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Federal judge: Montana blogger is not journalist

2011-12-08T01:28:00.000-08:00

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AP - By JEFF BARNARD

Dec.7th 2011

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that a Montana woman sued for defamation was not a journalist when she posted online that an Oregon lawyer acted criminally during a bankruptcy case, a decision with implications for bloggers around the country.

Crystal L. Cox, a blogger from Eureka, Mont., was sued for defamation by attorney Kevin Padrick when she posted online that he was a thug and a thief during the handling of bankruptcy proceedings by him and Obsidian Finance Group LLC.

U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez found last week that as a blogger, Cox was not a journalist and cannot claim the protections afforded to mainstream reporters and news outlets.

Although media experts said Wednesday that the ruling would have little effect on the definition of journalism, it casts a shadow on those who work in nontraditional media since it highlights the lack of case law that could protect them and the fact that current state shield laws for journalists are not covering recent developments in online media.

Con't..

Federal judge: Montana blogger is not journalist - Yahoo! News

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JFK Assassination Special IX - Tonight..(Monday)

2011-11-21T04:21:00.000-08:00

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Yes folks,tinfoil hatter or not,it's time to travel down that magic bullet highway..

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JFK Assassination Special IX

Date: 11-21-11
Host: George Noory
Guests: Mark Lane, Barry Ernest, Cassie Parnau

In a four-hour special, three guests offer their theories and research regarding the JFK assassination. In order of appearance, attorney Mark Lane presents his conclusion that the CIA plotted the murder of President Kennedy; investigative reporter, Barry Ernest, discusses his decades long search for a woman who witnessed the JFK assassination from a window in the Book Depository; and historian Cassie Parnau shares her investigation into What's My Line panelist and gossip columnist Dorothy Kilgallen's untimely and suspicious death that followed her research into the JFK assassination.

Website(s):
marklane.com
mysite.verizon.net/restu5kb
kilgallenfiles.wordpress.com
Book(s):
Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK
The Girl on the Stairs

www.coasttocoastam.com

(*It should be better than the last year or two..We're talking Mark Lane here..)

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And,of course my Open Mic with JFK Assassination info galore..

www.samsedershow.com/node/511

So,bring your tinfoil hats if you must,either way it should be interesting.. :)

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"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

MMRules

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Pregnant teen, elderly woman among pepper sprayed

2011-11-17T00:30:00.000-08:00

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news.yahoo.com

Seattle activist Dorli Rainey, 84, reacts after being hit with pepper spray during an Occupy Seattle protest on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 at Westlake Park in Seattle.

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AP - A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters — including a pregnant 19-year-old and an 84-year-old activist — with blasts of pepper spray.

Con't..

News.yahoo.com/pregnant-teen-elderly-woman-among-pepper-sprayed

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Houston we have a problem..Again..

2011-11-17T00:08:00.001-08:00

Not good..

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US Satellites Compromised by Malicious Cyber Activity

news.yahoo.com

On at least two occasions, hackers have taken over U.S. satellites and targeted their command-and-control systems, a report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission revealed today. The incidents involved two Earth observation satellites. While it may be difficult to trace who hacked..

Con’t..

News.yahoo.com/us-satellites-compromised

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Free Democracy: Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case

2011-11-14T20:37:00.000-08:00

The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question of whether it would hear a challenge to President Obama’s healthcare law, two of its justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, were feted at a dinner sponsored by the law firm that will argue the case before the high court.

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Free Democracy: Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case

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This crap really burns me up !

Judicial,Political Corruption..
Just another ho hum day in Washington DC..

Thx,Kevin.. :)
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Thank Goodness !

2011-11-13T04:37:00.000-08:00

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Money,Money,Money,for a few..

2011-11-13T03:03:00.000-08:00

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D'Oh ! - He Musta Put Down The Kool-Aid for a minute or 2..& No This Isn't A "Onion" Parody..

2011-10-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

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Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real

AP - By SETH BORENSTEIN

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

The study of the world's surface temperatures by Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers. He pursued long-held skeptic theories in analyzing the data. He was spurred to action because of "Climategate," a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists.

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http://news.yahoo.com/skeptic-finds-now-agrees-global-warming-real-142616605.html

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Faith in Wall Street puts retirement at risk

2011-10-19T23:22:00.000-07:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

That arse Pat Buchanan..

2011-10-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

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That arse Pat Buchanan was on Coast to Coast the other night..

I couldn’t listen for long..
What I did hear was,George “Not Art Bell” Noorey lapping up every moronic thing the Simian one was spewing forth..
George is such a Rethug tool..
Buchanan is just a turd in anybodies punchbowl..

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We Have the Right to Protest..So WTF ?

2011-10-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

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..so why are the police arresting them?

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In cities and towns across the country, 1,500 American citizens have been put in cuffs in the
first month of the Occupy Wall Street movement. While a small handful of them have been
charged with various acts of mayhem, the vast majority were peacefully demonstrating.

They were arrested for not complying with orders to disperse, or for refusing to tear down
the encampments that have come to symbolize the movement. We have a right to peacefully
assemble and protest in this country, so what gives?

On its face, “occupying” public space should be guaranteed under the First Amendment.

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*Too bad there are no Democratic lawyers in America.
Too bad they can't go to a judge and get an order barring the cops from arresting peaceful people.

Remember the Bush bastards f-ing arrested people with anti-Bush t-shirts?

Why don't the Democrats fight back?
Why can't the Democrats think?

Bartcop.com

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Original article
From Alternet.com

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*I know the Police are just doing as they are told,for the most part,but with no right to protest we might as well just call ourselves "The Banana Republic of America"..

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Accountability In America..Tragic..

