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Skeletor Is Gonna Be Watching You
Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in USby Spencer S. Hsu The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the … Continue reading
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The Daily Iraq War Report
And to remind you of the liars that still reside in Washington, DC, with impunity, here is a link to the White House Web site titled Disarm Saddam Hussein. Courtesy of Free Iraq. 9th of April – The Fall of … Continue reading
Un-Fuck ‘Em Or Another Sign of a Sick Society
To learn the story of this picture, click here(©1970 by Ron Mesaros & Playboy)Ignorant History: In Praise of Hippies and the Counter-CultureBy Bill Hatch / April 12, 2008 These thoughts are provoked by Gerald de Groot’s Reflections on The Sixties … Continue reading
Making Foreclosures into Public Events
Truckers rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.(Chris Gardner / Getty Images)Truckers Hit the BrakesBy Barbara Ehrenreich / April 12, 2008 Until the beginning of this month, Americans seemed to have nothing to say about their ongoing economic ruin except, “Hit me! Please, … Continue reading
Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups
Meet the private security firm that spied on Greenpeace and other environmental outfits for corporate clients. A tale of intrigue, infiltration, and dumpster-diving. By James Ridgeway / April 11, 2008 A private security company organized and managed by former Secret … Continue reading
An Emmy For O’Reilly : Please Say It Isn’t So…
Protesting an O’Reilly EmmyApril 11, 2008 Bill O’Reilly is set to receive a local Emmy award in Boston next month. But he won’t, if a former fellow tabloid talker gets his way. According to the Boston Herald, Barry Nolan says … Continue reading
Trembling with Indignation at Every Injustice
“Guerrillero Heroico” – Alberto KordaHope is for Suckersby Mickey Z. / April 11, 2008 Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man. – Friedrich Nietzsche We can’t give up hope, I’m often told. Keep hope … Continue reading
The Daily Iraq War Report
More Americans Want to End Iraq War Next YearApril 10, 2008 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Two-in-five adults in the United States believe the coalition effort should be over in 2009, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 39 per … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan on Likelihood of War with Iran
Petraeus Points to War With IranBy Patrick J. Buchanan The neocons may yet get their war on Iran. Ever since President Nouri al-Maliki ordered the attacks in Basra on the Mahdi Army, Gen. David Petraeus has been laying the predicate … Continue reading
Guantanamo Defendant Calls Trial a ‘Sham’
This April 24, 2007 file photo shows a Joint Task Force guard (L) at Camp #1 inside the detainee center at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, as he talks with a detainee who has had his identity … Continue reading
Manning Marable : African American Peacemakers
Dr. Manning Marable.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and the Struggle against Racism, Inequality and Warby Manning Marable [The following was first delivered as a speech at the University of Illinois at Chicago, sponsored by the Great Cities Institute … Continue reading
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