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October 2011

The Mess in the Middle East

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Chas Freeman Remarks to the 20th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Asia,Britain United Kingdom,China,Editors Picks,Egypt,Europe,Iran,Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

Eurozone Bailout Deal: Hold the Cheers

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More debt agreed on exacerbates an out-of-control problem. Only its final resolution is delayed. The longer crisis conditions continue and grow, the worse they’ll be when day of reckoning time arrives.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Business,Economics & Markets,Economy,Investing & Finance | Read More »

Anti-Imperial Voices

NATO VS LIBYA-CHILDREN

Last August, over 140 prominent Africans expressed opposition to NATO’s imperial war against Libya.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Government,Politics | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Oct. 31, 2011

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Alliant Techsystems, Missile Products, Defense Electronics Systems, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $54,400,000 firm-fixed-price contract for low rate initial production, three, of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM).

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

Halloween – A Veterans Today Public Safety Notice

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There is No Such Thing as Carrying an Illegal Weapon on Halloween

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »

Join The Team At Trinetics, Inc Today

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Trinetics, Inc has renewed its devotion to Hire Veterans for a 3rd consecutive year. This is a premier military technology company offering exciting careers to qualified veterans.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Jobs & Careers | Read More »

Lotus Drops Car Bomb on U.S. Drug War

LOTUS ELISE - A English Made Hemp Super Car

Young Corporate Leadership in England Gives Fake U.S. War on Drugs the Classic “Piss Off You Wankers”

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Living | Read More »

Video: Michael Moore at Occupy Oakland

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Michael Moore’s half hour video at Occupy Oakland isn’t intended to represent the “Occupy” movement as one of the left. Increasingly, we are seeing the movement cross former political divides. I don’t expect my former neocon friends, no sane person can still consider themselves a “neocon” to kozy up to Michael Moore but his message does cross lines and touch every aspect of America.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Politics | Read More »

Syria: Hospital Patients Subjected to Torture and ill-Treatment – New Report

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The Syrian government has turned hospitals into instruments of repression in its efforts to crush opposition, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (24 October).

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Causes,Living,Peace | Read More »

VetLikeMe: News and Updates for Veterans

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VetLikeMe shares the legistlative and hot news topics for Veterans

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Regional,Vet News,Veteran Service Organizations | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – October 31, 2011

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Veterans from across the country recently gathered in Arkansas for The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, where they exhibited original artwork and performed a variety of musical and stage acts.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Palestine Granted Full UNESCO Membership

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Huge cheers went up in UNESCO after delegates voted to approve the membership. One shouted “Long Live Palestine!” in French.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Asia,Britain United Kingdom,China,Editors Picks,Europe,Israel,Middle East,Oceana,Palestine,World | Read More »

OCW Wave Will Become A Tsunami – Wall Street Beware

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There is something glorious in the people led Occupy Wall Street movement for it is rooted in the moral imperatives of justice, self-sacrifice and social responsibility.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Government,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

Deja vu Redux: Anat Kamm and Mordechai Vanunu

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Former Israel Defense Forces soldier Anat Kamm was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for “collecting, holding and passing on classified information without authorization”. Kamm passed on the documents to reporter Uri Blau whose investigative report in Haaretz Magazine exposed misconduct by the Israel Defense Forces/IDF. Kamm’s trial maybe over, but no decision has been announced whether Israel will prosecute Uri Blau for reporting the brutal truth.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Middle East,Opinion Maker,Palestine,World | Read More »

Rewarding Careers At Interstate Companies, Inc

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Interstate Companies, Inc has recently teamed up with Hire Veterans in order to provide quality careers to our Nation’s veterans.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Economy,Jobs & Careers | Read More »

Iraq: Full Weapons Grade Uranium Use Proven – We Mean “Nukes”

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Clear evidence of the use of highly enriched uranium weapons in Iraq brought out during lawsuit.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in WarZone | Read More »

The Economics of Halloween

3-Women in costumes celebrate Halloween in Downtown St. Petersburg's Restaurants' and Night Clubs' Districts.

With all the Global Economic gloom and doom ubiquitous in the News, 161 Million Americans let loose to have some fun and spent $6.8 Billion Dollars celebrating Halloween this year.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Business,Economy | Read More »

How To Lick The Budget Deficits

United States Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geitner

Government deficits are a way of life in the post republic America. The spending addiction is a plague that swept away the land of the free and the home of the brave.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Government,Politics | Read More »

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Portrait of an Egyptian Revolutionary

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As of today we refuse to co-operate with the military prosecution of civilians and we call on all Egyptian citizens to stand with us.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Egypt,Middle East,World | Read More »

OCW Primer: Uniformed Thugs Are Not Legally Police

Oakland Use of Illegal Force

Occupy Wall Street: Carrying, loading and firing weapons without legal standing is a crime in every state in America. When done by the police, it’s criminal.

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,WarZone | Read More »

7 Billion People Makes Family Planning a Necessity

7 Billion People - Overpopulation

Congratultions World! Today, we welcomed in our 7th billion person! Now stop having sex, we’re killing ourselves!

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Causes,Education,Living,Of Interest,Religion | Read More »

Tic toc, Tic Toc… is Congress Going to Run Out the Clock?

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COLA versus the Congressional Super Committee and class warfare

October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Benefits,Government,Legislation,Vet News,Veterans Affairs | Read More »

Nahida Izzat: Did the Age of Enlightenment Never Occur?

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The following is a must read expose by Nahida Izzat. Nahida is one of the strongest, most eloquent and profound writers in our movement.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Britain United Kingdom,Causes,Europe,Living,Middle East,Peace,World | Read More »

What Did Christ Teach About Lineage And Race?

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Since we are all creatures of ‘belief.’ The foundations of belief are vital for understanding. I have been ‘spammed’ by e-mail’s linking me to a fascinating but ‘scary’ website, and I now reprint from that site, but not without important preface.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »

John Le Carré and 9/11 Truth: Skewering the Criminal State

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John Le Carré a 9/11 truther? Not just yet. But he’s getting there.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in 9/11,Americas,Asia,Britain United Kingdom,China,Editors Picks,Europe,Israel,Middle East,World | Read More »

Who Is Keeping Track Of The Trillions?

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Apparently Nobody is!! Fed audit, anyone? At issue is the accounting and oversight for $9 trillion in secret Fed bailouts of Wall Street banks.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Economy,Editors Picks,Government,Politics | Read More »

Fukushima Sabotage – Japanese Journalist Accuses Israel

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In retaliation for Japan’s support of an independent Palestinian state

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Asia,Editors Picks,World | Read More »

NFL Ignores Coming North American Union, Fumbles Growth Ball

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Going Global in the Wrong Direction

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell represents an NFL business that seeks massive growth. However, they are looking into the wrong markets just as the rest of our business community. In short, we’re missing the growth boat!

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Business,Economics & Markets | Read More »

Reason and Rationality in Public Debate: The Case of Ron Paul

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During the organizing meeting of The Human Behavior and Evolution Society at the University of Michigan in 1988, I raised my hand after a presentation by Lida Cosmides, then the doyen of the movement, which had made a certain impression on me, and said, “I have only two concerns regarding your presentation”. She said, “Yes?”; and I continued, “One is your conclusion”.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Foreign Relations,Of Interest,Politics | Read More »

Cuba Undergoing Silent Transition Toward A Free Market Economy

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Cuba is undergoing a “silent transition” from socialism to a mixed economy but the U.S. hasn’t responded with diplomatic initiatives, an authority on Latin American affairs writes.

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in Of Interest | Read More »

 

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