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Our Genocidal track record

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:38:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I know, y'all think I hate America...Not so, but I despise what the people of the USA has done in so many instances of genocidal hypocrisy...I cannot celebrate our Independence without seeing all the death and destruction we have brouht to the brown, red and yellow segments of Mankind. I'm thoroughly disgusted with 'Murrika today and especially of the last 8 years. Our collective karma is disastrous and the Empire will fall, just like all Empires do. The "Noble Experiment" in Democracy gets a big FAIL. Despite all the good we have done, the USA is a racist, war-loving, greedy, Earth-polluting, voracious nation. Pretty sad when you think about it, neh?

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I just watched that excellent documentary, The Revolution, on PBS yesterday to see if they would come close to the truth, and they did. I was especially impressed with the segment on how Gen.George Washington wrote especially virulently racist orders to commit genocide on the Iroqouis nation during the fight vs. the British...The order was to obliterate every man, woman and child, and burn the villages of the Natives--a scorched earth policy that was carried out.
This is how our country began and despite the Constitution and all our high ideals, we have committed genocide all thru the 227 yr. history of the USA and before, from the first colonists all the way until Iraq. In the name of "Freedom", "Christian values" and all the other lies the USA brainwashes us with, the white power structure has hated people of color all along. What a sham. Happy 4th of July, fellow'Murrikans!

Police brutality/violence at Rainbow Gathering

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:02:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: a link to a blog that had a post on the incident and also has really nice updates on the Rainbow Gathering:
http://adap2k.blogspot.com/2008/07/rainbow-family-attacked-by-feds-peppers.html
and has this audio:
http://adap2k.blogspot.com/2008/07/audio-rainbow-family-attacked-by-feds.html

I have not yet seen anything appear on You Tube.

Here is a link to Pinedale Online which has been reporting regularly on the Gathering:
http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2008/06/RainbowFamilyGatheri.htm

Here is a link to a blog that has been offering updated information when possible:
http://wyominggathering
.blogspot.com/

Ah, that's really a shame...and growing evidence of the nature of the Police State in which we are currently suffering. I remember the police at the gathering in Drain, Oregon in '70 and all they did was stand back up on the road and watch, never interfered to my knowledge. Even when my girlfriend of a young age got naked and declared she was Jesus and I had to walk u

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The police presence at the Rainbow Gathering this year was quite unsettling. There is always some type of police presence near the Gathering and sometimes within the Gathering, but this year seemed to be heavy on that presence (at least in my limited experience - this was my 4th Gathering since 1998). On our way in to the Gathering on July 2 and out of the Gathering on July 6, through the mountain dirt and gravel roads, we saw people pulled over and dogs searching cars in numerous spots. There were reports of people being cited for things like not using turn signals to turn onto dirt roads from other dirt roads, not applying brakes properly on curves, and not adhering to the 20 mile per hour speed limit, even if they were just one mile over that limit.

Shortly after that there was a commotion from the forest at the edge of the meadow. People were screaming that the police had opened fire in Kiddie Village. What we learned was this:

Laura Ingraham: Right-Wing Radio's High Priestess of Hate

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:47:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Shock radio host Ingraham is a master of sounding funny and appealing while dishing out the same hate speech as Sean Hannity.

She's more aggressive than Limbaugh, more blatant than Hannity, and more rational than Beck or Savage, and although she often supports many of them (erroneously stating, for example, that Limbaugh never claimed the Clintons murdered Vince Foster), she is equally willing to call them out. She walked out of a "Hannity & Colmes" installment after the Don Imus "nappy-headed ho's" controversy was twisted into a discussion of Democratic vices, and once asked on her radio program after an appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor," "Why is Bill O'Reilly afraid of George Soros?" (In the same broadcast, Ingraham accused columnist Helen Thomas of working for Hezbollah, which has been identified by the U.S. government as a terrorist group.)

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Shock radio host Ingraham is a master of sounding funny and appealing while dishing out the same hate speech as Sean Hannity.

Obama, Conyers epitomize Arrogance in Pants.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:58:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Thanks Joan for posting this...The Centrist thing of Obama's was inevitable, it seems, as he panders to the sheeple.
WASHINGTON -- Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove won't testify next week before a House committee investigating the prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman, despite a threat of a contempt proceeding.

Rove is exerting executive privilege and declined the invitation to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, his attorney Robert Luskin wrote to the House panel Tuesday. A lawsuit is pending in federal court in Washington over whether top White House officials can be compelled to testify before Congress, he wrote.

The Judiciary Committee has been seeking Rove's testimony since April, and committee Chairman Rep. John Con-
yers, D-Mich., said in a response letter sent Thursday that he was "disappointed" with Rove's decision.
It seems Conyers has lost his balls somewhere...won't Impeach, when it's the only thing to stop Cheney/Bush, and

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Arrogance in pants

Posted on 2008.07.05 at 12:29
Current Mood: frustrated
Tags: arrogant men, politic

Obama on abortion rights:

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights.

