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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si3y9gVxJtE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Finfowars%2Ecom%2Farticles%2Fps%2Ftasers%5Fpittsburgh%5Fpolice%5Ftaser%5Fwoman%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fground%2Ehtm it won't be long now.
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So i just watched The Gaza Strip, a documentary about Gaza which is the frontlines of the war. Googlevideo it, its pretty interesting. However, i started thinking some thoughts while watching it, and would appreciate some feedback: 1. The movie largely centered around the rockthrowers. In my opinion (of course i can't enter a child's head who lives in such anarchy), its sort of stupid to throw a rock at a tank. I wouldn't punch a UFC champion. When the kids get hurt (IMO, unjustifiably), they blame "the stinking jews". Alot of the kdis speak about their pops' beating the shit out of them when these kids get caught. All of them have friends who died doing it. Whe…
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...to 30 months in prison with two years of probation following. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6723915.stm
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/06/11/google.privacy.ap/index.html SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. In a report released Saturday, London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for companies with "comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy." None of the 22 other surveyed companies -- a group that included Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL -- s…
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Dr. Ronald Paul IS A BEAST! GO TO CNN.COM NOW!!! You already miss Mitt Romney falter and slightly stumble.... (i know there are threads... the more the better!)
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decided to start a thread for the Dems in here. just posting an article to get things rolling Major time imbalances pointed to in CNN-moderated Democratic debate http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Major_time_imbalances_pointed_to_in_0603.html A chart published by the Presidential campaign of Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) indicated a major imbalance in the time allotted to different Democratic hopefuls by CNN broadcaster Wolf Blitzer, who m…
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We did an art show back in April called "Thought Criminals" here in Dallas and had nationally syndicateed talk show host Jack Blood out to speak on 911. I'm still on the fence about a lot of things, I do my best not to believe everything that comes out, but the guy makes some pretty compeling points. Check it out for yourself. Full Video (Click Here)
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Alright, this is going to be a bit of a debate. My guess is there aren't that many graffers that are pro-Bush, but yeah. Did you know that the casualty list runs these numbers: WTC: 2997 PEOPLE dead (Tourists, people from other companies in other areas. I.E. Japanese execs and so on.) This was supposidly an attack to America. This was a test to the will of one of the strongest nations, the dominant super power. However: In the war there have been 3414 AMERICAN soldiers dead. Not just allies, but AMERICAN. Casualties all rolled up? Probably around 10,000 in the War on Terror. Fucked up? I think so. My personal opinion: Junior is just finishin…
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These days, Donald Buswell’s job is not as exciting or dangerous as it once was. For the past few months, his working hours have been spent taking care of some 40-plus wounded soldiers at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston medical center. The work is sometimes menial, even janitorial, but he doesn’t mind. After all, Buswell has been where these men are — three years ago, he too was recovering from wounds received in a battle zone in Iraq. “I truly consider this an honor,” Buswell told his dad not long ago. Still, it’s not exactly where Buswell expected to be after 20 years of well-respected service in the Army. Since joining the Army in 1987, he had risen to th…
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can someone please tell me why the confederate flag is still around? I think everyone should learn what it once stood for. and BAN it. BAN it BAN IT
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GOP Debate on Thursday, May 3 The first debate among the candidates for the Republican nomination for president will take place on Thursday, May 3rd at 8:00 pm EDT. Congressman Ron Paul will be on stage standing between Senator John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. The 90-minute debate will be broadcast live on MSNBC, and streamed live on politico.com. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library will host the event. do your part, watch Ron bring up real issues. watch the political elite squirm.
