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25
Aug
Category Archives: usa
Epstein suicided? Come on, grow up!
15
Aug
The Guardian yesterday. But how does Filipovic show that Epstein conspiracy theories are far-fetched? By offering it as given fact: Online, conspiracy theories now abound. Observers suggest Epstein was killed by one of the men who may have been implicated … Read More »
Jeffrey Epstein: 3 things we know
10
Aug
Four hours ago, according to the New York Times, Epstein hanged himself at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Maybe he did at that. Who really knows? All I know are these three things: He faced forty-five years in jail … Read More »
Russiagate as Organised Distraction
2
Aug
Thanks to Piers Robinson for posting a FB link to this admirably lucid piece by Dubliner Oliver Boyd-Barrett. Professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, Boyd-Barrett is is author of“RussiaGate and Propaganda: Disinformation in the Age of Social Media”. Writing … Read More »
What if?
22
Jul
The crazy world we live in
24
May
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Can Alice Miller shed light on America?
23
May
Every once in a while I try to make sense of otherwise savvy people who refuse to see a reality staring us in the face: that on any number of metrics the USA is the world’s most lawless state. * … Read More »
I had no desire to die in a rice paddy
19
May
For a characteristically witty piece on “President Bolton”, see Caitlin Johnstone in fine form with a post four days ago and viewable here. But this Daily Beast offering from thirteen months ago, on the man’s appointment to National Security Advisor, … Read More »
Julian Assange: Three Reads and a Video
14
May
Sweden’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, Eva-Marie Persson, telling a May 13 press conference Sweden is to seek extradition Confused about Assange? You’re meant to be. That’s how dirty tricks work: witness the tobacco lobby’s sowing of doubt on the … Read More »
Iran and the Empire of Evil
14
May