Africa: With Two Presidents, Is Ivory Coast Heading For Civil War?
A standoff is unfolding in Ivory Coast. Two candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Allasane Ouattara are both claiming an electoral victory. Results released last week gave the election win to Ouattara, but the Ivorian Constitutional Court ruled that some of the ballots in his favor were rigged. The court overturned the results by annulling the contested […]
Killing the Messenger: Corporate Media and Politicians v. Julian Assange and Wikileaks
the American Diplomatic Corps, bureaucrats, the Executive Branch, and and the nations highest legal officials, along with the ever-obedient corporate media, are scurrying for ways to shut this man up, his organization down, and the public eyes out.
WikiLeaks: Assange Delivers On Obama’s Promise Of Transparency
A bit more than two years ago, America and most of the world were infatuated by the new President-elect. Barack Obama was promising “integrity, transparency and accountability in government, politics and the law”. Pointing out that the Bush administration had been “one of the most secretive in US history”, President-elect Obama vowed to drastically increase […]
One Small Step Towards CALMing Corporate Brainwashing
Subliminal messaging was denounced as “contrary to the public interest” and “intended to be deceptive” in 1974. The volume of advertising will be restricted in 2012. With some luck, perhaps we can start compelling advertisers to start telling the truth in another 38 years by 2050.
Banksters: Wall Street Executives Are Still Getting Outrageous Pay
Despite the recession and the massive taxpayer funded TARP bailout, bank executives are still getting record compensations. The popular discontent with Wall Street during the financial crisis over how much money bankers were paying themselves has somehow faded, as if, once again general apathy replaced public rage. Wall Street’s culture of greed is back stronger […]
