What “Stop-and-Frisk” is really like. The NYPD conducts more than 1,800 stop-and-frisks each day. The program has come under widespread condemnation by critics who say that it unfairly targets men of color. Now there’s proof. Here’s more from Ross Tuttle… Read More ›
Government
What the elites in Washington are conniving.
Study: 41% Of Americans Have Been Arrested By The Time They’re 23
“Those are alarmingly high numbers. There are social, economic, educational and family risks associated with arrests. And we all have to be worried about that.” ~Dr. Eugene Beresin, a child psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor at Harvard Medical… Read More ›
GOP candidate is in favor of the death penalty for kids, cites biblical passages
Arkansas GOP candidate for state representative Charlie Fuqua published a book where he called for the death penalty to be imposed upon children for religious purposes. The book titled, “God’s Law: The Only Political Solution” has multiple disturbing passages where… Read More ›
Agent Orange on Okinawa: The Smoking Gun
Since 1945, the small Japanese island of Okinawa has been unwilling host to a massive U.S. military presence and a storehouse for a witches’ brew of dangerous munitions and chemicals, including nerve gas, mustard gas, and nuclear missiles. However, there is one… Read More ›
The Glaring Contradictions in Anti-Iran Policy
Another Manufactured Crisis by SHELDON RICHMAN President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have at least one thing in common when it comes to Iran. All are guilty of flagrant self-contradiction. Each says… Read More ›
Cops tase man for having seizure
Two Texan police officers are being sued for using a Taser to shock a man who was having a seizure, causing the 50-year-old to suffer a heart attack and permanent brain damage. Scott Sheeley filed a federal complaint last week… Read More ›
Greek police collude with fascist Golden Dawn group
Greek police are ever-more openly colluding with the fascist Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi). On an almost daily basis, Golden Dawn members and their supporters go on the rampage in the capital Athens and other towns around the country, attacking immigrants… Read More ›
Reconsider Colombus Day 2012
Happy Genocidal Maniac Day! Five hundred and eighteen years ago, today 12 October, a momentous event happened. The supposed “discovery” by one Cristóbal Colón—also known as Christopher Columbus, landed on the Bahamian island of San Salvador and subsequently was labeled… Read More ›
US Authorizes Financial Support For the Free Syrian Army
A US group that supports the Free Syrian Army has received a waiver from the US Treasury Department authorizing it to provide logistical and financial support to the armed Syrian resistance. The waiver was received from the Treasury Department Office… Read More ›
Congressman calls evolution lie from ‘pit of hell’
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Rep. Paul Broun said in videotaped remarks that evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are “lies straight from the pit of hell” meant to convince people that they do not need a savior. The… Read More ›
PTSD Counselors Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Troubled Army Base
By Mike Elk, In These Times In 2010, the military newspaper Stars and Stripes labeled Fort Lewis-McChord, a joint Army and Air Force base in Washington state, “the most troubled base in the military” due to its inability to treat… Read More ›
Judges Skeptical of CIA’s Drone Secrecy Claims
Cite Administration’s Repeated Confirmation of the Program by Jason Ditz A three-judge panel at the US Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has reacted with skepticism to the CIA’s claims of secrecy in response to ACLU requests for information… Read More ›
The war between the civilized man and the savage
A provocative ad which debuted last month in San Francisco is making its way to New York subways today. Starting from Monday, September 24, 2012, as the UN General Assembly picks up momentum in New York and heads of states… Read More ›
California Is First State to Ban Gay ‘Cure’ for Minors
By ERIK ECKHOLM California has become the first state to ban the use for minors of disputed therapies to “overcome” homosexuality, a step hailed by gay rights groups across the country that say the therapies have caused dangerous emotional harm… Read More ›
US Official: Military Action Needed in Mali
The apparent haven of radical Islamists in Mali is a consequence of US interventionism and now justifying further intervention A top US official told the Associated Press that military action will be needed to eliminate radical Islamists from the haven… Read More ›