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The latest fiction is that US real GDP grew 4.6% in the second quarter and 5% in the third. Where did this growth come from? Not from rising real consumer incomes. Not from rising consumer credit. 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Although you have kept me working yet another year past retirement age, I find it encouraging that there are some Americans who can think independently and who want to know. As Margaret Mead said, it only takes a few determined people to change the world. Perhaps…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/24/christmas-column/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28486" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28486 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/23/pcr-interviewed-sputnik-president-obama-delivered-pledges-whose-interest-obama-served/" title="PCR interviewed by Sputnik: Has President Obama delivered on his pledges? Whose interest has Obama served?" rel="bookmark">PCR interviewed by Sputnik: Has President Obama delivered on his pledges? Whose interest has Obama served?</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/23/">23</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR interviewed by Sputnik: Has President Obama delivered on his pledges? Whose interest has Obama served? http://sputniknews.com/radio_burning_point/20141222/1016121882.html</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/23/pcr-interviewed-sputnik-president-obama-delivered-pledges-whose-interest-obama-served/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28458" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28458 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/federal-court-gives-bush-regime-officials-immunity-law/" title="Federal Court Gives Bush Regime Officials Immunity From Law" rel="bookmark">Federal Court Gives Bush Regime Officials Immunity From Law</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/">22</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Federal Court Gives Bush Regime Officials Immunity From Law http://www.globalresearch.ca/federal-court-gives-early-christmas-present-to-war-criminals-bush-cheney-rumsfeld-and-others-immunizing-them-from-civil-inquiry-regarding-iraq-war/5421218</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/federal-court-gives-bush-regime-officials-immunity-law/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28439" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28439 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/lawless-manipulation-bullion-markets-public-authorities-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="The Lawless Manipulation of Bullion Markets by Public Authorities — Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler" rel="bookmark">The Lawless Manipulation of Bullion Markets by Public Authorities — Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/algol/" title="Posts by algol" rel="author">algol</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/">22</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Lawless Manipulation of Bullion Markets by Public Authorities Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler Note: In this article the times given are Eastern Standard Time. The software that generated the graph uses Mountain Standard Time. Therefore, read the x-axis two hours later than the axis indicates. The Federal Reserve and its bullion bank agents are actively using uncovered futures…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/lawless-manipulation-bullion-markets-public-authorities-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28437" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28437 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/john-pilger-says-west-lying-nuclear-war/" title="John Pilger Says The West Is Lying Itself To Nuclear War" rel="bookmark">John Pilger Says The West Is Lying Itself To Nuclear War</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/">22</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>John Pilger Says The West Is Lying Itself To Nuclear War http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40537.htm</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/john-pilger-says-west-lying-nuclear-war/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28428" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28428 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/washington-morons-managed-create-chinese-russian-alliance/" title="The Washington Morons Have Managed To Create A Chinese-Russian Alliance" rel="bookmark">The Washington Morons Have Managed To Create A Chinese-Russian Alliance</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/">22</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Washington Morons Have Managed To Create A Chinese-Russian Alliance Tass News Agency “If the Russian side needs it, we shall offer all possible support.” — Chinese Foreign Minister BEIJING, December 22, TASS. China believes Russia will be able to overcome the current economic problems, and is ready to offer whatever assistance if needed, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/22/washington-morons-managed-create-chinese-russian-alliance/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28415" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28415 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/arrogance-police-forgot-goes-around-comes-around/" title="In their arrogance, police forgot that what goes around comes around" rel="bookmark">In their arrogance, police forgot that what goes around comes around</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/">21</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>In their arrogance, police forgot that what goes around comes around. http://nypost.com/2014/12/20/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-brooklyn/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/arrogance-police-forgot-goes-around-comes-around/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28404" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28404 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/mirth-william-blum/" title="Mirth from William Blum" rel="bookmark">Mirth from William Blum</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/">21</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>We all need a laugh from time to time, and William Blum has provided a good one in his Anti-Empire Report of December 19. These are funny, because every one of them is a possible 2015 event. http://williamblum.org/aer/read/135 January 25: 467 people reported missing from a university in Mexico. US State Department blames Russia. February 1: Military junta overthrows President…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/21/mirth-william-blum/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28373" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28373 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews category-king-world-news-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/20/will-russias-response-washingtons-aggression-release-black-swans/" title="Will Russia’s Response to Washington’s Aggression Be to Release Black Swans?" rel="bookmark">Will Russia’s Response to Washington’s Aggression Be to Release Black Swans?