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Conservatism Is the Ideology of Freedom
Hah, hah, hah, hah …… If Conservatism Is The Ideology of Freedom, I’m The Queen of EnglandBy David Michael Green 11/24/07 “ICH” — — – I wish I had a nickel for every time a conservative told a lie in … Continue reading
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Towards a Military Confrontation – Chomsky
Noam Chomsky on U.S. Policy Towards Iran: Are assumptions about Iran wrong? “Suppose it was true that Iran is helping insurgents in Iraq. I mean, wasn’t the United States helping insurgents when the Russians invaded Afghanistan? Did we think there … Continue reading
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Like Everyone, We Never Hear From You Again
The World Continues to Look Away. Don’t.By Brian O’Connell Some stories, as horrific as they are, need to be read by everyone. This is one of them. 11/24/07 “SMH” — — Ombeni is late. School starts in 20 minutes and … Continue reading
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Hangin’ In the Balance (Again)
Preventing the Impending War on Iranby Marjorie CohnNovember 25, 2007, HuffingtonPost Rhetoric flowing out of the White House indicates the Bush administration is planning a military attack on Iran. Officials in Saudi Arabia, a close Bush ally, think the handwriting … Continue reading
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Supreme International Crimes
The U.S. Aggression Process and Its Collaborators: From Guatemala (1950-1954) to Iran (2002-)by Edward S. Herman and David PetersonNovember 25, 2007 We are living in a very dangerous period in which a predatory superpower has embarked on a series of … Continue reading
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The MSM Fails Us Again
Because they refuse to report facts and would rather distort the material relevant to the Iranian nuclear question, per instructions from BushCo, no doubt. Politics of Reporting on IAEA Reportsby Farideh Farhi It is always interesting to read the actual … Continue reading
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As Junior’s Buddies Fall
Australia’s Opposition Leader Rudd Wins Landslide Election Victory SYDNEY – Centre-left leader Kevin Rudd stormed to victory in Australia’s election Saturday, ending conservative Prime Minister John Howard’s 11-year rule with pledges to change course on climate change and the Iraq … Continue reading
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With Nothing to Replace Them
Disintegration of the Bourgeois Brainby Olga Bonfiglio This month’s U.S. Senate vote to approve Michael Mukasey’s nomination for attorney general essentially sanctioned torture. It is yet another example of Congressional complicity in this Age of Terror with a zealous administration … Continue reading
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Time Is Not On Our Side
A review of Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A. Q. Khan, and the Rise of Proliferation Networksby Zia Mian, November 24, 2007Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Proliferation watchers have kept track of A. Q. Khan’s activities for about 30 years. In … Continue reading
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More Repression, More Police State Stuff
Islamic Academy in U.S. Under FireBy MATTHEW BARAKAT,APPosted: 2007-11-24 17:52:56 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Nov. 24) – Its most virulent critics have dubbed it “Terror High” and 12 U.S. senators and a federal commission want to shut it down. The teachers, administrators … Continue reading
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Venezuelan "Si" Support
Hundreds of thousands of students march for Chavez and Si in the referendumBy Leonardo Badell and Darrall Cozens, Nov 24, 2007, 02:40 They came in their tens of thousands, in their hundreds of thousands. They came from schools, from colleges, … Continue reading
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Police State Amerikkka
And we predict this sort of behaviour will become more and more prevalent as the US takes the path to fascism. We’ve been saying it since we went online, and we will continue to say it: “You could be next.” … Continue reading
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