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Old news by now, but still shocking: Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday demanded Republicans join them in condemning a spate of threats and vandalism that has followed Sunday’s vote on a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system. Aren’t these right wing nuts (“Wingnuts”?) the ones that called you a traitor if you said anything [...]
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The FBI collected more than 2,000 records on U.S. telephone calls by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or by persuading phone companies to provide them, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday… FBI broke law in phone searches: report | Reuters
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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”? [...]
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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 [...]
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Think Progress » Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: Cheney is ‘evil,’ his fearmongering is ‘assisting’ al Qaeda.
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The first step towards closing Gitmo has been taken. I will try to chronicle the important events that define Obama’s presidency here. The motions, filed just hours after Obama’s inauguration, will be heard in the cases of five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks and of Canadian Omar Khadr, who is accused of killing [...]
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NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. Op-Ed Contributor – What You Don’t Know About Gaza – NYTimes.com
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Despite it’s blockbuster status, The Dark Knight is a pretty damn good film. (My Way News – ‘Dark Knight’ grosses $300M, shattering record.) Would it have broken box office records even without the allure of catching Heath Ledger’s final performance? Was it morbid curiosity or paying respect to a life taken too soon that drove [...]
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Wow, thought crimes are truly becoming punishable crimes… The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on Flickr – Photo Sharing! Google Search
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Seems like a guy with a big lens can’t just go around the UK swinging it in public anymore! Are we all suspected criminals or terrorists!??! Quickly a woman and a guy wearing BARGAIN MADNESS shirts joined in the melee and forcibly grabbed my friend and held him against his will. We were both informed [...]
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