...he was appalled by her weight gain. although their marriage would last another six years he began persuing cindy six months before they divorced and married her only one month later. dave lindorff of commondreams.org offers the following oddly missing from this warm feelgood picture however was a single mention of mccains first wife carol sheppthe one who stood by him raising their three kids through...
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earlier this week i sent a letter to boston police commissioner ed davis to express my dismay upon hearing that his office sought advice from the police service of northern ireland psni regarding crowd control.a this august 28 article in the boston globe states that the psni wellversed in the art of crowd control from their experience quelling religious sic conflicts in belfast were called in by c...
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michael moore the liberal filmmaker is not one to keep his mouth shut about making political statements. oh that much we know. among the many efforts hes made in addressing america on what he thinks should be the ways of politics his second to last being mikes election guide 2008 available at amazon.com. today the new buzz sounds more like slacker uprising moores new major film to be released onli...
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kurt nimmo info wars septe mber 4 2008 a s amy goodwin notes at one minute thirty seconds into this video the anarchist rnc welcoming committee will be charged with acts committed by other anarchists i.e. the agents provocateurs responsible for most of the violent acts committed during the largely peaceful demonstrations in minnesota. as the authorities admit the activist group in...
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obama might pursue criminal charges against bush administra tion biden says criminal violations will be pursued by elana schor democratic vicepresidential nominee joe biden said yesterday that he and running mate barack obama could pursue criminal charges against the bush administration if they are elected in november.......
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fbi wanted obama plotters charged but a rove appointee said no it was awfully peculiar that colorados u.s. attorney troy eid had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three whitesupremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate barack obama at last weeks democratic national convention in denver. now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted even more significa...
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the problem is empire by tom hayden......
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and then that of amy goodman of democracy now while covering said arrests. you need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this youtube video......
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by samdiener daily kos september 1 2008 in minnesota last weekend in the days before the 2008 republican national convention began the police raided at least four buildings housing nonviolent protesters in preemptive attacks designed to stifle free speech. these are outrageous violations but unfortunately they are part of a dangerous and consistent pattern going back almost a decade a standard u...
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palin is the mom in the strict father family upholding conservative values. palin is tough she shoots skins and eats caribou. she is disciplined raising five kids with a major career. she lives her values she has a downssyndrome baby that she refused to abort. she has the image of the ideal conservative mom pretty perky feminine bibletoting and fitting into the ideal conservative family. and she f...
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the reality of the political mind by george lakoff......
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bush quietly seeks to make war powers permanent by declaring indefinite state of warraw storyaugust 30 2008 as the nation focuses on sen. john mccains choice of running mate president bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring that america remains in a state of permanent war. buried in a recent proposal by the administration is a sentence that has received scant ...
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last night just before midnight i teased john mccain at sarah palins expense for erring in his first big presidential decision by picking sarah palin as his running mate. here is the slightly edited list she doesnt really know squat about iraq. she is under investigation troopergate. she was lightly vetted. her commanderinchief experience was misunderstood by mccain. she is already a flipfloppe...
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so here we have a massive assault led by federal government law enforcement agencies on leftwing dissidents and protesters who have committed no acts of violence or illegality whatsoever preceded by monthslong espionage efforts to track what they do. and as extraordinary as that conduct is more extraordinary is the fact that they have received virtually no attention from the national media and lit...
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under bush unemployment has risen to 5.7. companies have received tax breaks for shipping jobs to sweatshops overseas. people who are still employed are working harder than ever for the money. millions work and work and work and still cant afford healthcare. they are losing their homes. food prices gas prices and the cost of living has surged as wages have not making it harder for the averag...
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to reinforce the empire myth corporate media bombard us with reports of greed and violence and celebrate as cultural heroes materially successful but morally challenged politicians and corporate ceos who exhibit a callous disregard for the human and environmental consequences of their actions. never mind the storys moral contradictions and its conflict with our own experience with caring and trust...
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the news over the past few days has had much to say about mccains choice of sarah palin as running mate. theres much consternation right now concerning what to do about the convention in st. paul with hurricane gustav screaming across the gulf of mexico towards new orleans too. havent seen or heard much about this though posted by glenn greenwald a short time ago from minneapolis about police raid...
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last year i wrote the following concerning president g.w. bush and his seeming neverending quest for absolute dictatorial powers emphasis added let us fastforward to today and focus on the following recent news itemsa president g.w. bush considers himself not just the commanderinchief the decider and the decisionmaker anymore but also simply the commander guyb the bush administration has stipula...
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the extraordinary rendition program sends suspects to countries with atrocious human rights records such as egypt and syria both of which have been consistently cited in u.s. state department reports for using torture. as early as 1994 the state department concluded that in egypt torture is used to extract information detainees are frequently stripped to their underwear hung by their wrists with ...
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george washingtons blog august 30 2008 the war on terror has been thoroughly debunked see this and this. so the militaryindustrial complex is trying to find another enemy sufficiently scary to justify trillions of dollars in defense spending and the continuation of the perpetual state of war. our former enemy the soviet union has now broken up. russias economy pales in comparison to that of...
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with the democratic national convention wrapping up last night and womens equality day marking the 88th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote celebrated on aug. 26 womens issues have been a hot topic lately. kristin at candy sandwich received a work email tuesday from the assistant administrator of diversity or something like that announcing womens equality day. she notes for the record i...
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the parasite that reveals good news from africa by johann hari and now for the great news from africa. yes i know that seems like a perverse opener with robert mugabe perpetuating his oozing alzheimocracy a looming famine in ethiopia and international peacekeepers failing to prevent genocidal massacres in darfur. the cynics who jeer that africa is a black hole for help feel they have the wind of ...
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israel must rein in settler movement protect palestinian children by joel gulledge south hebron hills west bank i left my home in the united states to spend the summer in the west bank where i was attacked by israeli settlers late last month. as a member of the christian peacemaker team i went to the south hebron hills to help keep young palestinian children safe from israeli settlers intent on ...
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the aclu of florida has filed suit against the santa rosa county school district in florida over what they call a pervasive pattern of promoting religion. you can view the press release here. long excerpt below the fold read the rest of this post... read the comments on this post.........
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...httpwww .commondre ams.orgvie w200808283 the disneyfication of new orleans......
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