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In case you missed it...03-11-07
Wednesday 11 April @ 15:02:13 (Read: 1559) |
Ralph Nader in town on April 18
Ralph Nader has written a new book, “The Seventeen Traditions,” and will speak at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave. S., Mpls., on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. The book draws on his experiences growing up in a small town in Connecticut and he examines how that shaped him to become an influential social and political activist. Tickets are required—$5 advance, $7 at the door (if any remain). Three dollars of each ticket goes to the Groveland Food Shelf, which is sponsored by the hosting church. For more info, call 612-822-4611.
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03-21-07
Thursday 22 March @ 12:18:08 (Read: 1722) |
Believe it or not
Two items in the March 9 edition of the Guardian Weekly could easily have gone into the old Robert Leroy Ripley column, “Believe it or Not”:
–Registered lobbyists have doubled in George Bush’s tenure and they now spend about $25 million per politician each year to leverage their agendas.
–Hillary Clinton spent $27,000 on valet parking and $13,000 on flowers in November. (Polly Mann)
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In case you missed it...
Friday 15 September @ 03:15:49 (Read: 1740) |
Next—Air America wing at Guatanamo Bay?
The Department of Homeland Security has charged alt journalist Greg Palast and television producer Matt Pascarella with unauthorized filming of a “critical national security structure” in Louisiana. Palast reports in his online article, “Palast charged with journalism in the first degree,” that he and Pascarella were doing a post-Katrina documentary for LinkTV and Democracy
Now!, and, as part of that, shot footage of a stinky Exxon Oil refinery located adjacent to a trailer park encampment of Katrina evacuees. Palast writes that
these charges have nothing to do with Osama or al-Qaeda, and have everything to do with obstructing news reports.
www.gregpalast.com
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In case you missed it: Strange ordinance; GardensofEagan victory;911 film
Thursday 07 September @ 15:59:41 (Read: 2007) |
Alley ordinance defeated
On a 10 to 3 vote, the Minneapolis City Council last Friday defeated the very strange proposal that would have prohibited walking, biking, skateboarding, whistling or any other activity down alleys where you do not live. Robert Lilligren, Barbara Johnson and Don Samuels voted in favor of the ordinance. Voting against the measure were Cam Gordon, Paul Ostrow, Diane Hofstede, Lisa Goodman, Elizabeth Glidden, Gary Schiff, Ralph Remington, Scott Benson, Betsy Hodges and Sandra Colvin Roy.
Gardens of Eagan stop oil pipeline through land
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Thursday 06 July @ 11:30:41 (Read: 2034) |
By Sid Pranke
Vote still too close
to call in Mexico
In Mexico’s presidential election, Felipe Calderón, of the center-right PAN, held a one percentage point lead over Andres Manuel López Obrador, of left PRD, according to news reports on July 4. Calderon is Vincente Fox’s would-be successor. Mexico now braces for a recount and/or legal challenges to any final result.
washingtonpost.com; thenation.com
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In Case You Missed It: Nuking Iran delayed...France without nuke power
Wednesday 31 May @ 23:21:04 (Read: 2247) |
Bomb detonation has been delayed at Nevada Test Site
The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) announced on May 26 that the 700-ton conventional bomb detonation (known as the “bunker buster”) originally set to explode on June 2 in Nevada, has been delayed, though for how long is unclear. The bunker buster is feared by citizen groups to be an ominous precursor to an actual attack planned for Iran and North Korea by the Bush Administration.
