SchwartzReport: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship on Government as a Protection Racket for the 1%

A democracy cannot long survive when its citizens perceive the government to be against their best interests Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent BILL MOYERS and MICHAEL WINSHIP – Bill Moyers.com EXTRACT PewOur now infamous one percent own more than 35 percent of the nation’s wealth. Meanwhile, the bottom 40 percent of the …

Chuck Spinney: Perpetual War is a Protection Racket

Null Hypothesis: Perpetual War protects the MICC against the buildup of political plaque threatening to  clog its money pipes. Proof: The alternative hypothesis has been rejected by a sample of 336 vs. 87, and with the sample being the total population, the Null Hypothesis is accepted at the 100% confidence level.  House boosts military budget …

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on War Complex—War as a Racket

War Complex—War as a Racket Review:DVD: Behind Every Terrorist There Is a Bush Review DVD: The Fog of War – Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Review DVD: Lord of War (Widescreen) (2005) Review DVD: The Good Soldier Review (DVD): Unthinkable Review DVD: Why We Fight (2006) Review: Betraying Our Troops–The Destructive …

Worth a Look: War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, Expanded Edition

War Against the Weak is the gripping chronicle documenting how American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of ethnic cleansing in the United States, helped found and fund the Nazi eugenics of Hitler and Mengele — and then created the modern movement of “human genetics.” Some 60,000 Americans were sterilized under laws in 27 states. …