tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45790810812718684952024-03-04T23:36:25.277-06:00Citizen G'kar: Musings on EarthCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-73589842861626668912018-07-27T14:17:00.004-05:002018-07-27T14:17:56.791-05:00What My Escape From Hitler’s Germany Taught Me About Trump’s America
What My Escape From Hitler’s Germany Taught Me About Trump’s America
And what Trump’s America teaches us about Netanyahu’s Israel.
By Henry Siegman TODAY 11:28 AM
My first encounter with America was in 1942. That’s when my parents, my five siblings, and I landed in New York following a four-week trans-Atlantic voyage during which our boat, the Serpa Pinto, was boarded by the captain and crew ofCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-38807697677538385612015-11-14T11:54:00.000-06:002015-11-14T11:54:18.602-06:00Reagan's Osama Connection
Here is an article from 2004 that shocked me, I've linked in the past, but lost and now found again. I copy it here to be sure it's never lost again.
Earlier this week, I cited recently declassified documents
to show that Ronald Reagan did indeed play a major role in ending the
Cold War. Now it's time to note that a similar set of documents
shows that Reagan also played a major role in Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-859610560895319552015-05-19T20:37:00.001-05:002015-05-19T20:42:13.994-05:00Errors and Lies
Krugman won't let us forget about the truth about the war. Dubya, Rumsfeld and Cheney committed treason!
The
fraudulence of the case for war was actually obvious even at the time:
the ever-shifting arguments for an unchanging goal were a dead giveaway.
So were the word games — the talk about W.M.D that conflated chemical
weapons (which many people did think Saddam had) with nukes, the
Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-29728323314635692602012-01-06T21:40:00.001-06:002012-01-06T21:52:44.159-06:00Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons | TruthoutThe sourge of depleted uranium has just begun in Fallujah. It will continue for many years. Libya should expect a smaller problem given the shorter campaign. I've been writing about this war-crime since 2005. Others have for much longer. See below for a list.
Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons | Truthout
Alani and Busby, along with other doctors and researchers, published a Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-30421631420848966622011-12-12T12:31:00.000-06:002011-12-12T12:31:16.029-06:00Climate Change Disaster looms despite Durban AgreementJuan Cole has the scoop on the latest projections on global warming. It's scary, but true.
The most plausible solution to the world’s energy problems is solar, as with the Desertec Project in Egypt and Morocco. ... we aren’t moving nearly quickly enough on that front to avert disasters like the complete loss of the Netherlands and the Egyptian Delta and all of Bangladesh. I guess the question isCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-39176956761927369282011-11-16T12:12:00.000-06:002011-11-16T12:12:30.419-06:00Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History and ReligionJuan Cole again has the truth in his hands.Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History and ReligionOakland Mayor Jean Quan let slip in an interview with the BBC that she had been on a conference call with the mayors of 18 cities about how to deal with the Occupy Wall Street movement. That is, municipal authorities appear to have been conspiring to deprive Americans of their first Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-28449765495193074152011-10-15T15:14:00.000-05:002011-10-15T15:14:11.182-05:00Dangerous Messages About Women in the MediaCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-86490263217383678362011-10-12T11:40:00.000-05:002011-10-12T11:40:16.126-05:00The Seven Biggest Economic Lies
The Seven Biggest Economic LiesOctober 11, 2011 By Robert Reich The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more equitable society – unless more Americans know the truth about the economy.
Here’s a short (2 minute 30 second) effort to rebut the seven biggest whoppers now being Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-70136501311219250672011-09-19T21:24:00.000-05:002011-09-19T21:24:01.889-05:00Bill Clinton: The Truth About the EconomyCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-355817261540706952011-08-04T18:42:00.001-05:002011-08-04T18:45:10.520-05:00We are on the Cusp of Losing our Democracy; Demonstrate the True Will of the PeopleNow is the time to come to the aid of your country! Our democracy is being bought by the highest bidder. Only an American Spring can take it back!
With Al Gore and Keith Olbermann calling for the same thing that we are calling for, the time is upon us.
We are recruiting volunteers to help organize a march in Washington and local satellite rallies all across America. Please use the online Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-17615472336179012102011-07-27T19:19:00.002-05:002011-07-27T19:31:20.107-05:00Shut up, obey, and collaborateThe fall of a great country is upon us. And who would think that Obama would help us get there. Incredibly, it was his admiration of Lincoln that brings us to the precipice. Compromise, the basis of our legislative process, has brought the great Democratic Party to a Faustian bargain with the Tea Party. Read this whole article. Not surprisingly, its from a non-western source, Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-65604794339338880052011-06-30T20:32:00.002-05:002011-06-30T20:35:22.312-05:00Starve the Beast ReduxThe scary part of Starve the Beast conspiracy threatens now the stability of the economy of the whole western world. Protests about the on-going class warfare on the poor and yes even the middle class have been routine for years. Riots have broken out in Greece and will likely soon come to Spain. Its not inconceivable that we'll see similar riots in Britain and even the US.
People are tired, Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-31446109392787838582011-06-30T19:37:00.002-05:002011-06-30T20:14:01.998-05:00Paul Krugman / Starve the beast: Fiscal calamity is the GOP's plan to shrink governmentStarving the beasts is the Republican conspiracy to bankrupt the US government to force downsizing government as well as shrinking the middle class in the interest of lower wages until the US can compete against China and India in manufacturing. Paul claims he said it first, but no, I've been talking about it since 2004. Ronald Reagan sold it to the country during the John Anderson debate. A Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-51311344205765338852011-06-14T23:17:00.000-05:002011-06-14T23:17:15.080-05:00The Truth About the EconomyRobert Reich, the Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, breaks down how the economy went from great to horrific in six simple steps.
