Before Sept. 11, 2001, the darkest and arguably most important reason anyone would remember that particular date is because on Sept. 11, 1973, a coup toppled Salvador Allende's democratic government in Chile. The CIA–at the behest of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger–had spent three years destabilizing the Chilean economy, creating exactly the kind … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Let’s Remember 9/11 By Starting Yet Another War In Iraq
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Hawaii Congressional Representative Tulsi Gabbard Talks Tough On North Korea Nuclear ‘Threat’
There’s nothing like a just-before-going-to-sleep screening of the 1965 Sidney Poitier/Richard Widmark film The Bedford Incident to really put your mind at ease regarding nuclear war. Oh, you haven’t seen the flick (or read the 1963 James Poe novel of the same name)? Well, it’s really just Moby Dick, except Ahab is an American guided missile destroyer captain and the whale is a … [Read more...] about Hawaii Congressional Representative Tulsi Gabbard Talks Tough On North Korea Nuclear ‘Threat’
Newest U.S. Energy Security Council Appointee Linda Lingle Really Knows Gas
For all of you out there wondering whatever became of former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (you know who you are), I have some important new information for you. Turns out she’s gone and joined something called the U.S. Energy Security Council. “Governor Lingle brings to the council a unique perspective and wealth of experience in running a state whose economy is heavily … [Read more...] about Newest U.S. Energy Security Council Appointee Linda Lingle Really Knows Gas