tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184389982009-07-11T11:04:05.198+01:00Philosophical, Political &amp; Literary Thoughts<br> of Sean M. Madden (&amp; Company)<br> <a href="http://inoodle.com/atom.xml"><img src="http://inoodle.com/xml.gif" border="0" width="25" height="13"></a>Sean M. Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124611350343147460sean@inoodle.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18438998.post-382870243847350932009-07-11T10:58:00.001+01:002009-07-11T11:02:15.427+01:00

by Wayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing WriterJuly 7, 2009(WMR) -- WMR has learned that the National Security “Q” Group, responsible for security, has grown to an immense security and counter-intelligence force, with an estimated one thousand government employees, contractors, and paid informants. NSA’s Security force is reportedly primarily tasked with plugging any leaks of

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by Paul Craig RobertsJune 22, 2009David Ray Griffin, the nemesis of the collection of disinformation known as the 9/11 Commission Report, has taken up the question of Osama Bin Laden, dead or alive?On the basis of the available evidence, Griffin concludes that bin Laden died in December 2001, most likely of kidney failure. He has been kept alive in the media by US government PSYOPS as a useful

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Stephen Lendman and Connie Fogal, "The Security and Prosperity Partnership", Modern Media Censorship, Lecture 2. Only part of Lendman's lecture is included, within the first 7 or so minutes, after which Fogal's topnotch lecture begins. Click here for the Project Censored webpage which introduces these two lectures, and which includes an .mp3 link for Lendman's full lecture.

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It is Monday, 8 June 2009, two hundred years to the day since my miserable death, though I should add that while death was, indeed, miserable it was a swim in the sea compared with my life as it finally turned out. However, I have been dead for too long to want to harp on those wretched final years of my life—the assassination of my character, of my person, the unspeakable hypocrisy of it all,

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Harper's Magazine

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A Publicity ReleasefromThe Oliver Arts and Open Press2578 Broadway, Suite 102New York, New York 10025A Family of HeroesThe End of the 19th CenturyA novel by Eric LarsenThe Progressive Press, 2008 Eric Larsen has not written a conventional novel, beginning with a murder, because he’s too much of a scholar to find himself at home in the company of more popular writers. Instead, he has

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Speech before the US House of Representatives, Feb 12, 2009by Rep. Ron PaulPopulistAmerica.comFebruary 12, 2009Madam Speaker,I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interests? What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the

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by Thomas R. EddlemNew AmericanFebruary 13, 2009A Gallup Poll released February 12 revealed that 62 percent of Americans want to investigate or criminally prosecute Bush administration officials who authorized torture in the so-called “war on terror.” But even though President Obama has said numerous times that “nobody's above the law,” on February 10 he used the Bush administration’s “state

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photo by sean, © 2009Introduction by Sean@iNoodle.com:The below popped into my inbox this morning from Eric Larsen, prize-winning novelist, non-fiction author, critic, retired English professor, and topnotch friend and correspondent.And here's a related post which Rebecca published on our Mindful Living Guide site earlier today. The topic and the post itself are inspired by Anne Frank: Why

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photo by sean, © 2009A vaguely interesting article from yesterday's (received at 23:07 GMT) Information Clearing House mailout misses the point in that it assumes benevolent intent by the US government or, rather, the self-seeking politicos who steer the ship (or so they say). Fortunately, the ICH headline piece doesn't grant blanket benevolence as its launching point, but rather states that

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photo by sean, © 2009While the banksters offer up their apologies (their record year-end bonuses secure), the politicians wring their hands, and the media (implicity, mind you) absolve themselves of any and all wrongdoing, I whittle away at a villanelle, another poem inspired by a recent long, slow reading of The Brothers Karamazov.I am, thereby, reminded of Mitya's plea that "We are all

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Introduction by Sean@iNoodle.com:Firstly, apologies (of sorts) for there not having been a post yesterday.In reality, I know from three-plus years' experience that I am perhaps unlikely, ever, to be able to deliver a fresh (or even a leftover reprint) iNoodle each and every day, for the need to earn a (self-employed, worse – in the very best sense of the word – creative, mindful, honest)

