January 2012
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“Last night, President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address and laid...”
– What the White House says about Obama’sState of the Union speech. Do you agree?
Iran, the U.S. and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
By George Friedman | January 17, 2012
The United States reportedly sent a letter to Iran via multiple intermediaries last week warning Tehran that any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz constituted a red line for Washington. The same week, a chemist associated with Iran’s nuclear program was killed in Tehran. In Ankara, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani met with Turkish officials...
Sanders Socialist Successes
April 22, 2009
Representative Spencer Bachus is one of the only people I know from Alabama. I bet I’m the only socialist he knows. I’m certainly the only one the congressman from Birmingham could name after darkly claiming that there are 17 socialists lurking in the House of Representatives.
I doubt that there are any other socialists, let alone 17 more, in all of the Congress. I...
Back to the Robber Barons
With federal campaigns already knee-deep in a new era of laissez-faire money, the Republican National Committee has brazenly proposed the ultimate step — that the 105-year-old ban on direct corporation contributions to candidates and parties be scrapped as unconstitutional.
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The Loyal Opposition: Money...
Occupy Baltimore keeps the sheriff from widow’s...
Nearly 100 protesters organized by Occupy Baltimore gathered today outside a 65-year-old widow’s Union Square home to prevent the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Offfice from evicting her.
Carrying signs that said “Foreclose on banks, not people,” the protesters assembled outside the home of Lila Kara, at 1433 W. Lombard St.
Kara told the group she agreed to borrow money at a high interest rate...
Obama still supports the military-industrial... →
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“Burma’s most famous dissident comedian…Maung Thura…known by...”
– The Free Press writes about the freeing of a Burmese comedian and American sanctions on the country.
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Just to let you know about questions about Obama's...
This info. is from a White House email:
Here’s the full lineup of events:
Wednesday Office Hours Schedule
All Day: Josh Earnest, Principal Deputy Press Secretary, answers your questions on Twitter (@jearnest44)
1:00 p.m.: Office Hours with Mark Zuckerman, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
3:00 p.m.: Office Hours with Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44), White House Communications...
“80 percent of the Vivendi Universal Entertainment branch was sold to GE, forming...”
– This deal is prior to the GE-Comcast deal that ended up with Comcast with a 51% stake in NBCUniversal and GE with a 49% stake. During that deal, Viviendi sold it’s 20% stake in NBCUniversal, with the whole company divided up between GE and Comcast.
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“But at least the war [in Iraq] is over now, right? Probably not. There remain...”
– Peace Blog (http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/bring-the-war-dollars-home-terrific-op-ed-by-nc-peace-action-director-betsy-crites-in-the-durham-herald-sun/)
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“Their Orange movement was organised, funded and staffed by the US through such...”
– US involvement in the failed Orange Revolution in Ukraine (WSWS)
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Spain SOPA law passes after pressure from US...
United States Ambassador Alan Solomont put pressure on Spain’s outgoing president, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, to pass a tough new internet piracy law, according to the Guardian.
In a letter obtained by the Spanish newspaper El Pais and quoted by the Guardian, Solomont threatened “retaliation action” if Spain did not move quickly to pass the Sinde law, named after minister of culture Ángeles...
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“During the early 1950s, the CIA covert operations in northern Burma fostered...”
– CIA was in Nepal at one time. These covert operations must end.
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A DECLARATION OF FREEDOM FROM THE TYRANNY OF THE...
I do not agree with the below declaration, but I wanted to help you see another opinion:
There comes a time in the affairs of humankind when it becomes necessary to throw off the yoke of tyranny which has insidiously taken over the governments of the world. That moment has arrived, as this still new millennium has ineluctably placed demands on We The People to stand in our own truth and take...
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REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN US GOVERNMENT AND BIG... →
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Danger of War Grows..U.S.-Israeli Assault on Iran...
by Larry Everest, Revolution
The danger of a U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is escalating rapidly. The U.S. and its allies are ramping up their all-around assault on Iran, including new crippling sanctions, and openly threatening to attack. Ground is being laid daily in the headlines and statements by politicians of every stripe in mainstream U.S. politics calling for aggression against Iran—all...
