Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein “Debates” Clinton & Trump

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Video By Democracy Now! While the Green Party’s Jill Stein was escorted off the campus at Hofstra, what would it sound like if she actually participated in the debate? We air excerpts from the presidential debate and get response from Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein. Posted September 30, 2016 Part 2 Watch videos […]

21st Century Amerika, A Reality Show

By Phillip Farruggio

September 30, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – Forty years have passed since Sidney Lumet’s finest film, Network, written by Paddy Chayefsky. Anyone who wishes to see an almost clairvoyant vision of how our culture would regress, please watch this film. Our high schools and colleges should make this a must seefor their curriculums. Chayefsky captured the whoring essence of our mainstream media, and, sadly, how easily our public can be mesmerized by it. Remember, empires can only grow and maintain themselves when the masses ‘ go along to get along’ . One needs to study the 1961 Milgram Obedience Experiments and 1971Zimbardo Stanford University Prison Experiments to see just how far down the rabbit hole average Americans can fall.

If anyone took the time out and viewed the recent Presidential ( so called ) debate, one would realize how reality television has merged with politics. Mel Brooks or Woody Allen could not come close to capturing the absurdity of it all. Making sure that the two ‘ third party ‘ presidential candidates were not allowed to participate, this charade of intelligent concern for issues became a farce. Guess what? The prostituted and disgraceful mainstream news  ( so called ) journalists played their roles like Howard Cosell in Woody Allen’s film Bananas  ( go see that finale of that film )and acted like this was all normal. Normal? How sad… for those Amerikans out there who actually think it was!!

We have a man very close to being elected president who has spent his adult life making billions ( so he says ) by what he calls ‘ the art of the deal ‘… or is it ‘ the art of the steal ‘ ? A man who has, by his own admissions, played the game by supporting both of these two corrupt political parties, caring not about the welfare of millions of working stiffs, rather the welfare of his company’s bottom line. He actually acknowledged that he did in fact make mega profits from the foreclosures of millions of Americans. He said it was ‘ Good business’.  Yet, the ‘ angry white males ‘ who make up the majority of his supporters will follow this pied piper right over the cliff of personal financial solvency. On the other side of the dais we had a woman who considered Henry Kissinger , deemed a war criminal by millions of people throughout our nation and the globe, as one of her mentors. Yet, her base of support is made up of the overwhelming majority of black folks who actually vote in these con job elections. One wonders how many of them had relatives or friends that perished or were crippled for life in the ( so called ) Vietnam War that Kissinger orchestrated along with Nixon. A woman who stood by her man and proudly claims she advised him on most matters of importance, like when he pushed through and signed the Welfare Reform Act of 1996.

Both of these ‘ lowly evolved souls’ have embraced our Military Industrial Empire.Each one wishes to outdo the other and fork over even more funding for our War Economy. How many of their base of support realizes that already 50% + of our taxes goes for this? As our cities and towns crumble, literally and financially, we are ready to anoint one of these two predators as the new stooge of empire. One surmises that perhaps, like the ostrich, we should all turn off our boob tubes for four years and go sit in the corner… waiting for Mr. Jordan.

Philip A Farruggio is son and grandson of Brooklyn, NYC longshoremen. A graduate of Brooklyn College ( class of ’74 with a BA in Speech & Theater), he is a free lance columnist. Philip works as an environmental products sales rep and has been a street corner protest activist leader and Green Party member since 2000. In 2010 he became a local spokesperson for the 25% Solution Movement to Save Our Cities by cutting military spending 25%. Philip can be reached atPAF1222@bellsouth.net

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Failures of the Western Left

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By Andre Vltchek September 30, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – It is tough to fight any real war. And it takes true guts, discipline and determination to win it. For years and decades, the so-called ‘left’ in the West has been moderately critical of North American (and sometimes even of European) imperialism and neo-colonialism. But […]

Wall Street: The Trump-China missing link

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By Pepe Escobar September 30, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “RT” – The yuan is about to enter the IMF’s basket of reserve currencies this coming Saturday – alongside the US dollar, pound, euro and yen. This is no less than a geoeconomic earthquake. Not only does this represent yet another step in China’s irresistible […]

How the US Armed-up Syrian Jihadists

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The West blames Russia for the bloody mess in Syria, but U.S. Special Forces saw close up how the chaotic U.S. policy of aiding Syrian jihadists enabled Al Qaeda and ISIS to rip Syria apart, explains ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke September 30, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Consortium News” –  “No one […]

