Child Soldiers Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia

Seeded on Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:44 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Child soldiers are deployed across the globe, but according to the United Nations, the Somali government is among the "most persistent violators" of sending children into war, finding itself on a list with notorious rebel groups like the Lord's Resistance Army.

somalia, war, obama, world-news, new-world-order, child-soldiers

Portland cafe shows police officer the door, won't sell him coffee again.

Seeded on Sat Jun 5, 2010 1:09 PM EDT (OregonLive.com)

In mid-May, Portland police Officer James Crooker went to Southeast Portland on a patrol call. With a few minutes to spare, he decided to get a coffee.

cops, portland, us-news, activism, activists, police-brutality, olice

Is the Peace Movement Finally Awakening?

Seeded on Sun May 30, 2010 4:20 PM EDT (CounterPunch.org)

What America needs most today is a peace movement, a broad-based coalition that opposes not only the American empire's operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (as well as less overt activities elsewhere), but also their attendant accretion of presidential power, which dim …

bush, iraq, peace, politics, war, protests, obama, tyranny

A Record 40 Million Americans On Food-Stamps

Seeded on Wed May 26, 2010 4:42 AM EDT (Reuters)

The Agriculture Department said 39.68 million people, or 1 in 8 Americans, were enrolled for food stamps during February, an increase of 260,000 from January. USDA updated its figures on Wednesday.

economy, hunger, agriculture-department, obama, food-stamps, us-news, depression, recession

The Rand Paul and Rachel Maddow Show

Seeded on Mon May 24, 2010 5:12 AM EDT (CounterPunch.org)

American politics continue their plunge into ritual farce.

politics, rachel-maddow, counterpunch, cockburn, rand-paul, tea-bagger, alex-jones-show

Incompetence and Frustration as Oil Spill Spreads.

Seeded on Sun May 23, 2010 7:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Under increasing criticism for not moving more aggressively to halt the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama is sending three cabinet members to the area, examining new remedies and, in a toughly worded warning Sunday from his interior secretary to BP, prepari …

oil, bp, disaster, wildlife, oil-spill, incompetence, obama, us-news, haliburton, salazar

U.S. Approval of Extrajudicial Killing of U.S. Citizen Causes Unease.

Seeded on Mon May 17, 2010 1:35 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Obama administration's decision to authorize the killing by the Central Intelligence Agency of a terrorism suspect who is an American citizen has set off a debate over the legal and political limits of drone missile strikes, a mainstay of the campaign against terrorism.

bush, cia, terrorism, patriot-act, obama, us-news, us-citizens-rights, extra-judicial-killing

Howard Dean is perfectly positioned to primary Obama in 2012.

Seeded on Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:48 AM EST (Firedoglake)

If the progressives and liberals bolt from Obama as they surely will if Dean challenges Obama, that leaves Obama with the Blue Dogs in the Democratic primaries in 2012.

politics, 2012, howard-dean, obama, presidency, progressives

Drug money saved banks in global crisis.

Seeded on Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:10 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.

un, economy, united-nations, obama, world-news, recession, the-fed, drug-money

Obama Steals Bush's Speechwriters

Seeded on Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:56 AM EST (progressive.org)

If you closed your eyes during much of the President's speech on Afghanistan Tuesday night and just listened to the words, you easily could have concluded that George W. Bush was still in the Oval Office. Or, at the very least, that Obama had stolen his speechwriters.

bush, afghanistan, war, obama, us-news, progressives, third-party

The Twin Frauds of Obama

Seeded on Mon Dec 7, 2009 5:16 AM EST (CounterPunch.org)

Little wonder the US can't afford health care for the uninsured and unemployed. It is far more important to finance multi-million dollar bonuses for investment bankers. I mean, what would we do without capitalism?

afghanistan, economy, fraud, health-care, war, democracy, obama, us-news

peugeot cars are available for purchase in mexico but not usa or canada

Seeded on Sun Dec 6, 2009 9:41 AM EST (carsihaveseen.com)

fun fact: did you know that you can buy a brand new peugeot in mexico, but you cannot buy one in the good ol' USofA ?? i don't know about you but that seems awfully queer.

business, canada, mexico, france, peugeot, usa, design, cars, automotive

Bernanke Resists Audit of the Fed.

