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Leave Sara Palin Alone Right Now!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:10:22 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

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Lindsay & Clay Proclaim Love; But Not For Each Other

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:17:51 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: I wanted to clip this to say that I think it's a very personal thing to come out. Lord knows I was in the closet as a bisexual woman for a long time, and still am to a great degree for several reasons. One is personal safety. One is that that it's really nobodies business. And it would be nice if everyone had that kind of attitude, but ppl don't and on a totally different level it's so personally freeing to unchain that bondage that keeps something inside you that feels so dishonest from others. You really can't be yourself until you are yourself, and hiding that very important part of yourself is very hurtful and destructive to the essence of who you are. But you do it to protect the people you love from inflicting societies pain upon them. I can understand why some people wouldn't want to come out. It's safe; even if it does slowly destroy you. So, I'll leave the judgment to the pundits. That's what they do best

Clip Source: www.prettyboring.com

Why now?

In one of its most unsurprising revelations ever, People has Clay Aiken on this week's cover proclaiming, "I am gay". After repeated vehement denials of his blatant man-lovingness, Clay claims he came clean because "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things". Really? Has he spent all his Spamalot money already? I guess that surrogate business doesn't come cheap. Wonder how much they paid him for his non-story.

Betty Bowers Interviews Sarah Palin

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:44:51 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: Its satire but probably closer to the truth.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: palin, interview, not

Shaking things up on Clipmarks.com

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:55:57 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Please read the entire post by clicking the source link before reacting.

Clip Source: clipmarks.wordpress.com

Unfortunately, we have recently become increasingly concerned that the site has become overly antagonistic and inappropriately controlled by a disproportionately loud group of users. In all honesty, we no longer feel that the processes of our site are producing a unique, high quality blend of content. Instead, the magical blending of diverse topics on the Clipmarks home page has seemed to dissolve into a battleground for extremely hostile politically oriented users who are overwhelming the rest of the site. Because of this we are working on making some fundamental changes to the way the Clipmarks site works. We will do our best to make changes that improve the site and will continue to iterate until we are comfortable that it is just right.

Tags: clipmarks

Wrong Woman; Wrong Message

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:46:12 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much everything Clinton's candidacy stood for -- and that Barack Obama's still does. I get no pleasure from imagining her in the spotlight on national and foreign policy issues about which she has zero background, with one month to learn to compete with Sen. Joe Biden's 37 years' experience. When asked last month about the vice presidency, she said, "I still can't answer that question until someone answers for me: What is it exactly that the VP does every day?" When asked about Iraq, she said, "I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq."

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote.

But here is even better news: It won't work. This isn't the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.

To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, "Somebody stole my shoes, so I'll amputate my legs."

A Trojan Horse?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:59:29 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: This seems far fetched but let's see how it plays out. After the allegation was removed from another clip by the clipper, that paid trolls are on our site, I don't know what to believe anymore. The evil in people's hearts all in the name of greed and money never cease to amaze me.

Clip Source: www.abovetopsecret.com

Sara Palin's selection as John McCain's VP running mate is intended to end badly within the next two to three weeks as part of a devious Republican strategy. The McCain/Republcan strategy never intended for Palin to run the full course of the campaign and most likely not more than two weeks past the end of the Republican National Convention.

I have been in contact with a source that has previously provided reliable information on several issues. The strategy is outlined below, which is a combination of informed speculation and quietly-passed information:

(1) The McCain campaign has long ago quietly picked their VP running mate intended to be on the ticket in November.

(2) Palin has been selected as a "trojan horse" target for vocal political firebrands to have a veritable field day.

(5) Key McCain operatives, acting as "insider informants", will spill minor tidbits from "inside" the campaign organization to help fuel the negative Palin speculation.

More GOP family values

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:22:59 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898
clipper's remarks: Divorce my sister will you. Fire him now!!

Clip Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

Palin Ethics Investigation

An independent investigator appointed by a panel of state legislators earlier this month is looking into whether Ms. Palin dismissed a top law enforcement official in her administration because he failed to fire a state trooper, Mike Wooten, who went through a messy divorce with Ms. Palin’s sister.