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100 workers contaminated at Prairie Island nuclear plant
Thursday 11 May @ 12:59:29 (Read: 3692) |
 Hidden deep in the web pages of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can be found the Current Morning Report for May 5, 2006. Within the brief one page missive, the NRC says, “Approximately 100 workers present in the Containment Building were externally contaminated and had small intakes of radioactive material composed principally of radioiodines.” The steam generators were not properly vented during work procedures that included, “removal of the generator man-ways in preparation for nozzle dam installation.” As a result of the error, gaseous contaminants within the steam generators were exhausted directly into the Containment Building atmosphere. According to the brief report, “Workers were decontaminated to remove external contamination prior to being released from the plant.” Xcel Energy Inc. shut down its 535-megawatt Prairie Island 1 nuclear reactor on April 28 for refueling and maintenance work. ||
NukeWatch.com
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Rove testifies for fifth time for grand jury
Wednesday 03 May @ 15:30:23 (Read: 3675) |
 White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove testified before a federal grand jury for the fifth time on April 26, saying that he did not provide false statements in the CIA leak case. Rove testified for more than three hours, and left a federal courthouse unsure whether he would be indicted, according to a Bush aide.
Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, said in a statement, “[Prosecutor Patrick] Fitzgerald has affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges.” A spokesman for Fitzgerald declined to comment on the case.
The leak investigation, otherwise known as Plamegate, began after administration officials were accused of disclosing Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA operative. ||
WashingtonPost.com
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In Case You Missed It: Ivins has had it with Hillary... Corporate water
Wednesday 29 March @ 17:24:39 (Read: 2646) |
Ivins tired of those D.C. Dems
Author and political commentator Molly Ivins, writing in the March 2006 issue of The Progressive magazine about Democrats on Capitol Hill, says she has “had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.” Ivins said she will not be supporting Senator Clinton because she has no clear stand on the Iraq War. Ivins also is not impressed with Clinton’s approach in reaching out to rightwingers.
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Good-bye and Hello
Monday 27 March @ 12:44:15 (Read: 1926) |
Good-bye to Michelle Lee, our graphic designer for the past year and a half. She has been a great designer, wonderful worker and fearsome competitor in intramural bowling. Also welcome to Max Sparber. On a delicious note of irony, Max hired Michelle for her first newsweekly work when he was managing editor of the alternative paper in Omaha, Nebraska, and now Michelle gets to return the favor. Max also wrote one of the area’s first internet columns for Pulse years ago.
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In Case You Missed It: Sore losers
Thursday 09 March @ 15:35:19 (Read: 2038) |
 Talk about sore losers. Hizzonner, the mayor of St. Paul, Chris Coleman, went to a birthday party at Mancini's Bar last week and he got a hot reception from some of St. Paul's bar owners. They tried to intimidate him by flashing cigarette lighters in his face. Someone approached with a glass of water. It’s not clear if they threw the water at the mayor or if they were just approaching him with trouble on their mind, but the mayor’s security intervened and calmed them down. The bar owners are upset about the mayor signing a smoking ban in St. Paul bars to match the ban in Minneapolis. They’re pushing for a referendum to try to rescind the ban, but it's hard to see how that bad attitude is going to win friends and influence voters. ||
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In case you missed it...Same-sex marriage; What's in name; ACORN; Chavez
Wednesday 21 December @ 18:34:57 (Read: 2331) |
South Africa extends definition of marriage
South Africa's highest court ruled that prohibition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and ordered the country’s Parliament to extend the legal definition of marriage accordingly.
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In case you missed it...Killer Coke; Coporate alt. media?
Wednesday 14 December @ 20:00:02 (Read: 2528) |
by Sid Pranke
Campaign to stop “killer Coke” at NYU
New York University (NYU), the largest private university in the country, with more than 50,000 students, became the 12th college or university in the United States, and at least the 20th worldwide, to ban the sale and marketing of Coke products on campus.
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In case you missed it...Shady mayor of Bloomington, MN
Wednesday 23 November @ 19:03:27 (Read: 3128) |
Bloomington mayor denies support to 50 families
 Residents of Shady Lane in Bloomington are running out of time to save their homes. On the day after Thanksgiving, city officials will determine whether 50 families will be displaced from their homes. People of color make up 70 percent of the park’s population. All residents of the park are considered low to very low-income. The impact of Shady Lane closing will disproportionately affect residents that work in Bloomington’s service industry.