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Today the Gloves come off in Washington DC...
Dear Friends,
Today the gloves come off.
That’s right, we are en route to Washington DC on the FREEDOM bus. And today, we’re drawing a line in the sand.
You see Rebecca and I just got back from another trip down to the Gulf of Mexico to attend the New Orleans Film Festival and check up on the folks we’ve been filming for the past 18 months. And unfortunately, I have bad news.
The oil is...
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“The Internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free...”
– U.S. Representative Paul Ryan on the right side for once (RAWSTORY)
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“As a former tech entrepreneur and patent holder, I know that innovation depends...”
– Darell Issa explained to Raw Story in December.
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SUPER CONGRESS MEMBERS MORE WEALTHY THAN AVERAGE... →
Facebook and the Occupy Movement
Members of the Occupy Movement believe that Facebook is deliberately censoring their posts, in what seems like an online parallel to the arrests of protesters in cities across the country….. One activist sent us an editorial about Occupy posts disappearing from Facebook, and before we get to the contents of this opinion piece, I’ll first share what I’d said in an email reply to this guest...
“Why did 31% of Americans polled in a recent survey have a positive reaction to...”
– Democratic Socialists of America on a recent Pew Research Center poll
CREW responds to Rick Santorum
Dear Supporter,
During the Republican presidential debate Saturday night, Rep. Ron Paul cited CREW’s research as he focused the spotlight on former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, whose ethical lapses landed him in our 2006 Most Corrupt Members of Congress report. We also filed an ethics complaint against the senator.
Instead of addressing the charges, Mr. Santorum responded with the...
Ron Paul and JBS (John Birch Society)
An interesting turn of events took place about a month ago. The number of media mentions that JBS was receiving started increasing, until there was a crescendo just prior to last week. In fact, the mentions more than doubled. We’d like to tell you that we had discovered a magical PR technique that caused this great influx of mentions, but that is not the case.
The reason for this is that JBS was...
“The attacks on Mitt Romney’s business career from his Republican opponents are...”
– Commentary Magazine
Saber rattling has returned to the Strait of... →
“No issue during the recent financial crisis aroused more passion than the...”
– Independent Institute
Ron Paul And The Banks (The Baseline Scenario)
By Simon Johnson
We should take Ron Paul seriously. The Texas Congressman had an impressive showing in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday and his poll numbers elsewhere are resilient – he is running a strong third nationally, but looks like to come in second in New Hampshire. He may well become the Republican politician with populist momentum and energy in the weeks ahead.
Mr. Paul also has a...
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ALTERNET (from Waging Nonviolence): Noam Chomsky...
Editor’s note: This is a transcript of a conversation between members of the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers and Noam Chomsky, which took place on September 21, 2011. Each question was asked in Dari and translated by Hakim.
Hakim: Thank you, Professor Chomsky, for speaking to us. We are speaking from the highlands of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, and we wanted to start off by thanking you...
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The rush to archive, preserve, and endlessly... →
“Coordination of the Southern California Occupations. Open to all people...”
– Occupy SoCal talked about on InterOccupyInfo
Fred Foldvary's Editorial: The Occupy Movement --... →
Clenched fist
Socialist and Communist ideologies
11
Democracy or social advocacy (incl. Unions)
11
Anarchist
1
Religious
2
Info from: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_fist
Out of the 23 groups, 47.8% of the time it was for socialist or communist groups and 47.8% for Democracy or social advocacy, 13% for religious groups and 4.3% for anarchism.
“The raised fist logo may represent unity or solidarity, generally with oppressed...”
– Wikipedia on the raised fist
President Barack Obama signed on New Year’s Eve a... →
Obama Signing Statement: The NDAA Doesn’t Apply To...
From http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-ndaa-statement
In his signing statement attached to the NDAA, President Obama made it clear that the language about detentions does not apply to US citizens.
In the second paragraph of his NDAA signing statement, Obama stated, “The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it. In particular, I have signed this...
“Remember, another way in which the Iraq War is not ending is that the...”
– David Swanson
“To the extent that we’re passing out credit, not just the Iraqi people but...”
– David Swanson 