Category Archives: International Issues
American Hero: Brad Manning (WikiLeaks)
This WikiLeaks story is very similar to the “Deepthroat” in days past in terms of Spc. Brad Manning bringing the raw truth to the public with his very life and freedom on the line to do so. With any luck … Continue reading
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ElPasoTimes: ’15-Year-Old Shot And Killed By Border Patrol’
While we hear about everything from a teen sailor lost on a boat for a few hours to a cop in Seattle punching a teenager in the face on camera there was a story only a rare bunch of news … Continue reading
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Telemundo: Mentally Disabled American Deported
These are the kinds of incidents we can expect more of under the unconstitutional Arizona immigration power-grab and racial profiling law. TelemundoChicago.com: LOS ANGELES — The family of a mentally disabled man claims that the federal and local governments mistakenly … Continue reading
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Texas Joins In On The Science-Denial Trend
The state of Texas has jumped on the science-denial bandwagon currently gripping the right-wing. Texas has challenged the EPA findings that greenhouse gas emissions are classified as “dangerous,” claiming that the findings are based on flawed science. This is of … Continue reading
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MediaMatters: Palin’s Tea Party Speech Full of Misleading Claims
(CSMonitor.com) From MediaMatters.org Research section: Palin’s tea party speech full of false and misleading national security claims During her address before the National Tea Party Convention, Fox News contributor Sarah Palin made numerous false and misleading claims about national security and … Continue reading
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The Port-au-Prince Earthquake
(ReliefWeb) The capital of Haiti has been struck with a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government is estimating has taken the lives of 200,000 people. This tragic loss of life in the wake of horrific devastation has gripped my … Continue reading
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Nouriel Roubini the Macroeconomist Extraordinaire
(Time) The opportunities for global growth on a sustained basis are quite positive. Right now the basic building block of global demand , the US consumer, is faltering; therefore there is a lack of aggregate demand relative to supply. The … Continue reading
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“ClimateGate” and the Biased Conservative Media
Have you heard the latest right-wing, anti-environmentalist talking point? “ClimateGate“ Tony Hake of The San Francisco Examiner was one of the first to break the real story on the web: Britain’s Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, suffered a … Continue reading
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Rusty Humphries is a Fascist
His hatred for President Obama and all things democratic is so great, and so vastly partisan, that he continues to jeopardize and threaten the nation with his dangerous and unconstitutional rhetoric. Continue reading
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Enhanced Freedom from Obama
Not only has the recent executive decisions put our country in very real jeopardy in terms of possible blow-back from Guantanamo and rendering processes but the fever of the nation to blame more than just nineteen hijackers for the tragedy of September 11th 2001 has lead to the jailing and detaining of individuals who would not be suffering such injustices under a more ethical and sane national government. Continue reading
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Eric Lightborn
