tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81376007357414703252012-01-28T03:36:21.394-08:00For the Leftmost Few of us.Leftmostnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137600735741470325.post-88629373552484197072012-01-25T23:57:00.000-08:002012-01-25T23:57:57.517-08:00

Free Palestine Press Release The situation in the Middle East is grim. More Palestinian homes demolished. More illegal settlements. The ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem is not just continuing; it is escalating. Both Democrats and Republicans are spineless before the "Israel Lobby". Scientists in Iran are murdered while the same neo-cons who promoted the invasion of Iraq are now threatening war

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 March for Palestine Press Release World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem Beirut -The International Executive Committee of the Global March to Jerusalem announces the completion of the preparations for the Second International Conference where the representatives of the International Committees involved in the organization of the Global March to Jerusalem will meet.

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In the future, we all work for private corporations. My name is Patrick Meighan, and I’m a husband, a father, a writer on the Fox animated sitcom “Family Guy”, and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.I was arrested at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning with 291 other people at Occupy LA. I was sitting in City Hall Park with a pillow, a blanket, and a copy of

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Israel detains peace activists to Gaza as if they were nothing more than illegal immigrantsIt's like they consider all of Palestine, their land. Free Palestine Movement Canadian and Irish ships sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters a short while ago. The Israeli military stated that “Upon arrival of the vessels at the

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Leftmostnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137600735741470325.post-4476031714872071122011-09-08T20:59:00.000-07:002011-09-08T21:31:06.688-07:00

A wildfire that erupted Wednessday near Satus Pass by Goldendale, WA, which began in grass and brush, covering nearly 2,000 acres, caused the evacuation of some 300 people according to the Department of Natural Resources. The wildfire destroyed some 19 structures including 9 homes and 10 outbuildings. So far no injuries have been reported. Nuns from St. John's, fearing for the safety of their

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Leftmostnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137600735741470325.post-65419428520024745962011-08-24T10:31:00.000-07:002011-08-24T10:31:25.647-07:00

Today in political science we established that the reason why poor people are often at a disadvantage in terms of education is because they are lazy. That it doesn't matter whether or not you go to a good school or a bad one, you are either born motivated or your not. If you are born in the ghetto and you want to be a millionaire you'll work hard and make it out. To prove the theory we talked

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Leftmost Few book picks August 1914  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Author)  From Library Journal This edition of the Nobel laureate's epic novel of Russian history, which was first published in English in 1972 ( LJ 10/15/72), contains all of the text from the original plus additional material written after Solzhenitsyn's exile from the USSR in 1974. "Screen sequences"

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Book picks from Leftmost Few, In the First Circle: The First Uncensored EditionAleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (Author), Harry Willets (Translator)  Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyThis first uncensored translation of what many consider Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece shows the Nobel laureate treading deeply into the logic of Soviet Russia's gulag, if not deeply enough into the minds of his

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Not at all  By John E. Jones The exposure of Murdoch’s part in capitalist propaganda is not limited to Britain. The Murdoch empire dominates the English speaking countries. While the corruption of the police and politicians that is being exposed is very damaging to the image of the sham democracy that has prevailed; the real damage is to the indoctrination machine. The phone-hacking scandal

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Israel seizes French Flotilla Press Release Athens, 19/7/2011 1:30pm This morning, the French flag ship “Dignité/Al Karama”, carrying 16 passengers -among them the coordinator of the Greek Initiative Vangelis Pissias, and representing the international “Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human” - started to sail from outside Port Said of Egypt towards the Gaza Strip. The boat gave its last

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Via: Free Palestine Movement Newsletter I had originally intended to call this "A funny thing happened on the way to Gaza," but decided it sounded too flippant. However, the journey has certainly taken unexpected turns, which deserve some reflection on the Law of Unintended Consequences as it relates to the 2011 Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Our Free Palestine Movement delegation of Ambassador

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Municipality to use Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours EAST JERUSALEM — Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. “I expect that the beginning of the new school year

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The following is a graph for the search term "orthodox homosexuality". It covers a graph of average search amounts from 2004 to the present day of this post. Bear in mind, Google's Insights for Search only covers average search popularity. At any given time there are people all over the world searching for all kinds of things. Insights for search monitors search terms that have become