2011-10-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

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'GOP Destroyed US Economy'

2011-10-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

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'GOP Destroyed US Economy' (Notice the past tense)

says Reagan's budget director, David Stockman

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How my GOP destroyed the US economy." Yes, that is exactly what David Stockman,
Reagan's director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in the New York Whore Times.

So what caused it?

Gold. Tax cuts. Debts. Wars. Fat Cats. Class gap. No fiscal discipline.

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*David, don't forget the Bush bastards stole trillions in Iraq and emptied the Treasury.
The Bush bastards didn't "accidentally" destroy the economy - they robbed it f-ing blind.

Via - Bartcop.com

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So True,Unfortunately..

2011-10-09T18:01:00.000-07:00

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Thx ToniD..
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@JohnWDean

2011-10-09T17:06:00.001-07:00

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Via @justgrateful:

Debt increase by presidents: Reagan 186%, Bush 54% Clinton 41%

Bush II 72% Obama 23% CBO

cbo.gov #p2 #FOK

twitter.com/#!/JohnWDean

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Thx ToniD..
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Speaking of Butt Headed Douche Bags !

2011-10-01T16:40:00.000-07:00

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Bartcop.com

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So F-ing True,Sadly..

2011-10-01T16:27:00.000-07:00

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Thanks to The Wacko Right Supremes..Butt Headed Douche Bags..

2011-10-01T16:03:00.001-07:00

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Don't Piss Down My Leg & Tell Me It's Raining..

2011-09-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

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Mike in Atlanta said it because
Obama and the Democrats won't..

- Bartcop.com

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100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican

2011-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

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Conservatives are so easy to anger these days. Even the most insignificant statement can set off their tempers. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:

1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free.
3. Joseph McCarthy was an un-American, witch hunting sissy.
4. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were traitors.
5. The South lost the Civil War, get over it.
6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.
7. Fascism is a right-wing trait.
8. Sarah Palin is an ugly cow (said to conservative males).
9. The Earth is round.
10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.
11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.
12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.
13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control.
14. Global warming is real.
15. Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned.

Con't - Addicting Info.org

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Thx Nobody.. :)

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Quotes

2011-09-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

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"Voting for Obama sucks. He's just going to do more stuff I hate, like bailing out banksters
and starting more wars while ignoring the terrible economy. But what else can I do? I can't
vote for some science-denying, Bible-thumping Republican ignoramus who'd be even worse.
Not voting? That's almost as bad as voting Republican. With so much at stake, there's
no choice but to hold my nose and vote Democratic."

-- Democrats, according to Ted Rall

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/38288

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Actual,Recent American History :(

2011-09-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

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www.impeachbush.org

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GOP : "Let Them Eat Cake" - and Let's Tax Them More & The Rich Less,While We're At It..

2011-08-28T14:42:00.000-07:00

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9/11 After A Decade: Have We Learned Anything ?

2011-08-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

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By Paul Craig Roberts

August 24, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- -- -In a few days it will be the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. How well has the US government’s official account of the event held up over the decade?

Not very well. The chairman, vice chairman, and senior legal counsel of the 9/11 Commission wrote books partially disassociating themselves from the commission’s report. They said that the Bush administration put obstacles in their path, that information was withheld from them, that President Bush agreed to testify only if he was chaperoned by Vice President Cheney and neither were put under oath, that Pentagon and FAA officials lied to the commission and that the commission considered referring the false testimony for investigation for obstruction of justice.

In their book, the chairman and vice chairman, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, wrote that the 9/11 Commission was “set up to fail.” Senior counsel John Farmer, Jr., wrote
that the US government made “a decision not to tell the truth about what happened,” and that the NORAD “tapes told a radically different story from what had been told to us and the public.” Kean said, “We to this day don’t know why NORAD told us what they told us, it was just so far from the truth.”

Most of the questions from the 9/11 families were not answered. Important witnesses were not called. The commission only heard from those who supported the government’s account. The commission was a controlled political operation, not an investigation of events and evidence. Its membership consisted of former politicians. No knowledgeable experts were appointed to the commission.

One member of the 9/11 Commission, former Senator Max Cleland, responded to the constraints placed on the commission by the White House: “If this decision stands, I, as a member of the commission, cannot look any American in the eye, especially family members of victims, and say the commission had full access. This investigation is now compromised.” Cleland resigned rather than have his integrity compromised.

To be clear, neither Cleland nor members of the commission suggested that 9/11 was an inside job to advance a war agenda. Nevertheless, neither Congress nor the media wondered, at least not out loud, why President Bush was unwilling to appear before the commission under oath or without Cheney, why Pentagon and FAA officials lied to the commission or, if the officials did not lie, why the commission believed they lied, or why the White House resisted for so long any kind of commission being formed, even one under its control.

One would think that if a handful of Arabs managed to outwit not merely the CIA and FBI but all 16 US intelligence agencies, all intelligence agencies of our allies including Mossad, the National Security Council, the State Department, NORAD, airport security four times on one morning, air traffic control, etc., the President, Congress, and the media would be demanding to know how such an improbable event could occur. Instead, the White House put up a wall of resistance to finding out, and Congress and the media showed little interest.

During the decade that has passed, numerous 9/11 Truth organizations have formed.
There are Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, Pilots for 9/11 Truth, Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Remember Building 7.org, and a New York group which includes 9/11 families. These groups call for a real investigation.

David Ray Griffen has written 10 carefully researched books documenting problems in the government’s account. Scientists have pointed out that the government has no explanation for the molten steel. NIST has been forced to admit that WTC 7 was in free fall for part of its descent, and a scientific team led by a professor of nano-chemistry at the University of Copenhagen has reported finding nano-thermite in the dust from the buildings.

Larry Silverstein, who had the lease on the World Trade Center buildings, said in a PBS broadcast that the decision was made “to pull” Building 7 late in the afternoon of 9/11. Chief fire marshals have said that no forensic investigation was made of the buildings’ destruction and that the absence of investigation was a violation of law.

