tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56145652011-11-02T05:16:55.049-04:00The real mainstream of America.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07804474090239324668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614565.post-17355704264898960382009-08-13T22:07:00.001-04:002009-08-13T22:09:19.974-04:00

Sorry for the lack of posting. You could try Matt's Waste of Your Time, a blog about writing.

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Bought and paid forby Jhoffa, commenting ont the Raw Story post "Video: Insurance lobby's secret plan to attack 'Sicko' and Michael Moore"The smoking gun comes in at 3:37 in the second video.. He describes industry efforts on Capitol Hill to threaten Democrats (The same tactics could be used on anyone, really) with opposition come election time, even to the point of funding a contender, if they

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California should pay its people in potBy ‘Thomas Paine’Online Journal Guest WriterJul 10, 2009, 00:21California’s state finances have gone to pot, and that’s what it should use to pay its employees.Right now the state is issuing IOUs to those who work for it. Sacramento says they are worth the paper they’re printed on, but most Californians know that’s true only if they are used to roll

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Don't Ever Let nobody Drag Your Spirit Down -- Eric Bibb

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Contemplating Reality vs. Our PerceptionsBy Jolly Roger, Reconstitution 2.0Saturday, June 27th, 2009This isn’t normally a place that comments on celebrities; the problems of our country, and the world, are too serious, and too menacing, for me to spend a lot of time on “Jon and Kate,” or Lindsay Lohan, or Britney Spears, or any of the other tools the MSM has used on us over the last few years to

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Could it be more obvious?I applaud the Iranian people expressing their desire for change. We certainly have that in common. I mean, take Obama. Please. You can have him, because he used that desire to become the new front man for the Oligarchy that has the real power and control. A mafia and their consigliere.We also have in common that no matter what we do, short of complete refusal to allow the

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Kudos to WhatReallyHappened.comThe web site that brought you the fat Osama and numerous other attempts to help you trust that your eyes aren't lying exposes embarassing, agenda-driven mistake by BBC on the Iran kerfuffle.The site took BBC to task for labeling a photo of an Ahmadinejad rally as a Mousavi rally. And it notes the LA Times did the same thing with a slightly different photo of the

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Your Tax Dollars At Work-- by Dave JohnsonHey, suckers, take a look at where your money is going: Goldman to make record bonus payout,"Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year..."The bailouts were a wonderful corporate feast. They thank you.more

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Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM by Greg PalastMonday, June 1, 2009Screw the autoworkers.They may be crying about General Motors' bankruptcy today. But dumping 40,000 of the last 60,000 union jobs into a mass grave won't spoil Jamie Dimon's day.Dimon is the CEO of JP Morgan Chase bank. While GM workers are losing their retirement health benefits, their jobs, their life savings

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We don't have a left and right party in this country anymoreWe have a center-right party and a crazy party--Bill Maher"Shouldn't there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting military spending? Straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, legalizing pot, and steep, direct taxing of polluters?""These aren't radical ideas. The majority

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"Not even Jesus could reverse the decline in the US"The world economy is not only showing few signs of recovery, but we are also looking at the end of the American century, according to German author and economist William Engdahl in an interview with Russia Today. That's courtesy of the Oligarchic grip on our government that Bagman Obama is facilitating.

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Job cuts: the problem and the solutionAmerican Express has taken a hit as the economy has soured. A report on NPR said that many cardholders had defaulted, due to the high number of job cuts. In responding to this problem, American Express has an answer: layoffs.

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The phrase "resource war" is conspicuous by its absencePipelineistan goes Af-PakBy Pepe Escobar, Asia TimesAs United States President Barack Obama heads into his second 100 days in office, let's head for the big picture ourselves, the ultimate global plot line, the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentric world order. In its first 100 days, the Obama presidency introduced us to a brand new

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The flu-overAs a trained conspiracy theorists (logged over one million internet surfing hours a while back), I feel it's my duty to inform you that my nefarious activity alarms have been flashing for a few days now. What has really got it clanging is the low-flying "air force one" photo op over Manhattan. The story as reported makes no sense and is shrouded in classified directives and anonymous

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Love Your MotherEleanor and I spent a good part of last weekend helping our friend Ginger with her Earth Day art project. We had a great time creating art for art's sake and the planet's sake, and enjoying the beauty of communal effort. The results speak for themselves, thanks to the video Ginger and her husband George created.

