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The Duopoly of the United States of America: Democrats and Republicans working hard for the 1% (LIVE POLL)
Sat May 12, 2012 7:17 PM EDT
Many folks on the Vine are comfortable with the claim that the likely Republican candidate will be working hard and furiously for the 1%. It doesn't take a lot to realize that the same is also true of the Obama Administration. While one can make excuses for Obama, t …
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Bush, Cheney Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 8:59 AM EDT (Foreign Policy Journal)
It's official; George W Bush is a war criminal. In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld an …
Obama's presidency a disappointment around the world
Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 3:24 AM EDT (Newsvine)
Continued U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and Obama's failure to close Guantanamo Bay in the face of vehement congressional opposition have dashed European support for Obama. In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack …
Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 12:37 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
"The Hunger Games" portrays a society in which the privileged classes alleviate their boredom through satiating their lust for violent entertainment. In a very disturbing opening scene, the audience observes children killing each other within a visual framing that is as gr …
Who will be the Third Party Candidate of the 99%?
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:34 AM EDT ()
Who will be the Third Party candidate of the 99%? I have been suggesting Rocky Anderson, but the seed here undermines the likelihood of that possibility. The other viable choice seems to be Jill Stein of the Green Party. Ralph Nader is conflicted; Rocky seems much more …
Death wish: How did America become the land of the high school massacre?
Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 2:00 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
Why should the US in particular be prone to such attacks? They are far more frequent in America than elsewhere in the world (though appalling atrocities have occurred in Russia, Israel and a number of European countries). One factor, for many, defines America is access to gun …
Broken Promises: America's Forgotten Iraqi Allies Face Death and a Long Road Home
Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 2:11 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
"If it becomes known that you worked for the Americans, and you receive a death threat ... if you go to the US embassy, which, you know, just recently announced it's cutting its entire staff in half, and you tell them that you need help, you're running for you're life, they'll …
EXCLUSIVE: "Guidebook to False Confessions": Key Document John Yoo Used to Draft Torture Memo Released
Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 1:07 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
"This is the guidebook to getting false confessions, a system drawn specifically from the communist interrogation model that was used to generate propaganda rather than intelligence," Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, a career military intelligence officer recognized as one of …
US Officials "sexed up" the WMD lies that led to 100,000 deaths and liar-spy confesses all
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 6:48 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
US officials "sexed up" Mr Janabi's drawings of mobile biological weapons labs to make them more presentable.
Iraq Veteran Uses Rear Naked Choke Hold to Stop Robbery
Seeded on Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:33 PM EDT (Yahoo! Sports)
You walk into a store and see someone holding up the cashier. What do you do? If you're Zack Thome, an Iraq vet and someone who has trained in MMA, you slap a rear naked choke on the offender and choke him out.
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