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Jesse Ventura - Dopey & Insanthony (Wed, 09 Apr 2008)
Jesse Ventura tries to explain September 11th to a couple idiots on XM radio
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Cancer Viruses In Your Vaccines (Fri, 04 Apr 2008)
Merk drug company vaccines admits injecting cancer viruses This stunning censored interview conducted by medical historian Edward Shorter for WGBH public television (Boston) and Blackwell Science was cut from The Health Century due to its huge liability--the admission that Merck drug company vaccines have traditionally been injecting cancer viruses (SV40 and others) in people worldwide. This segment of In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood & Bioterrorism, produced and freely contributed by consumer protector and public health expert, Dr. Leonard Horowitz, features the world's leading vaccine expert, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, who explains why Merck's vaccines have spread AIDS, leukemia, and other horrific plagues worldwide. Please forward this clip (link) to everyone you know who thinks vaccines are "safe and effective."
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Unfair Dealing (Fri, 04 Apr 2008)
Shocking facts about alleged “homegrown terrorism” in Toronto are revealed for the first time in a new and independent documentary.
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Trojan Horse - CBC (Sun, 30 Mar 2008)
Indoctrinating Canadians into the coming north american union that is being legislated in secret by our public "leaders"
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World Trade Center Controlled Demolition (Thu, 27 Mar 2008)
Radio host and film maker Alex Jones interviews architect Richard Gage, A.I.A on the controlled demolition of all 3 world trade towers.www.stoplying.cawww.ae911.orgwww.infowars.com
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The Terrorists Are Gonna Getcha (Mon, 25 Feb 2008)
More fear campaigning courtesy of the Canadian Military and Al CIAda
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Barrie Zwicker - 9/11 Truth - TVO Feb 13/08 (Sat, 16 Feb 2008)
Barrie Zwicker educates another clueless media clown.
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Political Persecution - Marc Emery (Sun, 20 Jan 2008)
The drug war enters Canada with the extradition of Marc Emery for selling government taxed cannabis seeds.
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Fiat Empire (Sun, 23 Dec 2007)
Find out why some feel the Federal Reserve's practices are a violation of the U.S. Constitution and others feel it's simply "a bunch of organized crooks." Discover why experts agree the Fed is a banking cartel that benefits mainly bankers and their corporate clients as well as a Congress that would rather increase the National Debt to $9 trillion than raise taxes. Find out how the corporate media facilitates the partnership between the Fed and Congress and why it fails to disclose what's going on. Lastly, find out how the Federal Reserve Member Banks are owned and controlled by an elite group of insiders.
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Video Games - The Military Shaping Your Child's Mind (Tue, 18 Dec 2007)
Gamer Revolution - CBCA doc on how the military is getting your children while they're young.
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Shock Of A Lifetime - CBC (Sun, 09 Dec 2007)
2 men who survived taser torture from cops
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Vancouver Truth Conference - Dr Joe Hawkins (Sun, 25 Nov 2007)
Dr Joe Hawkins talks about the psychological aspects of dealing with the truth of 9/11 at the Vancouver Truth Conference 2007
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Taser Killing - Welcome To Vancouver (Thu, 15 Nov 2007)
Police kill new visitor to Canada
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End Game - Alex Jones (Sat, 27 Oct 2007)
Alex Jones' brand new documentary Endgame charts the history of the elite blueprint for social domination and control, outlining the ultimate plans that those who consider themselves the anointed have for our planet. The first section of the film documents the rise of the banking cartels, who since 1800 have funded both sides of almost every war. Endgame charts the usurpation of the British economy by the Rothchild family who went on to bankroll all factions during the first world war providing armaments companies through banks in France, Austria, Germany and England. Endgame then documents the fallout of the great war and the attempts to form a controlling League of Nations, which was ultimately blocked by Congress. Such frustration on the part of the elite led to the rise of two factions, fascists and Fabian socialists. Endgame documents how bankers again funded both sides during WW2 which ultimately led to the creation of the UN and the beginning of the movement to implement three power blocs via incremental globalism.The second section of the film covers the Bilderberg group and Alex's documentation of the elite group at the 2006 meeting in Ottawa. It covers Alex's detention on the Canadian border at the behest of Bilderberg insiders themselves. Alex and his crew describe how they were interrogated for nearly twelve hours before finally being allowed entry into the country. Featuring extensive interviews with Jim Tucker and Daniel Estulin, veteran reporters who have been covering the meetings for 27 and 15 years respectively, Alex reveals how it is an offence for any member of the federal or state government to meet with foreign power brokers without the express authority of the president or Congress. Endgame then shifts focus to the impending movement towards a North American Union, presenting reports and documentation relating to the efforts toward regional harmonization between the US Mexico and Canada at the secretive Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summits, which refer to an "evolution by stealth" agenda. The later parts of the film deal firstly with the hijacking of the environmental movement. Experts and former insiders describe how there has been a long term goal spanning back decades to use an exaggerated threat from mother nature in order to control energy markets, regulate the progression of lesser economies and increase the rich poor divide by pricing out the middle classes. This then dovetails with the ultimate endgame, the depopulation agenda. The film's gripping climax delves into the history of eugenics mindset. Endgame lays out the evidence that humans are being portrayed as a virus upon the earth, as we are increasingly being told to believe by cultural and academic kingpins. From the teachings of "Dr Death" Eric Pianka, to German film fest cartoons, to New York Times best selling books, we are being saturated with the idea that humanity itself must be culled in order to save mother earth. Endgame reveals how The eugenics movement never went away, it simply re-packaged itself to be more palatable to an increasingly skeptical public. Looking more slick and professionally produced than ever with an intense soundtrack and filmed in super quality high definition, Endgame is a must watch for anyone seriously concerned with the world we live in today.
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How The Towers Fell (Tue, 17 Jul 2007)
Richard Gage, AIA, Architect gives a technical analysis of the World Trade Center controlled demolition on September 11, 2001. AE911TRUTH.ORGSTOPLYING.CA
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September 21, 1974 and After: Rumsfeld, Cheney Take Power in White House
President Ford asks Donald Rumsfeld to replace the outgoing Alexander Haig at the White House . Rumsfeld has long been Haig's choice to replace him . Ford does not want to give Rumsfeld the official title of "chief of staff," and instead wants Rumsfeld as "staff coordinator." The difference is academic. Ford wants the aggressive, bureaucratically savvy Rumsfeld to help him regain control over a White House that is, in the words of author Barry Werth, "riven with disunity, disorganization, and bad blood." Rumsfeld agrees, and names former Wyoming Congressman Dick Cheney as his deputy (who makes himself valuable by initially doing the lowest forms of bureaucratic scutwork). Rumsfeld and Cheney will eventually wield almost Nixonian power in Ford's White House, successfully blocking the "in-house liberal," Vice President Rockefeller, from exerting any real influence, and hobbling Henry Kissinger's almost-limitless influence. Rumsfeld begins his in-house assault in classic fashion: trying to cause tension between Kissinger and White House officials by snitching on Kissinger to any White House official who will listen. Kissinger eventually tells Ford: "Don't listen to [Rumsfeld], Mr. President. He's running for president in 1980." Rumsfeld and Cheney do their best to open the White House to hardline defense hawks and the even more hardline neoconservatives led by Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA) and Jackson's aide, Richard Perle. (Though Rumsfeld and Cheney are not considered neoconservatives in a strict sense, their aims are almost identical--see ). Kissinger's efforts to win a negotiated peace between Israel and Palestine in the Middle East are held in contempt by Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the neoconservatives; using Ford's press secretary Ron Nessen as a conduit, Rumsfeld and Cheney leak information about the negotiations to the press, helping to cripple the entire peace process. Rumsfeld and Cheney have larger personal plans as well: they want to secure the White House for Rumsfeld, perhaps as early as 1976, but certainly by 1980. One of their methods of winning support is to undercut Kissinger as much as possible; they believe they can win support among the GOP's right wing by thwarting Kissinger's "realpolitik" foreign policy stratagems. According to the chief of Ford's Economic Policy Board, William Seidman, Rumsfeld's bureaucratic machinations remind him of the ''Wizard of Oz:'' "He thought he was invisible behind the curtain as he worked the levers, but in reality everyone could see what he was doing." Rumsfeld and Cheney will make their most open grasp for power in orchestrating the "Halloween Massacre" .