</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/20/">20</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/king-world-news-interviews/" rel="category tag">King World News</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Will Russia’s Response to Washington’s Aggression Be to Release Black Swans? King World News Interviews Paul Craig Roberts http://kingworldnews.com/dr-paul-craig-roberts-12-20-14/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/20/will-russias-response-washingtons-aggression-release-black-swans/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28360" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28360 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews category-king-world-news-interviews">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/28360/" title="PCR interviewed on King World News — Will 2015 Bring Economic Collapse?" rel="bookmark">PCR interviewed on King World News — Will 2015 Bring Economic Collapse?</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/">19</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/king-world-news-interviews/" rel="category tag">King World News</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR interviewed on King World News — Will 2015 Bring Economic Collapse? http://kingworldnews.com/paul-craig-roberts-stunning-2015-predictions-time-west-can-collapse/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/28360/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>    <div style="width:190px;margin-left:15px;margin-right:30px;float:left;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;height:400px;" class="video_archives_item" > <div class="pk_image_wrapper"> <a title="PCR interviewed by Greg Hunter USAWatchdog on Ruble Attack as Act of War" href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/pcr-interviewed-greg-hunter-usawatchdog-ruble-attack-act-war/"> <img src="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/paul_c_roberts.jpg" style="width:178px;hight:150px"> <span class="pk_image_button_overlay"></span> </a> </div> <div class="">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title" style='font-size:15px;line-height:19px;'><a rel="bookmark" title="PCR interviewed by Greg Hunter USAWatchdog on Ruble Attack as Act of War" href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/pcr-interviewed-greg-hunter-usawatchdog-ruble-attack-act-war/">PCR interviewed by Greg Hunter USAWatchdog on Ruble Attack as Act of War</a></h3>   <div class="front_page_entry_meta"> <div class=""> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/" rel="nofollow">December 19, 2014</a> <span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span> Categories: <a href="">Greg Hunter USA Watchdog</a> <span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span> Tags: </p> </div> </div>   </div> </div>    <div id="post-28343" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28343 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/regime-change-cuba-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Regime Change In Cuba — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Regime Change In Cuba — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/">19</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Letter from a reader: I wish I could visit Cuba while it’s still Cuba, even though poor they have better medical care than the US. The first thing that will happen when the US starts doing business, the old cars will disappear. The streets will be one big traffic jam and the hand pulled carts gone. The Cuban food will…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/19/regime-change-cuba-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28255" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28255 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/17/financial-market-manipulation-new-trend-can-continue/" title="Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue?" rel="bookmark">Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue?</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/17/">17</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Financial Market Manipulation Is The New Trend: Can It Continue? Financial Imperialists Attack Russia Paul Craig Roberts A dangerous new trend is the successful manipulation of the financial markets by the Federal Reserve, other central banks, private banks, and the US Treasury. The Federal Reserve reduced real interest rates on US government debt obligations first to zero and then pushed…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/17/financial-market-manipulation-new-trend-can-continue/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28178" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28178 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/guest-column-amb-craig-murray/" title="Guest Column by Amb. Craig Murray" rel="bookmark">Guest Column by Amb. Craig Murray</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/">15</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Former UK Ambassador Describes What Happens to People with Integrity Who Have the Misfortune to End Up in Government Positions Put Blair and Straw on Trial For Torture   By Craig Murray,  Former British Ambassador To Uzbekistan In the summer of 2004, I warned Tony Blair’s Foreign Office that Britain was using intelligence material which had been obtained by the