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Happening now: Greek military, avowing to stop the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, from leaving port, has placed the US Ship in a military port. Journalist Joseph Dana has said the office of the presidency has said to seize the Canadian boat while in port. Passengers aboard the US Flotilla are demanding to see their consult reps, but so far they haven't been able to. There is a live press conference

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Syntagma Square movementnot as grass-roots as it claims, maybe? By Peter Schwarz It is not easy to report on the “Indignants”, the protesters in Athen’s Syntagma Square. We spent almost an hour trying to find someone responsible who could tell us about the goals and character of the movement; without success. First, we went to a stand where in big letters above it read “information”. But as

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Leftmostnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137600735741470325.post-2382163361177242182011-06-23T21:51:00.000-07:002011-06-23T21:51:30.363-07:00

In Other Words, They're Robbing You Blind By James G. Neuger and Jonathan Stearns European Union leaders pledged to stabilize the euro-area economy, vowing to stave off a Greek default as long as Prime Minister George Papandreou pushes through a package of budget cuts next week. “This is not only a green light but also a positive sign for the future of Greece,” Papandreou told reporters after

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What the, "war on terror" really means is,'Look and anyone but me.'   Third (Communist) International 1. Faced with the growth of the revolutionary movements in many countries, the bourgeoisie and their agents among the workers are making desperate attempts to find ideological and political arguments in defense of the rule of the exploiters. Condemnation of dictatorship and defense of

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Hey I got an idea, maybe focus more on the teachings of Christ and His Saints and not the sunglasses and laser shows, then maybe young Christians will stay (or they'll become Orthodox, which is just fine and dandy :)). Folks, the purpose of the Christian life is to acquire the Grace of God, to acquire Theosis. Fully-realized it is nothing less, than to come into constant communion with God's

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It really bothers me when someone reads the Bible 2 or 3 times and then goes about making themselves into some kind of Biblical expert, here to evangelize the masses to Atheism, and show a Church which has prevailed for 2,000 years, the error of its ways. Like when they go on some tirade about how can the Bible say God is Love and yet speak of His Righteous Anger at the same time, without having

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Dear Gamefly, people with PC's play video games too. Please stop saying you have the largest video game library, because if you've preemptively excluded the whole PC platform and the PC genres that come with it, then you clearly don't have as many games as you advertise. There, someone had to say it.

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Zionists plan to build 3rd temple, where Alaqsa Mosque currently stands. The Temple of Solomon is also known as the, First Temple. It was the Temple in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount, or Mount Zion as it is also known, which was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC. The site where the Temple once stood is now occupied by Alaqsa Mosque. Israel, in their

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Was it too good to be true? Or will Egyptians unite and protest the move? Free Palestine(Translated from Arabic via Google)BREAKING: Egypt shuts down Rafah crossing ! Urgent: Egypt closed the Rafah crossing in a surprise without informing the Palestinian side and, without giving any reasons. and citizens with supporters of Hamas stormed the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing in protest against

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GOP philosopher believes in selfishness, not God. Think Progress  A film adaptation of the 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, opened this past Friday. The release of the film has coincided with a resurgence of popularity for Rand on the American Right. The trailer for Atlas Shrugged had its world premier at this year's CPAC conference, the Tea Party group FreedomWorks has rolled

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Feminism crushes workers, identifying freedom with paid labor. by Hester Eisenstein And, by identifying freedom with paid work, mainstream feminism offered the perfect cover to multinational corporations exploiting women’s labor in free trade zones. In short, feminism became the language of capitalist modernization. Feminism Seduced: How Global Elites Use Women's Labor and Ideas to Exploit

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Kidnapped Palestinian Freedom Fighter Found Dead in Gaza His body was found hours after the Islamist group, Tawhid and Jihad, claimed to be holding him hostage, in exchange for the release of their leader. As of April 15th, the group has released a statement saying that they deny having murdered him, but are pleased to see him dead.Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian Human Rites activists, who

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...just a little. Exploitation & Porn reflect our society By Sadie Ryanne. Mainstream porn is exploitative and degrading. But it’s more complicated than that. We should be focused on dismantling a society that forces us to sell ourselves, not one particular industry within that society – especially an industry that is currently (for better or worse) the livelihood for some of the most

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Rachel Maddow, defender of "friendly" western aggression By David Walsh On March 21, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow offered a defense of the Obama administration and its role in launching a military assault on Libya. With tortured logic, Maddow attempted to show that the means by which President Barack Obama made public this new act of Great Power aggression revealed the chasm that separates his