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June 20, 1972: Haldeman: Nixon Intends to Ask Millionaire Friend to Raise Money for Burglars
According to White House aide H. R. Haldeman's 1978 book ''The Ends to Power'' , President Nixon phones Haldeman in a call that Haldeman will claim has remained "unknown to anyone but the president and me to this day." Nixon wants to raise money for the jailed Watergate burglars . "Those people who got caught are going to need money. I've been thinking about how to do it," Nixon says. "I'm going to have Bebe [Nixon's millionaire friend, Bebe Rebozo] start a fund for them in Miami. Call it an anti-Castro fund." But many observers, including Haldeman's colleague John Ehrlichman, will describe Haldeman's book as filled with errors , thereby calling into question Haldeman's account of the reported incident.
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January 1974 - September 1974: Freedom of Information Act Amendments Challenged by White House
Representatives William Moorhead (D-PA) and Frank Horton (R-NY) cosponsor a series of amendments designed to improve the effectiveness of the 1966 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The law is designed to make it easier for journalists, researchers, and citizens to see government records, but in practice the law is cumbersome: agencies have little impetus to produce documents in a timely manner, charge exorbitant fees for searching and copying documents, and too often battle FOIA requests in court. With Watergate fresh in legislators' minds, the amendments to FOIA are welcome changes. The amendments expand the federal agencies covered, and mandate expediting of document and record requests. But as the bill nears final passage, senior officials of the Ford White House are mobilizing to challenge it. The CIA, Defense and Treasury Departments, Civil Service, and many on President Ford's staff, including Deputy Chief of Staff Dick Cheney, all urge a veto. Most bothersome is the provision that a court can review a federal decision not to release a document requested under FOIA. Ford will veto the bill, but Congress will override the vetoes .
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September 6, 2008: FBI Still Attempting to Strengthen Case against Anthrax Attacks Suspect Ivins
The New York Times reports that the FBI is still trying to strengthen its case against deceased anthrax attacks suspect Bruce Ivins in the face of heavy criticism . In early August, days after Ivins's death, Justice Department officials said the investigation would be formally closed within days or weeks. But now they say it will likely remain open for three to six more months. FBI agents are continuing to interview Ivins's acquaintances and examine the computers he used in an effort to strengthen the case against him. But FBI and Justice Department officials say they have no doubt about their judgment against Ivins. One anonymous Justice Department official says, "People feel just as strongly as they did a month ago that this was the guy."
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October 5, 2001: Scientist Confirms Deadly Anthrax Is Ames Strain
On October 3, 2001, doctors determine that Robert Stevens in Florida has been infected with anthrax . A culture of anthrax bacteria is grown from a sample of his spinal fluid and quickly flown by corporate jet to Paul Keim. Keim is a geneticist at Northern Arizona University who had recently developed a means to distinguish between strains of anthrax. He and his team gets the sample on October 4 and work all night. By Friday morning, they tell investigators that it is the Ames strain of anthrax. The media will first report that the anthrax was the Ames strain on October 10. Despite Keim's findings, the FBI will approve the destruction of a vital repository of Ames samples, also on October 10 .
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April 9, 2007: Prosecutors Formally Inform Bruce Ivins He Is ';Not a Target'; of Anthrax Attacks Investigation
Bruce Ivins is sent a formal letter by prosecutors saying that he is "not a target" of the FBI's anthrax attacks investigation. In fact, samples of the anthrax used in the attacks have been shown to match anthrax once controlled by Ivins and Ivins has already been questioned about late-night work he had conducted in the USAMRIID laboratory shortly before the anthrax letters were mailed . Since late 2006, Ivins has correctly been under the impression that he is a target of the investigation .
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Twin suicide bombings kill 2 policemen, wound 38 in S Afghanistan (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Two suicide bombings targeted police headquarters in southern Afghan province of Kandahar Sunday afternoon killed two policemen and wounded 38 others, spokesman of provincial administration Najib Perv...
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Bomb hits S. Kudarat market; 2nd explosive defused (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
An improvised bomb exploded in a public market in the capital city of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat early Monday but caused no casualties.
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Hardline Moro rebels could resort to terror, says military chief (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The military fears hardline Moro rebels could resort to terror attacks after a major flareup of a separatist conflict in the south, the Armed Forces chief of staff said Monday. General Alexander Yano said military operations have reduced the fighting capability of two Moro Islamic Liberation Front....
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Philippines fears hardline Muslim rebels could resort to terror attacks (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
MANILA: The Philippines military fears hardline Muslim rebels could resort to terror attacks after a major flare-up of a separatist conflict in the south, the armed forces chief of staff said on Monday.
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Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti (AP) (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
AP - Hurricane Ike roared into Cuba on Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands, and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
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Secretary Rice Visits Morocco (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Remarks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri Secretary Condoleezza Rice Foreign Ministry Rabat, Morocco September 7, 2008 FOREIGN MINISTER FIHRI (Via interpreter) First of all, on behalf of everyone, I would like to apologize to you for this delay.
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Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike roared into Cuba on Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands, and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people....
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Police chief grilled over Haneef blunder (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Federal police chief Mick Keelty quizzed behind closed doors on Mohamed Haneef case.
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Why Did Violence Plummet? It Wasn't Just the Surge (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Throughout the summer of 2007, as the troop surge in Iraq reached full strength, Gen. David H. Petraeus kept waiting for the tide to turn. By summer's end, the U.S. commander in Iraq got his wish. The high of 1,550 attacks a week fell below 800 -- nearly a 50 percent reduction. It has continued t...
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PKK kills three village guards in SE Turkey (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Three village guards were killed by the militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The report said that a group of the PKK militants opened fire on the Turkish security forces in an operation against the....
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Twin suicide bombings kill 2 policemen, wound 38 in S Afghanistan (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Two suicide bombings targeted police headquarters in southern Afghan province of Kandahar Sunday afternoon killed two policemen and wounded 38 others, spokesman of provincial administration Najib Pervez said. "The suicide bombings claimed the lives of two policemen and wounded 38 others, including....
