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Month: April 2013

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Empire

John le Carré on Bush’s Iraq War – The United States of America Has Gone Mad

April 21, 2013
John le Carré, author of many beloved spy novels, e.g., Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy, wrote this piece critiquing the then upcoming War on Iraq in January 2003. Besides pointing out the very strong connections between big oil and the Bushes, many other elements of the critique continue to be applicable --->> read more -->>
No Picture
Justice/Jails

The War on Drugs Is a Failure – The Gregory Brothers’ video

April 20, 2013
Why waste endless words on this topic? I stumbled on this video, “The Drug War Is a Failure” by the Gregory Brothers via the New York Times. While poking about on YouTube I found more by these folks, “We Don’t Treat Alcoholics Like This” Then for fun here is their --->> read more -->>
drug-spending-v-addiction from Atlantic Monthly
Justice/Jails

Our Longest War – The War on Drugs – more data on its futility

April 15, 2013
I have noted here several times earlier about America’s longest war – the War on Drugs. Here is a graphic that displays the complete failure of our policies:  
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