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In case you missed it...Rich shall be first?; Living Wage; Bush's gulag
Wednesday 16 November @ 16:53:51 (Read: 2626) |
compiled by Sid Pranke
Radio host says save the rich people first
On an Oct. 14 broadcast of his daily radio show, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz stated that if the country is faced with an impending national disaster, it should make saving rich Americans a higher priority than saving poor Americans.
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In case you missed it: Wal-Mart Sercret Service; GOP crony; Selling parks
Thursday 13 October @ 02:39:41 (Read: 2429) |
compiled by Sid Pranke
Student Project confiscated by Secret Service
A Kitty Hawk, N.Car., high school student completed his social studies assignment on the Bill of Rights, but the Secret Service confiscated it before he could receive a grade on it.
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In case you missed it...Coast Workers; Tyson Foods; DeLay; Siberia; FOIA?
Thursday 06 October @ 02:14:27 (Read: 2460) |
Minneapolis Hurricane Relief Hub Needs Volunteers
There's an urgent need for volunteers to help Katrina and Rita survivors who have relocated to the Twin Cities. Matthea Little Smith, program manager with the Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th St., Minneapolis, said the center has set up a "hurricane relief operations hub" in conjunction with the United Way, the Greater Minneapols Council of Churches and Kingdom Oil Ministries, among others, in order to help individuals and families any way they can.
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In case you missed it: When was the 60s?; Preemptive nukes; Orleans; Cuba
Thursday 22 September @ 01:38:01 (Read: 2545) |
Local rally on Sept. 24 tied to D.C. protest
A massive protest will be staged in Washington, D.C. this weekend against the U.S. War in Iraq. Hundreds of Minnesotans will travel by bus, plane and car to attend the event.
Plans for a Twin Cities counterpart to the D.C. protest have been solidified for Saturday, Sept. 24.
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In case you missed it...oh, just read this!
Friday 16 September @ 06:08:21 (Read: 4098) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Celebrity claims antigay funeral protest part of ‘antiwar left’
On the Aug. 30 broadcast of his national radio show, elite media celebrity Sean Hannity falsely blamed “the anti-war left” for a Fred Phelps protest at the funeral of a fallen soldier.
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In case you missed it: DU; Arctic; FOX; Bolton; Pro-war; Work; FBI; Water
Friday 02 September @ 18:07:19 (Read: 3353) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
U.S. troops sick from uranium used in Iraq
A number of U.S. troops have returned from the federal government’s occupation of Iraq only to become ill and see birth defects in their children—stemming, they believe, from their exposure to radioactive uranium, In These Times reported last week.
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In case you missed it...Marine; Truckers; Nukes; Troops; Whistleblower
Friday 26 August @ 05:24:22 (Read: 2645) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Marine of the Year opens fire on U.S. crowd
The Marine of the Year, recently returned from Iraq, opened fire on a crowd outside his Lawrence, Mass., apartment last week, wounding two in an apparent case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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In case you missed it: Tipping point; Bush cabinet; Blue taxes; CEO's
Wednesday 17 August @ 16:27:25 (Read: 2334) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Global warming hits ‘tipping point’
Scientists believe damage to our climate has reached a “tipping point” after a dramatic thaw in western Siberia was discovered last week. Researchers found an area of permafrost the size of France and Germany combined that has started to melt for the first time since the end of the last ice Age 11,000 years ago.
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In case you missed it:Suicide; Amoco; Deserter; Texas; Crackbabies; Solar
Thursday 11 August @ 06:13:45 (Read: 3249) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Mass die-off on Pacific coast
Experts are frightened by a mass die-off of life along the Pacific Coast this year: plummeting fish populations, lots of dead birds on the beaches—and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton, the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain.
