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USA: Questionable Leadership on World Democracy by Bev Harris
Seeded on Fri May 7, 2010 10:58 PM EDT (bbvforums.org)
Does the US want a back door into other nation's elections? Someone had to say it. So I will. The United States has been cheerleading the concept of concealed vote counting round the world in a most unhealthy way, unless it is sham democracy we are really after.
Phone Company Helps Make the Case for Net Neutrality
Seeded on Mon Apr 5, 2010 8:46 PM EDT (savetheinternet.com)
Here we go again. Another Internet service provider is caught getting in the way of its users, just four days before the Federal Communications Commission closes the window for public comments in its effort to stop such meddling.
US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995
Seeded on Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:35 PM EST (World Socialist Web Site)
The incomes of the very rich in the US grew phenomenally between 1992 and 2007, while their tax rates plummeted, according to recently uncovered IRS statistics.
Only 21% Say U.S. Government Has Consent of the Governed
Seeded on Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:08 AM EST (rasmussenreports.com)
The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed." Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the govern …
Poison Pills in Senate Whistleblower Bill May Become Law - Take Action
Seeded on Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:01 PM EST (whistleblower.org)
For months, we've been telling you about the dangerous provisions included in the Senate version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372). We have now learned that S.
Deadline On FCC Net Neutrality Rules Closes Soon; Go Comment Now
Seeded on Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:04 PM EST (networkcomputing.com)
The comment deadline to weigh in on the FCC's proposed rules on Network Neutrality is coming to a close on January 14th, 2010. Pro or con, if you care about network neutrality, you only have a few days left to file a comment with the FCC.
Nation's Largest RN Organization Says Healthcare Bill Cedes Too Much to Insurance Industry
Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:10 PM EST (calnurses.org)
The 150,000 member National Nurses United, the nation's largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in the U.S., today criticized the healthcare bill now advancing in the U.S.
Writing Blind or Turning a Blind Eye? The Confused World of Amy Zegart
Seeded on Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:45 PM EST (hcgroups.wordpress.com)
Kevin Fenton's review of Amy Zegart's 'Spying Blind'. Fenton notes that Zegart's effort to attribute 9/11 to organizational failures omits and distorts numerous facts that are part of the public record, including in the sources she cites.
ZIHOP as Limited Hangout
Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:32 PM EST (truthaction.org)
The Military Industrial Complex did not arise from some flaw in the American character, nor indeed from Zionism. It arose, simply put, because capital requires more capital, power more power still. Powerful states act out.
The Critical Unraveling of U.S. Society
Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:42 PM EST (ampedstatus.com)
You may have missed it in the mainstream news media, but statistical societal indicators are reading red across the board. Before exposing the root causes of this breakdown, let's look at some vital statistics and facts:
FBI Whistleblower Names Names by Scott Horton -- Antiwar.com
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:05 AM EST (AntiWar.com)
Scott Horton: For Antiwar.com and KAOS Radio 95.9 in Austin, Texas, I'm Scott Horton, and this is Antiwar Radio.
Rep. Mel Watts Guts the Fed Transparency Act
Seeded on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:13 PM EDT (Reddut,cin)
"Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who has called for an end to the Federal Reserve, said legislation he introduced to audit monetary policy has been "gutted" while moving toward a possible vote in the Democratic-controlled House."
Lieberman Shills for the Healthcare Industry By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:32 PM EDT (Harper's Magazine)
When he was seeking reelection in 2006, Joe Lieberman campaigned as a supporter of healthcare reform and expressed his support for "universal healthcare." When the rubber hit the road, however, Lieberman emerged as a frontline warrior for the healthcare industry in its effort …
MERS Losing! Stop Your Foreclosure, Share with Others
Seeded on Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:46 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
In court cases in KS, OH, NY, NV and MA human beings are saving their homes from foreclosure by demanding that banks produce the Note.
Consortiumnews.com
Seeded on Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:39 PM EDT (Consortiumnews.com)
One of the most remarkable cases is that of Craig Murray, a 20-year veteran of the British Foreign Service whose career was destroyed after he was posted to Uzbekistan in August 2002 and began to complain about Western complicity in torture committed by the country's totalitari …
Calibrating fear: The liquid bomb plot and the long war
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:52 AM EDT (muslimnews.co.uk)
The conviction of Abdullah Ahmed Ali, 28, Tanvir Hussain, 28, and Assad Sarwar, 29, in relation to the liquid bomb plot has been seen as a major triumph for British police and intelligence efforts.
Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:23 PM EDT (amconmag.com)
Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11. Part of her job was to translate and transcribe recordings of conversations between suspected Turkish intelligence agents and their American contacts.
BRAD BLOG: Upcoming Cover Story on Edmonds 'Outs' Video-taped, 'Blackmailed' Dem Congresswoman; Alleges State Dept. Mole at NYTimes; MUCH MORE...
Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:36 PM EDT (bradblog.com)
'American Conservative' mag's description of interview with previously-gagged FBI whistleblower as 'explosive' may prove to be a gross understatement Blackmail, bribery, infiltration, theft and sale of nuke secrets by Turkey, Israel explained in clearer detail than ever before.. …
The American Conservative » Sibel Edmonds Speaks Out
Seeded on Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:12 AM EDT (amconmag.com)
There's a new issue of The American Conservative going to press today, and it includes a story that will make more than a few congressmen and foreign lobbyists intensely uncomfortable: an in-depth interview between Phil Giraldi and FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.
The Strange Rise Of Obama
Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:23 PM EDT (prorev.com)
As we have noted, one of the unanswered questions about Barack Obama is how a young politician of such little achievement got so far so fast - from state senator to president in four years. Bill Blum provides new light on the subject.
Democracy's Gold Standard - Brad Friedman
Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:37 PM EDT (bradblog.com)
Last March, the country's highest court found that secret, computerized vote counting was unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the country was Germany, and the Constitution violated by e-voting systems was the one that the U.S.
Newly Found Document Indicates Bush Administration Knew Repeat of 9/11 Unlikely by 2003 « History Commons Groups
Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 9:39 AM EDT (hcgroups.wordpress.com)
The title of a 2003 Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) item indicates that by late 2003 the CIA had concluded it would be hard for al-Qaeda to pull off another 9/11.
FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Subpoenaed, Set to 'Break' Gag Order Unless DoJ Intercedes
Seeded on Thu Aug 6, 2009 11:19 PM EDT (bradblog.com)
Unless the Dept.
FOAVC Response to Stoptheconcon
Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 12:26 AM EDT (article-5.org)
In a blog recently written by Teri M. Owens, a member of the Ohio John Birch Society, on a new website Stoptheconcon alleged FOAVC cannot not be "trusted" in providing information regarding an Article V Convention. In 2008, Ms.
WHORES ON TERROR: Never mind the waterboarding, here's the sodomy
Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:50 AM EDT (buffalobeast.com)
I don't want to come off as minimizing the horror of controlled drowning. It's just that there's something about forcible anal rape that brings the torture issue into sharp focus.
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