Tags: gop, ethics, vp

Israel's Front-Line Thugs

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:10:52 GMT

clipped by: jklugman
clipper's remarks:

The security forces are, of course, by no means scared to act when it suits them. Palestinian demonstrations are routinely put down with excessive force: rocks flung by pre-teens are countered with rubber bullets, tear gas, and – often – live and indiscriminate fire. But when it comes to clamping down on violence emanating from the settler community, a different set of rules apply, and the authorities' reeking hypocrisy is exposed as endemic to the way in which they view the different strands of Israeli society.

Via Philip Weiss

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Of late, there has been a steady stream of brutal assaults carried out by settlers against their Palestinian neighbours in the West Bank, right under the noses of the lackadaisical army. The phenomenon is, sadly, nothing new; what has brought the story back into the spotlight are the efforts of human rights groups, such as B'Tselem to film the violence and document the shocking reality on the ground – which is why, it seems, the authorities are so keen to clamp down on their activity in the region.

However, the settlers don't confine their vindictive and vicious attacks to Palestinians; they are not averse to attacking their Jewish peers either.

Then another Breaking the Silence group came under attack from settler vigilantes, who doused the participants with boiling water after confronting them in the streets of Hebron and heckling them with cries of "traitor", and other such hostile invective.

Tags: israel, settlements, west bank, palestine, hypocrisy

seal hunt

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:42:49 GMT

clipped by: dollface701
clipper's remarks: graphic and disgusting..makes me pissed to be Canadian

Clip Source: www.stopthesealhunt.ca

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Tags: stop the seal hunt!

A good guy

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:36:47 GMT

clipped by: dollface701
clipper's remarks: He would have had my vote..

Clip Source: profile.myspace.com

As a necessary component of the living world, we must extend compassion to one another and to every living thing. Our mission as human beings can truly be to elevate this world from a condition of suffering and cruelty to the planet's creatures, and towards a condition of compassion and inherent respect. Through elevating the cause of every creature, we elevate our own humanity.

Every one of us knows a story of animal cruelty; every one of us knows how in one way or another official policies have sanctioned cruelty to animals. I am working to put compassion into action in our policies with respect to animals in this country and to have America set a higher standard, not only for this country, but for the world; to make sure that all of God's creatures, that all animals are given a chance to have dignity in our society and are given a chance to experience the appreciation they should have as living beings.

Tags: compassion

Chickenhawk Smears Clark;Tries to Speak for Military

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:12:06 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: But the fact that CNN had this kid on to talk about things for which he has no understanding wasn't the only thing that was disturbing. I love how it's totally unacceptable to give anything other than glowing reviews of John McCain's military experience in Media World, while it's okay to slander General Clark's military service.

After Ferguson said that Clark had "ticked off everyone in the military," he went on to say that John McCain had "been in actual war zones while Wesley Clark was sitting in an air-conditioned room, telling people what to do with NATO."

Ben needs to brush up on his talking points, because Clark was actually shot four times in Vietnam, and left the country on a stretcher. Most people would consider that having been in an "actual war zone." And to be honest, the next person to debate this kid on TV should ask for an apology--or just ask him what he has against wounded Vietnam veterans.

Clip Source: www.vetvoice.com

by: Brandon Friedman

Thu Jul 03, 2008

I just got done watching the clip below with a couple of Army buddies. We thought it was pretty funny how the doughy chickenhawk kid--Ben Ferguson--felt he was entitled to speak on behalf of the military. Non-serving, tough talkers like Ferguson are endlessly entertaining to us.

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FERGUSON: You have a man that was shot down, stayed in captivity as a POW for five years and your guy--if you want to talk about experience--had 147 days in the Senate before he decided he wanted to be President of the United States of America. So it's pretty dumb for Wesley Clark to go out there and yes, it ticked off everyone in the military because this man--I mean, I'm sorry, being shot down, to say that doesn't qualify you to be President-this man has been around war, been in actual war zones while Wesley Clark was sitting in an air-conditioned room, telling people what to do with NATO, so I don't know if he's exactly the right guy to go out there.

