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Angry Bear
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Congressman Agrees To Miss Graduation: "'We expressed deep concern over Lantos's record especially with regard to the war in Iraq, the support of the Patriot Act and his inability to look at the Israel/Palestinian situation fairly,' said Fisher, who is president of the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121."
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Tornado damage: "Here are the pictures from my journey to Hallam, NE. I heard on the radio that they needed additional volunteers so I fired up my ham radio gear and headed down. They bussed us from Princeton into Hallam where volunteers helped to clean up after the devastating tornados"
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Abuse of prisoners is not an exception; it's an American tradition: "When President Bush announced in his speech Monday night that the U.S. intends to demolish Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison and pay to build a new maximum security facility in Baghdad, I thought, now, there's something that the United States really knows how to do.
We know how to build prisons.
And no wonder. The U.S. has more of its citizens behind bars than any other country" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
We know how to build prisons.
And no wonder. The U.S. has more of its citizens behind bars than any other country" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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What Would Dick Think? (WWDT): "On January 17, 1991, Speicher's plane was hit by an air-to-air missile over Iraq's western desert. On the basis of the evidence (e.g. no signs of ejection or parachute, no activation of rescue beacon, fellow pilots saw his plane explode in a ball of flame and blow apart), he was officially declared killed in action.
Speicher remained K.I.A. for ten years, until January 2001, when the secretary of the Navy changed his status to M.I.A. Sen. Pat Roberts (R Kansas), an advocate for regime change in Iraq, was the prime mover behind the change.
On scanty and dubious evidence, Speicher's status went to 'probably survived' in March 2002 to 'missing/captured' on October 11, 2002, the day after Congress authorized military action in Iraq, becoming just the second person in human history to rise from the dead (Praise the Lord). In the 10 years since his disappearance, he had also been promoted twice to the rank of captain." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Speicher remained K.I.A. for ten years, until January 2001, when the secretary of the Navy changed his status to M.I.A. Sen. Pat Roberts (R Kansas), an advocate for regime change in Iraq, was the prime mover behind the change.
On scanty and dubious evidence, Speicher's status went to 'probably survived' in March 2002 to 'missing/captured' on October 11, 2002, the day after Congress authorized military action in Iraq, becoming just the second person in human history to rise from the dead (Praise the Lord). In the 10 years since his disappearance, he had also been promoted twice to the rank of captain." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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MemoryBlog: Artist Enters Nightmare World of Orwell and Kafka: "Steve Kurtz was already suffering from one tragedy when he called 911 early in the morning to tell them his wife had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. The police arrived and, cranked up on the rhetoric of the "War on Terror," decided Kurtz's art supplies were actually bioterrorism weapons."
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Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog: "Iraq is emerging as one of the US's biggest little wars, certainly the most unnecessary and perhaps fateful one"
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:: jakeneck | freers of the lead world ::: "SHOOT TO KILL ORDERED AT G8 IN GEORGIA...RNC & DNC?
In correlation with this “state of emergency” the commander of the police forces has ordered a: “SHOOT TO KILL” order, that will pertain to all individuals that the police themselves feel are “threatening” the lives of “world leaders” that will be gathering for the event. This order will only go into effect if the governor is capable of issuing a state of emergency. But, you did hear me right, “SHOOT TO KILL.”" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In correlation with this “state of emergency” the commander of the police forces has ordered a: “SHOOT TO KILL” order, that will pertain to all individuals that the police themselves feel are “threatening” the lives of “world leaders” that will be gathering for the event. This order will only go into effect if the governor is capable of issuing a state of emergency. But, you did hear me right, “SHOOT TO KILL.”" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Flash Mob Wiki - interesting steps to an active collective action mind set.
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USATODAY.com - Cheney says it's too soon to tell on Iraqi arms: "Cheney said he's effective working behind the scenes and doesn't believe voters will choose the next president based on running mates. 'Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?' he said. 'It's a nice way to operate, actually.'" (emphiss mine)
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Cartoonist Unions: A Legacy of Artists Helping Artists: "The following pages are a compilation of an exhibit tracing the history of labor unions in screen cartooning."
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat // News for California's North Bay and Redwood Empire: "Workers at a Petaluma hotel cast ballots Friday in a union election brought about by a $2.75 million city loan to the hotel's owners."
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Workers to strike at Hopkins, GBMC, Sinai - 2004-05-28 - Baltimore Business Journal: "About 2,500 hospital workers at three Baltimore hospitals, frustrated by stalled labor negotiations, have announced plans for a two-day strike in early June."
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Voices of Civil Rights
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Welcome to Bush is Lord
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The Wage Slave Journal: "[Rep.] Jan Schakowsky [(D-Ill.)] told me about a recent visit she had made to the White House with a congressional delegation. On her way out, she said, President Bush noticed her 'OBAMA' button. 'He jumped back, almost literally,' she said. 'And I knew what he was thinking. So I reassured him it was Obama, with a 'b.' And I explained who he was. The President said, 'Well, I don't know him.' So I just said, 'You will.''"
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "Not only did the media see through the partisan political gambit, but they called him out on it:"
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Boing Boing: Saving Phone Messages as a Living Memorial: I have several years worth, including some from a friend that passed in a car accident.
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GEORGE W. BUSH SAYS...
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morons.org - Feds Trying to Track Visitors of Activist Website: "The Secret Service is attempting to get the logs of visitors to an electronic-voting watchdog site."
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "2. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.
3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain. Sun Tzu" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain. Sun Tzu" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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mousemusings weblog: "'Bans on overbearing campus recruiters became so common that President Bush addressed the issue in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The bill stated: 'Any secondary school that receives federal funds under this Act shall permit regular United States Armed Services recruitment activities on school grounds, in a manner reasonably accessible to all students of such school.' "
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The Nation: "To launch a Minuteman in those days, one had to 'unlock' the missile by dialing in a code -- the equivalent of a safety catch on a handgun. However, Blair reports, the US Strategic Air Command was worried that a bunch of sissy safety features might slow things down. It ordered all locks set to 00000000 -- and in launch checklists, reminded all launch officers like Blair to keep the codes there. 'So the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War,' Blair says, 'remained constant at 00000000.'"
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Eschaton: "HANNITY: Should -- why would Al Gore associate with a group that is that left wing and that radical? What if he spoke before the Klan? Would that -- would we not hold him in judgment for that?" Only on FOX News
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morons.org - Reuters Journalists Abused in Iraq by American Soldiers: " Three journalists working for Reuters were detained by US soldiers near Fallujah, imprisoned, and brutalized for several days before their eventual release."
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Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.: "Former Gov. Bill Janklow pardoned his son-in-law in 2002 for three drunken-driving and marijuana-possession convictions, according to documents unsealed Thursday on orders from South Dakota's highest court.
All together, 218 previously sealed pardons were made public, after the practice of keeping such actions secret was challenged by news organizations. All but four of the pardons were issued by Janklow." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
All together, 218 previously sealed pardons were made public, after the practice of keeping such actions secret was challenged by news organizations. All but four of the pardons were issued by Janklow." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Confined Space: "This is a wonderful story about a group of garment workers and teenage girls tired of seeing their seamstress mothers suffer, who joined with a team of medical professionals, ergonomics experts, state health officials and product designers to bring customized ergonomic chairs to Oakland garment factories."
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Lies and No Child Left Behind: "Officials across the country, including Republicans in states struggling to implement the reforms required, have complained that the administration has shortchanged them, cutting the education funds originally promised and dumping the additional costs on the states."
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disjointed.org - The Onion Infographic? disjointed looks nice, posting scarry stuff though
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Jim Moore's Journal: Soldier died with his doubts...:
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Refusing For Israel: "January 2002, a group of Israeli reserve officers and combat
soldiers returned from their duty in the Gaza strip, and drafted a letter that would change they way Israelis conceive the military control of the occupied territories. This document came to be known as the Combatant's Letter." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
soldiers returned from their duty in the Gaza strip, and drafted a letter that would change they way Israelis conceive the military control of the occupied territories. This document came to be known as the Combatant's Letter." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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The Alternative Information Center: Alternative Teaching Day: "The Student's Coalition of TAU is the first student movement, or, rather, the first umbrella organization unifying various student movements, to bring to a joint action of such movements as Meretz, Balad, Hadash, ha-Avoda, Forum of Student Activists at TAU, and many independent activists as well."
