Tag Archives: Government

2009 Sep 28 Monday

“LRAD Sound Cannon Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters – LRAD Sound Canon Pittsburgh G20 protesters” (via Gizmodo)

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Disgusting. LRAD Sound Cannon Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters (via Gizmodo)

by Dr. Agonize @ 5:34 pm

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2009 Sep 04 Friday

Al Franken talks sense about healthcare

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Who knew that speaking reasonably could be so sexy? Oh yeah….Senator Paul Simon knew, may he rest in peace. When Senator Al Franken was confronted by an angry mob of teabagger/anti-healthcare-reform types, he calmly, rationally and intelligently talked them down, setting an example for how to conduct reasoned discourse that relies on facts and rationality [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:50 am

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2009 Sep 04 Friday

New taxes support churches and parochial schools (via Godless in Chicago)

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Starting Tuesday, September 1, 2009: These unconstitutional taxes are part of the legislative package surrounding the 996-page Capital Bill, which was sponsored by Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan. The new tax revenue will not be distributed equally to all churches, religious schools and ministries. Rather, the General Assembly has designated a [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:48 am

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2009 Aug 30 Sunday

DataSmut: New Orleans since Katrina – (via CNN.com)

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Wired has Inforporn, and now we have DataSmut. It’s rare that the media updates us on how the government is fixing New Orleans, so I’d like to thank CNN for this very un-abstracted visualization of post-Hurricane Katrina civil engineering projects: Charting New Orleans’ progress since Katrina (via CNN.com)

by Dr. Agonize @ 10:22 pm

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2009 Aug 29 Saturday

U.S. Senate bill would give Obama emergency control of Internet (via MacDailyNews)

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An Internet kill-switch sounds like something Iran or China would use to prevent its people from learning about the “lavish” freedoms we have here in the USA. But what do we do, here in the USA, when politicians want “to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency”? [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 11:16 am

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2009 Aug 28 Friday

John Leguizamo Performs “The General’s Report” (via YouTube)

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Presented by Link TV: In this clip, popular actor and comedian John Leguizamo portrays General Antonio Taguba, author of the U.S. Army report on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, from journalist Seymour Hersh’s adaptation of “The General’s Report” John Leguizamo Performs “The General’s Report” by Link TV (via YouTube)

by Dr. Agonize @ 4:13 pm

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2009 Aug 28 Friday

U.S. National Debt Clock

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If the gigantic numbers on this website weren’t so abstract they’d be terrifying… U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

by Dr. Agonize @ 2:24 pm

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2009 Aug 25 Tuesday

Top Obama advisor vague on role of Blackwater (via RebelReports)

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Here’s more coverage from Jeremy Scahill (plus video) concerning the role of Blackwater in our government (the C.I.A. is part of the government right?). The source is Valerie Jarret, who was speaking at the NetRoots Nation 2009 event in Pittsburgh on August 15th. She was basically asked to explain why President Obama continues to disappoint [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 1:48 pm

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2009 Aug 22 Saturday

McCaughey resigns as director of medical company

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Betsy McCaughey recently appeared on The Daily Show to provide a critical look at health care reform. Jon Stewart tried to follow her logic, but failed; pointing out that her criticism amounted to misrepresentation and fear mongering. McCaughey has a history of opposing health care reform. She wrote a legendary and falsehood-riddled article during the [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 3:31 pm

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2009 Aug 20 Thursday

Jeremy Scahill talks Blackwater’s connections with the C.I.A. (via RebelReports)

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In an interview today with Democracy Now!, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill discusses recently broken news that the C.I.A. hired Blackwater to form terrorist assassination squads. PART 1 OF MY DEMOCRACY NOW! INTERVIEW ON THE CIA… (via RebelReports) PART 2 OF MY DEMOCRACY NOW! INTERVIEW ON THE CIA… (via RebelReports) More articles: C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help [...]

by Dr. Agonize @ 12:07 pm

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