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zeemike

(18,998 posts)
5. Another edition of things you will not hear about in the MSM.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:46 AM
Jul 2015

Thank god for people like Amye Goodman and Democracy Now.

Hillary Clinton needs to be asked why she as SoS did not condemn this coup d'etat think Jul 2015 #1
Our objective is no longer democracy. It is economic, ideological, and other interests newthinking Jul 2015 #23
Agree. Human trafficking in Malaysia being reclassified so they can be approved for the TPP think Jul 2015 #25
Clinton worked to create back channel communications with the soon to be dictator Roberto Micheletti think Jul 2015 #2
That was my first thought, too! RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #4
Yep. Nixon used Kissenger for a back channel with Brazil to help overthrow Allende in Chile think Jul 2015 #6
Do you think the two coups are remotely comparable? uhnope Jul 2015 #26
Yes. 2 democratically elected presidents were overthrown. In both cases back channels were created think Jul 2015 #28
That picture of Clinton with Kissinger is horrible! Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #14
Nice!! Can't you just feel the love? n/t RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #15
Very enlightening piece on Honduras. jalan48 Jul 2015 #3
Another edition of things you will not hear about in the MSM. zeemike Jul 2015 #5
Thanks, marmar... truth2power Jul 2015 #7
The Sanders campaign would be NUTS to let this go. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #8
Yes, particularly since the left in Central America is very much tied to the labor movement DLnyc Jul 2015 #18
especially if she wants to play the "TRUE sword and shield of Blacks and gays and women" against the MisterP Jul 2015 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #9
A stain on both Obama's presidency and Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State DLnyc Jul 2015 #10
Don't worry. Clinton will be much better as President!! RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #12
One of the "multiple" times the Obama administration disavowed itself from her remarks. ieoeja Jul 2015 #13
When was that? Which remarks? DLnyc Jul 2015 #17
She made some positive remark about the new government in Honduras. ieoeja Jul 2015 #37
It is a continuation (amplification) of "democracy promotion" (which has little to do with democracy newthinking Jul 2015 #22
Their refusal to call it by it's true name says a lot : "Military Coup". GoneFishin Jul 2015 #11
^This^ think Jul 2015 #16
there's always a song and dance around this: first they say it wasn't a coup, then the red-baiters MisterP Jul 2015 #31
If I remember correctly. iandhr Jul 2015 #19
No, that's the bullshit excuse the Junta used. Fuddnik Jul 2015 #20
" He denied it" iandhr Jul 2015 #21
There was no evidence. Period. Fuddnik Jul 2015 #24
think about what you just typed virtualobserver Jul 2015 #27
I left my tinfoil hat at home. Can someone explain this conspiracy to me? uhnope Jul 2015 #29
The UN condemned the coup while Clinton set up back channel talks with the new dictator. think Jul 2015 #30
Where was I wrong? Can you provide links? uhnope Jul 2015 #33
Was this a coup or not? Was Zelayua the elected president or not? Please provide your evidence that think Jul 2015 #34
Wow so you're heated up about this but don't know about the Constitutional crisis that preceded uhnope Jul 2015 #35
A referendum is NOT fiddling. think Jul 2015 #36
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