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Black voters screwed yet again: "The Sideshow links to this interview with reporter Greg Palast. Palast's work is published mainly in the British press, since the American press doesn't like to report on the ways the US is still failing Democracy 101."
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Alas a Blog: "The Independant reports that UN troops have been buying sex from teenage refugees in the Congo - some as young as 13. The girls, of course, have no real choice - they're facing starvation, and they often have children of their own to feed as well. The soldiers taking advantage of their desparation are the scum of the earth."
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Lean Left: Florida Elections Now Suspect: "The problem with doing away with the witness signature should be obvious to anyone who has lived in Miami. Absentee ballot fraud has long been a problem in South Florida, with candidates often buying ballots, or worse, stealing them from unsuspecting people in nursing homes and condominiums. A city of Miami election in 1997 was overturned after such fraud."
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Oak Ridger - News: "While official contract negotiations won't be going on today, union representatives expect to make a counter offer by the close of business on deals that impact more than 2,000 hourly workers at Oak Ridge federal facilities."
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komo news | WestFarm Workers Ratify Contract: "SEATTLE - Teamsters members have reluctantly ratified a contract recommended by a federal mediator to end a bitter lockout that began Aug. 31 at a West Coast dairy company, a union leader said."
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BW Online | June 7, 2004 | Online Extra: Wikis' Winning Ways: "
You may have heard of Weblogs, but chances are wikis haven't hit your radar yet. Both are rapidly evolving examples of what some call social software -- programs that foster a connection to other people and, if they work well, a thriving community. Whereas blogs enable individuals to post a regular chronicle of their thoughts and interests online, wikis are fairly focused Web sites compiled and constantly edited by a dedicated group of people -- all of whom can not only post material to the site but edit it at will." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
You may have heard of Weblogs, but chances are wikis haven't hit your radar yet. Both are rapidly evolving examples of what some call social software -- programs that foster a connection to other people and, if they work well, a thriving community. Whereas blogs enable individuals to post a regular chronicle of their thoughts and interests online, wikis are fairly focused Web sites compiled and constantly edited by a dedicated group of people -- all of whom can not only post material to the site but edit it at will." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on | page thirty-six
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Open Source Politics: United States: Banging My Head Against the Wall - Refuting Ann Coulter
"2. The day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. Only because Reagan promised weapons to the Iranians for the release of the hostages as long as the weren't released before the election. Reagan's actions in this case were un-American and treasonous. " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"2. The day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. Only because Reagan promised weapons to the Iranians for the release of the hostages as long as the weren't released before the election. Reagan's actions in this case were un-American and treasonous. " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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MemoryBlog: Federal Contract Database Now Private: "Experts in federal contract law worry that the new system could cripple public scrutiny of federal contracts."
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MemoryBlog: The Memory Hole Banned in Iraq: "How interesting. I post raw documents created by the government, military, and corporations. These days, that apparently amounts to 'political extremism.'"
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Generic names for Soft Drinks: Ahhhh, as an international friend of mine once said "Regionalism at its finest." For me - POP!
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Guide to Springfield USA: "A highly detailed map of the Simpsons' hometown"
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The Black Slate: Introductions: "My name is Lester Kenyatta Spence. I'll cut to the quick. I believe that we, black voters, represent the most powerful force for democracy in the 50 states, and one of the most powerful forces in the Western World. While the odds don't look that good in the hour of chaos, I know we can win."
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Don't Buy It . Advertising Tricks . Design a Cereal Box | PBS Kids: "Did you know that Americans eat so much cereal each year that a chain of the empty boxes would stretch all the way to the moon and back? Cereal is big business, and cereal makers work hard to sell it. Now it's your turn. Design a cereal box that will appeal to 3 to 7 year olds. Have fun, and design it so it sells!"
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ann arbor is overrated: a weblog: Consequences: "A letter in the Grand Rapids Press alleges that defenders of the Holland Tulip Time pirates 'did not think out the consequences of this disruption,' the most dire of these being the possibility of a pirate walking in front of a paradegoer's camera just as 'a fun picture' of the photographer's child is being taken."
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Dirty Greek: "23 May 2004 'The Independent' --- During 12 years in the US Marines, including three years putting new recruits through boot camp, Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey hardly questioned his role. But what he saw in Iraq changed that.
'In a month and a half my platoon and I killed more than 30 civilians,' Mr
Massey said. He saw bodies being desecrated and robbed, and wounded
civilians being dumped by the roadside without medical treatment. After he
told his commanding officer that he felt 'we were committing genocide', he
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'In a month and a half my platoon and I killed more than 30 civilians,' Mr
Massey said. He saw bodies being desecrated and robbed, and wounded
civilians being dumped by the roadside without medical treatment. After he
told his commanding officer that he felt 'we were committing genocide', he
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Dirty Greek: "Preventive Warriors: Noam Chomsky & Others Examine the Bush's Administration's Doctrine of Preventive Strikes is a film that discusses, among other things, the effects of the 2002 National Security Strategy Document on American militarism and imperialism. "
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Boing Boing: 1940s telephone manual: "'How to Make Friends By Telephone' is a 1940s instructional booklet on using the new telephonic device network. Here's a scanned version -- it's a hoot."
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Workday Minnesota: Rock-Tenn workers reject proposal, authorize strike: "ST. PAUL — Workers at the Rock-Tenn paperboard plant in St. Paul overwhelmingly gave strike authorization as they rejected a contract proposal in which their share of health premiums could double."
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Women Plan 'Pom Pom' Protest: "Hoping to add wit and femininity to the traditionally male-dominated protest scene will be Axis of Eve, whose members flash their underwear as a form of protest and the Radical Cheerleaders, a short-skirt-clad political pep club that practices 'activism with pom-poms and middle fingers extended.'"
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ZNet | Animal Rights | Animal Rights Arrests: "The Bush administration sent a calculated message to grassroots political activists this week: The War on Terrorism has come home."
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mousemusings weblog: "The heart and soul of the Democratic Party wore brown shoes, blue pants, a salmon-colored buttoned-down shirt and a dark blue blazer. He is a short, trim man with a boyish haircut, but he is not nearly so elfin in person as photographs sometimes make him seem. He is coming off recent surges—he picked up at least eight delegates in Oregon last week and another 17 in Colorado and Alaska—and he seems easier now in front of a crowd than the dry and wonkish persona he conveyed earlier in the campaign. The punctuation points of his pitch, when his voice rose and his sentences started rolling toward their conclusion, drew standing cheers."
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Flight attendants delay concessions decision - 2004-05-26 - Pittsburgh Business Times: "In April, the Association of Flight Attendants conducted a membership poll that showed that 83 percent of the US Airways flight attendants polled believed the union should not engage in negotiations until the union had received a complete proposal from the company, along with a detailed business plan and management's level of participation in concessions."
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AlterNet: Hip-Hop Activism: Will They Come to Vote?: "The political doomsday possibility of a second Bush term has awakened many who may have been asleep at the wheel, or just disconnected from politics"
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AFL-CIO Work in Progress: "The 1,200 maintenance workers and custodians at the University of Florida in Gainesville voted May 19 to join AFSCME Council 79"
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MemoryBlog: Energy Dept Lowballs Worker Injuries and Illnesses: "In most cases, contractors' records showed more cases of injury or illness than the Energy Department's records."
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The Militant: "For years, some of these miners have been forced to pay dues to a company dominated ‘union’ that most of them did not know about until it surfaced during the current labor dispute,”
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The Silent Penguin: Wikis for UNION People
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IUF News and Urgent Actions Database: "
Faced with management demands to sub-contract and casualize labor in the banana plantations of Urab�, Colombia, the IUF-affiliated union SINTRAINAGRO voted on 13 May by a 99.3% majority of its members to strike if necessary to maintain union rights and conditions of employment." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Faced with management demands to sub-contract and casualize labor in the banana plantations of Urab�, Colombia, the IUF-affiliated union SINTRAINAGRO voted on 13 May by a 99.3% majority of its members to strike if necessary to maintain union rights and conditions of employment." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Take Action: Oppose Abortion Ban on Legislative Action Day - Tuesday: "The pro-choice community must stand up and make our voices heard on June 1 - Michigan Pro-Choice Legislative Action Day"
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"The Big Lebowski" Random Quote Generator
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Forbes.com: "The Richest Americans"
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Boing Boing: Postmodern furniture for pets
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Boing Boing: Russ Kick on Afghan food drop fiasco: "You know those little packets in vitamin bottles and clothes that are supposed to keep them fresh? Well, many of the little meal packs dropped on Afghanistan contained one of those packets (called a desiccant) to keep the food fresh. Unfortunately, the Afghans aren't familiar with desiccants so they tore them open and ate the powder. Some thought it was medicine, so they noshed it straight. Others figured it was a funky American spice, so they sprinkled it on their beans, rice, or pasta. Lots of Afghans got sick, though we don't know if any deaths occurred. In fact, it's hard to say whether people got sick from chowing down on desiccant or because the food in the packets was usually spoiled."
