Video of the Day – An Interview with Ex-CIA Agent Robert David Steele

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The following was taped over a year ago, but it’s one of the most interesting interviews I’ve seen in a while. Robert David Steele is someone who’s work I have highlighted in the past (link at the end), and who exhibits tremendous expertise and insight on a remarkably wide range of subjects.

The interviewer is Sean Stone (Oliver Stone’s son), and it explores topics as varied as Bernie Sanders, the TPP, who killed JFK and MLK, U.S. electoral reform, the terror attacks of 9/11, and false flag operations generally. I strongly suggest you take the time.

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EU Commission Head Jean-Claude Juncker Keeps a ‘Little Black Book’ of People Who Betray Him

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Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the European Commission, is most famous for a 2011 quote about the Greek financial crisis, during which he stated:

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

But that’s just one of many disturbing statements from the man. In 2014, The Telegraph published a list of his most outrageous quotes.

As such, here’s some additional evidence of what a sleazy weasel this man is.

Juncker on EU monetary policy

“I’m ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious … I am for secret, dark debates” 

Juncker on British calls for a referendum over Lisbon Treaty

“Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But would I be intelligent to draw the attention of public opinion to this fact?” 

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Video of the Day – What Should Bernie Sanders Supporters Do? Chris Hedges vs. Robert Reich

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This is a great conversation. Chris Hedges was on fire.

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Liberty Links 8/1/16

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22 links today. Enjoy. Welcome to the 2016 DNC, Sponsored by Special Interests (It’s all so dirty, this is a must read, The Nation) U.S. Trade Rep Insists TPP is Not Dead Yet (WARNING: Obama will try to pass the TPP in the lame duck, McClatchy) Facebook Admits It Blocked Links to Wikileaks DNC Emails (Gizmodo) Night … Read more

U.S. Military Adds Jeff Bezos and Cass Sunstein to Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Advisory Board

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Earlier this year, when I found out Google’s Eric Schmidt had been named head of a newly created Pentagon board I thought that was creepy enough. It’s gotten creepier.

The Washington Post reports:

The Pentagon’s increasingly eclectic Defense Innovation Advisory Board has reached full strength, with celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Amazon.com founder Jeffrey P. Bezos among the latest named to a group that includes some of the private sector’s most successful leaders.

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Nobody Knows Who’s Paying for the Privately Funded Democratic National Convention

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Earlier this week, in my article titled, Hillary Clinton is in Deep Trouble – “Hordes of Wall Street Executives” Descend Upon Philly, I highlighted how all the Wall Street executives and lobbyists who avoided the RNC were excitedly flooding into the Democratic Convention. Here’s an excerpt:

Lobbyists are being welcomed back into the fold of the Democratic Party as the Obama era draws to a close.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has accepted more than $9 million in bundled donations from registered lobbyists, while the DNC has rolled back the lobbyist bans that Obama put into place.

“In 2008 and 2012, there was no integration with the [Obama] campaign,” said Al Mottur, a senior Democratic lobbyist at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, adding that he would have liked to have helped. “Now, the campaign is welcoming — they’re open to us. That’s why I’ve done as much work for her as I’ve done on her behalf.”

For 2016, the DNC reversed the prohibition on lobbyist cash entirely, both for the party and the convention, giving corporations and lobbyists the opportunity to participate fully. 

Clinton’s candidacy is also a draw for those on K Street, many of whom have been involved with the family for years.

“The community is supporting her, there is no question about that,”said David Castagnetti of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. His firm is also kicking off the convention with a party on Monday…

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Interview with Wikileaks’ Julian Assange – Hillary Clinton Expands the Overton Window of Corruption

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The other day, Julian Assange sat down with Democracy Now to discuss Wikileaks’ recent release of the DNC leak emails. It’s a very interesting and worthwhile 15 minute interview.

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Hillary Clinton is in Deep Trouble – “Hordes of Wall Street Executives” Descend Upon Philly

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Political pundits throughout the land are tripping over each other to compose the latest bland, uninsightful screed proclaiming the death of the Republican Party. This makes sense, because the primary purpose of a political pundit is to state the obvious years after it’s already become established fact to everyone actually paying attention.

Yes, of course, Trump winning the GOP nomination marks the end of the party as we know it. After all, some neocons are already publicly and actively throwing their support behind Hillary. While this undoubtably represents a major turning point in U.S. political history, many pundits have yet to appreciate that the exact same thing is happening within the Democratic Party. It’s just not completely obvious yet.

– From February’s post: It’s Not Just the GOP – The Democratic Party is Also Imploding

I believe Hillary Clinton lost the Presidency this past week. While the explosive DNC leaks will undoubtably have a long lasting effect, this post will barely reference the leaks. Rather, it will explain how recent decisions by the Hillary campaign played right into Trump’s hands by essentially waving a gigantic middle finger to the 73% of Americans who think the country is headed in the wrong direction.

What Hillary Clinton did in selecting Tim Kaine as VP was send a clear signal that not only is she the status quo candidate, she is proud of it. She didn’t just double down on being the establishment candidate, she tripled and quadrupled down. There is now no denying that Hillary Clinton is implicitly running on only two themes.

1. Trump is scary. I am not Trump.
2. Things aren’t really bad. I’ll continue along the path we’ve been on.

This message will result in a guaranteed loss against an opponent who is telling the American public “I know you’re angry, I’m angry too, and I’m going to blow up the status quo.” Recall that 73% of the U.S. public thinks the country is headed in the wrong direction. As the Wall Street Journal noted:

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Thoughts on Trump’s Speech (Why I Can’t Vote for Him and Why He Could Win)

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It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous. Here the theoretical reduction of unmanageable multiplicity to comprehensible unity becomes the practical reduction of human diversity to subhuman uniformity, of freedom to servitude. In politics the equivalent of a fully developed scientific theory or philosophical system is a totalitarian dictatorship. In economics, the equivalent of a beautifully composed work of art is the smoothly running factory in which the workers are perfectly adjusted to the machines. The Will to Order can make tyrants out of those who merely aspire to clear up a mess. The beauty of tidiness is used as a justification for despotism.

In Hitler’s words, the propagandist should adopt “a systematically one-sided attitude towards every problem that has to be dealt with.” He must never admit that he might be wrong or that people with a different point of view might be even partially right. Opponents should not be argued with; they should be attacked, shouted down, or, if they become too much of a nuisance, liquidated. The morally squeamish intellectual may be shocked by this kind of thing. But the masses are always convinced that “right is on the side of the active aggressor.”

– From Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World Revisited, published 1958

I just finished watching Trump’s entire acceptance speech and I have all sorts of thoughts to share. Let’s start with the overall picture. First, the speech confirmed all the reasons I cannot support Trump, but also further solidified why I think it’s very possible that he will win and become President. The speech was disturbing on multiple levels, while at the same time brilliant from a manipulative and salesmanship standpoint. He held my attention for the entire 75 minutes. Can you imagine for a moment Hillary doing the same thing? Yes, it matters.

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Liberty Links 7/21/16

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23 links today. Enjoy. What I Saw Last Friday in Hebron (One of the most uplifting articles I’ve read all year, Haaretz) Writing as Resistance (Extremely touching, extremely important read, Chris Hedges, TruthDig) Apple and Facebook Helped Bust the World’s Biggest Torrent Site (Why is “Homeland Security” focusing on copyright violations? Engadget) Lobbyists Bolting Trump … Read more