Madison Police Will Not Forcibly Remove Protesters

from MSNBC The occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in. … But in the hours before the deadline came and after it passed, it was clear most protesters [...]

Inside Job Wins Best Documentary

Anonymous Going After Koch Brothers and the Oligarchs

(from AnonNews) OpWisconsin Press Release: #OpWisconsin Dear Citizens of the United States of America, It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch–the billionaire owners of Koch Industries–have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we [...]

Protests Across the Country to Support Worker’s Rights

100,000 in Wisconsin “largest since the Vietnam war” Wisconsin Cop explains who he works for “When we took this job, we swore an oath to protect and serve the members of our community. And that is exactly what we intend to do” Missouri rally Chicago Michigan Go to Raw Story to read and see photos [...]

Shock Doctrine, U.S.A.

by Paul Krugman, New York Times Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wis., isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad — specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence. As many readers may recall, the results were spectacular [...]

Unanswered Questions as Obama Anoints George HW Bush With Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Russ Baker from Truthout On February 15, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest award, to a group of people which includes former president George H.W. Bush. Having spent five years researching the elder Bush and discovering a staggering array of secrets to the man’s life—none of them favorable, I [...]

RALLY TO SAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM

RALLY TO SAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM Today, Saturday, February 26th, at Noon Local Time in Locations in All 50 States by Scott Creighton Stand with the people of Wisconsin, Stand with the working people of America Gov. Walker’s budget bill is not just about austerity measures that force working Americans to accept less to pay [...]

New 9/11 Memorial Time-line Lies About Building 7

by Scott Creighton SUCCESS… well kinda… Today the National 9/11 Memorial has correctly labeled Building 5 as Building 5 and they have included a shot of Building 7 while talking about Building 7. That’s kinda a good start.  But, alas, it goes downhill from there… Their new contribution is fraught with serious problems and misleading statements [...]

Press Release from Wisconsin Professional Police Association

(Cops will be sleeping with the protesters. Obviously they are concerned about Gov. Walker’s consideration of using agent provocateurs. COPS STANDING AND BUNKING WITH WISCONSIN PROTESTERS) THE WISCONSIN PROFESSIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2011 Contact: James L. Palmer, II, 608-273-3840 HEAD OF POLICE UNION ASKS GOVERNOR TO KEEP CAPITOL OPEN AND ANNOUNCES [...]

Did the Corporatists Steal the Wisconsin Assembly Vote on the Budget Proposal?

by Scott Creighton In what was probably a reaction to yesterday’s groundbreaking story about Gov. Walker’s little phone-call from his billionaire sugar daddy “Koch”, the republicans pulled a late-night coup, complete with a questionable vote and a well-choreographed hasty exit. Public opinion is certainly taking a huge swing after Walker’s little mess-up on the phone and even [...]

Tearing Down the Walls in Baghdad While BiBi Gets Bitch-slapped

by Scott Creighton You gotta love it All across the world people are saying no more. In Baghdad, they are tearing down those concrete walls that you and I paid to have installed to keep the people of Iraq from the neoliberal ”Green Zone” which OCCUPIES their capital. McDonald’s and Burger King thrive in the relative calm [...]

Obama Dances While Rome Burns

by Scott Creighton The Wisconsin assembly passed Gov. Walker’s draconian union-busting bill so now it’s on to the Wisconsin senate where the missing 14 Democratic senators factor heavily into the equation. Meanwhile, President Obama apparently found that pair of comfortable shoes and slipped them on so that he and his family could dance the night [...]

Yet Another Lie from Barack Obama – The List Gets Longer Everyday

In 2007, Obama promised to put on a comfortable pair of shoes and walk the picket lines with workers if they were denied the right to collective bargaining.  Guess he was playing 3 dimensional chess while his supporters and volunteers were playing checkers. Some people in this country used to call that a lie… now [...]

The Last Word on Terrorism

Legion

by Scott Creighton All across the world the same fire is burning. The banking and political elites from our country and across the pond, set this in motion over a decade ago. It was a three-part plan to create a deficit bubble of a size and scale never before seen in the history of mankind and [...]