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“I’m Going to Have to Wear That Phrase Like Sackcloth”

tonyrussell — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:30:04 +0000

“Kellyanne, good gracious! What’s wrong with you, honey, you look terrible!”

This Natural Disaster Assistance Law Is Why Other States Are Policing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

Steve Horn — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 01:41:51 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

Almost exactly 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill creating an interstate agreement for emergency management. That inconspicuous law has opened the door for the current flood of out-of-state law enforcement agents present at the continuing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North Dakota.

Standing firm at Standing Rock: Discussing the Largest Political Action by Indigenous Americans since Wounded Knee in ‘73

dlindorff — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:25:33 +0000

By Dave Lindorff

Tomgram: Laura Gottesdiener, The Angel of Death

TomDispatch — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:39:44 +0000

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Here’s a little thought experiment: imagine that we’re in Kansas (without Toto) and a bridal party in three rented limos is heading down a highway toward a church where a wedding is about to take place. Suddenly, a small out-of-control plane plummets into those limos killing the bride, the mother of the bride, and five of the seven bridesmaids; 15 others are wounded. Bear with me here, if this particular method of wedding slaughter seems a little farfetched. After all, we don’t (yet) have drones armed with Hellfire missiles patrolling American skies that could take out such a caravan.

Obama Administration Approves Pipeline Expansion Set to Feed First Ever Fracked Gas Export Terminal

Steve Horn — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:39:10 +0000

Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog

The Obama Administration has quietly approved expansion of a major pipeline carrying fracked gas destined for the global export market.

Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Secret War in 135 Countries

TomDispatch — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:45:42 +0000

It was an impressive effort: a front-page New York Times story about a "new way of war" with the bylines of six reporters, and two more and a team of researchers cited at the end of the piece. "They have plotted deadly missions from secret bases in the badlands of Somalia. In Afghanistan, they have engaged in combat so intimate that they have emerged soaked in blood that was not their own.

Tomgram: John Feffer, The Star Trek Fallacy

TomDispatch — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:02:45 +0000

We were both experiencing the Sixties, Captain Kirk and I. Admittedly, I was still in the 1960s and the captain was somewhere in the 2260s.

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Exceptional Pain Dispensed by the Indispensable Nation

TomDispatch — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:23:16 +0000

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Democracy American Style - Macedonia

Michael Collins — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:07:24 +0000

Macedonia is about to experience Democracy American Style. The nation’s misfortune is simple. It occupies strategic territory of keen interest to the United States and Russia.

“Russia's Stroitransgaz said on Thursday it will build a gas pipeline across Macedonia, which could eventually be used as part of a route to supply Europe with Russian gas via Turkey”. Reuters, Mar 12