Have the January 6 hearings damaged Trump's political prospects? Don't count on it (tags)
"He chose not to act," declared Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger at the outset of Thursday's January 6 committee hearings. With those words, the congressman got right to the heart of the final hearing of the summer.
America: The Right Wave is Broken (tags)
Morales' return was made possible by the victory of his left-wing movement for socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS) in the first democratic elections after a coup a year ago, on November 10, 2019. In his first speech after returning home, Morales affirmed that there was no fraud in the 2019 election.
The Supposed "Omnipotence" of Politicians (tags)
The key to a new peace policy could lie in denouncing mechanisms of economic coercion that are not only states and politicians. As the warnings of Eisenhower and JFK teach us, politics is massively subject to the influences of economic power.
Animal Agony, Union Busting, Deforestation, Human Disease At McDonald's (tags)
Unionbusting, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, animal agony, deforestation, rainforest destruction, energy waste, crime, litter associated with the Western wrold's biggest restaurant chain
anti-war
In LA, San Diego, Sacramento and 147 Other Cities, McD And Other Fast Food Workers Picket (tags)
Dozens were arrested around the country as workers in 150 cities picketed fast food chains
NIXON AND THE NEXT NUKE SHUTDOWNS (tags)
What will be the next nuclear plants to shut down? Nixon knows.
Obama: The Worst of Nixon/Bush II Writ Large (tags)
police state
"Look," I said, "I donated to Obama's campaign because I thought he was almost as liberal as Richard Nixon, now I'm not so sure." The campaign worker started to cackle. "Mr. Batty, wait a minute, I want you to say that again. I'm going to put you on speaker."
Cynthia Nixon: Bi Heroine Tells It Like It Is (tags)
Actress Cynthia Nixon caused a brief furor last January and ruffled the feathers of the Queer Thought Police by daring to say publicly that as a Bisexual she believes she did have a choice in her sexual orientation, and she doesn't see why people should assume she's a Lesbian just because her current relationship partner is a woman.
Obama v Wikileaks + Nixon v Pentagon Papers = War Criminals (tags)
In 1971, with the publication of the Pentagon Papers, Republican Nixon and his predecessor, Democrat Johnson, were exposed as war criminals in their massacre of 5 million Vietnamese, and eventually 1 million Cambodians and 58,000 Americans, and thousands of other people, for their war of anti-communism in Vietnam. The outrage was so great by 1968 that Johnson did not run for a second term. Now we have Wikileaks, exposing the war crimes of Democrat Obama and Republican Bush in Afghanistan, one of the poorest, most illiterate countries in the world, where the people are subject to US remote controlled drone attacks and daily killings on the ground to get the Caspian Sea oil, minerals and be poised to attack the biggest mineral prize, Russia. Meanwhile the US Congress, Democrats and Republicans, just voted overwhelmingly for more money to kill Afghans and anyone else disliked by US imperialism.
War Criminal Alex Haig Praised by Obama (tags)
People are known by the company they keep and Democrat Obama's praise for the late war criminal Republican General Alexander Haig is the latest sign that we are dealing with yet another fascist president, EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE LAST FASCIST PRESIDENT, GEORGE BUSH. The biography of war criminal Haig (1924-2010) is below.
Statement on Obama’s Surge in Afghanistan (tags)
When US imperialism invaded the Philippines in 1898 they said they will end the war in 16 days, The Filipino-American War lasted for 16 years. When Obama and his generals say they will withdraw the troops by 2011 and train the Afghan army in 18 months, they know that this is impossible and they will invent more reasons to cover up their failure. Like Nixon, Obama was elected on his promise to end the war. But again, like Nixon, he did not end the war but escalated it. Nixon has his “Vietnamization” and Obama has his “Afghanization.”
Pat Nixon at the U.S.-Mexico Border (tags)
Editor's Note: Nearly 40 years ago this month, First Lady Pat Nixon crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and embraced Mexican children, saying, "I hate to see a fence anywhere." Times have changed, writes the commentator, and ironically, President Richard Nixon helped to bring about many of these changes. Joseph Nevins is an associate professor of geography at Vassar College. His latest book is Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid (City Lights Books, 2008).
Con Fernando Lugo, ¿habrá justicia para Orlando Letelier? (tags)
Hace un par de semanas el obispo Fernando Lugo pidió perdón a Nicaragua porque el Paraguay hospedó a Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Queda por disculparse con Chile y hacer justicia con Orlando Letelier.
