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Gun Rights
Would you pull the trigger?
12-12-2005
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by Jim Peron (Institute of Liberal Values)
It was more than noise. It's a horrendous noise as if some large creature is smashing your home around you. You hear the crashing and smashing and you hear it coming toward you -- coming toward your daughter.
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Police State
Shoot a cop kicking in your door without a warrant and get the death sentence
12-12-2005
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Hammer of Truth (thanks Steve Trinward)
see links: redstate.org/story/2005/12/12/35446/022
theagitator.com/archives/025962.php
theagitator.com/archives/025976.php
hammeroftruth.com/2005/12/10/mississippi-burning-an-innocent-man
hammeroftruth.com/2005/12/10/cory-maye-update
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WAR: About that War
Iraqi Poll: Get the F**K Out!!!!
12-12-2005
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ABC News
More than two-thirds of those surveyed oppose the presence of troops from the United States and its coalition partners and less than half, 44 percent, say their country is better off now than it was before the war,
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Transportation: Air Travel
DHS report admits air marshals 'overreacted' in airport shooting
12-12-2005
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Capitol Hill Blue
Although the department claims otherwise publicly, a confidential internal report within Homeland Security admits air marshals “overreacted” when they gunned down a Florida man at Miami International Airport last week.
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Bush Administration
Bush calls Constitution "Just a God Damned Piece of Paper"
12-12-2005
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by Doug Thompson (Capitol Hill Blue)
Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President Bush and talk about renewing the Patriot Act. “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”
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Politics: Republican Campaigns
Probe into Doctor Senator Bill "Mengele" Frist's stock trades continues
12-12-2005
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Associated Press
"For the last 10 years or 11 years, I have no earthly idea, at any point in time how much stock of anything, not just that particular stock, but all of the stocks that I've owned in the past," Frist said. Documents show otherwise
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WAR: About that War
Senators want civility in war
12-12-2005
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Associated Press
Moderates are imploring colleagues in Congress to tone down the rhetoric on Iraq as debate about President Bush's war policies has become increasingly bitter and partisan. "The quality of congressional debate has an impact on events in Iraq
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World News
Australian mobs pound crap out of anyone looking Arab
12-12-2005
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Herald Sun
Angry crowds singled out and bashed people of Middle Eastern appearance at one of Australia's iconic beaches as racial tensions boiled over into mob violence. Police were powerless to quell the violence, resorting to batons and capsicum spray to
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WAR: About that War
Severe Torture Cited In 2nd Jail Operated by Iraqi Interior Ministry
12-12-2005
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Washington Post
An Iraqi official with firsthand knowledge of the search said that at least 12 of the 13 prisoners had been subjected to "severe torture," including sessions of electric shock and episodes that left them with broken bones. "Two of them
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WAR: About that War
Murtha Returns to the Attack
12-12-2005
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by Alexander Cockburn (CounterPunch)
Armed with graphs, bar charts and intimate knowledge of what is actually happening on the ground in Iraq, the former US Marine shredded Bush's claims, blazing a path for his fellow Democrats, which most of them continue to shun.
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Bush Administration
Cheney and "Fried" Rice in Hot Water
12-12-2005
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by Ray McGovern (AntiWar.com)
Rice's message to Europe was: "The end justifies the means, and terrorism can be fought with borderline methods on the outer edges of legality."
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WAR: About that War
Syrian assassination accusations unravel
12-12-2005
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by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar.com)
The effort to demonize Syria and, in effect, Saddamize its ruler, Bashar al-Assad, has run up against a brick wall: the recantation of the prime witness, who says he was bribed, intimidated, and tortured into going along with the narrative being sold
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Space Travel and Exploration
Europe eyes joining Russia spaceship
European Space Agency (ESA) officials have said that European countries remained interested in a Russian plan to build a new crew-carrying spaceship known as the Clipper.
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Domestic Policy
Hunt continues for 1,300 children lost during Katrina
12-11-2005
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Detroit Free Press
Three months after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, the fate of more than 1,300 children remains unknown.
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Politics: Republican Campaigns
Doctor Bill "Mengele" Frist hard at work watering torture ban down
12-11-2005
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Reuters
"What does degrading mean? Do you not want to degrade a terrorist, not hurt them, but degrade them, if they are going to take out your family, if they are going to assassinate you? That's the question that is being worked out," he said.