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The Saw Doctors -- Hay WrapA sweet and gentle song about farm life. Enjoy.

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Rachel Maddow digs into Bushco war crimes"It is just as bad to prevent the investigation and prosecution of a war crime as its commission." -- Jonathan Turley, professor of law at George Washington University Law School, on the Rachel Maddow show."If a truth commission investigates, it would be the shortest investigation in history. There's no question there's a war crime," says Turley."The

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HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION - Radical Change Taking Root"Rethink the possible. Start where you are, and do something different." Or as John Prine said, "Blow up your TV, throw away your paperGo to the country, build you a homePlant a little garden, eat a lot of peachesTry an find Jesus on your own"We're heading down this road. It's a freedom road. Got our earthworms for vermicomposting just the other

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Congratulations, you've found the Bill Hicks page!I think it's interesting the two drugs that are legal - alcohol and cigarettes, two drugs that do absolutely nothing for you at all - are legal, and the drugs that might open your mind up to realise how you're being fucked every day of your life? Those drugs are against the law. Coincidence? See, I'm glad mushrooms are against the law, cos I took

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Israel out of the U.S.Freeman Withdrawal Marks Victory for Israel LobbyBy Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe*WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Amb. Chas Freeman withdrew from consideration for a top intelligence post in the Obama administration on Tuesday, following a vitriolic battle that pitted Republican lawmakers and pro-Israel hardliners opposed to his appointment against liberals and members of the

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Watchmen, a new movie based on a Alan Moore's ground-breaking mid-80s comic series, opens today.Rorschach TestSteven Padnick, Tor.comWatchmen is not a particularly political story.While its central question of unchecked authority does concern the role of politicians and governments, it is really about all authority figures, from abusive or absent parents to a cold and distant God. To focus on the

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Jack "King" Kirby InterviewFrom the interview: "I began to ask myself, everybody else has their gods, what are ours? What is the shape of our society, in the form of myth and legend? Who are our gods? Who are our evil gods and who are our good ones? ...I'm a guy who lives with a lot of questions, and I find that entertaining. If my life were to end tomorrow, it would be fulfilled in that manner.

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Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, and DOJ AttorneysFebruary 24, 2009*Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials *We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys

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Financial fiasco made easyTo enjoy this slide show, click on the rectangular box in the upper righthand corner (it has a smaller white rectangle inside it). This will enlarge the piece to full screen. To get back to The River, click on the "x" in the upper righthand corner.subprime works Publish at Scribd or explore others:

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WowLansing, Michigan Mayor Virg Bernero provides the working man's perspective on the Wall Street bailout and the war on unions and workers. This is how it's done. Ignore the premises of mouthpieces, ignore them when they try to interrupt, and say what you have to say, until all they can say is, alright, alright (or "shut up" "shut up" in Bill O'Reilly's case), and cut your mic.

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Another writer to peruse in full when I retireAfter plucking The Nature of Generosity by William Kittredge (Knopf, 2000) off the shelf in the home office (yes, when working from home I have the Internet AND old fashioned print to distract me), I opened in the middle and started reading, including the bellow excerpt. Could have been written yesterday, but then wisdom doesn't have a sell-by date.

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Signs of the timesDecent arrested by the indecent. British diplomat arrested over 'anti-Semitic' rantPhilippe Naughton, Times Online Allegations that a senior British diplomat launched into an anti-Semitic rant in a London gym while watching TV footage from Gaza will not upset the "treadmill of diplomacy", the Israeli Ambassador to London said today. In a curiously tongue-in-cheek response to a

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Blind leading the blindGlenn Greenwald:...Obama's 2010 fiscal year budget calls for $527 billion in defense spending (not including the costs of Iraq and Afghanistan). That is more than the U.S. allocated for defense in 2009 and equals what the Bush administration budgeted for 2010.