Related articlesRobert Reich: The Swamp of Washington and the Morass of the Economy (huffingtonpost.com)
'The Five Myths About the U.S. Economy' (huffingtonpost.com)
ABC's Jon Karl Scoffs at Robert Reich's Call for More Government Stimulus (Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-43390556072176893812011-06-08T22:10:00.001-05:002011-06-30T19:55:34.791-05:00Contrary to Popular Belief: Inflation Hurts the Rich, Benefit the Debtor Middle Class, Retirees? Not So Much
Paul Krugman, as usual, has it right.
Image via Wikipedia... who stands to gain from deflation, and lose if inflation is, say, 4 percent over a period of 10 years? Is it little old ladies living on fixed incomes, and salt of the earth workers who have scrimped and saved?
Well, no. There are, of course, some ordinary people who would lose a bit from higher inflation. But Social Security — Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-37881539396707775182011-05-26T20:45:00.000-05:002011-05-26T20:45:09.922-05:00Nobel Laurieate Krugman: The Debt Is Not a Crisis, Risk of Depression IS
Last year Paul Krugman warned that we seemed to be heading into the “Third Depression” — by which, he explains, he meant we were in a prolonged period of economic weakness. The signs are all around us that the "recovery" is a jobless one. The rate of growth in jobs will take years to hire back all who have been laid off. In fact, federal and state workers and teachers are now facing lay off in Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-62863638111298358022011-05-25T10:09:00.002-05:002011-05-25T10:11:23.491-05:00The Worldwide Climate Manipulation of Big OilHere is the best kept world secret, the one many people see, but few talk about. Here is the real reason there is a big oil disinformation campaign to discredit global warming. Big oil and many other reasource behemoths see billions in profits. We are all of us a part of the biggest and most dangerous experiment in climate manipulation in history. The poor of the world stand to lose theCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-1699661788465218692011-05-16T11:04:00.000-05:002011-05-16T11:04:51.276-05:00May 15, Nakba Day: The Truth About PalestineNot surprisingly, there is very little truth being told about Palestinians on this day. Juan Cole is an exception.
Image via WikipediaIn 1948, European Jewish settlers in British Mandate Palestine ethnically cleansed some 700,000 Palestinians, depriving them of the country promised them by the League of Nations in 1920 when it recognized Palestine as a Class A Mandate and charged Britain withCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-23890714291871126422011-05-11T12:11:00.000-05:002011-05-11T12:11:01.004-05:00Secret Pakistani Deal with US on Bin LadenImage by Getty Images via @daylife
Did I miss this on network news? Or has the MSM just become a GOP propaganda machine?
It turns out that when President Obama ordered the Navy SEALs to get Usama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, he did not infringe against Pakistani sovereignty after all. Rather, he was acting in accordance with a longstanding secret agreement between Washington and Islamabad, Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-12991877005567188142011-04-27T22:33:00.000-05:002011-04-27T22:33:53.237-05:00Corporate Welfare RoyaltyThanks to Bernie Sanders, the word is getting out about corporate welfare. Thanks to Juan Cole for the heads up.
Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-11861517495877351442011-04-12T12:39:00.001-05:002011-04-12T12:44:23.289-05:00Wisconsin is not Broke, “Budget Crisis” a FraudAs it always is, "crises" are created by Republican leadership to justify "sacrifice" that undermines the middle class and enriches the super rich. Republicans then have unlimited funds to run in elections and create propaganda machines to start all over again.
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Wisconsin was not and is not “broke.” Its pension system gets a “gold star” for soundness, and it has no Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-60440051823841198512011-04-11T18:36:00.000-05:002011-04-11T18:36:17.936-05:00A nation that destroys its systems of education becomes deaf, dumb and blind We are witnessing the decline of the US into a second rate nation.
A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores above critical thinking and literacy. It celebrates rote vocational training and the singular,Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-382633200330262772011-04-11T12:47:00.001-05:002011-04-11T12:48:50.933-05:00The Arab People Arise for Freedom, While US Sleeps While Freedom is Curtailed
Juan Cole catches the irony of our times. While US history still inspires the aspirations for freedom world wide, Americans seem content to watch TV while their freedoms and futures are stolen from them.
Image via WikipediaOn Friday, the US Congress endeavored to decide whether American democracy has irretrievably broken down because the representatives of the Billionaires refused to Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-13494961555271860382011-03-08T12:22:00.000-06:002011-03-08T12:22:59.471-06:00It’s Official: Tunisia Now Freer than the U.S.I don't know about you, but I really appreciate this old Madisonian, Juan Cole:
Arguably, Tunisians are now freer than Americans. The US government thinks our private emails are actually public. The FBI and NSA routinely read our email and they and other branches of the US government issue security letters in the place of warrants allowing them to tap phones and monitor whom we call, and even Citizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579081081271868495.post-54392123738883279842011-03-08T12:04:00.000-06:002011-03-08T12:04:48.237-06:00Democrats Call for Probe Into Chamber's Shady Plot to Sabotage Progressive OrganizationsApparently the US Chamber of Commerce is adopting Carl Rove methods.
Washington Post's Dan Eggen reports that "more than a dozen" Democrats in the U.S. House are now calling on "Republican leaders" to open an investigation into the U.S. Chamber of Commerce plot which had been set to target the right-wing lobbying firms' perceived political enemies (which turned out to include me andCitizen G'karhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189475954159065233noreply@blogger.com0