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It’s always been America First
President Trump doesn’t want to complicate the argument by naming multi-nationals or offshore fortunes. Instead he implicates other nationalities as having usurped ‘Murcan interests. No more, he insists, “America First!” As if it hasn’t always been only ever that. American … Continue reading
Posted in To Dwell on the Obvious
Tagged America, America First, American, anti-imperialism, Argument, arks, Benefits, Capital, DIA, Donald Trump, Foreign Aid, Great War, History, Imperial, Interest, IRS, Media, Murcan, nothing, Offshore, pacifists, President, Rap, Spanish, Trump, White, World War, World War Two
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Wilfred Owen: Spring Offensive & PTSD
You won’t find a more haunting depiction of battle induced PTSD than the last two stanzas of Wilfred Owen’s Spring Offensive. You’ll be curious no doubt to double back on the setup: troops being marched to the frontline, the idyllic … Continue reading
Wilfred Owen: Dulce et decorum est (Pro patria mori – The Old Lie)
The Roman poet Horace wrote “It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country” as Rome shifted from republic to empire. By 1917 British infantryman Wilfred Owen had reduced Horace’s sentiment to “The old Lie.” Owen was killed in … Continue reading
Originally it was Antiwar Mother’s Day
For how many war years longer will a MOTHER’S DAY tradition be to remind the vast Hallmark-washed that Mom’s postbellum holiday originated as a grassroots resistance by mothers opposed to enlisting their sons in war? Quoth abolitionist/pacifist/feminist/poet Julia Ward Howe … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Abolition, Antiwar, ARN, Art, Bear, British, Charity, Congress, Earth, Family, God, Great War, Holiday, Humanity, Interest, IRS, Julia Ward Howe, Justice, Left, Lyrics, MAGA, Military, Mother's Day, Murder, Origin, Patriotism, Patriots, Peace, PLO, Republic, Resist, Resistance, Riots, soldier, TB, Teabag, Teabaggers, the Alliance, trial, Violence, Voice, Vote, War, Water
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But here in this graveyard, it’s still no man’s land…
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand To man’s blind indiff’rence to his fellow man And to a whole generation That were butchered, and Damned. Sacrifice is something that makes holy. Not “something that makes dead”. The last surviving … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolut, Advertizing, Afghanistan, America, American, American People, Army, ARN, Art, Big Brother, Blood Money, Britain, Bush, Canada, Capital, Capitalism, children, CIA, Cult, Culture, Dead Soldiers, Death, DIA, Ethiopia, flower to the occupier, Flowers of the Forest, forest, France, freedom, Germany, God, Gold, Great War, Haiti, IRA, Iraq, Ireland, IRS, Krupp, March, mass murder, Meat, Money, Murder, nothing, Pagan, POW, power, Profiteering, Propaganda, Propagandist, propagandists, Recruiters, Rock, Rockefeller, Rogue States, Sacrifice, Slaughter, soldier, State Terrorism, War, War Crime, War Mongering, White, Working, World War, World War One
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Question of Nationalism v. Imperialism …again
EU officials not allowing Washington to monitor their economic transactions, Washington upset. So, does Washington allow the EU or Mexico or Cuba or Iran or who-the-hell-ever a similar privilege of monitoring United States bank transactions? Nationalism that doesn’t grant equal … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Absolut, actions, Austria, Banks, BIA, British, British Empire, Bush, Bush Administration, Bush Regime, China, CIA, Civilization, Clinton, Cuba, DIA, Empire, Europe, European Union, Great Britain, Great War, Hitler, Hubris, Hungary, Imperial, Imperialism, India, Intel, IRA, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Nationalism, nothing, NSA, Obama, Oderint Dum Metuant, Pagan, Palin, Patriot Act, President, Privcy, Propaganda, Right Wing, Rights, Rome, Serbia, Taste, Terrorist state, Trees, United States, War, Washington, White, World War One
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You have forgotten what to remember
Can someone please explain to me what it means to fly this flag? The POW-MIA flag is ubiquitous these days around veterans. Our town hall flies this black flag halfway below the Stars and Stripes. When the latter is at … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged ALF, America, American, Art, Beef, Black Flag, Books, Cain, camps, Casualties, children, China, CIA, Death, desertion, Earth, EPA, Evidence, Family, Fire, Flag, Flags, friendly fire, Germany, GIs, Government, Great War, Gulf, Gulf War, Human Beings, Iago, IRA, Iraq, IRS, jail, John Kerry, John McCain, Kerry, Left, Love, McCain, memorial, Memorial Day, MIA, MIAs, Military, Mother Nature, Movies, Nature, Opera, Permit, PLO, POW, POW-MIA flag, power, POWs, prison, Prisoner, Prisoners, Radio, Rambo, reason, Reparations, Russia, soldier, Soldiers, Soviets, Strike, Strikes, Support the Troops, Technology, The The, Trains, Treason, troops, US government, US military, US soldier, USA, USAF, Veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Violence, War, White, World War II, Wounded
