War & Peace

Sgt. Bales sentenced to life in prison without parole for Afghan massacre

"A military jury sentenced Robert Bales, the Army Staff Sergeant who went on a killing spree while stationed in Afghanistan that left 16 civilians dead, to life in prison without parole today. In June, Bales pleaded guilty to charges of premeditated murder in order to avoid the death sentence. This week, a military jury was asked to determine if Bales would eligible for parole. Yesterday, Bales apologized for what he called 'an act of cowardice,' but he did not explain the reason behind the massacre." Continue reading →

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Sgt. Bales sentenced to life in prison without parole for Afghan massacre

"A military jury sentenced Robert Bales, the Army Staff Sergeant who went on a killing spree while stationed in Afghanistan that left 16 civilians dead, to life in prison without parole today. In June, Bales pleaded guilty to charges of premeditated murder in order to avoid the death sentence. This week, a military jury was asked to determine if Bales would eligible for parole. Yesterday, Bales apologized for what he called 'an act of cowardice,' but he did not explain the reason behind the massacre." Continue reading →

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Watch Ron Paul Crush It On His New TV Channel

"As he celebrates his 78th birthday, with a string of ongoing and upcoming projects, Paul’s 'retirement' is looking more and more like a full-time job. While congressional service may have provided the initial platform, Paul is now freed from the hyena’s den, and his work outside of politics will prove to have a real lasting impact on public debate and on spreading an intellectual revolution. Last week, Paul debuted his internet media outlet. The Ron Paul Channel is branded as an alternative to the corporate media, allowing viewers to watch his talk show-style program online, 'When they want, where they want, and on the device they want: internet-connected televisions, computers, tablets, and smart phones.'" Continue reading →

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Watch Ron Paul Crush It On His New TV Channel

"As he celebrates his 78th birthday, with a string of ongoing and upcoming projects, Paul’s 'retirement' is looking more and more like a full-time job. While congressional service may have provided the initial platform, Paul is now freed from the hyena’s den, and his work outside of politics will prove to have a real lasting impact on public debate and on spreading an intellectual revolution. Last week, Paul debuted his internet media outlet. The Ron Paul Channel is branded as an alternative to the corporate media, allowing viewers to watch his talk show-style program online, 'When they want, where they want, and on the device they want: internet-connected televisions, computers, tablets, and smart phones.'" Continue reading →

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A Long List of What We Know Thanks to Private Manning

"The debate in the media, and in political circles over Edward Snowden—Right or Wrong—often doubles back on references to Pfc. Manning, who was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on Wednesday. Too often (that is, most of the time), the value and import of the Manning/WikiLeaks disclosures are ignored or dismissed, just as Snowden’s NSA scoops are often derided as 'nothing new.' So for those who either suffer from memory loss or ignorance on this particular score, here is a partial accounting of some of the important revelations in the Manning leak, drawn from my book—with Kevin Gosztola—on the Manning case, Truth and Consequences." Continue reading →

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The JFK Assassination Marked the End of the American Republic

"It’s the most important crime in the second half of the 20th century, it is still unsolved and it marked in a way the end of the American Republic. Since then the financial-military-industrial complex rules and no president after JFK had the balls to challenge that. There is, in the words of Gore Vidal, 'a one-party-system with two right-wings'; there are corporate media brainwashing the population 24/7 and propagating wars for global imperial dominance; there are covert operations all over the world to ensure this dominance – and this will go on and on as long the truth about the covert operation, the coup d’ état, against JFKs presidency is kept hidden." Continue reading →

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