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A Simple-Minded Warmonger by Laurence M. Vance

A Simple-Minded Warmonger by Laurence M. Vance. [...]

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Assange’s “The World Tomorrow” is Worse Than I Could Have Possibly Imagined « American Everyman

This is controlled opposition taken to a whole new level. I am currently working on a review of the first two episodes of Julian Assange’s new propaganda show called “The World Tomorrow” so what follows the break is just a sneak peak of what I am writing. I have to say after finally forcing myself to watch [...] [...]

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GGDrafts: ACLU statement on John Brennan drone speech

NEW YORK — President Obama’s top counter-terrorism adviser today publicly confirmed that the United States conducts targeted killings of suspected terrorists using drones. In a speech this afternoon at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, John Brennan insisted the targeted strikes are a “wise choice” and “legal” and within the boundaries of international law. However, ACLU [...] [...]

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Surveillance State democracy – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com

CNET‘s excellent technology reporter, Declan McCullagh, reports on ongoing efforts by the Obama administration to force the Internet industry to provide the U.S. Government with “backdoor” access to all forms of Internet communication: The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to [...] [...]

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NBC News’ top hagiographer – Salon.com

Whatever one’s position is on the killing of Osama bin Laden — and I’ve always argued that there is a range of reasonable views — there are many journalistically important questions and significant disparities that still need serious examination (with all due respect (i.e., none) to John Kerry’s dictate that we all “shut up and [...] [...]

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Iranian Faces Death Penalty for Watching Satellite TV

Stop Fundamentalism – An Iranian political prisoner, following two years of detention in various solitary prisons, has received a death sentence from a criminal court in Tehran for having watched and contacted an Iranian dissident television program, Simay-e Azadi, says HRDIA.net which is a Persian language website with a focus on human rights situation in [...] [...]

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AP apologizes for firing reporter Ed Kennedy over WWII scoop – Chicago Sun-Times

NEW YORK — In World War II’s final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France. via AP apologizes for firing reporter Ed [...] [...]

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Cops Caught Drugging Teens at Occupy Minnesota (and Other Recent War-on-Drugs Fails) – YouTube

The War on Drugs team is racking up one sorry failure after another. Just this week, the DEA accidentally forgot a young man in a holding cell for 4 days after a raid at a 4:20 part, and cops participating in a ‘Drug Recognition Expert’ training program were caught picking up young people, smoking them [...] [...]

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BBC News – US drone ‘kills nine’ in Pakistan’s North Waziristan

The drone fired missiles at a suspected militant compound in the Shawal area of North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, officials said. Drones often target Pakistan’s tribal areas, thought to be the hub of Taliban cross-border insurgent activity. via BBC News – US drone ‘kills nine’ in Pakistan’s North Waziristan. [...]

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DT Guest Lecture Series – Michael J. Murphy & Scott Stevens on Geoengineering – YouTube

DT Guest Lecture Series – Michael J. Murphy & Scott Stevens on Geoengineering – YouTube. [...]

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