Article Round-Up: WikiLeaks Mirrors-Fisk-Pilger-Wolf-plus

Well, this may be the largest Article-Round-Up I’ve ever posted for your consideration for there’s so much going on and situations are fluxxing fast:

Wikileaks Mirrors

Wikileaks is currently mirrored on 1559 websites.

Why Are Wars Not Being Reported Honestly?

By John Pilger

The public needs to know the truth about wars. So why have journalists colluded with governments to hoodwink us?

Lebanon Holds its Breath Over Leaked Revelations

By Robert Fisk in Beirut

The Hezbollah party is using the cables as proof of UN involvement with Washington- and thus, by extension, with Israel – and politicians are desperately denying that they gave intelligence information to the Americans about Hezbollah’s secret communications system.

WikiLeaks Cables Show Deeper U.S. Military Role in Muslim World

By SHASHANK BENGALI

From the Saudi-Yemen border to lawless Somalia and the north-central African desert,the U.S. military is more engaged in armed conflicts in the Muslim world than the U.S. government openly acknowledges, according to cables released by the WikiLeaks website.

What’s Behind the War on WikiLeaks

By Ray McGovern

WikiLeaks has teased the genie of transparency out of a very opaque bottle, and powerful forces in America, who thrive on secrecy, are trying desperately to stuff the genie back in.

Espionage Act: How the Government Can Engage in Serious Aggression Against the People of the United States

By Naomi Wolf

This week, Senators Joe Lieberman and Dianne Feinstein engaged in acts of serious aggression against their own constituents, and the American people in general.

Halliburton May Pay $500 million to Keep Cheney out of Prison: Report

By Daniel Tencer

Oilfield services company Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian governmentto keep its former CEO, Dick Cheney, out of prison, according to a news report.

Lying is Not Patriotic Video

Congressman Ron Paul speaks on the house floor. December 9, 2010.

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Well, as a long-time fan of Mark Twain, I do suspect that it’s his restless squirming in his grave that we’ve been hearing for decades now given the sorry state of journalism which worsens by the minute.

And now it seems journalist Twain knocks upon his coffin lid, begging to jump out and give our current batch of Orwellian propagandists and media monopolists and moguls some sharp punches in their lousy, warmongering, anti-societal, ‘one world government’ snoots!

But mostly by way of his mightier-than-the-sword pen, of course.

Hiroshima: 63rd anniversary of abomination of desolation

Heads-up on a fresh Page posted in honor of today’s 63rd anniversary of America’s obscene bombing of Hiroshima, Japan:

http://judecowell.wordpress.com/hiroshima-and-black-rain-fell/

Seems Washington is still feeding us the “bombs bring peace” fantasy, preemptively and for no true justification, imho.

You may not agree with me on the subject or with John Pilger’s article which I’ve linked to, so you’re invited to leave a pertinent comment here, if you wish, agreement or no. Please be respectful, of course, or I’ll moderate it away…swear words are not esp appreciated around here either…I do have to live in this litter box, y’know.