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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Another Monday Movie – Al Qaeda is a Myth, Too
There’s no such thing as al Qaeda, or al Qaida, or however you want to spell it. It’s a fraud perpetrated on the American people by our own government to scare us into submission. This is a clip from the … Continue reading
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Unreasonable Search and Seizure Is Now Reality
US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellersBy David Millward, Transport CorrespondentLast Updated: 1:35am GMT 01/01/2007 Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by Brussels … Continue reading
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Riverbend Is Indignant
And she recognizes George Bush for what he is – a cheap, tawdry, ‘all hat, no cattle’ brand of Texas cowboy, where lynching is standard practise. A Lynching… It’s official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a … Continue reading
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Amerikan Morality Is a Myth
In Iraq, the losses Americans don’t see: We focus so much on the deaths of our troops that we don’t understand the suffering of IraqisBY JOHN TIRMAN (John Tirman is executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for … Continue reading
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Applying the MCA to American Journalism
Why I Object to Testifying Against Lt. WatadaBy Sarah OlsonPublished: December 30, 2006 1:50 PM ET OAKLAND (Commentary) In May of this year, I conducted an interview with Ehren Watada while working as a freelance journalist. Watada is a 1st … Continue reading
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George Bush’s Version of Due Process
The number of international and US laws violated in this entire fiasco is mind-boggling. And the magnitude of hypocrisy expressed in the words of those involved is beyond comment. “Flexibility and freedom,” indeed !! Assholes !! For Guantánamo Review Boards, … Continue reading
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Josh Marshall On the Execution
It’s a hornet’s nest. But I’m game. So why not jump in. [snip] This whole endeavor, from the very start, has been about taking tawdry, cheap acts and dressing them up in a papier-mache grandeur — phony victory celebrations, ersatz … Continue reading
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Facts About the "Combat" – IED’s
Relentless toll to US troops of roadside bombs: The IED has caused over a third of the 3,000 American GI deaths in Iraq.By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Almost every day, Sgt. First Class Joel … Continue reading
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Bringing Democracy to the Middle East
Iraq shuts TV channel for inciting sectarianism01 Jan 2007 18:04:23 GMTBy Claudia Parsons BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) – The Iraqi government ordered the closure of a popular independent television channel on Monday for inciting sectarianism, two days after the hanging … Continue reading
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Fields of Hope in a New Year
The Monday Movie “Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But, many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and … Continue reading
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Stern Report – A Message of Hope
The Hidden Opportunity in Global WarmingBy Marjorie Kelly, Tellus InstituteDec 21, 2006, 06:48 The U.S. media might have missed the significance of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, but the public shouldn’t miss the message: It’s about … Continue reading
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