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Seeing The Forest - a Weblog of Politics: "'We have just had a three trillion dollar experiment in 'does it matter who is president'.'"
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Patriotism: The New Third Rail - by Paul Craig Roberts: "In Senate hearings on May 19, Republican senators enabled three commanding generals of our Iraqi occupation force to explain away war crimes as procedures employed to save lives. The excuse: our heroes are getting killed and we owe it to our troops to find out who is behind the resistance."
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ABC 33/40 Alabama's News Leader - Dellinger, One of the Chicago Seven, Dies: "Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent anti-war protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, has died at 88. "
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Garbage workers return to work: "Workers at Empire have walked off the job three times in the past eight months, citing unfair labor practices, said Todd Doser, assistant director of organizing for Operating Engineers Union Local No. 3, which represents the workers."
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Lean Left: 'Liberal Bias' at NPR: "Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, the majority of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, according to a survey released today by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a left-leaning media watchdog."
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "An artillery shell containing the deadly nerve agent sarin, found in the remains of a roadside bomb in Iraq, was made before the 1991 Gulf War, a senior U.S. military official said Wednesday."
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How Public is Public Radio?
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Guerrilla News Network: "There were rifts before the war. But now a chorus of high profile hawks, from top neocon Bill Kristol, to Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), to retired generals like William Odom are leveling harsh criticism of the administration's FUBAR mission in Iraq. Odom, the former director of the National Security Agency under Reagan, told Nightline's Ted Koppel last week the U.S. has already lost in Iraq, the only question is 'how high a price we're going to pay.'
On Sunday, retired General Anthony Zinni was just as blunt, telling 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft that the Iraq operation is 'a failure.'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
On Sunday, retired General Anthony Zinni was just as blunt, telling 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft that the Iraq operation is 'a failure.'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Guerrilla News Network: "This week, twelve current and former truckers for the Halliburton subsidiary Kellog, Brown and Root told Knight-Ridder that they made runs through some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq with empty payloads. The truckers called their non-existant cargo 'sailboat fuel.' The useless trips cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars, if not more."
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Guerrilla News Network: "Over the course of the last year, news organizations have had to eat large portions of humble pie. While the alternative press raised red flag after red flag about the Bush administration's Weapons of Mass Destruction claims, almost every mainstream U.S. news organization simply parroted the official fictions. The New York Times, a paper commonly referred to as 'liberal' by the right, went even further, running numerous high-profile stories that featured anonymous sources who claimed Iraq had a viable and dangerous WMD program. Many of the Times' sources were Iraqis tied to Ahmed Chalabi, a man the U.S. now accuses of being a spy for Iran."
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[IP] Americans mistreated at US high school graduation: "Westwego, LA (May 22, 2004) - Maha Askar, an American-born 26-year-old Loyola University New Orleans graduate in Biology, was removed with excessive force from the Alario Center. She was there to see her brother graduate from West Jefferson High School, the same school which, earlier this year, had an incident with a teacher pulling off a Muslim student's headscarf in class."
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MoveOn PAC: "George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world."
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Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Home: "Commissioner calls living wage ‘blackmail’ then sets June 3 hearing"
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Dirty Greek: "Ministry of Information: BE AFRAID! TERRORISTS!
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FLASH: "Republican Survivor - for FOUR years they have decided your fate, now it is your turn. Starts June 3"
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Eschaton: "Kos has a bit of a WSJ article which lays out very clearly so even Kyra Phillips should be able to understand just how much power we're going to be giving to the fake yet to be determined Iraqi government on June 30."
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Anti-Bush Online Adventure | Metafilter: "Anti-Bush Online Adventure [4.7 MB Flash; parts NSFW] The Bush Administration discovers 'the ultimate method of bringing about global domination for corporate America.'"
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No Sweat: "Two thousand Wayúu indigenous people have fled their homes in La Guajira on Colombia’s Caribbean coast as a result of paramilitary massacres. La Guajira is a peninsula, occupied by coal multinationals, off shore gas teams, and now the paramilitaries. Hundreds of Wayúus have fled to neighbouring Venezuela seeking refuge from the paramilitary assault. "
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disjointed.org: The state of support for John Kerry: "John Kerry is a douchebag but I'm voting for him anyway, the mantra of http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com/. Here you can read top notch articles like 'Instances of Doucheitude
and Why it Doesn't Matter' and 'How Fucked We are Right Now'. Enjoy." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
and Why it Doesn't Matter' and 'How Fucked We are Right Now'. Enjoy." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Cyberdyaryo: "Almost half the world's workers are denied fundamental rights, says a report released by the United Nations labor agency."
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Crushing Arab nationalism - The real reason for war on Iraq (by Daoud Kuttab) - Media Monitors Network (MMN)
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Star Captains Club of America: "Inappropriate for younger viewers, but very entertaining, tasteless, and well-made:"
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ann arbor is overrated: a weblog: Florida Cracks Up: "Saginaw questions its newfound status as 'coolness capital,' derived from a Richard-Florida-penned Money Magazine list that can be read only as a cry for help from the coolness guru."
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News and Information | News: "Thank you Mr. President, I had forgotten how crushingly dull these ceremonies are. Thank you."
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disjointed.org: Talk about a massive "dump": "MMSD stands for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. They have a 'deep tunnel' That carries the city sewage into the seepage beds, however when there is alot of rain...there is some run-off into lake Michigan."
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disjointed.org: Nick Berg's Killing Anomalies: "I usually don't dig on conspiracy theory (I think we went to the moon, etc etc), but there is a write up over at kuro5hin regarding the Nick Berg beheading."
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The S-Train Canvas: Where's my apologists?: "YOU DON'T ABUSE PRISONERS! We're the occupying force attempting to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis. Way to go assholes. "
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The S-Train Canvas: Pimpin' globally...: "Look at SBC Communications CEO Ed Whitacre, an ol' Texas hard-ass. SBC makes an $8 billion profit, he gets a fat upgrade in pay (big pimp already was making $19.5 million a year), ol' Ed wants to get down offshoring, and SBC workers go on strike. Talk about BIG PIMPIN' and spending cheese...
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These CEOs are classic pimps. They give themselves raises no matter what condition the company is in and in front of everyone. 30,000 employees? LET THEM EAT CAKE!" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Michigan IMC: feature/5596: "The Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (B.A.N.C.O.) unveiled new versions of the 'Benton Harbor's Most Wanted' T-shirts at Saturday's meeting -- with a new name added to the list: Benton Harbor City Police Chief Samuel Harris."
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Fight for the Future - Blog for the Future: "Home Health Aides, the people who provide lifesaving in-home care for the sick and elderly, are among the lowest paid workers in New York State—usually earning about $14,000 dollars a year without health care, sick leave, pensions, or other benefits."
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Confined Space: "Over 1700 firefighters and police officers are suing the city of New York, claiming that clean-up work at the World Trade Centers and Fresh Kills landfill sickened them."
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Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog: "New negotiations in the Norway transport strike. "
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Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog: "Boeing union recommends members reject offer, approve strike. "
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Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog: "
Runoff needed to pick Chicago Teachers Union president." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Runoff needed to pick Chicago Teachers Union president." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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On the Job: N.Y. baristas get organized: "Some New York baristas want more for their lattes and mochas. They're threatening to form the first union at a U.S. Starbucks store."
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Robert Paterson's Weblog: Unjobbing?: In the spirit of "unschooling" - here is a weblog post about "unjobbing"
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http://passionofthepresent.org: "Liz has been active in the anti-slavery movement, and in 2001 traveled to Sudan and shot an influential documentary."
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Workers may have to be told boss is reading their e-mail - 2004-05-25 - Sacramento Business Journal: "The California Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would require employers to notify employees if the company plans to monitor e-mail."
