War-o-the-Week

The militaristic argument for war has become President Obama loudly bellowing "TRUST me"...  U.S. Secretary.of State John Kerry joins him.

The extent they are honorable is not the issue.

We've gone that route before, with Secretary of State Colin Powell urging war on Iraq at the UN. They also claimed then a recording of military villains overheard discussing illegal weaponry. (link)  It's deja vu all over again.

Militarists actively deceive.

Just say NO

Click 'n Laugh

Intrusion Fantasy  (link)

Safety through Riches?

The huge growth of America's secret police and intercepted communications is supposedly "to keep America and our allies safe"...

But many normal people feel threatened.We The People must guard against tyranny.

Huge spending on the secret police & defense has left nothing for basic social services such as roads, public health, education, regulation.  

Dirty Tricks Return

People get accustomed to news of US government surveillance. We're uncomfortable with spying on internal United Nations meetings, listening secretly to phone discussions by European Union officials, and communications surveillance of colleagues, businesses, and supposedly sovereign governments.

Jackal opportunists swarm to these surveillance & defense systems. Some see stable employment. Others recognize intelligence as a high-value commodity, with many potential purchasers. Some recruits surely are planted by forward-looking private interests and by foreign governments.

President Obama's protestations & personal charm don't diminish clear fact: much of this spying on the world has nothing to do with terrorism. It's Economic War.

This is more scary after Obama's government supported a core of bankers & industrialists with TARP subsidies, putting Americans & US society into favored and unfavored categories. Sadly, 99% of us are unfavored.

Those who remember US Sen. Joseph McCarthy recognize his catch-all use of "Communists!" parallels use of "TERRORIST" threat.

The chosen 1% laugh wryly at the serfs. But mostly we're beneath their attention.

They smirkingly enjoy our world.

We've been desensitized to accept government's illegal "shortcuts" -- or a few officials who "overstepped" proper procedures. But policy insiders can't be fired or imprisoned - they know too much.

The press corps and security police also know valuable secrets.

Former Democratic Party Vice-Presidential candidate US Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) was running again to become U.S. President at the same time he was covertly shtupping a film producer (while the candidate's wife suffered Stage IV cancer). The secret affair was well-kept for many months. Who kept this secret and why? The potential for blackmailing Edwards (who ultimately fathered a lovechild - link) is frightful.

Blackmail must be a problem.

What of other dirty tricks?

The files released by Manning, Snowden (and others to come) troublingly reveal active programs of government-directed destabilization, sabotage, and subversive mayhem ...

We know of "watching" - mass surveillance. We know of drone assassinations without accountability, trial or legal review. What other horrors lie between?

Stay tuned.

'Credibility on the Line'

Supposedly the "credibility" of President Barack Obama hinges on attacking Syria.

US unilateral attack on Syria would be criminal without UN Security Council mandate.

Anyhow -- Obama has no credibility.

Obama lost credibility by ignoring international treaties. He's harbored fugitives from war crimes prosecution, protecting torturers & outlaws who inflicted corruption and terror on America. He's done little or nothing toward promised nuclear disarmament. He's responsible for systematic destabilization at home & overseas.

Obama has given public money to favored private banks & industrial groups, grimly undercutting less-favored firms and the free-enterprise system.

President Obama has surrendered his empathy & compassion. It's difficult to imagine why he acts this way... perhaps he's held hostage to blackmail? His actions undermine America's long term interests. Perhaps he simply aspires to seaside villa retirement in Haifa or Tel Aviv...

We can only pray he'll somehow offer atonement.

Emperor Nudie

Passionately against the idea of nuclear power?  I'm NOT.

Nuclear power could be appealing, but local utilities must be SAFE.

Nuclear waste is inherent to nuclear power. Atomic radiation is highly toxic, killing everything & poisoning continually for very long time periods ... Nuclear waste is a dirty bomb.

We need safekeeping systems for the dirty bombs created by nuclear power plants.

We have terrible atomic waste storage. After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, avoiding this issue is criminal. It's idiotic stockpiling dirty bombs beside nuclear furnaces.

Politicians tells us they know best? Bullshit - look no further than these nuclear waste stockpiles to understand our political jokers brazenly gamble with our homes, our lives, our kids.

They front industrial coalitions.
Antidream horrors care little for common folk.
Fix this problem at home before parading overseas.

Nuclear waste must be safely stored far from the nuclear furnaces; otherwise, nuclear power is unstable, deadly, and not a realistic option.

The BBC kindly shows us (link & below image) Fukushima's next probable disaster: unstable leaky water tanks multiply alarmingly near the remains of damaged reactors. If another tsunami comes, maybe even a heavy snowfall, much nasty shit splashes into the ocean...

America has similar deadly nuclear plants. Fix them politicos!

held accountable? 2

TEPCO & the government of Japan are poisoning the world.

They suddenly announce "radiation from Fukushima leaks is 18 times previously reported"

Supposedly, before now TEPCO & regulators used inappropriate equipment.

Where's the USA and the International Atomic Energy Agency? Of course the USA is constantly monitoring this poisoning - but as usual, supports industry above humanity. This is an example of very bad design - made in the USA.

It's clear after Fukushima our designs suck. Every nuclear plant is also a nuclear waste dump / "storage facility"... Why stockpile dirty bombs by a furnace? 

Obama & his government are responsible for doing nothing as the world is poisoned by radiation. Many dozen more such plants continue to operate, including Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station, an aging nuclear plant the same type & design as Japan's disabled Fukushima Daiichi. Protect your own people Obama - stay away from Syria and fix real problems at home.

held accountable?

From the BBC:
""Countries who violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable," the US said."

US leadership has never been held accountable
 - for making war
 - for torture
 - for slavery
 - for genocide of native people

It is not enough to stop.

Sure, America withdrew its combat forces 30 years ago from Vietnam & Southeast Asia. But people continue to die from landmines & poisonous chemicals we scattered there. We killed hundreds of thousands of civilians... by mistake?

Where's the accountability?

British Bulldog

The Commons defeated Prime Minister David Cameron's efforts pledging the UK to Syrian military action. The BBC (link) is full of celebratory shouts.

Britain (and increasingly Sweden) have become serfs to the USA.

Nothing's really changed with very top Brit politicos: they're still butt-licking dogs. But many in Parliament's rank-and-file have suddenly found & tapped a democratic fervor that doesn't curry war to power the economy.