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Thursday Thought: The USA Today

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

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Denver : Iraq Veterans March Against the Machine

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Vets/Rage Against the Machine march in Denver Wednesday.Rage Against the Machine fans join vets in rousing Denver protestBy Carl Davidson / August 28, 2008 I start the day early loading leaflets and joining Leslie Cagan, Judith LeBlanc and five other … Continue reading →

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U.N. Finds U.S. Airstrike Killed 90 Afghans

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

An Afghan doctor, left, examines Zinat Gul’s wounded hand, who allegedly was wounded by a U.S. air strike in Shindand district, as her mother looks on at a hospital in Herat, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Photo by Fraidoon … Continue reading →

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Free Gaza Boats Returning to Cyprus

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

Gaza activists to return to Cyprus with Palestinian studentsBy Stefanos Evripidou / August 28, 2008 THE TWO ‘Free Gaza’ boats will set sail from Gaza today for Cyprus after successfully breaking the Israeli sea blockade of the Strip last Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Angola : Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Prisoners picking cotton at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by William Albert Allard / National Geographic.‘It’s not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what’s going on’By Maya Schenwar / August 28, 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 … Continue reading →

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Montana Governor Brian Schweizer Blasts Bush and His Petro-Dictators

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

Governor Brian Schweizer See video below. Schweitzer electrifies convention with energy speechBy Josh Dorner / August 27, 2008 While most of the excitement last night was focused on Senator Clinton’s speech, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave an electrifying (and highly … Continue reading →

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Bush Remains Arrogant and Defiant

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

Joshua Bolten (center) with a couple of other White House criminalsBush steps up fight over congressional authorityBy Matt Apuzzo / August 28, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is raising the stakes in a court fight that could change the … Continue reading →

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Global Warming: We’re Not 100% Doomed

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Almost all political conflict, especially in the US, boils down to a fight between the Sane Billionaires and the Insane Billionaires’By Jonathan Schwarz I believe human civilization will likely — despite current appearances — manage to mitigate global warming and … Continue reading →

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Remember the Bees? EPA Is Hiding Something

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

EPA is Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder InformationAugust 18, 2008 NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery WASHINGTON — The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is … Continue reading →

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Just Like Nazi Germany

Posted on August 28, 2008 by RagBlog

See video below. Longstanding Berkeley Community Center Raided by FBIAugust 27, 2008 More than a dozen computers seized in questionable search BERKELEY, CA — At 10:30 am on Wednesday, August 27th, the UC Berkeley police, plainclothes FBI agents, and an … Continue reading →

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Del Martin, Eloquent Voice of Gay and Lesbian Movement, Dead at 87

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Del Martin, left, places a ring on her partner Phyllis Lyon during their June wedding ceremony officiated by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP.‘As a journalist, author and organizer, Martin helped shape the modern … Continue reading →

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FBI Still Trying to Hide Its Fearful Incompetence

Posted on August 27, 2008 by RagBlog

Judges consider whether FBI violated free speechAugust 27, 2008 NEW YORK — A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking information should … Continue reading →

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