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Granddaddy of all ghettos faces wrecking ball POSTED: 3:50 a.m. EDT, October 8, 2006 var clickExpire = "11/7/2006"; Adjust font size: CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The menacing row of concrete towers where four of Katie Sistrunk's children were shot is almost all gone now, replaced by weeds and fields, mud and memories. The cage-like balconies that looked like prison tiers to Beauty Turner have all but disappeared. The gangs that peddled crack to Krystal McCraney Moore have found new places to haunt. One hollow-eyed lookout still paces at the entrance of the last high-rise, watching for police so he can alert drug dealers who …
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3970146295736955887&q=Weather+Underground&hl=en A documentary about a group of Americans who attempted to overthrow the US government in the 70s.
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For those of you who don't know, Anna Politkovskaya as a journalist for the Moscow-based free newspaper Novaya Gazeta. She was often threatened for her life and harrassed by government officials, her colleagues murdered, etc. For her comments, books and articles about russian govenrment oppression and war crimes. Mostly she was known from her criticism against the war in Chechnya. more about her in her wikipedia section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya Basically this means a new chapter in Russian policy against govenment opposition. R.I.P. from: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061008/54620517.html Prosecuto…
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What do people think of international and multinational bodies like the EU UN ICC etc. the premiss is that theyre there to address things like transnational corporations, enivornmental issues, international poverty and human rights which traditional state and national governments do not effectively address. do you think they are (or can possibly be) really effective? or are they just the latest extension of a continously swelling beaureacracy? do you think they threaten national sovereignty and individual liberty by further seperating the average citizen from the institutions of government? if so how?
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from wikipedia: Donald Ewen Cameron (1901-1967) was a Scottish-American psychiatrist. Born in Bridge of Allan, he graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1924. Cameron lived and worked in Albany, New York, and was involved in experiments in Canada for MKULTRA, a United States based CIA-directed "mind control" program. Cameron was the author of the psychic driving concept which the CIA found particularly interesting. In it he described his theory on correcting madness, which consisted of erasing existing memories and rebuilding the psyche completely. After being recruited by the CIA, he commuted to Montreal every week to work at the Allan Memorial Institute,…
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Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms What are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods? Although "biotechnology" and "genetic modification" commonly are used interchangeably, GM is a special set of technologies that alter the genetic makeup of such living organisms as animals, plants, or bacteria. Biotechnology, a more general term, refers to using living organisms or their components, such as enzymes, to make products that include wine, cheese, beer, and yogurt. Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology, and the resulting organism is said to be "genetically modified," "genetically engineered," or "transgenic." GM products (curren…
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A story on the "pre-texting" law in Cali. It prevents phone companies from sharing records with anyone but the caller. Unfortunately, it does not protect us from the government asking for records. But at least it's a step. http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/03/pretexting/index.php By the way, for those that think corporations don't infringe on our personal freedoms, make sure you check this. http://www.nbc11.com/print/9843614/detail.html
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Give this guy a chance...he brings up very good points. http://www.therudeguy.com/?cat=2&paged=3
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http://www.infowars.com/articles/nwo/spp_docs_reveal_bush_cfr_admin_coup.htm Documents Reveal Bush/CFR "Administrative Coup D'etat " of America Bush 'super-state' agenda to create American Union is now official Steve Watson, Paul Watson & Alex Jones | September 28 2006 Journalist Jerome Corsi has received the first documents pertaining to a FOIA request asking for full disclosure of the SPP office in its activities towards creating a Pan American Union. According to a report by World Net Daily , the documents reveal that the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" without congressional oversight in conjunction with Canada and …
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apparently this is important news, according to tv. some nigga shot a cop and his dog, so they sent the swat team out and they shot him to death. that's kind of fucked up if you ask me... they send a swat team and shoot-to-kill for a guy that shot a cop, whereas niggas get shot every day and you'll be lucky if they issue a warrant. go cop killers!
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Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006) By Molly Ivins Truthdig With a smug stroke of his pen, President Bush is set to wipe out a safeguard against illegal imprisonment that has endured as a cornerstone of legal justice since the Magna Carta. Austin, Texas - Oh dear. I'm sure he didn't mean it. In Illinois' Sixth Congressional District, long represented by Henry Hyde, Republican candidate Peter Roskam accused his Democratic opponent, Tammy Duckworth, of planning to "cut and run" on Iraq. Duckworth is a former Army major and chopper pilot who lost both legs in Iraq after her helicopter got hit by an RPG. "I just could not believe he would say that to…
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No, not the paint. I'm talking about American pronounciations of Arabic words. I think the in thing now is to pronounce Al Qaeda, "Al Kaidah" but it used to be pronounced, "Al Kaedah". What gives? The same thing happened with Hezbollah, which became Hizbollah. I think it's funny when the on-the-scene reporters nail the pronounciation of Hhzzbollah, but pronounce everything else with a heavy Lebanese accent.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmpi1UJJaM This is one example of why we need a BRUTAL civil war in this country. This nigga was begging them to stop and these bitch ass redneck filthy pigs straight murdered him saying "stop resisting" Nigga wasn't resisting he was convulsing you fucking IDIOTS!!! I wouldn't be surprized if not a single one of these pathetic fuckwads even lost their job much less caught murder charges. .
