On July 28th 2012, Michael Wali, Megan Rice, and Greg Boertje-Obed entered the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the pre-dawn hours by cutting a fence. They hoisted banners, spray painted messages, and poured their blood on the nation’s only storage facility for weapons grade highly enriched uranium. They were arrested and …
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Yesterday [Wednesday] was given over to foreign policy at the Republican National Convention, and what a blast from the past it was – John McCain and Condi Rice singing a duo of "Give War A Chance." The only one missing was He Who Shall Not Be Named – but he was there in spirit. McCain …
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Amnesty International asked for a moratorium on the death penalty after 26 convicts were executed this week. Meanwhile, at least six Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded.
It was perhaps inevitable that the GOP would turn on the Ron Paul supporters to eliminate them from their version of a body politic. I predicted it would take place and so did a number of others. But what has been surprising is the timing. It seemed reasonable to assume that the Republican gatekeepers would …
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At least 16 Iraqis were killed, including five convicts condemned to death, and 19 more were wounded.
In response to the well nigh universal jeers that greeted his endorsement of Mitt Romney, Sen. Rand Paul (son of Ron Paul) tried to reassure us: Oh, don’t worry, because the Paulians will have a major influence on the party platform. How so? Well, it seems the Republicans want to audit the Federal Reserve — …
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The Obama administration’s Treasury Department recently partially lifted some economic sanctions against Iran for 45 days to allow selected nonprofit groups to collect funds for victims of huge earthquakes in that country. These monetary donations are exempt from U.S. government sanctions until Oct. 5; donations of food and medicine were already permanently exempted from the …
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In the three-part series “The Delhi Car Bombing: How the Police Built a False Case,” award-winning investigative journalist Gareth Porter dissects the Delhi police accusation against an Indian journalist and four Iranians of involvement in the Feb. 13 bombing of an Israeli embassy car. The “Special Cell” of the Delhi police has identified an Iranian, …
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At least 37 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded. Among the dead were 21 convicts who were executed. Meanwhile, one of the premier’s political rivals was effectively pushed out of politics after being convicted on dubious corruption charges.
In an attempt to “keep it clean,” Tampa police recently conducted a sweep of the city’s strip clubs ahead of this week’s Republican National Convention, busting dancers aged 18 to 61 who were suspected of working as prostitutes. What these cops don’t know is that no amount of whitewash can hide the dirty fact that …
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