Tags: cowards, with, big, words

Zionist Neocons Pushed Iraqi Invasion

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:44:45 GMT

clipped by: righthand
clipper's remarks: Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel`

Clip Source: www.israelenews.com

Joe Klein Suggests Jewish Neocons Pushed Iraq War to `Make World Safe for Israel`

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Clip Source: www.israelenews.com

Now Joe Klein has raised the issue of dual loyalty around the neoconservatives' motivation for "plump"ing for the Iraq war:

Clip Source: www.stopthewarnow.net

Clip Source: myletterstobush.com

Clip Source: www.israelenews.com

Beautiful. A war to make the world safe for Israel. (Though I'd note that Klein needs to paste on the figleaf of the oil men having dual loyalty too. Dubious.) And note why Klein is saying this now: the overheated rhetoric re Iran. The realist view of the Israel/Palestine issue is coming inside.

Clip Source: www.bollyn.com

Three of the five Israeli agents appeared on Israeli television in November 2001 and admitted that their purpose had been to document the 9-11 attacks.

The Israeli military intentionally attacked the USS Liberty in June 1967, killing 34 and wounding 171.

Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister in 2001, has a long history of committing large-scale terrorist crimes.

Yerucham Bzozowitch (a.k.a. Eitan Livni), chief terror planner for the Irgun. Livni,

went to Britain in the 1940s to kill British leaders.

Tags: israel, 9/11, neocons, iraq, invasion

From Across the Pond - Step forward George Bush

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:12:11 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: From Blog:

And who will be joining in the call:

leading voices in the worlds of the arts and politics, including the novelist Iain Banks, the artist David Gentleman and the human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger, have now joined forces to call for Mr Bush to face a war crimes trial in the Hague.

Wonder how the Brits will handle the security and where they will force their citizens to assemble.

Labour Against the War

Anti-war protest planned for Bush visit to London

Stop the War Coalition (STWC) described Bush as a "war criminal" and said the protest will be held outside the British parliament on June 15.

And a Happy Fathers Day jr. bush, by the way, why isn't your new son-in-law in a military uniform!

Clip Source: www.vetvoice.com

by: jimstaro

Sun Jun 08, 2008 at 08:53:14 AM EDT

Keep your eyes and ears peaked for this coming week, when the whittle prince makes the rounds of his final goodbyes to Old Europe, many, my guess would be, will not enthused with welcoming his horror, whoops sorry, his honor.

jimstaro :: From Across the Pond - Step forward George Bush

"George Bush should be in The Hague facing war crimes charges over the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed in Iraq since 2003, not being entertained in Downing Street. Gordon Brown doesn't need a policy brief for this meeting, just a pair of handcuffs."

Gee ya think! I Do!!

The above comes from The Independant of Great Britain.

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George Bush will face protests and demands that he be charged as a war criminal over the Iraq conflict when he makes his final visit to Britain as US President next weekend.

Tags: : afganistan, anti war, australia, great britain

Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:45:58 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: Rep. Markey (D., Mass.) is chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Here's a quick geopolitical quiz: What country is three times the size of Texas and has more than 300 days of blazing sun a year? What country has the world's largest oil reserves resting below miles upon miles of sand? And what country is being given nuclear power, not solar, by President George W. Bush, even when the mere assumption of nuclear possession in its region has been known to provoke pre-emptive air strikes, even wars?

If you answered Saudi Arabia to all of these questions, you're right.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Saudi Arabia signing away an even more valuable gift: nuclear technology. In a ceremony little-noticed in this country, Ms. Rice volunteered the U.S. to assist Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear reactors, training nuclear engineers, and constructing nuclear infrastructure. While oil breaks records at $130 per barrel or more, the American consumer is footing the bill for Saudi Arabia's nuclear ambitions.

Tags: saudi arabia, united states, nuclear

OMG, they're going naked over this!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:40:42 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: news.xinhuanet.com

Naked protesters ride on a street in Madrid, capital of Spain, on June 7, 2008. Hundreds of protesters hold a naked riding demonstration here on Saturday to protest against the expansion of the use of autos and call for riding instead of driving to reduce pollution as well as respecting the rights and interests of riders. (Xinhua Photo)

Tags: pollution, protest