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:02 AM EST (The New York Times)

With the Federal Reserve under more intense attack than at any time in decades, Ben S. Bernanke, the professorial chairman of the central bank, was schooled last month in how to handle the increased political demands of his job.

congress, federal-reserve, bernanke, audit, us-news, barney-frank, ron-paul

Democrats Say C.I.A. Deceived Congress for Years.

Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 11:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E. Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony that the C.I.A. concealed "significant actions" from Congress from 2001 until late last month, seven Democratic committee members said.

bush, congress, cia, intelligence, obama, us-news, 911, hegemony, cover-ups

911 Webster Tarpley on Hannity and Colme

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:59 AM EDT (Dailymotion - videos)

smear job.

politics

9/11 Metastasizing: the Left's Co-Dependency

Seeded on Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:08 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

how do we explain the shocking backsliding of Obama and his majority party: indefinite detention, torture lite continuing in Gitmo and Bagram, virtual immunity for war criminals, acceptable collateral drone carnage of civilians in Pakistan and Afghanistan, escalation of the disi …

bush, cheney, terror, obama, us-news, 9-11, gitmo, neo-cons, false-flag

Heller sues Design Within Reach for Bellini Chair knock-off

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:38 PM EDT (designaddict.com)

heller has filed a law suit against design within reach for trademark infringement for the bellini chair. (see linked article) see images of bellini chair and image of "alonzo chair" , the knock-off.

home-garden

When Surgeons Cut the Wrong Body Part.... oops !

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:17 PM EST (The New York Times)

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but wrong-sided surgery happens more often than you think.

doctors, health-care, medicine, us-news, operations, accidents, sicko, medical-procedures

Is a Presidential Coup Under Way?

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:04 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Where is Congress? It's way past time for members to stand up. Historic matters are at stake.

bush, cheney, constitution, us-news, coup, checks-and-balances

SWAT Leader Under Fire for Lurid Big Gun Pics With Hooters Girls

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:27 PM EST (breitbart.tv)

Hoboken New Jersey Swat leader caught red-handed.

us-news, misconduct, swat, hooters

Another Meaningless Taser Death: Police Use Of Stun Guns Out Of Control.

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:56 PM EST (infowars.net)

The latest taser incident to be captured on film again highlights how fast our society is sleepwalking into a brutal police state where it is the norm for cops to react with extreme physical force and even torture towards anyone who acts out of the ordinary in any way whatsoever.

taser, civil-liberties, torture, world-news, police-state, brutality, dont-tase-me-bro

McCain Argues Against Torture, Meeting Doubts and Sympathy.

Seeded on Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:29 PM EST (The New York Times)

"One of the things that kept us going when I was in prison in North Vietnam was that we knew that if the situation were reversed that we would not be doing to our captors what they were doing to us," he said.

bush, iraq, giuliani, terrorism, mccain, torture, us-news, geneva-convention, barbaric

George H.W. Bush Orchestrated Secret Sterilization Of Native Americans.

Seeded on Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:25 PM EST (YouTube)

Native Americans Secretly Sterilized - Then United Nations ambassador George H.W. Bush used U.S. government money to sterilize undesirables around the world, including 25-50% of Native American women of child-bearing age (statistically, ages 15-44)

nazi, us-news, eugenics, native-americans, fascism, sterilization, george-hw-bush, poppy-bush

Grace Mosier lives with her mom and dad, goes to birthday parties, takes ballet classes and is just like a lot of other 6-year-old girls. Except that she happens to be obsessed with Dick Cheney.

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 5:27 PM EST (The New York Times)

"I really, really like him," says Grace, who can tell you what state the vice president was born in (Nebraska), where he went to grade school (College View, in Lincoln) and the names of his dogs (Dave and Jackson).

bush, cheney, us-news, fascism

Bush, AT&T and the NSA Are Guilty Of Massive Unlawful Domestic Surveillance.

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 1:32 AM EST (The Washington Post)

His first inkling that something was amiss came in summer 2002 when he opened the door to admit a visitor from the National Security Agency to an office of AT&T in San Francisco.

bush, white-house, terrorism, spying, impeachment, at-t, judiciary-committee, surveillance, us-news, nsa

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