“The bottom has fallen out of the coastal food chain, and there’s just not enough food out there,” said Julia Parrish, an ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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In case you missed it:Unions; Americans; Fraud in Iraq; Pork Bill; Troops
Wednesday 03 August @ 18:06:12 (Read: 3326) |
 compiled by Brian Kaller
Feds uphold ban on talking to co-workers
Most of us have regularly met with co-workers at a bar, coffee shop or union hall. Most of us have visited our co-workers’ houses at one time or another. Yet a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board allows employers to ban off-duty fraternizing among co-workers, in a move many blue-collar groups say violates the First Amendment.
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In case you missed it: Recruitment; Feds spy on peace groups; Nuking Iran
Thursday 28 July @ 14:58:01 (Read: 2672) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Military wants to raise recruiting age to 42
The U.S. military could begin recruiting soldiers as old as 42, the New York Times reported Friday.
The Pentagon filed documents last week asking Congress to increase the maximum age for military recruits in all branches of the service. Now the limit is 35 for those seeking active duty. The Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard have all fallen far short of their recruitment goals in the last few years.
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In case you missed it...Pro-war; Army love; Srebrenica; War deaths; Girl
Thursday 21 July @ 20:36:08 (Read: 3168) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Chile to get first woman president
Fifteen years after fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet’s reign of terror ended in Chile, the South American nation may retain its populist leadership and gain its first woman president.
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In case you missed it ...Justice served; Pentagon says innocent; Troops
Thursday 14 July @ 05:31:20 (Read: 2478) |
compilied by Brian Kaller
Souter could lose home due to own ruling
A U.S. Supreme Court Justice could lose his home thanks to a controversial ruling in which he himself was the swing vote.
A few weeks after David Souter ruled that government officials have the legal right to seize the property of Americans for development, a group of Americans is petitioning his hometown of Weare, New Hampshire to seize the justice’s $150,000 home so they can turn it into a hotel.
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In case you missed it: US sniper; Softball MSNBC; misused 9/11 $; Unions
Wednesday 06 July @ 00:53:00 (Read: 2254) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
U.S. troops kill Knight-Ridder correspondent
A reporter covering Iraq issues for the Knight Ridder news service was shot to death in Baghdad June 24, apparently by a U.S. military sniper, the wire service reported Friday.
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In case you missed it ...GOP Judge; Nun; Short Americans; Whaleburgers
Thursday 30 June @ 10:45:21 (Read: 2298) |
9-11 fund compensations based on earning potential
A new book by Washington lawyer Kenneth R. Feinberg, who headed the 9-11 fund to compensate the victims of the tragedy and their families, said that survivors were paid based on the earning potential of the victim, according to an article in the New York Times.
“By law, he was required to calibrate awards according to the financial worth of the deceased victim,” the Times said. “… telling the wife of a fireman, for example, that her husband was worth less than a stockbroker.”
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In case you missed it ...Feds vs. Catholics...GOP vs. Red Cross...
Wednesday 22 June @ 17:26:21 (Read: 2660) |
Feds hit Catholic protesters with conspiracy charge
The U.S. federal government is prosecuting four Catholic peace activists from Ithaca, N.Y., after a state court jury refused to convict them last year for their antiwar protest at a local U.S. military recruiting station. The federal charges made against the activists include “conspiracy to impede an officer of the United States,” a crime punishable by up to six years in prison and a fine
of $250,000.
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In case you missed it:Iraqi loyalists; Muslim-killing advocate MSNBC host
Wednesday 15 June @ 00:24:50 (Read: 3530) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Iraqi troops idolize Saddam, distrust U.S.
Evan as they are being trained by U.S. soldiers, Iraqi troops are singing ballads to ousted president Saddam Hussein and are suspected of working with rebel forces, according to a June 10 profile by the Washington Post.
The Post article describes the soldiers of the Iraqi army’s Charlie Company beginning a march with songs praising Hussein. “We have lived in humiliation since you left,” one sang in Arabic, out of earshot of his U.S. counterparts.
