http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2005/12/29/164612/77
Gary Berntsen was the second CIA officer sent to Afghanistan and put in charge of directing the destruction of Al Qaeda and the hunt for Bin Laden. He arrived in the fall of 2001, replacing veteran officer Gary Schroen, who had led the first CIA element into Afghanistan in the immediate aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. Gary 2, i.e., Berntsen, built on Schroen's foundation and played a critical role in directing the offensive that broke the back of the Taliban and scattered Al Qaeda.
The key news from Gary's book is that we had Bin Laden in our sights but Tommy Franks and JSOC Commander, Dell Dailey, dilly dallied and did not deploy U.S. troops requested by Berntsen to the battle at Tora Bora. We could of had him; we should of had him; but we let Bin Laden get away.
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Americans are not malicious, so why didn't they Resist?
America is all about business. When you talk to most people, the first thing they will tell you about themselves generally has to do with their family, their home, or their interests.
When you talk to Americans, the first thing most will tell you about themselves is what they do to make money. That is how they define themselves, what they do to make money and how much of it they make by doing it. "What do you do?" is the first question most will ask each other when getting acquainted, and it is understood that "do" means "make money."
Among American atrocity apologists, one of the most popular and accepted justifications for the commission of atrocities is that the perpetrator did what he did in the hope of receiving a benefit.
I have even seen Americans who were in favor of the Iraq crusade but now oppose it because they are not included in the beneficiaries. They feel deceived and robbed, they had thought that they too would be receiving a benefit, usually cheap gasoline.
I don't think of this as malice exactly, just a sort of cultural solipcism. The very same people who were in favor of the crusade in Iraq until it became apparent that they would not be receiving a benefit are not being malicious, just honest. If you asked any of them to commit an atrocity on their next door neighbor, the vast majority would refuse, I think, even if you told them it would help the war on terror, or that their favorite politician desired it, even if you offered them money or promised them cheap gasoline.
The reality of what they purchase with their tax dollars is not real to them. The victims are not real to them, for one thing, they are far away, strange looking people they see on TV who wear funny clothes and do not speak English. They are not really perceived as human.
Add to this the fact that photographs or video that show the reality of atrocities are considered by most Americans to be in "bad taste."
US corporate media goes to great lengths to protect their viewers from blood, even the blood of Americans. They will warn sensitive viewers before doing a report on the site of an automobile accident if there are bloodstains on the highway.
I believe that this very resistance to anything that might cause them to think, to reflect, on the humanity of their victims, the reality that for many people, it is "911" every day, and that this is done in their name, with their money, and that these are activities from which they had hoped to receive a benefit, is an indication that it is not malice.
There are some, certainly who are malicious, who will very openly call for genocide, who quite simply hate people from certain ethnic groups and wish them dead. And yes, signing up for the crusades is a very appealing notion to these individuals and many of them do so.
Others are the proverbial "chicken hawks" who prefer to cheer from their keyboards or armchairs the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, against humans whose humanity they do not recognize, or if they do, want them dead anyway.
But this particular sector of the American populace is a small minority, as the crusade recruiters have discovered to their chagrin.
Most mainstream Americans are not inclined or interested in personally doing harm to anybody, they simply do not think of their warlords' activities in those terms.
Some of the quaint cultural quirks that Americans are famous for, such as an exaggeratedly insular view, pride in ignorance of pretty much anything very far from their own immediate reality and experience, when combined with a cliched rah-rah "nationalism" that even old imperial Englishmen would envy, could not be more advantageous to the warlords.
To actually resist what they consider their "government" is not something that would occur to them, any more than the reality of an Iraqi mother holding the bloodied remains of her child occurs to them, when they think or speak about their "war on terror."
They believe what they are told, by their warlords and their corporations, not because they are stupid, but because to not believe them is simply not in their nature. Of course America is Number One. Of course America is an Exception. And of course the whole world should be grateful to America, and put American interests before their own. Because America is Number One, and is going to prevail in the war on terror.
Recently, some of them have broken through this cultural bubble, have looked around them and contemplated what all their plastic Wal-Mart junk actually represents.
They have read about history that was never taught to them in schools, and they have come to see the people of Iraq, of Afghanistan, of Palestine, as real human beings, they have come to see Arabs as real human beings, Muslims as real human beings, and as a result, set forth upon a journey as painful as it is liberating, as wrenching as it is empowering.
