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Kabar, I'm calling bullshit on your whole "life story". Surfer turned Biker anarchist, turned Marine Vietnam Vet, with Hobo thrown somewhere in the mix. Turned rightwing internet propagandist on a GRAFFITI Forum? I'm also mad suspect about your intentions for even being here. :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:
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A Cuban exile, accused by President Fidel Castro Havana of plotting to kill him, is preparing to apply for asylum in the United States, his lawyer says. Luis Posada Carriles managed to cross illegally into the US from Mexico, lawyer Eduardo Soto said. Mr Castro called Mr Carriles, 77, "a monster" comparable to Osama Bin Laden, and demanded to know how he had breached US border security. He is also wanted in Venezuela over the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976. Seventy-three people were killed in that attack. Mr Carriles once boasted of being responsible for a series of bomb attacks of Havana tourist spots in the 1990s. In hiding Five y…
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ok, so i know this is pretty late into the whole conflict but it seems all my dollars put towards an education have gone to shit. will some one please explain to me the conflict in lebanon and serbia and bosnia, if they do, in fact, have anything to do with one another. my ignorance of geography and world events is embarassing. thanks kids
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NEWSWEEK has to be staffed by Bush Admin Puppets or complete idiots..how NEWSWEEK knowing the consequences of what the story might cause plus without %100 assurance that there 'sources' information was credible release a story like this http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/newsweek.quran/ and only issue a roughly 10 word statement and retraction after all that has been spun up.. that in lehmans terms basically read "oops my bad..i assumed it to be true..but it isnt..oh well" My question is what do they fuckin think about???..Anything for a story right??One of these news organizations whether it be US..UK..Iraqi..Afghan..3rd World etc is gonna directly or indi…
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SECTION 102 of the new Patriot Act ll states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal. A Brief Analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003 - Also Known as USA Patriot Act II Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) told the Washington Times that no member of Congress was allowed to read the first Patriot Act that was passed by the House on October 27, 2001. The first Patriot Act was universally decried by civil libertarians and Constitutional scholars from across the political spectrum. W…
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:( WELL HEY EVERYBODY I STARTED THIS TOPIC CAUSE IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY HAD THERE VERY OWN STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT IRAQ...... N WELL IT SEEMS TAT SUM KRAZY SHIT IS ALSO GOING ON IN NORTH KOREA SOO Y WANNA FIND OUT WAT THOSE THE GRAFFITI WRITERS AROUND THINK ABOUT THIS......... PEACE OUT..........
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US National ID Card Now A Certainty From Barry Steinhardt 5-6-5 Congressional passage of the "Real ID" legislation is now all but a done deal, House and Senate conferees having agreed to inclusion of language in an appropriations bill that is all but certain to pass. The name "Real ID" is, if anything, too modest. Despite deep public opposition over the years to a national identity card, and Congress's unwillingness to even consider the idea directly, our security agencies have now gotten what they want as proponents have succeeded in pushing through Congress a National ID-in-disguise. The "Real ID" Act Is Indeed A Real (National) ID. Although…
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What is 'wardriving'? Wardriving is the gathering of statistics about wireless networks in a given area by listening for their publicly available broadcast beacons. Wireless access points (APs) announce their presence at set intervals (usually 100 milliseconds) by broadcasting a packet containing their service set identifier (SSID) and several other data items. A stumbling utility running on a portable computer of some sort (a laptop or PDA) listens for these broadcasts and records the data that the AP makes publicly available. Why 'war'? This is kind of an unfortunate prefix, in these rather twitchy times. Wardriving has nothing whatsoever to do with war. The …
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Effective, safe and non-patentable natural therapies threaten the very basis of the pharmaceutical investment buisness. They target and correct the underlying cellular deficiencies of today's most common diseases, thereby preventing and eventually eradicating them. The elimination of any disease inevitably destroys a multibillion-dollar drug market for the pharmaceutical industry. Thus, the pharmaceutical industry has launched a global campaign to protect its patent based "buisness with disease" by outlawing natural, non patentable therapies at the national and international level. THIS IS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION's ATTACK ON THE Dietary Supplement Healt…
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Remember girlboy lyndie? 1 2
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US soldier forced to change plea Lynndie England Pte England's defence will have to think again A military judge has rejected the guilty plea entered by US soldier Lynndie England in her trial over the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Judge Colonel James Pohl declared a mistrial and entered a not guilty plea on her behalf. He said her plea rested on the assumption that she knew what she was doing was wrong - but that other testimony contradicted this. Pte England's case will be sent back to military authorities to start again. Images of US soldiers with naked Iraqi prisoners, including Pte England holding one on a leash, sparked widespread …
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This Tuesday, the Senate will vote on Republican Leader Bill Frist's "nuclear option" to break the rules of the Senate and give the Republican Party absolute control over appointing federal judges. For 200 years the minority's right to filibuster has kept our courts fair, by making sure that federal judges needed to get at least some support from both sides of the aisle before they were given life time appointments. If Frist eliminates the filibuster, his next step would be to force far right partisan judges onto the powerful U.S. Courts of Appeals. The real targets, however, are the four seats on the Supreme Court likely to become vacant in th…
