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Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back
Seeded on Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:35 PM EST ()
But what angered Mr D'Souza almost as much were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. "There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said.
Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier
Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:00 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
As Obama takes over the wreckage this country is in, one can't help but feel like something alien to America has been controlling it these past eight years. The wave of emotion that has erupted with the election of Barack Obama reminds me of the Allied victory in France in WWII.
As children starve, world struggles for solution
Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:37 PM EST (CNN)
Patel says "2008 was a record year in terms of harvest. There's more food per person in 2008 than there's ever been in history. The problem is not food, but how we distribute it." Other causes for the rise in global hunger have been documented. They include:
Chinese Automakers May Buy GM and Chrysler
Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:34 PM EST ( The Truth About Cars )
Chinese carmakers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire GM and Chrysler, China's 21st Century Business Herald reports today. A National Enquirer the paper is not. It is one of China's leading business newspapers, with a daily readership in the 3 millions.
Huge Bush Gaffe Allows Obama To Overturn More Laws
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:31 PM EST (Icky People)
As Politico sums up: "In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress."
The Real Difference Between Bankruptcy and Bailout
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:16 PM EST (Robert Reich's Blog )
When a big company that gets into trouble is more valuable living than dead, there used to be a well-established legal process for reorganizing it - called chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.
Rejoin the World (Op-Ed piece by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF)
Seeded on Sun Nov 2, 2008 11:25 AM EST (The New York Times)
More than 98 percent of the historians in the poll, conducted through the History News Network, viewed Mr. Bush's presidency as a failure.
History : How the US Government Was Overthrown In Three Easy Steps
Seeded on Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:23 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
by TocqueDeville Sun Jul 27, 2008 at 04:01:36 AM PDT So what if I told you that the powers of financial capitalism (bankers etc.), had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands, able to dominate the political system of …
UFOs shut down Nukes : Larry King (video)
Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:25 PM EDT (CNN)
Check link for ~10 minute video (about 7 minutes in there was a particularly interesting segment)
Beijing 2008: bars forbidden to serve "blacks" and Mongolians, outdoor tables banned (internet lies)
Seeded on Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:20 PM EDT (Asia News)
For "reasons of safety", bars are forbidden to serve "blacks"" and Mongolians or place tables in the street. Street musicians are being banned, and so is buying medicines containing "stimulants" without a prescription.
Meat Eaters Live a Lie
Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:42 PM EDT (Live Science)
While a big, juicy steak may indeed be culinary nirvana for many, your taste for beef could be based in part on expectation rather than reality.
There are 24 Empty Houses for Every 1 Homeless Person in America
Seeded on Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:46 PM EDT (TreeHugger)
The census also lists the total number of homeless in America as 759,101, so there are 24 empty houses for every homeless person in America. What a shocking misallocation of resources, materials and energy
9 Republicans Vote for Impeachment Hearings, 10 Abstain
Seeded on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
n a stunning development which fell with the silence of a feather yesterday, 9 Republicans broke with their iron-fisted party to put country first, and voted to send Rep.
Uss Liberty: Gov't. Betrayal & Cover-up Finally Exposed
Seeded on Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:07 PM EDT (Hustler Magazine)
NOTE: ARTICLE APPEARS AT HUSTLER WEBSITE, SO IF YOU CLICK THE LINK, EXPECT TO SEE NUDITY, AT LEAST IN THE ADS. SURVIVING SAILORS BREAK THEIR SILENCE 40 YEARS AFTER ISRAELI ATTACK ON US NAVY SHIP
German Papers Say 'Many Have Lost Faith in America' Because of Bush
Seeded on Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:57 PM EDT (Editor & Publisher)
-- Handelsblatt: "Bush junior wasn't up to the challenge following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, because he let himself be pushed into an unwarranted war by listening to the wrong advisers, and thereby prevented a broad front against terrorism.
Space station toilet on the fritz
Seeded on Tue May 27, 2008 11:23 PM EDT (CNN)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The international space station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.
New age nuclear: radical new technology based on thorium promises what uranium never delivered: abundant, safe and clean energy
Seeded on Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:35 PM EDT (cosmos magazine)
What if we could build a nuclear reactor that offered no possibility of a meltdown, generated its power inexpensively, created no weapons-grade by-products, and burnt up existing high-level waste as well as old nuclear weapon stockpiles? And what if the waste produced by such a r …
Bush Says He Lets Red Phone Go Straight to Voicemail
Seeded on Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:47 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Creators Syndicate - President George W. Bush commented on Sen. Hillary Clinton's controversial "red phone" campaign ads at the White House today, telling reporters, "When that red phone rings, I just let it go straight to voicemail."
It's official: Obama won Texas despite MSM claims otherwise
Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 2:02 AM EST (Daily Kos)
This is how this works, first there is the TX primary: Clinton won the primary with 51 percent of the popular vote to Obama's 47 percent, according to the Associated Press. Those results earned her 65 delegates to Obama's 61 delegates. Followed by the TX caucuses:
The Chicken Doves: How the Democratic Congress has failed the US
Seeded on Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:04 PM EST (Rolling Stone)
Quietly, while Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been inspiring Democrats everywhere with their rolling bitchfest, congressional superduo Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have completed one of the most awesome political collapses since Neville Chamberlain.
Poland 'agrees' to house US missles, despite Russian opposition
Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 1:33 PM EST (BBC News)
Poland and the US have reached an agreement in principle to install a controversial American missile defence system on Polish soil. In return for hosting part of the shield, the US has said it will help bolster Poland's air defences.
In Clinton endorsement, New York Times inches towards historical revisionism
Seeded on Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:59 AM EST (Raw Story)
Senator Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of the New York Times of her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president in a Friday editorial.
Israel mulls creation of Skynet (machine-controlled doomsday weapon system)
Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:56 PM EST (Wired News)
Israel has been hit in recent years by thousands and thousands of rockets, mortar shells, and missiles. And that could be just a preview of the onslaught Iran may one day unleash.
Senior Saudi prince offers Israel peace vision
Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:08 PM EST (Reuters)
A senior Saudi royal has offered Israel a vision of broad cooperation with the Arab world and people-to-people contacts if it signs a peace treaty and withdraws from all occupied Arab territories.
Huckabee gave speech to white supremacists
Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:45 PM EST (Raw Story)
As South Carolina's Republican primary election draws nearer, Mike Huckabee has ratcheted up his appeals to the racial nationalism of white evangelicals.
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