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J-Street advocates genocide with a smile By Philip Giraldi J Street is seductive.  Americans have been bombarded with propaganda about Israel ever since the foundation of the country over sixty years ago.  More recently, the United States has been designated by the media and the chattering classes as the protector of the Jewish state with little regard for those actions undertaken by Tel Aviv

Leftmostnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137600735741470325.post-28420866624854316002011-03-10T00:19:00.000-08:002011-03-10T00:19:23.735-08:00

Union Busting Thugs Crush Labor By Tom Eley The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday evening passed a bill stripping government workers of collective bargaining rights and forcing them to pay much more for health insurance and pensions. The bill was approved in spite of the absence of 14 Senate Democrats who had fled the state, legally depriving Republicans of the required

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Personhood denied By Kate Randall Private First Class Bradley Manning, suspected by the United States Army of being WikiLeaks’ source for thousands of classified military reports and diplomatic cables, was stripped naked in his cell Wednesday and Thursday nights. This degrading treatment at the brig at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia came alongside notification March 3 by the Army that

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Once upon a time, there was a blog called, JN1034, but now that blog is no more and good riddance to it. I know it sounds harsh and I don't say it lightly. JN1034 lured in individuals such as myself who were questioning the common Orthodox consensus of banning gay marriage and forbidding the ordination of women. At first they released tension by being a mouthpiece for the frustrations felt by

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The rich get richer the poor are screwed By Patrick Martin The ongoing mass protests in Wisconsin underscore the utter ruthlessness of the ruling class in its determination to drive down the living conditions of workers, not only in that state but throughout the United States. The political reality that is ncovered up by the American media is the brazen and brutal use of power by an entire

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Gov. Scott Walker stops at nothing to make his friends "richer" By Patrick Martin Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled state legislature are moving to slash wages, gut health benefits and undermine pensions. Walker will impose a legal straitjacket on public employees, stripping them of collective bargaining rights over anything but wages, and requiring any wage rise

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Israel loses its Egyptian ally LRB The challenge to Israel of the revolutionary changes now underway may well be existential, depending on how it responds to these events. With Mubarak gone, Israel may once again be a pariah nation in the region. Netanyahu’s government has already proved that even if Zionism is not racism, Zionists can be racists. By denying Palestinians a state of their own

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Palestinians' plight of peril continues By Kathleen Christison The U.S. complicity in Israeli expansionism, and the desperate acquiescence of the Palestinian leadership in Israeli demands for its surrender, have now been exposed in the massive document leak by al-Jazeera. Dubbed the Palestine Papers, the collection of almost 1,700 documents was obtained from unknown, possibly Palestinian,

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Democracy wins by a landslide! By Simon Assaf The tyrant has fallen. Mubarak has gone. Israel’s man, imperialism man, the US’s man, the World Bank’s man, has been deposed. Mubarak has been swept away by one of the greatest mass movements in history. The “moderate strongman” so loved by imperialism presided over a regime of cruelty, nepotism and corruption that went beyond silencing democracy

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Today, should be a HolidayThis a day to rejoice, not only for the people of EgyptBut of Gaza and the whole middle east By Bill Van Auken With his speech on Thursday night, Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak threw down the gauntlet to the mass protests and growing strike wave that have rocked his regime for nearly three weeks. After widespread media reports that Mubarak would announce his

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You see Dr. King, he was a real pro-war advocate, he really spoke out against all those radical anti-war anti-Vietnam activists. What's the matter, don't you remember it that way?Neither do I. Funny how all of a sudden Dr. King supportswhatever anyone wants him to. Usurpers of Dr. King's message Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 82 this month. His assassination occurred nearly 43

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The Suffering Youth of Gaza, Issue a Manifesto The Youth of Gaza The Manifesto "Fuck Hamas. Fuck Israel. Fuck Fatah. Fuck UN. Fuck UNWRA. Fuck USA! We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation, the violations of human rights and the indifference of the international community! "We want to scream and break this wall of silence, injustice and indifference like the

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New York Times plays the role of America's, Spin Dr. Sharmine Narwani The New York Times' lengthy explanation of why it decided to publish the WikiLeaks Cables leaves out one important consideration. What on earth would the State Department have done if a major US paper had not "interpreted" the information dump for the American masses? Someone had to take on the "national responsibility" of

