Imperial Lockstep Full Article CounterPunch 27 Dec 2012
Imperial adventures are nothing new in the Middle East. Neither is their glorification, as Peter O’Toole’s pained Lawrence of Arabia eternally reminds us. But for a decade or so now, things have been heating up, as if to coincide with climate change and fears of declining petroleum reserves. Fuelled by 9/11 and inspired by material avarice, the...
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David Swanson: "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union"
David Swanson: "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union"
David Swanson, with John Nichols, talks up his new book, "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming A More Perfect Union" with pointed reference to Obama's announcing the same evening to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, and more generally how to oppose the corruption of our government and build a real democracy. Event moderated by Mark Crispin Miller, NYU Professor of Media Studies, at McNally Jackson bookstore in Manhattan December 1, 2009, .
- published: 02 Dec 2009
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- author: Joe Friendly
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Let's Play: Shogun 2: Total War - Fall Of The Samurai (Shogunate - Obama Clan) Ep. 5 by DiplexHeated
Let's Play: Shogun 2: Total War - Fall Of The Samurai (Shogunate - Obama Clan) Ep. 5 by DiplexHeated
Here you go, the 5th episode of my Obama clan playthrough! Since i fucked up while trying to explain it, here it is in text. "I'm enjoying your Let's Play of FOTS but I feel the need to point out one thing. The Shogunate (and the related clans - such as the Obama Clan in the game) is the pro-Western faction, ruling the country and getting Western advisors to help modernise. The Imperial forces are essentially the revolutionary forces that want to restore the Emperor as the actual head of state (the Shogunate made him more of a symbol - had less power than our Queen does, the Emperor was little more than a puppet at times). These forces are anti-Western as they feel that the traditions of Japan are being eroded by modernisation. Just thought I'd make that point before you reject any more Western advisors as the Obama clan - don't know if there is a negative in game effect - ie the Shogunate gets extremely pissed off with you. Not to criticise, just thought I'd mention it." ___ Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Steam: steamcommunity.com
- published: 28 Mar 2012
- views: 22535
- author: DiplexHeatedHD
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cornel west: obama is "a rockefeller republican in blackface"
cornel west: obama is "a rockefeller republican in blackface"
did west finally wake up to the situation at hand? 'hope' will get you nowhere if you actually want to 'change' anything. west is finally acknowledging that the purpose of obama's selection was not to address the concerns of poverty or class distinctions in this country. the policies put in place have a sole intent to divide. people will focus on the 'blackface' portion of the quote; really though, obama is performing the will of his massas, some who happen to be rockefellers. what is incendiary or inaccurate about west's commentary? www.democracynow.org i WILL say though- there are no major differences between democrats and prepublican on economic policy. both parties outsource jobs and have no real plan for regenerating wealth in this nation, or ensuring that people are supported for providing for themselves. here's west on michael eric dyson, al sharpton and melissa harris-perry (the black people on MSNBC- owned by weapons manufacturer GE): "I love Brother Mike Dyson... but we're living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. And he and Brother Sharpton and Sister Melissa and others, they have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. And we invite them back to the black prophetic tradition after Obama leaves. But at the moment, they want insider access, and they want to tell those kind of lies. They want to turn their back to poor and working people." and: "it's morally obscene and spiritually profane to spend $6 billion on an
... - published: 15 Nov 2012
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- author: lumbia33
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While Illegally Destroying Libya Over Oil, Obama Won't Bomb Israel To End Brutal Occupation
While Illegally Destroying Libya Over Oil, Obama Won't Bomb Israel To End Brutal Occupation
A UN official has confirmed that Israel's occupation forces have killed more than 1300 Palestinian children during the last decade. According to Prof. Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli forces killed 1335 children in direct military operations and arbitrary shootings. He pointed out that 17 children were killed in 2010 alone while collecting stones in the borders areas between Gaza and Israel. They were attempting to help their families rebuild their homes. Israel continues to prevent the import of building material into the Strip without any charge. The UN official who is prevented by Israel from entering the territories to carry out his duties said the prolongation of the occupation's blockade of Gaza and its human rights violations would further damage the mental and physical health of children in the Strip. Falk called on the UN to intensify its efforts to ensure that Israel adheres to international law, emphasising that its persistent failure to do so indicates a programme of systematic killing of Innocent civilians, including children and racial discrimination against the Palestinians. /// Israel accelerates rate of killing Palestinians in early 2011 by Yaniv Reich. Last October, the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem published a report indicating that Israel murdered, on average, one Palestinian every other day between 2006 and 2009, excluding the attack on Gaza known as Cast Lead that
... - published: 21 May 2011
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- author: ProtectSouthOssetia
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Obama & Medvedev. Moscow Press Conference. July 6, 2009. Part 1
Obama & Medvedev. Moscow Press Conference. July 6, 2009. Part 1
Russia-US: global warming after Ice Age? 06 July, 2009 The amazing and tragic events in South Ossetia last August seem to baffle most Western experts. While a majority of them fall back on the 'safe' position of blaming Russia for everything others, in particularly on the Left, appear to be rather unsure of what to think of all this; many basically ignore the issue altogether. In contrast to the Leftist blogosphere or to the free and independent press, the corporate media immediately understood that this was, yet again, a perfect opportunity to prove to its political and corporate masters what a loyal propaganda tool it is. While CNN basically used an 24/7 'open mike' policy towards Saakashvili, the rest of the US and European media uniformly bought into the US propaganda on the causes and effects of this conflict. This purely ideological approach to the Ossetia crisis ended up blinding almost everyone to the real nature of what is going on. In August 2008, it was quiet amusing to hear on CNN, Fox News, etc how the Bush and Condoleezza Rice threatens Russia with long term damage in their relationship. Think about it: is there anything, anything at all, short of a nuclear war, which the Bush administration could do to Russia which it had not already done? One crackpot at the Necons Heritage Foundation was seriously suggesting that the West should prevent Russia from hosting the Olympic games. Some threat! A marginally more realistic option is for the West to implement some
... - published: 06 Jul 2009
- views: 6104
- author: ProtectSouthOssetia
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ISRAEL / GAZA WAR / WW3 - OBAMA is Clinically INSANE & The BRITISH are Running The Show
ISRAEL / GAZA WAR / WW3 - OBAMA is Clinically INSANE & The BRITISH are Running The Show
SUBSCRIBE for Latest Reports - www.youtube.com ISRAEL / GAZA WAR / WW3 - OBAMA is Clinically INSANE & The BRITISH are Running The Show Obama has been determined to be clinically insane. The British Crown and Wall Street control this monster! Get the facts in this special interview with Lyndon La Rouche MUST SEE! High-level sources in and around Washington, DC have confirmed the story implied by articles appearing in today's Washington Post and New York Times, that putative Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is clinically insane. "Barack Obama has gone from being the presumptive nominee. Now he's becoming the presumptuous nominee," Dana Milbank wrote in a scathing piece in the Washington Post that ridicules Obama's arrogance, megalomania, and paranoia. "He travelled in a bubble more insulating than the actual president's. Traffic was shut down for him, as he zoomed about town in a long column, presidential-style motorcade, while the public and most of the press were kept Barack Obama has compared the left-leaning Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the country to the right-wing Tea Party movement, saying the two groups are 'not that different'. The President, speaking during the second-day of a three-day tour to promote his ideas for creating jobs, also called for Americans to put pressure on Republican members of Congress to support his legislation, declaring: 'We are in this together.' Addressing the anti-corporation demonstrators currently camped in Wall
... - published: 17 Nov 2012
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- author: 829speedy
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