Hurricane Alex 2010: First Atlantic Hurricane Of The Season

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Hurricane Alex churned westward through the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, far from oil spill cleanup efforts but on a collision course with Mexico and the southern Texas coastline.

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Uniformed Cops On BP 's Payroll

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Some updates on the incident I reported on last week, in which an off-duty Louisiana sheriff's deputy working for BP's private security detail harassed an environmental activist who was neither on BP's property nor breaking any laws.

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Wikileaks About to Release Information That Will Change the World

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Birgitta Jonsdottir, who is a member of the Icelandic Parliament, who is also a spokesperson for Julian Assange (The founder of Wikileaks), says on The Alex Jones Channel, they are about to release classified info.

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Zoo Ape pictures by Freaking News

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George W. Bush advisers

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Commit $100 million fraud, get a $12 million fine - Sounds like a good business practice!

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Exclusive: Congressman wants Attorney General to explain $12 million settlement for $100 million energy fraud

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Arizona musician "anti-immigrant" boycott swells to nearly 300 artists

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Zack De la Roca's latest endeavor, The Sound Strike, pitches him as not just the frontman to the most politically relevant mainstream rock group in the world, but also as the loudest voice encapsulating a charge of hundreds of artists and music groups that have agreed to boycott the state of Arizona over its crackdown on Mexican immigrants.

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Doctor testing drug to prevent lesbianism

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It also prevents "some of the symptoms of [this disorder] in girls, namely ambiguous genitalia. Because the condition causes overproduction of male hormones in the womb, girls who are affected tend to have genitals that look more male than female, though internal sex organs are normal."

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It sounds to me like it could also make for an extremely tough lesbian, Dr. Frankenstein.

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Panama drug money a US-run 'banking scheme'

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"I say with much humility and respect that this is an imaginary banking scheme," Noriega told the court in Spanish through his interpreter on the second day of his trial.

"I will have the opportunity to produce documents that show that I was a victim of a conspiracy mounted by the United States against me," he said.

Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, spent 20 years in a Miami cell for drug trafficking and money laundering and now faces the prospect of another decade in a French prison if convicted.

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Greetings from topless Asbury Park, New Jersey

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The Jersey Shore may let women go bare -- but locals would prefer only the pretty ones do

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Senate Republicans don't want additional benefits to homeless veterans

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Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) brought her bill — the Homeless Women Veterans and Homeless Veterans With Children Act — to the Senate floor seeking unanimous consent.

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Republican Says Rape & Incest Are God's Plan

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Russian spy ring scandal: FBI action movie?

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Glenn Beck Says Obama Will Shut Down Fox News

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Glenn Beck admits that the mess the USA is in was all George Bush's fault!

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This is why I only buy tuna in water

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The Tillman Story Trailer

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U.S. GOV can kill ANYONE including YOU without trial COVERTLY !!

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THE GREATEST CON OF ALL / AL-QAEDA AND THE WAR ON TERROR

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" Increasingly, politicians are seen simply as managers of public life. But now, they have discovered a new role that restores their power and authority. Instead of delivering dreams, politicians now promise to protect us from nightmares. They say that they will rescue us from dreadful dangers that we cannot see and do not understand. And the greatest danger of all is international terrorism..."

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Illinois inmate bleeds to death as guards ignore him for weeks

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For days before he died from internal bleeding in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came.

An autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old inmate suffered from no fewer than three serious illnesses — cancer, hepatitis and HIV. The cancer ultimately killed him, causing his spleen to burst. Montoya bled to death internally.

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"Damn you, bleeding hearts or spleens or whatever. Prisons are now a profit-making business. How are we supposed to make a profit and be responsible to our stock holders if we have to give medical care to our product, I mean inmates?"

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Unarmed Turkish aid workers shot multiple times by Israelis on Gaza aid ship: forensics

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All but two of the nine Turks killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship were shot more than once, and five died from bullet wounds to the head, according to forensic reports.

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Citing SB-1070, Latinos withdraw applications for top University of Arizona position.

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With criticism of its harsh immigration law mounting, Arizona continues to feel the negative effects of the fallout.

