Cynthia McKinney condemns Israeli massacre of activists

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I am outraged at Israel’s latest criminal act.

I mourn with my fellow Free Gaza travelers, the lives that have been lost by Israel’s needless, senseless act against unarmed humanitarian activists.

But I’m even more outraged that once again, Israel’s actions have been aided and abetted by a U.S. political class that has become corrupted beyond belief due to its reliance on Zionist finance...

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'Israel is a Lunatic State' - Finkelstein on Gaza Flotilla Attack

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Israel Forces Fired On Sleeping Civillians Under Cover Of Darkness

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Heavily armed soldiers “began to shoot the moment their feet hit the deck”

While the Israeli government is praising it’s soldiers as heroes and saying they were acting in self defence by firing on unarmed civilians flying a white flag in international waters, one group involved with the Freedom Flotilla has a quite different story.

New Israeli Flag?

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Israel: IDF Troops Who Murdered Innocent People Are ‘Brave Heroes’

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U.S. corporate media echoes spin that dead activists are to blame for the violence


The government of Israel, aided by many quarters of the international media, is attempting to spin today’s deadly IDF assault on a humanitarian aid ship carrying supplies to Gaza as the fault of the murdered activists on board the vessel, ludicrously characterizing machine-gun carrying Israeli troops who killed over a dozen innocent people as the victims of the incident.

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Study: 2/3 of Married Women Don't Want Sex?

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LIVE STREAM VIDEO ABOUT ISRAELI PIRACY

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Click here for LIVE STREAM FROM GAZA FLOTILLA

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Israeli troops storm Gaza flotilla

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Gaza Flotilla Attacked: Israeli troops storm aid ships, up to 20 killed

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Robert McNamara: The Fog of War

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Memorial Day thoughts from the US Defense Secretary during the Vietnam War, for which he apologized before his death.

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MEMORIAL DAY THOUGHT

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AT LEAST 10 DEAD ON AID SHIP AFTER BOTCHED ISRAELI RAID

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International Outcry .. Israeli PM Calls Off Tuesday Meeting With Obama

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BP Apologizes For Ruining Your Three-Day Weekend (and the Earth)

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You know that “top kill” oil spill thing nobody really believed was working even though we had Hope, for a little while, on Friday?

Yeah, the BP guy apologized. He’s totally sorry. The new “fix” probably won’t work, either — and it might increase the bleeding crude “by as much as 20%.”

But August might be different, so hold on for August.

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Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

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More than 19 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says.

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Gaza Flotilla Drives Israel Into a Sea of Stupidity

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Of course the peace flotilla will not bring peace, and it won't even manage to reach the Gaza shore. The action plan has included dragging the ships to Ashdod port, but it has again dragged us to the shores of stupidity and wrongdoing

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LIVE STREAM FROM GAZA FLOTILLA

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Click here for LIVE STREAM FROM GAZA FLOTILLA

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Corporatizing and Militarizing Memorial Day for "Fun" and Profit

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(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: The National Guard, Adam Pigott Photography)

Since the beginning of the 20th century, some 650,000 Americans have died fighting this country's many wars.

Regardless of political affiliation and ideology, every American ought reverence such selfless sacrifice and understand and share the grief that this tragic loss of life entails.

Though those of us who have known war hear the cries of the dying forever in our mind and suffer the pain and loss each day of our lives and need no holiday to remind us, Memorial Day is the occasion our nation sets aside to remember, to grieve and to honor those who have sacrificed their lives on behalf of "freedom."

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On-board video of Gaza Freedom Flotilla storm, aid workers & Israeli troops clash

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World condemns Gaza flotilla raid by Israel

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World Is Shocked And Obama Is "Concerned" About Israel Murders

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The Obama administration voiced "concern" Monday about an Israeli commando attack on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists on a mission to bring aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement that the United States "deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries sustained" in the incident.

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"...so, let us now startg the peace talks again between Israel and Palestine..."

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Israel Murders Aid Activists on Gaza Flotilla Attack

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"I strongly condemn the Israeli Government for the killing of innocent aid activists in the Gaza Flotilla attack, these ships were operating in international water and on a journey to supply desperately needed aid and medicine for the Gazan people who have suffered from an economic blockade for many years.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families as they come to terms with their loss."

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Call for action from activist Caoimhe Butterly (Gaza TV News).

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This incident happened in international waters. If the reports about fatalities are accurate, then Israel has committed an act of war against Turkey, whose sovereign territory includes that ship.

