The Modern History of ‘Rigged’ US Elections By Robert Parry, the investigative reporter who many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. Originally published at Parry’s Consortium News (republished with permission). The United States is so committed to the notion that its electoral process is the…
TO MANY PEOPLE DEAD CONNECTED TO THE CLINTONS Kremlin In Turmoil After Clinton Foundation CEO Requests “Urgent And Immediate” Asylum An extraordinary Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today says this morning President Putin was “officially presented” with a Main Directorate for Migration Affairs (GUVM) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)…
Donald Trump is America Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump [REUTERS] @HamidDabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Hours before the scheduled third and final debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas, The New York Times published an article in which it…
Top of the Ticket cartoon (David Horsey/ Los Angeles Times) Statisticians Warn Of “Systemic Mainstream Misinformation” In Poll Data by Tyler Durden Oct 15, 2016 9:00 PM Salil Mehta via Statistical Ideas blog, Antagonism isn’t perpetual If you recently glanced at the polls and the election markets, then you would be forgiven to believe that a…
The fall of a clandestine empire that has shaped modern history Throughout history we have seen examples of the birth, development and expansion of an empire. Eventually they become too large, unwieldy and like an economic bubble, appear to burst and contract very rapidly, even though it is usually associated with a long…
This Is Not a Drill: NYT Editorial Board Lays Groundwork For War With Russia. Can’t Wait! The Gray Lady beats her war drum for the 10,000th time. Thanks, but we’ll pass. Fri, Sep 30, 2016 The NYT Editorial Board — the first brave souls to volunteer for the Eastern Front Since the invention of assholes…