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Wilken's honor lunch draws union protesters: "On a day she was honored as a champion of Democratic Party causes, Clerk of Courts Dorothy Wilken was confronted by union pickets who derided the retiring politician as anti-labor."
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ONN. Ohio News Now: MEMBER EXCHANGE: Farm labor leader appeals to eager teens: "Three hundred supporters stood firm behind union activist Baldemar Velasquez when he marched for more rights for Mexican workers this spring."
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canadaeast.com - CP Business News: "Tyson won't say how many people they fired last month, but workers - mostly Sudanese refugees with limited grasp of English - have compiled a list of 60 names and signatures of colleagues they claim were dismissed for sticking up for workers' rights."
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Card-Check Agreement Provides Strong Voice for Indiana Workers
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L.A. Daily News - PM Updates: "tentative contract far more generous than the company previously said it could afford."
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what america needs | Metafilter: "Currently, the presidential debates are secretly controlled by the major parties, through the private bipartisan corporation called the Commission on Presidential Debates, resulting in the stultification of format, the exclusion of popular candidates, and the avoidance of pressing national issues.
The major party candidates never pay a political price for their antidemocratic practices; posing as an independent sponsor, the Commission on Presidential Debates shields the major party candidates from public criticism and public accountability." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The major party candidates never pay a political price for their antidemocratic practices; posing as an independent sponsor, the Commission on Presidential Debates shields the major party candidates from public criticism and public accountability." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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not watching television: The last ones to know . . .: "Today our paper of record 'lowed as how in the march toward war in Iraq some of its reporting 'was not as rigorous as it should have been." That's the NYT for yea. Last to know.
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The New York Times > Washington > Abuse of Captives More Widespread, Says Army Survey: "An Army summary of deaths and mistreatment involving prisoners in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan shows a widespread pattern of abuse involving more military units than previously known."
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Film | Burning Bush: "t is one of the paradoxes of Michael Moore's career that by railing against the vested interests that make the rich richer, he has himself become incredibly wealthy. So when he became one of the handful of Americans to benefit substantially from George Bush's tax cut last year, he said it would be 'a sin' to use the money in any way other than to defeat the very man who had given it to him in the first place."
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onegoodmove: Chain of Command is said to have urged the use of dogs.
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Rush vs Donald ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Top News Article | Reuters.com
A year later and thousands dead. We found 1 WMD. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Capital Games: Banned in Kalamazoo: "The problem, according to these students, was that College Republicans volunteering at the event fingered them as liberals who did not support Bush. And such citizens were not welcome at the rally."
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mousemusings weblog: Andy Rooney, Our Darkest Days Are Here: "The guards who tortured prisoners are faced with a year in prison. Well, great. A year for destroying our reputation as decent people."
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Orders to Torture How deep is the rabbit hole Neo?
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Dirty Greek /journal.php: "Which was certainly NOT a wedding party."
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not watching television: Imagine your daughter . . .: "In the Democratic Repubic of the Congo young women, children actually, with children of their own to feed are being sexually exploited by UN troops stationed near refugee camps. Shunned by others in the camps because they are without husbands, young girls who have born children after being raped by militia fighters trade sex for food with their UN protectors. We're talking teenagers here, girls as young as thirteen who have become mothers through violence . . "
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret.) Remarks at CDI Board of Directors Dinner, May 12, 2004, presented a scathing critique as to the strategic and tactical failures which the Bush Administration committed in regards to the Iraq War:"
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Uncommon Thought Journal: Fascism USA: "I watched Gore Vidal on DemocracyNow yesterday saying that we lost the republic when the US Supreme Court illegally intervened in the Presidential election of 2000. He said that we are living in a fascist state."
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Uncommon Thought Journal: Dreading the election?: "Do you find yourself feeling some trepidation in the run-up to the vote in November? You are not alone"
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The Left Coaster: The Brits Say "No" To More Troops: "The Guardian reports tomorrow that two-thirds of British voters said 'No' to more British troops for Iraq."
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24% of our citizens earn $8.70 or less—that’s $17,400 for 50 weeks. How free are they?
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Crooked Timber: Protection racket?: "But it is widely assumed that Saudi Arabia must also keep its side of a more fundamental bargain. It must be conscious of American petrol prices, especially in an election year, and, in return, the world’s only superpower will continue to offer the desert kingdom its protection."
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Orcinus: "Americans labor under the delusion that fascism 'can't happen here' because of the nation's history as an open, democratic society.
This is a peculiar blind spot, because in fact fascism is only possible as an outgrowth -- a metastasis, if you will -- of democracy. Historically, fascism has only taken root in democracies when they stumble. It seems not to occur to Americans that if their democracy stumbles, the dark face of fascism awaits to take its place." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
This is a peculiar blind spot, because in fact fascism is only possible as an outgrowth -- a metastasis, if you will -- of democracy. Historically, fascism has only taken root in democracies when they stumble. It seems not to occur to Americans that if their democracy stumbles, the dark face of fascism awaits to take its place." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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The Hairy Eyeball: Innocents Abroad: "Six Americans in their twenties and thirties with no foreign service experience who were hired to prepare a low-level report in Baghdad ended up managing Iraq’s $13 billion budget, the Washington Post reports. The six were selected from resumes they had posted at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank.
The "young, inexperienced ideologues" moved into their heady new gig when a CPA economist lost a testicle in a rocket attack on the Al-Rashid and the IMF figured it was next when the UN got blindsided by a suicide bomber parked in a side alley.
... none had ever worked in the Middle East, none spoke Arabic, and few could tell a balance sheet from an accounts receivable statement.
The U.S.-led coalition had come seeking to establish a strong economy with high-paying jobs, functioning factories and a rich consumer market. This was seen as the road to democracy." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The "young, inexperienced ideologues" moved into their heady new gig when a CPA economist lost a testicle in a rocket attack on the Al-Rashid and the IMF figured it was next when the UN got blindsided by a suicide bomber parked in a side alley.
... none had ever worked in the Middle East, none spoke Arabic, and few could tell a balance sheet from an accounts receivable statement.
The U.S.-led coalition had come seeking to establish a strong economy with high-paying jobs, functioning factories and a rich consumer market. This was seen as the road to democracy." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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The Hairy Eyeball: Get It On, On the Lawn Protesters aren't given a permit because they might hurt the lawn.
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The New York Times > National > Schwarzenegger Files Suit Against Bobblehead Maker: "Arnold Schwarzenegger's film production company filed a lawsuit last week against a small Ohio toy maker, claiming that the company's $19.95 Schwarzenegger bobblehead doll illegally exploits his image for commercial purposes."
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Audio Postcard from Dennis Kuccinich
WOW!!! 50% vote in Alaska!!! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
WOW!!! 50% vote in Alaska!!! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Eschaton: "Max has the latest on Republican fundraising calls being made from India. Look, press corps, just ask the goddamn question:"
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Body and Soul: Does this look like a terrorist to you?
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Ten Healthy Actions to Help Get Yourself out of a Funk
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SEO CHALLENGE
This Search Engine Optimization challenge has lead to many people to flood wikis with these SEO pages.
I say that it is Wiki Spam and an unwelcome presence in the wikis that I work on. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
This Search Engine Optimization challenge has lead to many people to flood wikis with these SEO pages.
I say that it is Wiki Spam and an unwelcome presence in the wikis that I work on. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Joho the Blog: [pdf] Ralph Reed: "Ralph Reed was the creator of the Christian Coalition and is currently the SE Regional Chairman for Bush-Cheney '04."
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Boing Boing: Should Kerry draft Nader?: "'If Kerry had the sense to pick Nader as his VP, they'd unify the anti-Bush ranks and eliminate the chance of a significant protest vote. Nader polls at 4%, which would put Kerry over the top. Independent voters have noticed the remarkably similar platforms of Bush and Kerry re the Iraq war (they're for it), Guantanamo (they're for indefinite imprisonment without judicial review), the Patriot Act (they're for it), and many other issues like the drug war (they're for it). If independents could vote at least one honest person into one party's administration, known for blowing the whistle when needed, they would be a lot more inclined to do so.'"
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Scarlet Jewels: Freedom of Speech? -- Poet Silenced!:
"Revolution X
Bush said no child would be left behind
And yet kids from inner-city schools
Work on Central Avenue
Jingling cans that read
Please sir, may I have some more?
They hand out diplomas like toilet paper
And lower school standards
Because
Underpaid, unrespected teachers
Are afraid of losing their jobs
Funded by the standardised tests
That shows our competency
When I'm in detox.