They have looked beyond their kitchen window and sought to see the world as it is, not as Wolf and Lou and their politicians and their corporations tell them it is, and the gap has left them reeling.
Their reactions have been as individual as they are, some have become active in anti-war activities, others have noticed the suffering a few blocks from their own homes, and have set about to do what they can to relieve just a bit of it, for one person, for two, a dozen.
Some, not quite ready to make the leap, have attempted to make themselves devotees of this or that politician, still struggling with the last membrane of that bubble, until they learn their idol's views on Iran, on Palestine, and their tears dissolve that last membrane, and they are free.
Free to Resist.
It is these courageous folks that would have formed a Reform movement in the US, if there were enough of them to form one, if the world had ever known of their existence, there would have been plenty of people willing to help.
It is a sad irony that while they became aware of the world, the world was never made aware of them.
And it is even sadder that their countrymen who today revile them would one day have listened to their grandchildren learning their names, writing reports on them: American Heroes of the 21st century.
It is not possible to praise them enough, not possible to pay them the homage they deserve.
It is not possible to listen to them tell of their struggle, gaze on the person they have become, consider what they came from, what they had to break free from, and not be humbled.
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Pictures the World Was Never Meant to See
That's the way CrusadeNewsNetwork's Tucker Anderson put it, and poring over the US press on the subject of photos of Iraqis in the clutches of their brave American liberators, it crystallizes the prevailing view very nicely.
"Comes at such a bad time." "The Arab TV Channels will show them, and this will inflame the Arab world," "increase anti-American sentiment." Those who expect grief and horror in "the Arab world" to contain a note of surprise will be disappointed. As someone said, it will be at most, documentation of something that has been known in the Arab world and beyond for quite some time.
In the UK, fresh on the heels of photos of its own troops' interaction with Iraqis that the world was never meant to see, the BBC had a poll on its website: Should the photos be shown?
I don't remember whether they meant theirs or the US's, but it doesn't matter.
Criticism of the acts themselves was duly drafted and droned, with even Bush expressing "disgust," but the message was clear. It is not the fact that these acts took place, that they were apparently so tolerated and commonplace that these particular perpetrators felt comfortable posing for souvenir shots to send the folks back home, make 'em proud.
The lawyer for one of the soldiers immediately began a full-scale press offensive: his client did not know the terms of the Geneva convention, had to look it up on the internet.
The mother of another complained that her daughter was "not properly trained."
In other words, the US military puts guns in the hands of individuals who do not know that it is wrong to attach electrodes to peoples' fingers, to force them to strip naked, to simulate sexual acts. Human beings, bound and hooded, gagged, in a concrete cell with these exemplary products of American cutltural indoctrination.
Oh, yes, they were trained all right.
Pictures the world was never meant to see.
Very few people, and even less in the western mainstream press, expressed outrage that the US had invaded a sovereign nation, seized twenty thousand or so of its citizens, within the framework of a culture in which such acts are committed with grins and laughs, photographed. Fun! A little R & R! These were not pictures the world was meant to see, for heaven's sake. We need to get the job done, show our resolve, chorus the politicians. What we need, say the experts, the generals, the analysts, is more troops, more weapons, more cameras?
In its wisdom the US promptly installed the erstwhile boss of Camp X-Ray to take charge of the prison cum photo studio of Abu Ghraib. That should put a stop to this reckless photo-snapping.
As puerile, as airheaded as such thinking is, it nevertheless could have its uses.
Our boys, you say. And our girls. Think about it. Hood on head, electrodes, naked, fake-humping at gunpoint a stranger, a brother, cousin, in a starring role in some pictures the world was never meant to see.
What would be your reaction, O soccer mom sitting there in your dining room nook, enjoying the sun from your bay window glance off the Waterford, to see the man you love, the body you have kissed, taken in to yours, perhaps the father of your child, in such a pose?
For make no mistake, every one of those human beings, those living souls, my brothers and yours, every one was someone's husband, someone's father, someone's sweetheart, someone's son.
Someone in Iraq, if they are alive to do so, is sobbing - "That is HIS foot!."
The foot he or she kissed in infancy, tickled in play, grasped in passion, tugged out of bed, grabbed in a futile attempt to trip him up and get to the ball first, roll over each other, laughing, the foot someone tsk-tsked and bandaged when it stepped on a nail.
