Thursday, June 26, 2008

"RAGE" OR "OUTRAGE": THAT'S THE QUESTION, ISN'T IT? NOPE, IT'S NOT EXACTLY. "OUT OF CONTROL" IS MORE LIKELY. WHO'S "LOST" IT, ANYWAY? BIG, JOHN?

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The Real McCain

by: Paul Harris, The Observer / Guardian UK

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John McCain's : ‘League of Democracies’ Is a Frightening Thought

By Robert Skidelsky

This is the thrust of McCain’s message. As he put it, the US
was built for a purpose — to serve “eternal and universal
principles.” Its God-given task is to build an “enduring global
peace on the foundations of freedom, security, prosperity
and hope.” Continue

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A TRIBUTE TO "GEORGE CARLIN" AN AMERICAN ICON:
A TRUE "IDOL" IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN FOR MILLIONS
OF "CRITICAL THINKING" FUCKING AMERICANS...!

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George Carlin on "The American Dream"

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Monday, June 23, 2008

A TRIBUTE TO "GEORGE CARLIN" AN AMERICAN ICON: A TRUE "IDOL" IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN FOR MILLIONS OF "CRITICAL THINKING" FUCKING AMERICANS...!

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George Carlin on "The American Dream"

4 Minute Video

Click to view

(THERE'S AROUND 15 RECORDED TAPES:
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SEPARATELY)

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Japanese Lawmaker Takes 9/11 Doubts Global

By JOHN SPIRI

Special to The Japan Times

Fujita, along with a growing number of individuals — including
European and American politicians — are leading a
charge to conduct a thorough, independent investigation
of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001.Continue

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The Poverty of Reaganism-Bushism

By David Michael Green

Marx wasn't sitting in the British Museum all day long
figuring out how he could get rich by exploiting the
masses. Reaganism-Bushism was always just the
opposite - it's just as non-altruistic a program as thievery
always was, whatever fancy label you want to paste on it,
however much lipstick you slather on the pig. Just as evil
as slavery, colonialism, worker exploitation and
environmental depredation ever were. Continue

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Asset-price Inflation is Giving Way to Debt Deflation

The Game is Over. There Won't Be a Rebound

By Mike Whitney

Bernanke is merely being polite in not rubbing the faces
of European and Asian governments in the fact that
unless they are willing to make a structural break and
change the world monetary system radically, they will
remain powerless to avoid giving the United States a
free ride – including a free ride for its military spending
and war in the Near East. Continue

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4th Amendment: Rest in Peace

By Cindy Sheehan

4th Amendment

Born. December 15, 1791Died. June 20, 2008

The 4th Amendment to the US constitution is just
one more thing that has been murdered since bloody
Emperor George took office in 2001: Over 4000 US
soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan; over one million
Iraqis and Afghanis and many of our brothers and
sisters in this country who have been either killed
or devastated by catastrophic climate change and
other violence that has become rampant. Continue

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A Totally Lawless Regime

By Paul Craig Roberts

The total collapse of the Democratic Party and the
House of Representatives signals the end of liberty
and democracy in America. Henceforth, led by the
Republican Federalist Society, we will gravitate
toward the beautiful regime of “energy in the
executive” that has been achieved in Zimbabwe
by Robert Mugabe. Continue

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The Hedonists of Power

By Chris Hedges

Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled,
entertained and informed by courtiers. The popular
media are courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans,
are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers.
We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political
theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is
smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games. We are
being had. Continue

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Gas-Pump Gouging; Just Don't Blame The Saudis

By Mike Whitney

I've seen this bad movie before. It's the Enron movie,
which hit the West Coast power-markets like a bomb
because the federal government was asleep at the switch.
Now it's happening again with oil prices." Rep. Jay
Inslee D-WA Continue

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The Coming Catastrophe?

The finishing touches on several contingency plans for attacking Iran

By David DeBatto

Just after the first waves of U.S. bombers cross into Iranian
airspace, the Iranian Navy, using shore based missiles and small,
fast attack craft sinks several oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz,
sealing off the Persian Gulf and all its oil from the rest of the world.
Continue

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

ED McMAHON APPARENTLY PUTS HIS PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME, LIKE THE REST OF US, I GUESS...

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Ed McMahon fighting foreclosure on home - Celebrities- msnbc.com

Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick
on "The Tonight Show," is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his
multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home, according to ...