This is the Land of the Free ...
Where the statute of limitations for rape is only five damn years!
And immigrants can't run for President.
Where Muslims are hunted because
Some suicidal men decided they didn't like
Our arrogant bid for modern imperialism.
This is the Land of the Free ...
You drive by a car whose
Bumper screams
God bless America!
Well, you can scratch out the B
And make it Godless
Because God left this country a long time ago.
The founding fathers made this nation
On a dream and now
Freedom of Speech
Lets Nazis burn crosses, but
Calls police to
Gay pride parades.
We somehow
Can afford war with Iraq
But we can't afford to pay the teachers
Who educate the young who hold the guns
Against the 'Axis of Evil'
Land of the Free ...
This is the land
If you're politically assertive
They call you a traitor and
Damn you to ostracism.
Say good-bye to Johnny Walker Lindh
And his family.
Bye Bye.
American Pie.
So maybe
My ideas about this nation
Don't resolve around perfection
But at least I know
Education is more important
Than money.
Land of the Free . . .
If this was utopia
We'd have to see each other naked
Before we got married
But instead, we see each other naked all the time
Because the government has my social security number
And the name of my dog!
And then we make babies,
But don't worry, they won't be left behind
And they grow up saying
God bless America!
But they don't know who Bush is
Because they never learned the Presidents.
And they will ride the ship Amistad
To our dreamland shores
Bearing the same shackles as us.
I'm here to say that
Generation X
Is pissed and we are taking over,
Ripping down the American illusion of perfection
We are the future generation
I have my qualifications
I know it looks like Angel Soft paper,
But don't worry
It's a diploma
Do I look qualified?
You can take our toilet paper,
But you can't take our Revolution." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Revolution X
Bush said no child would be left behind
And yet kids from inner-city schools
Work on Central Avenue
Jingling cans that read
Please sir, may I have some more?
They hand out diplomas like toilet paper
And lower school standards
Because
Underpaid, unrespected teachers
Are afraid of losing their jobs
Funded by the standardised tests
That shows our competency
When I'm in detox.
This is the Land of the Free ...
Where the statute of limitations for rape is only five damn years!
And immigrants can't run for President.
Where Muslims are hunted because
Some suicidal men decided they didn't like
Our arrogant bid for modern imperialism.
This is the Land of the Free ...
You drive by a car whose
Bumper screams
God bless America!
Well, you can scratch out the B
And make it Godless
Because God left this country a long time ago.
The founding fathers made this nation
On a dream and now
Freedom of Speech
Lets Nazis burn crosses, but
Calls police to
Gay pride parades.
We somehow
Can afford war with Iraq
But we can't afford to pay the teachers
Who educate the young who hold the guns
Against the 'Axis of Evil'
Land of the Free ...
This is the land
If you're politically assertive
They call you a traitor and
Damn you to ostracism.
Say good-bye to Johnny Walker Lindh
And his family.
Bye Bye.
American Pie.
So maybe
My ideas about this nation
Don't resolve around perfection
But at least I know
Education is more important
Than money.
Land of the Free . . .
If this was utopia
We'd have to see each other naked
Before we got married
But instead, we see each other naked all the time
Because the government has my social security number
And the name of my dog!
And then we make babies,
But don't worry, they won't be left behind
And they grow up saying
God bless America!
But they don't know who Bush is
Because they never learned the Presidents.
And they will ride the ship Amistad
To our dreamland shores
Bearing the same shackles as us.
I'm here to say that
Generation X
Is pissed and we are taking over,
Ripping down the American illusion of perfection
We are the future generation
I have my qualifications
I know it looks like Angel Soft paper,
But don't worry
It's a diploma
Do I look qualified?
You can take our toilet paper,
But you can't take our Revolution." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Shameless Agitator: "According to England, her superiors gave abuse torture orders. NY Times corroborates?"
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Seeing The Forest - a Weblog of Politics: "
Guardian on rape/abuse of female prisoners in Iraq by American guards
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Guardian on rape/abuse of female prisoners in Iraq by American guards
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Seeing The Forest - a Weblog of Politics: "To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court." "I have to say, even the military's account of this operation sounds like they set out to kill everyone in the village."
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Seeing The Forest - a Weblog of Politics: "WASHINGTON -- A military intelligence analyst who recently completed duty at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq said Wednesday that the 16-year-old son of a detainee there was abused by U.S. soldiers to break his father's resistance to interrogators."
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randomWalks: No child left uncensored: "In March 2003, a teenage girl named Courtney presented one of her poems before an audience at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Albuquerque, then read the poem live on the school's closed-circuit television channel.
A school military liaison and the high school principal accused the girl of being 'un-American' because she criticized the war in Iraq and the Bush administration's failure to give substance to its 'No child left behind' education policy."
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A school military liaison and the high school principal accused the girl of being 'un-American' because she criticized the war in Iraq and the Bush administration's failure to give substance to its 'No child left behind' education policy."
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randomWalks: Hooded Statue of Liberty
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:: jakeneck | freers of the lead world ::: "To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court."
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Shock and Awe: Winning the Battle of Iraq, Losing the War against Terror: "Al Qaeda has more than 18,000 militants ready to strike"
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Big, Left, Outside: Ralph Nader Google Bomb
Be a public citizen.
Make sure that a spoiler is deemed unsafe at any speed.
Get your politics out of PIRG-a-tory.
Link to this from all blogs and public online forums.
Ralph Nader.
That's first name Ralph, last name Nader.
Don't be green, party on.
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Be a public citizen.
Make sure that a spoiler is deemed unsafe at any speed.
Get your politics out of PIRG-a-tory.
Link to this from all blogs and public online forums.
Ralph Nader.
That's first name Ralph, last name Nader.
Don't be green, party on.
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Big, Left, Outside: Iraq Torture Methods Used Again Monday... in Haiti: "The black hoods, the binding, are not isolated abuses. These are Standard Operating Procedure for an illegitimate administration gone mad."
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Ted Rall online About the football player who got pulled into Bush's war machine.
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HipperCritical: The Rebel: I know it's late, but I'll play this silly game too.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Here is Martin Jay Levitt's Confessions of a Union Buster, fifth sentence of page 23:
"The organizing committee is the heart and the soul of a union campaign, for they are the people."
Wow, that is pretty amazing. I didn't expect that this little exercise would basically spearhead what a union was. Not much more to say than that. Wow... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Here is Martin Jay Levitt's Confessions of a Union Buster, fifth sentence of page 23:
"The organizing committee is the heart and the soul of a union campaign, for they are the people."
Wow, that is pretty amazing. I didn't expect that this little exercise would basically spearhead what a union was. Not much more to say than that. Wow... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Anarchogeek: Links to anarchist blogs
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Communications Workers of America: "By joining the community campaign, you are showing your support for the fight to protect good hometown jobs and health care at SBC."
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Joi Ito's Web: Rumsfeld bans camera phones in Iraq He must think it is the camera's fault.
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Joi Ito's Web: Sinking support for Iraq War
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Israel-Palestinians: "Justice Minister Yosef Lapid, a Holocaust survivor, insisted he was not likening army actions to Nazi policies. However, he said the picture of an elderly woman searching for medication in the rubble of a home razed by Israel in the Rafah camp reminded him of his grandmother."
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Swans Commentary: Behind The Anti-Nader Attacks, by Louis Proyect - lproy15: "Although it is very difficult to anticipate the ultimate impact of the Nader candidacy in 2004, it is safe to say that it is a necessary corrective to the sorry retreat of some 1960s activists."
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www.GovExec.com - Union calculates next step in battle to organize airport screeners (5/21/04): "The American Federation of Government Employees is evaluating its next step to organize federal airport screeners after a court ruling blazed new legal ground"
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Black Voices For Peace: "President Bush: THE FACTS & THE LIES"
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heraldsun.com: Mt. Olive boycott extending its reach: "FLOC is demanding that the pickle company sign a union contract with farmers and farm workers. Such a contract would put an end to low wages, unsafe working conditions and illegal labor practices"
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mamamusings: serious os x security problem To my mac friends, help me fix this.
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camera / iraq
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Mirror.co.uk - 50 FACTS SHOW WHY WE MUST CHANGE WORLD: "DID you know that 300,000 of the soldiers fighting in conflicts around the world are children?"
