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The Nameless Whites of CNN's Shenandoah Coverage: When Will Our People Speak Without Fear?
Post Date: 2008-08-05 03:46:43 by X-15
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As one might expect, the beating death of a 25-year-old Hispanic man in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania by white teenagers took the top spot on CNN's web page. And, as any white advocate (and most whites in general) knows, this is in sharp contrast to media treatment of obviously racial attacks on whites by other racial groups, such as the Knoxville Horror and the Wichita Massacre. When whites attack others, "hate crime" is presumed, and when others attack whites, "hate crime" is strenuously denied — both by law enforcement, and the media. This point is almost too obvious to belabor. But in reading CNN's coverage, I was struck by something. First, the reporters ...

New US defense strategy centers on 'long war'
Post Date: 2008-08-01 14:10:59 by X-15
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A new defense strategy released Thursday places the "long war" against extremism above potential conventional challenges from China and Russia as the top priority of the US military in the coming years. "For the foreseeable future, winning the Long War against violent extremist movements will be the central objective of the US," the strategy paper said. The document encapsulates a shift that has already been underway because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but one that has met resistance from some in the military who worry about sacrificing conventional US military supremacy. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended the new strategy, saying ...

U.S. Headed for 'Heightened Alert' Stage
Post Date: 2008-07-29 05:49:39 by noone222
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Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to capitalize on the spate of extremely high-profile events in the coming months, sources tell ABC News. Homeland security is on alert with Olympics near, elections on horizon.Security experts point to next month's Olympics as evidence that high-profile events attract threats of terrorism, like the one issued this past weekend by a Chinese Muslim minority group that warned of its intent to attack the Games. Anti-terror officials in the U.S. cite this summer and fall's lineup of two major political parties' conventions, ...

Wailing Wall Row Over Obama's Note
Post Date: 2008-07-28 16:54:37 by Rotara
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2:32pm UK, Friday July 25, 2008 Dominic Waghorn, Middle East correspondent Is nothing sacred, even in the Holy Land? It seems not, when it comes to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall and its most recent famous visitor, Barack Obama. Obama at Wailing Wall In time honoured tradition, the Democratic White House hopeful wedged a prayer note in a crack in the wall when he visited in the early hours on Thursday. When he had gone, someone took it out again. A message intended by Obama for his Maker alone, could be read by Israelis over their breakfast, reprinted in full on the front page of a national newspaper. "Worshippers could not resist the curiosity and pulled out ...

Ex-insurgents Want More Money, or Else (blackmail of U.S.)
Post Date: 2008-07-25 22:24:20 by X-15
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The Iraqi officer leading a U.S.-financed anti-jihadist group is in no mood for small talk -- either the military gives him more money or he will pack his bags and rejoin the ranks of al-Qaeda. "I'll go back to al-Qaeda if you stop backing the Sahwa (Awakening) groups," Col. Satar tells U.S. Lt. Matthew McKernon, as he tries to secure more funding for his men to help battle the anti-U.S. insurgents. Most members of the Awakening groups are Sunni Arab former insurgents who themselves fought American troops under the al-Qaeda banner after the fall of the regime of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Some, like Satar, had served in Saddam's army before joining ...

100 female U.S. service members have died in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-07-25 22:20:47 by X-15
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(CNN) -- The death of an Air Force technical sergeant in Iraq last week quietly brought a somber milestone: One hundred American female service members have died in Iraq, according to a CNN count of Pentagon figures. The latest death was Tech. Sgt. Jackie L. Larsen, 37, of Tacoma, Washington, who died of natural causes July 17 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. She was assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, California, according to the Pentagon. The death comes during what may be the lowest monthly toll in the war. Pentagon records show that at least nine U.S. troops have died in July. The lowest number in the war was in May, with 19. The total of U.S. service member deaths ...

2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanic Voter Attitudes
Post Date: 2008-07-25 01:13:44 by X-15
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Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008. The presumptive Democratic nominee's strong showing in this survey represents a sharp reversal in his fortunes from the primaries, when Obama lost the Latino vote to Hillary Rodham Clinton by a nearly two-to-one ratio, giving rise to speculation in some quarters that Hispanics were disinclined to vote for a black candidate. But in this new survey, three times as many respondents said being black would help Obama ...

Remember when.......
Post Date: 2008-07-23 16:50:52 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Remember when... Rigged US Elections - Part 1 Remember when... George W. Bush steals 2000 Election Remember when... Bush's Poll rating determined when we'd have a "Terror Alert"? Remember when... The "Patriot Act" was about to expire? Suddenly we got a video from OBL. Remember when... John Kerry won the 2004 election? UF student Tasered at Kerry forum (new, complete) Longer version at different camera angle. UF Student Tasered - Whole Story - The Truth Kerry's wife was paid hundreds of millions of dollars in GOLD to get him to conceed (Christine will remember this) Remember when... Cindy Sheehan became "RADIO ACTIVE" by protesting ...

