Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Economic Fascism

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Banned-Books.com "Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines fascism as "a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exa...

Home schooling grows - USATODAY.com

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"The ranks of America's home-schooled children have continued a steady climb over the past five years, and new research suggests br...
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Daily Kos: Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

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An Open Letter to the 111th Congress "You'll continue to act quickly on things that should be acted on slowly, and you'll act s...

20 Forgotten Bush Scandals - The Daily Beast

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It's like a laundry list of hellacious times, a 20-item list that could have been longer, all under the mantle of "forgotten",...

Israel Commiting a War Crime in Gaza - allvoices.com

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"This war has caused a humanitarian crisis of the order not seen since Milosovic-led Serbians killed and maimed thousands of Bosnians i...

Statment Of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On The DHS Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

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"It’s interesting - I went through one of those symbolic checkpoints in the state of New York driving back here. It was about 125 miles...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Op-Ed Contributors - The End of the Financial World as We Know It - NYTimes.com

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"OUR financial catastrophe, like Bernard Madoff’s pyramid scheme, required all sorts of important, plugged-in people to sacrifice our c...

2009 Could Be Better Than You Think - WSJ.com

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It can be hard to raise your head above the rising waters of a drowning economy and the chaos of misguided, misinformed and miserable media,...

Daily Kos: The I/P Conflict is Simpler than You Think [UPDATED]

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" The fundamental fact is that Palestinians are under the military domination of Israel. You can trace the history of this conflict bac...

Worldwide Sawdust:: It's Not Too Late: Demand Obama Investigate Bush's War Crimes

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Go to Change.gov and click "Additional Issues" and check the top question to make prosecution of the murderous moron and his hyen...

The Raw Story | Cheney: Bush's actions legal if not impeached

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"If you don't get punished, you didn't go anything wrong, right? That's the message Vice President Dick Cheney gave in an i...

Probe Leads Richardson to Abandon Cabinet Bid - WSJ.com

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"The governor has said he is not guilty of any wrongdoing. But a source close to him said there was too much uncertainty about the inve...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Igniting Change: The Future of the U.S.

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Pop!Casts "No U.S. President has died under the same flag he was born under." Will President-elect Obama be the first?  Could be h...

If Americans Knew - What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine

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Statistics can lie; they often do. But sometimes the numbers have a truth that no one can deny. Read these and judge for yourself. Then ther...

Chrysler gets $4 billion U.S. government loan | Reuters

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So "American" cars run on taxpayer money now, huh? I wonder what kind of crappy mileage numbers We'll get out of that ...

THE MAPS TELL THE TRUE STORY

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What Really Happened.com "How does a defensive action result in the total conquest of someone else's lands? The answer is that it d...

Op-Ed Columnist - A President Forgotten but Not Gone - NYTimes.com

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Might I add, not gone soon enough? "Another, far more elaborate example of legacy spin can be downloaded from the White House Web site ...

OpEdNews: The Sarah Palin-Like Presidency

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"In a recent article in Newsweek (excerpt posted below) top aides report that Bush was doomed with the American public after Katrina. ...
Saturday, January 3, 2009

Toward a Greater Separation of Power

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Nolan Chart.com : "I propose that, instead of three branches of government, we adopt three (or more) completely independent and non-ter...

The Raw Story | Mukasey's recommendation of exec privilege to hide Cheney transcript revealed

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"The seven-page letter (pdf), dated July 15, argues that disclosure of such records would hinder future presidents' ability to rece...

The time has come: Can Barack Obama really make a difference? - Americas, World - The Independent

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"Never, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, have so many invested so much hope in a single individual. Except that the object of their fix...

BBC NEWS | Americas | Cuba offers direct talks with US

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"Speaking on state TV on Friday, President Castro repeated his previous assertions that Havana was ready for direct talks with the US ...

Op-Ed Contributors - Four Ways for Detroit to Save Itself - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

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Technology to the rescue? From an industry that very selectively chose technology to "boost" its position...and ended up bankrup...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Brian Eno: Stealing Gaza

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Counterpunch.com "The Israelis are a gifted and resourceful people who fully deserve the right to live in peace, but who seem intent on...

Would They Be Planning to Use Troops Against Americans If They WEREN'T Stealing Our Money?

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Alex Jones' Infowars.com : Here's the complete post (minus hyperlinks on every "this"): "Political science professor ...

Israel kills Hamas leader and his family with one-tonne bomb - World news, News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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"Medics say a total of 13 members of Rayyan's family were killed by the airstrike on the residential neighbourhood." Bomb. Res...

The Worst Predictions About 2008 - BusinessWeek

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Worth looking at if only to note how utterly wrong some of these "experts" can be. (Note that the murderous moron of the Oval Ori...

Rootless Cosmopolitan - By Tony Karon: Understanding Gaza

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"Well, actually, as Avrum Burg has said so eloquently in his new book The Holocaust is Over, We Must Rise from its Ashes , it is precis...

The Iraq War Is Now Illegal - The Daily Beast

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" Bush allowed the UN mandate to expire on December 31 without requesting a renewal. At precisely one second after midnight, Congress’ ...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Imprisoning Our Own: 8 Shocking Facts about American Incarceration | EcoSalon - The Green Gathering

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"For being the most prosperous country in the world, education spending in the United States ranks a paltry #38 in the entire world, la...

Think Progress---2008: Bush’s Last Year By The Numbers

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– Number Of U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq: 322. – Number Of U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan: 151. – Number Of Jobs Lost: 1.9 million. – Numbe...

Top 12 Political Blunders of 2008 | Politicususa

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Do you want to elicit a 2008 guffaw of mocking glee in 2031? Just say "Palin."

Guantánamo: a hellhole where torture scandals shook the world’s trust in US justice - Times Online

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"Today, as the Bush Administration and the incoming Obama team join forces to try to persuade Britain and its European allies to help t...

Images - In Pictures: Massacre of Gazan Children

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AllVoices.com Does it matter who uses military personnel and might to indiscriminately kill unarmed civilians? Does it make it right when A ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Why Wall Street Always Blows It - The Atlantic (December 2008)

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Plenty of blame to go around and don't think it doesn't touch you 'cuz it does...

21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008 -- FORTUNE

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Yes, it's one of those "click for a new page" deals that some sites use to pad their numbers, but here's a summary of the ...

All Spin Zone -- Alberto Gonzales Can’t Find a Job, Whines

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Seeing as how it is the holiday season and all, I'll limit Myself to a bland "Fuck you, Alberto."

Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control | Science Codex

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Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control | Science Codex : "Self-control is critical for s...

Cornell Chronicle: Pocket-sized therapeutic ultrasound device

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Cornell Chronicle: Pocket-sized therapeutic ultrasound device : "Ultrasound is commonly used as a nondestructive imaging technique in m...