DISCUSS: US Midterm Elections – More obvious corruption, more reality denial
It’s election Day in the US, amid what they call the “most important” mid-term elections of all time. Apparently, the very idea of democracy is at risk. The crazy...
Will NPR Now Officially Change Its Name to National Propaganda Radio?
Back in the 1960s, the CIA official Cord Meyer said the agency needed to “court the compatible left.” He knew that drawing liberals and leftists into the CIA’s...
Africa Shifts to Putin, NOT the Other Way Around
Phil Butler, via NEO This afternoon I sat in dazed disbelief at a “news” story from Financial Times proclaiming Vladimir Putin’s “shift” to Africa. With a couple of centuries...
My Interview with Democratic Candidate They Legion
Vladimir Golstein In the heart of the heartland, in Des Moines, Iowa, the Democratic Party has at last found a perfect candidate, the one who finally looks like America....
From previously unpublished pages of Gogol's "Diary of a Madman"
by Vladimir Golstein From recently found and previously unpublished pages of Gogol’s “Diary of a Madman.” Day 1. Woke up late today. Read NYT. There are a lot of...
“A System Rigged against Voters”
by Eric Zuesse Even for the post of U.S. President, the preferences of the American people have only a marginal, if any, impact upon the selection of the person...
