As Americans, we have been taught to believe in the historical myth of The Alamo, rather than the reality. Few Americans are aware that the rebels who died defending The Alamo to KEEP SLAVERY ALIVE IN TEXAS! They weren’t the legendary folk heroes we’ve been led to believe. They were defending the Alamo from the […]
People experiencing the fallout from COVID-19 are just learning what poor people in America have known for quite some time: that they are totally expendable. Not only to their government, but to their friends, co-workers and neighbors who managed to hang onto their jobs. Many folks were forced to return to unsafe workplaces rather than […]
So what is it about white male American cops which enables them to shoot Black people in the back on such a regular basis? Clearly they are essentially cowards and they’re scared shitless of Black people – especially Black men – but it’s more than that. Part of it is endemic racism, yes; but a […]
A story on the front page of CNN.com caught my eye today: SR-71 Blackbird: The Cold War spy plane that’s still the world’s fastest airplane The byline reads: During the Cold War, this plane could fly higher and faster than any other — and 55 years after its first flight, it still does. The article […]
Every other day there’s a new mass gun slaughter in the USA and it’s finally become so commonplace that no one even bothers to bring it up. It doesn’t even matter how many are killed anymore. No new laws will be passed. Mass shootings have now been accepted as the norm in America – especially […]
Like we’ve never seen this charade before. The US has been trying to provoke Iran into war ever since we pulled out of the nuclear treaty in 2017 and now that The Evil Ones have finally struck gold with the illegal drone strike assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani in Iraq. Exactly according to plan, […]
A recent survey by YouGov showed that 41% of Germans believe that “president” Donald Trump is currently the greatest threat to world peace; higher than Russian President Vladimir Putin or even North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. This should come as no surprise to anyone; since the election of Trump, the USA has consistently been […]
The 2019 US Defense Budget was approved by Congress with zero debate and signed by president Trump in record time, including a 2.6 percent pay increase and a $716 billion price tag. This was the earliest the defense budget had been passed in 40 years. At the time, outgoing Secretary of Defense James Mattis said, […]
Last weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida the “president” claimed in a bizarre speech that in addition to being an expert on everything else, he is also an authority on wind turbines. Even though he refers to them as ‘windmills’: “I’ve studied it better than anybody I know…I never understood wind. You know, I know […]
According to a recent report published in the Washington Post, hundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the American public has been consistently misled about this unwinnable war. The papers depict a conflict with vague and unachievable aims, pursued under George W Bush, Barack […]
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