The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment.
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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
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