Veteran Journalist Robert Scheer Speaks in San Diego (tags)
Veteran progressive journalist Robert Scheer spoke in San Diego July 26 and 28 to promote his new book "The Pornography of Power," an exposé of the military-industrial complex and its continuing power to shape American economic and foreign policy and saddle us not only with weapons we don't need but also the irresistible temptation to use them.
IMPEACH: Why I Believe Bush Must Go (tags)
... followed by jail. If we fail to punish this President for having lied us all into a war of conquest, then we send a message to all future presidents that it is permissible for them to lie us into wars of conquest. If, by our inaction, we send such a message of consent, then we bear the responsibility for the millions who will die in such wars. Their blood yet to be spilled stains us. It is up to We The People to take action. Congress has abandoned their responsibilities under the Constitution. Congress is no more capable of holding King George to account than Parliament was of holding King Charles I to account. And the American people are no more willing to sit still for it than the British were.
Four More American Drug Planes Seized (tags)
Coincidentally or not, the American owners of the four planes (like the two busted earlier) were largely people and companies with 'special relationships' with U.S. political movers and shakers like John McCain donors, including the CIA and the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
OC Peace Coalition & Military Families Speak Out Presidents' Day Action--Nixon Library! (tags)
ORANGE COUNTY PEACE COALITION & MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT PRESIDENTS' DAY ACTION!
They will never have CUBA (tags)
“Whoever attempts to conquer Cuba will only gather the dust of her soil soaked in blood, if he does not perish in the fight”, exclaimed Maceo...
Is that all?
Corporations taking over New Jersey's toll-roads (tags)
Corporations taking over New Jersey's toll-roads
Immense ice shelf breaks off in Canadian Arctic (tags)
Immense ice shelf breaks off in Canadian Arctic
Economist Milton Friedman dies at 94 (tags)
Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who advocated an unfettered free market and had the ear of three U.S. presidents, died Thursday at age 94.
Impeachment Call Echoes Near Independence Hall (tags)
In 1974, Elizabeth Holtzman, then a Congresswoman from New York City, served on the House’s Judiciary Committee, which drafted Impeachment charges against then-President, Richard M. Nixon. On Nov. 11, 2006, she appeared on a panel, in Philadelphia, PA. Holtzman believes George W. Bush has “subverted the Constitution” and that “the people are ahead of the politicians” and will bring Bush and Dick Cheney “to impeachment.”
O'Really, O'Reilly?? Pics of Protest (tags)
Eight Strong Protest O'Reilly at Nixon Library
The SPEW Factor! FOX's Bill O'Reilly! Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, 9/28, PROTEST! (tags)
FAIR AND BALANCED??? MY A$$!!
Bill O'reily coming to Yorba Linda (tags)
FAIR AND BALANCED??? MY A$$!!
The SPEW Factor! FOX's Bill O'Reilly! Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, 9/29, PROTEST! (tags)
FAIR AND BALANCED??? MY A$$!!
CONFESSIONS OF AN OLD MILITANT-A CAUTIONARY TALE (tags)
THIS CONFESSION IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED-BE FOREWARNED
The Rev. Billy Graham is No Phil Berrigan! (tags)
The Rev. Billy Graham was in Baltimore recently doing his religious revival thing. For years, he was a crony of warmongering presidents, like Richard M. Nixon. Rev. Graham’s preaching never attracted me. However, the life work of the late Phil Berrigan, an ex-Josephite priest, had a profound influence on me, and others. Berrigan spoke the truth to power. He relentlessly took on the War Party and spent 11 of his 79 years in prison for his protest actions.
Republican Hatchet Man Defends Presidential Crimes (tags)
The Founders of the nation must be rolling in their graves over Sen. Hatch’s claim that the president’s powers should be beyong criticism during the “war” on terror.
“Best Director” Oscar for Ports Brouhaha Production (tags)
The Iraqi War has been raging for over three years with hardly a peep out of the Congress and/or the Media. Now, a deal which would permit an Arab-owned company to manage stevedore operations in six U.S. ports has sent both into a feeding frenzy. Why? The U.S. Coast Guard is in charge of security at the ports, not the stevedoring outfit. Whoever is behind this ports brouhaha affair deserves an Oscar nomination for - “best director!”
