February 2011
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Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Human Unity →
Humankind since its beginnings has tried to make sense of its existence. Since the first realization that the person as an individual is separate from their environment, we have tried to answer the…
Army Used Psy-Ops On U.S. Senators →
Rolling Stone has reported that Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, while stationed in Afghanistan, ordered the use of Psy-Ops teams on visiting congressman and dignitaries last year.
The use of propaganda or…
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Army Used Psy-Ops On U.S. Senators
Rolling Stone has reported that Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, while stationed in Afghanistan, ordered the use of Psy-Ops teams on visiting congressman and dignitaries. READ MORE
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U.S. Faces Government Shutdown As Negotiations...
The plans for a short term stopgap to prevent a government shutdown have once again been stalled in congress. The latest measure proposed by the GOP was refused by Senate Democrats citing that the new proposal is essential the same resolution proposed by the house Republicans earlier. Full Story HERE
Gadhafi Orders Sabotage Of Pipelines →
Unfortunately for the people of Libya, Moammar Gadhafi does not plan to go quietly. According to Time columnist Robert Baer, a source close to Gadhafi says that the leader has ordered the sabotage of…
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Gadhafi Prepares for "Martyrdom"
In a speech on Tuesday Moammar Gadhafi made it clear that he was not going to yield to the protests and step down. FULL STORY
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Gadhafi Orders Sabotage Of Pipelines
Unfortunately for the people of Libya, Moammar Gadhafi does not plan to go quietly. Full Story HERE
Earthquake Rattles New Zealand →
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch and South Island yesterday at 12:50 pm.The of the damage is still uncertain but 3 News in New Zealand reported that 60% of Lyttelton, the epicenter of the…
April 2010
23 posts
Census Nonsense →
Browse > Home / Ask FactCheck / Census Nonsense Census Nonsense March 18, 2010 Q: Do I have to answer Census questions? Isn’t this an invasion of privacy and a violation of the Fourth Amendment? A: A…
(Un) Covering The Death Squads in El Salvador... →
Embedded with killers: Reporters Craig Pyes, left, and Laurie Becklund with death squad leader D’Aubuisson in 1982. (Un) Covering The Death Squads in El Salvador SHOWCASE | March 24, 2010 On the 30th…
Health Care Reform a Crucial Issue for Coffee... →
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Officials worry anger at D.C. is behind low Texas... →
WASHINGTON — Texas is counting on the 2010 Census to deliver four new congressional districts, four new Electoral College votes in presidential elections, and millions of dollars in additional…
For Rwandans, the pope's apology must be... →
by Martin Kimani If sexual abuse in Ireland warrants his contrition, what contempt is shown by the Vatican’s silence over its role in genocide? If you are an Irish Catholic, and have suffered sexual…
Oklahoma Tea Party Plans To Form Armed Militia →
Supporters say this militia won’t be like those other “militias”. However, if this is enacted will the militia answer to the state or to the tea partiers? If this militia is commanded by the state…
And So The Battle Still Rages →
The Ghost of Bobby Lee Apr 13 2010, 9:46 AM ET Tolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus—Ralph Wiley
Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary makes note of the fact that General Lee was opposed to slavery. I…
Iran Vows to Seek Nuclear Free World | Middle East... →
Forgive me if I have trouble taking you seriously Mr.Ahmadinejad. Unless of course you mean a nuclear free world EXCEPT for Iran, then I get it.