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McCain takes on GOP and Bush along with Obama (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.
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McCain vows to end 'rancor' (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
John McCain tells the nation Thursday night that the scars he earned in war and during years of Washington's policy battles left him better-equipped than Democrat Barack Obama.
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ANALYSIS: Candidates exemplify nation's love of embellishment (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Being a mayor of 9,780 is nothing like leading 305 million. Living next to Russia does not make you a foreign-policy whiz. And presidential competence is rarely measured in square miles.
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US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
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UN counter-terrorism review should make human rights a priority (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
As the United Nations General Assembly conducts the first major review of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Amnesty International report shows how governments have so far failed to uphold the Strategy's human rights standards.
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Gaddafi offers Rice kitchen diplomacy (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The heart of many homes is the kitchen and that is where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hosted Condoleezza Rice for a Ramadan meal this week, a symbolic gesture to try to end decades of enmity.
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White House Set to Put Aside U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The White House plans to formally pull from congressional consideration an agreement with Russia for civilian nuclear cooperation, perhaps as soon as today, Bush administration sources said over the weekend.
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Attacks may foretell worse things to come (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) fears the spate of attacks in the Gulf of Aden marks a trend that could spike, with pirates being financed by international criminals. IMB piracy reporting centre head Noel Choong said the attacks were concentrated northeast of Somalia at a narrow waterway off Yemen.
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US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (AP) (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
AP - The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
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US Re-Examines Afghan Civilian Deaths From Attack (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
US has new information on civilian casualties in attack that raised tensions with Afghanistan
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US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.
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Palin, Giuliani Disregard Community Organizing: A Community Organizer's Defense (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
At the Republican National Convention former New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani and then vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin seemed to mock Barack Obama's background as a community organizer. Guiliani, a former Republican presidential candidate, went on to liken community organizing to something corrupt.
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Italian filmmaker urges international tribunal to probe Sept. 11 (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
The filmmaker/EU parliamentarian says an international investigation would settle minds, once and for all.
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Worst storm in 48 years batters Caribbean islands (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Call for urgent help as hurricane Ike closes in on Cuba after wrecking 80% of homes in Turks and Caicos
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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands today, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people....
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Somalia: U.S. policy likely to bring blowback (Posted 9/7/2008) (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
A new report by a human rights group in the US claims that US policy is hindering peace efforts. US support for Ethiopian troops in Somalia as well as their withdrawal need to end if peace is to be found. DH
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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba (AP) (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
AP - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
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Twin suicide blasts rock Afghan police building (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Two Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up at Kandahar police headquarters in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least two people dead and dozens wounded, officials said. The blasts were a minute a...
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US has new information on attack that raised tensions with Afghanistan over civilian deaths (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the c...
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Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at...
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Iran solidifies control over Hizbullah (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Iran is consolidating its grip on Hizbullah and has instituted a number of structural changes to the Lebanese group, under which Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah no longer enjoys exclusive command over its mil...
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Europe's GM food fear 'exacerbates famine' (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Europe's reluctance to encourage the adoption of geneticallymodified GM foods is threatening the health of the third world Britain's former chief scientist will warn.
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Afghan civilian deaths triple in a year (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Surge in civilian deaths from US and Nato air strikes fuelling public backlash, finds Human Rights Watch
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Arab terror victim's kin funds Arabic translation of Oz novel (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
Amos Oz's autobiographical novel, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," has been translated into Arabic thanks to a contribution by the family of an Arab man killed in a terror attack in 2004. ...
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Algeria : terrorist behind Bouira attack identified (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
According to revelations made by Mauritanians involved in the assassination of Mauritanian tourists, several of their fellow citizens are enlisted to carry out suicide attacks ordered by the leader of the “ Salafit Group for Call and Combat” , Abdelamalek Droudkel.
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Military troops encircle important terrorist group in eastern Algeria (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
National military troops took control over all the terrorist strongholds of the “ Salafit Group for Call and Combat” in the forest strip between Skikda and Constantine ( east of Algeria).
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Algeria : terrorist kills civilian in small village (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
A group of 5 terrorists Saturday stormed the small village of “Guentiss”, Tebessa (Far East Algeria) and killed a bath owner before retreating towards neighboring mountains.
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Terrorists slaughter self defence member in Algeria (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
A terrorist group Saturday killed one of the self defence members in the village of Si Mustapha not far from Boumerdes province (50 km east of Algiers).
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EMM Entities: Clustered news stories about Osama bin Laden

Palin makes US prime-time debut (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin walks on stage to a rapturous reception to deliver a key speech at the US Republican convention.
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Pakistan angry over territorial intrusion (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Published: September 4 2008 16:24 | Last updated: September 4 2008 16:24 Pakistan on Thursday vowed to defend its territory against foreign intrusion as anger mounted after a raid on a border village, which US officials confirmed had been carried out by special forces.
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Abramoff gets 4 years in prison for corruption (AP) (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
AP - Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist convicted of illegally trading expensive gifts for political favors, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who said the corruption scandal Abramoff spawned had shattered public confidence in the political system.
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Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani escapes assassination days before key elections (Wed, 03 Sep 2008)
Pakistan's prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani survived a possible assassination attempt that highlighted the country's instability ahead of presidential elections.
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Pakistan police urged to probe 'honor killings' (Mon, 01 Sep 2008)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say they have opened an investigation into the "honor killings" of five women in southwestern Pakistan. The women were allegedly shot and then buried alive one month ago in Baluchistan province after several insisted on marrying men of their own choosing.
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Pakistan says it killed 40 Taliban fighters (Sun, 31 Aug 2008)
Fighter jets make bombing runs in the Swat Valley region. The insurgents say eight militants were slain. Fighter jets bombed Taliban hide-outs in Pakistan's troubled northwest while troops pushed into militant territory on the ground, killing at least 40 insurgents in a 24-hour siege, the army said Saturday.
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With Palin, McCain changes the equation (Sat, 30 Aug 2008)
His choice of running mate -- even she was surprised -- raises hopes and questions. John McCain's surprise choice of first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate recasts the fall campaign with a candidate who is virtually unknown on the national stage but makes history as the first woman on a Republican ticket.
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Militants die in clashes with army (Sat, 30 Aug 2008)
Pakistan's army says it has killed 30 militants in fresh fighting in the country's volatile northwest. Army spokesman Major Nasir Ali said the men died when the military backed by fighter jets destroyed some of their hideouts in Swat Valley. Swat was once a popular tourist destination, but has been....
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The Speech: '... It's because John McCain doesn't get it' (Sat, 30 Aug 2008)
On American hardships Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.
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Yemen arrests wanted Jihad leader (Sat, 30 Aug 2008)
August 30, 2008 11:50 EDT SANAA (AFP) Yemeni authorities have arrested a leader of the Islamist Jihad movement in the south of the country after a five-year search, a security official said on Saturday.
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Republicans attack Obama's speech (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
Barack Obama delivered a "misleading" speech which was at odds with his "meagre" record, his Republican rival John McCain's campaign said. Mr McCain, who had earlier congratulated Mr Obama on his historic achievement of becoming the first African American US presidential nominee of a major party,....
