Chris Hedges, who I often quote here, just interviewed Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, hastening the end of the Vietnam war, and contributing toward the downfall of Richard Nixon. And, as it’s been a while since we’ve discussed the increasing severity with which our nation has been cracking […]
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Daniel Ellsberg calls on other whistleblowers to come forward, before we’re at war with Iran
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged Bradley Manning, Chris Hedges, corporatocracy, Daniel Ellsberg, Espionage Act, FISA, foreign affairs, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Iran, Iraq war, lies, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Obama, Patriot Act, Pentagon Papers, propaganda, Richard Nixon, security state, Surveillance State, the press, the sad state of journalism, threats to Democracy, Tonkin Gulf, torture, totalitarianism, Vietnam War, war crimes, whistle blower 7 Comments
O’Donnell the witch… probably not
By now, you’ve no doubt heard that Delaware’s Republican candidate for the Senate, Christine O’Donnell, is taking a lot of heat for having backed out of a number of network interviews that she’d agreed to do in the wake of her surprise primary victory over the favorite of the Republican establishment, Congressman Mike Castle. It […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Religious Extremism Also tagged Bill Maher, charlatans, Christine O'Donnell, Halloween, Lauren Stratford, liars, lies, Mike Castle, Mike Warnke, Politically Incorrect, Rebecca Brown, Ruth Bailey, Satan's Underground, Satanism, West Memphis Three, witchcraft, witches 22 Comments