Wednesday, May 30, 2018

ON CONTACT WITH CHRIS HEDGES

ON CONTACT

Chris Hedges interviews knowledgeable guests in the following interesting interviews:

The CIA & torture with John Kiriakou
(On Contact with Chris Hedges)

"John Kiriakou, the CIA whistleblower, discusses the atrocities of the CIA and its torture program."

The power of persuasion with Stuart Ewen
(On Contact with Chris Hedges)

"Stuart Ewen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Film & Media at Hunter College and author of “Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture.” Professor Ewen joins Chris Hedges for a conversation on the power of mass propaganda. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the influence of the public relations industry."

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

THE PENTAGON CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR $21T

THE PENTAGON CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR $21T
(OR, WHY THE U.S. DOESN'T WAGE PEACE)

(Truthdig.com)

"Twenty-one trillion.

But let’s get back to the beginning. A couple of years ago, Mark Skidmore, an economics professor, heard Catherine Austin Fitts, former assistant secretary in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, say that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General had found $6.5 trillion worth of unaccounted-for spending in 2015. Skidmore, being an economics professor, thought something like, “She means $6.5 billion. Not trillion. Because trillion would mean the Pentagon couldn’t account for more money than the gross domestic product of the whole United Kingdom. But still, $6.5 billion of unaccounted-for money is a crazy amount.”

So he went and looked at the inspector general’s report, and he found something interesting: It was trillion! It was fucking $6.5 trillion in 2015 of unaccounted-for spending! And I’m sorry for the cursing, but the word “trillion” is legally obligated to be prefaced with “fucking.” It is indeed way more than the U.K.’s GDP.

Skidmore did a little more digging. As Forbes reported in December 2017, “[He] and Catherine Austin Fitts … conducted a search of government websites and found similar reports dating back to 1998. While the documents are incomplete, original government sources indicate $21 trillion in unsupported adjustments have been reported for the Department of Defense and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the years 1998-2015.”

See Lee's Rant on Redacted Tonight:

(Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp)

Thursday, May 3, 2018

LIVING GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE

LIVING GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE

(The Real News.com)

"Recently released documents show that the Charles Koch Foundation's millions of dollars in donations to GMU were tied to control over hiring and firing of professors. The ultimate target of their conservative agenda, though, is to influence DC politics, says Bill Black."

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

FRANCIS MOORE LAPPE ON DEMOCRACY

FRANCIS MOORE LAPPE ON DEMOCRACY

(On Contact with Chris Hedges)

"Frances Moore Lappe, author of ‘Daring Democracy,’ discusses the struggle for democracy in the United States."