How Come Everything has to be the Way that it Is?
Three buildings don’t fall down exactly the same way on the same day in the same place when only two planes hit two buildings. Especially when no comparable buildings ever collapsed like that before
Strange Moments of the Remarkable Times
Tyranny occurs because you allow it. Just as the good can only endure if it can endure in you
Free Expression; Tweedledum and Tweedledee
There is something in the human spirit which cannot be denied. Dark times come and go. But the reptiles that are presently making the world look like something out of Hellraiser just don’t have the juice for the long haul
When the Truth takes off Her Clothes the World Disappears
It’s no coincidence that lies are hard currency in political life, in business and among criminals too. Smoking Mirrors explains
Caught between sobbing and war chants
Former Israeli soldier, jazz musician and political activist Gilad Atzmon, reflects on the mood in Israel in the wake of the recent handover with Hezbollah
The Trouble with Naalin is the Will to Live
Smoking Mirrors on intentional enigmas; convolutions, shell games, ironies, conundrums and the Palestinian village of Naalin
German Kids Beg For Food While Berlin Elites Drink Vintage Champagne
Mike James reports from Germany where the rich are getting richer … and the poor are growing poorer
The Brave and the Beautiful Lives of Our Times
A survey of the alternative Internet media; the voices in the wilderness and those that collect and present them
Charity or Ruse?
Time was when rock music was about youthful rebellion but not anymore. Now it’s about control in the guise of revolt. We take a closer look at the man behind the Live 8 concerts, Sir Bob Gedolf (left)
July Thunder
July thunder of Russo-Chinese veto over Zimbabwe ended the long suspense. Power transfer in Russia has been completed; the lull of the West’s total freedom of hands is over
Money, Honey and Face Time in Your Dreams
Nancy Pelosi said she would do one thing and she did another. She’s an incredibly unprincipled whore, no different than Karl Rove. But what about the people who are supposed to be telling us the truth and whose sites are virtual Wal-Mart’s of product?
The Hydra-Headed, Blood-Sucking, Bitch-Media Machine
There is one thing that is most responsible for maintaining ‘the lie’ and for promoting the problems in this world than any single entity or collective. Smoking Mirrors looks at exactly what that is