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Torture Bill States Non-Allegiance To Bush Is Terrorism Legislation tolls the bell for the day America died, birth of the dictatorship Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | September 29 2006 Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of "wrongfully aiding the enemy" which labels all American citizens who breach their "allegiance" to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal. 7:25PM CST UPDATE After five hours of searching through…
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I'm shocked at how many I talked to today that had no idea about the new bill, or only had a vague idea. And how peoples faces changed when I gave them the gist of the bill (ie The government can snatch Americans off the street with no proof or evidence.), peoples face made a stone cold 360. The only way to do anything about this is to get the public in an uproar. I don't care what your motherfucking politics are, if you believe in democracy there is no way to defend this bill. Talk to family, friends, neighbors, the guy at the deli, on message boards, everywhere. People have to be aware.
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Bush is now officially your king....under H.R.6166 http://www.worldcantwait.net/
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This is text version of Hugo Chavez' address to UN on September 20th, 2006. Chavez Address to the United Nations by Hugo Chavez Address to the UN New York September 20, 2006 Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, and this is one of his most recent books, 'Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the United States.'" [Holds up book, waves it in front of General Assembly.] "It's an excellent book to help …
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So here's the link to the video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8763367484184611493&q=Afghan+Massacre And the reason I bring this up isn't because Im skeptical about the video. It's obvious it happened. Taliban troops who put their lives in our hands were tortured, sent to Guantanamo Bay, killed with their hands tied behind their backs, and all because we thought the Taliban was Al Quaida, even though most of the troops wern't even from Afghanistan. One was even American. The question is, if and when this massacre is brought to the attention of Americans, will we ever care? -They're middle eastern= something we don't understand. -They're casu…
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Although some of these Islamic regimes share qualities with old fascist governments; they are completely different. This is a classic Rove-ism, and people journalist should be riding Bush over this blatant misuse of a buzz-word. Reminds me of 1984, where 2+2=5. edit. facism mispelled.
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This is a three hour documentary about how leaders use the power of nightmares, like terrorism, to shake countries into siding with them. I think it's a great example of manifest desinty: if you dig the worst in people you'll find it in yourself. I: Baby It's Cold Outside Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart? In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither…
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I personally believe it's a bit ridiculous.. granted, it's fine strategy at reducing Russia's influence and securing a Black Sea waterfront.. but Bulgarians in particular are notorious in Europe for being migrant pests, those who decide to work, work jobs at rates comparable to dumping in an industry, the rest, swarm countries like locusts, particularly Greece, for the purpose of being career welfare collectors.. or lazy Gypsy's with thier able hands out.. Corruption is beyond "wide-spread" and some , especially rural and agricultural parts of the countries, particularly Bulgaria, are still run like hamlets and kingdoms with organized crime at the fu…
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This is funny: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-20-bush-gas-prices_x.htm?csp=34 For Bush, cheaper gas is premium By Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — When it comes to President Bush's approval rating — the number that measures his political health — one factor seems more powerful than any Oval Office address or legislative initiative. It's the price of a gallon of gas. Statisticians who have compared changes in gas prices and Bush's ratings through his presidency have found a steady relationship: As gas prices rise, his ratings fall. As gas prices fall, his ratings rise. For some Americans, analysts speculate, gas prices provi…
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In Eileen Barker’s, The Scientific Study of Religion? You Must Be Joking?, she states that "although social reality exists independently of the volition of any particular individual, it can exist only insofar as individual human minds are continually recognizing it and acting as the media through which are processed the cultural ideas and meanings, and the roles and expectations that arise from and result in its existence." (Barker, p.7) To which she agrees with Wuthnow (1987). "if as social scientists we want to understand what is going on, we have no option but use ourselves as "a medium." A robot cannot do social science; it is not capable of Verstehen." By this, Barke…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5321606.stm President Bush has acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons and said 14 key terrorist suspects have now been sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The suspects, who include the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have now been moved out of CIA custody and will face trial. Mr Bush said the CIA's interrogation programme had been "vital" in saving lives, but denied the use of torture. He said all suspects will be afforded protection under the Geneva Convention. *cough*bullshit* Isn't there some legal action the people of America can do to get their c…
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Hey hey Hey, Ch.0. is down. Get your kicks here kids. ...: The U.S. is the big rich asshole in High School who had all the friends, but he was a jerk to everyone, and then everyone caught on, and was like, "You suck dude, get out of here. Go drink somewhere else!" George Bush is the pre-9-11 kid who got to see the cockpit of an airplane, and got to sit on the pilot (Dick Cheney)'s lap and play with the controls The New York Times is the girl who always says the big macho jock dude is an asshole, but she is secretly hot for the guy, and she's bulimic. Louis Farrakan is the guy who picks fights with the mascot during a college football game. …
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I wonder just how many decisions are made based on history, in general. We look back at the American revolutionary war, American civil war, even September 11, and every other day come up with new ways to look at these events. I wonder if anyone just accepts that there's no truth to this history, and that it's all from our imagination. Jesus, I just wish people would go forward and be responsible and just say "I'm acting on my own fantasy." You know there's way too many examples of this. A Scottish politican will stand up in front of an american hearing about where he thinks America is going, and have to justify his standing with some comment about history like "…
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all hail republicanism. to bad we stopped using ye ol parchment.