The “Secret” TISA, TTIP and TTP = Corporate Hegemony and Economic Warfare

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By Makia Freeman Global Research, September 30, 2016 The Freedom Articles 28 September 2016 TISA, TTIP and TPP continue to be negotiated in secret, as WikiLeaks recently released a new leak from the updated TISA (Trade in Services Agreement) core text and annexes. If you want to know what TISA means in 7 words, it’s this: total privatization and commodification […]

Gene-Editing Technology: Monsanto Teams Up With Harvard, MIT Institute to Unleash New Unregulated GMOs…

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Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) By Nick Meyer Global Research, September 30, 2016 March Against Monsanto 28 September 2016 The Monsanto Company has been reeling from an image crisis for several years now, one that reached a fever pitch with the first March Against Monsanto in May 2013. The bad press and constant […]

US Threatens to Arm Al Qaeda, ISIS with Anti-Air Missiles, To Strike Russian Warplanes?

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By Tony Cartalucci Global Research, September 30, 2016 New Eastern Outlook 30 September 2016 US officials have threatened Syria and its allies – including Russia specifically – that the collapse of a US-proposed ceasefire will lead “Gulf states” to arm militants with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. A Reuters article titled, “Gulf may arm rebels now Syria […]

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Says Seventy US Military Bases in Latin America Must Go

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By Telesur Global Research, September 30, 2016 TeleSUR 29 September 2016 The foreign minister of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez denounced the existence of U.S. military bases in Latin American Thursday and called for the governments in the region to unite and demand their closing, remarks that came during the third annual Latin American Summit of Progressive […]

Threatening Russia? U.S. Congress Legalizes Delivery of “Lethal Defensive Weapons” to Ukraine

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By Eduard Popov Global Research, September 30, 2016 Fort Russ 29 September 2016 Last week, the US Congress approved the Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act, or “STAND for Ukraine.” As the Ukrainian Embassy in the US has reported, American congressmen unanimously supported the bill. The bill’s list of means for supporting democracy in Ukraine […]

Syrian Al-Qaeda Commander: US Forces Are Arming Us in Syria, “The Americans Are on Our Side.” US State Dept: “We Would Never Provide Nusra with Assistance”

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By Mint Press Global Research, September 30, 2016 Mint Press News 29 September 2016 The State Department admitted that the Nusra Front could be receiving U.S. arms via allied nations, and it’s not the first time the U.S. or its allies have been accused of aiding extremist groups in Syria. The State Department moved quickly […]

President Obama: ‘Patron’ of the Israeli Occupation. Extensive US Military Aid to Israel

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By Marjorie Cohn Global Research, September 30, 2016 Truthdig 29 September 2016 President Barack Obama has agreed to give Israel a record $38 billion in military aid over the next 10 years, cementing his legacy as the strongest financial supporter of Israel ever to occupy the White House. Obama, whom Israeli journalist Gideon Levy calls […]

Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton First Presidential Debate

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Lies, Distortions And Absurdities Video Donald Trump is hitting back at Hillary Clinton after she reminded voters watching the first presidential debate that dozens of former Republican national security officials have endorsed her. Trump claims he has the backing of more than 200 former admirals and generals, including scores who have already Watching Trump And […]

U.S. Owes Black People Reparations For a History of ‘Racial Terrorism,’ Says U.N. Panel

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By Ishaan Tharoor September 29, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Washington Post” – The history of slavery in the United States justifies reparations for African Americans, argues a recent report by a U.N.-affiliated group based in Geneva. This conclusion was part of a study by the United Nations’ Working Group of Experts on People of African […]

Israel’s $38 Billion Scam

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Bibi wants more and Congress might deliver By Philip Giraldi September 29, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Unz Review” –  As an American it is difficult to imagine a more unseemly bit of political theater playing out than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance before his cabinet to claim that he had gotten every last […]

Syria: False Claims In Western “News”

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By Moon Of Alabama September 29, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Moon Of Alabama” –  The White House and State Department are miffed that Syria and Russia are cleaning up their Jihadis in Aleppo city. There is a false claims evolving in western “news” that the current Aleppo operation led to the breakdown of the […]

US Holds World Hostage to Political ‘Reality Show’

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By RT September 29, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “RT” –  Washington’s foreign policy is driven by hysteria and resembles a “reality show” in which nobody cares about facts and resorts to old cliches and attacks on Russia to gain international and domestic political capital, said Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman. The political process driven by […]

Syrian-Russian Offensive against Terrorists in Aleppo. US Supplies Advanced Weapons to Al Qaeda

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A Few Links On Syria By Moon of Alabama Global Research, September 29, 2016 Moon of Alabama 28 September 2016 Just a few links … The White House and State Department are miffed that Syria and Russia are cleaning up their Jihadis in Aleppo city. There is a false claims evolving in western “news” that […]

