by John Pilger, renowned investigative Australian journalist and international academy award winning documentary film-maker May 16, 2012 (TSR) - In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children. When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had [...]
May 16,2012 (TSR) - Last year the number of American organ donors hit a milestone when the 100 millionth person added their name to the list. But before you boast about signing up, you might want to step onto a scale. While only a portion of Americans say they’ll will their remains to needy would-be recipients, [...]
by Dr. William Deresiewicz, Essayist, Critic and Published Author May 15, 2012 (TSR) - There is an ongoing debate in this country (USA) about the rich: who they are, what their social role may be, whether they are good or bad. Well, consider the following. A recent study found that 10 percent of people who work on Wall [...]
May 13, 2012 (TSR) – A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the American government can go dark – essentially conceal all of its information – regarding communications or operations involving the National Security Agency and Google Inc. The issue arose following a January 2010 cyber attack on Google that the court said primarily targeted Gmail [...]
by Naomi Wolf, international bestselling Author, investigative journalist, social critic, political activist and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University May 12, 2012 (TSR) - In a five-four ruling this week, the supreme court decided that anyone can be strip-searched upon arrest for any offense, however minor, at any time. This horror show ruling joins two recent horror show laws: the NDAA, [...]
by David Boaz, Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute May 11, 2012 (TSR) - On hearing of the death of the great French diplomat Talleyrand, his Austrian rival Metternich is reputed to have said: “What did he mean by that?” Perhaps we can be too cynical in assessing politicians’ motives. And so maybe we should just give President [...]
by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, Chairman of The Institute for Political Economy and Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Reagan Administration May 10, 2012 (TSR) - Living in America is becoming very difficult for anyone with a moral conscience, a sense of justice, or a lick of intelligence. Consider: We have had a [...]
by Ernest Callenbach, writer and editor best known for his visionary novel ECOTOPIA (April 3, 1929 – April 16, 2012) May 9, 2012 (TSR) – NOTE: This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death. To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future world in [...]
May 8, 2012 (TSR) - Facebook is expected to make billions when the social networking site goes public, but one of the most influential men on the Web says he won’t be buying stock. The founder of Reddit has denounced Facebook over their support of CISPA. In an interview with CNN this week, Reddit.com co-founder Alex [...]
May 8, 2012 (TSR) - American officials say they uncovered an al-Qaeda-made bomb that could have successfully passed through TSA’s security checkpoints — but only days after a leading US lawmaker launched a campaign to abolish that very agency. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced late Monday that a plot to detonate a highly-developed explosive [...]