"That is HIS hand," cries another voice, the hand they held, that held them up, fed a morsel to a mouth, someone took that hand to their cheek, turned their head, kissed the palm. That hand provided food, provided comfort, stroked a child's head, hesitantly poked at a baby's diaper to see if it was wet or messy, measured against another hand to see whose was bigger, that hand, that man, all those men, are loved.
To somebody, to many many many somebodies, those pixelated tangled bodies are "Our Boys."
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Mandatory Flu Shots Hit Resistance
Many Health-Care Workers Required to Get Vaccines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092503854.htmlSome doctors and nurses in Britain have also expressed resistance to getting the swine flu vaccine. A survey of 1,500 British nurses conducted in August by the Nursing Times found that one-third would not get the vaccine because of safety concerns.
MedStar is requiring vaccination of all 25,000 of its workers -- including nurses, orderlies, janitors and food-services employees -- as well as 5,000 affiliated doctors, every volunteer, and employees of suppliers who step inside any of its facilities, regardless of whether they routinely have direct patient contact.
While hospital administrators and several employees interviewed at MedStar facilities said most employees are eager to get vaccinated, some are angry.
"I'm scared," said Sandra Webb, 45, of the District, who has a clerical job at Washington Hospital Center and blames a flu shot she had several years ago for making her sick. "It's really freaking me out. I don't know what to do."
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http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=437473
The July 23rd presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan brought an unprecedented level of political oppression and were followed by massive persecution measures taken right after president Bakiev was re-elected.
OSCE observers called this election "a disappointment," describing large amount of violations registered at the polling stations around the country. The European Union declared it failed to meet key OSCE requirements for democratic elections. As a result Bakiev's turnout numbers came up with 76.12%.The opposition candidate Atambaev, who experts in the region thought had the best chances to win barely received 8.41%.
Such irregularity in vote count created predicted tension between Bakiev controlled Government law enforcement services and the opposition supporters. Police response was harsh, and on July 23rd in Balykchy city, of northwestern Kyrgyzstan, where approximately over 1000 supporters of opposition candidate Atambaev rallied against voting policies (ballot stuffing, multiple voting, falsified vote counting) fixed by pro-Bakiev province administration. Protesters in Balykchy were arrested and detained, where they were, reportedly, abused.
The opposition parties united under pressure into UOM (United Opposition Movement) and denounced the elections. They called Bakiev re-election "illegitimate" which caused angry reaction from the Office of the General Prosecutor and Internal Affairs Ministry. They said there would be heavy consequences if UOM continued to use a "provocative" tone.
The head of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) political faction and Atambaev's chief campaign strategist, Bakyt Beshimov, publicly announced "illegal practices used against the opposition parties during presidential elections" presenting proof of State Election Code violations highlighted in quite shocking numbers.
Attempts to voice disturbing concerns over current political situation by UOM lead to a large scale repression against the opponents of president Bakiev around the country.
Tibetan spiritual leader says technology gets in the way of peace
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090927/national/peace_summit
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama told the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit Sunday that technology may be getting in the way of peace.
Even as he used the technology of a tiny microphone attached to his ear and watched his friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak from South Africa via video, the revered spiritual leader expressed concern about how technology may be eliminating compassion.
"I think technology may have some benefits for a smart brain, but no capacity to produce compassion," he told about 12,000 devoted fans at the opening session of the peace summit.
In a panel discussion about peace, the Dalai Lama said it is that compassion and awareness that will lead to peace.
EBay founder, and fellow panellist, Pierre Omidyar disagreed with the Dalai Lama's comments about technology, saying the Internet has enabled us to discover that people around the world have much more in common than first believed and that can lead to peace.
Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK — As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/17-10/st_essay
Last spring, President Obama showed us the limits of Change. Sure, he banned the harsh interrogation practices condoned by his predecessor, and he will most likely close the prison in Guantánamo. But when he fought a lawsuit against the warrantless wiretaps that the Bush administration began, Obama was essentially saying he would keep relying on the notion of "state secrets." And you know what? That's OK.
Abruptly pulling the plug on US intelligence operations, even if they may eventually be deemed illegal or unconstitutional, is neither practical nor desirable. If we want a successful clandestine service—and we do—a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary. This isn't business; this is spying. But that doesn't mean letting those agencies do whatever they want. The most effective remedies for US intelligence excesses will be discipline and oversight, not radical transparency.
