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Guatemala: US Infected Hundreds With Syphilis In The Late 40’s

Guatemala: US Infected Hundreds With Syphilis In The Late 40’s

Most of us remember the so called “medical” tests conducted by the Nazis “doctors” in the concentration camps. Needless to say, the experiments in question were the worst kind of torture imaginable, and treated human beings like lab rats. However, during the late 1940’s the self described “benevolent” super-power was conducting similar inhuman experiments than […]

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Spying on Its Citizens: As American as Apple Pie

Spying on Its Citizens: As American as Apple Pie

During the Bush-era, in the sweeping intrusive context of the “Patriot Act”, US citizens found out that their international communications were spied on with the generous complicity of their “trusted” telephone companies such as AT & T and Verizon. These actions were, until 2008, clearly outside the norms of the defined wiretap authorizations given by […]

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Obama: Human Rights In The AM, State Secrets & FBI Raids In The PM

Obama: Human Rights In The AM, State Secrets & FBI Raids In The PM

During the Vietnam war, the saying which illustrated the best the schizophrenic aspect of the US involvement there was “Candy in the morning, napalm in the afternoon”.  Decades later, the US administration is still displaying the very same sign of this disturbing behavior where one hand takes away what the other hand has given. The […]

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Global Land Grab: The New World Order Of The Shadow Market

Global Land Grab: The New World Order Of The Shadow Market

Eric J. Weiner is a serious writer and journalist who has contributed for publications such as Dow Jones Newwires, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. His new book, “The Shadow Market: How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World” sounds a lot like a line New World […]

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AfPak: NPR Confirms Obama’s Secret War In Pakistan

AfPak: NPR Confirms Obama’s Secret War In Pakistan

For quite a while, independent media, including the News Junkie Post (in February 2010), have reported on President Obama’s  covert operations within Pakistan’s borders. The confirmation of this, is now coming simultaneously from Bob Woodward and National Public Radio. 2010 is already the deadliest year in Afghanistan for US and allied troops. So far 530 […]

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