Ukraine as the Border of NATO Expansion

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By Jan Oberg Global Research, September 29, 2016 Counterpunch 28 September 2016 The Ukraine conflict has a 25-years history. Instead of dissolving NATO, the alliance was expanded. Relieved from there being a Soviet Union and a Warsaw Pact, the alliance went as fast it could to do all it wanted. Remember, a series of WW […]

Degradation of American Politics: The US Presidential Debate and the War Plans of the Ruling Class

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By Patrick Martin Global Research, September 29, 2016 World Socialist Web Site 28 September 2016 Monday night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump plumbed new depths in the degradation of American politics. A billionaire and a multi-millionaire, both widely hated, traded false promises, platitudes, attack lines and reactionary bromides without seriously addressing any of […]

France’s “Big Idea for the World”. French Terrorists Dispatched to Subsaharan Africa…

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By Gearóid Ó Colmáin Global Research, September 29, 2016 American Herald Tribune 25 September 2016 French imperialism is exceedingly busy these days. Since April 2012 the DGSE, France’s equivalent of the CIA, have been helping French terrorists enter Syria so they can behead children and eat their body parts in the name of ‘human rights’. […]

Controversial Genetic Engineering Technology: “Gene Drive” and the Modification of Entire Species

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By SynBio Watch Global Research, September 29, 2016 SynBio Watch 1 August 2016 This is a new briefing from the Civil Society Working Group on Gene Drives which includes Biofuelwatch, Econexus, ETC Group, Friends of the Earth US, Hawai’i SEED and Navdanya. It can be downloaded as a pdf here (en español). Imagine that by releasing a […]

Nahed Hattar’s “Crime”… and Punishment. Shot Dead in Jordan for Having “Mocked the ISIS”

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By Ahmad Barqawi Global Research, September 29, 2016 He was a Jordanian Journalist, a Leftist, a self-proclaimed “anti-Imperialist”. He was a pro-Syria activist and a fierce supporter of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s Government against the West’s war of aggression for regime change in that country. And now he is the victim of Jordan’s first […]

Crocodile tears: USA chokes on Syria

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Samantha Power’s tantrum at the meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Aleppo showed that the Americans were put on their heels in Syria. One needs to calm down. The US modus vivendi should constantly provoke and blame the enemy, until its self-protection instinct works. Afterwards, the US simply accuses the enemy […]

Pentagon Chief Outlines US Plans for Nuclear War with Russia

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By Bill Van Auken Global Research, September 28, 2016 World Socialist Web Site 28 September 2016 US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivered a speech to “missileers” at the Air Force Global Strike Command base in Minot, South Dakota Monday, defending the massive modernization of the US nuclear arsenal and issuing bellicose threats against Russia. Carter’s […]

Video: Russia Deploys More Warplanes In Syria. Air Operations against (US Sponsored) Terrorists

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By South Front Global Research, September 28, 2016 South Front Fresh video evidence from the province of Latakia indicates that Russia has likely increased its air grouping operating in Siria. The video entitled “Syria: Army relaunches offensive against militias in Latakia” and posted by RUPTLY on September 24, 2016 shows the Su-25SM attack aircraft supporting […]

Targeted Sanctions: Break the “Economic Siege” on Syria. “Decades of Progress Wiped out”

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By Jay Tharappel Global Research, September 28, 2016 Al-Masdar News 28 September 2016 Syrian religious leaders representing the republic’s three largest churches (Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, and Syrian Orthodox) recently issued a statement calling for an end to the economic sanctions on Syria, which they blamed for impoverishing the Syrian people. That the west predictably ignored […]

The Politics of Bombing: Wholesale, Retail and Improvised

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By Prof. James Petras Global Research, September 28, 2016 Bombs, domestic and foreign, are defining the nature of politics in the United States, the European Union and among radical Islamist groups and individuals.  The scale and scope of bomb-politics varies with the practitioner.  ‘Wholesale bombers’ are state actors, who engage in large-scale, long-term bombing designed to destroy adversary governments […]

Former President of EU Commission Juan Manuel Barroso: Conflict of Interest, “Deep Ties” to Goldman Sachs

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By Aleksandra Eriksson Global Research, September 28, 2016 EU Observer 26 September 2016 Jose Manuel Barroso had closer contact with Goldman Sachs during his tenure as European Commission chief than he has previously admitted, according to Portuguese media. Correspondence obtained by Portuguese daily Publico under a freedom of information request suggests that Barroso, who took a […]

Support MH17 Truth: Machine Gun-Like Holes Indicate Shelling from a Military Aircraft. No Evidence of a Surface-to-Air Missile Attack.

