: that an Australian court imprisoned a “Palestine solidarity activist” for spewing Jew-hatred at a rally, or that his spewing was tolerated by the “activists”?
Do WikiLeaks revelations on Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak vindicate fears that neocon conspiracies are behind the current wave of unrest? No, but that hasn’t kept William Engdahl from mouthing off.
Obama’s State of the Union address praised the vote for secession in South Sudan—but an inter-imperial struggle for oil and pipeline routes lies behind US support for the referendum.
Obama’s State of the Union address praised the Tunisian protesters—now that the dictator has fled. Meanwhile, his administration connives with other Arab dictators facing protest movements.
Accusations of Chinese military incursions in northern India come just as New Delhi warned against Beijing’s involvement in the planned trans-Afghan gas pipeline. Coincidence?
Is Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” a creation of George Soros, the National Endowment for Democracy and Julian Assange? No, but that hasn’t stopped Moammar Qaddafi from mouthing off.
Jan. 12 marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention—which has demonstrably failed to stop numerous genocides, including some directly backed by the United States.
With forces loyal to ex-president Laurent Gbagbo fighting with rivals and UN troops in Abidjan, Ivory Coast is divided into hostile camps and Nigeria is threatening military intervention.
The right-wing chattering and blogging classes are squealing with unanimous denial that Jared Loughner was influenced by their recent effluence of militaristic thunder.
A Homeland Security memo states that Jared Loughner—primary suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords—is “possibly linked” to the white supremacist American Renaissance.
The NY Times reports that the US is warning foreign dissidents named in the WikiLeaks cables of possible repression—but fails to note that this is already happening in Belarus.
The paranoid are already calling it a prophecy of the End Times. But does anyone else out there find the official explanations singularly implausible?
