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- Wikileaks Exposes Classified
Proof of Our Government's Lies
July 25, 2010 08:31PM - Why Open Salon Sucks with
relevant nudity
July 19, 2010 08:22AM - The Gulf Time Bomb - 27,000
Abandoned Wells
July 07, 2010 08:46AM - "Why do you hate us?"
July 06, 2010 11:52AM - "Discovery" in Afghanistan?
Nothing new, just propaganda
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Behind Blue Eyes's Links
Wikileaks Exposes Classified Proof of Our Government's Lies

Wikileaks continues to do the work our corrupt M$M eshews.
Afghan War Diary 2004-2010 (Wikileaks)
Big Surprise here! /sarcasm: Obama: Wikileaks Opposes My Afghan War, Therefore You Should Ignore Leaked Atrocity Docs - “[I]t’s worth… Read full post »
Why Open Salon Sucks with relevant nudity
Top Secret America
The must read/watch/explore/become aware of story of the day/week/year has finally broken in the WaPo. Wikileaks founder… Read full post »
The Gulf Time Bomb - 27,000 Abandoned Wells
Just when you thought the news from the Gulf couldn't get any worse...
From two sources:
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk beneath the Gulf of Mexico: No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking. BP… Read full post »
"Why do you hate us?"
The must read of the day:
In his [Dalrymple's] description of a meeting with local elders in Jalalabad, where a council, or jirga, had just been held:
As Predator drones took off and landed incessantly at the nearby airfield, the elders related how the
… Read full post »
"Discovery" in Afghanistan? Nothing new, just propaganda
If you really believe the breathless propaganda from the NY Times that the Army only recently "discovered" vast mineral deposits in Afghanistan, I have an oil free estuary in Louisiana to sell you.
You also need to read these:
No, U.S. Didn’t Just ‘Discover’ $1T
Afghan… Read full post »
John Gray, an alternative to Corporatist Lincoln in Arkansas

Check out the guy in the photo. He could change the political game if enough of us will get involved. The revolt against the lesser of two evils two party system that dominates our country could begin in Arkansas with this man. More about him later, but first, how… Read full post »
Roger that Crazyhorse, engage!

If you have been under a rock this week and don't "get" the captioning of this photo, you need to watch this video:
This video shows war crimes. Don't believe me? Watch what happens at the 8 minute mark and then read this passage froom the G…
Collateral Murder: Wikileaks video US tried to suppress
This is the video US Intelligence and the State department tried to suppress. Watch it while you can.
Amongst other things, it shows the murder of a Reuters employee and the good Samaritans who tried to help him as he crawled wounded on the sidewalk in the… Read full post »
Wikileaks detained 4 video of Afghan civilian massacre

I am not sure how many of you are aware of Wikileaks. It is an essential organization in a time of government information supression. They need support right now.
Why?
The State Department/CIA has been tailing and detaining Wikileaks personnel.&nbs… Read full post »
Betrayal: NYT confirms Obama made deal to kill Public Option

Read it and weep:
NY Times Reporter Confirms Obama Made Deal to Kill Public Option
So far Obama has sold out on healthcare reform, ending the wars, FISA, the Patriot Act, holding the Bush administration accountable for torture and war crimes, Gitmo, indefinite preventive… Read full post »
Do we deserve a Pacer when Congress has Cadillac Care?
I had not heard that under this "reform" bill the penalty for insurance companies denying a person coverage is only a fine of a hundred dollars per day. While a hundred dollars per day is a large sum for most Americans, it is carpet dust for insurance… Read full post »
Obama Extends the Patriot Act and America yawns

Yesterday Obama signed a one year extension of the Patriot Act into law. Provisions of the Patriot Act were due to expire today. Obama had a chance to do the right thing. All he had to do was not sign, but that is not what happened.… Read full post »
Remember the Patriot Act? It is about to be reauthorized
The reauthorization of the Patriot Act has been slipped into a jobs bill.
Yes, no shit.
Obama's sneaky Democratic crew think we won't notice.
The second page of this article in Politico has confirmation:
Harry Reid pushes $80 billion jobs bill
Or you can find it in this pdf of… Read full post »
Obama's hit list: US citizens marked for assassination

With all of the fuss over the SOTU, this should not be lost in the shuffle:
Obama has hit lists of US citizens that he has authorized the CIA and US military to assassinate.
How can this be justified?
What happened to innocent until proven guilty?… Read full post »
The secret of the most viewed posts of 'o9 with nudity

The Secret: the vast majority of the most viewed posts on Open Salon garner their hits through google image searches.
Their popularity has nothing to do with their content.
The tens of tousands of hits they clock are because of the google rank of the photos selected… Read full post »
Fool you 4 times, shame on who? What to believe about Yemen

Am I the only one who thinks this is way too convenient?
Last week it comes out Obama is bombing civilians in Yemen.
Now the "terrorist" who conveniently set his lap on fire is alleged to have ties to Al Qaeda in Yemen.
How much more are… Read full post »
Kill Bill
This post is just to spread an email from Jane Hamsher, the founder of firedoglake.com. I am pasting it here not because I think petitions can do anything, but because she lays out concrete reasons why the Senate's version of the heathcare bill is crap that should be killed and links… Read full post »
What is Christian about this?
A Tucson man who volunteers as a humanitarian worker is facing 25 days in jail for leaving jugs of water for undocumented immigrants crossing the desert. A jury convicted him of littering in a Federal refuge.
After being hit with 300 hours of community service and a year of probation,… Read full post »
Armed with a giant dildo, how many baboons could you take?
The Value of Life - Can we help save one?
Life is constant tragedy.
But ever so often the opportunity presents itself to make a difference.
To perhaps stop a tragedy.
Today on reddit I ran across this headline: She has leukemia and no health insurance; if she has a bone-marrow transplant, her survival odd jump to 60%,… Read full post »
Pelosi's Promise of Vote on Single Payer about to be Broken
Way back when, Speaker Pelosi promised a vote on Single Payer. According to a flurry of linked reddit articles and this email I got this morning from Heathcare Now!, one of the most proactive organizations fighting for Single Payer (HR 676)Medicare for all, that promise may be broken.
How to make real Change
If you want to learn how to influence politics and make real change happen, watch the video of Barney Frank answering this question from reddit:
Congressman Frank, earlier this week you remarked that the National Equality March in Washington D.C. was, "a waste of time at best". You went on… Read full post »
Obama should be tried @ Nuremberg, not winning Nobel -update

Sometimes the world is shameless in its pandering.
Obama is a mass murderer just like Bush before him.
But yet the Nobel prize committee curries the favor of the American Empire, fearful that we might decide they have something of value within their borders and thus bring… Read full post »
Life under Obama: Arrested 4 Tweets
Hope? Change?
It tastes like a tin pot banana republic dictatorship that supresses its people.
Last I checked the FBI took its orders from the President.
What happened to that pesky first amendment?
Who is Alan Grayson? (Updated)
The status-quo hates TRUTH TELLERS.
According to the media this morning, Freshman Rep Alan Grayson (D-FL 8, the formerly Republican district around Orlando) has gone too far and is part of the thug-like culture in our discourse. He is an extremist and said outrageous thi… Read full post »
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Are You a Child or a Fluke of the Universe?
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Israel destroys mosque, four homes
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Goldman Sachs Off the Radar - Racketeering In Washington.
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Just another rant...
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Chris Hedges Speaks, Take A Look.
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You Might be a Liberal (and not even know)
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