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Terrorist attack against Coptic Christians is being downplayed Steve huntley We’ve heard outlandish allegations of Islamophobia sweeping America. Not getting nearly as much attention is the bloody persecution of Christians in parts of the Muslim world. Every report of an Islamist terrorist plot is accompanied by a chorus of warnings against Americans hating or attacking Muslim Americans. Yet,

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Remembering Gay Victims of The Nazi Holocaust It is estimated that 1.2 million homosexual men were living in Germany in 1928. Between 1933 and 1945 100,000 men were arrested and charged with being homosexuals, 50,000 were officially sentenced. Most were sent to regular prisons, while an estimated 5,000-15,000 were sent to concentration camps. In Nazi Germany, homosexuality was persecuted to a

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Australia is subservient to US Imperialism   By Patrick O'Connor "... Gillard has gone out of her way to assist the embassy... Although warm and engaging in her dealings with American diplomats, it’s unclear whether this change in attitude reflects a mellowing of her views or an understanding of what she needs to do to become leader of the ALP.” These comments outline who really calls the

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Wikileaks loses domain Read Write Web It's not our normal beat to cover so much breaking news on ReadWriteCloud but U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman has changed that a bit with his attacks on Wikileaks and threats to the technology community. Now in part due to his reactionary ways, we've seen a cascading series of events culminating tonight with Wikileaks losing its DNS. That means if you

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US Media ignore the full details of the Wikileaks documents By Gareth Porter A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile program refuted the U.S. suggestion that Iran has missiles that could target European capitals or intends to develop such a capability. In fact, the Russians challenged the

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I get it, you're mad at the establishment, so am I. But are you people really so blind? When liberal intellectuals refer to Sarah Palin as an idiot, I get it, you identify with her more because you don't consider yourself much of an intellectual elite. Yet, she really is in idiot. Really! She's actually an idiot! I'm not saying that because she's a "rogue" or a "maverick", I really mean it, she

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Conservatives Promote "Selfish" Ideology Morning Star Online UK In one very real sense, it's redundant to describe the present Conservative assault on Britain's working class as "ideological." Because all political parties' solutions to problems are by definition ideological, being based on that party's world-view, on the preconceptions and ideas that are at the root of its approach to

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Capitalism stand in the way of alternative energy By Paul M. Sweezy Though it is neither written nor marketed as such, Who Owns the Sun? by researcher/activists Daniel Berman and John O’Connor, is a devastating indictment of capitalism. As it has developed in the last two centuries, this system is an enormous user of energy, most of it derived from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil,

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"9/11? Never heard of it." Afghans polled Daniel Tencer Fewer than one in 10 Afghans are aware of the 9/11 attacks and their precipitation of the war in Afghanistan, says a study from an international think tank. A report (PDF) from the International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) shows that 92 percent of those surveyed had never heard of the coordinated multiple attacks on US soil

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War veteran talks about the effects of war; kicked out of college Veteran's essay on killing: By Charles Whittington War is a drug. When soldiers enter the military from day one, they begin to train and are brain washed to fight and to handle situations in battle. We train and train for combat, and then when we actually go to war, it is reality and worse than what we have trained for. We

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 Palin's detractors strengthen her in conservative's minds. By Frank Rich With Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity on her side, Sarah Palin hardly needs the grandees of the so-called Republican establishment. They know it and flail at her constantly. Unnamed “party elders” were nearly united in wanting to stop her, out of fear that she’d win the nomination and then be

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Abuses against the Palestinian people by Israeli Settlers Keep your anger in check as you watch. It is important to know what is going on in this part of the world.   “To understand everything is to forgive everything” - Buddha Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato14If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. 15But

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"Let me say finally that I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against this war, not in anger, but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and, above all, with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there

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 Putting the public under corporate control By Charles Sullivan There is a widespread notion among neoconservatives, neoliberals, and civil libertarians that government is the enemy of the people. Many people believe that government is incapable of serving the public, that it is incapable of doing good. This attitude owes more to propaganda than truth. After all, government grudgingly provided