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In case you missed it...Mil. recruitment; Pesticides; $ cuts; Bad books
Wednesday 08 June @ 01:40:59 (Read: 2968) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
“Freedom Fries” coiner turns against invasion
The U.S. Congressman who coined the term “Freedom Fries” during the buildup to the federal government’s invasion of Iraq has now turned against the war. North Carolina Republican Walter Jones, who also persuaded some restaurants to rename French toast “freedom toast,” told a local newspaper the government went to war “with no justification.”
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In case you missed it...Wicca; Nuns; Bullys; Killers; Extremists; Posers
Wednesday 01 June @ 03:07:48 (Read: 3014) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Judge: Parents can’t teach son pagan beliefs
An Indianapolis man is appealing a judge’s unusual ruling that prohibited the man and his ex-wife from teaching their son any “non-mainstream religious beliefs and rituals.” The order does not define a mainstream religion.
The former couple practices Wicca, a revival of traditional European spiritual beliefs that emphasize reverence for nature. Wiccans celebrate many of the same holidays as Christians, but celebrate the older, pre-Christian versions of them – Easter, Christmas (Yule), Halloween and so on.
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In case you missed it: Terrorism?; Right-wing death threats; Army torture
Wednesday 25 May @ 17:43:56 (Read: 3257) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Conservationists called biggest terrorism threat
An FBI official called environmental and animal-rights activists the nation’s top domestic terrorism threat, according to the Associated Press. FBI deputy assistant director for counter-terrorism John Lewis told a Senate committee that groups like Animal Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty are “way out in front” on the list of threats to America.
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In case you missed it ...Wal-Mart...bad body armor...Bush ousts reporters
Wednesday 18 May @ 15:19:50 (Read: 3460) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Theater unveils Abu Ghraib: the musical
A Harvard University theater troupe Thursday premiered a new play, “Abu Ghraib,” which tells the story of the torture of many innocent prisoners through songs and interpretive dance.
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In case you missed it ...Orwellian IDs, No pagans!, Rumsfeld's torture
Wednesday 11 May @ 16:29:14 (Read: 2737) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Democrats purged from church
A North Carolina church pastor has expelled members of his church who voted Democratic, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Nine members of East Waynesville Baptist church in North Carolina had their membership revoked, and 40 others left in protest after tension over political views came to a head at a recent deacon’s meeting, according to congregants.
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In case you missed it ...Racist Republicans...Human genes in food
Thursday 05 May @ 18:44:49 (Read: 2750) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
“Justice Sunday” speaker had KKK ties
On Sunday, April 24, megachurches across the United States held an event they called “Justice Sunday,” showing a video feed of fundamentalist and Republican leaders speaking in favor of eliminating the Congressional filibuster. But while speakers at the event described themselves as heirs to the civil-rights movement, some of them have ties to white-supremacist organizations, The Nation reported April 26.
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In Case You Missed It...Big Brother no more
Wednesday 27 April @ 21:58:08 (Read: 2769) |
 compiled by Brian Kaller
Big Brother database to shut down
A controversial terrorism database that collected and shared the personal information of millions of Americans shut down earlier this month.
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In case you missed it...NYC; Chicken-Nuke; Bush; CIA Terror; Iraqi kids
Wednesday 20 April @ 03:49:55 (Read: 3083) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Mass arrests made on false grounds
Many of the 1,670 Americans arrested and jailed at last year’s Republican National Convention have relied on amateur video footage to help refute the testimony against them by law enforcement, according to the New York Times.
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In case you missed it...Teen terror...Maimed vets...Tax-day...TeddyBot
Wednesday 13 April @ 12:19:45 (Read: 2921) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
State makes Wal-Mart offer health care
To the dismay of Wal-Mart officials, Maryland state legislators passed a law April 6 that required the mega-corporation to help fund its workers’ health care.
Until now, many of the company’s low-income workers had been forced to use the state’s health program for the poor, meaning that taxpayers had paid Wal-Mart’s health care needs.
