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The sleazy advocacy of a leading "liberal hawk"
ratilfar
by ratilfar  11-12-2009   
 What Galbraith kept completely concealed all these years was that a company he formed in 2004 came to acquire a large stake in a Kurdish oil field whereby, as the NYT put it, he "stands to earn perhaps a hundred million or more dollars." In other words, he had a direct -- and vast -- financial stake in the very policies which he was publicly advocating in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and countless other American media outlets, where he was presented as an independent expert on the region. As Cobban wrote: Galbraith has never expressed any such regrets, and last November, he was openly scornful of Bush's late-term agreement to withdraw from Iraq completely. The revelation that for many years Galbraith had a quite undisclosed financial interest in the political breakup of Iraq may now further reduce the clout, and the ranks, of the remaining liberal hawks.
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Blackwater:Ain't Misbehaving, Saving My Contracts for You
ratilfar
by ratilfar  11-12-2009    3
 Of course the US government was blind to this - they didn't want to know, they turned a blind eye to what Blackwater was doing because it would have been too hard to arrange for another contractor to do all the security missions that it had ongoing. In both Iraq and Afghanistan, there are as many private contractors as there are uniformed military personnel. Most of them are not security guards as Blackwater's most visible function was. The lack of oversight is abhorrent but not surprising; the State Dept's failure to can this company is inexcusable. My only observation on this article is to suggest how the US government got into this predicament, and it's pretty easy to see. The Bush administration wanted to hold onto the fiction of a few conservative principles, one of those being the concept of a small federal government. Since it already blew that "principle" with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, I'm betting there was White House guidance that directed "no mo
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The Celestial Empire: China Photography
perellicippo
by perellicippo  11-12-2009    1
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Free Boobs....?....lmao
smellydiaper
by smellydiaper  11-11-2009   
 This is hilarious.
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Google says Murdoch stories can be taken off
tabsey
by tabsey  11-11-2009   
 Rupert is really struggling with the concept that he doesn't control the world. How many people who buy his newspapers are computer literate eg the laptop (with access to most news sources) on the train, or the newspaper on the train?
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star jumps to ‘Lie to Me’
Kailpq
by Kailpq  11-10-2009   
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Murdoch could block Google searches entirely
lakotahope
by lakotahope  11-10-2009    1
 I'm not gonna pay a fee for every site that says they have news....Nope.
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Internet Marketing Promotion Secrets
blueringe
by blueringe  11-10-2009   
 http://masterlistbuilder.tv Internet Marketing Promotion Secrets. Internet marketing promotion has been known only to some elite people until now. Internet marketing mentor Joel Christopher shares with us in this video the internet marketing promotion secrets that he used to grow his internet marketing empire. Learn more about internet marketing promotion techniques at http://masterlistbuilder.tv
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Tips On How To Buy Mon Calamari Star Cruiser-Star Wars Command Center
soniman
by soniman  11-10-2009   
 Best tip is please grab before they run out your kids world of imagination and most powerful desire of the alternative universe of the imperial star. This is the ultimate in Star Wars One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser episode. A 10-year celebration of mon calamari star ship as a command center for real come to life lego creations of Admiral Ackbar, Rebel leader Mon Mothma, General Lando Calrissian, General Madine, a Mon Calamari officer and a Green Squadron A-wing pilot. The Calamari cruiser is the capital ship, command center in these wars of rebellion in the hyperspace, against the Empires second Death Star. This is a world of the famous adventure stories of the green squadron, a-wing starfighters, squadron a-wing, 13 a-wing pilot, a world where kids learn the communal military art and tradition of 'build and design' trust and loyalty on the altar of command and control with the salvation and preservation of society and values as a goal, a goal against terrorists and rebels.
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news
nez1335
by nez1335  11-10-2009   
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"One term" Obama's credibility SHOT!!!!
mountainpalm
by mountainpalm  11-9-2009    1
 Republicans and Democrats saw opportunities to create new sources of campaign contributions by privatizing as many military functions as possible. There are now a large number of private companies that have never made a dollar in the market, feeding instead at the public trough that drains taxpayers of dollars while loading Americans with debt service obligations.