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Iraq Torture Scandal Spreads: "It's not a good idea to torture press employees:"
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Torture Isolated? Look at US Prisons: "Remember the disturbing 1996 videotape of naked prisoners crawling on their bellies in a Texas jail as they were hit with batons, kicked and in some cases bitten by German-shepherds?
Do you recall Corcoran State Prison, where eight guards were accused in 1997 of staging gladiator-like fights between inmates, then shooting and killing some of them in the name of prison security?
And who can forget Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, raped with a stick in the custody of New York City's finest that same year?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Do you recall Corcoran State Prison, where eight guards were accused in 1997 of staging gladiator-like fights between inmates, then shooting and killing some of them in the name of prison security?
And who can forget Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, raped with a stick in the custody of New York City's finest that same year?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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funferal: Helicopter attacks on civilians and children: "What is the moral difference between suicide bombings and helicopter attacks that leave civilians dead?"
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funferal: Brutal acts of occupying troops: "I had planned to post an item about U.S. soldiers' treatment of Iraqi prisoners, but events overtake me, and now there is also a report of ill-treatment of prisoners by British soldiers."
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The Wage Slave Journal: "We're not supposed to be as bad as Saddam Hussein and terrorists, are we?"
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Dirty Greek One day of war in the world.
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Dirty Greek: I have managed to stay away from these fucked up images for a while, now I want to cry and vomit. How does it make you feel?
I am sickened.
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I am sickened.
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Camera Works: Audio and Video (washingtonpost.com): "Videos Amplify Picture of Violence "
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mamamusings: powerful washington post essay on the torture at abu ghraib: "But these photos are us. Yes, they are the acts of individuals (though the scandal widens, as scandals almost inevitably do, and the military’s own internal report calls the abuse “systemic”). But armies are made of individuals. Nations are made up of individuals. Great national crimes begin with the acts of misguided individuals; and no matter how many people are held directly accountable for these crimes, we are, collectively, responsible for what these individuals have done. We live in a democracy. Every errant smart bomb, every dead civilian, every sodomized prisoner, is ours."
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Dirty Greek: "'In a written statement the Pentagon said last night: 'Our report is that this was not a wedding party, that these were anti-coalition forces that fired first...'
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No. Of course not- it couldn't have been a wedding party. It was a resistance cell of women and children (one deviously dressed in a wedding gown!)." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Bush is perfect?: " 'I was going to start off tonight by telling some self-deprecating jokes, but then I couldn't think of any mistakes I've made to be self-deprecating about,' Bush said. He was referring to his recent news conference in which he was stumped by a reporter who asked him to name any mistake he regretted making as president.
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luckily, american progress has done all the work for him. " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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not watching television: And then there's the guns . . .: "this report that the US has awarded a $35 million dollar contract for providing arms for Iraq's new police force to an Indiana dealer notorious for mass distributin assault weapons and ammo at gun shows and via the Internet."
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Eat Your Vegetables: Republicans Oppose Bush Tax Cuts
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morons.org - A public event with Bush that's Bush-supporter only and the best thing from this was FUGW
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Billionaires For Bush :"Because the deficit is not growing fast enough"
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Goodspeed Update 2004: News and Information for Students at the University of Michigan: "the city (Ann Arbor) may vote to ban upholstered furniture on porches as soon as this summer, ostensibly for 'fire safety' reasons"
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Please Come, Help People Get Their Water Back!!!
Highland Park Human Rights Coalition
Calling all Allies!
Please come to the Municipal Complex
Woodward at California
Monday May 24, 5pm
Peaceful protest
The Highland Park city manager Jan Lazar,appointed by Gov. Engler has vowed to try to over-ride local democratic control of the city of Highland Park by ruling over the mayor and the city council, both of which have stated opposition to the Rothchild-Wright Group (a company that admits it has never managed water systems itself) taking over the water system. There is also a related proposal being considered for Detroit's waste water treatment system by Synagro. We must stop this move to rob the people of control over their city and their water! Many have lost their water, many have lost their homes because they could not pay their water bills! Thousands of households have been shut off in Highland Park and Detroit. This is a human rights emergency!
At 6pm, the Highland Park City Council will meet to consider the RWG contract. Join us! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Highland Park Human Rights Coalition
Calling all Allies!
Please come to the Municipal Complex
Woodward at California
Monday May 24, 5pm
Peaceful protest
The Highland Park city manager Jan Lazar,appointed by Gov. Engler has vowed to try to over-ride local democratic control of the city of Highland Park by ruling over the mayor and the city council, both of which have stated opposition to the Rothchild-Wright Group (a company that admits it has never managed water systems itself) taking over the water system. There is also a related proposal being considered for Detroit's waste water treatment system by Synagro. We must stop this move to rob the people of control over their city and their water! Many have lost their water, many have lost their homes because they could not pay their water bills! Thousands of households have been shut off in Highland Park and Detroit. This is a human rights emergency!
At 6pm, the Highland Park City Council will meet to consider the RWG contract. Join us! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Yes, it is ANSWER, but if they are not the answer, who is
June 5 Protest in D.C.: "The U.S. war and occupation of Iraq is a disaster for the people there and here, a disaster that the Bush administration wants to escalate. In the first three weeks of April alone, more than 1,000 Iraqis, most of them civilians, and at least 110 U.S. soldiers have been killed. It is not only U.S. troops that are dying but those from Latin America and from other countries in Bush's 'coalition of the willing.' Thousands more have been wounded. The war is costing more than 300 million dollars ($300,000,000) every day, money that is transferred from working people in the U.S. to the pockets of arms manufacturers and corporate war profiteers. It is a war that is destroying an entire country and the lives of the Iraqi people -- already victimized for more than a decade by sanctions." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
June 5 Protest in D.C.: "The U.S. war and occupation of Iraq is a disaster for the people there and here, a disaster that the Bush administration wants to escalate. In the first three weeks of April alone, more than 1,000 Iraqis, most of them civilians, and at least 110 U.S. soldiers have been killed. It is not only U.S. troops that are dying but those from Latin America and from other countries in Bush's 'coalition of the willing.' Thousands more have been wounded. The war is costing more than 300 million dollars ($300,000,000) every day, money that is transferred from working people in the U.S. to the pockets of arms manufacturers and corporate war profiteers. It is a war that is destroying an entire country and the lives of the Iraqi people -- already victimized for more than a decade by sanctions." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Colombia: Support striking oil workers, stop repression: "A courageous union is challenging the Colombian government's game plan of opening oil lease and development so multinational oil companies can write their own ticket on the gains from Colombia's oil resources."
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washingtonpost.com | Camera Works Wow, I am just now seeing these, and it makes me very sad.
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Let Us Now Thank Lynndie England
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demandmedia || May 13 Demo At Rumsfeld's House
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Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965) heard this was good
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COMMENTS: "workers were dealt an expected blow when Federal District Judge Joe McDade struck down Illinois' Employment of Strikebreakers Act." :"workers were dealt an expected blow when Federal District Judge Joe McDade struck down Illinois' Employment of Strikebreakers Act."
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Thanksgiving Is Ruined :"Judge dismisses sailermongering charges against Greenpeace"
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v-2 Organisation | news | Wobblies at my local Starbucks!: "They truly couldn't have picked a better union."
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Yahoo! News - Israeli Shells Kill at Least 10 in Gaza: "RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces fired a missile and a barrage of tank shells to hold back a crowd of Palestinians protesting military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 10, including children and teens. Overwhelmed doctors treated some of the dozens of wounded on blood-drenched hospital floors."
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Road map for Peace - World Peace Society of Australia
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Joi Ito's Web: Report: "Rumsfeld and Rice Approved; Bush Knew": "Greetings. Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker, who exposed so many aspects of the Iraqi prisoner abuse story, now reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and national security advisor Condoleezza Rice secretly approved the expansion of a clandestine program that encouraged physical coercion, sexual humiliation, and blackmail of Iraqi prisoners, setting the stage for the abuses that these same officials have recently been condemning so publicly.
According to the report, President Bush was kept informed regarding this program. The Department of Defense called the accusations in the story "outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture."" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
According to the report, President Bush was kept informed regarding this program. The Department of Defense called the accusations in the story "outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture."" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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U of M News Service: "University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman publicly launched the University's major fundraising campaign today (May 14), and announced an ambitious goal of $2.5 billion. The campaign, titled The Michigan Difference, will support scholarships, endowed professorships, academic programs, facilities and other projects. "
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The Chronicle: Daily news: 05/17/2004: "The University of Michigan announced on Friday that it will try to raise $2.5-billion by the end of 2008. Even before the announcement, it had raised more than half that amount."