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Elect Obama or Fall Into Tyranny

By Paul Craig Roberts

Where is the hope when Obama endorses a foreign policy
that benefits only Israeli territorial expansion and an
economic policy that benefits only multimillionaires and
billionaires? Continue

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Taking Back The Republic

Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment

By Gore Vidal

On June 9, 2008, a counterrevolution began on the floor
of the House of Representatives against the gas and oil
crooks who had seized control of the federal government.
This counterrevolution began in the exact place which had
slumbered during the all-out assault on our liberties and
the Constitution itself. Continue

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Iraq: Status of Forces Agreement

Is Iraq Independent or "a Client State of the US"

By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez

Veteran reporter Patrick Cockburn broke the story of Bush's
secret Iraq plan. He explains its terrible implications for Iraqi
sovereignty. Continue

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Michael Moore- The Awful Truth:

Michael Moore sheds light on the fact that some cops have
a hard time distinguishing a wallet from a gun

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Colliding Bubbles, US Unemployment, the Credit Crisis and
Oil Price Surge

Unemployment Jumps to 5.5%, On Its Way to 6%

By: John MauldinThe headline number said the US lost 49,000
jobs in May, somewhat fewer than expected. The details were
much uglier. Continue

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Down for the Count

Bush's "Ownership Society" Hits The Canvas

By Mike Whitney

There is no way to escape the day of reckoning now facing
the financial system; the hundreds of bank failures, the
corporate defaults, the meltdown in real estate, the massive
loss of jobs, the dreary contraction of credit, the tumbling
stock market, and the blow to our national confidence. But
there is a way to rebuild. Continue

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Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11

By David Ray Griffin

While we are remembering Tim Russert and his years as
moderator of “Meet the Press,” we would do well to recall
his interview with Vice President Dick Cheney at Camp
David on September 16, 2001, just five days after the 9/11
attacks. In fact, Cheney himself, during an interview with
NBC’s Matt Lauer the morning after Russert died, reminded
us of that Camp David interview, saying: “I always, when
I think of Tim and think of ‘Meet the Press,’ that's the show
that always comes to mind. . .. It was a remarkable moment
in American history.” Continue

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RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert:

The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for
a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over
the next three months as inflation paralyses the major
central banks.

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Leaked U.S. Military Manual

How to Train Death Squads and Quash Revolutions from
San Salvador to Iraq

By JULIAN ASSANGE

Its contents are both history defining for Latin America and,
given the continued role of US Special Forces in the suppression
of insurgencies, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, history
making. Continue

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McCain Should Know Better
by: Keith Olbermann, MSNBC Countdown

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

BACK TO SQUARE ONE

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A Free And Self-Governing People

Bill Moyers Video"It is up to you to fight for the freedoms
that makes all other freedoms possible" Continue

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Kucinich Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Bush
by: Christopher Kuttruff, t r u t h o u t Report

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced 35 articles
of impeachment against President George W. Bush late on
Monday during a speech on the House floor.

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Desperate times call for Spam

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Why the Oil Price Is High

By Paul Craig Roberts

How to explain the oil price? Why is it so high? Are
we running out? Are supplies disrupted, or is the high
price a reflection of oil company greed or OPEC greed.
Are Chavez and the Saudis conspiring against us? Continue

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Spanish Truckers Block Border With France to Demand Fuel Relief
by: Dale Fuchs and Alan Cowell, International Herald Tribune

Madrid - Gasoline at $4 a gallon? If that was America's
nightmare over the weekend as fuel prices reached a record
national average, pity poor Europe, where the price of oil and
taxes levied at the pump combine to push prices to about
double the U.S. level.

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Dan Rather Slams Corporate News at Conference
by: Dan Rather, Free Press

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McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too
by: Ryan Singel, Wired

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One Historic Night, Two Americas

by: Frank Rich, The New York Times

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Politics and Hunger

by: The New York Times Editorial

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Revealed: Secret Plan to Keep Iraq Under US Control

by: Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK

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In Defense of America

By Frank Silva

Can we stop already? Can we just stop arguing? America
is a capitalist country. Capitalism is what made America
great! It’s what’s going to keep America great! Anyone
who disagrees with that has no concept of history, economics,
or patriotism. Anyone who disagrees with that is clueless
about what it means to be a proud American. And anyone
who disagrees is a poor, pathetic, lazy loser that probably
couldn’t make money with an insider trading tip.

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

MIKE WHITNEY IS AT IT AGAIN, TELLING IT LIKE IT IS...

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Kunstler: "The Remorseless Algebra of a Deflationary Death Spiral"

By Mike Whitney

Look around. The evidence of a withering economy is everywhere.
In "good times" consumers shun the canned meat aisle
altogether, but no more. Today, Spam sales are soaring;
grocery stores can't keep it on the shelves. Everyone is
looking for cheaper ways to feed their families. Continue

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Indefensible Spending

By Robert Scheer

You wouldn’t know it from the most-exhausting-ever
presidential primary campaigns, but the 2009 defense
budget commits the United States to spending more
(again, in real dollars) to defeat a ragtag band of terrorists
than it spent at the height of the Cold War fighting the
Soviet superpower and what we alleged were its surrogates
in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Continue

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Tutu's Trip to Gaza Censored by the US Media

By Mike Whitney

Tutu went to Gaza for peace and not one newspaper
in the United States covered the story. Apparently,
the "culture of impunity" extends to America's media
as well as the Israeli leaders who killed the 18 Palestinians
at Beit Hanoun. Continue

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Justice?

Monica Benderman

Michael stands to go to trial this week, but Michael
should not be standing alone. Every citizen who has
not yet stood to see that justice is served in the name
of peace shall bear responsibility for what we all are
about to receive. Continue

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Kill Them! We Are Going to Wipe Them Out!