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Bright sample of the politic as... unusual...
aklimento
by aklimento  11-8-2009    1
 When the politicians will start to talk from the bottom of their hearts and not from the bottom of their pockets only then we will start to sense fresh breeze of real changes around. So far speeches like this is rare bright sample of brave people's representative. When you are on political scene you cannot escape from people's judgment and scrutiny...
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Everything about Hasan SCREAMS "Patsy"
leevardi
by leevardi  11-6-2009    1
 ....good article to PONDER
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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'
ratilfar
by ratilfar  11-5-2009    4
 But Clinton has had to do a lot of explaining since last Saturday, when she stood with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and praised his offer to limit settlement construction without halting it. Clinton has since tried to clarify the remarks, saying that the Israeli offer does not got far enough. Still, she has indicated that the Palestinians should resume negotiations with Israel without a full settlement halt as they demand.
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New row over Colombia-US accord
ratilfar
by ratilfar  11-5-2009   
 Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Bogota and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that Colombian military bases could be used by the US to attack his country. Other countries in the region, including Brazil and Chile, have also expressed concern. The BBC's Jeremy McDermott, in Colombia, says Colombia is increasingly isolated in the region, but does not seem to care, just so long as it has US support.
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Ny Yankees Win
reviyve
by reviyve  11-5-2009   
 My home town but I wish they didn't back up traffic when I'm trying to get around!
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Niche Empires Rocks!
digitalxxl
by digitalxxl  11-4-2009   
 The Niche Empires Pack Is Like Nothing You Have Seen Online Before - Nothing This Huge In Niche Marketing Has Ever Been Created...
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Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory... after a
xpersianx
by xpersianx  11-3-2009    2
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Warfare vs. Health Care: What Do Americans Value?
ratilfar
by ratilfar  11-2-2009    2
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Russia Reconsiders
debbyski
by debbyski  11-2-2009    2
 "There's no question that Stalin is undergoing a sort of renaissance in Russia. Despite the many millions killed or sent to labor camps during his reign, many now view his rule with a sort of hazy nostalgia. "The cynical position of the Stalinphobes is that only innocent people were kept in the gulag," he said. "Criminals who violated the law were kept in the gulag. And let the Western reader ask himself, should criminals be kept in spas or resort hotels?" Meanwhile, Stalin's image and name, systematically bleached out as the waning Soviet empire began to grapple with its bloody past, are creeping back into Russian life. His name was restored this fall to a Moscow metro station. His unmistakable mustached face beams from the wall of Soviet Meatpies, a kitschy diner downtown."
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6 Signs That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End
papananook
by papananook  11-1-2009    12
 Funny, I've been saying this (out loud) for years. More of an interesting article: "No one seems to be saying this out loud -- yet -- but let's put it bluntly: less than a year into the 15-year span of Global Trends 2025, the days of America's unquestioned global dominance have come to an end. It may take a decade or two (or three) before historians will be able to look back and say with assurance, "That was the moment when the United States ceased to be the planet's preeminent power and was forced to behave like another major player in a world of many competing great powers." The indications of this great transition, however, are there for those who care to look."
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Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory... after a 20-minute helicopter ride over city
pennyserenade
by pennyserenade  10-31-2009   
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Web Exclusive: Glenn Greenwald on Afghanistan | PBS
ratilfar
by ratilfar  10-31-2009    4
 A strong cup of truth.
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The Empire State Building colors explained
infidel70
by infidel70  10-30-2009    1
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Russia Proposes Nuclear Spaceship for Manned Mars Mission
chestnut501
by chestnut501  10-30-2009    1
 "fueled by atomic bombs"........wait, what?
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So this is how liberty dies
chipflip
by chipflip  10-30-2009   
 My first thought, after reading this paragraph, was, "Oh crap, that could actually happen here, couldn't it?"
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The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex and the USAnian Empire
papananook
by papananook  10-29-2009   
 Very interesting series of videos-- see links
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Interesting Facts About The Roman Empire
Stumblerz
by Stumblerz  10-28-2009    1
 The biggest land empire on earth to ever exist, the Roman empire. Here are some facts about it.
