adding to previous message (below) 6/27/14: "How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement," by Nadia Kayyali, Electronic Frontier Foundation (Wikipedia link), May 20, 2014
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Subject: big and pithy Paul Craig Roberts, main focus the militarization of police in the U.S., also Russia; and one bright spot
Paul Craig Roberts (Wikipedia link) was known as a co-founder of Reaganomics, which I understand to mean Milton Friedman's disastrous Chicago School of Economics, a/k/a free market economics. It seems that Paul Craig Roberts is sorry about that now.
These next two are amazing articles, covering major figures and their influences over a period of time that are, says Paul Craig Roberts, leading inevitably to nuclear war unless Europe follows its own interests and supports Russia against a further U.S. invasion of the Ukraine. I remember from years of news much of what he talks about here, and it all makes sense.
"Why War Is Inevitable," by Paul Craig Roberts, May 25, 2014
Again, he's talking about nuclear war.
"Can Putin’s Diplomacy Prevail Over Washington’s Coercion?" by Paul Craig Roberts, June 24, 2014
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I have pulled out the very short excerpts below not because they really summarize the writings from which they came, above--they do not--but because I want to emphasize those paragraphs in connection with a major report I've been holding open from the wonderful American Civil Liberties Union, "War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Police." "Militarization of policing encourages officers to adopt a 'warrior' mentality and think of the people they are supposed to serve as enemies." Here's an immediate download link for the 98 page report. It has an index, so it's easy enough to skip around in it.
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Back to Paul Craig Roberts:
"Those who lose family members and dear friends to war don’t want the deaths to have been in vain. Consequently, wars become glorious deeds performed by noble soldiers fighting for truth, justice, and the American way. Patriotic speeches tell us how much we owe to those who gave their lives so that America could remain free.
"The speeches are well-intentioned, but the speeches create a false reality that supports ever more wars. None of America’s wars had anything to do with keeping America free. To the contrary, the wars swept away our civil liberties, making us unfree."
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"..... Western peoples look at their governments and see nothing but enemies. Why else has Washington militarized local police forces, equipping them as if they were occupying armies? Why else has Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and even the Postal Service and Social Security Administration ordered billions of rounds of ammunition and even submachine guns? What is this taxpayer-paid-for arsenal for if not to suppress US citizens?..."
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"Bright Spot in the American Miasma," by Norman Pollack, CounterPunch, June 24, 2014. Along with Mennonites and Quakers, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has decided to disinvest from three companies that have been part of Israel's doing of evil things to Palestinians. The target companies are: Caterpillar (bulldozers to level Palestinian homes and crush resistance), Hewlett-Packard and Motorola (surveillance equipment and technology).
love,
Larry
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Subject: big and pithy Paul Craig Roberts, main focus the militarization of police in the U.S., also Russia; and one bright spot
Paul Craig Roberts (Wikipedia link) was known as a co-founder of Reaganomics, which I understand to mean Milton Friedman's disastrous Chicago School of Economics, a/k/a free market economics. It seems that Paul Craig Roberts is sorry about that now.
These next two are amazing articles, covering major figures and their influences over a period of time that are, says Paul Craig Roberts, leading inevitably to nuclear war unless Europe follows its own interests and supports Russia against a further U.S. invasion of the Ukraine. I remember from years of news much of what he talks about here, and it all makes sense.
"Why War Is Inevitable," by Paul Craig Roberts, May 25, 2014
Again, he's talking about nuclear war.
"Can Putin’s Diplomacy Prevail Over Washington’s Coercion?" by Paul Craig Roberts, June 24, 2014
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I have pulled out the very short excerpts below not because they really summarize the writings from which they came, above--they do not--but because I want to emphasize those paragraphs in connection with a major report I've been holding open from the wonderful American Civil Liberties Union, "War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Police." "Militarization of policing encourages officers to adopt a 'warrior' mentality and think of the people they are supposed to serve as enemies." Here's an immediate download link for the 98 page report. It has an index, so it's easy enough to skip around in it.
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Back to Paul Craig Roberts:
"Those who lose family members and dear friends to war don’t want the deaths to have been in vain. Consequently, wars become glorious deeds performed by noble soldiers fighting for truth, justice, and the American way. Patriotic speeches tell us how much we owe to those who gave their lives so that America could remain free.
"The speeches are well-intentioned, but the speeches create a false reality that supports ever more wars. None of America’s wars had anything to do with keeping America free. To the contrary, the wars swept away our civil liberties, making us unfree."
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"..... Western peoples look at their governments and see nothing but enemies. Why else has Washington militarized local police forces, equipping them as if they were occupying armies? Why else has Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and even the Postal Service and Social Security Administration ordered billions of rounds of ammunition and even submachine guns? What is this taxpayer-paid-for arsenal for if not to suppress US citizens?..."
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"Bright Spot in the American Miasma," by Norman Pollack, CounterPunch, June 24, 2014. Along with Mennonites and Quakers, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has decided to disinvest from three companies that have been part of Israel's doing of evil things to Palestinians. The target companies are: Caterpillar (bulldozers to level Palestinian homes and crush resistance), Hewlett-Packard and Motorola (surveillance equipment and technology).
love,
Larry
