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Confronted by the overwhelming might of the most powerful war machine the world has ever known, and by a government that long ago tossed out any semblance of conscience or morality, he has stood his ground, refusing to lie on the promise of leniency.
What the Obama administration, and President Obama as direct boss of the AG's office and as commander in chief of the military, has been doing in Manning's case--holding him in solitary confinement in a Marine brig, subjecting him to conditions that the world and international and US law recognize as torture, denying him the right to a speedy trial or court-martial on a charge of allegedly leaking secret documents--all in the attempt to wring a false confession out of him--is exactly what was done for years in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
We Americans of a certain age, myself included, were brought up on stories of the Stalin show-trials, where people would admit to the most ridiculous charges after months of torture and abuse.
How pathetic that now our own government is playing the same depraved game.
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These confidentiality agreements, sealed year after year, can lead the public to think that their local nursing home, hospital or day care center is a good community facility, while they may have hundreds of thousands of dollars in judgments against them and buried factual information showing horrif...
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Death blow! Personal friend to Obama's parents, Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie started a campaign to PROVE that Obama was born in Hawaii. But after a very public and exhaustive search of ALL hospital records, no evidence of ANY kind was produced by his search. Keep in mind that Abercrombie is a lifelong, p
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Egyptians have demonstrated in protests rare in size and ferocity against the three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "Down, Down with Mubarak," thousands chanted in downtown Cairo Tuesday. "Mubarak, it is your turn after Ben Ali," they said referring to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who wa...
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Colloidal silver is a natural antibiotic that can be taken internally or used externally on wounds, burns, etc. It even kills antibiotic resistant "super germs" (MRSA.) Colloidal silver is a great natural medicine for survivalists and is easy to make at home using inexpensive equipment. This video e
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Award-winning editorial cartoonist Tom Tomorrow on what we as Americans choose to know and not know.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook users who check in to a store or like a brand may soon find those actions re-transmitted on their friends
In the context of the State of the Union, and of Washingtonspeak on the whole, what does 'democracy' mean? This brand of 'democracy' certainly does not include the voices of the poor - the people who are disenfranchised due to their lack of access to basic necessities, the people who, more than anyo...
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The State of the Union Address President Obama Should Have Given:Mr. Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, Distinguished Guests and Fellow Americans.
Employment and Support Allowance – what isn’t in today’s stories | ToUChstone blog: A public policy.
www.touchstoneblog.org.ukWell, the Express certainly knows what to make of today's statistics on the Work Capability Assessment (the test for Employment and Support Allowance). 75% on
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70 Trillion cubic feet of New Arctic Ice www.prisonplanet.comIn the State of the Union speech, Barack Obama did get applause for saying that the US stands with the people of Tunisia. Now, he didn't mention the two decades of support the US had given the dictatorship.
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The chief executive of Conwy council is found not guilty of raping a woman who said she was too drunk to consent to sex.
Comparing imagery of January arctic sea ice from 2009 to 2011 sourced from the U.S. Navy Polar Ice Prediction System, it appears as though the ice sheet has thickened substantially.
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Ministers praised the women's voluntary sector as a "model" for its big society plans. That hasn't protected some organisations from massive funding reductions and possible closures
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The congressional panel examining the root causes of the nation's financial crisis voted to refer to state and federal prosecutors a wide range of potential criminal wrongdoing by financial industry figures and corporations, people involved in the deliberations said Tuesday.
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( BTW 'Climate in Contention' had several additions today )
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