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Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Arrests -- The Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Orleans
Post Date: 2007-12-29 21:30:43 by richard9151
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12/29/07 "ICH" --- -In a remarkable symbol of the injustices of post-Katrina reconstruction, hundreds of people were locked out of a public New Orleans City Council meeting addressing demolition of 4,500 public housing apartments. Some were tasered, many pepper sprayed, and a dozen arrested. Outside the chambers, iron gates were chained and padlocked even before the scheduled start. The scene looked like one of those countries on TV that is undergoing a people's revolution -- and the similarities were only beginning. Dozens of uniformed police secured the gates and other entrances. Only developers and those with special permission from council members were allowed in -- the ...
Lakota Tribal Council
Post Date: 2007-12-29 15:05:23 by richard9151
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I have confirmed that our brothers and sisters of the Lakota Tribal Council are hastening toward dissolving all political ties to the Federal Government and reclaiming sovereignty, status as a separate Lakota Nation. Some realized the haste was unwise so now the council is split on the issue. They are following the route of rescinding agreements but it must be urged they also realize their mistake in the contracts and maintain an amicable, rather than inimical relationship, with the United States. lakotafreedom.com/ I have an unconfirmed report that Russian President Putin is in support of the American Indians ceding from treaty agreements and renouncing federal ties. This would make ...
Navy JAG Resigns Over Torture Issue
Post Date: 2007-12-28 06:25:37 by Ada
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"It was with sadness that I signed my name this grey morning to a letter resigning my commission in the U.S. Navy," wrote Gig Harbor, Wash., resident and attorney-at-law Andrew Williams in a letter to The Peninsula Gateway last week. "There was a time when I served with pride ... Sadly, no more." Williams' sadness stems from the recent CIA videotape scandal in which tapes showing secret interrogations of two Al Qaeda operatives were destroyed. The tapes may have contained evidence that the U.S. government used a type of torture known as waterboarding to obtain information from suspected terrorists. Torture, including water-boarding, is prohibited under the ...
Fallujah, the Information War, and U.S. Propaganda: The U.S. Army's Intelligence Analysis of the April 2004 Fallujah Attack
Post Date: 2007-12-27 17:55:56 by richard9151
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12/27/07 "ICH" -- - Now receded into distant memory for many, the battle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah, accompanied by the al Sadr uprising in the south, was a decisive turning point in the Iraq occupation. These battles demonstrated to much of the world that the occupation was deeply unpopular among many Iraqis, who were willing and able to fight the occupation to a stalemate. These battles both ended in standoffs, as the U.S. forces felt constrained from unleashing their full military capabilities to crush the resistance. New insights into the thinking of the U.S. military are available from a U.S. army intelligence analysis -- by the Army's National Ground Intelligence ...
Manufacturing Threats
Post Date: 2007-12-26 18:52:52 by richard9151
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Sudan, Iran, And The War For Civilisation By David Edwards 12/26/07 "Media Lens" - -- - News that British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons had been jailed in Sudan after allowing her pupils to call a teddy bear Mohammed fed straight into the UK media’s hate factory and its “war for civilisation”. The Gibbons story was mentioned in a massive 257 articles in UK national newspapers in the first week, providing an excuse to boost claims of “genocide” in Sudan in 10 of these. The suffering in Sudan has certainly been appalling - it is estimated that the conflict has cost the lives of 100,000 people with two million made homeless. But Iraq is far worse - the ...
Leaked classified U.S intelligence report into Fallujah Assault
Post Date: 2007-12-26 06:27:56 by Ada
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld launched the failed April 2004 assault on the Iraqi town of Fallujah before marines were ready because it had become "a symbol of resistance that dominated international headlines", according a leaked U.S. intelligence report on the operation. Coalition air strikes were conducted during the cease-fire, which was a "bit of a misnomer" and the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal contributed to the politically driven peace settlement, which left Coalition Provisional Chief Paul Bremmer "furious". By the end of April 600-700 Iraqis and 18 marines had been killed inside the town with 62 marines killed in the broarder ...
Iraqi fighters display new weapons
Post Date: 2007-12-25 23:16:55 by richard9151
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Foreign forces in Iraq are hoping that a much heralded drop in violence in Iraq will continue into the new year. However, in exclusive images obtained by Al Jazeera, fighters from the Islamic Front for Resistance in Iraq (Jami) say they are biding their time and training hard with an array of new weapons in order to drive foreign forces out as soon as possible. Al Jazeera's Iraq correspondent Hoda Abdel Hamid reports. Deep in the groves north of Baghdad, a group of fighters are shown on camera participating in an afternoon workshop on the making and use of weapons. It includes a step-by-step lesson on how to turn an old tank shell into a roadside bomb. It took only 20 minutes to put ...