Presidents' Day Impeach Bush Demo, Nixon Library, OC Peace Coalition, Pics (tags)
Photos from Feb. 20, 2006, Presidents' Day Impeach George W. Bush Demo, Yorba Linda, CA, 11-1 p.m.
Presidents' Day IMPEACH BUSH Demo! Richard Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, 2/20/06 (tags)
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Little wonder that President Bush is defending his illegal and unconstitutional domestic spying program. He has no alternative but to try to convince the public not to consider him a criminal and a threat to the Republic.
He's already essentially said the old Nixon line, "I am not a crook."
And like Nixon, he is one.
It is becoming increasingly evident not just to liberals but to honest conservatives that unless this president who thinks he's a king is called to account on this and other violations of the Constitution, those "inalienable" rights we've always claimed as a birthright will have been alienated. That means gone the modern vernacular.
Today, the Washington Times, the Fox News of the print world, weighed in with a story in its magazine that claimed the White House is gearing up for an impeachment battle, predicting that even in the current Republican House, there will be an effort to impeach Bush over the NSA spying. The same article said the White House is worried about losing in the Judiciary Committee on that count, but thinks it can manage to get a tie vote.
I find that speculation a bit unlikely at this point, but who knows? The blatant unconstitutionality of this particular presidential transgression, and the fact that he was caught red-handed and had to admit to it, makes it what George Tenet would call a "slam dunk" case.
In a way, though, it would be unfortunate, because other presidential crimes are much worse--his use of 500 "signing documents" to ignore acts of Congress (no wonder the guy never vetoes bills!), his lying to get the country into a war of agression that is bleeding the nation and its youth, his multiple war crimes and his "crime against peace," his gross negligence in not responding to the Katrina disaster or the looming global warming threat...
The list goes on and on. It would be a tragedy if this Constitutional outlaw ended up being brought up just on a charge of illegal spying by a Republican Judiciary Committee, and then battled that one charge to an almost certain win in the full House, and that was the end of it.
Better, I think, to let the charges keep growing through the 2006 campaign year, and then hit him with all of them at once.
Still, it's nice to see the president starting to squirm.
For other stories by Lindorff, please go (at no charge) to This Can't Be Happening! .
Bob Woodward - Junkyard Spy? (tags)
Bob Woodward of "Watergate" fame, who recently interjected himself in to the "Plame-gate" scandal, worked as a "gatekeeper" for the Office of Naval Intelligence [ONI], the Pentagon, the CIA and the White House while serving in the Navy, before he joined the Washington Post in late1971 . He may have been "carrying water" for his former Pentagon bosses in the Watergate scandal. Is he now doing the same for neo-cons?
Watergate: First in a series of ‘very American coups’ (tags)
WASHINGTON — Suddenly, the Watergate conspiracy is back in the headlines with the revelation that former FBI officer, W. Mark Felt, is the mysterious “Deep Throat” who fed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward tips on the plot that gripped the nation in 1973-74.
Mark Felt Hinted at Exotic Antigravity Project? (tags)
Woodward: Deep Throat Leads to "Fantastic" Discovery
We Need More Anonymous Sources, Not Fewer (tags)
If the corporate media want viewers and readers to hold them in higher regard, they need to start doing real reporting again, and making aggressive use of anonymous sources who can point them to where there is corruption and abuse of power. The alternative is a media that just purveys press handouts. ------------------
A MOM'S FYI: POLITICAL QUOTES....WHO SAID IT? (tags)
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Kerry's pledge to win the peace is a public plan to escalate the war (tags)
You can see now why I pine for Nixon. Running for election in 1968, he was smart enough to claim he had a secret plan to end the war, which had to remain classified. Even though he later intensified the war, he knew what people wanted to hear. He gave it to them and they bought it. It's easy to see why Kerry, in contrast, is less popular than Nixon: Kerry's pledge to win the peace is a public plan to escalate the war.
WHEN AMERICA WENT STUPID OPEC (tags)
Dear OPEC. Apparently it started happening before I was born but circa 1977 was a major turning point, Iranian Independence was the issue and the public almost unanimously agreed that the US was a victim of a terribly unjust kidnapping and that our embassy personnel in Iran were completely innocent.
POLITICAL QUOTES: Who Said It?....A MOM'S FYI (tags)
POLITICAL QUOTES: Who Said It?.....TAKE THE QUIZ!!