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there used to be an official iran thread, but it appears to be gone, so let's have this as a depot for relevant articles. here is the new seymour hersh piece from http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact THE IRAN PLANS Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Issue of 2006-04-17 Posted 2006-04-10 The Bush Administration, while publicl advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran fro pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increase clandestine activities inside Iran and intensifie planning for a possible major air attack. Curren and former American military and intelligenc officials said that …
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from Saddam Hussein July 7, 2006 Saddam Hussein: Open Letter to the American People Saddam Hussein’s defense lawyers have released a letter Saddam wrote while in prison to the American people. The following is a direct translation of that letter. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Mercy-giving. “And among the Believers are men who are true to that which they pledged to God. Some of them have fulfilled their pledge by death and some of them still are waiting and they have not altered in the least. That God may reward the true men for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He will, or relent towards them, for God is forgiving, merciful. And Go…
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By Tom Gogola This was going to be a happy story about how two of my nephews love the french fries on the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry. “Ferry fries,” they call them. But that story went out the window Sunday night, when I took the photograph below and was threatened with arrest by the Ferry Fascists for doing so. I was heading back to Connecticut after a weekend with the family when I took the photo. I’d eaten the fries on the way over, but couldn’t stomach another round, so I snapped two photos at the food counter, and as I was putting the camera away, two guys behind the counter started lobbing hostile, accusatory questions in my direction. “Why are y…
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I don't know if theres been a thread about this already, but back in Jan this year, in a town in Tenn a couple were carjakced, and the guy was raped, had his penis cut off (apparently), was burned and shot, then dumped by some local train tracks. His girlfriend who was forced to watch everything that was done to him was taken back to the people house ( i say people because it was four guys and one chic) and raped and urinated on for a couple days and had her breast chopped off while she was still alive, along with bleach pourn down her throat, then burned and shot to death. Instead of disposing her body by traintracks they put her in five seperate bags and kept her in the…
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tell me this is not true i did a little bit of research online about it but not enough The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive , signed on May 9, 2007 declares that in the event of a "catastrophic event", George W. Bush can become what is best described as "a dictator": "The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government." This directive, completely unnoticed by the media, and given no scrutiny by Congress, literally gives the White House unprecedented dictatorial power over the government and the country, bypassing the US Congress and obliterating the separation of po…
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sounds like bush will be a dictator in the event of another catastrophic emergency. loosely defined catastrophic emergency.... 3 branches of govt. will work together.....under the direction/coordination of the president. passed may 9th. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
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from the mouth of the beast: Documents: Bush's Grandfather Directed Bank Tied to Man Who Funded Hitler WASHINGTON — President Bush's grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler's rise to power, government documents show. Prescott Bush (search) was one of seven directors of Union Banking Corp. (search), a New York investment bank owned by a bank controlled by the Thyssen family, according to recently declassified National Archives documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Fritz Thyssen (search) was an early financial suppor…
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Clinton became one of the boys when he bombed Bahgdad, and Clinton sent over 20,000 missles, killing six innocent people. Why? The attempted assassination of George Bush (Senior Bush) Know what we should have done? WE Should have assassinated Bush. No innocent lives lost, and one less idiot on the earth.
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"Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weapons that this group was trying to purchase, we may have dodged a lot of bullets," said FBI agent J.P. Weis. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070509-121340-6717r.htm
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WASHINGTON (AP)—Republican and Democratic senators huddled Thursday trying to close in on an immigration compromise to grant quick legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants while fortifying U.S. borders against new ones. A group of lawmakers that has been haggling over the terms of agreement for weeks were reviewing language negotiated Wednesday night in efforts to nail down a deal. Among the final sticking points was a stubborn dispute over how much family ties count toward green cards under a new "point system." The plan prioritizes advanced skills and education levels for future immigrants. Two of the lead negotiators, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-M…
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When the aliens finally invade Earth, you may wish you had listened to Travis Taylor and Bob Boan. And if the invasion follows the plot of a typical Hollywood blockbuster, they might also be the guys called in to save the day. After all, they have written An Introduction to Planetary Defence, a primer on how humanity can defend itself if little green men wielding death rays show up. And yes, they're serious. "The probability really is there that aliens exist and are old enough to have technology to enable them to come here," said Taylor. Taylor and Boan are hardly basement-dwelling paranoids obsessed with tinfoil hats and Area 51. Taylor hold…
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Just read this article and given the massive number of US troops by comparison, I wondered if this has been occuring and at what levels, among returned US service personel, from either theatre. Save the Iraq wrong/right debate for another thread, I'm strictly interested in this issue alone.... Soldier suicides spark inquiry call April 28, 2007 - 11:09PM There are calls for an inquiry into the mental health of Australian soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan after a number of suicides. The federal government acknowledges two soldiers killed themselves after returning from the Middle East, but veterans activists say there have been as many as five…
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"Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons wants to remove offensive words from the recording industry.." This Came up On YAHOO. And Hmm I Wonder How He's Going To Do That.. And Plus Mostly On The "Radio" Its Nothing But Negitive ?