Lakota Sioux - The Bravest Americans
Post Date: 2007-12-25 23:03:35 by richard9151
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12/25/07 "Tribe" --- - And So It Begins In an incredible irony, the very people that the United States have most oppressed throughout our history may hold the key to freedom for all of us. Few Americans remember the siege at Wounded Knee in the mid-1970s, but perhaps they should. Members of the AIM, or the American Indian Movement, occupied parts of Pine Ridge in protest over the brutal killings of two of their own, the disgustingly mild prosecutions for those murders, and the beating of the mother of one of those two when she attempted to seek justice from the U.S. government. The AIM were seeking their rights under U.S. law and for the U.S. government to honor treaties with ...
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-12-24 22:06:11 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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We Are the Ones We'veBeen WaitingFor
Patrick Henry updated, with Missiles
Post Date: 2007-12-23 22:51:28 by richard9151
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from The Washington Times Commentary Friday, March 22, 1985 The American and Soviet governments would do well to become thoroughly acquainted with the life and times of Patrick Henry. Both superpowers now are threatened by a confluence of technological wizardry and political tunnel vision much like that which enabled Mr. Henry and his colleagues to convulse the British empire during the 1700s. Like the British and French governments of the 1700s, each superpower today tends to regard the other as the primary threat to its "sphere of influence." Both should take note of the fact that two centuries ago the British government had its attention fixed so tightly on the French that ...
America on Steroids
Post Date: 2007-12-23 20:27:25 by richard9151
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A Bill Moyers Essay 12/23/07 "PBS" -- - There's been talk all this week about that stunning report from former Senator George Mitchell revealing that Major League Baseball players, including some of the sport's biggest stars, have been using steroids for years. The findings prompted my fellow journalist and friend Dick Starkey to recall an important insight into America by the eminent social critic, Jacques Barzun. A Frenchman by birth, now 100 years old and living in Texas, Barzun, like his illustrious ancestor Alexis de Tocqueville, has been a canny interpreter of the American character. "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America," he once wrote, ...
The Nature of the Ruling Class
Post Date: 2007-12-23 09:09:14 by YertleTurtle
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Discussing faux private interests that are actually part of the State, Brad Spangler puts a new spin on Rothbard's likening of the state to a holdup man. In the case of state capitalism, he writes, the state is just an accomplice to "private" interests: ...one robber (the literal apparatus of government) keeps you covered with a pistol while the second (representing State-allied corporations) just holds the bag that you have to drop your wristwatch, wallet and car keys in. To say that your interaction with the bagman was a “voluntary transaction” is an absurdity. Such nonsense should be condemned by all libertarians. Both gunman and bagman together are the true ...
Michael Franti - Bomb the World
Post Date: 2007-12-23 01:47:25 by Horse
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Poster Comment:This video has the best anti-war images of the several versions at YouTube. I love the lyrics, "You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb the world to peace."
U.S. Soldiers Stage Mutiny, Refuse Orders in Iraq Fearing They Would Commit Massacre in Revenge for IED Attack
Post Date: 2007-12-22 13:48:59 by robin
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December 21, 2007U.S. Soldiers Stage Mutiny, Refuse Orders in Iraq Fearing They Would Commit Massacre in Revenge for IED Attack We speak with a reporter from the Army Times who gives an inside account of how an army unit committed mutiny and refused to carry out orders in Iraq. After an IED attack killed five more members of Charlie 1-26, members of 2nd Platoon gathered for a meeting and determined they could no longer function professionally. Several platoon members were afraid their anger could set loose a massacre. [includes rush transcript] Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase DVD/CD LISTENWATCH Real Video Stream Real Audio Stream MP3 Download More... ...
Hey "MAGICIAN" (you F*CK^NG Ruby-RINO Israel-First America-hating, gun-grabbing P*ssy)
Post Date: 2007-12-21 01:54:42 by FOH
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I know you take a peek over here from time to time. I just want you to know you crossed the line, you lying reprobate-degenerate sad sack excuse for a 'man'. Watching you and 4 givan 1 rub your peckers together in a good old fashioned lying smear on Ron Paul reminds me of many things I had forgotten.
Poster Comment:I'm glad to see new quislings 'pop up' over it, though. Come on "MAGI", surely you have a handle over here. Let's talk mother f_*cker...
Internet Thought Control Bill Under Fire
Post Date: 2007-12-20 13:53:54 by robin
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December 18, 2007 Internet Thought Control Bill Under Fire By Michael Collins Internet Thought Control Bill Under Fire House Committee Dismisses Criticisms of Internet Thought Control Bill - H.R. 1995 By Michael Collins Washington, D.C. Part 2 (Part 1) On Monday, Dec. 17, the House Committee on Homeland Security posted this document in response to the many criticisms of House Resolution 1955, The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. Part 1 of this series examined the dangers that this bill posed to citizens and political groups using the Internet. Based on the bill contents and the witnesses called to elaborate on the supposed problem of "homegrown ...