Livin' in the Love of theCommon People (tags)
So some corporate bigwigs are planning a tribute to Johnny Cash for delegates to the RNC this year. Guess they haven't got enough trouble with all those restless demonstrators-without-a-park, huh?
Welcome to the Age of Aviating Swine (tags)
If there's a fair chance you're going to hell, be sure to take your parka and long johns, because the only explanation for continuing surreal happenings these days is that the river Styx has glaciated. Welcome to the America of George Bush, our very own Malice from Dunderland, where up is down and right is regularly wrong. For examples of once unimaginable scenes that now commonly appear like bad dreams, read on.
BTL:Former Counsel to President Richard Nixon Declares that Misconduct in... (tags)
...Bush White House is 'Worse than Watergate' * Interview with John Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Getting to know Senator Kerry (tags)
Kerry had battled the Viet Cong, the Nixon White House, and the extremes of the antiwar movement.
Hoover, Nixon had FBI follow Kerry--nothing found (tags)
Wherever Kerry went he was followed; Washington, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Urbana, Illinois. Details of his movements were sent to the then-FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and President Nixon.
WAR PRESIDENT---MY ASS!!! (tags)
Racicot was quoted as " Senator Kerry crossed a grave line when he dared to suggest the replacement of America 's commander-in- chief at a time when America is at war," while implying that Kerry was a traitorous renegade. Just to remind the snide Racicot, Kerry happens to be a war hero. He has the medals to prove it. The Army doesn't award Purple Hearts out for catching syphilis, in some Mexican whorehouse, while guarding the skies of Texas from VC infiltrators.
Collective sentences passed in Sweden. Nixon Nuñez excommunicated by law (tags)
Collective sentences passed in Sweden. Nixon NuNez excommunicated by law
Quakers Whitewash Nixon (tags)
Critique of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) of the Religious Society of Friends' brief biography of Richard M. Nixon.
The Public Execution of JFK (tags)
Just some of the facts regarding real American history...what a disgusting stench!!
Banging Your Head Into Walls (The Evil Oligarchs Kill, and kill, and kill again) (tags)
John Chuckman is a Vietnam Veteran who now lives in Canada. "Not that there is no such thing as genuine terrorists. Of course, there are. Terrorism - from the Sons of Liberty and the Klu Klux Klan to black street gangs and camouflage-obsessed militia-nuts - is a rich part of American history. Please note that it has not been dealt with by blowing up whole neighborhoods of innocent people. "
I Love My Country -I Hate My President (tags)
I hate Mr. Bush and what he is doing to my country. I cannot believe the range of duplicities involved in his administration; the gratuitous lying to serve profit and political purpose.
I Love My Country - I Hate My President (tags)
I am repulsed by my president. He allowed the drums of war to get hammered over aluminum tubes, which were never meant for anything more deadly than the making of rockets. The whole notion of the tubes being part of the construction of a centrifuge had been refuted by several international organizations, including America's own Lawrence Livermore Laboratories
Is Bush Using One Lie to Hide other bigger ones? (tags)
I ran into this letter to the Editor in my Web Wanderings and thought the author made a good point.
A Diplomat's Undiplomatic Truth: They Lied (tags)
They may have finally found the smoking gun that nails the culprit responsible for the Iraq war. Unfortunately, the incriminating evidence wasn't left in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces but rather in Vice President Dick Cheney's office.
Liberal alternative patriotism (tags)
Correcting some liberal misconceptions about five great Americans: Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, Whittaker Chambers and Ronald Reagan.
THEY IMPEACH MURDERERS, DON'T THEY? (tags)
Cast you votes online to impeach Bush. Go to this web site to impeach Bush online: http://www.officialspin.com
All quotes from the book, "Quotations Vietnam 1945 - 1970" (published by Random House). Graphic - "The People of Viet Nam Will Win! The American Imperialist Will Lose!" Woodcut by Vietnamese Artist, Thieu. 1972
When War Breaks Out, Orange County convergence at Nixon Library? (tags)
Have OC residents planned where we will meet the day bombing starts? I propose the Nixon Library.
"Young Americans for Freedom" hold anti-French protest (tags)
The NEO-FASCIST "Young Americans for Freedom" (YAF) organized an anti-French protest in Westwood, March 7th 2003. Here's a brief history of the jackbooted frat boy fascists.