Some efforts have been made to explain away some of the evidence that is contrary to the official account, but most of the contrary evidence is simply ignored. The fact remains that the skepticism of a large number of knowledgeable experts has had no effect on the government’s position other than a member of the Obama administration suggesting that the government infiltrate the 9/11 truth organizations in order to discredit them.

The practice has been to brand experts not convinced by the government’s case “conspiracy theorists.” But of course the government’s own theory is a conspiracy theory, an even less likely one once a person realizes its full implication of intelligence and operational failures. The implied failures are extraordinarily large; yet,
no one was ever held accountable.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28935.htm

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Thanks Bridge.. :)

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"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

What A Looker.. ;)

2011-08-27T02:33:00.000-07:00

Murdoch tabloid private eye delivers hacking names

By Tim Castle – Fri Aug 26, 6:52 pm ET

LONDON (Reuters) – A private detective jailed for illegally intercepting voicemail messages on behalf of a journalist at one of Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids on Friday gave lawyers the names of the people he says ordered him to carry out the phone hacking.

Glenn Mulcaire's lawyer, Sarah Webb, said no details would be released before legal moves by her next week to prevent their publication while a police probe continues into allegations of phone hacking by the now closed News of the World newspaper.

Disclosure of the names would add pressure on News International, the British newspaper arm of Murdoch's News Corp and shed further light on how widespread phone hacking was at the tabloid.

Mulcaire, jailed in 2007 along with paper's royal reporter Clive Goodman, had been ordered to hand over the details by a court judge.

Webb said the document containing the names had been delivered late on Friday to lawyers representing actor Steve Coogan, who had sought the disclosure from Mulcaire.

She would not say how many names were contained in the document. News International had maintained until recently that phone hacking was limited to a single rogue reporter.

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"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

I can see it now,unfortunately..

2011-08-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

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Dumb ass Touristos on the East Coast today & tomorrow.. ;)

Hopefully not..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

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This pic screams out a word or two..

2011-08-24T14:50:00.001-07:00

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Hint: W ya's butt buddy,etc..

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Not that there is anything wrong with that,unless your a self - hating rethug,anti gay Douche Bag !

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Bank Of America’s No-Good, Very Bad Enablers

2011-08-24T10:57:00.001-07:00

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What's the worse than Bank of America acting as if it deserves immunity from all its bad foreclosure behavior? A presidential administration that agrees.

President Obama's administration is putting pressure on New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman to give into a deal with big banks that would block him from bringing future mortgage investigations, Grethchen Morgenson reports in The New York Times today.

Con't..
http://news.yahoo.com/bank-americas-no-good-very-bad-enablers-170931303.html

*This Sh*t is getting really old !

Contact Pres.Obama..

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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Douche Mac Perry..

2011-08-20T03:54:00.000-07:00

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Subject: Citizens United

2011-08-14T22:38:00.000-07:00

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Bart I am confused.

If corporations are considered people when donating money to win elections,
then why are they not taxed to support the government that they have bought?

Liberal, Progressive Socialist hiding out in Texas.

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Bart:
Lib Pro, why do you hate America?

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Bartcop.com

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He will probably just get "A Get Out Of Jail Free Card",Unfortunately..

2011-07-20T05:19:00.000-07:00

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Bartcop.com

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Change the Channels !

2011-07-09T09:19:00.000-07:00

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Around the country, broadcasters are using sneaky legal deals and loopholes to evade the FCC’s media ownership rules. This “covert consolidation” takes many forms, but the results are the same: Media companies pad their bottom line by sacrificing local journalism, competition and diversity.

As the FCC reviews its media ownership rules, tell it that you won’t stand for stations polluting your community with photocopy journalism and junk news. Covert consolidation has to go. It’s time to change the channels.

Link to Petition..

http://act2.freepress.net/sign/changethechannels/

*SaveTheNews.org, a project of Free Press, is leading the search for new public policies to support quality journalism and ensure communities are getting the news they need.
http://savethenews.org/

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2011-07-06T18:06:00.000-07:00

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www.allhatnocattle.net

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Freeee Profits..Must be nice..Having a Bought & Paid for Congress sure helps !

2011-07-06T17:49:00.000-07:00

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Bartcop.com

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A Sharks teeth graph..Now That's appropriate..

2011-07-06T17:07:00.000-07:00

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This is kinda fun..

2011-06-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

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Craziest Michele Bachmann Quotes Ever

* Michele Bachmann Insane-O-Matic Quote Generator *

''There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.''

—Michele Bachmann, Oct. 2006

Link

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RFK Jr. on Citizens United

2011-06-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-DxVzqX24

*Posted by FreeSpeechPeople

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D'oh..

2011-06-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

Bartcop.com

Palin vs Paul Revere..

2011-06-14T00:45:00.000-07:00

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Man..If anyone needed a quarter to buy a clue,it's this moron !

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What's wrong with this picture ?

2011-06-13T22:39:00.000-07:00

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We are the only Industrialized country in the World that Doesn't have some form of Single Payer/Universal Health Care Program for it's People !

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But it's ok to give the very Rich big tax cuts & to give hugely profitable Corporations Huge tax cuts..

Pathetic !

Socialize the Loses & Privatize the Profits..

Pathetic x 2

All the Above:Sickening !!

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Them Boys just can't control the party they think is in their pants..

2011-06-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

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Myopic Rethugs: Pass The Kool - Aid !

