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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

12 May - Morning Political History

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Tour of the
US Income Distribution,"The L-Curve"
http://www.lcurve.org/

Sources of News and Commentary
http://progressivewritersbloc.com/NewsSources.htm


Ivan's Place
In honor of the greatest moralist who never lived
http://www.williamgbecker.com/cont_idx.html
The Seeds of Our Own Destruction
http://www.williamgbecker.com/seedsofdestruction.php

Al Capone
Al Capone
Alcohol Smuggler Same problem ...
Same solution! Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar
Drug Cartel Repeal Prohibition Now!
http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php

Iran-contra affair
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825447.html
A number of criminal convictions resulted, including those of McFarlane, North, and Poindexter, but North's and Poindexter's were vacated on appeal because of immunity agreements with the Senate concerning their testimony. Former State Dept. and CIA officials pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information about the contra aid from Congress, and Caspar Weinberger, defense secretary under Reagan, was charged (1992) with the same offense. In 1992 then-president Bush pardoned Weinberger and other officials who had been indicted or convicted for withholding information on or obstructing investigation of the affair. The Iran-contra affair raised serious questions about the nature and scope of congressional oversight of foreign affairs and the limits of the executive branch.

The Iran Contra Scandal
http://www.inthe80s.com/scandal.shtml
1987 - May 11 -- McFarlane testifies to Congress that Reagan instructed his staff in 1984 to find ways around the congressional ban on U.S. military aid to the Contras.
1992 -  Dec. 9 -- George is convicted of lying to Congress about the affair in 1986. He becomes the highest-ranking CIA spook yet convicted of felonies committed in the name of duty. Dec. 24 -- President Bush grants pardons to Weinberger, former assistant secretary of State Elliott Abrams, Clarridge, Fiers, George and McFarlane.

Thai army to cut off protesters' food, water
Government withdraws offer of early elections
The Red Shirts include the rural and urban poor as well as pro-democracy advocates. Many are supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a populist leader who was accused of corruption and abuse of power and ousted in a 2006 military coup.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/12/thai-red-shirt-protest.html?ref=rss

Living stories comes to wordpress
http://www.andydickinson.net/2010/04/29/living-stories-comes-to-wordpress 

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