For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a series of what are called Commanding General’s Spiritual Fitness Concerts. As I’ve written in a number of other posts, "spiritual fitness" is just the military’s new term for promoting religion, particularly evangelical Christianity. And this concert series is no different. Thu Aug 19, 2010 at 11:32:23 AM EST
"Those of us that chose not to attend (about 80, or a little less (...)
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U.S. Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert
22 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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Video: Jessamy vs. Bernstein, Debate, Re: Office of State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
20 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Jessamy vs. Bernstein, Debate, Re: Office of State’s Attorney for Baltimore City from William Hughes on Vimeo.
On Thursday evening, August 19, 2010, a debate was held between the incumbent Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, and her opponent, Gregg Bernstein. The event was sponsored by the Vanguard Justice Society. It was held at the Mt. Washington Conference Center, in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Tyrone Powers served as the moderator for the event. Please note the closing (...) -
the "Five" to the mountain
18 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
This is a little video (8 mn) of the mounted to the "pic d’Anie" (Pyrénées, France), for the five Cubans Gerardo, Fernando, René, Antonio, y Ramon, in prisons in USA.
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The anatomy of the state. A gang of thieves
16 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The anatomy of the state. A gang of thieves.
by Murray N. Rothbard
This essay is from Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays by Murray N. Rothbard (Auburn: Mises Institute, 2000 [1974]), pp. 55–88.
What the State Is Not
The State is almost universally considered an institution of social service. Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it as an amiable, though often inefficient, organization for achieving social ends; but (...) -
The New Push for a Global Currency
16 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The New Push for a Global Currency
Mises Daily: Friday, August 06, 2010 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
You surely didn’t think that the governing elites would let this economic crisis pass without pushing some cockamamie scheme for control. Well, here is the cloud no bigger than a man’s hand, a revival of a 60-year-old idea of a global paper currency to fix what ails us.
The IMF study that calls for this is by Reza Moghadam of the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, "in (...) -
US robot drones bomb flood-devastated Pakistan - Sanctions & Boycotts must stop UK & US state terrorism
15 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Today is August 15, Indian Independence Day, the anniversary of British departure from India and Pakistan and the cessation of a 2-century Indian Holocaust that killed 1.8 billion Indians through dire deprivation. Pakistan abandoned its Independence Day (14 August) celebrations because of the floods disaster but the US has continued its cowardly robot drone bombing attacks on defenceless Pakistani villages.
It was reported today, India Independence Day, that the Pakistani Prime Minister (...) -
Foreclosures and Mounting Unemployment: Signs of Slowdown in US Economy
15 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Foreclosures and Mounting Unemployment: Signs of Slowdown in US Economy Jobless benefits claims at six-month high
by Barry Grey
Global Research, August 14, 2010 World Socialist Web Site
Reports released this week on initial applications for jobless benefits, bank seizures of foreclosed homes and retail sales all reflect a dramatic decline in US economic growth and growing social distress. On Thursday, the Labor Department reported that first-time jobless claims rose by 2,000 last (...) -
US Bureau of Economic Analysis: Gov’t Pay is About Twice Private Sector
14 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
US Bureau of Economic Analysis: Gov’t Pay is About Twice Private Sector
By Rocky Vega
08/13/10 Reykjavik, Iceland — Recent research out of the US Bureau of Economic Analysis confirms what other analyses have shown… and we’ve come to expect. Government workers are now compensated an average of more than $120,000, or about twice as much as the average private sector worker, who receives about $60,000.
According to Newsmax:
“For the past nine consecutive years, federal employees have (...) -
Signs of the Times
14 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Signs of the Times
By Joel Bowman
08/14/10 Lake Livingston, Texas – We came to see the real America. This week, we had a good look around.
Fellow Reckoners will recall that we are on a vagabond’s odyssey, traversing the Great Empire in search of a Greater Correction. We began our tour in California, the real estate bubble of the west. It will conclude, if all goes to our back-of-the-envelope plan, in Florida, the real estate bubble of the east. In between – Arizona, Nevada, New (...) -
MASS DELUSION – AMERICAN STYLE
14 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
MASS DELUSION – AMERICAN STYLE
Posted on 14th August 2010 by JimQ in Economy
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” – Charles Mackay - Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
The American public thinks they are rugged individualists, who come to conclusions based upon sound reason and a rational thought process. The truth is that the vast majority of (...)