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ON BEING ORTHODOX AND GAY By Nicholas Zymaris May 1997 Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! "You're gay and Orthodox? How could you possibly reconcile the gay lifestyle with Orthodoxy?" Have you ever heard anyone say this?  All too often, we see this sentiment expressed; the implication is that this "lifestyle" is so heinous that it should be self-evident that it cannot be

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Police Officer's light sentence sparks public outrage By Tom Carter Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Perry on Friday threw out part of a jury verdict and sentenced police officer Johannes Mehserle to only two years in prison. Mehserle was convicted in July of this year of criminal homicide for the point-blank shooting of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black youth who was lying face down, in

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Jon Stewart promotes sanity by doing, nothing. By Medea Benjamin When Jon Stewart was on Larry King's show talking about his Rally to Restore Sanity, he likened himself to Alice in Wonderland and the rally as the Mad Hatter Tea Party. But is Jon Stewart really Alice, trying to find sanity in an upside-down world? Or is he the March Hare, the ultimate reactionary who encourages people to sit

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I noticed a lot of my visitors use Fire Fox. I use it too, and I love it. However, you've no doubt wrestled with Fire Fox 3's annoying memory leak; sometimes taking up to 1 GB of your memory. You know just as well as I do, that it doesn't take 400 MB of RAM to open Google.com! Anyway, if you're looking for a fix, I have one for you, Memory Fox. I use it and it works spectacularly! PS Just

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There's a little knock knock, joke going around By Paul Krugman Unsurprisingly, America's 'state' media claims that Democratic losses were due to the party moving too far to the left. As Paul Krugman wrote the day after the election: "So, we’re already getting the expected punditry: Obama needs to end his leftist policies, which consist of … well, there weren’t any, but he should stop them

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 Capitalism is the word, of the neocons, have you heard?  By Henry A. Giroux Tea Party candidates express anger over government programs, but say nothing about a government that provides tax breaks for the rich, allows politicians to be bought off by powerful lobbyists, contracts out government functions to private industries and guts almost every major public sphere necessary for sustaining an

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Noam Chomsky calls it like he sees it Ajaz Ashraf, Anuradha Raman Interview Noam Chomsky    “Western media submits to an intellectual culture restricting any analysis and criticism of state action.” “Liberal media doesn’t discuss attacks on civil rights today, for they are coming from the Obama administration.” The major media, the New York Times and so on, tend to be what is called

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Being Gay and Copticchristian, coptic orthodox, and gay: sound like a contradiction? To many people, perhaps. To me and many others, not so much. Growing up gay and orthodox had its challenges. I hope that others out there who are struggling or who are in the shadows may stumble upon this blog. I hope to let others know they don't have to be alone. The Coptics, though not Orthodox,

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Bankers find way to capitalize on hardships By Andrew Leonard Nearly a dozen major banks and hedge funds, anticipating quick profits from homeowners who fall behind on property taxes, are quietly plowing hundreds of millions of dollars into businesses that collect the debts, tack on escalating fees and threaten to foreclose on the homes of those who fail to pay. Here's how it works. A

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Who'd a thought low-fat cream of broccoli soup could be seen as a "surrender" to Islam? By Ben Zaritsky The far right has never been better, speaking the good news of capitalism, defending the constitution, protecting our rights, and spreading Islamophobia. If forced to choose, what of all of these values the far right would choose to promote. Luckily for all of us, we now have an answer.

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They can just burn in flames for all they care. Naomi Spencer A family’s home was left to burn to the ground September 29 in Obion County, Tennessee over an unpaid annual fee of $75. Residents have responded angrily to the disaster, as city officials defend the policy.The blaze could have easily been put out by the fire department if firefighters had been authorized to respond when

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In the land of the free, poverty is the biggest crime Justice Policy Institute Many of those who have lost their jobs and homes because of the economic recession are ending up in jail. There's a strong link between poverty and incarceration in the United states. The relationship between poverty and the justice system suggests that more and more people from poor and low-income communities are

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Unlike The Other Guys Linh Dinh All governments lie, kill and misuse public funds, but these calculated habits are amplified manifold during wars. We’re in two now, aiming for a third. Japan, whose land we’re still occupying 65 years after Hiroshima, has just announced sanctions against Iran beyond what the U.N. mandated. South Korea swiftly followed suit. It’s surprising to see these two