Direct Action - a 911 inquiry (tags)
After considering how alternative summits have been held as a form of direct action, it seems to me that the best form of Direct Action at this time is not doing futile things that will actually play into the hands of the far right, such as cutting rail lines, but rather launching a 911 investigation.
Why didn't KPFK announce Nixon Library protest (tags)
wondering
Thank you from the OCRC to everyone that came out this past Saturday in Orange County (tags)
ocrc@mail.com
Even more Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (3/3) (tags)
More photos of the anti-war protest that took place at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda on January 18, 2003.
Even more Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (2/3) (tags)
More photos of the anti-war protest that took place at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda on January 18, 2003.
Even more Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (1/3) (tags)
More photos of the anti-war protest that took place at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda on January 18, 2003.
More photos of the Nixon Library anti-war protest (2/2) (tags)
The following photographs were taken by Mitchel at the anti-war protest held at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California on Saturday, January 18, 2003
More photos of the Nixon Library anti-war protest (1/2) (tags)
The following photographs were taken by Mitchel at the anti-war protest held at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California on Saturday, January 18, 2003
A Call for Peace on Nixon's Doorstep (tags)
The Los Angeles Times reports that 800 people attended the anti-war protest at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California
Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (3/3) (tags)
Photographs of the anti-war demonstration that took place at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California on Saturday, January 18th, 2003
Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (2/3) (tags)
Photographs of the anti-war demonstration that took place at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California on Saturday, January 18th, 2003
Nixon Library anti-war protest photos (1/3) (tags)
Photographs of the anti-war demonstration that took place at the Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda on Saturday, January 18th, 2003
Nixon Library anti-war protest attracts 600-1000 people (tags)
Nixon library protest offers strong evidence that many different segments of the population are becoming deeply disturbed by the actions of their rulers.
Protest At Nixon Library (tags)
There was a protest today against war on Iraq at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. One person put the head count at over 700 people. Protestors of every age and ethnic group turned out to decry attacking Iraq.
Protest Behind the Orange Curtan (tags)
I went to the antiwar protest in Yorba Linda at the Richard Nixon Library. Here are some pics.
NIXON LIBRARY ANTI-WAR PROTEST THIS SAT. JAN 18 !! (tags)
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THIS COMING SAT. PROTEST @ THE WAR AT THE NIXON LIBRARY (tags)
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ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBARARY THIS SAT. JAN 18 (tags)
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ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBRARY IN OC THIS SAT. JAN 18 !!!! (tags)
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ANTI-WAR PROTEST SAT. JAN 18 @ NIXON LIBRARY !!! (tags)
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Anti-War Protest @ Nixon Library Next Saturday Jan. Saturday Jan 18 !!! (tags)
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NIXON LIBRARY ANTI-WAR PROTEST AND MLK DAY CELEBRATIONS IN OC SAT. JAN 18 !!! (tags)
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ORANGE COUNTY ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBRARY SAT. JAN 18 !! (tags)
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Anti-War Protest @ Nixon Library Sat. Jan 18 !! (tags)
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Anti-War Protest in Orange County @ Nixon Library Sat. Jan 18 !! (tags)
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NIXON LIBRARY ANTI-WAR PROTEST SAT. JAN 18 !! (tags)
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Nixon Library Anti-War Protest Sat. Jan 18 (tags)
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MLK DAY CELEBRATIONS / NIXON LIBRARY ANTI-WAR PROTEST JAN. 18 (tags)
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MLK DAY CLEBRATION @ NIXON LIBRARY 4 ANTI-WAR PROTEST JAN. 18 !!! (tags)
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HUGE ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBRARY JAN. 18 !!! (tags)
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HUGE ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBRARY SAT. JAN 18 (tags)
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SAT. JAN 18 HUGE ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ NIXON LIBRARY IN ORANGE COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (tags)
NO MORE WAR!
JAN 18 NIXON LIBRARY ANTI-WAR PROTEST!! (tags)
NO MORE WAR!!
ANTI-WAR PROTEST @ THE NIXON LIBRARY SAT. JAN 18!!! (tags)
JOIN US & SAY NO TO WAR!!
Nixon, the Good Sport and Other Election Propaganda (tags)
Nixon lost an achingly close election in 1960, but he did the right thing, and put the national interest above his own, ruling out any challenge to the results. That's the story we've been hearing over and over again since Election Day. Only it isn't true. That's what historian David Greenberg discovered. This interview explores what really happened.