Category Archives: Terrorism

The War Machine Drones On

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report Hillary Clinton holds a small U.S.-made drone that the Ugandan military uses in Somalia to fight al-Qaeda linked militants.(Credit: Reuters) A comprehensive report, Living Under Drones, released in last September by the Stanford International … Continue reading →

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Terrorism: The New Red Scare

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country, for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties at home. It serves the same purpose, serving to create hysteria.” … Continue reading →

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Is the CIA Everywhere? Maybe Your Paranoia is Justified

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report I’ve become increasingly concerned about the growth of the American security/ police state in the last decade. Since 9/11 we’ve seen increased electronic eavesdropping, “data mining,” intrusive airport security, The Patriot Act,  the … Continue reading →

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Of Course They Don’t Like Us

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

My letter published today in the Monterey County Herald: I don’t think I’m going too far out on a limb in suggesting that the reason Americans are being targeted and killed in Afghanistan, Libya and other countries in the Middle … Continue reading →

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Be Very Afraid

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”  H.L. Mencken

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U.S. Police State Forges Ahead

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Obama wins right to indefinitely detain Americans under NDAA knowledgeisking.ning.com RT News/ September 18,2012 A lone appeals judge bowed down to the Obama administration late Monday and reauthorized the White House’s ability to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or … Continue reading →

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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is…..

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

This video is a bit over the top (especially at the end) but contains a lot of uncomfortable truth…. Speech in video is from a Socialism 2007 conference in Chicago by Iraqi-American physician and peace activist Dr. Dahlia Wasfi. 

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Privacy Rights? What Privacy Rights?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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TERRORISTS UNDER YOUR BED

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

A few courageous commentators are beginning to openly talk about what I’ve long suspected: that the “War on Terror” is more hoax than reality. In this article, Glenn Greenwald (one of those brave souls) documents how the myriad “experts” on … Continue reading →

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BIG BROTHER

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The expansion of the American police state continues at an accelerated pace. There seems to be an urgency to consolidate government authority and wipe out long-established and constitutionally mandated civil liberties. Since there hasn’t been any major terrorist attacks on … Continue reading →

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