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Depleted Uranium is a War Crime

David Z | July 27, 2010

The US military continues to use depleted uranium in tank armor, ordnance, anti-tank and/or armor-piercing rounds, small arms rounds, etc., despite the fact that DU turns ordinary weapons into radiological dirty bombs, (”They fit the description of a dirty bomb in every way,” says Marion Falk,

What is the True Cost of American Empire?

David Z | June 30, 2010

At the end of the day we are talking about a system the sole purpose of which is to make the rest of the world “safe for American interests”. And make no mistake about this: you are emphatically not one of the “American interests” which the military-industrial complex has any interest in safeguarding. You and your family are only collaterally “safe”.

Pax Obama: War is Peace

David Z | October 9, 2009

The news lines are buzzing with reports that Obama was just handed the Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. This is not a joke. The accomplishment worthy of Nobel, according to the Prize Committe, is “Diplomacy” lolwut?

Gitmo: Plus Ça Change…

David Z | September 24, 2009

During the reign of Bush the Younger, the democrats frequently criticized many of the “powers” that the former president assumed, declared or usurped. This changed the moment that Obama the Great took office, and the Dems got their hands on Bush’s shiny new Police State.