Category Archives: Politics

U.S.M.C. Facing a Readiness Crisis

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Terry Welshans

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 “Red Devils” departs the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 24, 2017. US Marine Corps photo. Pilots need practice to maintain proficiency. Pilots flying … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona, Aviation, Economic Policy, Government, USMC | 11 Comments

#TrumpRussia ‘s executive privilege … anticipating a “national security” defense by POTUS45*

Posted on March 28, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers “…what happens if the Federal Bureau of Investigation finds evidence of criminal conduct by the president? Or, perhaps more likely in Trump’s case, what happens if the president tries to shut down FBI investigations into his … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Congress, Conspiracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Federal Courts, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Organized Crime, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, United States, War, War on "Terror" | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Devin Nunes (R-CA) forges for his sodding tiger at the White House

Posted on March 27, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Chairman Nunes met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source.” Coincidentally, there is an orange rumped agouti … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Breaking News, Congress, Constitutional Law, Government, History, House of Representatives, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Our long National Shake-down continues … Whatabout The Don?

Posted on March 23, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Whataboutism,” with its sly equivalences, false parallels, and misleading analogies, can exhaust and frustrate those who confront it. Putin is an especially skillful practitioner. Now something new is happening. The American president is taking Putin’s “what about … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Barack Obama, Congress, Conspiracy, Corruption, DOJ, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, House of Representatives, Jurisprudence, Logic, Media, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Propaganda 200: In Summation, Gist The Whitewashing Power Of Editing

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out … Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, Fascism, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Hypocrisy, Imperialism, Justice, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, United Kingdom, United States, War | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

A Beginner’s Guide to The Utah Data Center

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Terry Welshans

The Utah Data Center is also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center. The data center is alleged to be able to process “all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Congress, FBI, information Technology, NSA, Politics, Russia, Technology, United States | 8 Comments

US Naval Institute Publishes Report on Russia/US Interests

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Terry Welshans

There is a 43 page report to Congress on U.S. interests in Russia dated March 1, 2017 from the Congressional Research Service. The  report has the sub-title “Russia: Background and U.S. Interests” this report has the names and other information … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Politics, Russia, United States | 12 Comments

POTUS45*s new CIA drone policy … more remote killing, less “pooch screwing”

Posted on March 14, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers According to CBS News, an “uncomfortable” visit President Donald Trump paid to CIA headquarters on his second day in office (21 January 2017) left the U.S. intelligence community with a “sense of unease” and “made relations with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, CIA, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Imperialism, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, Technology, Terrorism, Terrorists, US Military, War on "Terror" | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Swann’s Way: anarchist cybernetics & organizational dynamics in politics

Posted on March 12, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers I came across this published dissertation that while symptomatic of the state of academic process in terms of using some rather tired qualitative methods, it also showed that some interesting ideas do happen. Think ‘Lost in Translation’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Austerity, Capitalism, Conspiracy, Democracy, Economics, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, information Technology, Internet, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Silicon Valley, Society, Sociology, Technology, United Kingdom, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Swann’s Way: anarchist cybernetics & organizational dynamics in politics

Dereliction of Duty

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Terry Welshans

On February 20, 2017, Lt. General Herbert Raymond “H. R.” McMaster was named as National Security Advisor following the February 13 forced resignation of Michael T. Flynn. McMaster is a combat veteran of the first Gulf War. His most notable … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Heroism, History, Politics, US Army, US Military, War, World History | 17 Comments