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War on Terror: This Time it's the Economy Sorry, but so far the sequel sucks.Paul Craig Roberts, our best critic, is unimpressed:The discouraging fact is that even when faced with crisis in the economy and in foreign policy, the American political system is incapable of producing any leadership. Here we are in the worst economic crisis in a lifetime, perhaps in our history, and on the brink of

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Never let it be said that this blog is not responsive to its reader"rick" responded to the Chris Floyd excerpt below with, "Okay. How about a 'happy' post? I mean, this stuff is depressing - true, but depressing..."And I bet he didn't even click over to Empire Burlesque to read the whole post. But we are professionals here, and we know what is what. And we also appreciate the graphic novel medium

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Chris Floyd:Thus Sprach Barack: Pouring Acid on Gaza's Wounds [excerpt]Now we can see why Obama kept silent on Gaza while Bush was still in the White House: because he held precisely the same views as Bush on the subject. There is nothing in Obama's statement that could not have been said -- or was not actually said -- by Bush. You couldn't slide a piece of onion-skin paper between the stances of

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IOZ:...As ultimately cynical as they are, our ruling class truly does share a belief in this central article of faith, that at some point the whole world will be just like America, and all cultural identity will be ethnic food festivals and dance troupes in gaudy native dress.Or, to put it rather more precisely, the whole world that matters will be as such, the Africans will calm the fuck down

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North Toward HomeFrom here in Central America, you can't see America's "shining city on the hill," but you can smell the dead in Gaza.By Joe Bageant[excerpt]Obama: "And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken." Well I reckon not! Historically, we've induced about as much terror as

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The Power of AIPACWho Runs America?By Brian Crowley January 19, 2009 "Counterpunch" -- Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt were pretty close, politically and personally. They led the fight against fascism in the early 1940s, and although they had their disagreements they got on very well. They were both blunt in expressing their views, but there was no doubt who was the more powerful :

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"My Country" by Corita Kent, 1970Punishing the PalestiniansBy Ralph NaderJanuary 18, 2009 "Commondreams" -- In the long sixty-year tortured history of the Palestinian expulsion from their lands, Congress has maintained that it is always the Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority, and now Hamas who are to blame for all hostilities and their consequences with the Israeli government.The latest

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Cryptogon:As Israeli Atrocities Haemorrhage Into Mainstream Consciousness… What’s That? Bin Laden on Line One January 14th, 2009 The PSYOP payload is: “If I mention Israeli atrocities, people will associate me with Bin Laden. Maybe I better just keep quiet.”more

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Bergen: Tape shows Gaza conflict 'big deal' to bin Laden"(CNN) -- Osama bin Laden's release of an audio message denouncing Israel's military offensive in Gaza signals the al Qaeda leader's priorities, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen says.On the tape, which became public Wednesday, bin Laden calls for jihad, or holy war, against Israel in response to its military campaign aimed at

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Bush Plan Beat Obstacle to Gaza AssaultBy Gareth PorterJanuary 07, 2009 "IPS" -- -WASHINGTON - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections for the Palestinian parliament and was still the leading faction in a fully legitimate government.But the George W Bush administration

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Blagojevich thought processclick for largervia STILL HANGIN' ON A CROSS & SNARKING FROM GOLGOTHA

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Iraqi journalist nearly beans Bush with shoe, December 14, 2008You can virtually take part in the appropriate way to greet GW Bush at sockandawe.com

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Friday, December 12th, 2008Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead ...a message from Michael MooreFriends, They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil. They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers build cars that reduce global warming. They could have given the loan on the

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Quarterback karmaMatt Ryan, starting rookie QB for the Atlanta FalconsAfter letting one of the all-time great NFL quarterbacks get away in the early 90s, then suffering the Michael Vick meltdown more recently, the Atlanta Falcons may have finally got one right. They may have their hands on the next great signal caller.By Boo Boo [comment on a Mark Bradley column: Ryan Playing Like No Rookie

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Bill Maher -- New RulesNovember 14, 2008Maher on the Rachel Maddow show with Arianna HuffingtonBill has his finger on the pulse.