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In case you missed it...Strikers, Protesters, Students, Priests, Soldiers
Thursday 07 April @ 02:44:59 (Read: 3282) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Longest-ever strike ends in victory
Workers at the Diamond Walnut plant in Stockton, Calif., have been on strike since the first George Bush was president—14 years since they first picked up their picket signs in 1991, the longest strike in U.S. history.
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Wednesday 30 March @ 21:17:42 (Read: 2483) |
compiled by Brian Kaller
Unusual coalition unites to stop Patriot Act
An unusual coalition of conservative groups and the American Civil Liberties Union opened a public campaign yesterday to scale back the surveillance power granted to law enforcement since 9-11.
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In case you missed it: Huge Mpls Peace Rally...Study...“Liberal” story...
Wednesday 23 March @ 01:29:42 (Read: 3499) |
by Brian Kaller
Media ignore Saturday’s nationwide peace rallies
Hundreds of thousands of Americans marched down city streets Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. government’s invasion of Iraq and call for an end to the war. You wouldn’t hear much about it, however, from the elite media.
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In Case You Missed It...Tsunami; Neo-con artist; Wage increase; Disinfo
Wednesday 16 March @ 19:23:07 (Read: 3201) |
Compiled by Brian Kaller
Construction caused much of tsunami devastation
Divers and scientists have examined the Indian Ocean’s coral reefs after the tsunami and found, not unexpectedly, severe damage, National Public Radio reported Feb. 25. What was unexpected, however, was that the reefs had already been severely eroded by pollution—and that the destruction of the protective reefs made the tsunami disaster much worse than it should have been.
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In case you missed it: Orwellian Govt...Anti-SS group enlists scam-artist
Wednesday 09 March @ 16:57:17 (Read: 3404) |
Immigrants must wear tracking bracelets
The Department of Homeland Security is experimenting with a controversial new method to keep better track of immigrants who are applying to remain in the United States. It is requiring aliens in eight cities to wear electronic monitors 24 hours a day, National Public Radio reported March 2.
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In case you missed it: The big CEO, Gay AARP, Bush v. POWs
Wednesday 23 February @ 00:41:25 (Read: 2921) |
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Bill would restrict free debate at colleges
Ohio state legislators recently introduced a bill that would restrict what university professors could say in their classrooms. Sen. Larry Mumper’s bill would prohibit instructors at public or private universities from discussing controversial issues in classrooms or from using their classes to advocate ideological views—except, presumably, those in the mainstream.
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In case you missed it: Unions, GOP fake reporter, Racist Republican
Friday 18 February @ 22:16:25 (Read: 3257) |
Union pay advantage keeps increasing
Although the number of American union workers continues to slide, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the union advantage in wages is growing, the St. Paul Union Advocate reported last month.
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Wednesday 09 February @ 18:02:44 (Read: 2509) |
by Brian Kaller
Inmate may be smart enough to execute
Darryl Atkins may have become sufficiently educated during his trial and imprisonment that he can now be executed, the New York Times reported.
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In cassed you missed it: Tourture...Experts warn US...Generals on Bush...
Wednesday 02 February @ 17:29:50 (Read: 2439) |
 by Brian Kaller
ACLU finds atrocities go beyond Abu Ghraib
U.S. and allied troops allegedly committed Abu Ghraib-style atrocities against Iraqis at Adhamiya Palace in Baghdad, according to Pentagon documents obtained last week by the American Civil Liberties Union. Among the allegations was that guards had sodomized a disabled man and killed his brother, whose dying body was tossed into a cell atop his sister.
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Thursday 27 January @ 14:40:07 (Read: 2509) |
by Brian Kaller
Author: CIA helped invent modern art movement
The CIA helped fund the post-World War II interest in abstract art as a means of marginalizing political art, according to Frances Stonor Saunders in her new book “Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War.”
