The scary opposition to the EU in Britain is mainly driven by dislike of the huge number of immigrants, who have taken both jobs and housing from ordinary Brits. But where the UK Independence Party has not done its homework is in the economics of leaving the EU. I quote just one of many reasons …
ALEC, the anti-democratic and secretive organisation funded by big business to cement the primacy of profit over the interests of citizens and taxpayers has been proposing to penalize homeowners who install solar panels. This is part of an offensive against renewable energy on behalf electricity generators. ALEC aims to block all efforts to promote wind …
I assumed that David Brat, who beat Cantor in Virginia, was a Tea Party operative, paid by the Koch Brothers. In fact, Brat won by running on opposition to Wall Street and Republican corruption in Congress, and must be loathed by the Koches. Brat is quoted as saying, “All of the investment banks, up in …
Israel has been caught carrying out aggressive espionage operations against American targets for decades, according to U.S. intelligence officials and congressional sources. And they still do it. They just don’t get arrested very often. As Newsweek recently reported, American counter-intelligence officials told members of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees at the end of …
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The modern human rights movement began as a band of outsiders, fighting governments on behalf of the faceless and voiceless. Now, some human rights activists now regularly call for using force to resolve the world’s problems. At one time, “human rights” implied opposition to war. Now some of the most outspoken warmongers in Washington are …
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