What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?
The United States, locked in the kind of twilight disconnect that grips dying empires, is a country entranced by illusions. It spends its emotional and intellectual energy on the trivial and the absurd. It is captivated by the hollow stagecraft of celebrity culture as the walls crumble. This celebrity culture giddily licenses a dark voyeurism into other people’s humiliation, pain, weakness and betrayal. Day (…)
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American Psychosis
2 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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letter of july to Obama
1 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Mister President Obama July 1st 2010 The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Mister President,
I had just sent you the letter for June when we found out that an important new element had been discovered that shows that the Cuban Five (René González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González and Antonio Guerrero), who (…) -
KNOWING THE TRUTH TIMELY
29 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
As I was writing every one of my previous Reflections, and a catastrophe was quickly zeroing in on humanity, my major concern was to fulfill the primary duty to inform our people.
Today, I feel more relax than 26 days ago. As the situation evolves, I can reiterate and expand on the information to the national and international public.
Obama has committed to attend the quarterfinals match on July 2, if his country’s team makes it to that stage. He supposedly knows better than anyone that (…) -
Australian Betrayal & Coup: Pro-war, Pro-Zionist, Pro-Coal Julia Gillard Australia’s first female PM
26 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Australia has had an astonishing bloodless coup. Without any warning PM Kevin Rudd, who had led Labor to a stunning election victory in November 2007, was told by the conspirators on Wednesday 23 June 2010 that he would be dumped by his own party because of declining support for Labor in the Mainstream media polls. After a night of frantic phone calls it became apparent that Rudd was doomed. His former Deputy PM Julia Gillard was elected unopposed as Prime Minister of Australia on the (…)
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The Feckless President: Paralyzed in the Face of Crisis
24 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsA JAZZMAN CHRONICLE: DISSEMINATE FREELY.
Feckless: 1. Unable or unwilling to do anything useful. 2. Lacking the thought or organization necessary to succeed.
Call me a conspiracy theorist. I have speculated since the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963 that the true source of power in this country is neither the people nor those we elect to public office. It is neither the governors nor the congress nor the regal senators nor the president of the United States that call the shots (…) -
Global Bonapartism: The G20 and the Planet
24 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Global Bonapartism: The G20 and the Planet
by Prof. Vijay Prashad
Global Research, June 24, 2010 Counterpunch - 2010-06-21
We are left with the politicians who think poorly of us, and who stand back with chaos in their pale old eyes whimpering, “That is not what we wanted. No, it was not to have gone that way.” They are old, but we have been very ill, and cannot yet send them away. — Bertram Warr (1917-1943).
When the Finance Ministers of the Advanced States set up the G7 in 1974-75, (…) -
Crisis of America’s Political System: An Easy Way to Dramatically Change Congress
23 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Crisis of America’s Political System: An Easy Way to Dramatically Change Congress
by David Swanson
Global Research, June 22, 2010 WarIsACrime
There are lots of ways to change Congress that falsely appear easy, that would alter the rules and patterns of behavior if only Congress were already fixed and willing to make the changes, or if we owned the television networks, or if people could suddenly hear what they’re paid good money never to hear. But I’ve got a way to change Congress that (…) -
Media Disinformation: The Demonization of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
23 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Media Disinformation: The Demonization of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
by Sean Fenley
Global Research, June 23, 2010
“We were always cautious about the triumph of President Obama. Early on, we began to take note of the truth, that the empire is here, alive and more threatening than ever.”- Hugo Chavez Frias It is said when you can’t beat ‘em, that you might as well make common cause with them, but in the case of President Hugo Chavez and the government of Venezuela this doesn’t (…) -
A Blow Waiting to Happen (Fidel Castro)
14 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
On Tuesday, June 8 at noon, I wrote the Reflection “On the Threshold of Tragedy” Later, I watched Randy Alonso’s TV program, Roundtable, usually aired at 6:30 pm.
That day, outstanding and prestigious Cuban intellectuals taking part in the program answered pointed questions raised by the moderator with eloquent words that showed great respect for my views, but they did not think there was any reason for Iran to reject the likely decision – already known- that would be adopted by the (…) -
Open Letter re pro-Zionist Australian Government inaction over Israeli terrorism against Australians
14 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
The following Open Letter has been sent to the Australian Government and to Australian Mainstream Media and MPs because of the failure of the pro-war, pro-occupation, pro-Zionist Australian Labor Government to taken any meaningful action against Israeli terrorism, even when such terrorism is against Australian citizens e.g.
1. Massive Israeli theft of billions of dollars worth of property of Palestinian Australian citizens.
2. Israeli bombing of 25, 000 Australian citizens in Lebanon (…)