Tag: biden
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most of US want afghanistan pullout deadline; congress says no
from allgov: A strong majority of Americans believe the war in Afghanistan is going badly and want Washington to establish a timetable for bringing home U.S forces. But despite negative opinions about the war among voters, Congress continues to oppose setting any limits on when the U.S. should pull out of the conflict. A new…
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Geopolitiks: Broken Glass & Ominous Signs
Ominous signs plague Biden’s Middle East visit // Biden declares: ‘I also see myself as a Zionist’ // Helen Thomas asks how can the US support Israel when it continues to violate Int’l law?
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econocrash: bombs, bailouts, banksters & biden
how did america fall so fast?*billionaire, executives charged with insider trading; including intel & ibm*cali bank becomes 99th in US to be shut in 2009*canadian dollar climbs toward parity with dollar; 14-month high*russia & iran now officially talking of dumping dollar for intl trade*nytimes to cut 100 newsroom jobs*22 reasons why this recession is different…
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econocrash: homeless, deficit, world currency & the fed under fire
“here it is, you can see it & touch it”:medvedev shows off sample coin of new ‘world currency’ at g8 more families becoming homeless, study findsfrom washington post: Louis Gill doesn’t like to turn anyone away. The director of the Bakersfield Homeless Center in California has taken to laying out cots and mattresses between the…
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obamessiah: prosecution, continuity, eligibility or the lack of all
biden evades question on possible prosecution of bush adminfrom raw story: Joe Biden would not directly answer a question about whether or not top-ranking members of the Bush administration should be prosecuted for abuse at prisons around the world. Interviewed by ABC News’ George Stephanopolous, Biden said he was “not ruling it in and not…
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feel the change! more neocons & hawks in obama cabinet
obama announces clinton, gates for his cabinetfrom ap: President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced a foreign policy team led by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bush’s defense secretary, Robert Gates — both early supporters of a war in Iraq that he opposed and will be seeking to wind down. At a news…
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obamessiah updates: warnings, tests & threataganda
cfr prez predicts coups, genocide & terrorism to test obamafrom current: Echoing Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s promise of a generated crisis and Colin Powell’s revelation of a crisis that will happen on January 21 or 22, we now have the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and Bilderberger Richard Haass’ similar predictions of doom…
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pentagon panel says biden was right, prep for ‘crisis’
from danger room: The McCain campaign pounced the other day, when Joe Biden said that his running mate would be tested by an international crisis at the start of his White House tenure. But the chairman of a key Pentagon advisory panel is sounding a similar warning, telling the next administration to “prepare for a…
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cast of war criminals preps US for staged inaugural terror
powell: if elected, obama will face ‘crisis’ in januaryfrom kurt nimmo: As if to affirm Joe Biden’s comments about a “generated crisis” if and when Obama is anointed, Gen. Colin Powell went on Meet the Press over the weekend and told Tom Brokaw a “crisis” will “come along on the 21st or 22nd of January…
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selection ’08: botox, weathermen, prisoners & powder
joe the plumber? more like joe the keating family operativefrom crooks & liars: I guess it’s no wonder John McCain was so happy to use “Joe the Plumber” as a debate prop last night – he’s a partisan Republican who also happens to be a member of McCain’s old friends, the Keating family. From Martin…
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selection ’08: palin vs. biden debate: we both love israel!
from kansas city star: A two-state solution is needed, Sarah Palin says in talking about the future of Israel. A McCain-Palin administration would work with Israel. Joe Biden said he was Israel’s biggest friend. And he called President Bush’s policy had been a horrible “failure.” It has not kept the peace, Biden accurately noted. In…
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selection ’08: debates, rebates, horseshit & more
obamccain clash over iraniraq in first debatefrom dpa: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain clashed in their first debate Friday night over the war in Iraq and whether the next person to occupy the White House should meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two candidates disagreed sharply over the future course in Iraq,…
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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…