Obama then added: "Now, I don't think that 'mental distress' qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term."

In my experience, mental distress = child abuse. I think of all the mothers out there going through all kinds of hell, and I'm astonished at the arrogance. That's ~~three~~ ~~four~~ five strikes against Obama in two weeks. The centrist thing isn't working for me.

Karl Rove giving the finger to the House Judiciary Committee. Will the day come when Conyers can say "will face contempt" instead of "could" ?

Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:22:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "The wedding party was supposed to be going from one village to another to take the bride to the house of the groom," Gul said. "You will have to ask the Americans whether these were terrorists. So far as I know they were men, women and children traveling to a wedding."
Imagine how you'd feel if your wedding party was bombed! ANOTHER ATROCITY, DAMMIT!

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KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an inquiry into allegations that 15 civilians were killed in a U.S. military strike targeting militants.

An Afghan boy believed to have been injured in a coalition bombing is placed in a stretcher Sunday.

The probe into Friday's incident on the border of Konar and Nurestan provinces came as local officials said another coalition bombing in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 23 people and wounded 10 others who were walking to a wedding party.

U.S. military Capt. Christian Patterson said he had heard no reports that civilians had been killed in Friday's incident.

Among the civilians that were reportedly killed in Friday's U.S. helicopter attack were five members of one family: a doctor and at least two children, the spokesman said.

Karzai has stepped up pressure on his U.S. allies to take more precautions when carrying out military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

$400 Million/yr for Bi Fat bag of sour wind Limbaugh

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:39:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a travesty...not only the obscene amount of money but his arrogance in getting it.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

On his radio show Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh commented on the news of his astronomical new contract estimated at $400 million. Limbaugh told his audience, "I'm not retiring until every American agrees with me." The deal pays Limbaugh to keep dishing his views through 2016.

The New York Times has more on how Limbaugh's windfall stacks up against other conservative hosts.

Mr. Limbaugh is not the only radio star who is busy pumping his franchise. Sean Hannity, the country's No. 2 host according to Talkers Magazine, is in contract talks with his current syndication company, ABC Radio, as well as Premiere, for a potential three-way deal, according to two sources close to the negotiations. They requested anonymity because the deal had not been signed.

Glenn Beck, another popular host, signed a new contract with Premiere last year that will pay him $10 million a year through 2012.

Another $170 million for poor Israel

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:37:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And another reason I'll be changing from "D" to "I"

Clip Source: www.democracynow.org

Congress Approves Additional $170M For Israel

In news from Capitol Hill, Congress has approved giving Israel an additional $170 million in aid next fiscal year. This means the U.S. will give Israel a total of more than $2.5 billion next year. Israel remains the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid. The U.S. is planning to give Israel $30 billion over the next 10 years.

Tags: israel

THIS is the news I've been waiting for

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:29:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Coffee Drinkers Have Slightly Lower Death Rates, Study Finds

A new study has good news for coffee drinkers: Regular coffee drinking (up to 6 cups per day) is not associated with increased deaths in either men or women. In fact, both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption is associated with a somewhat smaller rate of death from heart disease.

"Coffee consumption was not associated with a higher risk of mortality in middle-aged men and women. The possibility of a modest benefit of coffee consumption on heart disease, cancer, and other causes of death needs to be further investigated."

Translucent Sea Creatures - Photo Gallery

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:12:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wow - aquatic neon lighting?!

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Photo Gallery: Translucent Creatures

A pelagic, or open-ocean, octopus gives off a neon glow in Hawaii. Most species of octopus have no internal skeleton, unlike other cephalopods.

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A photographer's strobe gives a violet sheen to this translucent juvenile roundbelly cowfish off the coast of Kona, Hawaii. Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.

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A hydromedusa spreads its luminescent tentacles in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica.

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Darkness in Antarctica's Weddell Sea gives this comb jelly a chance to show off its candy-colored bioluminescent cells.

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A transparent larval shrimp piggybacks on an equally see-through jellyfish in the waters around Hawaii.

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An opalescent squid uses its giant eyes to navigate the nighttime waters around Papua New Guinea.

Tags: bizarre, marine life, ocean, cephalopods, fish, sea

US Teacher Is Suspended For Letting Pupils Read

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When do they start the burning?

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

An Indiana teacher who used a much lauded bestseller, The Freedom Writers Diary, to try to inspire under-performing high-school students has been suspended from her job without pay for 18 months.

The effective book ban by the school authorities in Perry Township has outraged teachers and education reformers.