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50,000 dogs killed in five days in China Mouding county officials criticised for anti-rabies campaign A file picture of officials clubbing a dog to death on a street in Luoping county in southwest China's Yunnan province on Saturday April 29, 2006 Shanghai: As many as 50,000 dogs were killed in a government-ordered campaign in a Chinese county following the deaths of three persons from rabies, official media reported on Tuesday. The five-day massacre in southwestern Yunnan province’s Mouding county ended Sunday; only military guard dogs and police canine units were spared, the Shanghai Daily reported, citing local media. Teams e…
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So the New York Times is blasted for giving valuable informaion to terrorists (and those of us with bank accounts) for disclosing the governments tracking of bank records, but now I see FBI Director Mueller on CNN answering the question, There's a new Bin Laden tape, does this signal an upcoming attack saying, "We have no knowledge of an Al Qaeda attack." Talk about double-standards, wtf?
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do they ever actually do anything or do they just call for ignored immediate ceasefires every other day?
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/29/iran.nuclear/index.html Pretty sure the majority of you may have seen this already. I just think its funny, that Bush would never agree to something like this, and in the extremly small chance he would, althought it would say uncensored, it deffinatly would be edited. I'm 100% positive that Ahmadinejad would pretty much destroy this man's image on live television. Man oh man would that be a lovely day.
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"Bin laden and his terrorists' allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them," the president said before the Military Officers Association of America and diplomatic representatives of other countries that have suffered terrorist attacks CNN's story Is this Bush clearly projecting or am I crazy? Didn't he make a claim similar to this on Fascism recently as well. It seems to me as if they held up a mirror to their intentions and listed all the key words and catch phrases they thought of and have been using them on everyone they conceive as their enemies. Only thing better than this proformance is how many people cash in on…
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Six people injured by SUV at UNC Updated: 3/3/2006 8:15 PM By: News 14 Carolina Staff; UNC News Release (CHAPEL HILL) -- Six people were injured Friday when a silver Jeep SUV drove through a part of the UNC campus where cars are not allowed. Eyewitnesses say the Jeep ran into a group of people and then drove away after hitting the students. ABC News is reporting the motive for the attack was "retribution for the treatment of muslims around the world." "I turned and saw it was a silver Jeep running through the center of UNC campus," said freshman Jordan Popalis. "People were being hit, I saw a girl on the hood and the windshield and she fel…
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Fox News just interviewed the former Shah of Iran's son, and asked him, "Would you consider coming back into power in Iran." Seriously. The Shah was put into power by the CIA. Fox News is the administration's voice box. WTF? Is this the new plan?
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In particular a citizen of a foreign western country. Europe, UK, Aus/NZ. Do we get temporary cover from the so feverishly revered bill of rights? Do I have the right to deny a search of my car? Can I purchase a firearm? Am I entitled to free speech? etc
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Condoleeza Rice says there's no civil war going on in Iraq. I had an argument with a friend about this. He said that war can only exist between two or more sovereign nations and therefore, it's not a "war." He also said that the "War on Terror" is similarly absurd. I think that in regards to Iraq, it's just semantics, and whether it's death squads or an organized army and borders, it's still a war. Look at the Irish Civil War, there were death squads wandering around killing people for their ideologies. I think it's a war, and to call it anything else would just be a euphemism.
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You know, I was thinking about it the other day, and it dawned on me why this whole JonBenet Ramsey case is receiving such a media blitz from the press. Not only is the story behind the case quite sensational, but the girl is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. I'm sure most of you would admit that. It's not as if any of us would dare do what the elusive culprit committed, but you know that with a bit of patience, some ten years down the road, the greater majority of you fellow 12ozers would caress her innocent buttocks with your throbbing member without much of a second thought. I know I would. But this thread was not intended to generate a discussion on the women we fan…
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There's a revolution going on in Mexico right now. A civil war about to pop off because the government pulled another election fraud and the people aren't taking it anymore. They've been taking to the streets and shutting shit down for the past couple months. Teachers have stormed radio stations, entire sections of the government are on the side of the people and are refusing to cooperate with the guy that supposedly won. The guy that the people beleive should have won is creating a "alternative" paralel government. I've been following this in the newspaper (I live on a border state) as it's been escalating but havn't seen anything about in on tv. Maybe that's why there's…
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