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The most expensive China car,
antoncash777
by antoncash777  10-28-2009   
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Young Afghan struggles to adapt after Guantanamo
ratilfar
by ratilfar  10-28-2009   
 He says he was grabbed by police who beat him and threatened to kill his family unless he put his thumbprint to paper and admitted he'd tried to kill two U.S. soldiers. The Pashto speaker, largely illiterate, didn't understand their Persian and had little idea what he'd agreed to, he says. A U.S. judge would later agree. That day, a grenade had been thrown at a U.S. Army vehicle, injuring the two soldiers and an interpreter. Jawad was charged with attempted murder based on the confession, held at Kabul's Bagram air base, then moved to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in early February 2003. But it spills out. He talks about having his hands bound behind his back and being forced to eat like a dog, being kicked, beaten and pepper-sprayed and subjected to excessive heat, loud noise, solitary confinement. After a year, Guantanamo records show, Jawad tried to commit suicide by banging his head against his cell wall repeatedly. "I was tortured and faced many problems
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Tax refugees staging escape from New York
jay8h
by jay8h  10-27-2009   
 I wonder what will happen when these high tax rates hit the rest of the country?
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Stripping Bare The Body
debbyski
by debbyski  10-23-2009   
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California's old-growth redwoods: Tree therapy amid ancient coastal giants
Lexica
by Lexica  10-22-2009   
 More: The national spotlight is being cast on the park again this month with the Redwood Empire featured in National Geographic magazine. The centerpiece is a fold-out photograph of one of the park's giants, the Iluvatar Tree, the world's third-largest coast redwood at 20 1/2 feet in diameter and 320 feet tall… Of the trails that provide access to old-growth in California, the James Irvine Loop is one of the best. This loop is a 7.5-mile round trip that provides a route past a succession of giants. It's easy enough that most anybody can simply walk a half mile and back to get a feel for an ancient forest. It's long enough that the entire loop delivers a sense of discovery and awe with each grove, and the good, clean feeling that comes with hiking a few hours in a pristine landscape. This trip can change how you feel about things for a long time. Big trees can do that.
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US founded as a Christian Nation
kareval
by kareval  10-22-2009    1
 Most of the fifty-five Founding Fathers who worked on the Constitution were members of orthodox Christian churches and many were even evangelical Christians. The first official act in the First Continental Congress was to open in Christian prayer, which ended in these words: "...the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Savior. Amen". Sounds Christian to me. Ben Franklin, at the Constitutional Convention, said: "...God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?" John Adams stated so eloquently during this period of time that; "The general principles on which the fathers achieved Independence were ... the general principles of Christianity ... I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that the general principles of Christianity are as etemal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God." more at source
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Color Photography from Russia in the Early 1900’s
clip-on-tie
by clip-on-tie  10-21-2009    2
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Burger Shop 2 Game
lx3loqx05lz
by lx3loqx05lz  10-21-2009   
 Burger Shop 2, In Burger Shop, you successfully created a universal chain of restaurants and found fame and fortune... Until one day, you found yourself in a dumpster with a bump on your head, your restaurants boarded up, and no memory of how any of it happened. Now, in Burger Shop 2, you must rebuild your restaurant empire by using your Time Management skills, adding new twists to your menu to entice new customers, while uncovering the truth about what happened to your original restaurant chain!
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Romance of Rome Game
lx3loqx05lz
by lx3loqx05lz  10-21-2009   
 Romance of Rome, Romance of Rome gives you a chance to visit the legendary Roman Empire! Love, treachery, adventure, and jeopardy await you in this amazing Hidden Object game. Join a young explorer, Marcus, as he travels to Rome to track down stolen imperial relics. The emperor has promised the hand of his beautiful daughter as a reward, making Marcus` quest even more important! Search everywhere from the Coliseum to the Forum in Romance in Rome!
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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Talks Being Featured In Liz Cheney's New "Why Are They Afraid Of Us?" Ad
ratilfar
by ratilfar  10-20-2009   
 I mean who would not be afraid (or pissed off) at warmongering, torturing would be Imperial pro-consuls?
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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment
ratilfar
by ratilfar  10-20-2009    2
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a moral history of american power
doodleicious
by doodleicious  10-20-2009   
 thought this was good- long....but good-
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