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Women In Black
ALL VIGILS START AT NOON, second Saturday of the month
June 12, Detroit, on Belle Isle Bridge at Jefferson
July 10, Detroit, Van Dyke 2 blks south of 8 mile
August 14, Royal Oak, 1 blk S of 11 mile & 1 ml east of Main Street
(front of the library)
September 11, Greek Town, corner of Lafayette & Beaubien***
October 9, Ann Arbor, mtg spot to be announced--this will be a regional
gathering of women-in-black groups from all over Michigan, possibly
Windsor as well.
women, men, children--all welcome
Please wear black and march single file in silence ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
ALL VIGILS START AT NOON, second Saturday of the month
June 12, Detroit, on Belle Isle Bridge at Jefferson
July 10, Detroit, Van Dyke 2 blks south of 8 mile
August 14, Royal Oak, 1 blk S of 11 mile & 1 ml east of Main Street
(front of the library)
September 11, Greek Town, corner of Lafayette & Beaubien***
October 9, Ann Arbor, mtg spot to be announced--this will be a regional
gathering of women-in-black groups from all over Michigan, possibly
Windsor as well.
women, men, children--all welcome
Please wear black and march single file in silence ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Abuse less shocking in light of history In right conditions, many could descend to brutality. It has happened before.: "''About 25% of the vets I've talked to either participated in, witnessed, or were aware of violations of the Geneva Conventions'' in Vietnam, he says."
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baltimoresun.com - As violence in Iraq surges, U.S. quietly turns to Israel: "The contacts between the two governments on military tactics and strategies in Iraq are mostly classified, and officials are reluctant to give the impression that the United States is brainstorming with Israel on the best way to occupy Iraq."
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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq: "Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in aggressive counter-insurgency operations in Iraq, including the use of assassination squads against guerrilla leaders, US intelligence and military sources said yesterday."
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Contact information for Political Leaders and Media (CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN)
CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!
You can easily find how to contact for your own U.S. Senators and Congresspeople at http://government.aol.com.
To begin, here are four important people to address in the United States. Use phone AND fax AND email:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1111 -- Fax: (202) 456-2461 -- E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Dick Cheney
(The White House, as above)
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
(The White House, as above)
Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-6575 -- Fax: (202) 261-8577 -- E-mail: secretary@state.gov
You can also call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress.
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MEDIA SOURCES:
ABC News - 212-456-4040
CBS News - 212-975-3691
NBC News - 212-664-4971
CNN - 404-827-1511
Fox News - 212-301-3300
MSNBC - 201-583-5222
PBS - 703-998-2150
NPR - 202-513 3232 / Morning Edition comment line - 202-842 5044
NY Times - 212-556-1234
USA Today - 703-276-3400
WS Journal - 212-416-2000
Wash. Post - 202-334-6000
Time - 212-522-1212
U.S. News - 202-955-2000
AP 212-621-1600
MSNBC - 201-583-5000
CNBC - 201-585-2622
"Dan Rather" audsvcs@cbs.com
"NBC Nightly News" Nightly@nbc.com
"MSNBC" world@msnbc.com
"KOMO-TV4" Tips@KOMO4NEWS.com
"KIRO-TV7" newstips@kirotv.com
"Peter Jennings" PeterJennings@abcnews.com
"CTV NATIONAL NEWS" news@ctv.ca
"CNN" cnn.feedback@cnn.com
"CBC-TV" national@cbc.ca
"CBCNEWS" nwonline@toronto.cbc.ca
"CBC VANCOUVER" bc1@vancouver.cbc.ca
"CBC THIS MORNING" thismorning@cbc.ca
"BCTV NEWS" newstips@bctv.wic.ca
"ABC World News Tonight" netaudr@abc.com
"THE VILLAGE VOICE" editor@villagevoice.com
"THE VANCOUVER SUN" sunletters@pacpress.southam.ca
"THE TORONTO STAR" lettertoed@thestar.ca
"THE PRAGUE POST" news@praguepost.cz
"THE NATION" letters@thenation.com
"THE INDEPENDENT" newseditor@independent.co.uk
"THE GUARDIAN" reader@guardian.co.uk
"THE DAILY STAR-BEIRUT" editorial@dailystar.com.lb
"SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" emailnews@smh.fairfax.com.au
"ST. PETERSBURG TIMES" sspears@sptimes.com
"NEW ZEALAND HERALD" letters@herald.co.nz
"NEW YORK TIMES" letters@nytimes.com
"NATIONAL POST" letters@nationalpost.com
"MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE" buster@startribune.com
"MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL" davis@jsonline.com
"MIAMI HERALD" HeraldEd@herald.com
"LOS ANGELES TIMES" feedback@latimes.com
"JORDAN TIMES" jotimes@jpf.com.jo
"JERUSALEM POST" editors@jpost.co.il
"GLOBAL NATIONAL" globalnational@canada.com
"EVENING POST - NZ" editor@evpost.co.nz
"DENVER POST" letters@denverpost.com
"CKVU-TV" tips.van@ckvu.ca
"CHICAGO TRIBUNE" DWycliff@tribune.com
"CBS Evening News" audsvcs@cbs.com
"CBC COUNTERSPIN" counterspin@toronto.cbc.ca
"BUENOS AIRES HERALD" info@buenosairesherald.com
"BOSTON GLOBE" letters@globe.com
"BANGKOK POST" editor@bangkokpost.net
"2020" 2020@abc.com
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CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!
You can easily find how to contact for your own U.S. Senators and Congresspeople at http://government.aol.com.
To begin, here are four important people to address in the United States. Use phone AND fax AND email:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1111 -- Fax: (202) 456-2461 -- E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Dick Cheney
(The White House, as above)
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
(The White House, as above)
Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-6575 -- Fax: (202) 261-8577 -- E-mail: secretary@state.gov
You can also call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress.
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MEDIA SOURCES:
ABC News - 212-456-4040
CBS News - 212-975-3691
NBC News - 212-664-4971
CNN - 404-827-1511
Fox News - 212-301-3300
MSNBC - 201-583-5222
PBS - 703-998-2150
NPR - 202-513 3232 / Morning Edition comment line - 202-842 5044
NY Times - 212-556-1234
USA Today - 703-276-3400
WS Journal - 212-416-2000
Wash. Post - 202-334-6000
Time - 212-522-1212
U.S. News - 202-955-2000
AP 212-621-1600
MSNBC - 201-583-5000
CNBC - 201-585-2622
"Dan Rather" audsvcs@cbs.com
"NBC Nightly News" Nightly@nbc.com
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Wayne Madsen: The Israeli Toture Template: "Many of the torture methods were developed by the Israelis over many years of interrogating Arab prisoners on the occupied West Bank and in Israel itself."
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Robert Fisk: An Illegal and Immoral War: "First, our enemies created the suicide bomber. Now, we have our own digital suicide bomber, the camera. Just look at the way US army reservist Lynndie England holds the leash of the naked, bearded Iraqi. Take a close look at the leather strap, the pain on the prisoner's face."
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Sung to the tune of the theme from "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Come and listen to my story 'bout a boy named Bush.
His IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
He drank like a fish while he drove all about.
But that didn't matter 'cuz his daddy bailed him out.
DUI, that is.
Criminal record.
Cover-up.
Well, the first thing you know little Georgie goes to Yale.
He can't spell his name but they never let him fail.
He spends all his time hangin' out with student folk.
And that's when he learns how to snort a line of coke.
Blow, that is.
White gold.
Nose candy.
Well, the next thing you know there's a war in Vietnam.
Kin folks say, "George, stay at home with Mom."
You let the poor folks get all maimed and scarred.
We'll buy you a spot in the Texas Air Guard.
Cushy, that is.
Country clubs.
Nose candy.
Twenty years later George gets a little bored.
He trades in the booze, says that Jesus is his Lord.
He said, "Now the White House is the place I wanna be."
So he called his daddy's friends and they called the GOP.
Gun owners, that is.
Falwell.
Jesse Helms.
Come November 7, the election ran late.
Kin folks said "Jeb, give the boy your state!"
"Don'tcha let those colored folks get into the polls."
So they put up barricades so they couldn't punch their holes.
Chads, that is.
Duval County.
Miami-Dade.
