“In light of this long — but still very partial — list of abuses and usurpations committed by Israel, it is past time for the US to end its ‘special relationship’ with Israel and declare its independence from that country,” — by Henry Nor / Common Dreams

If you’ve ever tried to search for reliable information and analyses which expose the concealed and obscured side of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict, you’ve surely come across the website “If Americans Knew.” Interview by Kourosh Ziabari / My Catbird Seat

Indignities experienced by me and my co-guests on “The Audacity of Hope,” the American boat to Gaza, over the past 10 days in Athens leave no doubt in my mind that Barack Obama’s administration has forfeited the right to claim any lineage to the brave Americans who declared independence from the king of England 235 years ago. — Ray McGovern

Audacity of Hope is complementary to and can be matched by Resignation of Despair. It is simply the other side of the coin, and a position to which Israel is becoming much closer than the “Audacity of Hope” which is falsely purported to have fired the foundations of Israel in the late forties and early fifties. by Debbie Menon / My Catbird Seat

Six Members of Congress have written to Secretary of State Clinton, urging her to do “everything in her power” to work to ensure the safety of the U.S. citizens on board the U.S. Boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope.

Shaking these compromised criminals from their lofty posts and kicking them to the curb may seem like a monumental task, but the sea tide of change is definitely turning in our favor. By Keith Johnson With very few exceptions, the current crop of Armani suited sycophants who occupy seats in both houses of Congress must [...]

Stephen Sniegoski, author of The Transparent Cabal focuses on Danny Cooper’s book “Neoconservatism and American Foreign Policy”, to illustrate the lengths that recent mainstream books on neoconservatives go to in order to avoid pointing out the obvious connection between neocon Middle East policy and the interests of Israel, which as a self-proclaimed Jewish state the neocons support for ethnic reasons.

The collapses of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, on September 11, 2001, were the most frightening images that I have ever seen, up until May 24th, 2011, when Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress and received 29 standing ovations, along with many other outbursts of sycophantic applause.