The Writers Diary, a series of true stories written by inner-city teenagers, was put together by a teacher, Erin Gruwell, and has been celebrated as a model for transforming young lives. It was made into a film with Hilary Swank last year.

“If you read the whole book you will see how these inner-city students grow and change and become articulate, compassionate, educated young people who want to do something good in their lives despite the environment in which they were raised,” she told the Guardian. “I thought my students would very much relate to those kids.”

Connie Heermann, a teacher for 27 years, sought permission to introduce the book to her students

Int'l Whaling Comm. Fails, Threats to Whales Mount, Whaling Nations Dig In

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A new report on climate change suggested dire consequences for the world’s whales if immediate steps aren’t taken to mitigate the effects of changes in sea temperature, freshening of seawater from melting ice and increased rainfall, sea level rise, loss of polar habitats, and the decline of krill populations. Meanwhile, the IWC’s Scientific Committee continued its important work on assessments of threats to whales from ship strikes, fisheries entanglements, and underwater noise generated by human technology, including energy company exploration, as well as from emerging and recurring diseases.

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With whales threatened by increasing harm from ship strikes, pollution, underwater noise, and climate change, whaling nations promised no reductions in their take at this year’s International Whaling Commission meeting, which ended Friday in Chile.

No End to the Killing

The biggest whale slaughter in the world will continue, as Japan kills nearly 17,000 Dall’s porpoises. Japan did not even respond to the plea from the United States and other nations at IWC to reduce its killing of the Dall’s to sustainable levels.

Japan’s “scientific” whaling programs, JARPA and JARPN II—barely disguised commercial whaling programs embattled by scandals over crew members’ embezzlement of whale meat and meaningless academic observations by scientists—will also continue. JARPA kills about 1,000 whales per year in the Southern Ocean and JARPN II kills approximately 200 more.

Greenland wants to take 10 humpback whales.

For WHAT? One Man! And the Next WAR?

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:46:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And all for the lack of one assassins bullet. Where is Mossad when it's needed? "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" If he was such a bad man could no one be found to "judicially assassinate" this 'turbulent' ruler? Keeping the rules has NOT been the hallmark of this administration, so why not 'eliminate' Saddam?

The truth is that he was never the target. Assassination would not have produced occupation. It would have save 4,000+ US lives but we have learnt that these didn't matter either. The out of sight, out of mind, no presidential presence at funerals worked for AWOL Bush. However the broken in mind and body will not go away so easily. Until they are swamped by the next lot.

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El soldado David Rozelle. The soldier David Rozelle.

David Rozelle. David Rozelle.

Tags: photos, iraq, war, usa, bush

Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:23:18 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?

Millions of Americans are embarrassingly ill-informed and they do not care that they are.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." -- Thomas Jefferson

Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid, it would seem, when we come across headlines like this: "Homer Simpson, Yes -- 1st Amendment 'Doh,' Survey Finds" (Associated Press 3/1/06).

"About 1 in 4 Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.) But more than half of Americans can name at least two members of the fictional cartoon family, according to a survey.
"The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just 1 in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms."

What You Eat Might Actually Improve Your Intelligence

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:00:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Am going to find something smart to eat.
brb

Clip Source: www.physorg.com

New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve.

According to MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range of foods from infant formula to eggs increase brain synapses and improve cognitive abilities.

In the study, gerbils were given various combinations of three compounds needed for healthy brain membranes: choline, found in eggs; uridine monophosphate (UMP) found in beets; and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), found in fish oils. Other gerbils were given none of these to serve as a baseline. Then they were checked for cognitive changes four weeks later.

The scientists found that the gerbils given choline with UMP and/or DHA showed cognitive improvements in tasks thought to be relevant to gerbils, such as navigating mazes.

"Now that we know how to make gerbils smarter,"

it's not too far a stretch to hope that people's intelligence can also be improved.

Tags: nutrition, intelligence, health

McCain's volatile temper

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:28:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What really annoys me about McCain is his kinda shrug-off attitude to anyone challenin his ideas or his so-called hero status...I'd like to know what missions he flew in Vietnam and who he bombed before he was shot down.

Clip Source: www.mcclatchydc.com

GULFPORT, Miss. — John McCain engaged in a physical confrontation in 1987 with a left-wing Sandinista leader during a diplomatic meeting in Nicaragua, according to one of his colleagues, Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican.

Still, Cochran told the Sun Herald of Biloxi, Miss., on Monday that he'd witnessed a confrontation between McCain and a Sandinista leader that shocked him, in which McCain "got mad at the guy and he just reached over there and snatched him."

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran told the Globe. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

The two senators have since made peace. Cochran said McCain had included him on a recent campaign visit to Mississippi. He told the Sun Herald on Monday that McCain is the best man for the job.

But he drew wide national notice in January when he told The Boston Globe his judgment of his longtime Senate colleague McCain.