Heading Toward Economic Ruin - by Stephen LendmanBad policies assure bad results. Destructive ones assure calamities. Well before Obama took office, bipartisan initiatives plotted a course for disaster. Bush accelerated it. Obama much more, so today America hangs on the precipice of what a previous article called the banana republicanization of America - a kleptocracy... Continue Reading →

America's Media: Dancing Around the Budget Debate Charade - by Stephen LendmanPrevious articles explained an Obama-led bipartisan conspiracy to destroy America's social contract, returning the nation to 19th harshness harshness. But you'd never know it from major media reports, op-eds and editorials, ducking the issue even when critical.The debate charade's gone on for weeks, both... Continue Reading →

Political Washington Fiddles While Rome Burns - by Stephen LendmanWith an approaching August 2 deadline, Paul Craig Roberts assessed the state of things accurately like he always does, saying in his new article headlined, "Disastrous Outcomes From An Orchestrated Crisis:" "Americans need desperately to ask themselves why they put into political office such utterly irresponsible... Continue Reading →

Abdul Fatah Younis Killing: War Death or Assassination? - by Stephen LendmanOn July 28, New York Times writer David Kirkpatrick headlined, "Death of Rebel Leader Stirs Fears of Tribal Conflict," saying:The killing of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) military commander, Gen. Abdul Fatah Younis (Gaddafi's former Interior and Defense Minister) and two other rebel officers,... Continue Reading →

Debt Ceiling Roulette - by Stephen LendmanIn this game, the house always wins. Bipartisan complicity stacked the deck against millions of working households, needing to know that political Washington is scamming them. The end result is the banana republicanization of America. American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter: 1862 - 1910) coined the term (his... Continue Reading →

Daily NATO War Crimes in Libya - by Stephen LendmanAmong them is waging war on truth, Western managed news calling lawless imperial wars liberating ones. No wonder John Pilger says journalism is the first casualty of war, adding:"Not only that: it has become a weapon of war, a virulent censorship (and deception) that goes unrecognised... Continue Reading →

Israeli Home Demolition Terrorism - by Stephen LendmanCo-founded (with Meir Marglit) and directed by Jeff Halper, the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) "is a non-violent, direct-action organization established in 1998 to resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories."ICAHD also helps rebuild homes. In addition, it resists "land expropriation, settlement expansions, by-pass... Continue Reading →

America: Heading for Tyranny and Impoverishment - by Stephen LendmanIt's present, hardening, and threatening to subvert all constitutional and social rights. Among others, three previous articles discussed the danger, accessed through the following links:http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2007/12/police-state-america-look-back-and.htmlhttp://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/09/continuity-of-government-coup-detat.htmlhttp://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/07/fix-is-in-washingtons-planned-social.htmlThe first article covered post-9/11 police state laws, Executive Orders, Military Orders, as well as National and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (NSPDs... Continue Reading →

US-Style Free Trade's Dark Side - by Stephen LendmanCorporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide in countries like China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Haiti, Jordan, and many others. Employed in global sweatshops, they work up to 90 or more hours a week for sub-poverty wages under horrific conditions, enduring harassment, beatings, sexual abuse and rape.According to the... Continue Reading →

The Oslo Attacks: More False Flag Evidence - by Stephen LendmanThe memorable line from Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore explains what's so often true, saying:"Things are seldom as they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream."With considerable mass media help, especially America's, misinformation diverts public attention from vital truths, playing their usual gatekeeper role, providing fiction... Continue Reading →