2011-06-06T23:54:00.000-07:00

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Where's Me Tin Foil Hat,Dang It ! ;)

2011-06-06T22:12:00.000-07:00

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‘Armchair astronaut’ Mars video goes viral

By Liz Goodwin

A self-described "armchair astronaut" claims to have found a base on the planet Mars using a satellite imaging map. He thinks the base could have been made by aliens

The video David Martines uploaded to YouTube has been viewed more than 850,000 times. He says the 750'-by-150' cylinder-like structure that he's zoomed in on using Google Mars looks like it's made for people to inhabit. In the video, Martines say he assumes people live in the cylinder or have lived in it.

He named the shape "Bio Station Alpha." Experts told Space.come that the image was most likely caused by "cosmic energy" interfering with the cameras--not by aliens.

"It looks like a linear streak artifact produced by a cosmic ray," Alfred McEwen, a planetary geologist at the University of Arizona told Space.com. Cosmic rays, which are emitted by the Sun and other stars, don't make it to Earth because of its magnetosphere. "But with space images that are taken outside our magnetosphere, such as those taken by orbiting telescopes, it's very common to see these cosmic ray hits. You see them on optical images and a lot of the infrared images too."

You can watch the video below:

‘Armchair astronaut’ Mars video goes viral

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The Latest Picture From Mars !

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*At one point it kind of looks like a big old United Van Lines(Moving)Truck on it's side..

But..Like in the movie Contact where Jodie Foster is asked by a young kid if she thought there were other forms of Life in our Universe.After saying that our universe is immensely huge she responded,"It would sure be a big waist of space".(I'm Paraphrasing,of course)

I think someday we will find other forms of life out there..
If we haven't already found it but,we just don't know what we are looking at..
Ya just never know.. :)

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As bright as a Box of Rocks !

2011-06-05T13:34:00.000-07:00

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Palin caught writing on her hand again.

*I blew it up, I think it says "Rolling Thunder"
which is the name of the parade she's in.
Poor thing - when God was giving out brains,
Sarah got the cardboard box...
Thanks to Steve F for catching that.

Thanks to Bartcop.com

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Oh brother..Another Reality Star Wannabe likes to smell farts & stuff..

2011-06-01T17:42:00.000-07:00

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Corporate Fascism Anyone ?

2011-05-22T22:34:00.000-07:00

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It's A Coming !

2011-05-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

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My Rapture Hoodie just arrived ! Whew !
That was close.. ;)

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Mankind can make this but,we can't make a little bit of Cold Fission yet ?

2011-05-17T08:12:00.001-07:00

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Come On People,Concentrate ! !

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Love It !

2011-05-15T20:49:00.000-07:00

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Bartcop.com

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We Don't Need No Stinkin Regulations..

2011-05-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

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http://www.allhatnocattle.net/5-13-11_greasers_oil_exec.htm

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Waaaaah !

2011-05-15T15:29:00.001-07:00

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Sen. John Ensign sex scandal spreads to other Republicans

2011-05-15T08:59:00.000-07:00

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By Brad Knickerbocker - Sat May 14
The Christian Science Monitor

The sordid tale of former Sen. John Ensign (R) of Nevada is casting its dark ethical – and perhaps legal – shadow wider and wider in Washington.

Aside from the likelihood that Ensign will face criminal charges, recent revelations don’t paint a very good picture of Sen. Tom Coburn, former senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum, nor the Justice Department.

When details of his affair with the wife of a former staffer and close family friend revealed what looked to many observers like a cover-up – including the payment of large sums of money via his parents – Ensign announced that he would not run for reelection. Then last week he abruptly resigned his seat in order to avoid having to personally face a Senate Ethics Committee investigation and his likely expulsion from the Senate.

œBased on the record in this matter, the Special Counsel respectfully submits that there is substantial credible evidence that provides substantial cause to conclude that Senator Ensign violated Senate Rules and federal civil and criminal laws, and engaged in improper conduct reflecting upon the Senate, thus betraying the public trust and bringing discredit to the Senate,â€

Among other things, the report alleges that Ensign and his parents made illegal payments to his mistress and her husband, made false or misleading statements to the Federal Election Commission, and â€œpermitted spoliation [alteration or destruction] of documents and engaged in potential obstruction of justice violations.â€

The committee has referred the matter to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission.

Critics wonder why the Justice Department appears not to have pursued the Ensign case with any sense of vigor. Last December, the Justice Department informed Ensign's lawyers that he was "no longer a target" in a corruption probe.

“It is puzzling how DOJ, armed with the full might of the legal system, was unwilling or unable to reach the same conclusions as the ethics committee,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, in a statement. “Perhaps this report will give DOJ the spine it so clearly lacks, and the courage to finally take on Senator Ensign.”

"It is only a question of when the government is going to indict," Douglas McNabb, a federal criminal defense attorney, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal Friday. "I don't understand why they set it aside before."

Meanwhile, Ensign’s personal disgrace and political downfall appears to have touched at least two of his Senate colleagues.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R) of Pennsylvania – who lost his reelection bid in 2006 and is now running for president on a platform stressing family values – learned of the Ensign affair in an email from Doug Hampton, Ensign’s former chief of staff and husband of Ensign’s mistress Cynthia Hampton.

Hampton reportedly was seeking Santorum’s help. But rather than reply to Hampton, Santorum forwarded the email to Ensign, tipping him off to the impending scandal.

As the episode continued, Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma became involved in negotiating financial payment to the Hamptons (which involved Ensign’s parents) – apparently as a way of settling the situation in a way that would limit political damage.

As the Senate Ethics Committee report details, there’s much more to the story – including Ensign’s trying to generate lobbying business for Mr. Hampton after Hampton was pushed out of his job working for the Nevada senator.

None of it is likely to do any good to the reputation of Sen. Coburn or to the presidential ambitions of Mr. Santorum.

Link:
http://tinyurl.com/44peuyo

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The Majority Report:Breaking Down Alan Simpson’s Social Security Lies

2011-05-11T09:42:00.001-07:00

More like.."Dancing with a box of rocks"..