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Bombing of Pakistani government bus kills 8 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A surge of violence continued unabated in Pakistan's tribal border region, with a car bomb Thursday blasting a bus filled with Pakistani police and government workers off a bridge and killing eight people aboard.
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"The American Promise" (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more. Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet.
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US to hand over papers supporting Binyam Mohamed's torture claim (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
The United States has agreed to hand over evidence that may support a British resident’s claim that he was tortured into confessing that he was an al-Qaeda terrorist.
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Quotes of the Democratic convention (Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
"Everything I learned in my eight years as president and in the work I've done since, in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job." "Barack Obama is ready to be President of the United States." "We prevailed in a campaign in which the Republicans said....
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Pakistan car bomb kills eight; lawyers start anti-government protests (Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
Suspected militants bombed a bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, reportedly killing eight people, as protesting lawyers blocked roads across the country in an effort to press the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf.
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US Disappointed Olympics Didn't Open China More (Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
The United States says it is disappointed the Olympics did not bring more "openness and tolerance" in China as the games ended and eight American activists were deported during closing ceremonies. The blunt U.S. criticism — and China's harsher treatment of foreign activists — came at the end of 17....
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More Fighting Reported Along Pakistan-Afghanistan Border (Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
Officials say operation was a part of ongoing move to rid area of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants
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Algerian official: Roadside bombs target police, military (Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
A spate of roadside bombs has targeted police and the military in Algeria this week, a security official said Wednesday, as local ...
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Pakistan falls to new lows as markets sink (Tue, 26 Aug 2008)
Pakistan shares fell to new multi-year lows on Tuesday amid prolonged political uncertainty after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party from the ruling coalition after being unable to resolve differences with its partner over the restoration of judges dismissed by former President Pervez Musharraf.
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'White' terror suspect arrested over 'Islamic plot to kill Gordon Brown' (Tue, 26 Aug 2008)
A man was arrested today over a suspected terror plot to assassinate Gordon Brown, police have confirmed. The man is the fourth to be arrested as part of an investigation into threats to kill the Prime Minister
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Sharif withdraws party from Pakistan ruling coalition (Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has withdrawn from Pakistan's coalition government, he announced Monday.
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Afghans demand 'new troops deal' (Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
The Afghan government says it wants to renegotiate the terms of foreign forces in their country after fatal air strike.
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Afghan protests erupt after US jets 'kill 76 civilians' (Sun, 24 Aug 2008)
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has condemned US-led coalition forces for an air strike which he claims killed 76 civilians - including women and children.
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Bodies litter Somali port seized by insurgents (Sat, 23 Aug 2008)
Bodies littered the strategic port of Kismayu in southern Somalia and unidentified planes soared overhead today, a day after it was seized by Islamist rebels in fighting that killed at least 70 people.
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US puts up bin Laden 'wanted' posters in Afghanistan (AFP) (Sat, 23 Aug 2008)
AFP - The United States is erecting billboards in Afghanistan offering hefty rewards for Osama bin Laden, Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar and US Al-Qaeda member Adam Gadahn, the embassy said Saturday.
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Uprooted civilians beg Pakistan, militants to talk (Sat, 23 Aug 2008)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Some of the women were eating lunch, while others were busy making bread.
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Pakistan names date for presidential election (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)
Pakistan will hold a presidential election on September 6, the Pakistan election commission has announced, following the resignation of Pervez Musharraf this week.
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Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Algeria attacks (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)
The group described the attacks on a police academy, a military barracks and a Canadian engineering firm as retaliation against security forces for their crackdown on militants, described as "Mujahedeen," or ...
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Three men held in terror probe linked to threats to kill Gordon Brown (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)
Three men arrested on suspicion of terror offences are linked to an investigation into threats to kill the Prime Minister, police sources have confirmed. The three suspects are aged 21, 22 and 23 and are from Blackburn.
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Al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahri in new internet video (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a videotape posted on the Internet today, the second recording since he was reported to have been killed or wounded in Pakistan last month.
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Suicide bombs hit Pakistan ordnance plant (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan’s main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing nearly 40 people, police said. Pakistan is on the front line of the US-led campaign against terrorism and militants have....
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Somalia: Civilians 'butchered' at market (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
Heavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist.
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Bhutto widower backed as president (Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
A major opposition party backed Benazir Bhutto's widower to become Pakistan's president, as the power struggle following the resignation of Pervez Musharraf intensified. Asif Ali Zardari leads the largest party in the ruling coalition, whose drive to impeach Musharraf persuaded the stalwart US ally to step down on Monday after nine years in power.
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Algeria car bombings kill at least 11 (Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
ALGIERS, Aug 20 - Two car bombs in Algeria killed at least 11 people on Wednesday, the day after an attack that left 43 dead at a military academy, the Algerian press agency APS said quoting the Interior Ministry. It was the bloodiest week in nearly a year in the OPEC member state, a major oil and....
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John McCain poised to become White House frontrunner (Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
A Reuters-Zogby poll released on Wednesday found the Republican senator leading Barack Obama among likely voters by 46 to 41 per cent, sweeping away a seven-point advantage the Illinois senator held in the same survey a month ago. At the same time, a Los Angeles Times-Bloomberg poll that gave Mr....
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US offers aid to Pakistanis displaced by clashes (Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
The U.S. on Wednesday offered to help Pakistanis displaced by an army operation against Islamic militants in a northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
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Double-game that put Pakistan, the pariah country, back on the map (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)
When Pervez Musharraf grabbed power nine years ago, toppling his civilian predecessor, it was to a roar of national approval and international condemnation.
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Cafferty: Is McCain another Bush? (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)
Russia invades Georgia and President Bush goes on vacation. Our president has spent one-third of his entire two terms in office either at Camp David, Maryland, or at Crawford, Texas, on vacation.
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Musharraf departure heightens uncertainty (Mon, 18 Aug 2008)
Musharraf bows to pressure and quits By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and Daniel Dombey in Washington Published: August 18 2008 06:57 | Last updated: August 18 2008 19:28 Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf stepped down on Monday after nine years in power, dodging his opponents’ attempts to impeach....
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Test your knowledge of McCain and Obama (Mon, 18 Aug 2008)
Story Highlights From what Asian nation did McCain adopt a daughter? What is the Swahili meaning of Obama's first name? What senator's retirement made way for McCain's Senate victory in 1986? Has Obama won a Grammy, a National Book Award, an Emmy or a Nobel Prize? ....
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McCain and Obama reach Christian voters with sex and drugs (Sun, 17 Aug 2008)
Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and John McCain noted his failed first marriage as their greatest moral failings at a forum on faith today.
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Briton among three female aid workers killed in Afghanistan (Thu, 14 Aug 2008)
A 40-year-old Briton was among three women aid workers killed yesterday in an ambush by Taleban gunmen in one of the worst attacks on foreign civilians in Afghanistan in recent years.
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Adviser to Guantanamo trials faces more criticism (AP) (Thu, 14 Aug 2008)
AP - A Pentagon official who oversees the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals faced new internal criticism Wednesday as a prison commander accused him of bullying subordinates and trying to rush forward with trials.
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Eighteen people killed in Lebanon bus bombing (Wed, 13 Aug 2008)
A bomb ripped through a bus during Wednesday morning rush hour in a northern Lebanese city, killing 18 soldiers and civilians, security officials said.
