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Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraq Report: This Does Not Look Like "Victory"
John Tirman questions the GOP’s victory narrative about Iraq. It is a measure of the Orwellian state of the US media and politics that he should have to bother. I mean, the place is a burned out hulk where hundreds … Continue reading
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Jackson Browne Sues John McCain for Using ‘Running on Empty’ in Ad
‘The McCain campaign has a track record of using music without permission’ By Geoff Boucher | August 14, 2008 Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using the song “Running on Empty” in a campaign ad — and the veteran … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Advertising, Jackson Browne, McCain, Music, Musicians, Rock 'n Roll, Student Activism
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To Be a Republican You Need to Believe …
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. 2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s Daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business … Continue reading
Obama Smearmeister Jerome Corsi Frequent Guest on White Supremacist Radio
White supremacist talk show host James Edwards with cohorts. Photo from The Political Cesspool Photo Gallery.Author of new book attacking Obama called ‘luminary’ by rising star of white Confederate mediaBy Jeffrey Feldman / August 14, 2008 Media Matters is now … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio, White Supremacists
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BOOKS : The Lies of Jerome Corsi: Inside the Deceptions of the #1 Best-Selling Anti-Obama Book
The following is a comprehensive review, and debunking, of Jerome Corsi’s book with the oh-so-clever title, The Obama Nation : Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. Corsi, it should be noted, is the architect of swiftboating and a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing, Video
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Suffocating Dead Zones Spread Across World’s Oceans
With more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in global coastal waters, scientists are calling for such dead zones to be recognised as one of the world’s great environmental problems.Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Zones, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Marine Life, Oceans, Science
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Houston : Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student
Recorded threat sparks bipartisan call for investigationA story involving an Army recruiter in Texas last week has led to a bipartisan call for an investigation. The recruiter from the Greenspoint Recruiting Station in Houston was suspended after a recording of … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Congress, Houston, Military Recruiting, Recruiting Abuses, Texas, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Deployed U.S. Troops Donate to Obama by Six to One Margin
‘Tremendous shift from 2000, when the military vote leaned heavily towards the Republicans’By Luke Rosiak / August 14, 2008 During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they’d be home soon. Now, between firefights … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Contributions, GI's, November Election, Obama, Presidential Campaign, U.S. Military
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Texas Congressman Chet Edwards Pivots Closer to V.P. Nomination
Rep. Chet Edwards,D-Texas, at news conference on Capitol Hill in May. A likely veep pick for Barack? Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke / AP.Powerful moderate Democrat: ‘Simply put, Edwards on the ticket would turn Texas purple in one cycle’By Matt … Continue reading
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Tagged Chet Edwards, Congress, Democratic Convention, November Election, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Texas, Vice President
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Shhhh! Don’t Tell! : The Couple Who Lived in a Mall
Michael Townsend and Adriana Yoto at their secret diggs at Providence Place mall in Providence, R.I. Photo by Stephanie Ewens.After Michael Townsend and Adriana Yoto found their skyline blighted by a colossal mall, they protested it in an unusual way … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Consumer Culture, Consumerism, Lifestyle, Shopping Centers, Social Action
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TECHNOLOGY : How I Became a Soldier in the Georgia-Russia Cyberwar
Cyber Monster by TY KohAn Army of Ones and Zeroes‘In recent weeks, Georgia’s government Web sites have been besieged by denial-of-service attacks and acts of vandalism.’By Evgeny Morozov / August 14, 2008 As Russian and Georgian troops fight on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogosphere, Cyberspace, Cyberwar, Georgia, Hackers, Internet, Russia, Technology
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