To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
Posts Tagged ‘Newspeak’
Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
Posted: 28 September 2010 by Little Alex in National NewsTags: BP, BP escrow fund, BP Exploration & Production, corporatism, Deepwater Horizon, eco-terrorism, environment, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Newspeak, NOAA, Obama Administration, Rainer Amon, Suzanne Goldberg, US
With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil ‘unaccounted for’, it’s now… still unaccounted for.
How Do You Become a ‘Suspected Militant’?
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Sayyid in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Bush Administration, CIA, drones, extrajudicial assassination, Iraq War, ISAF, Jason Ditz, libertarian, NATO, Newspeak, NWFP, Obama Administration, Pakistan, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict, Zardari
Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ in Iraq
Posted: 15 September 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, civilian casualties, counterterrorism, CT, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Newspeak, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama Administration, Operation New Dawn, US, War
A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cops and Prosecutors
Posted: 15 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in National News, Political ScienceTags: criminal justice system, Kevin Carson, law, liberty, Nancy Grace, Newspeak, prisons, Wendy Murphy
Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system ‘shrills’ pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called ‘crime fighters’.
The Government’s Winning the Drug War
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghan mujahideen, Afghanistan, Alfred W. McCoy, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, BCCI, Central Asia, CIA, Contras, Dianne Feinstein, drug war, Iran-Contra, Kevin Carson, Latin America, Newspeak, Nicaragua
Kevin Carson on the objective of the ‘War on Drugs’ having little to do with lifestyle and all to do with perpetual war.
‘Mossad in America’ (mp3)
Posted: 30 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, AIPAC, AntiWar radio, Ben-Ami Kadish, CIA, electoral politics, espionage, Iran, Israel, Israel lobby, Israeli Arabs, Keith Weissman, Mark Glenn, Middle East, Mohammed Atta, Mossad, Newspeak, NPT, Obama Administration, Phil Tourney, Philip Giraldi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Steve Rosen, Stewart Nozette, US, USS Liberty, West Bank
At AntiWar Radio, Philip Giraldi discussed his recent article about the Israeli spy agency operating from New York to D.C.—‘disinformation operations’ about Palestine and Iran’s civilian nuclear program—as well as its agents and assets committing espionage against the U.S. government with impunity (26:08):
Iraq and the Big Picture (Video)
Posted: 24 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Bush Administration, Dick Cheney, Gulf War, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq War, Middle East, Newspeak, Operation Desert Storm, Osama bin Laden, Reagan Administration, Saddam Hussein, Shah of Iran
Jack Hunter, a.k.a. “The Southern Avenger”, notes that Dick Cheney was right about Iraq—in 1991 (5:24):
Iraq War Ends Again Without Really Ending… Again (mp3)
Posted: 22 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: AntiWar.com, Bush Adminsitration, Chris Matthews, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, extrajudicial assassination, Iraq, Iraq withdrawal, Jason Ditz, Keith Olbermann, media, mercenary firms, Middle East, MSNBC, NBC, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, private contractors, PSCs, Rachel Maddow, Scott Horton, United States, US embassies, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict
Jason Ditz, news editor at AntiWar.com, discussed the Orwellian ‘end’ to the Iraq War at AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton (20:48):
The Tragedy of Omar Khadr (mp3)
Posted: 22 August 2010 by Editors in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bagram Air Base, Bush Administration, Canada, child soldiers, criminal justice, Daphne Eviatar, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, international law, military commissions, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, rendition, Scott Horton, torture, United States, United States armed forces, war crimes, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict
Omar Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen was kidnapped by the military in Afghanistan after being shot to the infirmary at the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base, where he was tortured and threatened with rape before being transferred the prison at Guantánamo Bay—all when he was only 15—where he’s been held captive since. The ‘war crime’ was throwing a hand grenade at U.S. troops and allegedly killing one of them, though the cause of the soldier’s death is in question, the burden of proof cannot be met of who threw any grenades, throwing a grenade at a uniformed enemy is not a war crime and child soldiers are legally distinguished as victims.
At AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton, journalist, legal analyst and Human Right First senior associate in law and security Daphne Eviatar discussed the U.S. military commission to try Mr. Khadr for war crimes (25:55):
Report: Government Scientist Concedes 300% More Oil in Gulf Than Estimated, 90% of Gushed Oil ‘Unaccounted For’
Posted: 19 August 2010 by Little Alex in National NewsTags: Bill Lehr, BP, corporatism, Deepwater Horizon, environment, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, law, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Newspeak, Transocean, University of Georgia, University of South Florida, US
Today, N.O.A.A. senior scientist told Congress that he was wrong about how much oil gushed into the Gulf, how much remains and conceded almost all of it is not accounted for, days after academic researchers ripped his two-week-old report to shreds. Documents reveal BP is withholding information from Transocean regarding the April 20 explosion that caused the gusher.
What About the Christian Churches Near Their Ground Zeros? (Video)
Posted: 19 August 2010 by Stefan Molyneux in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Baptists, Christianity, Cordoba House, Evangelicalism, Freedomain Radio, Ground Zero Mosque, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Newspeak, Park51, religion, Southern Baptist Convention, Stefan Molyneux, United States
Many Americans appear to be outraged that a Muslim community center might be built near Ground Zero. Here’s what the mainstream media will never tell you today (1:20):