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For many, Obama's 9/11 rallying cry rings hollow By Bill Van Auken The American people were first told that their enemy was Osama bin Laden, who was assigned responsibility for the September 11 attacks, events that remain shrouded in mystery and have yet to be subjected to any credible investigation.That bin Laden began his career as a CIA “asset” in Afghanistan, when massive amounts of US

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Just say, no By Kate Karam Moore An alarming number of people, including many active in church life, have come to regard torture as an acceptable interrogation method rather than a violation of human rights or a degradation of the image of God in each person. This is especially when the accusation of terrorism has been made. Euphemisms like “enhanced interrogation methods” and “

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First he calls Dr. King a "radical socialist"then he holds a rally in his honor. By Bill Van Auken The Washington rally organized by right-wing Fox News TV personality Glenn Beck on Saturday offered a twisted mix of religion, potted history and the glorification of the military under the banner of “restoring honor” to the USA. Crowd estimates for the rally varied wildly. Beck and his

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US increases covert actions Voice of America Although it is not publicly documented, it appears the United States is increasingly relying on covert actions against the enemy in the War on Terrorism. One of the first hints of the possible use of covert operations came last May, when John Brennan, Assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism spoke to a gathering at

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Well, he's done it again, just like he said he would By Peter Symonds A lengthy article in the New York Times, A Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents has provided a glimpse into the extent of the Obama administration’s covert wars. Obama has not only continued but has expanded the murderous operations that were waged under the banner of the “war on terror” by the CIA and

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The history of the notorious Pirate Bay website By Mike Masnick Torrentfreak points us to a fascinating presentation that Peter Sunde gave at the Campus Party 2010 event in Mexico City. It's worth watching just for an explanation of the history of The Pirate Bay from one of the guys who was there:

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Capitalism continues to exploit people(Symptoms you're a Marxist pr2)   By David S. Pena Capitalists want to maximize profits, and they do this by exploiting the working class. The basic method of capitalist exploitation is to pay workers the lowest wage they can get away with (as close to mere survival as possible) while forcing their employees to do the maximum amount of work. More

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Hey, sorry about the lack of updates. I've been rather busy. Also, school is coming up very soon. I'll try and give you guys some news every Weekend or so.

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Upward mobility; a capitalist myth By Micheal Lind One of the fallacies exposed by the Great Recession was the idea of the mass upper middle class. During the bubble economy, both progressives and conservatives praised the graduation of most people from the working class to a new elite that included the majority of us. The center-left and center-right defined this alleged new class somewhat

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Obama endorses more capitalist ideas By David Sirota Following their training, the tech workers will be placed with outsourcing vendors in the region that provide offshore IT and business services to American companies looking to take advantage of [exploit] the Asian subcontinent's low labor costs.In recent months, Obama reversed his campaign promises on trade issues - first by dropping his

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They go without By Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton, from the book A Nation of Farmers It's hard to grasp the degree to which the Western lifestyle is implicated. We don’t realize that when we buy imported shrimp or coffee we are often literally taking food from poor people. We don’t realize that our economic system is doing such harm. What is the most common cause of hunger in the world? Is it

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Iranian President not afraid of Obama Press TV Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denounced the US administration for failing to implement the policy of change, saying capitalism in the US is nearing its end. "US President Barack Obama was brought to power to salvage the capitalist system," Ahmadinejad said in an address to directors and producers of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Wage-cutter in chief's 4 hour visit to Detroit  Patrick MartinObama’s four-hour visit to Detroit on Friday brought him to the center of the economic catastrophe created by the profit system. The “Motor City” was once a byword for decent-paying jobs in the auto industry. But Detroit is now synonymous with poverty, urban decay, mass unemployment and the virtual breakdown of a functioning

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  Endgame In Afghanistan: 'It's Taken A Year To Move 20km' By Sean Smith, Michael Tait, Guy Grandjean and Alex ReesAs the war in Afghanistan enters its final chapter, Sean Smith's brutal, uncompromising film from the Helmand front line shows the horrific chaos of a stalemate that is taking its toll in blood. Warning: the clip contains distressing scenes and strong

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To be Pro-life is to oppose ALL violence, life is a gift from God By Metropolitan George Khodr of Mount LebanonMetropolitan George is highly regarded throughout Lebanon for his untiring efforts to encourage dialogue and mutual respect as well as to make known basic Christian truths and principles. It is notable that during the Lebanese civil war, the only religious community which refused to

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