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Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks Masters Of War - Bob Dylan
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 98 votes / 3 sinks
Ex-State officials allege corruption in Iraq
Politics – The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:50pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / 2 sinks
The Earmark That Backfired
Politics – In 2005 Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska championed a $10 million earmark for a highway interchange. The earmark appeared in an 835-page transportation bill called SAFETEA-LU
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(downsizedc.org)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:48pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 2 sinks
Embedding the Analysts: Modern-Day Propaganda?
Do No Evil – Setbacks in Iraq - like the generals' revolt, the Abu Ghraib scandal, and the growing insurgency - brought pushback from the Pentagon by way of a new set of talking points for the well-schooled retirees.
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(dissidentvoice.org)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:45pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 1 sink
A Green Industrial Revolution?
Money – Does it matter if some staples run out, or will the same ingenuity that produced oil refining in the late 19th century and the "green revolution" in the late 20th century save us again in the future?
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(latimes.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:35pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 173 votes / 1 sink
Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand
News – The quake was felt across much of China and as far west as Bangkok, Thailand's capital, some 3,300 km (2050 miles) away, where office buildings swayed for several minutes.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 3 sinks
The Prime Directive on Iran
Politics – U.S. war plans targeting Iran are all about "protecting" Israel
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(antiwar.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks
Attack Iran? Why Not Just Paint Targets on the Backs of Kids Like Those on PBS's "Carrier"?
Politics – Like a bad penny, the administration's threat to attack Iran keeps turning up.
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(scholarsandrogues.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:44am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 2 sinks
Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions
Do No Evil – The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the govt. has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after 9/11. But the number of terrorism prosecutions, one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing, has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.
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(latimes.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 09:42am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 3 votes / No sinks
The World at 350: A Last Chance for Civilization
Science – If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted, atomospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm.
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(truthout.org)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:25am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 62 votes / 2 sinks
The Suffering of Soldiers - New York Times
News – Several years into a pair of wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to cope with a task for which it was tragically unready: the care of soldiers who left Afghanistan and Iraq with an extra burden of brain injury and psychic anguish. The last thing they need is the toxic blend of secrecy, arrogance and heedlessness that helped to se
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:23am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 132 votes / 9 sinks
McCain faces doubts among Republican conservatives
Politics – Republicans used the PA, IN, and NC primaries to register their unhappiness with McCain by voting for Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, or Mitt Romney. In Penn, 27% opted for Huckabee or Paul; in N Carolina and Indiana, McCain opponents earned 23% of the vote. The Washington Times calculated that McCain had garnered no more than 45% of the Republican vote.
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(breitbart.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:22am
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 72 votes / 9 sinks
Lessons of the Quaternary [Debunking Global Warming]
Do No Evil – One of the world's leading journals focusing on the geology, geomorphology, geography, archaeology, soil science, palaeobotany, palaeontology, and palaeoclimatology of the Quaternary Period ... titled Quaternary Science Reviews. Three articles have been published recently ... we are calling the "Lessons of the Quaternary."
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(worldclimatereport.com)
Sunk on May 12, 2008 01:36am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 2 sinks
Detainees in America: System of Neglect
Do No Evil – Yusif Osman's death at the Otay Mesa immigrant detention center outside San Diego is a single tragedy in a larger story of life, death and often shabby medical care within an unseen network of special prisons for foreign detainees across the country. Some 33,000 people are crammed into these overcrowded compounds on a given day.
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(washingtonpost.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:04am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 41 votes / 3 sinks
Torture: Straight from the Top?
Do No Evil – After 9/11, our highest government officials sanctioned a culture of cruelty that put our troops, our Constitution, and our own standing in the world at risk. The administration has been fighting to stop a public accounting of the internal decisions behind that policy. They fear they could one day face prosecution if their actions have been illegal
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(pbs.org)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:01am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 62 votes / 4 sinks
Democrats Attack Bush Energy Policy, Oil Industry Tax Breaks
News – Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow attacked the Republican Bush administration's energy policy and tax breaks for the oil industry, urging investment in alternative energy.
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(bloomberg.com)
Voted for on May 11, 2008 09:43pm
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