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Armed UAS drones need no defending
I was curious about the etymology of the term “drone” applied to military (& DHS) Unmanned Aerial Surveillance aircraft, these days, mostly Armed. Obviously Armed UAS are not named after the stingless unproductive bees whose task it is to impregnate … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Absolut, ACTA, Aerial Bombing, Afghanistan, Airplanes, ALF, America, American, Americans, Armed UAS, Army, Art, Bees, Bombers, Borders, Cars, CIA, Civilians, combat, courage, Craft, Death, Defense, Deficit, DHS, DIME, DNA, Drones, Economics, Federal Deficit, Fire, Gaza, GIs, Global Hawks, Great War, Guernica, guns, helicopter, Helicopters, Homeland, Human Beings, IEDs, Impunity, Industry, Insurgency, Insurgent, Insurgents, Intel, Intelligence, IRA, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Latin, Left, Mali, Military, missiles, Muslim, Muslims, Nazi, Nazis, NPR, Opera, Ordnance, Pakistan, PLO, population, Pot, POW, power, Predator Drones, Race, Radio, RAW, Reaper Drones, reason, Rove, Russia, Sales, School, soldier, Soldiers, Somalia, Soviets, Strike, Strikes, Sudan, Surge, Surveillance, Taliban, Target, TB, terror, Tet, The Fed, troops, Trucks, Trump, US military, War, war mongers, War on Islam, weapons industry, Weed, Working, World War II, Yemen
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Top 10 secret armies of the CIA
Found this on the web, will try to retrace provenance, worth a read: The United States have a well known history of providing military support to countries in need. But from time to time, the US Government has provided secret … Continue reading
Posted in Research
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How to spot a Jap in Afghanistan
This is an excerpt from the WWII training manual “HOW TO SPOT A JAP.” Can you doubt our military blimpnecks aren’t giving the same xenophobic advice about how American servicemen should be sizing up their robe-clad insurgent adversaries in Iraq … Continue reading
Posted in Found Art
Tagged Afghanistan, America, American, Army Manual, China, Great War, Insurgent, IRA, Iraq, Japanese, Military, Pot, Surge, World War II
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Last veteran of the War to End All Wars
IS THAT RICH? UK’s oldest living veteran of the Great War died this weekend at age 111. Machine-gunner Harry Patch who survived Ypres and nearly not Passchendaele, was eulogized by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles who explained “The Great War … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, That's Rich
Tagged activists, Antiwar, Bear, BOA, Gordon Brown, Great War, Harry Patch, Headlines, Heroism, History, Left, Never Forget, pacifists, Prime Minister, Prince, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Shell, Slaughter, soldier, Soldiers, TB, United Kingdom, Veterans, War
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War is a Racket
By Major General Smedley Darlington Butler ~ Chapter One ~ WAR IS A RACKET WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one … Continue reading
Free Money
No book on survival should fail to give you some good tips on how to rip-off bread. Really horning in on this chapter will put you on Free-loader Street life, ’cause with all the money in Amerika, the only thing … Continue reading
Jesus Killed Mohammed, every last one
With attention now drawn on the evangelical skinheads running amok with the US military’s Big Stick, reporter Jeff Sharlet relates a story in this month’s Harpers, which showcases the fundamental irreligiosity of the capital “C” Crusaders. The episode Jesus Killed … Continue reading
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Next to the White House
While visiting Washington DC in March, I found it interesting to note the edifices closest to the White House. EAST, WEST The neighbor to the immediate East of the Obama’s White House is the Department of the Treasury. Is that … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged AIG, ALF, America, American, Americans, Art, Banking, Books, BSE, Business, Capital, Capitalists, Cars, children, Civil War, combat, Convention, Crow, Defense, Department, Department of Defense, DIA, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower, England, EPA, Euro, Europe, Europeans, Evolution, Family, Fire, fires, Fish, France, freedom, French, French Revolution, Germans, Globalization, Great War, Headlines, History, Iago, IAM, Interest, Intervention, IRS, Left, liberty, Loans, Love, Mali, March, Media, memorial, Memorials, Military, Military Intervention, Monuments, National Mall, Navy, NFL, Obama, Peace, Peace Movement, Permit, President, Rap, RAW, reality, Revolution, Rove, Sacrifice, Secession, Security, Sherman, soldier, Soldiers, TB, The Nation, The West, Trading, trial, troops, Tunis, US Navy, US soldier, US soldiers, War, War Memorials, Washington, Washington DC, White, White House, World War, World War II