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Introduction by Sean@iNoodle.com:And what really happened to Michael Todd, the Manchester police chief "found dead in Snowdonia," and who, notably, led the investigation into Britain's involvement in the CIA's extraordinary rendition (cross-border kidnapping) and torture programs?The British press coverage of his death made a mockery of journalism and professed fair and balanced reporting. The

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Information Clearing HouseFebruary 6, 2009Afshin Rattansi talks to former CIA official Ray McGovern about the consequences for the new head of the CIA and for the United States after Leon Panetta condemns torture, extraordinary rendition and those that were involved in it all. Also, will Cheney go to jail and what about David Miliband who denies that the UK secret services do not engage in

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Britain leads the world in the use of CCTV, says report published today.(Photograph: Getty Images)Introduction by Sean@iNoodle.com:Note that while the Lords appear to be critical on this issue their report serves as a limited hangout (or smokescreen) which leaves the most egregious surveillance practices untouched, unaccounted for.*****World's most pervasive surveillance underminesbasic liberties

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(headline, of course, by Sean@iNoodle.com)by Lee Glendinningguardian.co.ukFebruary 6, 2009BLAIR MEETS OBAMAThe political sphere has been abuzz for weeks about just who will be the first foreign leader to meet Barack Obama. The early phone calls and the order they were placed were well documented, so too the analysis of every raft of legislation. But what's this? Turning every expectation on its

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I have finally added a "Subscribe to iNoodle.com" form to the righthand sidebar, just beneath my profile. This free service, powered by Google, will enable you to receive iNoodle.com posts via your email inbox.A sort of an iNoodle-a-day delivered fresh to you, sans preservatives.Bon appetit!Note: You can also simply click on the "Receive iNoodle.com via Email" link, immediately below.

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photo by sean, © 2009Introduction by Sean@iNoodle.com:Having had the pleasure of reading an advance copy of Eric Larsen's third novel (of a tetralogy)—and having read the first two as well as his A Nation Gone Blind—but not having had the financial resources nor the consequent time to invest in writing a review worthy of the book, I feel better now that Gregory Marszal, a poet with keen

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photo by sean, © 2009I snapped this photograph from our bedroom window this morning.It's a rare snowy day in the southeast of England, with an accompanying relative hush. Schools are closed, lorries jackknifed. Though with the window from which I took this picture opened outward a few inches, I can hear traffic whooshing by still. How reticent we are to slow down to the tune of nature, to rest

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photo by sean, © 2009Click here for the list.Note: the Guardian (of power) says this is "the definitive list," but, of course, there can never be a definitive list (... and that's coming from a Johnnie). Interesting, too, how the pseudo-liberal press is so dismissive of canonical reading lists and great books academic programs – despite, or perhaps because of, the known intellectual rigor of

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ADDENDUM (31 Jan 09):In good conscience, and beyond satire, I would like to write and archive an addendum to this iNoodle.com post – not a retraction as there is no inaccurate fact to retract – but, rather, a heartfelt addition to my glib references concerning Deborah Orr and her husband.My opinion concerning the article itself stands as, likewise, being heartfelt.However, my closing suggestion –

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by Paul Craig RobertsJanuary 28, 2009Information ClearinghouseCalifornia State Controller John Chiang announced on January 26 that California’s bills exceed its tax revenues and credit line and that the state is going to print its own money known as IOUs. The template is already designed.Instead of receiving their state tax refunds in dollars, California residents will receive IOUs. Student aid

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by Russell MokhiberJanuary 27, 2009 CommonDreams.orgI left Washington last week when many of friends and family members were coming here to celebrate the inauguration of our first African-American President.My eleven year-old son asked me -- why turn your back on Obama?I threw back at him Martin Luther King -- It's not the color of his skin, it's the content of his character.What does it say

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