Plame on Plame.

She has just begun to speak out. Listen to what she has to say. Gentlewomen and men, I give you..Valerie Plame and KO:

Plame on surviving the Washington spy game
They had no shame, those men that destroyed the trust of the CIA employees. Cheney made them all collateral damage in his little pissing contest.

Why does Harry Reid heart the Telecom’s?

Money of course..lots and lots of it. From Glen Greenwald’s column at Salon:
Then again, AT&T is the second largest contributor overall to officials in Congress, having poured into the Beltway a total of $38 million in campaign contributions for the election cycles for which these records are available. Verizon is in [...]

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism, Part 3 continued

Another in our series on the 14 Characteristics of Fascism and how BushCo and the extreme right use them. This post was authored by SweetPea, a member of the Coalition for a Republican-Free America
 
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
Part III, Identification of Scapegoats
(Distorted Facts: The Cultural War Against Gays)
by SweetPea
SECTION 2
As [...]

Waiting On Our World To Change

I have lost faith in this country’s leaders.
I’m a registered Libertarian, but, because I wanted to see major changes, last November, I dipped my pen on the Democratic side of my ballot (I voted absentee).
I hoped against all reason I have come to understand (that when shown the full light of day, Democrats are no [...]

HISTORY MAY BE REPEATING ITSELF:

PROPAGANDA THEN AND NOW
By PraetorOne and BibleBelted
Throughout the summer of 1938 the Nazi propaganda machine cranked out a steady stream of outright prevarications about Czech persecutions in the Sudetenland. “The German newspapers were filled with accounts of mass arrests of innocent men and women in the Sudetenland and there were the inevitable circumstantial stories [...]

have you seen my country?

We have lost our country.
We’ve lost our country to politics-as-usual. We’ve lost our country to special interests and polarization. We’ve lost our country and no longer have a system in place to deal with the crucial issues that are facing us.
In order to find our country, we need to enlist the help of others. Therefore, [...]

Bushs approval rating at a new low: 24%

This makes the head fuckwit of our country in the same class as Richard Nixon. Per this writeup about the lastest Zogby poll linked above: “The Reuters/Zogby Index,” which measures the mood of the country, also fell from 98.8 to 96 — the second consecutive month in which it has dropped. The number of Americans [...]

tear it down!

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What is the 86 Days campaign?
86 days separate two infamous dates: October 17th marks the first year anniversary of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) and January 11th marks the anniversary of the first detainee held at Guantánamo Bay. We will protest and organize during these 86 days and need you to join us!
 
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The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein connects the dots

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This youtube will take you to much more, of Naomi Klein’s videos and talks. As will her website and blog.
More great Naomi resorces on the Shock Doctrine , Rise of Disaster Capitalism . Don’t miss these links or video stream on Democracy Now program from today. Information is our greatest defense.
Naomi Klein’s new book [...]

autumn days?

 

for all of you folks who are wondering whether or not that you forgot to ‘fall back’- you didn’t. used to be at the end of october or something like that. not anymore- not since 2005. that’s right- now you get to wait until november. anyone who reads anything i read [...]