“Why throw money at defense when everything is falling down around us? Do we need to spend more money on our military (about $600 billion this year) than the next seven countries combined? Do we need 1.4 million active military personnel and 850,000 reserves...
A President Held Hostage
As Vice President Mike Pence made a fool both of himself and the country he is supposed to be representing at the Olympic Games by refusing to stand for the athletes of any nation other than the US, back at home the Washington Post was reporting on a President Trump...
US Misses Opportunity for Peace Progress at Olympics
Update: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang “at an early date.” President Moon has responded that the two countries should create the circumstances to allow such a meeting to take place. It is good to see the two...
Landmine Kills Peshmerga Member; 11 Killed in Iraq
Dumped Bodies Found; 29 Killed in Iraq
Blasts in Baghdad Suburbs; Three Killed in Iraq
The US Military’s Drug of Choice
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Donald Trump has, it seems, finally offered his plan for dealing with the opioid crisis in America. He did so during his State of the Union address to Congress, filled with Republican applause (none louder than The Donald’s),...
America: Just Another Shit-hole?
The Deep State spying scandal rolls on, with more details coming out daily. Here’s a few of the most shocking developments so far: There was a second “dirty dossier” authored by the worst sleazebag in the Clinton camp, sent directly to the US State Department and from...


