Tag: 9/11
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9/11 + 7: criticism, questions & loose ends
9/11 + 7from andrew bacevich: The events of the past seven years have yielded a definitive judgment on the strategy that the Bush administration conceived in the wake of 9/11 to wage its so-called Global War on Terror. That strategy has failed, massively and irrevocably. To acknowledge that failure is to confront an urgent national…
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9/11 + 7: down the memorial hole
survivors of attack find consolation in march to pentagonfrom washington post: Each year for the past four, Aline Tyler registered to participate in the annual America Supports You Freedom Walk to commemorate the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor the country’s veterans. But when the day came, the 50-year-old Army secretary couldn’t…
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9/11 + 7: playing politics
rnc features ominous 9/11 ‘tribute’from raw replay: The three-minute video, which featured graphic, disturbing images of a plane flying into the World Trade Center and the Twin Towers’ collapse, attempts to conflate all of America’s struggles in the Middle East into a singular crusade against a uniform enemy. “The first attack occurred in Iran,” the…
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media monarchy’s 3rd anniversary
as i’ve written on this day for the last 2 years, it’s no accident that today marks the 3rd anniversary of media monarchy. the site/show has gotten bigger than i ever imagined. so, once again i’d like to thank all of you who take the time read this blog & listen to the show and…
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outside the box #168 (w/ jason bermas)
here is the latest episode of “outside the box,” hosted by alex ansary.it was originally broadcast by portland community media on september 4, 2008. from alex ansary: Alex talks with Jason Bermas about his new film, ‘Fabled Enemies’, which documents the Western intelligence connections to Osama Bin Laden and other terror groups. This new film…
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9/11: canadian truth & nyc memorial
canadians searching for ‘9/11 truth’from winnipeg sun: They’re going across the country in hopes of tracking down what they say is the real story behind the 9/11 attacks. About 10 members of the so-called Vancouver 9/11 Truth Society rolled into Winnipeg yesterday on a small bus while en route from the West Coast to Ottawa…
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ron paul’s rally for the republic gathers 20k in st paul
ron paul convention hits minnesotafrom ap: There’s no room at the Xcel Energy Center for maverick Ron Paul, so his acolytes have packed their cars, hitched rides on “Ronvoys” and will pitch tents at Ronstock ’08 in Minneapolis in defiance of next week’s GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn. More than 9,700 tickets had been…
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9/11: save the brave, elephant in the room & fabled enemies
documentary dedicated to late 9/11 1st responder from newsday: Racked by pain and the ravages of leukemia, first responder Gregory Quibell of North Babylon allowed film crews to record poignant moments of his life. For weeks, his visits to doctors and his struggles to pay medical bills were captured for a documentary called “Save the…
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selection ’08: obamessiah & the dnc charade/parade
satire: portrayal of obama as elitist hailed as step forward for african americans* not satire: barack obama not a US citizen*84k+ pack invesco to hear obama’s speech*obama’s speech by numbers*obama’s risky stadium gig*mccain ‘conservatives’ attempt to paint obama as marxist bombthrower*sleepwalker mccain: will lock up pot smokers but regularly uses powerful sleeping pills*in denver, police…
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9/11: ksm, new clues, steel cross, nist & wtc7
financial times & ‘self-confessed mastermind of 9/11’from people’s voice: The Financial Times (FT), once the liberal, enlightened voice of the financial elite (in contrast to the aggressively neo-conservative Wall Street Journal) has yielded to the totalitarian-militarist temptation. The feature article of the weekend supplement of August 16/17, 2008 – “The Face of 9/11” – embraces…
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obama/biden ’08: and the crowd goes… meh
obama selects joseph biden as his running matefrom thinkprogress: CNN’s John King is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has selected Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as his running mate. King said the Obama campaign will officially reveal the selection in a text message to over three million people soon. Obama is scheduled to appear with…
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9/11: nist, wtc7, forbes, ntsb, oem, neo, flight93 & more
nist & cnn say wtc7 ‘mystery solved’: minor fires brought a 47-story steel skyscraper down in secondsfrom jones report: NIST’s wizards of balderdash have now officially concluded that fire caused the swift, symmetrical collapse of WTC Building 7 – offering essentially no explanation at all, other than ruling out alternative explanations (which were not scientifically…
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geopolitiks: afghanisurge, false flags, pak & blackwater
12k more troops to afghanistanfrom danger room: “The Pentagon will be sending 12,000 to 15,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, possibly as soon as the end of this year,” U.S. News is reporting… For more than a year, everyone from Gen. McKeirnan to Sen. Barack Obama has been calling for extra troops in Afghanistan. But…
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9/11 memorial to cost $1b
from nymag: Today, the Daily News brings us our first glimpse of what the new, reassessed costs of the World Trade Center rebuilding might be. The September 11 memorial and museum, originally priced at $610 million, is now estimated at over $1 billion — a 65 percent increase. It also won’t be ready until 2013…