Before the votes were counted five Supremes stepped in.
They told all the voters "Hey, we want George to win."
"Stop counting votes!" was their solemn invocation.
And that's how George finally got his coronation.
Rigged, that is.
Illegitimate.
No moral authority.
Y'all come vote now.
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Come and listen to my story 'bout a boy named Bush.
His IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
He drank like a fish while he drove all about.
But that didn't matter 'cuz his daddy bailed him out.
DUI, that is.
Criminal record.
Cover-up.
Well, the first thing you know little Georgie goes to Yale.
He can't spell his name but they never let him fail.
He spends all his time hangin' out with student folk.
And that's when he learns how to snort a line of coke.
Blow, that is.
White gold.
Nose candy.
Well, the next thing you know there's a war in Vietnam.
Kin folks say, "George, stay at home with Mom."
You let the poor folks get all maimed and scarred.
We'll buy you a spot in the Texas Air Guard.
Cushy, that is.
Country clubs.
Nose candy.
Twenty years later George gets a little bored.
He trades in the booze, says that Jesus is his Lord.
He said, "Now the White House is the place I wanna be."
So he called his daddy's friends and they called the GOP.
Gun owners, that is.
Falwell.
Jesse Helms.
Come November 7, the election ran late.
Kin folks said "Jeb, give the boy your state!"
"Don'tcha let those colored folks get into the polls."
So they put up barricades so they couldn't punch their holes.
Chads, that is.
Duval County.
Miami-Dade.
Before the votes were counted five Supremes stepped in.
They told all the voters "Hey, we want George to win."
"Stop counting votes!" was their solemn invocation.
And that's how George finally got his coronation.
Rigged, that is.
Illegitimate.
No moral authority.
Y'all come vote now.
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LiveMarch. Make a difference from your desktop.
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While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), a doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road, and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road, and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Voices in the Wilderness - Recent Updates: "Another Open Letter to the Troops in Iraq
from Stan Goff - In 1994, I was running an A-Detachment in 3rd Special Forces, ODA-354 to be precise, a team that specialized in free-fall parachute infiltration and special (strategic) reconnaissance" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
from Stan Goff - In 1994, I was running an A-Detachment in 3rd Special Forces, ODA-354 to be precise, a team that specialized in free-fall parachute infiltration and special (strategic) reconnaissance" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Zionist crap, in our midst. and yes, this isn't nice "it seems that Arab students like to mutter "al Yahud" at Jewish students as they pass by."
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Unions need to start fighting these kind of anti-union decisions. The US is one of the only countries in the world that doesn't outright ban the use of replacement workers, AKA, strike-breakers.
Zwichenzug Holding Zone: "the LRB ruling states that all 'replacement workers' hired by Tyson during the strike are 'permanent.'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Bombs and Shields: " Direct action protesters “want to put New York on the map," this coming August when the Republican National Convention comes to town to nominate George W. Bush."
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Bombs and Shields: "Pirates in Holland, Michigan crashed the town's Kinderparade yesterday, before being run off by local police."
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The Anti-Christ
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Declaration of People Power
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ann_arbor_ypsi: UM admins/secretaries-- starting a union: "If you work at UM as a secretary/administrator, you may be interested: there is talk of trying to start a union."
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The Yes Men: "Honest people impersonate big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else."
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MoveOn.org: Responding to Torture: "Responding to Torture
Reports and photographs of Iraqi prisoners being tortured and abused by U.S. and British troops have shocked the world. They are also provoking a global backlash against the U.S., at the very moment when we most need the world's help to manage the mess in Iraq." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Reports and photographs of Iraqi prisoners being tortured and abused by U.S. and British troops have shocked the world. They are also provoking a global backlash against the U.S., at the very moment when we most need the world's help to manage the mess in Iraq." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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On May 7th, Condoleezza Rice will be speaking at 1pm at the Michigan
State University convocation. A coalition of student and community groups
are Calling for Mass Demonstrations in response.
Rally Against Rice on May 7th!
10:30am-Gather at Valley Court Park in E. Lansing
(Behind Beaners at 270 W. Grand River)
11:30am-Arrive at the Breslin Center where Rice will be speaking
There will be an alternative graduation with speakers, music and fun
after the demonstration
Reasons to Oppose Condoleeza Rice's visit include:
-Dr. Rice's lack of cooperation with 9-11 investigations.
-Dr. Rice's support for the internationally recognized as illegal, war in
Iraq.
-Dr. Rice's unsupportive stance on Affirmative Action.
-Dr. Rice's and the Bush Administration's position on US immigration laws.
-Dr. Rice's support for the Patriot Act.
-The Bush Administration's treatment of Arab Americans and Muslims.
-Dr. Rice's support of the continued build up of nuclear weapons.
-The conversion of the MSU Convocation ceremony into a forum with a
political agenda.
-The undemocratic process by which Dr. Rice was invited to speak at MSU,
without consultation of the Board of Trustees, the MSU community or the
graduating seniors.
for sample emails to the president of our university, flyers or a copy of
our petition go to: http://www.msu.edu/~mitch278/nocondi.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
State University convocation. A coalition of student and community groups
are Calling for Mass Demonstrations in response.
Rally Against Rice on May 7th!
10:30am-Gather at Valley Court Park in E. Lansing
(Behind Beaners at 270 W. Grand River)
11:30am-Arrive at the Breslin Center where Rice will be speaking
There will be an alternative graduation with speakers, music and fun
after the demonstration
Reasons to Oppose Condoleeza Rice's visit include:
-Dr. Rice's lack of cooperation with 9-11 investigations.
-Dr. Rice's support for the internationally recognized as illegal, war in
Iraq.
-Dr. Rice's unsupportive stance on Affirmative Action.
-Dr. Rice's and the Bush Administration's position on US immigration laws.
-Dr. Rice's support for the Patriot Act.
-The Bush Administration's treatment of Arab Americans and Muslims.
-Dr. Rice's support of the continued build up of nuclear weapons.
-The conversion of the MSU Convocation ceremony into a forum with a
political agenda.
-The undemocratic process by which Dr. Rice was invited to speak at MSU,
without consultation of the Board of Trustees, the MSU community or the
graduating seniors.
for sample emails to the president of our university, flyers or a copy of
our petition go to: http://www.msu.edu/~mitch278/nocondi.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Joi Ito's Web: The New Yorker on the torture at Abu Ghraib: "In case anyone missed this, there is a detailed article on the torture at Abu Ghraib in The New Yorker. Unlike the sniper rumor, this one is pretty much documented fact. I realize that this is obviously not standard behavior, but it is not a single wacko, but a group of soldiers."
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Joi Ito's Web: US snipers shooting kids in Falluja? - is this really happening?
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Common Craft - Online Community Strategies: Wiki and the Perfect Camping Trip: "This entry should provide an easy-to-understand (but fictional) example of a wiki at work for people new to the technology/concept."
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A nice description of wiki: [luvly] Talking to Ward Cunningham about wiki: "I like walking in city parks, but they are very easy to destroy. And sometimes someone will come along in their SUV and destroy one, but we still build city parks. Just driving along, you can see how many buildings, how much of civilisation remains in one piece and working when it could so easily be broken by a very few people."
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Joi Ito's Web: Article in Guardian about why the US should be forced out of Iraq: "Can we please stop calling it a quagmire? The United States isn't mired in a bog in Iraq, or a marsh; it is free-falling off a cliff. The only question now is: who will follow the Bush clan off this precipice, and who will refuse to jump?"
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Joi Ito's Web: Whom did Bush consult before going to war?: "MATTHEWS: Mr. Secretary, let me ask you about the war in Iraq and the boldest question I could put to you here in the Pentagon. Did you ever advise the president to go to war?
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RUMSFELD: You ought to get a life. You could do something besides read those books." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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May 1st Belongs to Labor, Not Loyalty: "May Day as a labor day on the first of May is celebrated all over the world, but only minimally in the United States, although its origins are in Chicago."
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Whiskey Bar: Mission Accomplished Day: "Mission Accomplished Day"
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mousemusings weblog: " A Republican's Case Against George W. Bush
Paul Findley, a Member of Congress for 22 years, is the author of They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby and chairman emeritus of the Council for the National Interest." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Paul Findley, a Member of Congress for 22 years, is the author of They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby and chairman emeritus of the Council for the National Interest." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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onegoodmove: Trump Fires Bush: Hilarious spoof video based on "The Apprentice."
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