CIA…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/guest-column-amb-craig-murray/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28137" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28137 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/change-stymied-paul-craig-roberts/" title="How Change Is Stymied — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">How Change Is Stymied — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/">15</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>How Change Is Stymied Paul Craig Roberts The gangsters who run the US financial system have determined opponents. Among them are Elizabeth Warren, Nomi Prins, Pam and Russ Martens, Michael Hudson, and David Stockman. I have often expressed my admiration for Warren, Prins, Martens, and Hudson. In his latest column, David Stockman has earned my admiration and forgiveness. I say…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/15/change-stymied-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28075" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28075 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/brink-war-economic-collapse-paul-craig-roberts/" title="On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/">12</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>On the Brink of War and Economic Collapse Paul Craig Roberts On occasion a reader will ask if I can give readers some good news. The answer is: not unless I lie to you like “your” government and the mainstream media do. If you want faked “good news,” you need to retreat into The Matrix. In exchange for less stress…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/brink-war-economic-collapse-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28066" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28066 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/us-police-murder/" title="US Police Murder Again" rel="bookmark">US Police Murder Again</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/">12</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>US Police Murder Again The only conclusion possible from the incessant “shoot-to-kill-on-sight” behavior of American police is that the police, or too many of them, enjoy killing people, just as the CIA and Dick Cheney enjoyed having people tortured. http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/11/georgia-man-killed-in-drug-raid-was-face</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/12/us-police-murder/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-28054" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-28054 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/11/cia-torture-report/" title="The CIA’s Torture Program" rel="bookmark">The CIA’s Torture Program</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/11/">11</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Dear Readers: This is my quarterly request for donations. I need to hear from you. The CIA’s Torture Program Paul Craig Roberts UPDATE: Congress fails to hold executive branch accountable for its massive violations of human rights as documented in the released summary of the CIA Torture Report, but passes sanctions on Venezuela for “human rights violations.” http://news.antiwar.com/2014/12/11/cia-chief-slams-release-of-torture-report-summary/print/ and http://news.antiwar.com/2014/12/11/congress-passes-bill-to-sanction-venezuela/…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/11/cia-torture-report/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27994" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27994 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/08/essential-lesson-history-one-wants-admit/" title="The Most Essential Lesson of History That No One Wants To Admit" rel="bookmark">The Most Essential Lesson of History That No One Wants To Admit</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/08/">08</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The Most Essential Lesson of History That No One Wants To Admit This is a very important article by Thad Beversdorf: http://www.firstrebuttal.com/2014/12/07/the-most-essential-lesson-of-history-that-no-one-wants-to-admit/ The article documents that US military invasions of Iraq and Syria were planned long in advance of 9/11 and that the conflict that Washington is engineering with Russia long predates the conflict that Washington has orchestrated in Ukraine.…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/08/essential-lesson-history-one-wants-admit/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27967" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27967 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/another-fabricated-jobs-report-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Another Fabricated Jobs Report — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Another Fabricated Jobs Report — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/">07</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Dear Friends, Everything we hear from the US government, the puppet governments of its vassal states, and the presstitute media is a lie. Truth is the declared enemy of the West. Those who try to tell the truth do so at cost to themselves. These costs can range from exclusion and slander to watch lists to prosecution and imprisonment. Brave…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/another-fabricated-jobs-report-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27959" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27959 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/guest-article-john-pilger-war-media-triumph-propaganda/" title="Guest Article by John Pilger–War by media and the triumph of propaganda" rel="bookmark">Guest Article by John Pilger–War by media and the triumph of propaganda</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/">07</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>War by media and the triumph of propaganda By John Pilger I was about to write on this subject when I came across John Pilger’s article, which does the job. Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/guest-article-john-pilger-war-media-triumph-propaganda/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27954" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27954 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/guest-article-saker/" title="Guest Article by The Saker" rel="bookmark">Guest Article by The Saker</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/">07</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Guest Article by The Saker vineyardsaker.blogspot.com.br http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com.br/2014/12/disgusted-russia-officially-gives-up.html Disgusted, Russia officially gives up any pretense of “dialog” with the AngloZionist Empire Dear friends, The full address of President Putin to the Federal Assembly is now available online and, since this is a very long text, I will not re-post it here. What I propose to do here is to bring to…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/07/guest-article-saker/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27930" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27930 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/vladimir-putins-presidential-address-federal-assembly/" title="Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly" rel="bookmark">Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/">06</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, December 4, 2014 In his Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Federal Assembly that Washington’s plan for Russia is to break the country into pieces as was done to Yugoslavia. The American scenario for Russia is “disintegration and dismemberment.” Putin reminded Washington that speaking to Russia…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/vladimir-putins-presidential-address-federal-assembly/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27927" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27927 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-int category-interviews category-russia-today">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/pcr-interviewed-voice-russia-house-representatives-resolution-russia/" title="PCR interviewed by Voice of Russia about the House of Representatives Resolution against Russia" rel="bookmark">PCR interviewed by Voice of Russia about the House of Representatives Resolution against Russia</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/">06</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/int/" rel="category tag">Interview archive</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/" rel="category tag">Interviews</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/interviews/russia-today/" rel="category tag">Russia Today</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>PCR interviewed by Voice of Russia about the House of Representatives Resolution against Russia “Facts don’t matter. Washington is using propaganda.” http://rt.com/op-edge/211579-us-world-hegemony-russia/</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/06/pcr-interviewed-voice-russia-house-representatives-resolution-russia/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27904" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27904 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/05/russia-western-enemies-partners-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Russia Has Western Enemies, Not Partners — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Russia Has Western Enemies, Not Partners — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/05/">05</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Dear Friends: This is my quarterly request for your support. This is your site. It will continue as long as you support it. PCR Russia Has Western Enemies, Not Partners Paul Craig Roberts The US House of Representatives has joined Hillary Clinton, Obama, the neoconservatives, Washington’s vassals, and the American and European presstitutes in demonizing Russia and President Putin. The…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/05/russia-western-enemies-partners-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27878" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27878 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-john-w-whitehead">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/guest-column-john-whitehead-growing-police-state/" title="Guest Column by John Whitehead — Growing Up in a Police State" rel="bookmark">Guest Column by John Whitehead — Growing Up in a Police State</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/">04</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/john-w-whitehead/" rel="category tag">John W. Whitehead</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>America’s Children: The Trials of Growing Up in a Police State By John W. Whitehead “It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns. There’s still a hole in his chest that exposes his ribs. After breaking down the door, throwing my husband to the ground, and screaming at my…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/guest-column-john-whitehead-growing-police-state/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27868" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27868 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/goon-thug-cops-murder-will-paul-craig-roberts-2/" title="Goon Thug Cops Murder At Will — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Goon Thug Cops Murder At Will — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/">04</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Goon Thug Cops Murder At Will Paul Craig Roberts Another goon thug gratuitous murderer has been let off by a grand jury and a prosecutor. Read the condolences offered by NY mayor Bill de Blasio, officer Pantaleo and the Obama Puppet: http://rt.com/usa/211203-garner-chokehold-grand-jury-decision/ They are so sorry about the collateral damage of protecting the public from criminals and terrorists. But our…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/04/goon-thug-cops-murder-will-paul-craig-roberts-2/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27831" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27831 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/03/thinking-expensive-occupation-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Thinking Is An Expensive Occupation — Paul Craig Roberts" rel="bookmark">Thinking Is An Expensive Occupation — Paul Craig Roberts</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/03/">03</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Thinking Is An Expensive Occupation Paul Craig Roberts Dear Readers, this is my quarterly request for donations. This is your site, and it will continue as long