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Israeli Cabinet OKs settlement withdrawals Final route of separation barrier also approved Sunday, February 20, 2005 Posted: 1:39 PM EST (1839 GMT) JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Cabinet gave final approval Sunday to the government's planned withdrawal from Gaza and four West Bank settlements, marking the first time an Israeli government decided to dismantle Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians for a future state. Speaking to American Jewish leaders hours after the withdrawal plan was approved, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that it was the most difficult decision he has ever made. Calling the move "historic," he said it would…
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unfortunately I drive alot so im feeling this if you gonna buy gas ...help make some change with it! Hey folks, Imagine! Being able to pump gas and know the profits are going to a Revolution that is providing its people with health care, education, food. and NOT going to corporate multinationals who are about exploitation! Now you can do this!!! When you buy CITGO GAS you are supporting Venezuela! (see article below) For Oaklanders, there is a gas station selling Citgo at the 7 ELEVEN at 4193 PIEDMONT AVE. in Oakland. You can click below to find other locations. Please help spread the word. This is VERY exciting!!! Peace, Felicia http://www.…
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.1528: Most of this bill looks like standard war on drugs bullshit, but pay attention to all the new mandatory minimums. Of course, under Patriot Act II you can be hauled off and killed for any of these things anyway, but this is pretty bad. I've made bold the mandatory narc-ing in case you're just skimming. ------------------------------------- From http://www.drugpolicy.org H.R. 1528, Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005, is one of the worst drug war bills that Congress has ever considered. Among other things, HR 1528: --Virtually…
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I talked with my old man tonite. A friend of his... really smart man, nice guy. Probably about 50 years old was let go from his job of 25 years. He worked at Hometown Communications for more that a quarter of a century. Hometown & its affiliates were sold to Ganett and his position was no longer necesarry. Gannet had their own division that managed this specific function. The man who sold Gary out was worth atleast a half a billion dollars. While the company was technically his to sell and it was his $$$ it seems fucked. It is the people, like Gary, that busted their asses that made this machine work. Without these cogs this wealthy un-named man would never have climb…
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69-year-old woman survives 9-story fall - - - - - - - - - - - - May 12, 2005 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- A 69-year-old woman who survived a nine-story fall from a condominium tower when she landed on canvas awning told rescuers she became dizzy after staying up all night packing for her return trip north. Gloria Jummati was cleaning her ninth-floor balcony Wednesday morning when she fell over the 42-inch railing. The part-time Florida resident was preparing to head back to the Chicago area with her husband. “She's very, very lucky,” police spokesman Andy Pallen said. “She'd better go buy a lottery ticket.” Rescuers said she was alert when t…
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PHOENIX (AP) - A man suspected of assaulting a police officer died Tuesday after being shocked multiple times with Taser stun guns during a struggle with police, authorities said. The 24-year-old man had run out a back door of an apartment when officers tried to arrest him early Tuesday, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Randy Force said. A female officer caught up with the man and shocked him. When the suspect continued to resist, another officer shocked him with his Taser, Force said. Police did not say exactly how many times the man was zapped. The man, who was not immediately identified, went unconscious and was pronounced dead later at a hospital, Force…
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WASHINGTON, May 11 - A single-engine plane bearing down on Washington without clearance prompted a frantic evacuation of the Capitol, the Supreme Court and the White House on Wednesday. President Bush was not told of the threat until he finished a bicycle ride at a Maryland wildlife center, nearly 40 minutes after the plane had been forced to turn away, administration officials said. Enlarge This Image Doug Mills/The New York Times Senate workers evacuated their office building as word spread of the errant plane. Readers Forum: National Security Enlarge This Image Doug Mills/ The New York Times Senate workers evacuated an office building on Wednes…
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Pentagon 911
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Never mind. the links worked at first but now they dont. Somebody please just delete this. :burn:
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whats that site that has the video of the rocket hitting the pentagon not the palne
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"Outfoxed" examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person. Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society. …
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Defense Department redactions obscure the faces and insignia of honor guard members in many of the war casualty images. The casket bearing the body of US Navy Machinist's Mate Third Class Nathan Taylor goes over the edge of the USS Enterprise during a Burial at Sea ceremony. Casket being handled on military aircraft with images of honor guard members completely obscured. ========== more images and reading here: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB152/index.htm
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Internal spying articles this week....
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Wiretaps in U.S. jump 19 percent in 2004 No request was turned by judges, records show Thursday, April 28, 2005 Posted: 11:55 AM EDT (1555 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of secret court-authorized wiretaps across the country surged by 19 percent last year, according to court records which also showed that not a single application was denied. State and federal judges approved 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications last year, and four states -- New York, California, New Jersey and Florida -- accounted for three out of every four surveillance orders, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. That a…
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UK General Election
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i dont think theres been a thread on this yet, and lets face it - its gonna be a pretty big ting... discussions follow...
