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#OccupyHemp: Don’t let the truth go up in smoke (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” --Carl Sagan Feb. 21, 2012 -- Upon receiving an invite to the NYC Cannabis March May 5, I found myself meditating upon this concept: If you...

The Choices We Make (James Howard Kunstler)

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 20, 1012 -- The misalignment of politics and reality threatens to scuttle both major parties, but it's especially gratifying to see the Republicans...
Occupy for All Abilities: #PissOnPity (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.” --Helen Keller Feb. 19, 2012 -- One Sunday afternoon last November -- in the pre-eviction Liberty Square/Zucc...
Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian Ame...
PILLOW TALK: Green Screen Girls (Deborah Goodwin)

Yes, girls, I know that I am so lame, but you asked me when I would blog about you! Feb. 18, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remar...
Romney, Severely Awful (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Mitt Romney Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Feb. 17, 2012 -- There are many, many reasons to have low regard for Mitt Romney. All but the totally delusional correctly see him as disingen...
Washington’s Insouciance Has No Rival (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 15, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Is Obama a hypocrite or merely insouciant? Or is he an idiot? According to news reports, Obama’s White House meeting on Valentine’s day with China’s Vice President...
Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting ani...
Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 14, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- The United States government and its NATO puppets have been killing Muslim men, women and children for a decade in the name of bringing them democracy. But is the W...
BDS: Power of the People at Work (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 15, 2012 -- The issue is not about hummus, chocolate bars or Dead Sea vacations. It is about civil society taking full responsibility for its own action (or lack...
BOOKS: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival, By Hirsh Goodman (Jim Miles)

The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival. Hirsh Goodman. Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2011. Dec. 30, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- The “Anatomy of Israel’s Survival” rests on a single backbone: ...
BOOKS: Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. By Belen Fernandez (Jim Miles)

Imperial Messenger -- Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011. Dec. 12, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over...
Life Outside the Box: #DeOccupyBinaryThinking (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” --Banksy Feb. 13, 2012 -- As we bear witness to the current version of America’s pres...
The John Brown Moment (James Howard Kunstler)

Daguerreotype of Brown, ca.1856. James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2012 -- When Gaia gets pissed off enough at the antics of humanity, she sends in her hit-man, Reality, to sett...
Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 13, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 13 11:15 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget. Posted on the Governm...
Occupy Your Spine (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it with our art, our music, our literature, ou...
Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2011 -- On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, “Saddam Hussein's regime is ... developi...
Will Iran Be Attacked? (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 8, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq...
All Screaming Id, No Brains, No Honor (James Howard Kunstler)

Flying Nuclear Robot. Credit: Irregular Times James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2012 -- A Martian psychoanalyst observing the U.S. Superbowl on TV would be shocked by the vicious...
The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 6, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Last Friday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the first month of this new year 243,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate (U.3) fell to...
The Real Economic Picture (Paul Craig Roberts)

Feb. 2, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- If you have any money and you want to understand the lies that “your” government tells you with statistics, subscribe to John Williams shadowstats.com. John William...
Anti-Semitism and Israel’s Inherent Contradictions (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 1, 2012 -- In a recent article, columnist Yaniv Halili described British author Ben White as "anti-Semitic." He also denounced Arab K...
Economics Lesson 1 (Paul Craig Roberts)

Jan. 31, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Last Friday (Jan. 27) the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced its advance estimate that in the last quarter of 2011 the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8...
No Matter Who Wins, Americans Lose (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2012 -- Why am I so sick of all the media attention to the Republican presidential primaries and all the blabbering about President Obama’s advantages ...
Big Brother Internet (Gerald Calente)

Gerald Calente Jan. 30, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Dear friends: I am pleased to bring to you Gerald Celente’s assessment of the threats posed to Internet freedom. Celente’s Trends Journal is one...