Ten years ago, I was an analyst at the CIA's Counterterrorist Center. I wrote reports and briefings, mostly for national security staffers, about how terrorists might use the Internet and information technology. I also helped CIA officers in the field target terrorists' computers. We were still trying to reconcile Cold War-era eavesdropping rules with the wild frontier of Internet-based intelligence. Our guidelines, codified in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, were devised for analog telecommunications, and they were a poor fit for Hotmail, instant messages, and throwaway cell phones.
All the while, we had to coordinate and review our operations with an annoying army of lawyers and graybeards who thought the Internet was just a fad—or worse, a security risk that should be avoided entirely. Our counterintelligence experts, the folks charged with keeping secret operations secret, rarely understood how, or even if, we could be discovered. During this period, I got pretty familiar with government legalese and the ways of the bureaucracy. Following the rules and occasionally scaling back ambitions was annoying as hell, and it may well have cost us some opportunities in our early fight against al Qaeda. But ultimately, it yielded better intelligence, because that gauntlet of sniff tests kept us grounded. The lawyers, counterintelligence review panels, and legislative liaisons who monitored our newfangled computer operations all knew that mistakes could lead to national embarrassment, exposure of sources and methods, or even violation of US law. They didn't demand transparency, but they kept us honest.
After the September 11 attacks, the US intelligence community again found itself in uncharted territory. But this time, the Bush administration decided that what was needed was more executive power and less oversight. Managers raced to prove they were macho enough to handle the new world order, empowered by a raft of then-secret executive orders and other directive memoranda. Granted, the intelligence community needed to shake off a certain level of complacency. But to do so, it leapfrogged all the people who could have helped resist poorly considered, short-sighted decisions. The result: extraordinary renditions, torture, and a skirting of the decades-long ban on domestic surveillance by the NSA, which allegedly set up intercepts in the bowels of AT&T and other telecom companies—not something that has endeared the agency to the public.
Thankfully, the old oversight system is starting to reawaken. These mechanisms can and should be secret. It's fine to have bloggers break news of secret detentions, but the nation is better served by congressional investigators quietly examining detention and interrogation practices and by courts rejecting spurious claims of state secrets. It's a well-oiled system of internal checks and balances. Of course, even this attention annoys the hell out of the spooks. They will complain, but we should ignore them. The tension between intelligence agents and those who look over agents' shoulders is what makes a strong, responsible service.
Stephen Lee (leestepr@gmail.com) is a former CIA analyst.
Cultural Cartels and the Edge of Nonsense How and why the notion of "innovation" is being abused
http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=385648&rel_no=1&back_url=
I want to hone in on this way of looking at systemic drivers of innovation by identifying, from the outset, a trend I call the "cultural cartel".
Commercial cartels invest in our tolerance for high prices, and undermine market efficiency.
Cultural cartels invest in our tolerance for low value, and undermine business innovation.
Cultural cartels furthermore confound our capacity to discern between alternative and competing forms of the value inherent in business innovation.
A famous distinction between alternate structures of business innovation is the one between "paradigmatic" and "incremental", which Judith Estrin in a recent book employs usefully to make many of her most striking points.
This structural categorization is useful, for instance, in probing why China has proved so ineffectual in creating global brands, even as the Asian giant's momentum grows on various innovation indices such as technical publications, patents, and percent of enterprise spending dedicated to R&D.
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Afghanistan may introduce compulsory military service
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6231328/Afghanistan-may-introduce-compulsory-military-service.html
Afghans may be pressed into compulsory military service against the Taliban in order to meet United States commanders' targets to nearly treble the size of their army.
Untold suffering of Kenya's children
Jonathan Rugman reports on the child sex trade in Kenya
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4273
Up to 20,000 children are engaged in some form of under-age sex work - often with white men.
China and the global crisis
Minqi Li: Chinese stimulus money fueling China's growth, but how long can it last?
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4271
PAUL JAY: On Thursday, many leaders of the world—that is, 20 of them—gathered in Pittsburgh for the meetings of the G-20 to discuss the global economic meltdown and what they might be able to do about it. Of course, protesters were in the streets demanding a more democratic global economy. Now joining me to unravel the G-20 and some of the mysteries of the global economy is Minqi Li. He's an assistant professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City with a specific expertise in China and the Chinese economy....right now supposedly the global economy is on the path of recovery, but none of the structural issues have been resolved.