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Why is this an alternate universe?New York Times spoof, distributed on the streets of New York, declares "Iraq War Ends; Troops to Return Immediately."See how it unfolded.New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.B-roll of fake New York Times Distribution, November 12, 2008 from H Schweppes on Vimeo.Find the New York Times hoax edition at http://

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Pelosi: Obama should govern from the middle(CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to govern from the middle, as her party sat poised to gain its widest House majority in 15 years.Is there a more despicable Democrat than Nancy Pelosi? Except, perhaps, Harry Reid, her companion in congressional leadership cowardice? Add this statement to her

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I had to steal this from Jolly Roger. We are blessed in Atlanta to have Mike Lukovich, one of the best liberal editorial cartoonists in the country. But since I don't get the paper everyday, I missed this one. Thanks Jolly!

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Patriotic squirrelSquirrel was heard to say, "You like me, you really like me," while hugging the American flag.

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The Pits: Georgia's GOP Swipes the Peach StateThe evil little &*%$'s are doing it again.Even as they drown in the anger of platoons of pissed-off voters, Republican operatives are swiping ballots with both hands.Ground zero is Georgia. It's here where the sick little vulture named Saxby Chambliss won the US Senate seat six years ago by calling his Democratic opponent, a guy who'd lost three

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LiftoffAbout a week ago, I heard on an NPR report a conversation with some African Americans about the upcoming election. One said he got a text from a friend that said:Rosa sat so Martin could walkMartin walked, so Obama could runObama's running so our children can flyAnd Frank Paynter sums it up nicely:"Historic? This beats the effing moon landing."

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Georgia called prematurelyAdvance Votes Not Tallied In Fulton, Gwinnett CountiesTuesday, November 4, 2008 – updated: 11:29 pm EST November 4, 2008ATLANTA -- Fulton and Gwinnett Counties failed to include any advance votes in their election totals by 11 p.m. Tuesday night.Officials at the Secretary of States office confirmed to WSB-TV Channel 2 that the votes were not being included in early

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Signs point to Obama landslideLong lines and determined voters in GeorgiaI talked to a neighbor the other day. Saw him on Halloween night when I rang his doorbell with my kids, a 9-year-old vampire and a six-year-old bat. I had noticed that his Obama yard sign was missing. I asked him about it and he confirmed that it had been stolen. Then he told me that he had already voted, earlier in the week

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From ----- Massive Lines ----- (w/ Massive Halloween Eye Candy) on Daily Kos. Lots of great pics.

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November 4th can't come soon enoughI've been reading around the blogs, like usual. I look at my friends' sites, my favorite off-the-beaten track sites, and some of the high-traffic lefty sites. But it wasn't until today that I finally found a couple of posts that reflect my apprehension about this election.A new blog to me, "The Rant by Tom Degan," echoes what I've been thinking: PA will be the

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The New Yorker's endorsement of ObamaFor anyone truly fence-sitting, this should provide a decent shove[excerpt]What most distinguishes the candidates, however, is character—and here, contrary to conventional wisdom, Obama is clearly the stronger of the two. Not long ago, Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager, said, “This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of

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Did everybody sign the sheet?There weren't no penA dramatic reading of the transcript of Mayor Sarah Palin's May 1996 Wasilla, Alaksa, town meeting, by the actor Chris Schneider.I don't know what's funnier, this video, or the fact that McCain and the wingnuts think we should be impressed with this "executive experience."

Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07804474090239324668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614565.post-83939492590767252442008-10-20T12:26:00.001-04:002008-10-20T12:30:02.119-04:00

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Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on VimeoDave Lindorff: Why I'm Voting for ObamaOkay, I was going to vote for Ralph Nader this November 4. It was an easy decision. I live in Pennsylvania, which is now, according to all the polls, reliably in the Obama column, with the Democratic candidate holding an insurmountable lead in the polls of 14 percent over Republican John McCain -- enough to

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Lou Reed - Bottoming OutThe Dow of Lou.

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You know the election season is heating up when...Even Chris Locke provides us with a straightforward partisan post."I don't think there's any analogy" (because I'm a total fucking idiot) From the Better Late Than Never Department, the following are excerpts from a 16 September ABC News story titled McCain Economic Adviser Carly Fiorina's Golden Parachute... Republican ticket mates John McCain

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Re: William AyersIf a person can never change for the better, if they are marked for life by stupid things they did in their youth, then our current president is a cowardly coke-head, John McCain is a reckless rich-boy drunk (though with plenty of wrecks in his history)and Palin is an air-headed local beauty pageant runner-up who had to shop around through five colleges until she found one lax

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This is no time for on-the-job trainingThis is no time to risk bad judgement calls, said the "we'll be greeted as liberators" Iraq-war-cheerleading presidential candidate who picked Caribou Barbie as a running mate.Illustration by Zina SaundersThanks to Mike Golby for highlighting Zina's work.