as you support it. Raising unsettling questions and providing disturbing explanations seldom meet with accolades. For example, Guy McPherson is a University of Arizona scientist who has been studying human disruption of the…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/03/thinking-expensive-occupation-paul-craig-roberts/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27808" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27808 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/audio-recording-michael-brown-shooting-proves-darren-wilsons-story-false/" title="Audio Recording of the Michael Brown Shooting Proves Darren Wilson’s Story is False" rel="bookmark">Audio Recording of the Michael Brown Shooting Proves Darren Wilson’s Story is False</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>Audio Recording of the Michael Brown Shooting Proves Darren Wilson’s Story is False http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/01/1348720/-The-audio-recording-of-the-Michael-Brown-shooting-proves-Darren-Wilson-s-story-is-false?detail=email#</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/audio-recording-michael-brown-shooting-proves-darren-wilsons-story-false/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27806" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27806 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/2001-anthrax-deception-case-domestic-conspiracy/" title="The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy" rel="bookmark">The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy By Prof. Edward Curtin Global Research, December 01, 2014 Url of this article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-2001-anthrax-deception-the-case-for-a-domestic-conspiracy-2/5417179 The anthrax attacks that followed those of 9/11 have disappeared from public memory in ways analogous to the pulverization of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center Building 7. For the towers, at least, ghostly afterimages…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/2001-anthrax-deception-case-domestic-conspiracy/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27805" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27805 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-guest-contributions category-other">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/happens-call-cops/" title="This is what happens when you call the cops" rel="bookmark">This is what happens when you call the cops</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/">02</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/" rel="category tag">Guest Contributions</a> . <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/guest-contributions/other/" rel="category tag">Other</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>This is what happens when you call the cops http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/12/no_author/this-is-what-happens-when-you-call-the-cops/ Governments at every level in America, state, local, and federal, have created an army of psychopaths under the rubric of police who murder and brutalize the citizens who are taxed to pay the salaries of their tormentors. Some Americans are so brainwashed and subservient that they provide knee-jerk justifications of…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/02/happens-call-cops/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27798" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27798 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/us-resorts-illegality-protect-failed-policies-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="US Resorts to Illegality to Protect Failed Policies — Paul Craig Roberts & Dave Kranzler" rel="bookmark">US Resorts to Illegality to Protect Failed Policies — Paul Craig Roberts & Dave Kranzler</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/algol/" title="Posts by algol" rel="author">algol</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles & Columns</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>US resorts to Illegality To Protect Failed Policies Paul Craig Roberts & Dave Kranzler In a blatant and massive market intervention, the price of gold was smashed on Friday. Right after the Comex opened on Friday morning 7,008 paper gold contracts representing 20 tonnes of gold were dumped in the New York Comex futures market at 8:50 a.m. EST. At…</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/us-resorts-illegality-protect-failed-policies-paul-craig-roberts-dave-kranzler/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>       <div id="post-27793" class="pk_entry pk_entry_full post-27793 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements">  <h3 class="pk_entry_title"><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/un-damns-washington-worlds-worst-violator-human-rights/" title="UN Damns Washington As World’s Worst Violator Of Human Rights" rel="bookmark">UN Damns Washington As World’s Worst Violator Of Human Rights</a></h3>   <div class="pk_entry_meta"> <div class="pk_four_fifth"> <p>By: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/author/pcr3/" title="Posts by pcr3" rel="author">pcr3</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/">01</a> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/">December</a>, <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/">2014</a><span class="pk_meta_divider">|</span>Categories: <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/announcements/" rel="category tag">Announcements</a></p> </div> <div class="pk_one_fifth pk_last"> </div> </div>   <div class="pk_entry_content"> <p>UN Torture Report Condemns US Government As The Leading Violator Of Human Rights A report on the UN document is available here: http://www.strategic-culture.org/pview/2014/11/30/un-report-documents-torture-police-violence-in-us.html The text of the UN report on the US is available here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CAT/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CAT_COC_USA_18893_E.pdf</p> <a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/12/01/un-damns-washington-worlds-worst-violator-human-rights/" title="Read more »" class="pk_button_small"><span>Read more »</span></a> </div>  </div>    </div>  </div>   <aside id="pk_sidebar"> <div id="pk_sidebar_content">  <div class="pk_widget"> <form 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