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how long will the USA last? 1 2
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i've just gotten into this talk.. most major empires live for a time period of 500 years. i hear on how the US troops are fighting the war and coming back and breeding, then going back to war.. sounds like all those gay roman/greek movies i've been watching. history repeats.. kinda like bush's crusade..fighting the un-holy so from what my younger brother tells me, there are five factors that all the great empires of our past fell. BUT that those empires fell by only 1 or 2 of those factors. economy war and some others we cant name at the moment and that america has 4 of those five factors on her hands. i just think thats interesting. the u…
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In the latest twist in a royal wedding saga that has been full of flip-flops, the British government revealed Monday that like it or not, Britons will have to get used to Queen Camilla. That's because Camilla Parker Bowles will, by law, automatically become queen when Charles is crowned. While the public has come around to supporting the marriage, opinion polls still show strong opposition to Parker Bowles taking the title of queen. But any attempt to change the rules to bow to popular sentiment would be exceedingly difficult: It would require not only a new law in Britain, but also legislative changes in 15 other nations where the British monarch is hea…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3511678.stm Astronomers discover 'new planet' Sedna, Nasa Sedna is currently about 13 billion km from Earth Astronomers have detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet. It was first seen by astronomers using California's Mount Palomar Observatory, and has been given the name "Sedna" after the Inuit goddess of the ocean. Observations show it measures about 1,180-2,360km (730-1,470 miles) across, making it similar in size to Pluto. Astronomers now say they have evidence that Sedna has its own moon, although this needs to be confirmed, and is also very red in colour. There is likely to be som…
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Just watched a new, two hour documentry on this, .....just like ww3 becomes the middle East Question, so it looks as the enviroment is a self perpetuating fuck up. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/
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link here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5050100867.html Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a senior Iranian official said in an interview yesterday. The high-level counteroffensive, to be led by Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, comes in anticipation of a tough speech the Bush administration is preparing to give today calling for international measures against Tehran unless it gives up sensitive aspects of its nuclear program. M. J…
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A student named Jay (who wants his last name to be withheld) at Brick Township High School in New Jersey, had his chair pulled out from under him after he refused to stand for the national anthem. A student named Jay (who wants his last name to be withheld) at Brick Township High School in New Jersey, had his chair pulled out from under him after he refused to stand for the national anthem. The class started out that morning with the teacher Stuart Mantel yelling "I don't want to hear a sound! Not a sound! Morning exercises will come on, you will stand, you will stand quietly, you will pay attention! Any Questions!?...Now stand up and keep your mouths shut!" Students…
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Here's one way to test your political beliefs... Here try it out: http://www.moral-politics.com/xpolitics.aspx?menu=Home This was my score. I mean look I'm almost off the chart left! lol: Your Score Your scored -7.5 on the Moral Order axis and 2 on the Moral Rules axis. Matches The following items best match your score: 1. System: Socialism 2. Variation: Moral Socialism 3. Ideologies: Libertarian Socialism 4. US Parties: No match. 5. Presidents: Jimmy Carter (82.18%) 6. 2004 Election Candidates: Ralph Nader (92.03%), John Kerry (73.39%), George W. Bush (36.69%) Statistics Of the 72551 people who …
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Fourteen reputed Chicago mob figures were indicted Monday on charges of plotting at least 18 murders, including the 1986 slaying of the crime organization's top man in Las Vegas, Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was buried alive in a cornfield. Those indicted included 63-year-old James Marcello, who the FBI says is the head of the Chicago mob, and Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, 75, long alleged to be one of the top leaders of organized crime in the city. Authorities believe Lombardo is still in Chicago. "The Clown" Joey Lombardo Among federal indictments announced Monday were charges related to 18 unsolved murders and one attempted murd…
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DeLay Airfare Was Charged To Lobbyist's Credit Card By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 24, 2005; Page A01 The airfare to London and Scotland in 2000 for then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was charged to an American Express card issued to Jack Abramoff, a Washington lobbyist at the center of a federal criminal and tax probe, according to two sources who know Abramoff's credit card account number and to a copy of a travel invoice displaying that number. DeLay's expenses during the same trip for food, phone calls and other items at a golf course hotel in Scotland were billed to a different credit card also used on the t…
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Last Updated: Thursday, 31 March, 2005, 23:21 GMT 00:21 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Concern as Pope's health worsens Image of the Pope The Pope has been fed through a nasal tube Pope John Paul II is suffering from a very high fever caused by a urinary tract infection, the Vatican has said in a statement. Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the 84-year-old pontiff was receiving "appropriate antibiotic therapy". Another senior Vatican official said later the Pope's condition had stabilised but it was still serious. The Pope was also given the last rites - the Catholic sacrament for the sick and dying, unconfirmed reports say. …
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i saw this guy on tv the other night and found his views amazingly refreshing. check it out: _________________________________________________________________ John Shelby Spong is the former Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ. Now retired, he keeps active in promoting the idea that the church must change to reflect reality. He has called for a New Reformation. He has identified 12 theses[1][2] which he feels the modern Christian church should accept and adapt to. These are: 1. Theism, as a way of defining God, is dead. So most theological God-talk is today meaningless. A new way to speak of God must be found. 2. Since God can no…
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