Bush, McCain & Obama To Visit Bohemian Grove?
Post Date: 2008-07-21 14:59:14 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Bush, McCain & Obama To Visit Bohemian Grove? Outgoing President George W. Bush and both of his presumptive replacements John McCain and Barack Obama are rumored to be in attendance at this year’s Bohemian Grove gathering, an annual get-together of the global elite staged inside a sprawling forest encampment which kicks off tonight and runs until July 27. Bohemian Grove is a 136-year-old all-male encampment complete with restaurants, bars, stages and lodges, which caters to around 2,000 members of the global elite along with Californian hoi polloi on a yearly basis in July. The camp is set within a 2,700 acre secluded forest replete with giant redwood trees. Former attendees ...

A half a MILLION plastic Coffins?
Post Date: 2008-07-18 19:35:41 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Britain's most popular television programmes 'too white', says Trevor Phillips
Post Date: 2008-07-18 12:42:34 by X-15
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Some of Britain’s most popular television programmes including the Vicar of Dibley and Who Wants to be a Millionaire have been criticised for being “too white” in a report led by Trevor Phillips, the equality chief. The research found that Black and Asian viewers felt that despite the growing number of ethnic minorities living in the UK, they still felt under-represented on hit television shows. When non-whites did appear in dramas and soaps, they said they were often “token” characters who were stereotyped as Asian shopkeepers, such as the character Dev in Coronation Street, and black single mothers like Denise in EastEnders. Viewers praised reality shows like ...

Obama T-Shirt Sparks Assault, Lawsuit
Post Date: 2008-07-18 12:34:07 by Tauzero
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Obama T-Shirt Sparks Assault, Lawsuit A 25-year-old New York City graduate student is threatening to sue a T-Shirt designer after being assaulted for wearing one of his designs. The woman bought a $69 shirt from Apollo Braun's Manhattan boutique that bore the words, "Obama is my slave." When she wore the shirt on Tuesday, four teenage girls accosted her - shoving her, pulling out her earphones, and spitting in her face, according to the New York edition of Metro News. The unnamed woman is reportedly seeking solace by suing Braun - born Doron Braunshtein - for "all he's got," the designer claims. He, of course, is shirking any responsibility for the incident ...

President Bush's banned interview (Ireland)
Post Date: 2008-07-17 02:39:41 by X-15
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Bush comes off as being lower than a moron in this interview.

Overstating Our Fears
Post Date: 2008-07-15 22:42:20 by rack42
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Sen. characterized the threat of "radical Islamic extremism" as "the absolute gravest threat . . . that we're in against." Before we simply accept this, we need to examine the nature of the terrorist threat facing our country. If we do so, we will see how we have allowed the specter of that threat to distort our lives and take our treasure. The "Global War on Terror" has conjured the image of terrorists behind every bush, the bushes themselves burning and an angry god inciting its faithful to religious war. We have been called to arms, built fences, and compromised our laws and the practices that define us as a nation. The administration has focused on ...

President Clinton warns of growing polarization
Post Date: 2008-07-12 21:53:59 by Rotara
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PHILADELPHIA - Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary. Speaking at the National Governors Association's semiannual meeting, Clinton noted that on the one hand, following the early stages of the Democratic primary, "the surviving candidates were an African-American man and a woman." Clinton's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, battled for the Democratic nomination into June with fellow Democrat Barack Obama, son of a white mother and black father. But this achievement was overshadowed by a growing distance between Americans, said Clinton. "Underneath this ...

Tony Snow Is a Dead Man
Post Date: 2008-07-12 07:20:28 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Just heard it on C-Span this morning. Expect the medias to do the water buffalo howling for the next 4-7 days. Me, personally, I found his working for the W a disgusting thing. How's that for an obit? According to the Ricky Bobby character of Talladega Nights, 98.5% of all people end up dead.

Journalist Charges Censorship by US Military in Fallujah
Post Date: 2008-07-09 16:24:36 by X-15
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US journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the US military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing. On Jun. 26, a suicide bomber attacked a city council meeting in Fallujah, 69 kms west of Baghdad, between local tribal sheikhs and military officials. Three Marines, Cpl. Marcus Preudhomme, Capt. Philip Dykeman, and Lt. Col. Max Galeai, were assigned to 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The explosion also killed two interpreters and 20 Iraqis, including the mayor of the nearby town of Karmah, two prominent sheikhs and their sons, and another sheikh and his brother. All were ...

