Category Archives: Middle East
Ebola vs. Muslims—Travel bans the answer? (Of course not).
Remember way, way back in the olden days—2014—when Ebola was the fear porn du jour? Kinda how “radicalized” Muslim-Americans are now? What was the solution that some people called for to end the scourge of Ebola? Remember? Ban Africans from … Continue reading
San Bernardino: What happened to the 3 white guys? Also, a new cartoon and the “inexplicably intact passport” trope.
With the intense focus on the supposed Islamic Bonnie and Clyde team of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a lot of people seem to have forgotten that the initial reports of the San Bernardino shooting on December 2 fingered 3 … Continue reading
DEAD IS DEAD: SAM HARRIS AND FAUX INTELLECTUAL COVER FOR WAR OF TERROR
I wanted to like Sam Harris. The first piece of his I ever read on Truthdig (now almost a decade ago) really resonated with me. So much so that I went out and bought his book, “The End of Faith.” … Continue reading
WANT TO “BEHEAD” ISIS? GET U.S. OFF OIL ASAP
A recent Bloomberg article notes that “ISIS” is more or less a “Taliban with oil fields”: “The Islamic State, which now controls an area of Iraq and Syria larger than the U.K., may be raising more than $2 million a … Continue reading
“YOU’RE A TERRORIST IF YOU TRY TO VERIFY WHAT WE’RE TELLING YOU”
At least that’s how I read the statement from Scotland Yard, reported here in the Daily Mail: “‘We would like to remind the public that viewing, downloading or disseminating extremist material within the UK may constitute an offence under terrorism … Continue reading
STOP SYMPATHIZING WITH THE POWERFUL INSTEAD OF THE WEAK
Or perhaps that headline should read: STOP ROOTING FOR THE OVERDOG AND START CHEERING FOR THE UNDERDOG! Sympathizing with the powerful over the weak is probably the single greatest mind control trick ever played on the public at large. In … Continue reading
IS EVERYTHING REALLY RIGGED? LIKE, EVERYTHING? UNFORTUNATELY, YES…
But don’t take my word for it that everything is a hoax, an illusion. Read this litany from Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Treasury Secretary under Reagan, former Wall Street Journal editor, etc.: “As I write I cannot think of … Continue reading
WAR IS A RACKET TO PROP UP DOLLAR–END OF STORY
War is a racket. Money is fictional. These two statements explain all wars, of course, but particularly the adventures of the western powers in the Middle East in the last 2+ decades. The first statement was spoken by Maj. Gen. … Continue reading