Presidential Bloodlust

By Tom Engelhardt

According to Sanchez, Powell was talking tough that day:
"We've got to smash somebody's ass quickly," the
general reports him saying. "There has to be a total
victory somewhere. We must have a brute demonstration
of power." Continue

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Candidate McCain: A Risky Choice

By Prof. Rodrigue Tremblay

The American political process, especially at the presidential
level, is inhuman and inefficient. It is a gruesome meat
grinder where candidates have to campaign for months
in primaries or caucuses in all 50 states, raise tens of millions
dollars and see their private lives exposed and criticized.
With such a system, it is no wonder that few Americans
with high intellect and character are willing to submit
themselves to such an ordeal. Continue

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Bernanke's Speech: "It's all China's Fault. Really"

By Mike Whitney

Thanks to the Fed's ham-fisted monetary policies, a
Force-5 economic hurricane is presently looming right
offshore and there's nothing Bernanke or Paulson can
do to stop it from touching down. If Bernanke cuts rates;
commodities (and oil) will skyrocket and foreign investors
will ditch the dollar. If he raises rates, banks will fail and
the housing crash will accelerate. There are no good
options. Continue

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War Criminals Must Fear Punishment.

That's why I went for John Bolton

By George Monbiot

As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains
unprosecuted, we all have a duty to keep the truth
alive. Continue

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Obama Confronts Lieberman on McCain Advocacy, Tone, on Senate Floor

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What Makes McCain Tick?

by: Robert Scheer, Truthdig

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Monday, June 02, 2008

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IS THE NORM? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN', RIGHT? WRONG...

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Pain and Conscience

By Charles Sullivan

Revolution begins by altering consciousness. We
stand at the brink of a multitude of possible futures, many
of them tragic. The failure to act and rebel when the conditions
demand it is a betrayal not only of our own humanity; it
is a crime of great magnitude. Continue

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Kids In America(n Torture Camps)

Why Does the Media Cover Up War Crimes?

By Ted Rall

Torture. Such a simple word. Why not use it?
Continue

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Poisonous Plutocracy Pushes Economic Inequality

By Joel S. Hirschhorn

The biggest political issue receiving no attention by
the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates
is the powerful plutocracy that has captured the
government to produce rising economic inequality.
Continue

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My Questions For Obama

By Fidel Castro

Before judging our country, Obama should know
that Cuba - with its education, health, sports, culture
and science programmes, implemented not only
in its own territory but also in other poor countries
around the world, and in spite of the economic and
financial blockade and the aggression of his powerful
country - is proof that much can be done with very little.
Continue

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Big Brother Is Watching You...

By Phil Hendren

The Government is planning to introduce a giant
database that will hold the details of every phone call
we have made, every e-mail we have sent and every
webpage we have visited in the past 12 months. This
is needed to fight crime and terrorism, the Government
claims. Continue

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Can Truth Retain Its Independence?

By Paul Craig Roberts

In America, money, not truth, has the power. Continue

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Is Bush Becoming Irrelevant?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Neoconservative ideology, not U.S. national interests,
McClellan is saying, motivated Bush to launch one
of the longest and most divisive wars in U.S.
history. Continue

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The Great Oil Swindle

How much did the Fed really know?

By Mike Whitney

The great oil crunch is another fabricated crisis;
another "smoke and mirrors" fiasco; another
Enron-type shell-game engineered by banksters
and hedge fund managers. Once again, the bloody
footprints can be traced right back to the front door
of the Federal Reserve. Continue

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Stop The Fed Before It's Too late

By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene

Are we to succumb to the Fed's disastrous policy?
Are the policymakers to remain totally passive
while the whole country and world economy are
in an economic crisis? The longer an effective
stabilization plan is delayed, the higher the risk
of a severe economic downturn. Continue

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U.S. Economy: The Worst is Yet to Come

By Mark Weisbrot

We are facing the prospect of millions losing their
homes, their jobs, their retirement savings, their
health insurance, and their livelihoods. Continue

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Alleging War Crimes

George Monbiot Attempts Citizen’s Arrest on Former
UN Ambassador John Bolton

Audio and Transcript

John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the
United Nations, escaped a citizen’s arrest Wednesday
night as he addressed an audience in Britain. We
speak to George Monbiot, the British activist and
columnist who tried to arrest Bolton. Monbiot says
Bolton is a war criminal for his role in helping to initiate
the US invasion of Iraq. Continue

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Interview With Congressman Ron Paul

by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t Interview

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How to afford anything by Ken Rockwell

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Kunstler: "The Remorseless Algebra of a Deflationary Death Spiral"

By Mike Whitney

Look around. The evidence of a withering economy is
everywhere. In "good times" consumers shun the canned
meat aisle altogether, but no more. Today, Spam sales
are soaring; grocery stores can't keep it on the shelves.
Everyone is looking for cheaper ways to feed their
families. Continue

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