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US Soldiers Fight For Freedom, Democracy Abroad, But Don’t Always Find It At Home

As the U.S. struts across the world stage, forcing its peculiar brand of democracy upon its unsuspecting, often oil-rich, victims, it deprives its own soldiers of the rights it purports to be spreading.

Robert Fantina
بواسطة Robert Fantina
Former Marine Adam Kokesh is detained by Capitol Hill Police on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 10, 2007, as Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the future course of the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

KITCHENER, Ontario --- (ANALYSIS) U.S. government officials often pay lip service to praising members of the military. They talk of heroism, courage, selflessness -- fine virtues which many people, not only soldiers, possess. These officials, they tell the world, send their hapless soldiers all over the globe to grant unsuspecting victims the same

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Unstoppable Texas Gas Leaks Worse Than California’s, Media Silent

“Every hour, natural gas facilities in North Texas’ Barnett Shale region emit thousands of tons of methane — a greenhouse gas at least 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide — and a slate of noxious pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and benzene.”

Claire Bernish
بواسطة Claire Bernish
Photo: Scott Towery/Flickr

Texas — After the mammoth methane gas leak that spewed uncontrollably from a damaged well in California’s Aliso Canyon was finally capped last week, residents of nearby Porter Ranch began trepidatiously returning to their homes. Lingering doubts over whether Southern California Gas Company will continue using the underground storage field have left

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Obama Delivers Guantanamo Closure Plan to Congress, Nation

President Obama is making his case to the nation to finally close the much maligned detention center in his final year in office.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Dawn arrives at the now closed Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. U.S. officials say the Pentagon’s long-awaited plan to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the remaining detainees to a facility in the U.S. calls for up to $475 million in construction costs, but would save as much as $180 million per year in operating costs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama presented a four point plan Tuesday to “close Guantanamo once and for all” the president said. The plan now lies in the control of Congress to approve the closure, or not. ​“When it becomes clear that something is not working as intended, that it does not advance our national security its time to change course," said

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Syrian Government, Opposition Accept Russian-American Proposed Truce

The U.N.-Russian agreement proposes that the cessation of hostilities start at midnight local time on Friday.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during his speech with a special message after his telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. The U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says the cease-fire reached by the United States and Russia and set to begin at midnight Saturday in Syria gives the two world powers the task of making sure that everyone else abides by it, too. (Mikhail Klimentyev/ Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government and the main umbrella for Syrian opposition and rebel groups announced on Tuesday they both conditionally accept a proposed U.S.-Russian cease fire that the international community hopes will bring them back to the negotiating table in Geneva for talks to end the war. The announcement came after the United

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Poll Shows Americans Most Common Reactions To Hillary Clinton: “Dishonest, Liar, And Dislike Her”

7% of Americans use even stronger words in a similar negative vein, including “criminal,” “crooked” and “thief.”

ZeroHedge.com
بواسطة ZeroHedge.com
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Texas Southern University Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

In a new poll conducted by Gallup, when asked what comes to their mind when they think of Hillary Clinton, the most common unprompted responses are "dishonest", "liar" or "dislike her." Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 13-14, 2016, on the Gallup U.S. Daily survey, with a random sample of 1,014

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Survey: You’ll Never Guess What Americans Are Most Afraid Of

Americans are more afraid of their own corrupt government than anything and everything including death, rape, murder, nuclear war, pandemics, terrorism, zombies, and even clowns.

Melissa Dykes
بواسطة Melissa Dykes
Top 10 Fears of 2015

Out of 88 potential horrors this batch of 1,500+ Americans were asked to rank in regard to their personal level of fear in 2015, you’ll never guess what the number one thing people are most afraid of in this country… Or perhaps you will. Americans are more afraid of their own corrupt government than ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE including

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