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— A — Cpl. Roberto Abad, 22, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 6, 2004, Iraq Sgt. Mark P. Adams, 24, Morrisville, N.C., Oct. 15, 2005, Iraq Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle, 21, Baltimore, Md., June 29, 2004, Iraq Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Adlesperger, 20, Albuquerque, N.M., Dec 9, 2004, Iraq Cpl. Andres Aguilar Jr., 21, Victoria, Texas, April 2, 2006, Iraq Lance Cpl. Jeramy A. Ailes, 22, Gilroy, Calif., Nov. 15, 2004, Iraq Capt. Paul C. Alaniz, 32, Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 26, 2005, Iraq Lance Cpl. Nickalous N. Aldrich, 21, Austin, Texas, Aug. 27, 2004, Iraq Lance Cpl. Michael J. Allred, 22, Hyde Park, Utah., Sept. 6, 2004, Iraq Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Alonzo, 21…
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Of course I know alot of you guys hold similar opinions to this article, I agree with Nugent here, and I hope some others agree too. By Ted Nugent Special to CNN Adjust font size: Editor's note: Rock guitarist Ted Nugent has sold more than 30 million albums. He's also a gun rights activist and serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association. His program, "Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild," can be seen on the Outdoor Channel. Read an opposing take on gun control from journalist Tom Plate: Let's lay down our right to bear arms WACO, Texas (CNN) -- Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gu…
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1931 Dr. Cornelius Rhoads, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Investigations, infects human subjects with cancer cells. He later goes on to establish the U.S. Army Biological Warfare facilities in Maryland, Utah, and Panama, and is named to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. While there, he begins a series of radiation exposure experiments on American soldiers and civilian hospital patients. 1932 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study begins. 200 black men diagnosed with syphilis are never told of their illness, are denied treatment, and instead are used as human guinea pigs in order to follow the progression and symptoms of t…
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070414/ap_on_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_38 FLORENCE, S.C. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday questioned the way some rappers talk about women in songs, saying the lyrics are similar to the derogatory language used by embattled radio host Don Imus. They are "degrading their sisters. That doesn't inspire me," Obama said of some hip-hop artists when a man in a crowd of about 1,000 questioned him. The Illinois senator was responding to a question of what inspired him, and said God and civil rights activists. Earlier this week, Obama criticized Imus, who was fired Thursday for labeling the Rutgers women's …
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wtf. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html seriously, there is a deep rooted, nutty ass undercurrent flowing through america. the amount that these types of incidents are taking place now, something is really wrong.
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U.S. describes Sunni rebels battling al-Qaida Infighting a plus, general says, but ‘we’re not making allies with anybody’ Updated: 5:04 p.m. PT April 20, 2007 MUQDADIYAH, Iraq - At least two major insurgent groups are battling al-Qaida in provinces outside Baghdad, American military commanders said Friday, an indication of a deepening rift between Sunni guerrilla groups in Iraq. U.S. officers say a growing number of Sunni tribes are turning against al-Qaida, repelled by the terror group's sheer brutality and austere religious extremism. The tribes are competing with al-Qaida for influence and control over diminishing territory in the face of U.S. assaults, t…
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April 19th is a significant date. It is coincidentally the anniversary of the battles at Lexington and Concord (the opening of America's war of secession from Britain, in 1775), the German assault on the Warsaw Ghetto (1943) , the FBI/ATF assault on the Branch Davidian church at Waco (1993), and the tragic misdirected Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing (1995). This date is signifigant to me especially with the gun control debates going on on this board. After all the American Revolution was started when the British tried to confiscate the 'military assault weapons' of militia members with ties to the 'tax protest' movement.