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Speak upUse the MoveOn.org petition to let congress know your views on the bailout.Then call your congresspeople. MoveOn will provide their numbers on the page confirming your signature.I did, hoping at least one Bush catastrophe could be averted, or at least mitigated.

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Note to Wall Street financiers There is no escape velocity. You just end up doing more damage. You should have learned that in college.

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House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks PlungeBy CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, the New York TimesIn a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry.Mainstreet ain't buyin it, either. Check out the comments on this NYT article. This one is from my neighborhood, and you

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Good questionsAbout the $700 billion looting billJoe Bageant:What if we took the bail-out money and paid off every college loan, every credit card, every pending foreclosure and every mortgage in arrears, and every unpaid hospital bill? Wouldn't that free up a lot of income to stimulate our economy, 70% of which is based on Americans consuming good, services and commodities? Wouldn't it be better

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Congratulations! We Just Spent $700B On Toxic Waste By Winter Patriot[excerpt][when the bailout bill passes, we will be] proud owners of $700 billion worth of toxic waste, none of which we need and none of which we can afford to pay for.If you read the mainstream media, you will learn that the bipartisan bailout effort was hampered by political bickering. This is politically acceptable code for

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Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, The Pentagon Bailout FraudAs Chalmers Johnson, author most recently of Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, the final volume of his Blowback Trilogy, has pointed out for years, the Pentagon, the military-industrial complex, and America's wars are in the process of bankrupting us. How strange then that, as he indicates below, no one in the mainstream even

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WaMu goes down!! Wall Street vs. Your Street.By Reconstitution 2.0[excerpt]the problem is not liquidity, the problem is trust. If the problem were liquidity, all of the money the FED and Treasury have pumped into the markets over the past six months would have been sufficient to cure any problems. Let’s look at the list:Bear Stearns takeover and fold into JP Morgan. Cost to FED = $29 billion.28

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Sign the PetitionSenator Bernie Sanders proposal to force taxpayer protections in the bailout:Dear Secretary Paulson: As a representative of the Bush Administration, you have proposed a financial bailout program of $700 billion – over $2,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country. We are appalled that your proposal puts the cost of this bailout on average Americans; that it contains no

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VETERANS FOR PEACE END ARCHIVES OCCUPATION ON HIGH NOTE Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:20 a.m. Washington -- Five military veterans, all members of Veterans For Peace, are breaking camp from their perch on the National Archives building this morning, taking with them their 22x8-ft. banner demanding "DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. ARREST BUSH AND CHENEY: WAR CRIMINALS!" that has overlooked their 24-

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Disaster Capitalismcruxpuppy on Mike Whitney's Mushroom Cloud over Wall Street (the two make an excellent team)Yes! Heartfelt indignation is a tonic for us all, and Mike Whitney knows how to lay it down!The picture is muddled, though, as it tends to be in moments of traumatic shock, as described by Naomi Klein. We are not seeing the nationalization of the banking system. We are witnessing the

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Mission Accomplished: The 2001 Military CoupThe "Rebuilding America's Defenses" docmument put out by the Project for the New American Century in 2000 lamented the lack of growth in defense spending (aka contracts for cronies), which was about $275 billion in 1999. The stated goals of this group, who became our military and foreign policy leaders in 2001, was to:ESTABLISH FOUR CORE MISSIONS for

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100 Year Crash: McCain advisor spurred $62 trillion derivatives market that will swamp global marketsPosted Sep 15th 2008 9:09AM by Peter CohanLurking in the background of this weekend's collapse of two of Wall Street's biggest names, is a $62 trillion segment of the $450 trillion market for derivatives that grew huge thanks to John McCain's chief economic advisor, Phil "Americans are Whiners"