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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
http://pulsemedia.org/2009/09/27/who-agrees-with-universal-healthcare
As the healthcare debate rages on in the United States, President Barack Obama’s attempts to warm more Americans towards the idea of the single-payer system continue to be undermined by right-wing fear mongering. Far right radio personality and millionaire Rush Limbaugh, who rants, preaches and lies to millions of listeners about everything he doesn’t personally agree with on a daily basis, is one major source of the fear and paranoia that many Americans are experiencing and acting out on.
‘We’ve been in crisis for almost 20 years’
Latvia up against financial crisis
Thoughts on Iran, mountains and winning without war
On mountains and metaphorshttp://warincontext.org/2009/09/27/thoughts-on-iran-mountains-and-winning-without-war
Not so fast with the sanctions. When the president of a country sharing a 1,458km border with Iran says sanctions against Iran won’t work, there’s reason to think that he isn’t simply making a prediction; he might be making a promise.
Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani gave this warning on Saturday and no doubt it was warmly received in Tehran. China and Russia might be crucial when it comes to imposing sanctions. Iraq might turn out to be key when it comes to enforcing or being unable to enforce them.
IAEA May Inspect New Nuclear Site: Iran President
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8675036
WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY WILL YOU BE ON?
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We have become a country that is being run by crime and deception. And we, as a nation, have allowed it to happen. Complacency has set in on America; we seem to have forgotten what our founding fathers fought and died for...a gift of liberty and freedom for ALL people. Only now that our liberties are being stripped away do we realize what it is that we are in danger of losing. It is a very true statement that you can't realize what you have until it is taken away.
Benjamin Franklin once said that a man who trades freedom for security deserves neither. After the events of September 11th 2001, the Patriot Act came into play. It allows warrantless wire-tapping, indefinite detention, search and seizure without due process or probable cause...all on the grounds that you may be a terrorist. These are only a few of the things this bill allows. But we are told that by passing laws like these, we will be a safer and more secure nation.
After 8 years of the horrific Bush/Cheney regime, America was ready for and craving a change. With the inaugaration of President Obama, we believed we had found that change. He promised to salvage our dwindling economy, end the Patriot Act, and bring our troops home from Iraq. He promised to bring to justice all who were responsible for any crimes commited during the administration previous to his own. Even before his first year in office has gone by, he has proven to the American public otherwise. He now passionately supports the Patriot Act, has more than bankrupted our already in debt economy, is keeping our troops away from home longer and longer, and now refuses to punish the criminals that think they are above the law stating that "we need to move forward and no good would come from digging into events of the past". If you are not aware of your history and able to face it head-on, then you are surely doomed to repeat it.
In recent news any citizen that openley opposes the Obama administration or its policies, posts anti-Obama flyers, or attends a Tea Party liberty rally can be branded as radical, Nazi, terrorism supporters, and even racist. Basically you can be slandered, harrassed, detained, and even assaulted for simply excersizing your Constitutional rights. There are whispers of forced vaccines, martial law, death of the dollar, FEMA labor camps, youth brigades, and the birth of a North American Union. What is going on out there in our nation and our world? And since WE THE PEOPLE alone have the power to change our fates, what are we going to to about it?
This site is here to educate the nation of the tyranny at hand and to remind the people that we have the power to change it. It seems over the years that we, as a nation, have forgotten what the heroes of the Revolutionary War era fought and died for. They gave us these freedoms and rights, and as their children (whether by blood or morality) we have an obligation to defend them at all costs. We are not preaching revolution or rebellion; this site was created so like-minded individuals can openly share their beliefs and views on these pressing issues with intellegent discussion. Members to this site can post videos, pictures, articles, and blogs about anything that they find of relevance to any of these topics. While anyone can view this site, only members can comment and post on the pages within. This site doesn't incourage or tolerate any hateful comments or posts; anything deemed discriminatory will be deleted immediately. This is not the YouTube forum nor is it the InfoWars message board...direct your anger where it belongs, at the "non-representing representatives"; not at each other. We are at a crossroads, America...and we have the power to choose the right path. We can take back our nation, or we can sit back and watch it unravel at the seams. So please, sign up for a free account and tell your friends and family. This site cannot grow and the message cannot be spread without your support and input. God Bless America!