2011-05-08T00:42:00.000-07:00

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Keep the Internet Free and Open !

2011-05-04T17:19:00.000-07:00

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Take Action Now to Protect Network Neutrality

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*If you haven't already.. :)

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Osama bin Laden assassinated..

2011-05-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

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About F-ing time..

Can we have Our Habeas Corpus
& the rest of Our Civil Liberties back now ? !

-- Michael

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Quotes

2011-04-26T03:05:00.000-07:00

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"I have one dollar in my wallet. That’s more than the combined income tax liability of GE,
ExxonMobil, Citibank, and the Bank of America.

Somebody is gaming the system.”

-- Carl Gibson

www.bartcop.com

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Just one word comes to my mind:

Sickening !

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Hands Off Our Medicare !

2011-04-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

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2011-04-16T12:12:00.000-07:00

www.allhatnocattle.net

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Tell President Obama: Hands off Medicare ! !

2011-04-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

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Dear Friend,

President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a deal with Republicans on the budget that averted a government shutdown while fending off some of the biggest attacks on women and the environment. But shockingly, Speaker Boehner emerged from the negotiations with billions more in cuts than he initially asked for.

There is no way to describe the Democrats' disastrous negotiating strategy other than one of appeasement.

In effect, the Republicans took hostages and, in response, Democratic leadership agreed to pay a very high ransom.

As a result, Republicans are newly emboldened. And they have already boasted about the price they will exact from Democrats in the coming fights over the 2012 budget and the debt ceiling.

I just signed a petition telling President Obama to stop caving to hostage takers, make a stand on the debt ceiling and take Medicare off the table. I hope you'll sign it too.

You can find out more and take action at the link below.

Credo Action - Hands Off Medicare ! !

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On Tour . . . with the Beatles! Culture: vanityfair.com

2011-04-05T08:55:00.000-07:00

On Tour . . . with the Beatles! Culture: vanityfair.com

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Society: vanityfair.com

2011-04-05T08:43:00.000-07:00

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Society: vanityfair.com

Dan at Blue Roots Radio says:

2011-03-26T04:58:00.000-07:00

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Dan says:

March 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm

This just in: Generalissmo Francisco Franco is still dead.

In other news: GE paid no taxes but still thinks they pay too much.

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The New Robber Barons: All Politicians "In the Hands of the Super Wealthy," Sachs Says

2011-03-16T07:11:00.000-07:00

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Posted Mar 16, 2011 08:00am EDT by Aaron Task - Yahoo! Finance

The cataclysm in Japan pushed it off the front page, but last Friday was a landmark day in America as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a controversial bill restricting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions.
There's been a lot of talk, here and elsewhere, about whether the standoff in Wisconsin was about pure economics or partisan politics. (See: Wisconsin Lt. Gov: This Is About Balancing the Budget, Not Political Payback)

"It's pretty clear there's an agenda nationwide: Republican governors backed by the Koch Brothers [and] extreme right wing money want to crush the unions," says Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs. "The public is against it, but public opinion doesn't count much in this country these days." (Editor's note: The Koch Brothers have denied our repeated requests for an interview.)

But Sachs says the "real story" is much bigger than Wisconsin: It's about stagnant wages of public and private sector workers alike, and the increasing and increasingly pernicious role of big money in politics.

The following statistics speak to Sachs' first point:

Since 1973, the median take home pay of full-time workers is virtually unchanged on an inflation-adjusted basis.
The top 11,000 households in America have more income than the bottom 25 million.
Since 1976, 58% of real income growth has gone to the top 1% of Americans.
"We've reached the greatest income [and] wealth inequality in history," Sachs says. "This is a new ‘Robber Baron' era, of course."

And just like the titans of industry in 19th century America, "the people at the top buy the politicians," he laments. "All of them - all parties. Everyone is in the hands of the super wealthy." (See: D.C. Disconnect: Congress Represents Big Interests, Not YOUR Interests, Sachs Says)

Decrying a "shocking game that got out of hand," Sachs notes President Obama is seeking to raise $1 billion for his presumed reelection bid. "He's not going to get it from poor people, he's going to get it from rich people," Sachs says. "So when push comes to shove and rich people say ‘we want our taxes cut', that's what happened."

Link:
Video at link

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life !

2011-03-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

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- Andrew Couts Andrew Couts – Sat Mar 5, 5:28 pm ET

Aliens exist, and we have proof.

That astonishingly awesome claim comes from Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, who says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life — fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. (There are only nine such meteorites on planet Earth.) Hoover’s findings were published late Friday night in the Journal of Cosmology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

“I interpret it as indicating that life is more broadly distributed than restricted strictly to the planet earth,” Hoover, who has spent more than 10 years studying meteorites around the world, told FoxNews.com in an interview. “This field of study has just barely been touched — because quite frankly, a great many scientist would say that this is impossible.”

Hoover discovered the fossils by breaking apart the CI1 meteorite, and analyzing the exposed rock with a scanning-electron microscope and a field emission electron-scanning microscope, which allowed him to detect any fossil remains. What he found were fossils of micro-organisms (pictured below), many of which he says are strikingly similar to those found on our own planet (pictured above).

“The exciting thing is that they are in many cases recognizable and can be associated very closely with the generic species here on earth,” said Hoover. Some of the fossils, however, are quite odd. “There are some that are just very strange and don’t look like anything that I’ve been able to identify, and I’ve shown them to many other experts that have also come up stump.”

In order to satisfy the inevitable hoard of buzz-killing skeptics, Hoover’s study and evidence were made available to his peers in the scientific community in advance of the study’s publications, giving them a chance to thoroughly dissect his findings. Comments from those who decided to sift through the evidence will be published online, alongside the study.