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http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6242822 ANTIOCH, Tenn.- Some people in a Nashville neighborhood are furious over a new rule that makes it illegal to own a gun. Residents in Nashboro Village said it's unconstitutional and leaves them defenseless. Two weeks ago, residents received a letter from their homeowners' association indicating that guns are not allowed on the property. "It thought it was ironic that they say you can't have something when the United States government says you can," said resident Cristina Salajanu. Salajanu would like to give her neighborhood management company a history lesson. "I think it's unconstitutional,…
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A broad brush stroke at politics, current events and the whole democratic ethos.-Ron Price, Tasmania. Socrates was a threat. His politics was anti-democratic in a crucial period of the frightening anti-democratic revolutions, 411 and 404 BC. So, too, were the politics of Socrates’ student, Plato, whose visions of community grew out of his fears of anti-community associated with the Peloponnesian War of 431 to 404 BC, of the secular humanism of the sophists and of the rootless individualism of the masses. Plato wanted a new form of political community. This same desire motivates the poetry of Roger White. White does not find his political community in the Republic…
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US House votes for Iraq deadline The House of Representatives has voted in favour of ordering President George W Bush to pull US troops out of Iraq. The bill links $124bn (£62bn) funding for the war to a 31 August 2008 deadline for the withdrawal of all US combat troops. It was passed by 218 votes to 212 by the Democratic-controlled House. Correspondents say it is the boldest challenge yet to Mr Bush's strategy. The president has made clear he will veto the bill. The White House says legislators should allow more time for his new strategy - which includes sending 28,000 extra troops to Iraq - to work. 'High stakes' "The Americ…
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Top terror suspect denies association with bin Laden Published: Monday April 16, 2007 Top terror suspect Abu Zubaydah told a US military tribunal he was tortured while in CIA custody, and now suffers seizures that affect his ability to speak and write, according to a transcript released Monday. In a lengthy hearing before the tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on March 27, Zubaydah denied associating with Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, despite having told interrogators that he had. "Mr President and members of the tribunal, I would have liked to have spoken to you today on my own, but I have been having seizures lately, which have temporarily affect…
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Two weeks ago, the University of Florida voted to deny Jeb Bush an honorary degree. By a 38-28 vote, the faculty Senate rejected the former governor’s nomination, citing concerns about some of Bush’s education initiatives, including his dismantling of affirmative action programs in the state: In higher education circles, Bush’s greatest criticism came over his “One Florida” plan, which ended race-based admissions in state universities. Black enrollment dropped at UF and statewide after the change took effect, as critics predicted . Bush’s policies of “rewarding and punishing schools according to students’ standardized test results and using vouchers to send cert…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvnMKBDjhnU see this movie if you care about anything!
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i was in the lunchroom at work, and they have a tv playing cnn (i think) news all day long. there was a report about a sunni/shiia (is that how you spell it?) rally in baghdad where some sunni leader was calling for them to stop the in-fighting and focus their attention on killing american troops and ending the occupation. so they interviewed a military spokesperson to get his opinion on the matter and, i shit you not, he actually said (with a straight face) "this is what we've been trying to achieve for the iraqi people. they now have the freedom to gather publicly and have a demonstration without fear of reprimand from their government". i burst out laughing. …
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thought i'd go ahead and start this thread since we really do need to talk about this. the communist ties between the new republicans is something that bugs me too much. so, let's start it off with an 11 part speech by Ron Paul (from which this thread is named) Neo-CONNED part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 part 10 part 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh1iZaGkyM text of the speech by congressman paul http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm
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