FROM: Voice Of AmericaIran’s Foreign Ministry says…
EXCLUSIVE: President Obama Slaps Sarah Palin as... →
Still not sure why Sarah continues to criticize others for lack of experience in areas she has no experience in as well. -Obama brushed off criticisms from former Republican vice presidential…
Tea party-backed flag won’t fly at Connecticut... →
So I guess a symbolic overthrow of a state government is the way the “democratic process” works for “real patriots”. Honestly I did not know that you could just ask to put a flag atop a state…
Wait....What? McCain: "I never considered myself a... →
A Newsweek interview quoted John McCain as saying that he never thought he was a maverick.read full story HERE
Well at least its good to know that even John didn’t believe in his own campaign…
Violence in the Modern Moral Order | Balinko... →
by Yonten Gyatso The question of violence in our modern moral order is a complicated one. We live in a society in which at the societal level, abhors violence in some cases but at the same time…
Iran Recieved Nuclear Tech From China? →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western authorities are investigating whether an Iranian firm acquired valves and vacuum gauges used to enrich uranium through the representative of a Chinese firm, the Wall…
We want freedom of speech But we all talkin' at... →
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Remembering An Inspiration →
Thanks tohellocitizensfor this post OBITUARY Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to ‘Stand and Deliver’ He became America’s most famous teacher after a 1988…
"Beaner-Hopping," Hate, and Murder: Not In Our... →
by Alex DiBranco April 02, 2010 01:26 PM (PT) On Monday, a teenager from Long Island testified that he and a group of friends decided to go “beaner-hopping” in November 2008. “It’s when you go out…
Balinko: "Beaner-Hopping," Hate, and Murder: Not... →
On Monday, a teenager from Long Island testified that he and a group of friends decided to go “beaner-hopping” in November 2008. “It’s when you go out and you look for a Hispanic to beat up,”…
Extremist group demands governors resign, FBI says →
SO after months of inflammatory remarks it appears that the chickens have come home to roost. Except now republicans and (in Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbonsow case) tea party republicans are no longer…
Officials worry anger at D.C. is behind low Texas... →
WASHINGTON — Texas is counting on the 2010 Census to deliver four new congressional districts, four new Electoral College votes in presidential elections, and millions of dollars in additional…
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Florida doctor tells Obama health care supporters...
By Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel 8:22 a.m. EDT, April 2, 2010 MOUNT DORA — A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who...
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The Essence of Anarchy
Sean Wilentz March 30, 2010 | 12:00 am Historical amnesia is as dangerously disorienting for a nation as for an individual. So it is with the current wave of enthusiasm for “states’ rights,” “interposition,” and “nullification”—the claim that state legislatures or special state conventions or referendums have the legitimate power to declare federal laws null and void within their own...
March 2010
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Serbia Apologizes for 1995 Massacre
BELGRADE, March 31 (Reuters) - Serbia’s parliament apologised on Wednesday for the 1995 killing of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica, but the process only highlighted how deeply polarised the country remains about its wartime past. The resolution expressed sympathy to victims and apologised for not doing enough to prevent the massacre, but stopped short of calling the...
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Student Lenders' Slippery Jobs Numbers
March 25, 2010 Would overhauling the student loan program really “jeopardize more than 30,000 private sector jobs,” as claimed by those who oppose it? We find that figure to be a stretch. A widely quoted, independent expert says any job loss is likely to be much less,...
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Officials worry anger at D.C. is behind low Texas...
WASHINGTON — Texas is counting on the 2010 Census to deliver four new congressional districts, four new Electoral College votes in presidential elections, and millions of dollars in additional federal aid. But, as some elected officials are starting to worry, Uncle Sam can’t deliver anything to the rapidly growing Sun Belt state unless Texas residents deliver their forms...
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Insurance industry agrees to fix kids coverage gap...
WASHINGTON – If you can’t beat them, join them. After nearly a year battling President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats over the health care overhaul, the insurance industry says it won’t block the administration’s efforts to fix a potentially embarrassing glitch in the new law. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the...
Thirty people arrested at funeral of Ayatollah...
Thirty people were arrested yesterday at the funeral of Mahsoltan Rabani, wife of late dissident cleric Ayatollah Montazeri in Qom. Kalameh website reports that participants were arrested as they returned from the cemetery by security forces which had been deployed in the area since the early hours of the day. Mahsoltan Rabani passed away two days ago and her funeral was carried out yesterday...
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For Rwandans, the pope's apology must be...
by Martin Kimani If sexual abuse in Ireland warrants his contrition, what contempt is shown by the Vatican’s silence over its role in genocide? If you are an Irish Catholic, and have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a priest, you were recently read a letter from Pope Benedict that tells you: “You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo...