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Barack Obama Addresses Economic CrisisPress Conference Sept. 16, 2008 Part 1Barack Obama's Plan for Change adObama's economic proposals

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"House of Palin" Finale Breaks Records The season finale of Fox's smash hit "House Of Palin" garnered a record 58 million viewers Thursday evening, becoming the most watched television show in American history. The wildly successful reality program, which chronicles the foibles and follies of Vice President Sara Palin and her whacky family, became an instant sensation when it debuted

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The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns forAn America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worseBy Jonathan Freedland The Guardian, Wednesday September 10 2008[excerpt]If Sarah Palin defies the conventional wisdom that says elections are determined by the top of the ticket, and somehow wins this for

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Country FriedThe Narco News Bulletin: "One of Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin’s First Actions as Alaska Governor Was to Equip the State Building with a Tanning Bed.""Tanning salons are an absolute fad, especially popular among high school and college students, most of whom can’t afford to own such a machine – which can cost upwards of $35,000 – at home."-- more

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9/11 AnniversaryOne of the best ways I know to honor the victims of 9/11 is to question the Bush administration's conspiracy theory. They have a clear track record of lying and hiding the truth. Why should something as important as 9/11 be any different?Neocons wanted to start wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before 9/11, but lamented in Project for a New American Century documents that they needed a

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Lipstick, Pit Bulls & Pigs: The Campaign to NowhereBy Michael Colby, Broadsides.orgSeptember 10, 2008[excerpt]Now the nation is in that self-inflicted torture zone known as campaign season, whereby logic is seemingly forbidden, the issues are apparently off limits and activism is seen as simply impolite to the process – never mind, of course, that the process is masquerading as democracy. Shut up

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Renewable energy, green technologyShould be a defining issue for ObamaLifting the U.S. out of the Great Depression was a mighty task and the shift to renewables is to be a similar struggle. The tremendous costs and efforts required to build the infrastructures needed should be compared to the Works Projects that, among other things, built many dams that provided hydro-electric power plants while

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Sarah Palin's Alaskonomics By MICHAEL KINSLEY Tue Sep 9, 2:55 AM ETSarah Palin thinks she is a better American than you because she comes from a small town, and a superior human being because she isn't a journalist and never lived in Washington and likes to watch her kids play hockey. Although Palin praised John McCain in her acceptance speech as a man who puts the good of his country ahead of

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Country LastBy David Michael Green, ICH[excerpt]I've seen Barack Obama reacting to the allegations and smears coming out of the Republican convention, and I've seen some of the ads he's running. The latter are pretty good, but the former is pathetic. This dude better freakin' cowboy up, and fast, or he is going to get consumed by the Rove machine, just like Dukakis, Gore, Kerry and the rest.

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What Is Obama's Story?By Dave Johnson, Seeing the ForestAlmost every single thing Palin said in her speech the other night turns out to be just a lie -- and it doesn't matter. She now has 58% favorability among the public. And she has a story. Within a day of the Palin announcement a well-informed, liberal, Democratic, pro-choice friend told me that Palin is "a reformer" -- "just like McCain."

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The Anti-Obama Hate-FestBy Robert Parry September 4, 2008 [excerpt]Beyond the GOP's reality-challenged speeches, there was the startling image of a nearly all-white convention – where only 36 of the 2,380 delegates were black, the smallest number in at least 40 years – rollicking in ridicule and bristling with animosity toward Obama, an African-American.With their loud chants of “drill, baby,

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Palin all along?I tend to give too much credit to the Republican/NeoCon Machinery. I know this. I regularly break the tried and true axiom of not attributing to Malice that which can be easily attributed to Incompetence.All the same . . .As I look at Palin's relatively meteoric rise to power, her creepy totalitarian world view, her terrifying fundamentalism, her dangerous ties to big oil and the

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Thug lifeI've watched a good bit of the Republican convention so far. And beyond their disdain for government (unless it's fighting wars or serving the ultra wealthy), I've taken away the following messages:Drill, baby, drill (on engergy policy)Kill, baby, kill (on foreign policy)Burn, baby, burn (on environmental policy)Loot, baby, loot (on economic policy)The party of the extreme right has