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Gaza Aid Flotilla Fired On By Israeli Government Pirates

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Israeli commandos open fire after being attacked with axes & knives by Gaza flotilla "peace activists"

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WRH's Commentary:

Israel must know thy have really screwed up this time if they are down to using the "They deserved it" smear.

In the view of the Jewish Internet Defense Force, ships attacked without provocation in international waters have no right to try to defend themselves against pirates and hijackers with knives and axes, and that therefore Israel was perfectly correct to mow them down with machine guns, even though as foreign flagged ships in international waters, the humanitarian aide flotilla is not subject to Israeli orders.

Even for Israel this is a new low in sleazy propaganda.

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Israeli Military Chief Blames Gaza Aid Group For Workers Killed By Israeli Navy

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Defense minister says ARMED soldiers tried to disperse Gaza protesters peacefully; deputy FM makes first official Israeli response on IDF raid; PM updated in Canada.

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How do sdoldiers with loaded guns disperse Gaza aid workers "peacefuly"?

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Israel boards Gaza-bound aid ships, 15 dead - reports

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About 15 people were killed on Monday when the Israeli navy intercepted a convoy of aid ships that activists were trying to sail to the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Channel 10 private television network said.

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Memorial Day Is Glorification Of War In America

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The Bodies of Those Who Died in Vain Litter Our Landscape


It's Memorial Day Weekend and I am sick to death of the glorification of war in America.

And I am even sicker of politicians who wrap themselves in the bloody flag and try to rub off some of the stench of death from the bodies of those who have died, mostly in vain for worthless causes, in hopes that taking on some of the odor will cause them to be perceived as admirable patriots themselves.

President George W. Bush, who dodged danger in the Vietnam War by signing up for the Texas National Guard and then ducked even that domestic duty, and Vice President Dick Cheney who used five different excuses to duck military service, morbidly rubbed themselves with that flag for eight long years, even as they sent hundreds of thousands of young men and women into harm's for their own personal political advantage.

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Shot in Iraq, soldier gets bill for missing equipment

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As Americans prepare to honor fallen soldiers this Memorial Day, one former Oregon National Guard member is wondering why he's being charged more than $3,000 for military gear that was lost after he was shot.

Gary Pfleider, a six-year veteran of the Guard, received a Purple Heart after he was shot by a sniper in Iraq. Some time later, he received a somewhat less gratifying award: A bill for $3,175 for military equipment that was lost when he was shipped out of Iraq for medical treatment.

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Vatican abuse prosecutor warns hell for culprits

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"Burn in hell, priest!"

The Vatican prosecutor of clerical sex abuse warned perpetrators on Saturday that they would suffer damnation in hell that would be worse than the death penalty.

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“Because of that, these boy-raping priests don’t need to go to earth jails. So let them all continue their raping and they will pay in hell after they die of old age after raping hundreds of boys each. I will make sure they suffer in the after-life.” - Vatican Prosecutor

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BP Buses In 400 Workers During Obama's Visit

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Officials from Jefferson Parish claim BP bused 400 cleanup workers into Grand Isle on Friday in time for a visit from President Barack Obama.

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Who is staging a War between North and South Korea?

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Tensions between North and South Korea continue to escalate: On Friday, North Korea blamed its southern neighbor of staging the sinking of its own warship, which killed 46 soldiers, denying any responsibility for the tragedy.

North Korea has also warned that any retaliation for the incident would lead to armed conflict, and potentially “all-out war.” North Korea’s denial runs at odds with a recent multinational probe that determined that a North Korea torpedo downed the ship.

Russian experts disagree and claim it would be incredibly simple for dozens of countries to obtain a Soviet Made torpedo, use it against a ship and claim afterwards it was fired from North Korea

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Glenn Beck Busted After Attacking Obama's Daughter

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Former Argentine president says Bush told him ‘the best way to revitalize the economy is war.’

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During his interview with Oliver Stone, former Argentine president Kirchner said he once discussed global economic problems with former President George W. Bush.

The former Argentine president says that when he suggested a new Marshall Plan, referring to the WW II-era European reconstruction plan, Bush “got angry” and suggested that “the Marshall Plan is a crazy idea of the Democrats.” Instead, Kirchner says, Bush suggested that “the best way to revitalize the economy is war”.

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Marine gets Palin tattoo on left butt cheek, saying she’s the ‘hottest cougar in the Republican Party’

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If you're ever lucky enough to be in Afghanistan, Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Lepping’s left butt cheek has a special surprise. Sarah Palin.