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Obama helps strengthen General Electric-Putin ties
By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
09/17/09 2:06 PM EDT
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-helps-strengthen-General-Electric-Putin-ties-59644627.html
Reuters reports an interesting nugget in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to grant Vladimir Putin his wish and kill the Eastern European missile shield:
Shortly after the pullback on the shield programme was announced, Russia's government said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives on Friday from firms including General Electric, Morgan Stanley as well as TPG, one of the world's largest private equity firms
General Electric may be the company with the closest ties to the Obama administration (if not, GE is second only to Goldman Sachs), and here we see the company benefiting from an abrupt foreign policy change made by President Obama. But GE isn't the only company benefiting. Reuters paints the broader picture:"U.S. companies have arguably lost out to some European companies in joint ventures, and better diplomacy will likely improve the chances for investors in the strategic sectors of the Russian economy," said Carlo Gallo, senior Russia analyst at London-based consultancy Control Risks.
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. “Let’s just say they’re freshly baked,” he said. 5 POPSVolunteers needed to move 400 crocs
by infidel70 Yesterday 9:12 PMBefore moving the creatures, which range in size between 1.2 metres and 2 metres, an electric shock is used to stun them, and then tape is wrapped around their mouths and eyes. So, anyone interested? 6 POPSCharges Filed against Rockefeller 
by mountainpalm Yesterday 9:08 AM 1
Among the revelations from the Horowitz-Kane research are those linking Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties, Inc., and the 9-11 terrorist attacks, to the drug cartel's geopolitical, economic, and population reduction activities. Mr. Silverstein, leaser of the World Trade Center who authorized to have Building-7 "pulled" is a chief suspect in the "9-11 truth" investigation. Silverstein is currently landlord and co-partner in the biotechnology trust founded by David Rockefeller and implicated by these new discoveries. 4 POPSIt's Not Torture (Rape) When We Do It. 
by mcsmithblack Yesterday 10:53 PMWhat I really despise, is that OUR kids are being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to learn how to become monsters, all in the name of "patriotism" and funded by us, their parents!. What will they be like when they return home? How do we live with what we've allowed to happen? And, no, it's not OK for us to do it. Two wrongs don't make a right and the ends do not justify the means. 2 POPSMore Cool Wallpapers from Vladstudio 
by sldavis Yesterday 8:38 PMThese are completely different from most that I've seen 2 POPSNext Time Mom says ‘Get in the Car.’ I bet he listens.
by infidel70 Yesterday 8:32 PMNo Remarks5 POPSWorld's Smallest Political Quiz 
by sahara 9-26-2009 8
Take the test here: http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html This clip was my personal result, on which, if I am not mistaken, my dot has moved!? Different tests though. 6 POPSSay No to Low Flow: Shower Head Adds Air, Saves Water 
by valann 47 Yesterday 1:29 AMNo Remarks3 POPSWho's Afraid of Living Life Without False Illusions
by sahara Yesterday 8:23 PMAll quotes are from Virginia Woolf. 2 POPSMinimum Wages vs Welfare
by sahara Yesterday 9:54 PM 1
Incredibly: Welfare provides the equivalent of an hourly pretax wage of $14.75 in New York City, $12.45 in Philadelphia, $11.35 in Baltimore, and $10.90 in Detroit. For the hard-core welfare recipient, the value of the full range of welfare benefits substantially exceeds the amount the recipient could earn in an entry-level job. As a result, recipients are likely to choose welfare over work, thus increasing long-term dependence. 12 POPSYour Brain On Words 
by carrerinyes Yesterday 2:45 AM 1
There is no one brain part which when taken away would suddenly rob you of your ability to read. We rely on the same old brain — the same brain that we inherited from our Homo Sapiens ancestors 200,000 years ago when they appeared in Africa. This means that the same brain that hunted wildlife and walked thru Ice Ages is the same brain that can now read a book a day. 11 POPSNASA discovers ice may be extensive on Mars 
by amgumen 9-26-2009A little over six months later, more images of the same crater showed the ice was gone, leaving only brown dirt where the frozen water had been. That, too, was exactly what the scientists believed would happen: the ice had "sublimated," turning to invisible vapor in the thin, cold Martian atmosphere. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/25/MN6U19SMRH.DTL#ixzz0SGDy61RG 2 POPSlost your card? it'll cost you! 