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One man’s Guerrier, another’s Terroriste
WELL LOOKY WHAT I FOUND! Published in France just after the war, this book is about “LES TERRORISTES.” Can you tell by the cover art, who play the title role? USA POST-2001: America designates its war zone detainees as EPWs, … Continue reading
Posted in Semantics
Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, America, American, Americans, Art, Borat, Collaborators, Convention, Conventions, Cowards, Detainees, Euro, Europe, firing, Firing Squad, Firing Squads, France, French, French Resistance, Germans, Germany, Gestapo, Great War, Hamas, heroes, Hezbollah, Insurgency, Insurgent, Insurgents, Interrogation, IRA, Iraq, IRS, Islam, Japan, Korea, Liberation, Mali, Military, Nazi, Nazis, Never Forget, Occupation, Occupiers, population, POW, POWs, prison, Prisoner, Prisoners, Prisoners of War, Resist, Resistance, Shiite, soldier, Soldiers, Sunni, Surge, Taliban, terror, Terrorism, terrorist, terrorists, Traitor, Traitors, US soldier, US soldiers, USA, Vietnam, War, World War II
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Petty bureaucrat resents being called… The Holocaust denials of Larry DeWitt
In the face of Ward Churchill’s vindication in a Colorado court, and now hearing support for him by fellow academics, Wingnut Holocaust Deniers are rallying behind whichever colleague will grab their dunce baton. The latest denier is academic aspirant, Social … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, 2008, AA, actions, Argument, Art, Baltimore, British Admiralty, Bush, Camp Amache, Churchill, Churchill Trial, CIA, Colorado, Condi, Cult, Department, EPA, EWO, Government, Great War, Headlines, historian, History, HIV, Holocaust, Holocaust denial, Howard Zinn, IRA, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Larry DeWitt, liberal, Maryland, Middle East, nursing, Peace, philosophy, Photo, President, President Bush, Privatization, Rally, Rap, Rove, Security, Social Security, TB, Voice, War, Ward Churchill, Website, Wingnuts, Writing
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Roughing it in DC
WASHINGTON DC- We caught the Metro, dragged our bags across the streets and sidewalks, but alright, we haven’t exactly been roughing it. First stop, the Capitol Hilton, from which we can promenade to the White House. It’s a stuffy hotel, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Notes, Photos, Travel
Tagged Capitol Hilton, Civil War, coup, Forward, George, Great War, Headlines, IRS, Latin, PLO, President, Rome, St. Gregory Hotel, Subway, War, Washington, Washington DC, White, White House
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Warmongers do end run on Vietnam Wall
WASHINGTON DC- Who knew it wasn’t just the Vietnam War veterans who had misgivings about Maya Lin’s design for a memorial? Fair enough it doesn’t celebrate the achievements of our armies. This peripheral statue offers the more conventional bronze tribute. … Continue reading
Posted in Sight-Bites
Tagged America, Chicken Hawks, Convention, Fashion, Great War, Maya Lin, memorial, Tribute, Veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War, War Memorials, warmonger, Warmongers, Washington, Washington DC, World War II
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Bishop Williamson must RECANT says Pope
At the behest of the Vatican, Bishop Richard Williamson apologized for offense caused by his statements regarding WWII historical records of the Nazi concentration camps. But Pope Benedict weighed the bishop’s statement as insufficient. Now he’s demanding a full retraction … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Info Virus
Tagged actions, Argument, Art, Belief, Bishop Richard Williamson, Blasphemy, Borat, camps, Catholic, Catholic Church, character, CIA, Concentration Camps, Death, DIA, Euro, Europe, Evidence, Evil, Excommunication, faith, Final Solution, Fury, genocide, Germany, GM, google, Great War, guilt, Historical Revisionism, History, Hitler, Hitler Youth, Holocaust, IAM, Identity, Jew, Jews, Media, Movies, Nazi, Peace, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVl, Pot, Recant, reform, Resist, Resistance, Revisionism, Richard Williamson, Scandal, Soul, The Pope, Truth, Vatican, War, World War II, youth
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