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How the GOP, Reagan, Bush Sr, Bush Jr Betrayed, Pillaged, then Sold the U.S. »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 9 months ago in Political News
Like Rome, the US has despoiled the land, waged war upon both the small farmer and the laborer, outsourced it's industry, devalued it's ...
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Did oil influence America's decision to invade Afghanistan? »
Posted by: dissent 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
America has wanted a new government in Afghanistan since at least 1998, three years before the attacks on 11 September 2001. The official report from ...
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Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US till 9/11 »
Posted by: dissent 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).
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Bush's Deficit May Doom America »
Posted by: populist 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The financial catastrophe being left behind by George W. Bush is moving the United States from its old status as one of history’s great ...
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It's not just Afghanistan: it's everywhere from Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan. »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Central Asia has oil and gas.
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And heroin.
Journalist Simon Reeve said of his trip to the Stans, such as Uzbekistan:
"Most people I met ...Read (592) | Share | Discuss (21) | Read Full Story at aangirfan.blogspot.com
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Can America be Salvaged? »
Posted by: ameliog 2 months ago in Political Opinion
I really don’t know what to say anymore, about a country in which people are all worked up about government czars, but sat silently ...
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Our Suicide Bombers : Thoughts on Western Jihad »
Posted by: dissent 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The actor Will Smith is no one's image of a suicide bomber. With his boyish face, he has often played comic roles. Even as ...
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Obama’s Empire »
Posted by: dissent 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The 44th president of the United States was elected amid hopes that he would roll back his country’s global dominance. Today, he is commander-in-chief ...
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The Folly of the Economic "Stimulus" Package »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
...what is the solution? We can begin by moving in exactly the opposite direction of that proposed by the administration and congressional leaders. Spending must ...
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Freedom Through Militarism: Does the US Military Actually Protect Liberty? »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Liberty is not a child of militarism. The liberty of a people in any society, a rarity to be sure, is dependent on the character ...
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The Secret History of the American Empire : Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
AMY GOODMAN: Well, before we go further, “economic hit men” -- for those who haven’t heard you describe this, let alone describe yourself as this ...
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Obama should listen to Iraqis rather than lecturing them »
Posted by: dissent 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
While broadly sticking to his promise to pull combat troops out in 16 months (the date of August 2010 he now favours is actually 18 ...
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Reality Is Its Own Caricature for US in Afghanistan and Pakistan »
Posted by: dissent 2 months, 4 weeks ago in News
The problem with U.S.-sponsored elections in Asia and elsewhere in the non-Western world, as in Afghanistan Aug. 20, is that they are sponsored ...
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Rich New Yorkers fleeing at alarming rate!!!! »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 weeks, 3 days ago in News
New York - New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers — and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows ...
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Truthdig - Reports - McNamara’s Evil Lives On »
Posted by: dissent 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Why not speak ill of the dead?
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Robert McNamara, who died this week, was a complex man—charming even, in a blustery way, and someone ...Read (172) | Share | Discuss (7) | Read Full Story at truthdig.com
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