Chris Floyd, author of the book and the blog, Empire Burlesque, discusses the lack of – and need for – honest reporting in this country, how the state and media manipulate language to change or hide reality, the “success” of the surge only in prolonging the war, the phony facades of both presidential campaigns, the [...]

 

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Chris Floyd, author of the blog and the book, Empire Burlesque, discusses some antiwar activists misplaced admiration for Adm. Fallon, his characterization of the Iranian people as “ants” to be “crushed,” the de-facto replacement of U.S. ambassadors by admirals and generals, the shallowness of the American media, the obvious and yet somehow unpopular fact that [...]

 

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Chris Floyd, author of Empire Burlesque: High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium, explains America’s proxy war in Somalia and some of the liars in the mass media who aid and abet mass murder.

 

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Chris Floyd discusses the rendition of an American citizen to Ethiopia until he admits he’s al Qaeda, the nearly unremarked-upon proxy war for the Warlords in Somalia, why the U.S. should leave Africa alone, the arrogant ignorance of America’s political establishments and the distracted apathy of the American people.

 

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