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Bomb Kills 200 In Iraq

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Looks like things are going great this week in Iraq.
Rescuers dug through the muddy wreckage of collapsed clay houses in northwest Iraq on Wednesday, uncovering victims of four suicide bombings that Iraqi officials said killed at least 200 people in one of the worst attacks of the war.
The victims were members of a small […]

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Karl Rove Resigns

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Everyone say goodbye to Karl Rove…
From CNN:
Karl Rove, President Bush’s senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.
“Obviously it’s a big loss to us, said deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino. “He is a great colleague, good friend […]

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Republicans Fear YouTube Debates

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

While many feel the presidential YouTube debates are a new twist on the same old crap - Republicans are backing away from it! Retreating in the face of their internet-fear.
“Only two of the nine Republican presidential candidates have agreed to attend a YouTube-sponsored debate in St. Petersburg on Sept. 17. Two front-runners, Rudy Giuliani and […]

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Nerve Gas Gulf War

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Is this, or is this not an admittance of nerve gas and pesticides being used in the Gulf War?
Robert W. Haley, M.D., professor of internal medicine and chief of epidemiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says the findings suggest that “there is a loss of brain cells due to a […]

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DEA Judge Supports Medical Marijuana

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrative law judge ruled Monday that a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst should be allowed to grow marijuana for research purposes. The ruling is non-binding, and the decision resides ultimately in the hands of DEA head Karen Tandy, but the decision by Judge Mary Ellen Bittner paves […]

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Cannabis Church

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

When Reverend Craig X Rubin was arrested at his house of worship he asked the lead LAPD officer for the special rights accorded to clergy under California Penal Codes 1524 and 1525, but was told by the officer that his Bible-based Judeo-Christian organization, that was recognized by the state of California, was “not practicing a […]

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Israel Cluster Bombs Lebanon

Monday, January 29th, 2007

More on Israel and it’s use of cluster bombs in its attack on Lebanon.
We’ve investigated cluster munitions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, but we’ve never seen use of cluster munitions that was so extensive and dangerous to civilians,” said Steve Goose, director of the arms division at Human Rights Watch. “The issue is not whether […]

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Anarchists Storm Capitol

Monday, January 29th, 2007

At the start of the march I joked that SDS, the organizers, would have to “make their bones or leave their bones.” Well, they’ve made their mark in a big way today!
The march from Dupont Circle started out with 150 people or so, but grew as reinforcing contingents joined in at seveal points. In front […]

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Israel Violates US Cluster Bomb Rules

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Israel has violated more US rules in regards to using cluster bombs and military weapons in time of war.
The United States said on Monday Israel may have violated an agreement with Washington in its use of U.S.-made cluster bombs during last July’s war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
“There were likely violations,” State Department spokesman Sean […]

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Send More Troops

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Look, soldiers join the military for ONE THING - to shoot guns and hopefully one day kill people. No other reason. They can hide behind, “oh I needed college money” all they want, fact of the matter is talk to any of them and the fact remains, they are gun toting blood-thirtsy militants.
I have […]

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