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Criminal Justice System
Congressman bribed, er Lobbied to Hamper Amtrak
12-11-2005
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New York Times
After documents obtained by The New York Times raised questions about lobbying by ExpressTrak and its lawyers to obtain the $8.3 million for Amtrak, Congressman Knollenberg said he would work to reverse his legislation.
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Economy - Economics USA
Consumer Debt Increases Most in 18 Years
12-11-2005
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Dembloggers
Americans increased their household debt at an annual rate of 11.6% in the third quarter, the fastest growth in 18 years, the Federal Reserve said. Total outstanding debt in the household sector rose to $11 trillion.
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Economy - Economics USA
Why Southeast Asia is turning from the US to China
12-11-2005
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Asia Times
The United States is rapidly losing its influence in the Southeast Asia region to China, thanks to an overly narrow focus on terrorism and a propensity to place bilateral ties above multilateral relationships
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WAR: About that War
Iraqi general tells of prison torture horror
12-11-2005
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Agence France Presse
An Iraqi general formerly in charge of special forces said he witnessed horrific scenes of torture in Iraqi prisons and accused a Shiite militia of being responsible. "It was horrific. Thousands of detainees, often teenagers, beaten, burned, rec
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Central Intelligence Agency
French spymaster tells on false Niger uranium story
12-11-2005
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European Tribune (Blog)
"I know what happened. When it happened. How it happened. I guided the French intelligence in this affair. I made the decisions. I communicated and exchanged with the Americans all information concerning this case."
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Central Intelligence Agency
French now coming forward to say they warned the CIA the Niger uranium story was bogus
12-11-2005
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Los Angeles Times
More than a year before President Bush declared in his 2003 State of the Union speech that Iraq had tried to buy nuclear weapons material in Africa, the French spy service began repeatedly warning the CIA there was no evidence to support the allegati
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Media: Print
R. W. Bradford, editor of Liberty magazine, dies at 58
12-11-2005
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Rational Review
This morning, Rational Review reports the untimely death of (Bill) R.W. Bradford, publisher of Liberty magazine. He was 58 and had fought heroically against cancer for many months.
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WAR: About that War
Iraqi insurgents urge Sunnis to vote, warn Zarqawi
12-11-2005
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Reuters
In a move unthinkable in the bloody run-up to the last election, guerrillas in the western insurgent heartland of Anbar province say they are even prepared to protect voting stations from fighters loyal to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in
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Entertainment: Sports
USC Tailback's Reggie Bush Runs Off With Heisman Trophy
12-11-2005
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Associated Press
Reggie Bush took slow, deliberate steps to the podium and began his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech with a huge sigh of relief and a hand over his heart. He may have been the only one in the packed room with any doubt about the outcome. Once again,
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Police State
China arrests official who ordered open fire on protestors
12-11-2005
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Agence France Presse
A Chinese official who ordered security forces to open fire on protesters last week has been arrested, state media said, ending a news blackout on the clash but denying claims that scores were killed.
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Israel
Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran
12-11-2005
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London Times
Israel's armed forces have been ordered by prime minister Ariel Sharon to be ready by the end of March for possible strikes on secret uranium enrichment sites in Iran, military sources have revealed.
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U.S. Military's propaganda machine
12-11-2005
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New York Times
The media center in Fayetteville, N.C., would be the envy of any global communications company. In state of the art studios, producers prepare the daily mix of music and news for the group's radio stations or spots for friendly television outlets
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Central Intelligence Agency
EU concealed deal with US to allow 'rendition' flights
12-11-2005
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The Sunday (London) Telegraph
The European Union secretly allowed the US to use transit facilities on European soil to transport "criminals" in 2003, according to a unpublished document, contradicting repeated EU denials that it knew of "rendition" flights by
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MI6 and CIA 'sent student to Morocco to be tortured'
12-11-2005
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The Guardian
An Ethiopian student who lived in London claims that he was brutally tortured with the involvement of British and US intelligence agencies.
He spent nearly 3 years in the CIA's network of 'black sites'. He underwent the strappado torture
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Police State
U.S. Military spying on Americans
12-11-2005
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Washington Post
Day after day, reports of suspicious activity filed from military bases and other defense installations throughout the US flow into the Counterintelligence Field Activity, a 3-year-old Pentagon agency whose size and budget remain classified.
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