“Given the controversial nature of his discovery, we have invited 100 experts and have issued a general invitation to over 5,000 scientists from the scientific community to review the paper and to offer their critical analysis,” writes Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics scientist Dr. Rudy Schild, who serves as the Journal of Cosmology’s editor-in-chief. “No other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting, and never before in the history of science has the scientific community been given the opportunity to critically analyze an important research paper before it is published.”

Needless to say, if Hooverâ€™s conclusions are found to be accurate, the implications for human life will be staggering. Hereâ€™s hoping that heâ€™s right.

Update: While the Journal of Cosmology says that “no other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting,” some highly respected names in the scientific community are challenging the validity of Cosmology, and the findings of Dr. Hoover.

“[The Journal of Cosmology] isn’t a real science journal at all,”
says PZ Meyers in Science Blogs, “but is the ginned-up website of a small group of crank academics obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth.”

So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks. Our hearts believe, but our brains are kind of bummed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/nasascientistfindsevidenceofalienlife

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More Rethug Hypocrisy !

2011-02-27T19:24:00.000-08:00

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The Teabaggers have more Astro-Turf than The NFL..

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Gov. Walker's Wisconsin 'Union Busting' Exposes 'Tea Party' Scam, Duped Americans

Time for those formerly hoaxed by duplicitious corporate schemes to wake-up and smell what billionaire sociopaths are shoveling..

Link:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8368

From the BradBlog.com

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w/t ToniD.. :)

Protests in Madison,Wis..Today..

2011-02-27T16:12:00.000-08:00

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Mobile video from Madison

http://qik.com/video/38025087

*Fighting The Good Fight !
Keep up the great work..
Thank you,all ! :)

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Politics - Death of the Liberal Class

2011-02-27T15:19:00.000-08:00

Chris Hedges

About the Program - BOOKTV

Chris Hedges, fellow at the Nation Institute, argues that America's liberal class has collapsed and with it the citizenry's protection against what the author deems, the "corporate state." Mr. Hedges contends that the liberal class, which includes universities, labor movements, the press, the Democratic Party, and liberal religious groups, has been gradually corrupted by corporate entities. He believes that without the existence of a liberal class there will no longer be checks and balances against corporate interests. Chris Hedges discusses his book at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon.

About the Authors
Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges is the author of several books, including War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and Empire of Illusions. A former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, he is currently a fellow of The Nation Institute.

http://www.booktv.org/Program/12062/Death+of+the+Liberal+Class.aspx

Buy the author's book from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound

Program Information

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http://www.booktv.org/Watch/12062/Death+of+the+Liberal+Class.aspx

Koch Connections..Corporate Fascism Anyone ?

2011-02-26T11:09:00.000-08:00

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Koch,What a Huge Wingnuted Douche ..

2011-02-26T10:34:00.000-08:00

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Thanks, www.bartcop.com/

Marc Maron interview from a while back..

2011-02-25T00:38:00.000-08:00

Crank Bait says:

2011-02-07T02:13:00.000-08:00

*A really good post over at BlueRootsRadio.com
by Crank Bait..

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The demonstrations in Egypt have captured and held my interest since their inception. Today I wondered why.

Sure, it is current events and falls squarely in the wheelhouse of political geekdom, so there’s no surprise there. The Arab/Persian world is the new Evil Empire according to people on my right, so I feel a certain obligation to pay attention to any news from the eastern Mediterranean to Afghanistan, but my fascination goes beyond Mideast affairs.

It’s simply this: The many are making changes without guidance from a few.

Ten days of demonstrations in Egypt is the exception to the rule that cats can’t be herded. Even better, they don’t need a shepherd. Egyptians are doing what all of us wish we could do to oppose corporate powers. Egyptians are doing what all of us wish we could do to oppose political nonsense. Egyptians are doing what all of us wish we could do to oppose stupid wars.

And they have agreed amongst themselves to do it peacefully. They have attacked an unwanted system by using the most righteous weapons possible: Numbers and publicity and determination.

That’s the key fascination for me. Egyptians are turning their frustrations into something tangible and effective. My frustrations simmer. My frustrations are expressed in a voting booth, or with a phone call or email, or by trying to explain complexities to someone who is poorly informed or apathetic or both. None of it is tangible or effective. Tomorrow I will be as frustrated as I am today. I am one voice howling at the moon.

But numbers, ah, numbers…with numbers demonstrating for days on end, something happens. It might not be a “better” something but it will be a something of their own doing…without instruction from above.

*The recent events in Egypt are an example of what rarely happens yet what everyone wishes would happen more often:

The few openly confronted by the unyielding many. No blood lust. No threats beyond “We will all stay right here, as a unified group, until you go away.”
My fascination is constructed of my own frustration and cynicism.

“Yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus.” …and he lives in Egypt.
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Thank you Crank Bait! - ToniD

http://bluerootsradio.com/?p=5448

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2011-02-02T18:25:00.000-08:00

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http://fuckconservatives.wordpress.com/

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I stand with Keith !

2011-01-21T23:21:00.000-08:00

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AMERICAblog

Keith Olbermann was just fired by MSNBC. According to Keith, he received notice that "this is going to be the last edition of your show," and bam, he was out the door.

Keith's commentaries gave voice to our hopes and our fears. He helped so many of us survive the Bush years, and while a staunch Obama supporter, he wasn't afraid to stand up to his own President either.

We will all miss Keith, and wish him well wherever he ends up next.

Please sign the petition and show Keith that we stand with him today.

I stand with Keith Olbermann.

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6006/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3151

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2011-01-13T15:23:00.000-08:00

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Be Bop Deluxe,kids !

2011-01-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

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The Popdose Guide To Be Bop Deluxe - By Chris Holmes..

