Wikileaks Helping the Neocons Build a Fabricated Case for War

by Scott Creighton UPDATE: Shah’s son commits suicide? (see the end of the article) “I also think you’re significantly overstating the neocon-bolstering disclosures – do you really think that the desire for a few Arab autocrats for Iraq (edit: should be “Iran”) to be attacked is (a) surprising or (b) elevating the likelihood that the U.S. [...]

Wayne Madsen: Sweden co-opted by CIA/Pentagon to launder Wikileaks cables

from Veterans Today WMR has learned from a long-time Republican Party consultant that the CIA used Sweden to launder the transfer to Wikileaks of carefully screened and redacted State Department cables and the subsequent release of the cables to pre-selected corporate news media entities. Sweden was chosen because of its so-called “press freedom and freedom [...]

Neoliberal and Fake “Opposition Candidate”, Ron Paul, Working to Impliment the Ford Foundation’s “Chicago Boys” Economic Plan Here in America

“You Could Have a Transition Period for All of these ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS Here at Home. Basically I Want to Get Rid of ALL OF THOSE”  Ron Paul Towards the end, Ron goes through his tired old “liberty” clichés again, pretending that he represents the “outsider’s” point of view. It’s called the Washington Consensus for a reason, [...]

Obama’s reign of terror in Afghanistan

from WSWS 2010 was the bloodiest year of the now nine-year conflict in Afghanistan and the tribal border regions of Pakistan. Under the command of General David Petraeus, a massively expanded US and NATO force is waging a campaign of extermination against various ethnic Pashtun and Taliban-linked insurgent movements that have not accepted the foreign [...]

Iran Offers Tour of Nuclear Facilities to Everyone But the United States (Guess they don’t trust Hillary Clinton’s Lying Ass Either)

from al Jazeera Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead of a new round of talks with six world powers. In a letter made available on Monday to The Associated Press, senior [...]

Bird Body Count Up To 5,000 in Arkansas and 100,000 Dead Fish Now Join Them

from the Associated Press As officials worked to figure out the cause of death of some 5,000 blackbirds that fell from the Arkansas sky this weekend, some 100 miles away another disaster was unfolding: The discovery of 100,000 dead drum fish in the Arkansas River. According to news reports, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission [...]

Politically Connected JPMorgan Executive and Clintonista May Become Obama’s Chief of Staff

from Bloomberg President Barack Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former U.S. Commerce secretary, to a high-level administration post, possibly White House chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said. … Daley, 62, has deep ties in Obama’s political base. The youngest of seven children of longtime [...]