A law professor who published an inflammatory article urging attacks on law professors and “Islamic holy sites” and who has been dogged by accusations of misrepresenting his academic and military credentials has resigned from the US Military Academy at West Point, the Guardian has confirmed. (more…)
September 2015
Tue 1 Sep 2015
West Point law professor who called for attacks on ‘Islamic holy sites’ resigns
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Tue 1 Sep 2015
As ‘Muslim-Free Zones’ Flourish, Groups Demand DOJ Probe
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A coalition of 82 civil liberties and human rights organizations, as well as faith-based groups and immigrant rights advocates, on Tuesday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the growing number of businesses around the country declaring themselves ‘Muslim-free zones.’ (more…)
Tue 1 Sep 2015
One Day Soon, That Drone Overhead May Be Pointing a Taser at You
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Marjorie Cohn Truthdig
North Dakota has just become the first state to legalize police use of drones equipped with “less than lethal” weapons, including rubber bullets, Tasers, tear gas, pepper spray and sound cannons. Now, police will be able to remotely fire on people in North Dakota from drones, much as the CIA fires on people in other countries. (more…)
Tue 1 Sep 2015
Michael Hudson’s New Book: Wall Street Parasites Have Devoured Their Hosts — Your Retirement Plan and the U.S. Economy
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By Pam Martens: August 31, 2015 wallstreetonparade.com
The riveting writer, Michael Hudson, has read our collective minds and the simmering anger in our hearts. Millions of American have long suspected that their inability to get financially ahead is an intentional construct of Wall Street’s central planners.(more…)
Tue 1 Sep 2015
The West Point Professor Who Contemplated a Coup
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After calling his intellectual opponents treasonous, and allegedly exaggerating his credentials, a controversial law professor resigns from the United States Military Academy. (more…)