Woot !

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Palin,Beck & Their Fellow Teabaggers..

2011-01-11T02:00:00.000-08:00

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A Fund Raiser is More Important ?

2011-01-08T08:15:00.000-08:00

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GOP Reps: Sorry for missing our swearing in ceremony and then voting on the floor

The Daily Caller

(AP Photo/The Intelligencer, David Garrett) MANDATORY CREDIT

Republican Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania sent an apology letter to all fellow House members late Friday afternoon for skipping out on the chamber’s swearing-in ceremony Wednesday and then voting on legislation while technically not members of Congress.

The two were attending a reception within the capitol building for Fitzpatrick while their colleagues were being sworn in. They even held up their right hands and recited the oath in front of a live television feed of the ceremony, but later found out that according to House rules, members cannot be sworn in remotely. Sessions and Fitzgerald voted six times on the House floor before being officially sworn in later this week, which the House later nullified.

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Wingnuts trying to Rewrite History : Fail !

2011-01-08T07:38:00.000-08:00

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History network pulls plug on Kennedy project

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer David Bauder
Sat Jan 8, 7:05 am ET

PASADENA, Calif. – A controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family will not air on the History Channel because the completed multimillion dollar project does not fit the "History brand," the network said.

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"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

COURT: NO WARRANT NEEDED TO SEARCH CELL PHONE

2011-01-05T00:08:00.000-08:00

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Posted: Tuesday, January 4 2011 at 05:45 pm CT by Bob Sullivan

The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who's been arrested -- including text messages -- without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence.

Con't..

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Sadly,Me thinks they still think that Our Constitution is just a Goddamn piece of paper !

Welcome to The Banana Republic of America ?

Corporate Fascism ?

Stay tuned..

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone ! :)

2010-12-26T00:31:00.000-08:00

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BREAKING: Minutes ago, the FCC passed new rules -- written by corporations -- that will end Net Neutrality !

2010-12-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

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For the first time in history, the U.S. government approved corporate censorship of the Internet, putting the future of online free speech at risk. Unbelievably, the person leading the charge was Obama appointee Julius Genachowski.

This violates President Obama's campaign promise to protect Net Neutrality, but some media are reporting the corporate spin that this is a "Net Neutrality compromise." It's not -- there's no such thing as half a First Amendment. We need to set the record straight.

*Today's FCC Net Neutrality rules from Chairman Julius Genachowski -- written by Comcast and AT&T, the companies the FCC is supposed to regulate -- broke Obama's promise and allow discrimination and corporate censorship online. Read the 3 reasons why to learn the truth.

Con't..

http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/2751?akid=3035.246289.DKsOO7&t=3

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Try & Pay Attention People ! Or, Is That Too Much To Ask ?

2010-12-18T15:28:00.000-08:00

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(meant for Teabaggers,Libertarians & The Self Righteous Right)

You know,The Hypocrites R Us crowd..

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It sure has been & continues to be,great for the richest 2% .. Unless you have a Social Conscious,at all..

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We’re So Fu*ked !

2010-12-14T21:14:00.000-08:00

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With American Politics in the state that it is in now..

No wonder poor Miley Cyrus is sucking down on that big old bong ! ;)

Deja Vu .. All Over Again !

2010-12-07T12:48:00.000-08:00

In Latest Compromise with GOP, Obama Agrees He is a Muslim

2010-12-07T11:11:00.000-08:00

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Place of Birth ‘Negotiable,’ President Says

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In his latest effort to find common ground with Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama said today that he was willing to agree that he is a Muslim.

Differences over his religious orientation have been a sore point between the President and his Republican foes for the past two years, but in agreeing that he is a Muslim Mr. Obama is sending a clear signal that he is trying to find consensus.

“The American people do not want to see us fighting in Washington,” Mr. Obama told reporters at the White House. “They want to see us working together to improve their lives, and Allah willing, we will.”

Con't..

The Borowitz Report

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Thx Gloryoski..

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Please Support This Petition !

2010-12-05T09:29:00.000-08:00

We Need Jobs, NOT Tax Cuts For The Top 2% or A BS Deficit Commission !

Just Read Some Economic History, Let's Say Covering The Years 1928 thru 1934 or so..
..Economic Stimulus Creates Jobs,Which In Turn Creates Tax Revenues,Which In Turn Reduces Our Deficit..
This Isn't Rocket Science People..

The Right Wing Is Just Trying To Put Through Programs That Won't Work and,Still Are Practicing Obstructionism,So They Can Blame Pres.Obama & The Democrats For Their Economic Failures Starting Back With Bushtard..
Remember,The Repubs Believe In The Repub Party First,Country 3rd or 4th..

Now If We Can Just Get The Democrats To Show Some Much Needed Backbone,More Jobs Will Start Being Created..

But,We Need To Keep Letting The Democrats Know That They Need To FIGHT, NOT Lay Down On A Real Jobs & Economic Stimulus Program !
One That History Has Proved Will Work !

Thank you..

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Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »

Not Smiling Now, Are Ya !

2010-11-24T22:24:00.000-08:00

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Future bag boy at Wallmart !

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Tom DeLay convicted ! !

2010-11-24T16:08:00.000-08:00

YEA !! YEA !!

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Alright all u Heathens,There is a God ! ! ;)

Or,hell just froze over..

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Tom "The Old Bug Sprayer" DeLay was Convicted of Money Laundering..

Link - Raw Story

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"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Learn about Big Media and Media Consolidation

2010-11-24T14:55:00.000-08:00

Palin: It's All About Meeeeeee.. !

2010-11-24T14:46:00.000-08:00

Scary but true folks..