While Arizona businesses have borne the brunt of the impact, the state’s educational system has also faced the law’s consequences.

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10 'Russian spies' charged in US, Moscow questions arrests

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Establishment Press Furious w/ Rolling Stone For Breaking General's Story

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ISRAEL UPSET AT ITS NEW NAZI IMAGE

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Yesterday I posted a piece which made reference to Israel’s Foreign Minister being a nazi…

Today Israel sent a protest to an Egyptian newspaper for publishing a cartoon linking Israel to nazis…. Instead of protesting, perhaps they should stop acting as such.

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Diner reports finding crude oil in Gulf oyster

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Animation: On the wrong track (final cut)

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‘Dozens’ of US citizens on assassination list, White House adviser hints

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When it was confirmed last winter by then-Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair that the Obama administration had authorized the assassination of American citizens working with terrorist groups overseas, it appeared that no more than three Americans were being targeted in this manner.

In an interview last week with the Washington Times, however, Deputy White House National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan suggested that the number might actually amount to "dozens."

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GAZA: A Festival Of Lights.

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Israel Releases Abducted Lebanese Shepherd, Leaves Scars All Over His Body

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It seems that the Lebanese citizens remain to be subject to the “Israeli” enemy’s atrocities while the UN Interim Forces set a blind eye to all violations, and it seems that its only mission is to keep record of these “Israeli” violations.

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Ariel Sharon: "We, the Jewish People, Control America, and The Americans Know it"!

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"Don't worry about American pressure, we the Jewish people control America."

-- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, October 2001. According to Israel Radio (in Hebrew) Kol Yisrael

"The Israelis control the policy in the congress and the senate."

-- Senator Fullbright, Chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee: 10/07/1973 on CBS' "Face the Nation".

"I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy [in the Middle East] not approved by the Jews..... terrific control the Jews have over the news media and the barrage the Jews have built up on congressmen .... I am very much concerned over the fact that the Jewish influence here is completely dominating the scene and making it almost impossible to get congress to do anything they don't approve of. The Israeli embassy is practically dictating to the congress through influential Jewish people in the country"

-- Sec. of State John Foster Dulles quoted on p.99 of Fallen Pillars by Donald Neff

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IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN: American casualties total 500,000, counting wounded, disease and death

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That's if you count certain injuries and diseases including mental illness that he alleges the Department of Defense doesn't include in its official combat-related casualty toll in an effort to soften U.S. military losses in the wars and win funding for them from the Congress.

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FDA: Antibiotics in Livestock Affects Human Health

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Agency "Suggests" Limits on Antibiotics in Animals Because of Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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Scammers Stole Millions Using Micro Charges to Credit Cards

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A gang of unknown thieves has stolen nearly $10 million using micro charges made to more than a million credit and debit cards in an elaborate multiyear scam, according to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission in March.

Have any of these company names appeared on your bank card statement? The FTC says they were front companies used by scammers to make nearly $10 million in charges to consumer credit and debit card accounts.

The fraudulent charges went unnoticed by the majority of card owners because they were made in small amounts — ranging from 20 cents to $10 — that bypassed fraud detection algorithms, and because the scammers typically made only one fraudulent charge per card.

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Defense Department unveils $50,000 portrait of Donald Rumsfeld.

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Only $50,000!

On Friday, Donald Rumsfeld was back at the Pentagon for the unveiling of his official portrait in a ceremony hosted by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

The painting “shows Rumsfeld at his stand-up desk with a picture of first-responders and soldiers unfurling the flag over the still-burning Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001.”

It will hang in the Pentagon along with his other portrait, commemorating when he served as defense secretary from 1975 to 1977.

As the Washington Post reported in 2008, this new portrait of Rumsfeld cost nearly $50,000.

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"Sorry kids, you have to find your food in a dumpster because we needed to spend $50,000 of your food money to have a painting made of Hitler, err, I mean Rumsfeld."

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US Supreme Court deals pedophilia blow for Vatican

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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by the Vatican in a landmark case that opens the way for priests in the United States to stand trial for pedophilia.

