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Rachel Ray in Keffiyeh : Donut Terrorist?
Drivel Dragon Disses Doughnut DivaBy Dark Wraith / May 28, 2008 Global doughnut franchiser Dunkin’ Donuts has removed from broadcast an ad featuring television chef Rachel Ray because Right-wing extremist Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin claimed that, in the ad, … Continue reading
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Wanted : Vegan Republican Moles…
In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groupsBy Matt Snyders / May 21, 2008 They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin … Continue reading
BushCo’s GWOT: Making You Less Secure
The survivors’ stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo Makes Us All Less SafeBy George Monbiot / May 14, 2008 Official accounts reveal with chilling clarity that acts carried out in the name of the war on terror have backfired dreadfully When … Continue reading
The Amerikkkan Bureaucracy Churns Tediously
U.S. has Mandela on terrorist listBy Mimi Hall WASHINGTON — Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza … Continue reading
Domestic Terrorism – A Few Black Eyes Along the Way
Few Clear Wins in U.S. Anti-Terror Cases: Moving Early on Domestic Suspects Often Does Not Bring ConvictionsBy Carrie Johnson and Walter Pincus / April 21, 2008 When seven ragtag men in a Miami religious sect were indicted in 2006 for … Continue reading
German Citizen Challenges U.S. Rendition Before Human Rights Commission
Khaled el-Masri, a German of Lebanese descent says the CIA abducted him Dec. 2003 at the Serbian-Macedonian border. Photo y Thomas Kienzle / AP.Man claims CIA tortured him, goes to international courtApril 9, 2009 Washington — A German citizen thwarted … Continue reading
Democrats Query Mukasey About 9/11 Statement
Top Democrats demand Attorney General explain remarks about pre-9/11 phone callA letter has been sent by leaders of the House Judiciary Committee to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, demanding that he explain a recent public statement that federal authorities failed to … Continue reading
An Outrageous Miscarriage of Justice
Lynne Stewart arrives at court Oct. 16, 2006. Photo: AP Targeting Defense Lawyers: Lynne Stewart’s Long Struggle for JusticeBy Stephan Lendman / April 3, 2008 On April 9, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft made a symbolic visit to “Ground Zero.” … Continue reading
They’re Going to Pay the Price
Mukasey Knew About 9/11 Before It Happened Keith Olbermann Mukasey Hints US Had Attack Warning Before 9/11By David Edwards and Muriel Kane 02/04/08 “Raw Story” — – When Attorney General Mukasey delivered a speech last week demanding that Congress grant … Continue reading
Inoculating Corporate America Against Criminal Complicity with BushCo
Telecom Immunity: Playing the 9/11 Card … Againby Tom Burghardt / April 1st, 2008 The Bush administration, never known for its veracity on any issue, once again is playing the “9/11 card” in an desperate attempt to continue violating the … Continue reading
Federal Continuity Directive 1: Beyond Duct Tape
Lifted shamelessly from Bad Attitudes. Freedom Through Fear [snip] But today’s topic in the post-election prolonging of Bush ideology is the attempt to reinforce and extend the primacy of the “global war on terror“ (GWOT in Bush-speak) as the federal … Continue reading
They Proposed to Move the Earth
America Defeated: How Terrorists Turned a Superpower’s Strengths Against ItselfBy Mark Danner, Tomdispatch.com. Posted March 26, 2008. America’s enemies have used an evangelical, redemptive regime, hell-bent on remaking a fallen world, to lay the seeds of their success. [This essay … Continue reading