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Officials: Missiles kill 9 in Pakistan (AP) (Wed, 13 Aug 2008)
AP - A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan.
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Barack Obama Overtakes Kevin Rose On Twitter. McCain Is Nowhere In Sight. (Wed, 13 Aug 2008)
Up until last night, the person with the most followers on the micro-messaging service was Digg founder and Web celeb Kevin Rose, with 56,800 other people following his every public mind burp. It took none other than Barack Obama (or, rather, Obama’s campaign machine) to take the Twitter crown away from Rose.
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Al-Qa'eda's Abu Saeed al-Masri 'killed on Afghan border' (Tue, 12 Aug 2008)
A senior commander of al-Qa'eda has reportedly been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces on the Afghan border - the fourth leader of the terror group to be killed in as many weeks.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for jihad against Pakistan in his first English video (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's number two, has released his first English-language video in which he called for a jihad against Pakistan in retaliation for its support for the United States.
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Pakistani clashes kill six civilians, 20 Taliban (Mon, 11 Aug 2008)
KHAR, Pakistan, Aug 11 (AFP) - Pakistani airstrikes killed at least six civilians in Bajaur tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Monday after fierce...
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The Existentialist Cowboy

What Terrifies the Bush Administration (Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
It has been asked what this government is afraid of. Rob Kall of OpEdNews made the point that America's most deadly weapons, formidable contingents of men in arms has failed to prove or demonstrate that the US is "powerful" --only that it is, in fact, afraid!...the most powerful most deadly weapons and contingents of armed men does not mean that you are powerful, it means that you are afraid. It means that everywhere you go you go in fear. You are too afraid to go about in this world as we all do, with open hands and goodwill, and show up unarmed and with nothing to hide. You have everything to hide. --And Then We Will Die What is this 'government' afraid of? TRUTH! The Bush administration is absolutely terrified of the truth about its many failures and crimes. The catastrophic failure in Iraq NY Times editorializes that we now have real evidence that the Bush policy of Preventive War is not only wrong but also a complete failure. So far, the preventive war doctrine has had one real test: the invasion of Iraq. Mr. Bush terrified millions of Americans into believing that forcibly changing the regime in Baghdad was the only way to keep Iraq's supposed stockpiles of unconventional weapons out of the hands of Al Qaeda. Then it turned out that there were no stockpiles and no operational links between Saddam Hussein's regime and Al Qaeda's anti-American terrorism. Meanwhile, America's longstanding defensive alliances were weakened and the bulk of America's ground combat troops tied down in Iraq for what now appears to be many years to come. If that is making this country safer, it is hard to see how. The real lesson is that America dangerously erodes its military and diplomatic defenses when it charges off unwisely after hypothetical enemies.Before the Iraq fiasco, American leaders rightly viewed war as a last resort, appropriate only when the nation's vital interests were actively threatened and reasonable diplomatic efforts had been exhausted. That view always left room for pre-emptive attacks; America is under no obligation to sit and wait, if it is clear that some enemy is actually preparing to strike first. But it correctly drew the line at preventive wars against potential foes who might, or might not, be thinking about doing something dangerous. As the administration's disastrous experience in Iraq amply demonstrates, that is still the wisest course and the one that keeps America most secure in an increasingly dangerous era.--New York Times as cited: Pacific Views: A Catastrophic Failure: Bush's Preventive War Policy Bush's incompetent mismanagement of the economy.[See: The Truth About George] An excerpt: US Comptroller General David Walker refuted George W. Bush's claims that his administration can cut the federal deficit in half within five years without changing policies. According to the Los Angeles Times, "Bush has argued that by 2006, growth prompted by his $1.7-trillion tax cut plus spending cuts will pare deficits in half." Contrary to Bush's claims, Walker, the nation's chief fiscal officer stated that, "The idea that this is manageable or that we are going to grow our way out of the problem is just flat false." CBSNews.com reports that Walker went on to say that, "It's time to admit that we're in a fiscal hole and to stop digging," yet Bush has refused to change his mind about making the tax cuts permanent. Despite Bush's pledge to not "pass [problems] on to other Presidents and other generations," according to Walker, that's exactly what is about to happen. In an interview with United Press International, Walker grimly states that, "We must begin to come to grips with the dawning fiscal realities that threaten our nation's children's and grandchildren's future." Get more information on how this economic squeeze is forcing states and the federal government to cut back on aid to the nation's poorest families, many of whom are headed by women. Sources: CBSNews.com, "Watchdog Declaring Deficit Crisis," Sept. 17, 2003; Los Angeles Times, "Bush's Economic Growth Forecast Called 'False'," Oct. 7, 2003.Bush's fraudulent, ham-fisted war on terrorism, in fact, creating 'terrorism' in places where it had not existed before. Primarily, Iraq! According to the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate: Al Qaeda represents a very serious threat to America’s security. “Al Qaeda will remain the most serious terrorist threat to the Homeland, as its central leadership continues to plan high-impact plots.” Al Qaeda has reconstituted its ability to strike America and is actively operating and plotting attacks against the United States from its safe haven in Pakistan. “We assess the group has protected or regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability, including a safehaven in the Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas.” The war in Iraq> is serving as a powerful recruiting tool for al Qaeda, providing the group with access to new resources, operatives and supporters. “We assess that al Qaeda will probably seek to leverage the contacts and capabilities of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), its most visible and capable affiliate and the only one known to have expressed a desire to attack the Homeland. In addition, we assess that its association with AQI helps al Qaeda to energize the broader Sunni extremist community, raise resources, and to recruit and indoctrinate operatives, including for Homeland attack.” To the great detriment of US security, the Bush Administration has failed to grasp the nature of al Qaeda’s continued and resurgent threat and has proven incapable of advancing a viable strategy to respond to it. This NIE is the latest evidence that the Administration is losing ground in the war on terrorism, and that its flawed strategy in Iraq is empowering al Qaeda and making us less safe at home. Recent statements from the President show that the White House continues to be out of step with the intelligence community. It is time that the Bush Administration stop spinning the intelligence, level with the American people, and rethink its national security strategy.--The Bush Administration Has Not Made America More Secure From Terrorism When the final analysis is in, it will be clear that Bush will have made 'terrorism' worse, just as terrorist incidents were three times higher during the Reagan years than during the Clinton administration. One of the reasons terrorism is worse under GOP regimes is that GOP policies inspire opposition abroad. When the US presence by virtue of CIA and other atrocities is seen to be oppressive (and it almost always is), PEOPLE will strike back against an oppressive military power in the only way that is left them. Whether it is 'terrorism' or some other term depends upon whose side you are on. If you happen to be on the side of capitalist imperialists and big corporations, it is 'terrorism'. If you happen to be on the other side --it's something else. In any case, FBI stats, published by the Brookings Institution showed conclusively that terrorism during the regime of Ronald Reagan was THREE TIMES HIGHER than terrorism under the regime of Bill Clinton. Domestically, the same principle applies. Domestic 'terrorism' will, of course, increase exponentially if the current oppressive regime DEFINES any opposition its missrule as 'terrorist' in nature. 