"The wealthy, not only by private fraud but also by common laws, do every day pluck and snatch away from the people some part of their daily living. Therefore, when I consider and weigh in my mind these commonwealths which nowadays do flourish, I perceive nothing but a certain conspiracy of rich men in procuring their own commodities under the name and authority of the commonwealth.
They invent and devise all means and crafts, first how to keep safely without fear of losing that which they have unjustly gathered together, and next how to hire and abuse the work and labor of the people for as little money and effort as possible."
Robert Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and former Air Force lecturer, will present findings on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that argue that the majority of suicide terrorism around the world since 1980 has had a common cause: military occupation. Pape and his team of researchers draw on data produced by a six-year study of suicide terrorist attacks around the world that was partially funded by the Defense Department's Defense Threat Reduction Agency. They have compiled the terrorism statistics in a publicly available database comprising some 10,000 records on some 2,200 suicide terrorism attacks, dating back to the first suicide terrorism attack of modern times — the 1983 truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 241 U.S. Marines. "We have lots of evidence now that when you put the foreign military presence in, it triggers suicide terrorism campaigns, ... and that when the foreign forces leave, it takes away almost 100 percent of the terrorist campaign," Pape said in an interview last week on his findings.
Or... you could simply plug your ears and close your eyes to trifles such as counter narratives grounded in empirical evidence like Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation fame who launched into an ankle-biting tirade at GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul for expressing heretical thoughts about the consequences of American foreign policy...
Glenn Greenwald’s extended comments on this performance by one of our finest stenographers to Power is worth reading in full.
Oddly enough this former regulator who gained vast experience in prosecuting the last batch of financial frauds to menace the economy during the S&L crisis of the late 1980's never seems to make any appearances on CNN, MSNBC, et al. Humm, I wonder...
Canada will lead the world – PM
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[image: Preview] Canada is ready to become the global economic leader if
the US no longer “wants” the role, PM Mark Carney has said
Read Full Article at RT...
Trump Fiddles While The Country Burns
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While the US economy suffered its worst day since June of 2020 during the
COVID pandemic, Trump claimed everything was going beautifully after the
market...
اللجنة العربية الإسلامية والحرب في فلسطين
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اجتمعت اللجنة الوزارية العربية الإسلامية اليوم، 23 آذار/مارس 2025، في
القاهرة مع صاحبة السعادة كايا كالاس، الممثلة السامية للاتحاد الأوروبي
المعنية بالشؤون...
اللجنة العربية الإسلامية والحرب في فلسطين
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اجتمعت اللجنة الوزارية العربية الإسلامية اليوم، 23 آذار/مارس 2025، في
القاهرة مع صاحبة السعادة كايا كالاس، الممثلة السامية للاتحاد الأوروبي
المعنية بالشؤون...
Liberation Scotland
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It is remarkable that few would dispute that Ireland was a British colony
before most of it became Independent, but to point to Scotland’s highly
analogo...
Gymnasium
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When you’re on that bike in your shorts, panting awaynext to a Republican,
a lotof the inhibitions come off. The thoughtof opposition warms to ardor
as you...
Cold Truths Behind the Coming Big Biden Butt Kiss
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July 19, 2024 The Biden Exit plan is underway. As reporting from NBC today
shows, Joe Biden and his family are moving through the grieving process
over ...
Media Say ... Gloom And Doom In China
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The New York Times, and other western media, are running a 'doom and gloom
in Xi's economy' campaign. The latest entry is this piece: China’s Economic
Pain...
The Great Student Loan Ruse
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These appalling figures don't fully capture the cruelty of the reality to
which they refer.
The post The Great Student Loan Ruse appeared first on The Co...
Crisis
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I suppose some people might wonder why I'm not completely hysterical. Why
would I be hysterical? The building where I've lived for 22 years is
scheduled fo...
Open letter to some ex-leaders of the ISO
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Tess Carter
In light of the revelation of a sexual assault accusation that was grossly
mishandled by once-leading members of the organization, Tess Carter...
Will US global hegemony last for another century?
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My weekly article for Al-Akhbar: "Will US global hegemony last for anther
century"?
(A critical review of Michael Beckley's new book from Cornell Universi...
Kafka's Castle
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"That truly Kafkaesque Castle, the modern state." -- Nicos Poulantzas.
*I*. In ‘The Castle’, it is never entirely clear what is happening.
There are off...
Love And Money: Marriage The McArdle Way
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It's Valentine's Day and Megan McArdle's thoughts naturally turn to love,
which means money. Join me as I mock the woman whose rat-fucking is
screwing ...
Louis Allday, "Controlling the Narrative on Syria"
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[image: MRZine]Arguably, no war has been more mediated by misunderstanding
than the conflict currently taking place in Syria. This article will seek
to cor...
The Return on My Investment
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By: Aaron Datesman
It's easy to recognize a win when it comes with a trophy at the end (or, in
the case of politics, an inauguration). It's harder to rec...
And A One, And A Two . . .
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(From SAVAGE MULES. I keep reading how Bernie Sanders is George McGovern.
Maybe he is.)
*ANTIWAR MULE CAMEO*
As the Nixon era commenced, larger sections...
It's really very simple
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[Note: I am pushing this article live two days early because ZeroHedge
somehow managed to get a hold of it and post it before I did. Needless to
say, I do...