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Krugman Repeats Obama’s Slip Suggesting Social Security Is Insolvent

Why would S.S. checks not go out if the U.S. doesn’t raise the debt ceiling so that it can borrow more to pay its debts, unless the U.S. had to borrow the money sent out in S.S. checks?

Krugman Tries to Mislead About Rising Government Spending and Debt With Sleight-of-Hand

It's not an "attempt to rewrite history" to point out the fact that the CBO's (Congressional Budget Office) own future projection shows increased spending and rising debt.

The Fictional Zionist Narrative of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Yesterday, October 7, marked 40 years since the beginning of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war (the "Yom Kippur war", as it is known in Israel), so naturally the mainstream media has been unashamedly busy propagating the fictional Zionist narrative.

Glenn Greenwald Destroys BBC Newsnight Host for Being Government Mouthpiece Instead of Practicing Journalism

Glenn Greenwald is absolutely brilliant in this interview as he puts a BBC pressitute in her place and demonstrates to her what a real journalist is during this conversation about Edward Snowden's leaks and the NSA's illegal gathering of private data on American citizens.

Obama Trying to Prolong Afghanistan War Just As He Did Iraq

The Obama administration is trying to persuade the Afghanistan government under President Hamid Karzai to accept U.S. terms for a status of forces agreement to prolong the U.S. war there, but how Karzai is sticking to his own terms.

Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Huber about GMOs

Natural health physician and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. Don Huber about genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Social Security and the Debt Ceiling Debate

"In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out on time. In an economic shutdown — if we don't raise the debt ceiling — they don't go out on time." -- President Barack Obama, October 3, 2013

Americans Mustn’t Be Naive About U.S. Policy Towards Iran

What Americans mustn't be naive about is their own government and the false pretexts it uses to manufacture consent for its policies.

Debt Ceiling/Obamacare Debate: Neither Party Has the Interests of Americans at Heart

Each party is trying to "blackmail" the other. Neither has the interests of the American people at heart.

Syria: Could Rebel Forces Have Fired CW Rockets from Mt. Qasioun?

U.N. investigators were able to determine from what trajectory the CW rockets were fired, and the azimuths could be traced back to the direction of Qasioun Mountain, where Syrian military bases are located.