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Taking the Fight to the Plutocrats posted by trixie, 2012-10-28 10:11:09
In an American age of the 'disposition matrix,' a euphemism for secretly and unaccountably selecting targets for Obama's extra-judicial, mafia kill list, it seems that people have 'taken the fight to the plutocrats;' transnational ExxonMobil oil exec, Nicholas Mockford, was assassinated in Brussels on October 14 after leaving a restaurant. (full story)
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The Truth posted by judd, 2012-10-27 11:53:48
Armed only with my keyboard I take the battle to the enemy in Washington, Wall St. and the City of London -- choke on it! (full story)
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gloria posted by lynx, 2012-10-26 13:03:27
a rarity among women (full story)
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Amn posted by don, 2012-10-26 10:33:20
first there was light, sound followed ... (full story)
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Team Obama Justifies the Killing of a 16-Year-Old American posted by Conor Friedersdorf via sal, 2012-10-26 01:19:31
Cornered by reporters with video cameras, former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, a senior adviser to President Obama's reelection campaign, attempted to defend the kill list that the Obama Administration uses to determine whose body should next be blown apart. American drone strikes have resulted in hundreds of dead innocents in the last four years, even as the program has killed a number of high-level al Qaeda terrorists. There are two remarkable things about the ensuing exchange, which eventually turns into a discussion about a dead 16-year-old kid -- see video: (full story)
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Flow or Control posted by ryall, 2012-10-25 21:45:30
existence flows sickness controls (full story)
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Time Orphaned posted by rayn, 2012-10-24 07:21:00
the continuous poetry of existence (full story)
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Sunil Gangopadhyay [Repressed] Frantic Sexuality from the sub-continent posted by Sunil Gangopadhyay via ryall, 2012-10-24 05:25:19
Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali literary giant dies, aged 78 - notwithstanding, poets never die or ever fade away! (full story)
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The Real Incumbent is 'Plutocracy' posted by Richard (RJ) Eskow via sal, 2012-10-23 23:08:04
The conventional wisdom says that when a President runs for re-election the race becomes a referendum on the economy. Unemployment’s still at stubborn highs, poverty has soared, and middle-class Americans are struggling to stay afloat. And yet the President has a commanding lead in the polls. (full story)
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The Mark of a US Client State posted by rex, 2012-10-23 11:59:29
It is a simple matter to identify an American client State these days -- the local media is full of irrelevant America news, like presidential debates, which the world regards as scripted drama between two puppets serving exactly the same interests, pure charades. (full story)
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Dumbass US Threatens Conventional Military Response Against Cyber Attacks posted by lynx, 2012-10-22 11:45:50
There's only one 'minor' problem, the source of expert cyber attacks cannot be traced, so whose chimney is gonna attract the missiles? (full story)
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Liberation posted by piper, 2012-10-22 10:20:53
Freedom (full story)
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Antarctica losing 190 million tonnes of ice per day posted by Ben Cubby via sal, 2012-10-22 02:34:57
Antarctica is shedding an average of 190 million tonnes of ice every day, according to a landmark study that used satellites to "weigh" the vast land mass. (full story)
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America's Great Leap Backward posted by dan, 2012-10-22 02:05:21
Consider if you will, the circumstances that led to today's permanent imperialist wars.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and with China slowly emerging from a pushbike society, the USA was at a threshold, to lead the world unchallenged into a co-operative peace of united nations or to make a retrogressive blunder and opt for military conquest, Empire! (full story)
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CIA Addicted to Civilian Killing Drones posted by jude, 2012-10-20 22:22:57
Despite the fact that Drones are clearly imprecise weapons of terror, the cowardly CIA wants to expand its fleet of Drones; notwithstanding that the CIA is liable for every civilian killed, as it is NOT a military organisation. (full story)
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