911!The FBI admits it has has no 'evidence' to support popular myths that some four airliners were hijacked by terrorists and used as weapons on 911. Meanwhile, NTSB, in response to an FOIA request, released Flight data indicating that Flight 77 never dropped below 273 feet after it took off. Simply: it could NOT have crashed into the Pentagon. The same flight data disproves assertions that Flight 77 damaged 40 foot light poles enroute to the crash. It was too high (273 ft) and on a trajectory that differed by 20 degrees the trajectory of whatever it was that damaged the poles. According to NTSB Flight Data Flight 93 could not have crashed in the field in PA. Their investigation, says the FBI, was based upon mere assumptions: that said flights had, in fact, been hijacked, that Pentagon wreckage really was from Flight 77, that all the said hijackers were killed in the attacks. In fact, the BBC reported that some of he hijackers 'survived'. The admissions from the FBI and disclosure from the NTSB pull the rug from beneath a panoply of black-hearted lies by Bush and his administration. The official conspiracy theory of 911 is kaput! Because the GOP exploits fear and is dependent upon it, it is defined by fear --fear of people, fear of free speech, fear of the truth. Published ArticlesBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part I, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part II, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part III, In Fascist Dictatorships Telling the truth becomes a crimeBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part IV, the state forces an 'existential' choiceBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part V, Public Opinion Becomes IrrelevantBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VI, The government places itself above the lawBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VII, The Government Denies 'Due Process of Law'Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State Part VIII: Atrocities are justified with lies, myths or propagandaSubscribe
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The Four Horsemen of Digital Apocalypse (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
I have just survived the worst and most insidious 'virus/trojan' attack since I got my first PC. Despite the fact that I was loaded to the gills with anti-malware, this one ran and survived the gauntlet, set up shop and had the nerve to threaten to shut me down. The ensuing epic struggle was a 'virtual' Armageddon, a final, desperate battle between me and the Four Horsemen of Digital Apocalypse. The offending malware pretended to be a Windows alert informing me that my computer was 'unprotected' and demanding that I 'download' their latest whatever. To do so, I had to click on an "I AGREE' button. I simply could not click that button in good conscience. I rarely agree with anything --let alone a 'button'! Never, ever click on a button unless you know where it comes from an trust it. Likewise, suspect any prompt that does not give you a 'I DECLINE' option. Given the deceptive nature of these programs, I am suspicious of 'any' label given a button. Many are indistinguishable from legitimate 'windows' buttons. In this case, no alternatives were given me. No 'X' in a corner; no 'decline' option; no 'maybe later'; no way to get out! Even CTRL-ALT-DELETE had apparently been disabled. There seemed to be no way to get this piece of crap off my screen and out of my computer. In the conditional logic of this rudimentary program, you are simply not given an exit from the loop. But, it is this fact that gives the game away. Only a crooked or incompetent (or both) programmer would write such a conundrum. It was deliberate. It was crooked. It was intended to wrest from me control over my computer. I found in this experience a parable and a rule of thumb. Any proposition (save life itself) is an evil bargain if there is no escape save death itself. From a programmer's standpoint, the 'logic' of this code was a very simple matter of omitting a critical 'else' or 'else/if' statement here and there. If you click 'agree', you allow this 'trojan' free reign over your computer. But --there is no 'decline' or 'later' button of any kind. Doing nothing at all is, likewise, not an option. This 'spammer' --whom I suspect resides in either China or Florida --has much in common with the mob. It's an offer, you cannot refuse. It might have been worse. At least, I didn't awaken with a dead horse beside me. "Offers that cannot be refused" are commonly used not only by spammers but politicians and religions. The Christian religion, primarily, puts a 'box' on the computer screen of your mind (or soul) with a choice: hit the 'accept' button or lose the use of your 'computer', in this case, your 'soul'. Elsewhere in Christianity, however, it is said that such a choice must be made freely. But a coerced choice is anything BUT free! Thus --Christian theology by enforcing a decision through blackmail has 'spammed' your mind and denied you free will. Christianity, by violating its own principles, nullifies itself as valid religion, philosophy, or moral guide. As a theology, as a philosophy, as a 'program', it is, therefore, fallacious and, perhaps, deliberately misleading. Any 'formal system' in violation of its own premises is false! I daresay most religions are of this form. Most, if not all, theology is false. Decisions made under threat of death are not morally valid. Even 'confessions' made under the threat of death are not admissible in court. In the case of the Christian religion, the threat is not merely one of death, but everlasting hell fire the existence of which no one can prove. No wonder much of the history of the human race is largely a record of bad decisions and equally bad consequences. I am no expert on the fine points of every religion on earth but will venture this: of the world's major religions, only Buddhism seems free of indefensible and unsupportable dogma. I have yet to hear anyone threaten me with eternal hell fire should I decide not to follow the 'path' of the Buddha. Of a slightly different logical structure was the 'indulgence' scam perpetrated by the Catholic Church, nothing more than Pope Leo's scheme to raise enough money to pay off his debts, build the new St. Peter's, finance his orgies, underwrite the art. Life is always a mixed bag. Amid the waste, evil, and debauchery, the monies raised by this criminal fraud paid for the lasting works of Michelangelo and Raphael. Historically, 'religion' purports to explain everything. Those observed phenomena not explained by science or common sense are 'explained' theologically, in terms of the 'supernatural'. But a 'supernatural' explanation is, in fact, no explanation at all. Something is unexplainable if it cannot be explained in terms of 'natural' phenomena. There are, therefore, by definition, no 'super natural' explanations, only natural ones. Thus religion is tautological in its inception. Scientific explanations are only 'natural', by definition, not 'super'! Put yet another way: 'supernatural' is an oxymoron. Interestingly, there is salvation of sorts to be found in the limits of logic itself. Rudy Rucker, a mathematician gifted with a redeeming sense of humor, wrote of Kurt Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem that it was '... so simple, and so sneaky, that it is almost embarrassing to relate.' His basic procedure is as follows: Someone introduces Gödel to a UTM, a machine that is supposed to be a Universal Truth Machine, capable of correctly answering any question at all. Gödel asks for the program and the circuit design of the UTM. The program may be complicated, but it can only be finitely long. Call the program P(UTM) for Program of the Universal Truth Machine. Smiling a little, Gödel writes out the following sentence:"The machine constructed on the basis of the program P(UTM) will neversay that this sentence is true." Call this sentence G for Gödel. Note that G is equivalent to: "UTM will never say G is true." Now Gödel laughs his high laugh and asks UTM whether G is true or not. If UTM says G is true, then "UTM will never say G is true" is false. If "UTM will never say G is true" is false, then G is false (since G = "UTM will never say G is true"). So if UTM says G is true, then G is in fact false, and UTM has made a false statement. So UTM will never say that G is true, since UTM makes only true statements. We have established that UTM will never say G is true. So "UTM will never say G is true" is in fact a true statement. So G is true (since G = "UTM will never say G is true"). "I know a truth that UTM can never utter," Gödel says. "I know that G is true. UTM is not truly universal." With his great mathematical and logical genius, Gödel was able to find a way (for any given P(UTM)) actually to write down a complicated polynomial equation that has a solution if and only if G is true. So G is not at all some vague or non-mathematical sentence. G is a specific mathematical problem that we know the answer to, even though UTM does not! So UTM does not, and cannot, embody a best and final theory of mathematics ..Although this theorem can be stated and proved in a rigorously mathematical way, what it seems to say is that rational thought can never penetrate to the final ultimate truth ... But, paradoxically, to understand Gödel's proof is to find a sort of liberation. For many logic students, the final breakthrough to full understanding of the Incompleteness Theorem is practically a conversion experience. This is partly a by-product of the potent mystique Gödel's name carries. But, more profoundly, to understand the essentially labyrinthine nature of the castleis, somehow, to be free of it.