The Last Rebel
Post Date: 2007-12-17 07:26:34 by James Deffenbach
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Congress will defy Justice Dept. on destroyed CIA tapes; Harman: 'We're in Constitutional crisis'
Post Date: 2007-12-16 18:24:04 by robin
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Despite the Justice Department's objections, a Congressional panel will press ahead with its investigation into destroyed CIA interrogation tapes, according to a key Republican on the panel. "I think we will issue subpoenas," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the House Intelligence Committee's ranking Republican, on Fox News Sunday (video below). "And once these witness appear in front of the committee, then I think we'll have to make the decision as to whether we're going to provide them with immunity or not. But our investigation should move forward." As RAW STORY reported earlier, the Justice Department has refused outright to hand over any information ...
How the Justice System Works
Post Date: 2007-12-16 15:59:49 by Ada
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If you think about it, it is inherently implausible that the state could be an effective administrator of justice, for which there is a supply and demand like any other good. Shortages, inefficiencies, arbitrariness, and underlying chaos all around are going to be inherent in the attempt. Because we are dealing here with the meting out of coercion, we can add that inhumane treatment and outright cruelty are also likely to be an inherent part of the system. Even so, nothing had prepared me for what I witnessed in the courtroom the other day. Like a fool, I thought I might be able to beat a traffic ticket that I received a block from my home. The policeman says I slowed almost to a stop ...
Congress, Bush in clash over CIA interrogation tapes
Post Date: 2007-12-15 23:28:59 by tom007
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Congress, Bush in clash over CIA interrogation tapes 15/12/2007 16h56 George W. Bush (R) and Michael Mukasey ©AFP/File - Jim Watson WASHINGTON (AFP) - Congress and President George W. Bush were headed for confrontation Saturday as US lawmakers accused the Justice Department of blocking their probe into whether the CIA tried to cover up torture by destroying interrogation tapes. Lawmakers from both parties expressed outrage after Bush's Attorney General Michael Mukasey asked a congressional panel to postpone its investigation of the destroyed videotapes on grounds it could jeopardize the Justice Department's own inquiry into the affair. "Earlier today, our staff was ...
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer ABA 'Lawyer of the Year'
Post Date: 2007-12-15 21:57:09 by robin
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On Friday, Editor and Publisher of the American Bar Association Journal Edward Adams released a statement saying that fallen Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, previously named "Lawyer of the Year," will now be known as "Newsmaker of the Year." "The Journal regrets that we did not make this theme clear," clarifying that the Journal article in question meant to highlight Gonzales' status as a "newsmaker," and their story on him will remain unchanged otherwise. "We appreciate the feedback we've received," says Adams, "and we're acting on it."
Torture: Take Two
Post Date: 2007-12-15 08:35:20 by Ada
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Here we go again with the mock outrage on torture. Various parts of the Federal monster are feigning shock and distress at other parts’ crimes. This time, it’s the CIA’s destroying videotapes of its "harsh interrogations" that has Congress in an uproar – though Our Rulers seem more disturbed at the obstruction of justice, at the trashing of tapes a judge had ordered "preserved," than at the torture those tapes document. A few months ago, the New York Times’ report of "secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects" provoked a similar Congressional snit. But indignation is as far as it ...
Shield needed against Iran missile threat: U.S.
Post Date: 2007-12-13 14:23:26 by richard9151
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55 minutes ago BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States needs a shield against what it sees as a growing missile threat from Iran, despite a recent report showing it had halted its nuclear weapons program, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Acting Undersecretary of State John Rood met Russian diplomats in Budapest on Thursday for a series of talks to allay Russian concerns about the radars and intercepting missiles Washington plans to place in the Czech Republic and Poland. A U.S. intelligence report said last week that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program four years ago, but Rood said Iran's ballistic missile capability was enough of a threat. "We'd be concerned about ...
‘Not us. We’re not going.’
Post Date: 2007-12-12 22:25:26 by richard9151
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Posted : Saturday Dec 8, 2007 14:32:57 EST Spc. Gerry DeNardi stood at the on-base Burger King, just a few miles from downtown Baghdad, hoping for a quick taste of home. Camp Taji encompasses miles of scrapped Iraqi tanks, a busy U.S. airstrip and thousands of soldiers living in row upon row of identical trailers. Several fast-food stands, a PX and a dining facility the size of a football field compose Taji’s social hub. The base had been struck by an occasional mortar round, and a rocket had hit the airfield two weeks before and killed an American helicopter pilot. But the quiet base brought on a sense of being far from roadside bombs, far from rocket-propelled grenades and far from ...
CIA Destroyed Torture Tapes Despite Court Orders
Post Date: 2007-12-12 22:11:42 by richard9151
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12/12/07 "AP"--- - WASHINGTON — The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactics. Normally, that would force the government to defend itself against obstruction allegations. But the CIA may have an out: its clandestine network of overseas prisons. While judges focused on the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and tried to guarantee that any evidence of detainee abuse would be preserved, the CIA was performing its toughest questioning half a world away. And by the time President Bush publicly acknowledged the secret ...
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