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Michael Collins
DC area writer and researcher
Michael Collins is a DC area based writer and researcher. His work focuses on the abuse of power through the influence of big money. His series, The Money Party, illustrates this ubiquitous theme. Collins has a strong track record publicizing and exposing high impact forms of election fraud. His "Scoop" special, Election 2004: The Urban Legend and the three part series on Republican primary election fraud were very special scoops.
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Collins: Gates To Iraqis - We'll Stay, Just Ask Us
Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 11:09 am | Michael Collins
A revealing article appeared in Voice of America (VOA) on August 12. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made the following statement: More >>
Michael Collins: Gibbs Outed as Republican Mole
Friday, 13 August 2010, 6:44 pm | Michael Collins
White House Press Secretary, Robert "the mole" Gibbs, was outed last night for his lead role in throwing the 2010 congressional election to the Republican Party. More >>
Turkish Military Defies Civilian Rule
Monday, 9 August 2010, 6:59 pm | Michael Collins
On July 24, an Istanbul Court ordered the arrest of 102 current and former high ranking Turkish military officers. The military responded by shielding the officers in locations that made arrests difficult, if not impossible. This provoked the current conflict ... More >>
Wikileaks' Julian Assange and Conspiracy Theories
Monday, 2 August 2010, 10:34 pm | Michael Collins
John Young was one of the co-founders of Wikileaks. He quickly left the organization in disagreement with some of its policies (CNET). Young was a natural choice for Wikileaks since he has operated a leak website, CRYPTOME, since 1996. His site just ... More >>
Michael Collins: Chris Floyd Skewers Wikileaks
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 10:03 pm | Michael Collins
"So once again, and for the last time, we ask the question: How does this alter the prevailing conventional wisdom about the war?" Chris Floyd, Leaky Vessels: Wikileaks "Revelations" Will Comfort Warmongers, Confirm Conventional Wisdom, Empire Burlesque ... More >>
Kos, "Raw Data," and the Mainstream Media
Sunday, 18 July 2010, 9:29 pm | Michael Collins
When DailyKos publisher and owner Markos Moulitsas demanded that his pollster produce raw data from the polls Moulitsas purchased, he established a principle of election polling transparency that could open up the checkered history of presidential elections ... More >>
Truth Unflinching and the Price of Integrity
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 9:15 pm | Michael Collins
(Washington, DC) Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and investigative journalist Robert Parry spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC last night. They were guests of The McClendon Group which holds periodic meetings at the press club featuring ... More >>
Elena Kagan - Willing Accomplice
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 1:19 pm | Michael Collins
Should Elena Kagan be approved as a justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States? As it turns out there's a supremely simple method of testing her suitability. Once applied, citizens of any political persuasion will see that her nomination should ... More >>
Big Oil - First Nigeria then the World
Friday, 18 June 2010, 10:13 pm | Michael Collins
The big oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is not the first to threaten a people's way of life. Just ask the Ogoni people from Nigeria's oil rich central Niger Delta. Their experience over decades offers a model of things to come without serious changes ... More >>
The Sovereign State of BP - Down for the Count?
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 7:58 pm | Michael Collins
British Petroleum has operated as though it were a sovereign state since its inception. When they blew the well at their Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, it never occurred to them that they would have to take orders from anybody. But that may change ... More >>
White House, Big Oil, & the "American Power Act"
Monday, 24 May 2010, 6:29 pm | Michael Collins
This analysis looks behind the scenes at how the ban on offshore drilling was lifted and what that had to do with the ultimate prize for big oil, the American Power Act. It focuses on the current administration. That in no way implies that the problem ... More >>
Too Big to Exist (TBE) - Big Oil
Monday, 17 May 2010, 1:56 pm | Michael Collins
There is no viable solution insight for the out of control oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. The stunning failure of British Petroleum (BP) raises the question - are these oil giants too big to exist? Are they too dangerous to function in our presence? ... More >>
Clegg Throws the People Under the Bus
Thursday, 13 May 2010, 8:43 pm | Michael Collins
"I genuinely believe it is the national interest, in the interest of everybody in Great Britain, first to use this opportunity to usher in a new politics after the discredited politics of the past." Speaking to rally for proportional representation: ... More >>
Michael Collins: British Election Leaders' Debate
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 1:30 pm | Michael Collins
The third and final debate between the British party leaders will play a critical role in selecting the next Prime Minister. The first debate altered the course of the election, for a few days anyway. The Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg passed ... More >>
What to do About the Banks
Monday, 26 April 2010, 12:58 pm | The Agonist
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. Journalist Walter Bagehot Banking reform measures are moving rapidly through the U.S. House and Senate, so much so that bills ... More >>
British The Leaders' Debate - Foreign Affairs
Monday, 26 April 2010, 10:57 am | Michael Collins
I enjoyed Sterling Newberry's excellent article of April 19, Liberal Democrats on the Verge of Historic Takedown . The numbers were certainly there for a Nick Clegg - Liberal Democrat stampede if only Clegg had the ability to finish off the old parties ... More >>
Review: "Proving Election Fraud" - Richard Charnin
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 3:48 pm | Michael Collins
Stock deals are rigged for insiders. Big money runs Congress. And we've gone to war based on a series of calculated lies. Are you willing to accept the fact that our elections are subject to the same type of corruption? More >>
WikiLeaks Video - The Greater Horror
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:28 pm | Michael Collins
There they are, the people who brought you every bit of the action in the WikiLeaks video and all of the other horrors flowing from invasion of Iraq. Madeleine Albright (far right, above), former Clinton Secretary of State, is a good place to start. ... More >>
Understanding Supply Side Capitalism
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 4:36 pm | The Agonist
Now that Republicans are starting to talk about restoring Reaganomics , it is a good time to review Reaganomics; i.e., Supply Side Capitalism. This is number two of my technical essays about how the world works. Today we will explore how supply side ... More >>
Understanding Capitalism versus Socialism
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 4:31 pm | The Agonist
Maybe you are a casual Agonist reader or an Agonista at heart but in any case you are probably asking yourself: what's the deal with socialism and why do I like capitalism? More >>
