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Do Blue Lives Matter?

By Eric Peters Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

Do “blue lives” matter more than other lives? According to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, they do. He signed a new law last week making attacks on armed government workers – you know, cops – a “hate crime” subject to harsher and additional penalties than would otherwise apply. Edwards – a former armed government worker himself – has an interesting view of crime and punishment, as well as of rights. These vary in degree according to such things as the color of the uniform one wears. Punch a mere peon (not uniformed) in the face because you hate the guy’s … Continue reading →

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As the Bloody Empire Prepares for War

By John Pilger Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I was with Robert Kennedy when he was shot and I saw his assassin, preparing to kill him. It was a baptism in the American way, along with the salivating violence of the Chicago police at the Democratic Party’s rigged convention. The great counter-revolution had begun. The first to be assassinated that year, Martin Luther King, had dared link the suffering of African-Americans and the people of Vietnam. When Janis Joplin sang, “Freedom’s just another word … Continue reading →

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The Movie Business’s High Society

By Taki Theodoracopulos Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

Let’s face it, sleaze is to professional party-givers what jail is to burglars: an occupational hazard. I’ve been reading about parties in Cannes, described in glowing terms by stars-in-their-eyes hacks who should, but do not, know better. Well, dear readers of Taki’s Magazine, I’m afraid I’ve been there and done it all and believe you me, “squalor” is the operative word. Obscene publicity-seekers posing as role models, sartorial decay, and a chronic inability to keep their clothes on is the order of the day. Cannes used to be fun, during the ’50s. Eden Roc, the restaurant and swimming pool of … Continue reading →

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From a House Perched on a Towering Rock

By No Author Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

They say a man’s house is his castle, but some homes are definitely an acquired taste. As humans have reached every corner of the globe, they have also fought tooth and nail to create a patch of land to call their own – occasionally in the most bizarre places. The following pictures show houses in locations that would take a sturdy backbone to sleep in. From the house perched perilously atop a towering rock in Georgia to the only building on an entire Icelandic island, some abodes look straight out of a Tolkien fantasy. Whether they hang over a cluster … Continue reading →

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Politics, War, Liberty

By No Author Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

The Last of the Freemen – Carl Trotz Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania – Erik Larson The Confessions of Congressman X – Congressman X Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto – Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Liar Liar Cruz on Fire: Exposing the Biggest Fraud in US Political History – Paul W LeBon A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis – R.H.C. Davis America’s Great Depression – Murray N. Rothbard Battlefield America: The War on the American People – John W. Whitehead Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again – Donald J. Trump Jeb! and the Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an … Continue reading →

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Did Ted Cruz’s Father and Grandfather Work for the CIA?

By No Author Posted on May 31, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

The Obama administration cat-and-mouse game, also known as filing freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, has hit a brick wall with the Central Intelligence Agency with WMR’s request for “copies of all records generated between January 1, 1947 and May 5, 2016, concerning the Central Intelligence Agency’s employment of or contacts with Rafael Bienvenidos Cruz, Sr., the Cuban-born grandfather of Texas Senator Ted Cruz.” We also requested all similar records generated between January 1, 1956, and May 5, 2016, concerning the CIA’s relationships with Rafael Bienvenidos Cruz y Diaz, Jr., the Cuban-born father of Ted Cruz. The agency has not … Continue reading →

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The Scapegoat For the Global Financial Collapse

By Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert Posted on May 30, 2016 Posted in Aggregated Tagged with Bill Holter, collapse, dollar collapse, Economic Collapse, Headlines, The Doc

Let’s face it, the system is coming down. Have you ever wondered “who” would be blamed this time around? Click Here For Bill Holter’s Analysis On The Scapegoat for the Global Financial Crisis:

War with China by Summer?

By David Posted on May 30, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

With Congress out of session until next week, and while Americans take time out to commemorate those who died in military service in past wars, some leading American and leading Chinese officials alike fear that war between the two nations is likely by Summer. The more astute know that if this is allowed to happen, it will quickly become a broader, multilateral nuclear exchange which will be, as a LaRouchePAC video put it, “Unsurvivable.”

The most recent big step towards war was computer-nerd Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s long, highly-provocative May 27 commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy. He told the cadets that he was going to focus his remarks on the Asia-Pacific, because it would define many of their future careers. He singled out the destroyer USS Lassen, which deliberately intruded in Chinese territorial waters last October, and promised that we will “continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows.” He accused China of

expansive and unprecedented actions in the South China Sea, pressing excessive maritime claims contrary to international law…. What’s new and unique to this region is the assertion of claims, dredging, land reclamation, and militarization of features by several claimants but overwhelmingly by China…. China’s cyber-actors have violated the spirit of the Internet—not to mention the law—to perpetrate large-scale intellectual property theft from American companies.