--Rudy Rucker, Infinity and the MindThe work of Alan Turing proving that certain propositions in a 'closed logical system cannot be proved within that system' is, of course, a corollary to Kurt Gödel's famous proof. Both have had enormous consequences in academia, computing and philosophy. It is hoped that one day, the impact of this work will be felt in the field of politics. Both Gödel and Turing were concerned with the inherent flaw in any formal system. The question raised is this: if a single trojan could very nearly take over my computer, might a much better, wider and highly co-ordinated attack seize the internet itself. Is our salvation to be found in Gödel and/or Turing? What lesson is learned by the defeat of Chess genius Gary Kasparov by IBMs 'Big Blue'. Chess is a game of guile and strategy. Chess means putting your emotional engines out of sight and choosing moves with cold calculation. In the end, Kasparov's cool cracked. He angrily resigned -- charging, at first, that IBM had let a human call the moves. I doubt anything of the kind, just because the computer's eventual victory was predictable. Two generations ago, Alan Turing gave us an important thought model for all this. Turing said, suppose you go into a room with a keyboard and a monitor. You type in questions and receive answers. Then you try to determine whether the answers are being given by a human or by a machine. Ever since then, we've said that a computer which can't be told from a human passes the Turing test. Most of us have assumed that no one could ever create a Turing Machine because that veers close to creating sentient intelligence. Here the argument over Deep Blue heats up because of Kasparov's initial belief that he was dealing with humans. Deep Blue really did pass the Turning Test as far as Kasparov was concerned. That's why I think this strange little chess game was significant -- not because the outcome was a surprise, but because Kasparov thought Deep Blue might be human.--Dr. John Lienhard: Kasparov and Deep BlueIt does not follow, however, that because Big Blue defeated Kasparov, that computers will eventually render the human being obsolete, that eventually there may be no defense against a computer generated 'virus' or trojan by which a 'federation' of networked computers will assume complete and total dictatorial control and thus rule the world. I love Gödel's proof and as well the related work of Alan Turing. The very language of computers is like that of human beings --'flawed' or, more precisely, incomplete. We need never fear computers taking over. But it is not only because Gödel's Proof is 'logical' that it is compelling. It is positively liberating. 'Incompleteness', itself, is liberating. 'Incompleteness' should be celebrated. In 'incompleteness' is our salvation from a dictatorship imposed upon us by computers themselves. Whenever a fundie, or a Nazi, or a Republican comes peddling an all-embracing system or purports to have all the answers, a complete and unassailable ideology, system or weltanshauung, or tries to blackmail me into swallowing it, I have Gödel's proof that NO system is complete, that NO one person or organization has all the answers. There is no holy writ! There is no voice high or low that will replace my own conscience and my own abilities to work out the truth as best I can. There is no way that I may be blackmailed with offers I dare not refuse for fear of either hell fire or, worse, the loss of my computer forever! There is no blackmailing me into any system or cult that, like the GOP, presumes to have all the answers but is, in fact, wrong about everything! I am a free man! I make my own choices and live with the consequences. I am immune to coercion. No one living can make meaningful statements (let alone truthful ones) about an after life that may or may not exist. Therefore, I choose to base the only life of which I have knowledge upon matters about which meaningful knowledge is, at least in theory, obtainable. It is nonsensical to base my life upon the expectation of an after life about which no meaningful statement can be made whatseover. "Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to lose his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?" --Character of St. Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons, Sir Robert Bolt I submit that it profits one nothing to compromise his/her integrity in this life in the expectation of rewards in a hypothetical afterlife the existence of which may not be known and about which nothing meaningful may be said. For those interested in avoiding 'armegeddon' with Trojans: As that very real war goes on in the Middle East, back here at home we continue to wage a virtual war against a different kind of spam. And of course, it's not just in the U.S. Just a few days ago, the French government announced a new project by which Internet users could alert their ISPs when they receive spam messages: http://www.wxpnews.com/Q85JLJ/071009-Signal-spamAnd we're hearing that Japanese users are getting an increasing amount of spam mail from Chinese servers, most of it advertising online dating services and adult-oriented web sites: http://www.wxpnews.com/Q85JLJ/071009-Spam-in-Japan Spam web sites are causing trouble for Google, as many of these sites are coming up in search results and some of them are downloading malware onto users' computers when they follow the links. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on the recent deluge of "pump and dump" spam messages that attempt to inflate the prices of stocks issued by small companies. Recently this has become the second largest category of spam, with as many as 100 million of these messages being sent every week, many of them in the form of PDF attachments. The SEC has reported a 30 percent drop, however, since they initiated an aggressive program that includes freezing the trading on some of these companies http://www.wxpnews.com/Q85JLJ/071009-CrackdownAnother, more malicious variety of spam that has popped up in the last few months exploits the popularity of social networking. These messages claim to be from an "old school friend" or a "childhood friend" and contain a link that's supposedly for the sender's MySpace (or other social networking) homepage. However, clicking the link takes you to a site that downloads a Trojan which can gather personal information such as account numbers and passwords and send them back to the spammer: http://www.wxpnews.com/Q85JLJ/071009-Social-spamSpammers and email scammers are great at taking advantage of whatever's currently in the news and trends in public opinion. Shortly after September 11, there was a spate of spam messages appealing to Americans' patriotic feelings. As the public tide turned, we now see spam messages that hook into anti-war sentiments. The recent downturn in the housing market and the subprime loan scandals have resulted in a new flood of spam messages pertaining to home financing. You might even be a spammer yourself and not know it. Thousands of computers are infected with malicious software called 'bots that turn them into "zombies" that can be controlled by spammers and used to send spam messages (and hide the true origins of the spam).--War Against Spammers Goes OnThe Blue Screen of DeathMalware BytesSpyware DoctorAVGAlan TuringRudy Rucker: Infinity and the MindRudy's BlogDr. John Lienhard: Kasparov and Deep BluePublished ArticlesBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part I, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part II, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part III, In Fascist Dictatorships Telling the truth becomes a crimeBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part IV, the state forces an 'existential' choiceBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part V, Public Opinion Becomes IrrelevantBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VI, The government places itself above the lawBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VII, The Government Denies 'Due Process of Law'Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State Part VIII: Atrocities are justified with lies, myths or propagandaSubscribe
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How McCain's Palin Pick Makes 'Age' Issue Number One (Tue, 02 Sep 2008)