Moscow metro bombing: the backlash begins | Irina...
The suicide bombers’ targeting was deliberately provocative – and the Russian authorities’ response is equally predictable I am not there at the moment, but I actually live next to the Park Kultury underground station where the second Moscow blast happened. This is “my” station, and I use it every time I need to go anywhere except the nearest shop. And every time, once...
So George Washington was a socialist, too! - Joe...
Salon It is an annoying habit of politicians and activists on the right to loudly denounce almost anything they don’t like as “unconstitutional” — including progressive taxes, civil rights statutes, environmental protections, and now healthcare reform. So Republican lawyers and attorneys general around the country are preparing challenges to the...
Dog Ordered To Attend Classes After Eating Police...
via chevroletinthenews.com A pit bull mix in Tennessee that was taken into custody by authorities for attacking local police cars has been ordered to attend obedience training. The put bull mix, named Winston, didn’t actually bite any people, but he did manage to maul a police car in Chattanooga, TN. The confused, but determined dog was able to tear off a portion of the police car’s front...
Victoria Jackson: Drugged out commie hunter or...
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Israeli soldiers 'used child to check for...
Published: 5:29PM GMT 24 Mar 2010 The staff sergeants in the Givati infantry brigade have been charged with acting “in...
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Airborne bears to catch bin Laden, and other...
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 ARLINGTON, Va. — Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out Osama bin Laden? That’s one suggestion the Pentagon has received from someone who noted, quite correctly, that a bear’s sense of smell is much more powerful than a bloodhound’s. “Overnight, Parachute some bears into areas [bin Laden] might be,” the ...
Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with...
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Beijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to dampen complaints about the capital’s rubbish crisis.
The giant fragrance sprays will be put in place by May at the Asuwei dump site, one of several hundred tips that are the focus of growing public concerns about sanitation, environmental health and a runaway consumer...
Manure Raises a New Stink
By LAUREN ETTER WINCHESTER, Ind.—Like many of his neighbors, farmer Tony Goltstein has to deal with the aftermath of the dairy bubble. But besides his mounting financial troubles, Mr. Goltstein also must contend with bubbles the size of small houses that have sprouted from the pool of manure at his Union Go Dairy Farm. Some are 20 feet tall, inflated with the gas released by 21...
Iranian Activists: Fight for Iran is Battle Over...
Source: insideIRAN.org many websites are filtered by the Iranian authorities The insideIRAN.org project at The Century Foundation and the National Security Network are convening a year-long advisory task force comprised of North American, European, and Iranian participants, well-connected either to their respective countries’ policy-making on Iran or, in the case of the...
Eric Cantor fires blanks on gunshot | Richard...
“A bullet was shot through the window”: Republican Eric Cantor. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Following reports of multiple attacks on the offices of Democrats who voted for healthcare reform over the weekend, Republican House whip Eric Cantor held an angry press conference on Thursday claiming that his office had been attacked by...
Obama 'dumped Netanyahu for private dinner'
Obama ‘dumped Netanyahu for private dinner’ By Giles Whittell and James Hider TIMES OF LONDON/NEWSCORE Last Updated: 12:10 PM, March 26, 2010 Posted: 12:03 PM, March 26, 2010 For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have...
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(Un) Covering The Death Squads in El Salvador...
Embedded with killers: Reporters Craig Pyes, left, and Laurie Becklund with death squad leader D’Aubuisson in 1982. (Un) Covering The Death Squads in El Salvador SHOWCASE | March 24, 2010 On the 30th anniversary of the brutal assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, a veteran reporter looks back at some extraordinary and daring close-in coverage that was spurred by...
Health-reform rally heckler says he's sorry and...
via dispatch.com The man who berated and tossed dollar bills at a man with Parkinson’s disease during a health care protest last week says he is remorseful and scared. “I snapped. I absolutely snapped and I can’t explain it any other way,” said Chris Reichert of Victorian Village, in a Dispatch interview. In his first comments on an incident that went viral...