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Iran and identity

Wed, 21 May 2008 09:12:34 GMT

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On September 26, 2007, the United States Senate passed a resolution 76-22 and labeled an arm of the Iranian military as a terrorist organization, which, according to Senator Jim Webb, gives the Bush administration de facto authorization to use military force against Iran.

Tags: iran, identity, debate

weathermen and privilege

Mon, 19 May 2008 01:37:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: fact check

Clip Source: www.powerset.com

The Weathermen were outspoken advocates of the analytical concepts that later came to be known as “white privilege” and identity politics^{[citation needed]}. As the unrest in poor black neighborhoods intensified in the early 1970s, Bernardine Dohrn said, “White youth must choose sides now. They must either fight on the side of the oppressed, or be on the side of the oppressor.”

more myanmar and zizek

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:54:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

In the village of Kongyangon, someone had written in Burmese, "We are all in trouble. Please come help us" on black asphalt, a video from the Norway-based opposition news network, the Democratic Voice of Burma, showed. A few feet away was another plea: "We're hungry."

Tags: debate

Myanmar aid seized by Junta

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:52:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Zizek is right! Depoloticized humanitarian rhetoric

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

"Please, this food is going to people who need it very much. You and I, we have the same interests," Banbury said. Those victims—those 1 million or more people—who need this assistance are not part of a political dialogue. They need this humanitarian assistance. Please release it."

Tags: debate

mccain on putin

Tue, 06 May 2008 05:57:31 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newyorker.com

Deploring the choice of Vladimir Putin over General David Petraeus as Time’s man of the year, McCain said, “By the way, I looked into [Putin’s] eyes—and I saw three letters: K, G, and B.”

Tags: putin, mccain, politics, russia

obama on clinton-iran

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:29:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: clinton speaks a language too old to be heard these days. harsh language to describe how one would defend one's allies is cold war talk. not war on terror talk.

Clip Source: apnews.myway.com

Barack Obama likened Hillary Rodham Clinton to President Bush for threatening to "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks Israel

"Hostile" Iran Sparks U.S. Attack Plan

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:11:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Two weird things I've noted in reading this article.....

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

No attacks are imminent and the last thing the Pentagon wants is another war, but Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen has warned Iran not to assume the U.S. military can't strike.

U.S. officials are also concerned by Iranian harassment of U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf as well as Iran's still growing nuclear program. New pictures of Iran's uranium enrichment plant show the country's defense minister in the background, as if deliberately mocking a recent finding by U.S. intelligence that Iran had ceased work on a nuclear weapon.

cynicism

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:43:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Top clip. Cynical disavowal in intellectual criticism.

Clip Source: www.cabanonpress.com

Glory Hole - Monticello Dam

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:29:55 GMT

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Clip Source: internetmoment.com

Glory Hole - Monticello Dam

Glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir.

This is the glory hole belonging to Monticello dam in California and it’s the largest in the world, its size enabling it to consume 14′400 cubic feet of water every second.

The hole can be seen at the top left of the photo above. If you were to jump in for some reason your slightly damp body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam.

39 Thieves

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:37:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Aesop Rock

Clip Source: www.sing365.com

We're not concerned with the community aloofness
Duke, we're animals, we just go where the most food is
Lower the toast, most formal etiquette is useless
Truth is you're equally expendable if spoonfed
(Money Money)
Money is cool and I'm only human
But they use it as a tool to make the WORKERS feel excluded
Like the shinier the jewel the more exclusive the troop is

Bullets don't take bribes stupid, they shoot shit