NOT THE REAL DEAL? June 18, 2013
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Naomi Wolf has proposed a conspiracy that Ed Snowden is the agent for the top-down fear engendering internet Surveillance System, following the script of George Orwell, not a whistleblower.
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NO DEFENCE? June 13, 2013
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Obviously, I don’t know much about law, but I thought everyone was entitled to present a defence, and regardless of circumstances there was to be a presumption of innocence. Furthermore, the accused’s ultimate fate was at the discretion of the jury. Apparently, none of this applies in the case of Edward Snowden, who supplied information on pervasive information collection by the US Government.
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DRONE ON, IGNORING THE MURDERERS May 23, 2013
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The questions, moral and others, that surround the drone murder program in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere, are many.
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CONSPIRACY AND BLOWBACK April 27, 2013
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The Boston Marathon bombing has given rise to inevitable conspiracy theories. Inevitable, because the internet provides greater opportunity to call into question the official story as it unfolds, and because there is an entrenched suspicion of government in general in the US, and in particular of the “leviathan security state”. However, the pressing issue is of motivation, and what it is that gives rise to barbaric and cruel behavior.
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DOTS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS? April 19, 2013
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Three events have captured my attention this week. Firstly there was the bombing in Boston, then the “State” funeral for Margaret Thatcher, and the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West, Texas.
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OCCUPATION CRIMES IN IRAQ March 8, 2013
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Bradley Manning faces a long term of imprisonment, possibly life without parole. Others comp licitly and directly involved in criminal wrong doing go free.
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REIGN OF TERROR February 8, 2013
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Endorsement of the “Counterterrorism Czar”, John Brennan, as the Director of the CIA is probably a foregone conclusion.
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MLK’s LEGACY January 22, 2013
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Yesterday the United States jointly commemorated Martin Luther King’s day and the inauguration of the President and Vice President. Obama will leave a historical footnote as the first African-American to be both elected and re-elected as President.
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MALI AND TERRORISM January 16, 2013
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So what is going on in Mali? The UN Security Council has authorized the French military intervention in its former colony.
DRONE WARFARE January 14, 2013
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The killings by drone fired missiles controlled by pilots thousands of kilometers or miles from the scene of murder is perhaps justified by a “time of war, or public danger”. But who knows.
ISRAEL: INTERNATIONAL OUTLAW December 3, 2012
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Seriously, is there anything that the Government of Israel will not again and again stoop to?
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LEAVING AFGHANISTAN November 1, 2012
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The Prime Minister announced in parliament that Australian forces would be withdrawn from Afghanistan, while indicating the withdrawal would require additional personnel.
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A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP October 17, 2012
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Australia’s close relationship with the United States predates the Second World War with, as examples, the adoption of telegraph and railways systems, but since that time become of close and often unquestioning support.
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ASSASSINATION ON THE SCHOOL BUS October 12, 2012
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A group of assassins boarded a school bus in the Swat Valley, Pakistan, terrifying the students on board before identifying and shooting 14 year old Malala Yousafzai and two other school girls.
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PAKISTANI DRONE PROTEST October 8, 2012
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Imran Khan and the drone protest convoy, including members from Code Pink, made it to the border of Warizistan, before being turned back by the army. He described the convoy at 15 miles long.
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DRONE TERRORISM September 26, 2012
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Living with drones in the sky overhead, able to see and hear them, turns out to be as terrible as might be imagined.
AFGHANISTAN: WHAT NEXT? September 25, 2012
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For all intents and purposes the war in Afghanistan is now lost to the invading armies sponsored by the United States .
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OCCUPY AFGHANISTAN September 18, 2012
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The occupation of Afghanistan, much like the occupation of Iraq, cannot and will not last. The question then, other than to grease the palms of the weapons manufacturers, what was the point?
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