Rusty Idols: The Settler’s Army

A report six years ago showed the Israeli Army rapidly becoming an arm of the Settler movement as theocratic anti-Palestinian forces gain increasing control.  Apparently its gotten even worse. The 2005 Talia Sasson report on illegal outposts presented a clear picture of military forces renouncing their duty to impose law

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Rusty Idols: The Price

Republicans hate Keynesianism – unless its military Keynesianism sustaining southern and gunbelt constituencies with Military industrial complex jobs that require a constant state of fear mongering and international belligerence to sustain.  The rest of the American population subsidizes these jobs by forgoing the kind of basic social safety net every

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Rusty Idols: Wildrose Push Poll?

I got an automated polling call last night and out of curiosity listened to it all the way through. It very quickly became clear I was probably listening to a Wildrose Party push poll with lots of questions like “If you knew that PC leader Allison Redford supported the Liberal

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