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Thursday 20 January @ 12:08:06 (Read: 5679) |
by Brian Kaller
Returned Iraq vet dies in “suicide by cop” shootout
A recently returned Iraq war veteran died in a suicidal shootout with police after expressing fear he would be sent back to war, the Modesto Bee reported last weekend.
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Wednesday 12 January @ 20:26:51 (Read: 3216) |
by Brian Kaller
 Iraq election: secret candidates, mass resignations
Bush administration officials say they will hold elections in Iraq later this month, but the election will be a strange one. For one thing, some of the candidates running for public office have chosen to remain anonymous, according to an article last month on MSNBC.com.
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In case you missed it...Enviro-poisoning...Torture...Homeless Vets
Tuesday 28 December @ 20:21:40 (Read: 3095) |
 Corporation admits to dumping tons of mercury into water
A U.S. mining company admitted yesterday that it released tons of mercury into the air and water over a period of years at one of its Indonesian gold mines, the Associated Press reported last week.
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Sunday 12 December @ 19:06:32 (Read: 2950) |
 FCC commissioners to hear media concerns in St. Paul
Free Press, a network of independent media, will host a Media Concentration Forum at Hamline University in St. Paul Thursday, Dec. 9. FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein will hear what Minnesotans think the FCC should do about media concentration in America.
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Tuesday 30 November @ 20:17:24 (Read: 4606) |
by Brian Kaller
New yacht write-offs to cost Americans $1 billion a year
The one percent of Americans that owns 50 percent of the nation’s money can cut their taxes more easily than ever, thanks to new Bush administration rules that allow tax write-offs for yachts.
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Wednesday 17 November @ 00:02:12 (Read: 3777) |
by Brian Kaller
Tanks show up at LA anti-war rally
Two armored tanks showed up at a peace rally in Westwood, Calif., according to Los Angeles Indymedia. The Infantry Fighting Vehicles began circling the demonstration around 8 p.m.
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Friday 12 November @ 15:18:19 (Read: 2736) |
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Man kills self at Ground Zero after election
A man said to be upset over the war in Iraq and the re-election of George W. Bush killed himself with a shotgun on the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks early Saturday morning.
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Thursday 04 November @ 08:47:34 (Read: 4059) |
Iraq war killed 100,000, study shows
Researchers have estimated that as many as 100,000 more Iraqis — many of them women and children — died since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq than would have been expected otherwise, the Associated Press reported last week.
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Wednesday 20 October @ 17:42:06 (Read: 3002) |
by Brian Kaller
GOP threatens nonprofit for mentioning draft... Terrorist warnings boost Bush ratings... Child poverty jumps 50% in 4 years... Colorado voting director calls blacks ‘Sambo’
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Friday 15 October @ 18:43:00 (Read: 3131) |
by Brian Kaller
Cheney directs debate query to anti-Bush site...Pro-Bush bloggers hold “Stop the Vote” push...and Media giant to air anti-Kerry doc near election
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Wednesday 06 October @ 18:22:16 (Read: 3030) |
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U.S. taxes pay for Moonie cultists.
At least four longtime operatives of followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the Korean cult leader and self-proclaimed messiah, have received more than $350,000 in government grants to promote healthy marriage under the Bush administration’s “faith-based” programs, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.
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Thursday 30 September @ 12:06:07 (Read: 5778) |
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MN officials call for road map out of Iraq
More than 500 people filled the chapel at Augsburg College in St. Paul Sunday, September 26, to hear state and federal officials, Iraqi citizens and parents of soldiers call for an end to the Bush administration's occupation of Iraq.
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Wednesday 22 September @ 14:14:44 (Read: 3366) |
Neocon leader happy to see GI generation die
One of the most prominent leaders of the neoconservative movement said last week that America is improving because members of the World War II generation, whom he calls “anti-American,” are dying off.
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Thursday 02 September @ 15:53:37 (Read: 3443) |
GOP candidate favors racial superiority policies
Tennessee Republican congressional candidate James L. Hart is running on a campaign platform of white superiority, ABC News reported August 3.
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