McCain's choice was motivated by the fact that 'age' had already become an issue and he hoped to blunt it. If McCain had chosen well, it might have been unfair to ask: what if the old codger should die in office? Now, it is irresponsible NOT to ask that question. McCain's Palin pick --focus group designed to blunt the criticism in the bud --has backfired. The campaign is now all about age. A wise choice for McCain would have been someone with proven experience and moderate politics. Had McCain made such a choice, the 'age issue' would have been blunted, perhaps taken off the table entirely. Instead, McCain blundered before getting off the blocks, a first bad decision that may be chalked up to age and the age issue. What kind of 'President' would the extremist Palin become? A Palin presidency is simply unthinkable. Certainly --she would never have risen to prominence so quickly were not McCain concerned about age. Instead of putting the issue to rest, he has put it on the front burner. As an extremist, Palin makes Goldwater look moderate. She is a denier of global warming, a doctrinaire opponent of a women's pro-creative rights, a proponent of enforced teaching of creationism. McCain's death could hasten a new dark age. Let's look at the record of the person who might very well be put in the position of leading the United States of America. She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience. Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. Palin thinks creationism (theology --NOT science) should be taught in public schools She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change. She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska. How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position. [h/t Ron Foster] Some quick notes about the issues involved should a right wing extremist assume the nation's highest office upon the death of senile President. Neither creationism nor 'intelligent design' is science. Both are slick PR approved versions of 'religious' theology'. Constitutionally, folk can teach their children anything they want --at home! But the Constitutional separation of Church and State makes the teaching or propagation of 'religion' at tax payer expense unlawful. That is the standard that must also be applied to so-called 'Faith Based Initiatives'. Like the evil hackers who try to 'sneak' malicious programs onto your computer, the axis of creationism/ID cloaked creationism to disguise their religious ideology, to make it appear to be science when in fact it was and remains religious dogma. It was hoped that as 'science', religious ideology could be taught stealthily in publicly financed schools at your expense. You would pick up the tab though you do not believe it. Palin's big oil policies conform to the GOP party line. With Her assumption of the nation's highest office upon the death of an aging McCain, the big oil cabals will not merely retain but consolidate their ownership of the nation. They own her. Now --what does that make her? At last, her extremist, anti-freedom, anti-people, anti-environment positions may expose her pro-hypocrisy agenda. Sarah Palin's 17 y/o daughter Bristol is pregnant. Pass it on. There is no truth to the rumor, however, that Palin's four month-old child with Down Syndrome is Bristol's daughter. The McCain campaign is saying that McCain already knew about the blessed event before he made his running mate choice eight days ago. If that's true, then it seems to suggest that McCain really is as ethically blind as he proved during the Keating 5 scandal. But somehow, I doubt that McCain would've been in possession of information that intimate. According to John Cole at Balloon Juice, Camp McCain hasn't even begun vetting her, yet. CNN reports that Palin's child with child will keep the baby and marry the father, as if making such a decision while still in high school bespeaks Christian family values. Naturally, the Palins are insisting on everybody respecting their privacy (Read: Don't write or speak about it). You know, like the GOP would've respected Chelsea Clinton's privacy if she'd gotten knocked up in her junior year of high school.--Family Values As Lloyd Bentsen famously chided Dan Quayle --"You are NO John Kennedy" --we might remind John McCain: "You are no Ronald Reagan": Reagan at his age was much more graceful. McCain's shoulders are stiff and painful from years of North Vietnamese torture, and he doesn't deliver a speech that well. At the instinctive level with the contrast between McCain the stove up old codger and Obama's lithe articulate just old enough youthfulness, it's no contest. The ideological pros and cons of the people McCain considered have been done to death. But how about this totally non-ideological analysis: McCain/Lieberman--two old farts. Sure losers against Obama. McCain/Romney-- no chemistry, makes McCain look old, Romney himself is classy but sort of a stiff. McCain/Pawlenty-- another lose/lose proposition. Pawlenty points up McCain's age without bringing much pizazz.--A different take on the Palin choiceThe GOP is literally owned by big oil. The GOP, therefore, must be anti-environment, pro Iraq war, pro-Bush dictatorship. By picking Palin, McCain proves that he is anything but a 'maverick'. McCain is not his own man. McCain is hardly a 'straight-talker'; his words are vetted by the robber barons of big oil. McCain is just another GOP kiss up to the Military/Industrial establishment --the folk who bought you Viet Nam and Iraq. If you like George W. Bush, then vote for John McCain and get Bush's third term! The Palin Choice is so bad that one is justified in asking if McCain is already showing signs of senility. Was he influenced by what he might think is a pretty face hiding an extremist, right wing mentality? This choice smacks of desperation. Reams of GOP propaganda in its wake have kept many a flack, many a paid liar employed. McCain has proven that he been bought and paid for by the folk who OWN the GOP. Maverick, my ass! Essential reading: American essayist Gore Vidal says that despite the US claim that it is making the world safer by perpetuating democracy, the country never had any democracy. In an exclusive interview with Press Tv correspondent, Vidal said that the United States has never had democracy and the word never was used in the US constitution, Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Independence. Vidal also said that America has fallen into the hands of a small group of people that only care about global dominance and making money from US tax payers by waging wars. The renowned essayist made the analogy that the democratic national convention in Denver is symbolic of a falling empire and observed that the hyper expensive entertainment-based campaigns and the current state of the US as being overextended in multiple wars and no budget surplus to finance them, all bode ill for that nation's future. Vidal noted that despite Obama's promise to deliver universal heath care, the heath industry would oppose his plan and insure he will not be able to deliver on his stated goal. When asked about US policy toward Iran by the rival candidates, Vidal responded that McCain is a warmonger that will likely wage war on Iran.Gore Vidal: US never had democracy More about Palin from Democracy Now: Max Blumenthal of The Nation reports: Last week, while the media focused almost obsessively on the DNC’s spectacle in Denver, the country’s most influential conservatives met quietly at a hotel in downtown Minneapolis to get to know Sarah Palin. The assembled were members of the Council for National Policy, an ultra-secretive cabal that networks wealthy right-wing donors together with top conservative operatives to plan long-term movement strategy.--Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate Sarah Palin Additional resources: Amy Goodman Arrested by Fascists at the RNC Sarah Palin Lied About Her Visit to IrelandMcCain Voted AGAINST all Katrina Aid Amy Goodman Arrested at RNCRight Wing Lunatic Fringe Loves PalinMcCain's Palin Pick Proves His "Put My Country First" HypocrisyMaker Her WhineNazi link in 'plot to assassinate Obama' Published ArticlesBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part I, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part II, Police States Begin With False Flag AttacksBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part III, In Fascist Dictatorships Telling the truth becomes a crimeBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part IV, the state forces an 'existential' choiceBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part V, Public Opinion Becomes IrrelevantBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VI, The government places itself above the lawBush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State: Part VII, The Government Denies 'Due Process of Law'Bush's Conspiracy to Create an American Police State Part VIII: Atrocities are justified with lies, myths or propagandaSubscribe
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'Don't let the door hit you in your sorry ass on your way out!': Americans bid 'farewell' to the worst US 'President' ever!! (Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
The blog, Farewell 43, gives Americans a chance to bid George W. Bush 'farewell'. I think they really mean: GOOD RIDDANCE! Visit them and post your own 'good riddance' message. Let the very worst frickin' "President" in American history know what you really think. Following is the test of my 'good riddance' message. Post your own on their site. Here's a link to my comment on Farewell43! See also: