6/30 Republican Norm Coleman has conceded to Democrat Al Franken in the Minnesota
Senate race, ending one of the longest Senate races in American history and clearing the
way for Democrats to hold a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate.Coleman concedes race to
Franken
6/30 Israel's Man of Conscience. Ezra Nawi will be sentenced on the first of July after being
found guilty of assaulting two police officers in 2007 while struggling against the demolition of
a Palestinian house in Um El Hir, located in the southern part of the West Bank.
6/29 Clarence Thomas Drifts Further Right Than Scalia. Thomas the only dissenter in court
ruling regarding strip searching of 13-year old girl.
6/29 Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S. More reasons to close down the
School of the Assassins
6/29 Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to blame over Iraq war, says Army report
6/28 Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges (carrying on Bush
policies)
6/26 Obama denies "meddling" with the internal affairs of Iran but... U.S. grants support
Iranian dissidents to the tune of $20 million.
6/24 If it was wrong for Bush, it's wrong for Obama: Who Are We?
6/24 Poll shows extent of civilian suffering in wars A Red Cross survey of eight war-torn
countries has found that more than half of the civilians polled were forced to flee their homes
— while in Afghanistan and Liberia torture was a common experience.
6/21 Oil rush: Scramble for Iraq's wealth. Critics said the war was all about the nation's
lucrative fuel industry. Are they now being proved right? Patrick Cockburn reports from
Baghdad
6/18 Warning: Health Care Lobbyists Are Winning the Battle to Screw All of Us
6/15 CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked in order to make his point.
6/14 Fox News Suggests We Should Do Away With Welfare (except for the rich, of course)
6/14 Videos showing what we will be paying for if we continue our insurgence into Afghanistan
6/14 Blair and Bush won't like this but - Gordon Brown to announce Iraq War inquiry
6/14 That's one way to quiet the opposition - Mousavi Placed Under House Arrest in Iran
6/12 How close is Iran to a bomb?
6/12 No More Money for Iraq War, Kucinich Says
6/9 Israeli Minister Eyes Sanctions Against US
6/5 Israel snubs Obama's speech on halting Jewish settlements - Israel: No policy change
after Obama speech
6/5 Osama and Obama: dueling orators.
6/5 Source claims Obama intel pick tied to CIA torture program. Oh great. Where does
Obama find these guys?
6/5 As Afghan War Escalates, Roadside Bombs Soar: Three US Soldiers, Poll Candidate
Killed in Afghanistan
6/5 The death of hope - and a state? Neoconservatives and other foreign policy hawks back
home are calling on Obama to scrap the two-state solution altogether and consider
"alternatives" to Palestinian statehood.
6/5 He wasn't alive when it happened, but Obama admits US role in Iran coup
6/4 Insurgents killed three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Thursday in a bomb and small-arms
attack on their vehicle
6/3 The U.S. military is expanding some rural bases (and putting troops in sweltering tents)
and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw
from Iraq's major cities.
6/3 What has Obusha achieved in his first 120 days in office?
6/3 Don't Kid Yourself; the Murder of Dr. George Tiller is Part of the War Against Women
6/3 Dems screw us again! Approve nearly $100 billion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, plus
a $100 billion credit line to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
5/28 Gen. Petraeus: US violated Geneva Convention, the court of law could try terrorists: we
made mistakes after 9/11: Close Gitmo
5/28 Clinton Warns North Korea for ‘Belligerent’ Behavior in Region
5/28 The Long Peace Movement: The Silence (and betrayal) of MoveOn by Tom Hayden
5/28 “Obama Calls on World to ‘Stand Up To’ North Korea” read the headline. The United
States, Obama said, was determined to protect “the peace and security of the world.” Shades
of doublespeak, doublethink, 1984. Who will Stand Up To America and Israel? by Paul Craig
Roberts
5/27 As President Obama increases the number of troops in Afghanistan from 32,000 to
68,000, members of the military are beginning to resist the Afghanistan surge like they did in
Iraq, but some are saying no to another immoral war against innocent people. Victor Agosto is
one of them (there have been others) He wrote on the bottom of his counseling statement:
"There is no way I will deploy to Afghanistan. The occupation is immoral and unjust. It does
not make the American people any safer. It has the opposite effect."
5/26 Dick Cheney is America's #1 Terrorist
5/26 The United States will have to stop refusing to "recognize" North Korea as a nuclear
power after the North's second underground nuclear test on Monday appeared to have
caught it entirely by surprise. Yes, North Korea is a nuclear power
5/23 Fear of prosecution caused Cheney to speak out, daughter says
5/23 What the Guantánamo Speech Means for Civil Liberties - Is Obama's stance on
Guantánamo a coup for liberties or just the same old Bush policy?
5/23 Ex-AIPACer Weissman comes out hard against military action in Iran
5/22 With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States continues to spend more than any
other country in the world on its military.
5/22 Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is Expanding - McChrystal's appointment as the man to run
the Afghan War seems to signal that the Obama administration is going for broke. It's heading
straight into what, in the Vietnam era, was known as "the big muddy."
5/22 U.S. Senate votes 86-3 to spend $91.3 billion (and who knows how many more
American lives?) on ramping up their occupation of Afghanistan.
5/20 Attempts to organize a local event for Troy Davis failed. We were unable to get
ministers, lawyers, or ACLU to respond to a call for their speaking out to save his life. A 30-
day stay of execution has been granted, but AI continues to organize to keep him alive.
5/20 America has lost her soul, and so has her president. Watching Obama Morph Into Dick
Cheney
5/20 Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran,
Afghanistan and Obama, By Pepe Escobar
5/20 Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands - we don't care who gets them, as
long as US arms mfrs can keep making them
5/20 Obama heading toward endless war with Islam
5/20 U.S. military: Heavily armed and medicated: Prescription pill dependency among
American troops is on the rise
5/17 Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush By FRANK RICH
5/17 Click to see some of the pictures Obama doesn't want you (or the rest of the world) to see -
So much for transparency
5/17 The anti-war crowd had waited years for this moment, when it could finally use its
political muscle to end or at least sharply curtail American involvement in a war that seems
endless - Even with Obama in charge, anti-war Democrats powerless
5/15 The family of the late Pat Tillman knows the ugly truth about Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal
even if President Obama doesn't. McChrystal's Pat Tillman Connection
5/14 Why don't we care about Sri Lanka? Western governments and societies are always
quick to condemn atrocities in the Middle East and Africa. But there's been a lack of
comparable outrage over the events in Sri Lanka
5/14 House votes $97 billion war funds Republicans, who love war, almost unanimous behind
Obama "supplemental;" 51 Dems had the guts to say "NO!"
5/14 Ninety-three children and 25 adult women are among a list of 140 names of Afghans
who villagers say were killed in a battle and U.S. air strikes last week, causing a crisis between
Washington and its Afghan allies.
5/13 Obama disappoints progressives who got him elected...once again. Obama reverses on
releasing photos (Click the picture to the right to see the photos he doesn't want you to see)
Senate race, ending one of the longest Senate races in American history and clearing the
way for Democrats to hold a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate.Coleman concedes race to
Franken
6/30 Israel's Man of Conscience. Ezra Nawi will be sentenced on the first of July after being
found guilty of assaulting two police officers in 2007 while struggling against the demolition of
a Palestinian house in Um El Hir, located in the southern part of the West Bank.
6/29 Clarence Thomas Drifts Further Right Than Scalia. Thomas the only dissenter in court
ruling regarding strip searching of 13-year old girl.
6/29 Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S. More reasons to close down the
School of the Assassins
6/29 Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to blame over Iraq war, says Army report
6/28 Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges (carrying on Bush
policies)
6/26 Obama denies "meddling" with the internal affairs of Iran but... U.S. grants support
Iranian dissidents to the tune of $20 million.
6/24 If it was wrong for Bush, it's wrong for Obama: Who Are We?