Allowing a federal appeals court ruling to stand, the decision means Vatican officials including theoretically Pope Benedict XVI could face questioning under oath related to a litany of child sex abuse cases.

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Florida Governor Urges Vacationers To Swim In Toxic Sludge

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Tourists enjoying Florida's surf. No worries about sharks or sting rays as they are all dead.

"Sure, you can go swimming! It's just benzine. It's not like there are sharks out there or anything; hell, they already died off!

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Iran is Surrounded by US Troops in 10 Countries

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We invaded Iraq because of WMDs they didn't have. We will now invade Iran for nukes they are not making. The master plan is for the US and Israel to control the entire Middle East oil through lies.

Iran literally is surrounded by American troops, notes an oil market analyst, Energy and Capital editor Christian A. DeHaemer.

There is no evidence of an imminent attack, but he connects a number of recent events and the presence of American soldiers to warn that oil prices might soar -- with or without a pre-emptive strike aimed at stopping Iran’s nuclear power ambitions.

WRH's Commentary:

To make the statement that "...There is no evidence of an imminent attack..." against Iran is an outright lie.

The very facts in this article demonstrate that there is every probability that the US and Israel expect to start some kind of military assault on Iran, and most likely, very soon.

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Canadian Police open fire on peaceful protesters at G20 in Toronto

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The Toronto G20 Riot Fraud: Undercover Police engaged in Purposeful Provocation

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We Are Entering The Third Depression

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Recessions are common; depressions are rare.

Neither the Long Depression of the 19th century nor the Great Depression of the 20th was an era of nonstop decline — on the contrary, both included periods when the economy grew. But these episodes of improvement were never enough to undo the damage from the initial slump, and were followed by relapses.

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Quagmire? Nine years on, Americans grow weary of war in Afghanistan

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Americans approve of Gen. David Petraeus as the new US commander in Afghanistan. But after nine years and with mounting US casualties, support for the war itself is waning.

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Democratic Senator backs longer Afghanistan war

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If Petraeus wants to prolong Afghan war, Feinstein would allow it.


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"Those poor people working for the Military Industrial Complex would lose their jobs if we pull-out of Afghanistan now! Besides, they promised me they would deeply fund my re-election! They have deep pockets as long as we continue the Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somali and other wars! We'll be invading Iran soon!"

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CIA Chief says not much choice’ but to use Blackwater "murdering" mercenaries

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Blackwater mercenaries get paid up to $100,000 per year per man and the company gets about $300,000 per man per year from the US government for work that was previously done by US Marines or Special Forces for about $30,000 per year or less.

How can a company allegedly responsible for killing 17 unarmed civilians in Baghdad in 2007 continue to get State Department and CIA contracts?

CIA Director Leon Panetta says there is "not much choice" because few companies have the capabilities of Blackwater.

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Pope Benedict attacks Belgium police for raiding suspected pedophile priests

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Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday accused Belgian police of "deplorable methods" in raiding a bishops' meeting as part of a pedophilia probe, as Brussels said the Vatican was over-reacting.

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McCain Disagrees With Gov. Jan Brewer: Most Undocumented Immigrants Are Not ‘Drug Mules’

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Last week, ThinkProgress reported that, during a recent primary debate, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) falsely claimed that the “majority” of undocumented immigrants who come to the U.S. are “coming here and they’re bringing drugs” and “doing drop houses and they’re extorting people and they’re terrorizing the families.”

On Meet the Press today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) admitted to David Gregory that he does not agree with Brewer’s fallacious comments, but refused to address whether such gross exaggerations “make the debate harder”.

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At Oil Palace in Texas, Palin Pushes ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’

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In the wake of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf, many House Republicans backed away from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s infamous 2008 campaign slogan “drill, baby, drill”.

In a Facebook posting earlier this month, Palin herself declared that the United States “must” “drill, baby, drill,” but “the public will not trust” oil companies to do so “unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable.”

Last night, at the Oil Palace in East Texas, Palin invoked the mantra again, saying, “I chant, ‘drill, baby, drill,’ because it will help make the country energy independent.”

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How Many Millionaires In The World?