by mona Yesterday 9:31 PMnew regulations coming into place in Germany from 31 Oct 09 dictate that banks can place an excess of up to 150 for any transaction made on a lost bank card. also, online transactions done in online banking will no longer be undo-able. an attempt to combat carelessness? or just a questionable scheme distancing the banks even more from the lowly consumer? 3 POPSOK Federal Building Blast Tapes Released 
by BartendingBear Yesterday 2:37 PMImmediate suspicion is raised by missing footage. 3 POPSH.D. Television
by sldavis Yesterday 8:18 PM 1
So real you may have to call the fire department to rescue your cat 1 POPSTaliban Celebration Day 
by foxyarse 9-26-2009For his innovative and courageous efforts, Al Boutmoub was awarded the prestigious Osama Medal consisting of two camels under a star and crescent moon. When asked about the meaning of the representations inscribed on the medal, no one actually knew, but one Taliban official claimed the 'Sheik' designed it by writing it in the sand with his urine stream. 5 POPSHow To Tell A Guy You Love Him 
by lollipop10 9-26-2009 6
I'm sure there's no one that needs help with this :) 3 POPSMichael Moore Quotes 
by katsteevns 9-25-2009But we spend eight to ten to twelve hours of our daily lives at work, where we have no say. I think when anthropologists dig us up 400 years from now--if we make it that far--they're going to say, "Look at these people back then. They thought they were free. They called themselves a democracy, but they spent ten hours of every day in a totalitarian situation and they allowed the richest 1 percent to have more financial wealth than the bottom 95 percent combined." 5 POPSLimbaugh on Leno: 'Obama is polarizing' 
by masbury Yesterday 7:13 AM 1
I'm done with derision of Rush. He speaks for himself. I smile. 2 POPSScientists say movie androids not as far-fetched as they seem 
by rmowery Yesterday 6:47 PMSweet! Hopefully in our lifetime. 2 POPSAnger in France and Poland after Polanski arrest
by 4ensic Yesterday 5:32 PMAt least Reuters puts the blame on the "political elite". A U.S. arrest warrant has existed since 1978 for Mr. Polanski. It's no secret that he's wanted. He travels to Switzerland, which has an extradition treaty with the U.S. and gets arrested. The elites have a major panty wad. I guess that whole "rule of law" thing doesn't apply when an artist is involved. He played the system for 31 years and got a bit too arrogant for even the Europeans. 6 POPSThe best macro shots 
by nojosm 9-25-2009How awesome are these,checkout the others on the site — end of the list —2 POPSDem sum nice shoooes
by Antara Yesterday 8:37 PMI LOVE this picture. Immediately struck me as a really powerful statement about the status of women in Islam, but apparently its intended message is about him (the artist) being a transvestite. Oh well, it's still cool ;) 4 POPSA masked man who wouldn't identify himself passes out pot brownies on Central Square
by infidel70 Yesterday 8:38 PM 1
. “Let’s just say they’re freshly baked,” he said. 5 POPSVolunteers needed to move 400 crocs
by infidel70 Yesterday 9:12 PMBefore moving the creatures, which range in size between 1.2 metres and 2 metres, an electric shock is used to stun them, and then tape is wrapped around their mouths and eyes. So, anyone interested? New Video of the Week Section!
This spot I think will liven up our site a bit. Thanks to Maxstone451 who shared his video with us and gave us the inspiration to make a video of the week section. Hope you enjoy it. Red Dawn 09For all of you who wonder why!
Have you noticed that alot of what you are being told is a lie? Do you FEEL like something is wrong but dont know what? Ever felt like someone was lying to your face but could not put your finger on what they were trying to hide from you? I built this site for those of you who want ANSWERS to all those unanswered questions! If nothing else this gives you an outlet to discuss FREELY those things you can go no were else to discuss. This website will be updated every day or every other day as needed to bring you the REAL news that the Main Stream Media hides or shy's away from. Plus unlike many websites I will have open blogs as long as you all keep it clean and spam free. Each page will be a different article and seperate blog. Now, I could do as some people are fond of doing, and tell myself that I can't know if any of it is true. I could do as they would do, declare myself inadequate to the task of knowing what's real and refuse to face reality. But I am a seeker of truth, because I do not try to hide from reality. The choice to live demands that the truth be faced. I intend to do that. I intend to live! You men/women must today decide what you will do, what will be the future of your lifes and the lifes of the ones you love. You are going to have to deal with reality, the same as I must, if you are to have a chance at life. Today you will have to face a great deal of the truth, if you are to have that which you seek. And to those who make it their lifes work to oppress and enslave us I say this. What you have done and will do is a crime. While you may believe that you can justify your action as proper, or think of it as merely a means of persuasion, nothing can give you the right to threaten or take the life of another who has done you no harm nor intended none! Website created September 10th 2009
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