McCain jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes
Post Date: 2008-07-08 21:19:04 by christine
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PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising U.S. cigarette exports to the country by saying it may be "a way of killing 'em." McCain, known for acerbic comments and for sometimes firing verbally from the hip, was responding to a report that U.S. exports to Iran rose tenfold during President George W. Bush's term in office despite hostility between the two states. A rise in cigarette sales was a big part of that, according to an Associated Press analysis of seven years of U.S. trade figures. "Maybe that's a way of killing 'em," McCain said to reporters ...

White House says ruling could free detainees in US
Post Date: 2008-07-04 08:05:47 by wbales
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen. The high court ruling, which gave all detainees the right to petition federal judges for immediate release, has intensified discussions within the Bush administration about what to do with the roughly 270 detainees held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "I'm sure that none of us want Khalid Sheikh Mohammed walking around our neighborhoods," White ...

Counties feel impact of Hispanic "immigrants"
Post Date: 2008-07-01 21:22:15 by X-15
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Workers at the health department for Illinois' Bureau and Putnam counties don't need to look at a schedule to see whether the bilingual dentist is on duty. "We tease around here that it's Spanish day because that's all we hear in the hallway," says Diana Rawlings, public health administrator for the two counties. Since the agency's dental clinic in a rural part of north-central Illinois hired a Spanish-speaking dentist about three years ago, the number of patients has grown from 3,000 to 8,000. "The Hispanic community is getting more and more comfortable coming here, and that's the goal of public health," Rawlings says. "We do see a lot of ...

U.S. Congress removes Mandela from terrorist list
Post Date: 2008-07-01 21:15:27 by X-15
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WASHINGTON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela received a gift for his 90th birthday as U.S. Congress finally approved the removal of his name from the country's terrorist list, local media reported on Friday. The Senate unanimously greenlighted the legislation on a voice vote late on Thursday, removing the "terrorist" label and travel restrictions imposed on Mandela and other senior members of his African National Congress (ANC). same legislation was passed on May 8 at the House of Representatives. In an address to the Senate last month, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged for the removal, saying "It is frankly a rather ...

What Bush hath wrought
Post Date: 2008-07-01 08:47:44 by Ferret Mike
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FEW AMERICANS, whatever their political persuasion, will mourn George W. Bush's departure from office. Democrats and Republicans alike are counting the days until the inauguration of a new president will wipe the slate clean. Yet in crucial respects, the Bush era will not end Jan. 20, 2009. The administration's many failures, especially those related to Iraq, mask a considerable legacy. Among other things, the Bush team has accomplished the following: Defined the contemporary era as an "age of terror" with an open-ended "global war" as the necessary, indeed the only logical, response; Promulgated and implemented a doctrine of preventive war, thereby creating ...

Britons fear the carbon cops are coming
Post Date: 2008-06-28 11:18:08 by Rotara
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LONDON (Reuters) - First there were the thought police, then the surveillance society, now Britons fear the carbon cops are coming to ensure compliance with climate change legislation, a survey showed on Wednesday. And with warnings of global catastrophe ringing in their ears some people fear that failure to cut personal carbon emissions will eventually result in enforced carbon behaviour re-education, the Energy Saving Trust said. It said 41 percent of Britons think the country will need its own Carbon Police Force by mid-century and one quarter believe repeat offenders will have to go into carbon rehab and take carbon addiction classes. "The UK's perception is that by 2050 ...

Federal team arrives to police massive Rainbows gathering (Gestapo U.S.A.)
Post Date: 2008-06-25 01:49:52 by Ferret Mike
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RIVERTON -- They come from every region of the United States. They drive or fly in -- just as they have to this central Wyoming city -- about 40 of them toting dogs, guns, cuffs and federal badges. Their job from now to the first half of July will be to follow and police a massive group of counterculture campers who advocate peace and love for the planet earth, and who assemble annually on federal lands -- somewhere. Just like the officers, the campers also come from all over America. This year, as it has done for the past 11 years, the federal government has assembled a highly specialized force under the generic title, "Incident Management Team," to patrol the Rainbow Family ...

Feds Raid Alabama Militia Group, Uncover Small Weapons Arsenal
Post Date: 2008-06-24 14:25:42 by X-15
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COLLINSVILLE, Ala. — Federal and state agents have uncovered a small arsenal of home-made weapons that included a rocket launcher, 130 hand grenades and 70 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) similiar to the kind used by insurgents against American GIs in Iraq. Agents also recovered enough live ammo to fill a U-Haul trailer, U.S. Attorney Alice Martin said Thursday. Agents earlier that day busted the caches of a group calling itself "The Free Militia." Eric Kehn, a spokesman with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive, said four search warrants were executed in the operation, and six arrests were made. Those arrested include: Raymond Kirk Dillard, a.k.a. ...

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