Category Archives: Justice

Numbers That Count: The War on Drugs

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

DRUGS AND PRISONS: TIME FOR A NEW STRATEGY? by Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report DRUG CONVICTIONS, PER 100,000 ADULTS IN U.S.:  [1) 1980: 15 ; 1996: 148 ; Today: 380+ (#1 in the world).  PRISONERS PER 100,000 CITIZENS:  [1] Japan-63, German-90, France-96, Mexico-208, Britain-153,  U.S. … Continue reading →

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Check Your Mailbox

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Chilling Video: Media Censorship

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Jeremy Scahill article in The Nation, March 14, 2012: Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

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Reich: Moral Rot Is In the Corporate Boardrooms, Not Our Bedrooms

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Difference Between Private and Public Morality by Robert Reich/ March 13, 2012 Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall … Continue reading →

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: We Don’t Have to Follow Any Stinking Fifth Amendment!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“This is a monumental pile of crap that should embarrass every Democrat who ever said an unkind word about John Yoo.” Charles Pierce/ Politics Blog/ Esquire.com/ March 5, 2012 Pierce (author of Idiot America) was reacting to a speech by … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: That is Something!

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Regarding the assassination by CIA drones of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born al Qaeda leader in Yemen on Sept. 30, 2011, Michael Hayden, CIA and NSA chief under President G. W. Bush, said:  “We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him but we … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: What is a Corporation?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.”  Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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The Karl Rove-WikiLeaks Connection

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

KARL ROVE KEY PLAYER IN SWEDISH WIKILEAKS PROBE by Andrew Kreig/ The Swedish Wire/ Jan. 24, 2012 Karl Rove’s help for Sweden as it and the Obama administration investigate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be the latest example of the … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: Hold the Banks Accountable

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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