Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
His [John Kirby's] comments came in the wake of a high-profile assassination of Honduran native-rights activist Berta Cáceres in March, and a report in the Guardian that a high-level deserter from the Honduran army said he is “100 percent certain that Berta Cáceres was killed by the [Honduran] army.”
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Thanks to NCD for reminding me to check out "The Intercept".
by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 2:37pm
The link showed up in 'preview' but here it is again. [I hope]
by A Guy Called LULU on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 3:06pm
If you bother to read the 28 page report from the US Congressional Research Service linked in your 'Intercept' link:
You will discover that no where does it say $200 million in military aid was given since 2009, one year there was $5 million. You will also find that, as with Mexico where 40 students disappeared and were likely murdered, Honduras is or is close to being a failed narco-state with an often broken justice system. Most of US aid is contingent on the government taking steps to improve the justice/human rights situation in the country, along with disaster assistance and farming aid.
Of course, if a site like the Intercept 'expands or lies about the facts' so it jives with your preconceived opinions, why bother to look deeper or verify anything?
by NCD on Sat, 06/25/2016 - 12:27pm
You are too clever by half, NCD a minor error or misunderstanding of timelines becomes the basis for rejecting the bigger facts even though $5 million is plenty enough money to keep the death squads in bullets and bayonets. The narco-states you admonish are enabled by their governments, police and militaries with help from the US. The magnitude of this trade couldn't exist without involvement of the highest levels of these governments and ours, too much wealth is generated and our banks launder most of the proceeds.
Trying to shield HRC from her despicable decisions will only work on people who already accept her behavior as normal and justifiable while many other people see her as she actually is, cunning but ethically crooked and inept.
by Peter (not verified) on Sat, 06/25/2016 - 1:20pm
Peter, all you do here is insult politicians and their supporters. You never provide any evidence or even a convincing argument to make your case.
by ocean-kat on Sat, 06/25/2016 - 1:42pm
Apparently the tender feelings of politicians/parasites and their supporters is a more important to you than HRC and the US arming and supporting Death Squads. Perhaps when she ascends to power new laws to protect these virtuous public servants can be enacted to silence those who insult their betters. Once dissenting voices are further squashed, it's already happening with BDS, you and others can rejoice and bathe in the pure unquestioned Newspeak that you desire.
by Peter (not verified) on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 11:21am
When you leave your amp turned up to 11 full-time, don't be surprised when no one can hear you anymore. Pete Townsend's largely deaf these days too.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 12:06pm
Peter, I think you missed the main point, which is that you repeatedly post "scandals" and "felonies" and "crimes" without any objective evidence to back it up. When challenged, you accuse the questioner of either not caring about the terrible things you insinuate; of being mental light-weights, and worse. Ultimately it isn't at all convincing.
by CVille Dem on Sun, 06/26/2016 - 4:59pm