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Sarah Palin's Speech to Nowhere By Will Bunch, philly.comSarah Palin delivered a great speech tonight -- for her party, for John McCain, for herself, for what she set out to accomplish. This was America's first real glimpse at the Alaska governor, and what we saw was a boffo politician who speaks in a plaintive prairie voice that channels America's Heartland like a chilling breeze rippling a

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I heart the netYou gotta love a site with posts carrying titles such as "irrigation porn."Check out deputy dog, a website "dedicated to showcasing incredible examples of the world’s most fascinating architecture, green living, inspirational design, phenomenal natural oddities….the list goes on."And don't miss 9 amazingly unique bridges you may not have seen.Here's a preview: Henderson Waves, "

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Grant Morrison Talks Comics, Magic, Life and Deathby A. David Lewis -- Publishers Weekly, 8/11/2008Some fans have taken to calling comic book writer Grant Morrison, “the God of All Comics.” And while that title is not to be taken too seriously, his work certainly is. The renowned and prolific author of such titles as DC Comics’ flagship JLA, Marvel Comics’ New X-Men, his own creations, including

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Google News JuxtapositionTwo stories highlighted on Google News todayU.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 AfghansTue Aug 26, 2008 9:38am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in western Afghanistan last week.moreThat one was at the

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Oligarchic who?LET'S RUN through this again. Vladimir Putin is not a nice man. The KGB, with whom the young Vlad earned his reputation as a people person, was not Russia's answer to the Rotary Club. As a direct consequence, Russian traditions of democracy remain wafer thin, a cracked veneer that fails utterly to conceal thuggery, rigged votes, oligarchic mafias, corruption, and the corpses of

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The 3 a.m. phone callI've been wondering what happend to Obama. The campaigner and his campaign don't seem as sharp and forceful as they once did.Maybe Obama already got a 3 a.m. phone call:Erghhhhh..uhmmm hello?Listen kid, I got a little advice. Here's how it's gonna play. You had your moment on the world stage, and that was nice, for you and the people who came out. Rarely does anyone speak to

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Nice analogyShe (Condoleeza Rice) praised soon-to-be-former president Musharraf as having “pull[ed] Pakistan away from the brink of extremism.” He also “helped to smooth the path to civilian democratic rule in Pakistan.” Sort of like praising O.J. Simpson for helping to look for the real killer.-- WIIIAI

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South Ossetia victim of war crimesI have to go back to the U.S. media coverage of Georgia. It is indicative of a system that can alter public consciousness at will, and will do so to whitewash the crimes of the state. (Sept. 11, anyone?)To cover their ass, organs such as the Washington Post will publish the occassional truthtelling piece on its editorial pages. But to let something so passe as

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"Georgia" first hit of the new fall seasonFrank Paynter asks: "Is it scatter-brained to think that the nation states are mere stage dressing for a broader and more fundamental power struggle amongst an oligarchic elite that thinks they own the planet? "Nope. We're just pawns in the game.Power corrupts, but it also buys great propaganda. Our job is to watch, bicker, and bitch. I'm a bigger patriot

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"Ballad of the Kingsmen" by Todd Snider w/ the South Austin Jug BandGoing to see Todd at the Sloss Furnaces Stokin' the Fire BBQ and Music Festival on Friday. Here's the skinny on Todd's upcoming album, "Peace Queer."Peace Queer, The BioBy Cokie RobertsI was told to meet Todd Snider at the 3 Crow Bar at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. This was impossible, as Todd Snider was not at the 3 Crow Bar at 1

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Scifi: Fiction as strange as truthI've been on a science fiction kick lately. I'm particularly interested in the social commentary type of scifi produced in the sixties and seventies. It's prophetic stuff. The authors I've been reading saw -- and foresaw -- what was happening and what would likely happen. Last night, while reading "The Sheep Look Up" by British author John Brunner, I ran across

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Russia-Georgia situation further exposes bubble-headed mediaTwo points from the below article by Paul Craig Roberts bear repeating:The entire world, except for Americans, knows that the outbreak of armed conflict between Russian and Georgian forces in South Ossetia was entirely due to the US and its Georgia puppet, Saakashvili. Americans, alone in the world, are unaware that the hostilities were

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