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Dennis Kucinich Speaks out on Afghanistan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:13:41 GMT

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Dennis Kucinich on Democracy Now Speaks out on Afghanistan

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Former Gitmo Prosecutor Given a Pink Slip

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:09:51 GMT

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Former Guantanamo Prosecutor Wrongly Fired for Speaking Out

by: Yana Kunichoff, t r u t h o u t | Report

(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: U.S. Air Force, miskan)

A former Guantanamo prosecutor was wrongfully fired by a government agency for writing critical op-eds about military commissions, according to the ACLU. The civil rights organization alleges that the firing violated the ex-prosecutor's First Amendment and due process rights. Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo military commissions, was dismissed from his position at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for opinion articles he wrote about the commissions in The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. »

Naomi Klein: Disaster Capitalism

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:23 GMT

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Naomi Klein: Disaster Capitalism

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The US Bill of Rights was an Afterthought

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:55:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So the Bill of Rights was not a gift from that illustrious gaggle of rich merchants, land and currency speculators, and slaveholders known as our “Founding Fathers.” It was a product of class struggle. The same was true of the universal franchise. It took mass agitation from the 1820s to the 1840s by workers and poor farmers to abolish property qualifications and win universal White male suffrage. Almost a century of agitation and struggle was necessary to win the franchise for women. And a bloody civil war and subsequent generations of struggle were needed to win basic political rights for African Americans, a struggle still far from complete.

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We were never “given” what freedoms we do have, certainly not by the framers of the Constitution. Recall that the Bill of Rights was not part of the original Constitution. It was added after ratification, as ten amendments. When Colonel Mason of Virginia proposed a Bill of Rights at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, it was voted down almost unanimously (Massachusetts abstained). Popular protests, land seizures by the poor, food riots, and other disturbances made the men of property who gathered in Philadelphia uncomfortably aware of the need for an effective central authority that could be sufficiently protective of the propertied classes. But such popular ferment also set a limit on what the framers dared to do. Belatedly and reluctantly they agreed during the ratification struggle to include a Bill of Rights, a concession made under threat of democratic agitation and in the hope that the amendments would ensure ratification of the new Constitution.

Cancer From The Kitchen

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:16:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "I asked these doctors what they do in their own homes to reduce risks. They said that they avoid microwaving food in plastic or putting plastics in the dishwasher, because heat may cause chemicals to leach out. And the symposium handed out a reminder card listing “safer plastics” as those marked (usually at the bottom of a container) 1, 2, 4 or 5.

It suggests that the “plastics to avoid” are those numbered 3, 6 and 7 (unless they are also marked “BPA-free”). Yes, the evidence is uncertain, but my weekend project is to go through containers in our house and toss out 3’s, 6’s and 7’s. "

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The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines.

What if breast cancer in the United States has less to do with insurance or mammograms and more to do with contaminants in our water or air -- or in certain plastic containers in our kitchens?

Younger people also seem to be developing breast cancer: This year a 10-year-old in California, Hannah, is fighting breast cancer and recording her struggle on a blog.

What’s happening? One theory starts with the well-known fact that women with more lifetime menstrual cycles are at greater risk for breast cancer, because they’re exposed to more estrogen.

It’s also well established that Western women are beginning puberty earlier, and going through menopause later.

One class of chemicals that creates concern — although the evidence is not definitive — is endocrine disruptors

These endocrine disruptors are found in everything from certain plastics to various cosmetics.

Support Bernie Sanders

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:00:42 GMT

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Support Bernie Sanders

Check out this video of progressives thanking Sen. Bernie Sanders for putting a "hold" on the re-nomination of Ben Bernanke, George W. Bush's failed Federal Reserve Chair:

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Thank Bernie Sanders for standing up to Wall Street and putting a "hold" on Ben Bernanke. Add your name to those who have his back:

Ron Paul, Perpetual War, "You Paid Too Much!"

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:04:21 GMT

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Ron Paul : Obama Preparing for Perpetual War!

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The Obama Deception

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:00:02 GMT

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The Obama Deception HQ Full length version

McKinney Grills Rumsfeld

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:44:04 GMT

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McKinney Grills Rumsfeld

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Imperialism 101

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:31:23 GMT

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Imperialism 101

Chapter 1 of Against Empire by Michael Parenti

By "imperialism" I mean the process whereby the dominant politico-economic interests of one nation expropriate for their own enrichment the land, labor, raw materials, and markets of another people.

notions about imperialism circulating today in the United States, the dominant view is that it does not exist. Imperialism is not recognized as a legitimate concept, certainly not in regard to the United States. One may speak of "Soviet imperialism" or "nineteenth-century British imperialism" but not of U.S. imperialism. A graduate student in political science at most universities in this country would not be granted the opportunity to research U.S. imperialism, on the grounds that such an undertaking would not be scholarly. While many people throughout the world charge the United States with being an imperialist power, in this country persons who talk of U.S. imperialism are usually judged to be mouthing ideological blather.

Statement of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin On Surge

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:13:06 GMT

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Statement of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin On the Announced Troop Surge in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - December 1 - The following statement can be attributed to Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI):

“In 2001, I voted to authorize the use of force to bring to justice those responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

I believe our current actions in Afghanistan and President Obama’s proposal for moving forward bear little resemblance to that original, narrowly-focused mission.

I cannot endorse a military surge in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s time for our troops to come home.”

Senator Sanders’ Statement on Afghanistan

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:11:32 GMT

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“First, why are American taxpayers and our brave soldiers bearing almost all the burden in what should be an international effort? Where are Europe, Russia, China and the rest of the world? Second, why in the midst of a severe recession – with 17 percent of our people unemployed or under-employed and one out of four kids on food stamps – are we going to be spending $100 billion a year on Afghanistan when we have so many pressing needs at home? Third, I worry about how we can forge a dependable partnership with an Afghan government that is ineffective and corrupt.

Senator Sanders’ Statement on Afghanistan

Addicted to Nonsense

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:54:34 GMT

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Addicted to Nonsense

By Chris Hedges

Will Tiger Woods finally talk to the police? Who will replace Oprah? (Not that Oprah can ever be replaced, of course.) And will Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple who crashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner, command the hundreds of thousands of dollars they want for an exclusive television interview? Can Levi Johnston, father of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s grandson, get his wish to be a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars”?

The chatter that passes for news, the gossip that is peddled by the windbags on the airwaves, the noise that drowns out rational discourse, and the timidity and cowardice of what is left of the newspaper industry reflect our flight into collective insanity. We stand on the cusp of one of the most seismic and disturbing dislocations in human history, one that is radically reconfiguring our economy as it is the environment, and our obsessions revolve around the trivial and the absurd.

Canada’s Olympic Crackdown

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:50:12 GMT

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Canada’s Olympic Crackdown

Posted on Dec 1, 2009

By Amy Goodman

The guard promptly told us to pull over, leave the car and enter the border crossing building.

He looked at me skeptically. “Are you going to talk about the Olympics?” he asked.

It was then that I started learning about what was going on. The crackdown is widespread, it turns out. David Eby, executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, told me, “We have a billion dollars being spent on security here; protesters and activists have been identified as the No. 1 security threat to the Olympic Games ... we have new city bylaws that restrict the content of people’s signs.” According to critics, the police can raid your home if you place an anti-Olympic sign in your window. There are concerns that homeless people may be swept from Vancouver,

A Brief History of Socialist Plots to End the American Way of Life

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:04:48 GMT

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A Brief History of Socialist Plots to End the American Way of Life

by Matt Wuerker

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