Tag: congress
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Led By Oregon’s Wyden, Opposition Grows Against Obama’s Refusal to Reveal Secret Patriot Act Powers
from allgov.com: Congressional Democrats, the media and civil libertarians are continuing their fight with President Barack Obama over his administration’s secret interpretations of the Patriot Act. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, who sit on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder last week claiming a classified intelligence…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode106 – Goodbye Enterprise, Impeach Obama 2012, Goldman Sacked
Story #1: ‘Top Gun’ Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Starting Final Voyage // Story #2: ‘Impeach Obama’ Bill – Use of Military Without Congress Approval ‘High Crime’ // Story #3: “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs”
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#BingeAndPurge: Teen Tics, Viral Picks, Hunger Games
The Curious Case of Teen Tics In Le Roy, NY – The Mystery of 18 Twitching Teenagers in Le Roy // Why Americans Are Angry About Pink Slime // ‘Viral’ Olive Garden Review Aftermath Continues
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US Scrambles to Contain Fury Over Attack in Afghanistan
from nytimes.com: American officials scrambled Monday to understand why a veteran Army staff sergeant, a married father of two only recently deployed here, left his base a day earlier to massacre at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan. The devastating, unexplained attack deepened the sense of siege…
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#Newspurge: I Want to Live!
Obama loyal to Israel, shuns US public // Barack and Bibi Speak of War In The White House // Airing 3/11, Bobbi Kristina found Oprah interview ‘healing’ // Obama Scares Americans More Than Osama Ever Did // Man arrested for sending threatening letters to Congress from non-existent address in Portland as ‘The MiB’ // Def…
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New World Next Week: Episode104 – Protest ‘Illegal’, FBI ‘Imam’, Google ‘Privacy’
Story #1: Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal // Story #2: Stratfor Leaks: ‘Ground Zero’ Imam An FBI Asset // Story #3: EU Wades Into Google Privacy Row
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#Occupy Targets Industrial Food System #Feb27
Big Food Must Go: Why We Need to Radically Change the Way We Eat* from sustainablebusiness.com: Occupy, environmental and food justice organizations are joining in a global day of action on February 27 to end corporate control of the food system and steer back society from the stranglehold of industrial giants like Cargill and Monsanto…
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Michigan Congressman Says ‘No Emergency Plan for Alien Invasion’
Chuckling, Upton replied, ‘I can tell you, on scout’s honor, I have had many classified meetings, and none of them include an alien invasion plan. So the answer is ‘no’.’
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#Obamessiah Fights to Retain Warrantless Wiretapping
The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008.
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Ground Zero: Non-Lethal, Nullification & More
Top Rated Talk Show Host Calls for States to Nullify NDAA // The Butterfly People // ET&T // A Monopoly On Detainment // Nullification // The Non-Lethal Buzz Kill // Clyde Lewis has arrived: ‘Mound Zero’ parody videos released
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Giffords winds up congressional duties with Food Bank visit
from tucsonsentinel.com: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ last official act in her district was not a rousing speech to political supporters, nor a tearful resignation. Rather, she took a quiet tour of the good works others are doing in her honor. In what her office said was her final Tucson act as a member of Congress,…
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peace revolution: episode047 – slavery is death
thanks to @tragedyandhope … subscribe to peace revolution! Episode047 Notes, Links, References: Tragedy and Hope dot com (commercial-free educational media) Invitation to the Tragedy and Hope online community Log-in page for the Tragedy and Hope online community Peace Revolution primary site (2009-2012) Peace Revolution backup stream (2006-2012) Includes the 9/11 Synchronicity Podcast (predecessor to Peace…
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Corbett Report: Episode215 – History Repeating: My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib to Afghanistan, we have seen the all-too-familiar pattern: denials followed by excuses followed by faux apologies and offical handwringing. What is never examined is how each event fits into the bigger picture of the dehumanization of war.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: SOPA Backout, SCOTUS Copywrong, Abuse Archives
SOPA Is Back As Websites Go Black // Update: Five Key Senators Abandon Online Piracy Bills Amid Web Protests // SCOTUS Says Congress May ‘Re-Copyright’ Public Domain Works // Lawyer Challenges Catholics to Open Secret Archives for Abuse Truth