Instead of working toward what [they call] `win-win cooperation’ that Beijing publicly says it wants, China sometimes plays by its own rules, undercutting those principles. A model like that is out of step with where the region wants to go, and it’s counterproductive—it’s far from a `win-win.’ The result is that China’s actions could erect a Great Wall of self-isolation, as countries across the region—allies, partners and the unaligned—are voicing concerns publicly and privately, at the highest levels, in regional meetings, and global fora.

Carter went on to threaten China with superior US weapons systems: the F-35 (which doesn’t work), the P-8, “cutting-edge stealth destroyers,” and numerous others.

The DoD maintains world-leading capabilities because we have made incomparable investments over decades,… It will take decades more for anyone to build the kind of military capability the United States possesses today. This strength is not simply about dollar figures–it’s also about harnessing those dollars to a tremendous innovative an technological culture that only the United States has, and doing so to develop revolutionary technologies.

A Hitler-style threatening rant, threatening war, and with about the truth-content of one of Hitler’s tirades.

The Chinese have responded. Global Times, a newspaper owned by the Communist Party of China’s People’s Daily, published an unsigned editorial today which said,

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter Friday issued another sharp rebuke of China’s actions in the South China Sea by warning Beijing that it is on a path to build a `great wall of self-isolation.’ He said the Pentagon’s best weapons, including stealthy F-35 fighters, P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and the newest surface warfare ships, will be deployed to the Pacific theater…

“The nature of Sino-US relations will to a large extent determine the state of international relations in the 21st century. By pointing the finger at China with a bluffing posture, senior US officials are eroding the foundation of peace in the Asia-Pacific. On the contrary, China has been stressing resolving disputes peacefully. Maintaining peace in the South China Sea is the common wish of all regional stakeholders…

Carter’s words have been the most threatening China has heard since the end of the Cold War. They confirm some Chinese people’s worries about the worst-case scenario in the Sino-US relationship, in which Washington may translate its intention to counter China into real actions. The Pentagon may be willing to see confrontation between China and the US. But the US cannot overawe China by wielding a military stick. The People’s Liberation Army can offset the US advantage of equipment in the South China Sea with its size and proximity, and we are confident about countering the threat from the US. Although a military contention will be harmful to China, we cannot retreat in the face of US coercion. China must accelerate its pace to build modern defense capabilities. It should let the US know that if it launches military attacks targeting China in the South China Sea, the US will suffer unbearable consequences. China must enhance its ability to deter the US and increase the US’ strategic risks of military threat against China. [emphasis added]

Now you too have joined the number of those who know this, and you have taken on, willy-nilly, the inescapable responsibility which accompanies that knowledge. Get it out everywhere for a start—but that’s only the beginning. Ask yourself what Lyndon LaRouche would do.

The Warsaw Summit Prepares for War, It’s Time to Leave NATO Now!

By Alicia Posted on May 30, 2016 Posted in Aggregated

The following appeal is being circulated internationally, including on the websites of the international LaRouche movement.

The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw on July 8-9, is expected to be yet another provocation against Russia. By signing this call, we say “stop” this nuclear escalation, before the irreparable occurs!

The hour is grave. A new missile crisis is building, in a mirror image of that which led the Soviet Union in 1962 to deploy nuclear warheads in Cuba, at the doorstep of the United States. Today, the situation is the reverse. At the time, NATO was fighting the Warsaw Pact, today, it is organizing a summit in Warsaw!

We the undersigned observe that NATO is carrying out a provocative policy of “encirclement”:

1)The continuous eastward expansion of NATO towards the borders of Russia, despite the guarantees given by the West to Gorbachov in 1989 that this would not happen;

2)The deployment of the Aegis anti-missile defense system in Romania, Poland, Turkey and Spain. These weapons, equipped with MK41 launchers, can be used for defensive missions (air, land, sea), but also for offensive attacks with nuclear weapons;

3)The planned permanent rotational deployment in the Baltic States, Poland and Romania, of four battalions of 1,000 troops each, and heavy military equipment;

4)The creation of a “Nordic Front” against Russia, comprised of an alliance of NATO members Denmark, Iceland and Norway, and of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” (Sweden and Finland);

5) The modernization of nuclear weapons, in particular the B61-12 bomb and the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) Cruise Missiles, based in Germany. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein said of these weapons: “The so-called improvements to this weapon seemed to be designed… to make it more usable, to help us fight and win a limited nuclear war.”

To put an end to this threat, we demand:

1)that our government adopt a policy of the “empty chair” (boycott) at the next NATO summit in Warsaw;

2)that our government announce its intention to leave NATO which no longer has any “raison d’être”.

To escape the current countdown to nuclear war, we also call on our government to create without delay the conditions for a new global peace and security architecture, based on the win-win cooperation proposed by the BRICS, cooperation which Europe and the United States, in their own interests, should join in.

The vast efforts we deployed in the 20th Century for war, must be mobilized today for peace and mutual development!