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OPAQUE TRANSPARENCY

Is the Government Holding Back Crucial Documents? By Russ Baker/ WhoWhatWhy/ May 30, 2012 Next year will be a half-century since the death of JFK. And the Obama Administration thinks we need to keep secret the records on the matter….a … Continue reading

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“THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’ IS A HOAX”

BPR Editor’s Note:  Hardly anyone with credentials will speak the truth: the “War on Terror” is a hoax. A hoax perpetrated by the Military/Industrial/Security structure in order to rake in billions of dollars and decimate our civil liberties by keeping … Continue reading

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You Couldn’t Take Away Our Freedom, bin Laden….That’s Our Job

The War on Terror and its various civil liberties assaults have escalated, not been reversed or even slowed down By Glenn Greenwald/ Salon.com/ May 1, 2012 In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s summary execution one year ago, many predicted … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: That is Something!

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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The “Vast Drone/ Killing Operation” (Shh, It’s Secret)

The American Military Empire and Global Police State continues its expansion. Glenn Greenwald reports on a Washington Post article detailing how President Obama “has assembled such a highly efficient machine for the targeted killing of suspected terrorists.” Of course, this … Continue reading

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Life’s Equations for Ordinary Americans: No Match for Corpocracy Power

By Gary Brumback Special Guest Commentary/ Exclusive to The Big Picture Report Ordinary Americans + Corpocracy =   Very Little Liberty, Happiness, Prosperity I have been saying for some time that America’s own worse enemy is her corpocracy, the Devil’s marriage … Continue reading

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Ron Paul on WikiLeaks: “Killing the Messenger”

This speech by Ron Paul is almost a year old, but well worth watching. Why can’t other Republicans think more like Paul? In fact, when it comes to foreign policy, why can’t Democrats think and speak out  like Rep. Paul?  … Continue reading

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“Killing People Without Knowing Who They Are”

SATURDAY, NOV 5, 2011 in Salon.com THE DRONE MENTALITY   In a New York Times Op-Ed yesterday, international human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith describes a meeting he had in Pakistan with residents from the Afghan-Pakistani border region that has been relentlessly bombed … Continue reading

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Spreading American Goodwill Across the Globe

America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases: Its Full Extent Revealed for the First Time By Nick Turse, AlterNet and TomDispatch Posted on October 16, 2011, Printed on October 18, 2011  They increasingly dot the planet.  There’s a facility outside Las Vegas … Continue reading

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The Osama bin Laden Death Hoax-Theory #2

I have a second conspiracy theory related to the report by our government regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. The scenario: Bin Laden was alive and living in the compound in Pakistan. The U.S. military raid on May 1 … Continue reading

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