Politics

'The powers of financial capitalism had far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole.'

Lies, half-truths and cover-ups are all manifestations of fatal weakness. What lies, half-truths and cover-ups communicate is: We can no longer fix our real problems, and rather than let this truth out, we must mask it behind lies and phony reassurances.

WikiLeaks has published a huge trove of what appear to be CIA spying secrets.

Ron Paul warns: 'Second Financial Bubble is going to burst soon, even Trump can't stop it.'

The cold reality is America's 25 years of neocon-neoliberalism has been great for the top 5% and an unmitigated disaster for everyone else in the U.S. and the nations it has targeted for intervention.

History books remember Herbert Hoover as one of the worst American presidents. Hoover, a Republican, was a rich and successful businessman with investments all over the world.

A new national poll has found that 54% of potential voters favor the mayor of Cormorant, Minnesota (a dog) over either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

Trump is no policy wonk, he is pitching himself as the best man for the presidency based on his track record as businessman, and his ability to surround himself with the 'best' people - not on his knack for writing white papers.