6/24 Poll shows extent of civilian suffering in wars A Red Cross survey of eight war-torn
countries has found that more than half of the civilians polled were forced to flee their homes
— while in Afghanistan and Liberia torture was a common experience.
6/21 Oil rush: Scramble for Iraq's wealth. Critics said the war was all about the nation's
lucrative fuel industry. Are they now being proved right? Patrick Cockburn reports from
Baghdad
6/18 Warning: Health Care Lobbyists Are Winning the Battle to Screw All of Us
6/15 CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked in order to make his point.
6/14 Fox News Suggests We Should Do Away With Welfare (except for the rich, of course)
6/14 Videos showing what we will be paying for if we continue our insurgence into Afghanistan
6/14 Blair and Bush won't like this but - Gordon Brown to announce Iraq War inquiry
6/14 That's one way to quiet the opposition - Mousavi Placed Under House Arrest in Iran
6/12 How close is Iran to a bomb?
6/12 No More Money for Iraq War, Kucinich Says
6/9 Israeli Minister Eyes Sanctions Against US
6/5 Israel snubs Obama's speech on halting Jewish settlements - Israel: No policy change
after Obama speech
6/5 Osama and Obama: dueling orators.
6/5 Source claims Obama intel pick tied to CIA torture program. Oh great. Where does
Obama find these guys?
6/5 As Afghan War Escalates, Roadside Bombs Soar: Three US Soldiers, Poll Candidate
Killed in Afghanistan
6/5 The death of hope - and a state? Neoconservatives and other foreign policy hawks back
home are calling on Obama to scrap the two-state solution altogether and consider
"alternatives" to Palestinian statehood.
6/5 He wasn't alive when it happened, but Obama admits US role in Iran coup
6/4 Insurgents killed three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Thursday in a bomb and small-arms
attack on their vehicle
6/3 The U.S. military is expanding some rural bases (and putting troops in sweltering tents)
and building others to house thousands of troops displaced by a June deadline to withdraw
from Iraq's major cities.
6/3 What has Obusha achieved in his first 120 days in office?
- Abuse of State Secrets Privilege
Continued NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
No Investigations on Torture
The Revival of Bush Era Military Commission
Continuance and even escalation of war
Use of Signing Statements
Flip-flop on Single Payer National Health Care
6/3 Don't Kid Yourself; the Murder of Dr. George Tiller is Part of the War Against Women
6/3 Dems screw us again! Approve nearly $100 billion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, plus
a $100 billion credit line to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
5/28 Gen. Petraeus: US violated Geneva Convention, the court of law could try terrorists: we
made mistakes after 9/11: Close Gitmo
5/28 Clinton Warns North Korea for ‘Belligerent’ Behavior in Region
5/28 The Long Peace Movement: The Silence (and betrayal) of MoveOn by Tom Hayden
5/28 “Obama Calls on World to ‘Stand Up To’ North Korea” read the headline. The United
States, Obama said, was determined to protect “the peace and security of the world.” Shades
of doublespeak, doublethink, 1984. Who will Stand Up To America and Israel? by Paul Craig
Roberts
5/27 As President Obama increases the number of troops in Afghanistan from 32,000 to
68,000, members of the military are beginning to resist the Afghanistan surge like they did in
Iraq, but some are saying no to another immoral war against innocent people. Victor Agosto is
one of them (there have been others) He wrote on the bottom of his counseling statement:
"There is no way I will deploy to Afghanistan. The occupation is immoral and unjust. It does
not make the American people any safer. It has the opposite effect."
5/26 Dick Cheney is America's #1 Terrorist
5/26 The United States will have to stop refusing to "recognize" North Korea as a nuclear
power after the North's second underground nuclear test on Monday appeared to have
caught it entirely by surprise. Yes, North Korea is a nuclear power
5/23 Fear of prosecution caused Cheney to speak out, daughter says
5/23 What the Guantánamo Speech Means for Civil Liberties - Is Obama's stance on
Guantánamo a coup for liberties or just the same old Bush policy?
5/23 Ex-AIPACer Weissman comes out hard against military action in Iran
5/22 With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States continues to spend more than any
other country in the world on its military.
5/22 Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is Expanding - McChrystal's appointment as the man to run
the Afghan War seems to signal that the Obama administration is going for broke. It's heading
straight into what, in the Vietnam era, was known as "the big muddy."
5/22 U.S. Senate votes 86-3 to spend $91.3 billion (and who knows how many more
American lives?) on ramping up their occupation of Afghanistan.
5/20 Attempts to organize a local event for Troy Davis failed. We were unable to get
ministers, lawyers, or ACLU to respond to a call for their speaking out to save his life. A 30-
day stay of execution has been granted, but AI continues to organize to keep him alive.
5/20 America has lost her soul, and so has her president. Watching Obama Morph Into Dick
Cheney
5/20 Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran,
Afghanistan and Obama, By Pepe Escobar
5/20 Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands - we don't care who gets them, as
long as US arms mfrs can keep making them
5/20 Obama heading toward endless war with Islam
5/20 U.S. military: Heavily armed and medicated: Prescription pill dependency among
American troops is on the rise
5/17 Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush By FRANK RICH
5/17 Click to see some of the pictures Obama doesn't want you (or the rest of the world) to see -
So much for transparency
5/17 The anti-war crowd had waited years for this moment, when it could finally use its
political muscle to end or at least sharply curtail American involvement in a war that seems
endless - Even with Obama in charge, anti-war Democrats powerless
5/15 The family of the late Pat Tillman knows the ugly truth about Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal
even if President Obama doesn't. McChrystal's Pat Tillman Connection
5/14 Why don't we care about Sri Lanka? Western governments and societies are always
quick to condemn atrocities in the Middle East and Africa. But there's been a lack of
comparable outrage over the events in Sri Lanka
5/14 House votes $97 billion war funds Republicans, who love war, almost unanimous behind
Obama "supplemental;" 51 Dems had the guts to say "NO!"
5/14 Ninety-three children and 25 adult women are among a list of 140 names of Afghans
who villagers say were killed in a battle and U.S. air strikes last week, causing a crisis between
Washington and its Afghan allies.
5/13 Obama disappoints progressives who got him elected...once again. Obama reverses on
releasing photos (Click the picture to the right to see the photos he doesn't want you to see)
"I BELIEVE that God wants me to be president." George W. Bush
"I would like to thank Providence and the Almighty for choosing me of all people to be allowed to wage this battle for
Germany," Hitler - Berlin March, 1936
"God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come
when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands": George W. Bush
"If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my
conviction that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us": Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving
Festival on the Buckeburg held on 3 Oct. 1937
"freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them."
George W. Bush
"Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant
and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!" : Hitler - Nuremberg Sept. 13, 1936.
"I would like to thank Providence and the Almighty for choosing me of all people to be allowed to wage this battle for
Germany," Hitler - Berlin March, 1936
"God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come
when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands": George W. Bush
"If we pursue this way, if we are decent, industrious, and honest, if we so loyally and truly fulfill our duty, then it is my
conviction that in the future as in the past the Lord God will always help us": Adolf Hitler, at the Harvest Thanksgiving
Festival on the Buckeburg held on 3 Oct. 1937
"freedom and fear, justice and cruelty have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them."
George W. Bush
"Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant
and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!" : Hitler - Nuremberg Sept. 13, 1936.
agitator: ag·i·ta·tor [ n.] One who agitates, especially one who engages in political
agitation; somebody who attempts to arouse feeling about something, especially a
political cause; Synonyms: instigator, rabble-rouser, troublemaker, revolutionary,
agent provocateur, firebrand. Be an agitator for peace!
agitation; somebody who attempts to arouse feeling about something, especially a
political cause; Synonyms: instigator, rabble-rouser, troublemaker, revolutionary,
agent provocateur, firebrand. Be an agitator for peace!
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