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Texas Radio Host Asks For Somebody To Blow Up NY Mosque

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On Wednesday, a man named “Tony” called into the KTRH-AM (Houston, TX) radio show of right-wing radio host Michael Berry in support of the Muslim center. First, Berry asked the caller whether “Tony” was his real name, because with his accent, he didn’t “sound like a ‘Tony.’”

He repeatedly tried to link to the mosque to terrorists, eventually saying that if the mosque is built, he hopes someone blows it up.

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US-liberated Baghdad is least livable city in The World

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Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.) is still being touted by Washington and the Pentagon as a war for progress and stability in the region.

A study released May 26, however, ranked Baghdad last in a list of "most livable cities." The study took into account political, economic, ecological, social and cultural factors.

This is all due to the devastation brought on by the U.S.-led invasion. Sewage treatment plants, factories, schools, hospitals, and museums have been destroyed. As a result, Iraqi citizens now have scarce access to water and electricity.

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New BP Oil Logo

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Tanks Leave Fort Knox As All The Gold Is Probably Gone

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Painted walls?

The armored tank’s 70-year connection to Fort Knox ended Thursday as tanks began their move to Fort Benning in Georgia.

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205 claim sexual abuse at German Jesuit schools

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Deepening the sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, a special investigator released a report yesterday saying that 205 former students said they had been abused in Jesuit schools.

The investigator, Ursula Raue, said the actual number could be higher.

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"Hey, they told us to love the children under our care, so we did!" - Offical Jesuet Souse

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Ohio Radio Station Runs Contest To ‘Spend A Weekend Chasing Aliens’ In Phoenix

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In response, a local radio station launched a contest to send a listener to Phoenix to “spend a weekend chasing aliens“

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Gaza flotilla show down: Life line or a dead end?

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Police Shoot Woman After Shotgun Pulled On Census Worker

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Flotilla set for final leg of Gaza busting-Israel-blockade bid

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The ships are setting sail from Cyprus, Turkey, Greece and Ireland

Hundreds of activists on Friday braced for the final leg of their attempt to bust the Gaza Strip embargo, a bid Israel vowed to defeat as each side accused the other of violating international law.

Two cargo ships and five smaller boats loaded with thousands of tonnes of supplies and hundreds of passengers steamed towards a rendezvous point off the Cyprus coast where they planned to regroup before setting out for the Palestinian territory.

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The swine flu pandemic that never was

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The fizzle that was the Great Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009-10. Like the never-was SARS pandemic and the didn’t-happen bird-flu pandemic, swine flu — or H1N1 — was nowhere near the threat it had been hyped to be. It wasn’t even the threat the regular seasonal flu is most winters.

The whole swine-flu blitz was yet another example of expert-fed hysteria.


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Who were the "experts" who fed this hysteria? My bet is the drug makers, the medical world in general and the Washington lobbyists & the medical industrial complex who got the US to buy billions of dollars of worthless and unnecessary vaccines. We, the little people, got scrwed once again!

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One Laptop Per Child To Offer $100 Tablets

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After trying to offer a $100 laptop for children in the world's poorest regions, the One Laptop Per Child organization will be taking on the challenge of creating a tablet computer.

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George W. Bush: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

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He gave us the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, an economic collapse, tax cuts for the wealthy that bankrupted the treasury, and, now, we can credit him with giving us the greatest man-made ecological disaster in history.

But how can we lay the blame for the Gulf oil disaster at Bush's door?

George W. Bush didn't stop owning Halliburton when he became President in 2000 and Dick Cheney didn't really stop being CEO of Halliburton-- they just took advantage of greater opportunities to make lots more money...

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Cheney's Halliburton Buys Oil Clean-Up Co. A Week Before Oil Rig Spill

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Monday, April 12, 2010
Halliburton to Buy Boots & Coots for $232 Million

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'I AM THE TEA PARTY'

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Sharron Angle Wants To Abolish Social Security, Income Tax, Dept. Of Education

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Goldman-Sachs Made Profit When Oil Spilled & Owns The Company Providing The Toxic Oil Dispersant

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Goldman-Sachs made a big profit when they bet there would be an oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico and continue to profit when BP uses the toxic oil dispersant made by the company Goldman-Sachs owns and BP is a large investor of.

Goldman Sach’s is knee deep in the oil mess in the gulf.

Goldman Sachs' is tied to Corexit dispersant that the EPA says is toxic to sea life and man.

According to the EPA, Corexit is more toxic than dispersants made by several competitors.

NALCO makes Corexit.

BP is hedging its losses with the profit it will make with its investment in NALCO.

The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management L. P. and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners bought NALCO.

