Archive for the Truth's Flashlight Category
Our Dirty Little Secret: Who’s Really Poor in America?
by Leo Hindrey, Jr., AlterNet Two old friends, civil rights activist David Mixner and former U.S. Senator (and my oft co-author) Don Riegle (D-MI), believe that in the economic recovery, not enough attention is being given to 'who's really poor' now. David and Don have for years advised me -- and
Who thinks government can control costs?
LTE, Boston Globe SOMEONE PLEASE explain why proponents of single-payer health care, such asPeter Lowy (Letters, March 3), believe this would lead to lower costs when in fact such a system would be a government monopoly. All the talk of single payer as a competitive offset to insurance compani
Israeli at center of Spitzer scandal
from JTA The alleged procurer in the prostitution scandal surrounding New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has an Israeli passport. A federal magistrate in New York ordered Mark “Michael” Brener held without bail after his arrest March 6 related to allegations that he headed the Emperors VIP Club,
‘Nuclear material dropped by Israeli jets’
from ArabNews Syria said on Thursday that Israel dropped uranium particles onto Syrian soil from the air to make it look as if a covert nuclear weapons plant was being built there, diplomats at a UN nuclear watchdog meeting said. Damascus has strongly denied US intelligence that a complex in
Where Are This War’s Heroes, Military and Journalistic?
from ThisCan'tBeHappening When Charlie Company’s Lt. William Calley ordered and encouraged his men to rape, maim and slaughter over 400 women and children and old people in My Lai in Vietnam back in 1968, there were at least four heroes who tried to stop him or bring him and higher officers to
Iraq Opens Up to Foreign Oil Majors
Mili Note: Mission Accomplished, Obama! Can we pull out now? You promised! Western producers like BP, Exxon Mobil, and Shell are enjoying their best access to Iraq's southern oil fields since 1972, but a weaker government could be on the way by Anthony DiPaola and Daniel Williams, BusinessWeek
US creates terror groups, ex-intelligence chief says
from PressTV Former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency Hamid Gol says the United States is seeking to create and train terrorist groups in the region. In a Wednesday interview with Fars news agency, Gol said Washington had been making efforts to destabilize the region
“Coffee Party” Founder Is Obama Campaign Operative
by Steve Watson Billed as an alternative grassroots movement to the Tea Party, which has been for the most part absorbed by mainline Republicans and Neoconservatives, the “Coffee Party” promised to wake up politically minded Americans and offered a different avenue for the freedom movement.
Climategate: This Time It’s NASA
by Iain Murray and Roger Abbott, American Spectator The "Climategate" scandal, which broke in November 2009, revealed what many skeptics had privately suspected. Prominent climate scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU) had collaborated to keep data out of skepti
Consensus Renewed
by Andrew Bacevich, WAJ Several reporters called me this week, asking for comment on the Afghanistan war’s latest milestone: The total American war deaths in that conflict have surpassed one thousand. My initial reaction was to wonder why anyone would think the issue sufficiently noteworthy
FDA approval of medical devices based on complete science fraud
by Ethan A. Huff, NaturalNews The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the American Journal of Therapeutics (AJT) have both published papers criticizing the way in which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves medical devices. Citing a lack of legitimate safety and eff
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