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Turkey closes airspace to Israeli planes

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Nine innocent civilians were slaughtered by Israeli commandos who attacked the Turkish Gaza aid ship

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the airspace was closed in the wake of the Israeli military's May raid on a Turkish ship that was part of a Gaza aid flotilla.

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Reporters Caught On Hot Mic Slamming Sarah Palin

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Don't worry about what they said, Sarah, just take another big drag of that ganja! (Did you know that one of the synonyms for marijuana is also "alaskan thunderf*ck"?)

“The dumbness doesn’t just come from soundbites.”

“I can’t believe she quoted Kennedy – twice."

“How am I going to write about this-there’s nothing there-answer well there’s your story.”

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The Real Truth About BP and What is Happening in the Gulf

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BP is engaged in criminal negligence. It only pretends to clean-up its mess when government officials arrive for photo-ops. BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama.

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Charlie Veitch: Arrested, Tortured, Caged by Toronto Fascist Police at G8/G20

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Charlie Veitch, founder of activist group The Love Police describes his ordeal at the hands of Canadian jackboots on the scene of the G8/G20 meeting in Toronto.

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Six-year-old on anti-terror 'no-fly' list

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Alyssa Thomas of Ohio 'likely to stay' on Homeland Security's watch list.

 





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Fox News Business’ solution : Tax the poor more

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A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that the gap between the richest one percent of earners in the US and the middle class has more than tripled since 1979.

But that didn't stop Fox Business host Cheryl Casone from using the report as the basis of her proposed solution to the US's mushrooming budget deficit: Increase taxes on the poor.

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Wall Street Celebrates Electing Radical Pro-Corporate, Pro-BP Candidates

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For example, with BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Club candidates are rushing to defend the rights of corporations over the rights of the American victims of the catastrophe.

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Toronto Tension: G20 protesters hit streets, skeptics slam summit

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BLACKWATER & US MILITARY WORKING FOR AFGHAN DRUG LORDS

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We have been told by the highest sources that Blackwater/Xe and other US based mercenary groups have been actively attacking police, military and intelligence organizations in Pakistan as part of operations under employment of the Government of India and their allies in Afghanistan, the drug lords, whose followers make up the key components of the Afghan army.

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HOW THEY SCREW YOU!

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"We must cut down the remaining trees. Our jobs depend on it."

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US Economic Collapse Is Due To Wars And Bailouts

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Petraeus May “Ease Restrictive” War Rules In Afghanistan Allowing Killing Of Innocent Civilians

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The new appointed US commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus faces complaints over so-called “restrictive policies” which place the occupation troops’ lives “at risk” in the war-torn country.

These policies were laid down by Petraeus’s predecessor General Stanley McChrystal, and are seen as stressing to “save civilian lives and leave US occupation forces at greater risk.”

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How the BP oil catastrophe could destroy a major U.S. city

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The hurricane makes landfall in New Orleans, let's say, dumping potentially hundreds of thousands of gallons of what is essentially "volatile fuel" on the city of New Orleans. Now, at first it's just a wet, slippery toxic mess that kills trees and grass. But what happens after the storm when the sun dries out the city?

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Exposing Israel

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CLOSING GUANTANAMO NO LONGER A PRIORITY

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Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends in 2013.

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Polar Bear fetishist Al Gore Wanted Gonad-Warming

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Polar Bear fetishist Al Gore took a break from saving the world in 2006 to allegedly tell a masseuse to melt his iceberg.

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Obama Misses the Afghan Exit Ramp

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Is President Barack Obama so dense that he could not see why Gen. Stanley McChrystal might actually have wanted to be fired — and rescued from the current March of Folly in Afghanistan, a mess much of his own making?

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We Are Everywhere - David Rovics

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Dumbing Down America - The Gutting Of Public Education - All Children Left Behind

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America's political and economic elites have declared a war on working, middle-class and poor Americans.

Now that war is coming to a head with the draconian cuts in education, among other vital services, under the economic recession.

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Is Toxic "BP Oil Leak" Rain Killing Crops in Mississippi?

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"The oil will stop on it's own."

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