2010-11-22T02:59:00.000-08:00

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Thanks,All Hat No Cattle.net

THE MOST CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: “UNFINISHED BUSINESS” | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress

2010-10-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

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THE MOST CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: “UNFINISHED BUSINESS” | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress

How Hank Paulson’s inaction helped Goldman Sachs

2010-10-11T04:43:00.000-07:00

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By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Henry Paulson has received widespread acclaim for his bare-knuckled decision-making as the treasury secretary at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, but former federal regulators say he missed multiple chances to contain the disaster.

Among the prime beneficiaries of Paulson's inaction in 2006 and 2007 was Goldman Sachs, the investment banking behemoth he ran before he was named to former President George W. Bush's Cabinet.

Paulson's failure to take steps to curb risky mortgage lending also enabled top executives of other Wall Street firms to continue cashing big bonus checks, while less privileged Americans lost their jobs, their homes and their retirement savings in the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression.

Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have been widely praised for engineering the Wall Street bailouts, which avoided systemic chaos, and they'll probably get more plaudits if the government recovers much of the $400 billion in loans it made to financial institutions.

However, while Paulson has been criticized, unfairly or not, because $12.9 billion of the bailout money went to Goldman, he's drawn little scrutiny for what he did in his first 18 months in office, during the final frenzied stages of the housing bubble.

* "No one was better positioned . . . than Mr. Paulson to understand exactly what the implications of his moving against the (housing) bubble would have been for Goldman Sachs, because he knew what the Goldman Sachs positions were," said William Black, a former senior thrift regulator who delivered the harshest criticism of the former secretary.

Paulson "knew that if he acted the way he should, that would have burst the bubble. Then Goldman Sachs would have been left with a very substantial loss, and that would have been the end of bonuses at Goldman Sachs."

Con't..

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*Gee..It's about time these guys caught up..
Better late then never..

Dylan Ratigan,Sam Seder & some Ass Clown Wannabe Pundit..

2010-10-05T00:20:00.000-07:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Thanks,ToniD..

Racial Predatory Loans `Fueled U.S. Housing Crisis: Study

2010-10-04T06:07:00.000-07:00

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Duh !

You might want to show this Study to the GOP & the M$M/Corporate Media !

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By Nick Carey Nick Carey – Mon Oct 4,

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Predatory lending aimed at racially segregated minority neighborhoods led to mass foreclosures that fueled the U.S. housing crisis, according to a new study published in the American Sociological Review.

Predatory lending typically refers to loans that carry unreasonable fees, interest rates and payment requirements.

Poorer minority areas became a focus of these practices in the 1990s with the growth of mortgage-backed securities, which enabled lenders to pool low- and high-risk loans to sell on the secondary market, Professor Douglas Massey of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and PhD candidate Jacob Rugh, said in their study.

The financial institutions likely to be found in minority areas tended to be predatory -- pawn shops, payday lenders and check cashing services that "charge high fees and usurious rates of interest," they said in the study.

"By definition, segregation creates minority dominant neighborhoods, which, given the legacy of redlining and institutional discrimination, continue to be underserved by mainstream financial institutions," the study says.

Redlining is the practice of denying or increasing the cost of services, such as banking and insurance, to residents in specific areas, often based on race.

The U.S. economy is still struggling with the effects of its longest recession since the 1930s, which was triggered in large part by the housing crisis, which was in part triggered by the crash of the subprime loan market.

Con't..

Feds Sue Fox News Over Reporter Catherine Herridge's Charges Of Discrimination, Retaliation

2010-10-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

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By SAM HANANEL

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are suing the Fox News Network for allegedly retaliating against a reporter after she complained about unequal pay and job conditions based on her gender and age.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Fox News Channel reporter Catherine Herridge filed an internal complaint about allegedly discriminatory practices in 2007.

Con't..

*Thanks,ToniD..

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Christine O'Donnell Witchcraft Comment from 1999 Bill Maher Show Surfaces

2010-09-22T17:17:00.000-07:00

O'Donnell makes light of witchcraft comment

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press Writer

LINCOLN, Del - WATCH THE VIDEO FROM REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER HERE.

Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is making light of comments she made more than a decade ago about having dabbled in witchcraft when she was in high school.

"How many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks in high school?" she asked fellow Republicans at a GOP picnic in southern Delaware on Sunday.

"There's been no witchcraft since. If there was, Karl Rove would be a supporter now," O'Donnell jokingly assured the crowd.

Rove, the former GOP strategist and adviser to President George W. Bush, has suggested that O'Donnell's win in last week's GOP primary cost Republicans a chance to retake the Senate seat long held by Democrat Joe Biden before he was elected vice president.

O'Donnell, a conservative Christian activist, rode a surging tide of tea party activism to an upset victory over GOP moderate Michael Castle, Delaware's longtime congressman and former two-term governor. She faces Democratic county executive Chris Coons in November.

O'Donnell's comments about witchcraft were made during a 1999 taping of comedian Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect" show.

"I dabbled into witchcraft. I never joined a coven," she said on the show, a clip of which hit the Internet as O'Donnell canceled Sunday appearances on two national news shows, citing commitments to attend church and the GOP picnic in Delaware.

"I hung around people who were doing these things. I'm not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do," O'Donnell told Maher.

"One of my first dates with a witch was on a satanic altar, and I didn't know it. I mean, there's little blood there and stuff like that," she said. "We went to a movie and then had a little midnight picnic on a satanic altar."

Con't..

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/christine-odonnell-witchcraft-comment-from-1999-bill-maher-show-surfaces-092110

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2010-09-15T10:31:00.000-07:00

Fight Washington Corruption ! !

2010-09-10T16:47:00.001-07:00

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1. Overturn Citizens United
2. Fair Elections Now
3. Lobbyist Reform Act

•Read about the campaign in The Nation

About The Campaign - Frequently Asked Questions