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By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 28, 2016 Global Research 31 July 2014 Su-25 aircraft More lies prevail with regard to MH17. Recent press reports quoting the Dutch Safety Board’s October 2015 final report point to “a surface-to-air missile [which] exploded near the left side of the passenger plane bringing down the aircraft.” Although […]

Violence: The American Way of Life

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By John Kozy Global Research, September 28, 2016 Global Research 12 January 2013 This article by Philosophy Professor John Kozy was first published by Global Research in January 2013 The United States of America was conceived and nurtured by violence. Americans not only engage in violence, they are entertained by it. Killing takes place in […]

Interview With Jabhat al-Nusra (Al Qaeda) Commander in Syria: “The Americans Stand on our Side”. Our Objective is the Islamic State…

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Interview conducted by Jürgen Todenhöfer By Jürgen Todenhöfer Global Research, September 27, 2016 Kölner Stadtanzeiger and Moon of Alabama This interview by Jürgen Todenhöfer was first published in German on September 26 2016 by the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, the major newspaper in the Cologne region. (The interview was copied and translated to English by Bernhard for educational and academic purposes, thanks […]

Deutsche Bank Plunge Sparks Talk of “Lehman Moment”

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By Nick Beams Global Research, September 27, 2016 World Socialist Web Site 27 September 2016 Shares in Deutsche Bank plunged yesterday in the wake of reports in a German news magazine that Chancellor Angela Merkel had ruled out assistance to the bank following the imposition by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) of a $14 […]

Re-Electing Jeremy Corbyn: The Triumph of Momentum

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By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research, September 27, 2016 He has proven to be one of the most stubborn of creatures in a political sense. Unlike the dinosaur of political thinking he has been accused of being, British Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn continues to survive the meteorites, and more nuanced weapons, directed at him. The initial […]

US-Russia Diplomacy in Crisis: “Something Very Serious Transpired” Over Syria, “Behind the Scenes”

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By Sputnik Global Research, September 27, 2016 Sputnik 27 September 2016 The current “level of violence in verbal attacks” on Russia at the UN is unprecedented,” Gilbert Doctorow, European Coordinator for the American Committee for East West Accord told Radio Sputnik, adding that this seems to indicate that something grave must have happened between the […]

US-NATO is Reviewing ‘Nuclear Playbook’ to Deter ‘Terrible Attacks’ by Russia – Pentagon Chief

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By RT News Global Research, September 27, 2016 RT News 27 September 2016 The Pentagon chief put Russia on par with North Korea when he spoke about threats faced by the US and its allies, and the need to invest billions into refreshing NATO’s nuclear playbook to integrate conventional and unconventional deterrence methods. Addressing US […]

The Trump-Clinton Presidential Debate: Complete Transcript

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By Global Research News Global Research, September 27, 2016 Hofstra University and NBC Global Research is bringing this transcript of the presidential to the attention of our readers strictly for purposes of information. LESTER HOLT: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I’m Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News.” I want to […]

Washington Tries to Break BRICS – Rape of Brazil Begins

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By F. William Engdahl September 26, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “NEO” – Washington’s regime change machinery has for the time being succeeded in removing an important link in the alliance of large emerging nations by railroading through a Senate impeachment of the duly elected President, Dilma Rousseff. On August 31 her Vice President Michel […]

How Libyan ‘Regime Change’ Lies Echo in Syria

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The mainstream U.S. media has largely ignored a U.K. report on the West’s lies used to justify the Libyan “regime change,” all the better to protect the ongoing falsehoods used in Syria, as James W Carden explains. By James W Carden September 26, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “Consortium News” –  Earlier this month, a […]

U.S. “Operations Room” In Syria Destroyed By Russian Missile Attack

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Thirty Israeli, American, British, Turkish, Saudi, Qatari Intelligence Officials Killed, Report By Prof Michel Chossudovsky September 26, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “GR” – The US and its allies  had  established a Field Operations Room in the Aleppo region integrated by intelligence personnel. Until it was targeted by a Russian missile attack on September 20,  this “semi-secret” facility was operated […]

Watch Samantha Power Defend Al Qaeda and ISIS in Syria During her Security Council Speech

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By Alex Christoforou Global Research, September 26, 2016 The Duran 26 September 2016 The internationally recognized, legitimate government of Syria is on the verge of freeing Aleppo from ISIS and Al Nusra. This would be a decisive blow to the US/Saudi/Qatar plan to overthrow Assad, and would constitute a near final nail in the coffin […]