The Goldman Sachs $4.3 billion purchase of NALCO in 2003 would be worth mentioning, especially in light of their short trade on TransOcean (the world's largest offshore drilling contractor.)

How did Goldman know that TransOcean was going to blow up and pollute the Gulf of Mexico?

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A Message from BP VIDEO

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The oil company wants to blame the spill on us!

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Census workers can enter your apartment in your absence

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What many Americans don't realize, is that the lowliest and newest Census worker is empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any other type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count persons in the abode and for "the collection of statistics."

If the landlord of such apartment or other leased premises refuses to grant the government worker access to your living quarters, whether you are present or not, the landlord can be fined $500.00.

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17 Oil Drilling Permits Issaed Since BP Oil Spill Began

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A Drilling Moratorium That Isn't

Despite the announcement of a moratorium on offshore oil drilling, the federal regulators are still granting drilling permits.

The Minerals Management Service has issued at least 17 permits for new drilling since the BP disaster began.

At least four of those are for wells in water over 9,000 feet deep -- nearly twice as deep at the Deepwater Horizon well that is still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Is Dora the Explorer an Illegal Immigrant? - Freaking News Pictures

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The Big Lie Selling You War With North Korea

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Here is the big lie…The torpedo recovered from the ocean where Cheosan was attacked is NOT the same torpedo shown in the North Korean plans.

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Corporations tied to the Military Industrial Complex need more wars to boost their profits since we are supposedly pulling out of Iraq and the Afghan war slows down. A war with Iran and/or North Korea would give the War Lobbyists in Washington millions in bonuses!

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Private Corporation Building Concentration Camps Across America

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The shadowy design firm that was behind the infamous Hardin Montana jail is pushing to build detention camps across America.

The latest proposal centering around a fifty acre, five hundred bed facility in Italy, Texas, part of a program that many Americans fear is based around a plan to intern political dissidents in the event of a national emergency.

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Far Right Christian Group Warns That ‘Gay Blood’ Will Destroy Our Military

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The right has been girding for a fight to defend the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy after the White House and some members of Congress reached an agreement this week that will likely repeal it.

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Arizona Cracking Down On Teacher Accents

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Convoy of ships head to Gaza in attempt to break Jewish blockade

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Hamas marine security boats practice off the Gaza coast Wednesday for the expected arrival of an aid flotilla this week.

The Israeli government said Thursday it will stop a convoy of cargo and passenger ships filled with supplies and headed to Gaza to break a blockade imposed by Israel in 2007.

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New York Quality Of Life Is 49th Out Of 221 Countries

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Vienna has world's best quality of life: survey

Vienna has the world's best quality of life and Baghdad the worst.

Mercer consultants' city rankings for 2010 lists Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver and Auckland the top five urban living destinations.

Paris comes in only at 34, London at 39, Tokyo 40, Madrid 48 and New York at a lowly 49.

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When An American Enters A US Airport, He Enters A Foreign Fascist Country

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By Chimp

Once, you, as an American citizen, enter a TSA-governed US airport, you lose all your rights as a member of a Democratic nation.

Do not frown. Do not get upset. Do not act aggressively. Do not raise your voice, or you will feel the full wrath of the minimum-wage unionized TSA workers who are jealous of anyone making more than them, which is everyone who can afford an airline ticket.

These workers will act aggressively and threatening and loud in order to upset you so you will fall in their "terrorist" net. Yes, if you get upset you go on their "TSA Haters" list and you'll be treated worse than a real bomb-toting terrorist every time you enter any US airport.

Don't ask "smart" questions, only basic ones like, "Where can I take a shit?" Ask only what you know the uneducated TSA worker will understand. You speak slightly above their mental range and you become a terrorist.

They will body-scan you and keep a copy of all your physical features in their computer. They will then look at your body during their coffee breaks and comment on your physical appearance, laughing loudly at your sexual inequalities.

During "processing" if the TSA worker can find the dumbest excuse, especially if you are a sexy, attractive female. They will ask you to allow a pat-down, feeling for weapons around your breasts and sexual organs. If you get them really hot, they will ask to do a body cavity search, sticking their latex-covered fingers where even your doctor or your lover may never have been.

If you are a male that upsets the TSA "inspector", he will definitely attempt a cavity search, trying to get his whole hand in there.

You will remain a "prisoner" of this system throughout your flight and deplaning and luggage-claiming until you drive out of the arrival airport.

So, keep your mouth shut, constantly smile and say thank you, even while the fingers are probing your intestines. Next time, if you are not in a rush, take Amtrak or Greyhound.

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