Tag: nader
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9/15 Newspurge: Ritual Union
Obama White House monitored huge loan to ‘connected’ firm // US doctors steeped in big pharma drug money // Lacoste asks Norwegian police to prevent mass murderer Anders Breivik from wearing their brand to court // Alleging abuse of four boys, Portland lawyers file lawsuits against Boy Scouts // Group urges US to adopt electronic…
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remembrance & solidarity on september 11, 2011
from rememberbuilding7.org: The 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001 is a moment to reflect on why we continue to fight for a proper investigation into the tragic events of that day. Those who cling to the official story of 9/11 because it affirms their sense of purpose in the world would have the rest of…
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white house & congress critters close in on debt ceiling deal
meanwhile, apple inc. has more cash on hand than the govt… from afp: With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in on Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy. “We are very close,” Republican…
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selection ’08: disillusion, reality, excuses & transitions
the obamessiah is going to produce profound disillusion from telegraph: There is a video clip running on YouTube at the moment which shows a black woman moved nearly to tears at an Obama rally, telling a television interviewer that all her problems will be at an end when he is elected president. She won’t have…
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selection ’08: will the sheep go back to sleep?
meet the new boss, same as the old bossfrom paul joseph watson & alex jones: The messianic fervor which has preceded Barack Obama’s expected ascension to the White House has alarming implications for freedom and is a painful reminder that most Americans have once again been suckered into believing that the two-party monopoly offers any…
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selection ’08: doucebag or turdsandwich? you decide!
obama’s aunt living illegally in US, too from dpa: The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he wasn’t aware that his Kenyan aunt was reportedly living in the US illegally, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The news about Zeituni Onyango, who is referred to as aunty Zeituni in Obama’s memoir, surfaced just…
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selection ’08: debates, deportation, hacks, raids & more
wwf stagematch, round2:obama & mccain wage counterinsurgencyfrom danger room: Last night’s debate was supposed to be all about the economy, or about who had the scummier friends. But more than a few rounds of the showdown in Nashville were devoted to military matters — specifically, on how best to wage a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and…
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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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ron paul: 3rd parties, endorsements & more
ron paul rejects mccain campaign’s plea for endorsementfrom raw story: Ron Paul held a press conference urging voters to select a third-party presidential candidate instead of Barack Obama or John McCain. The Texas congressman said that he fielded a phone call from the McCain campaign on Tuesday asking him for an endorsement… This video is…
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selection ’08: mccain’s evacuation, nader says hillary will be obama’s vp & states abandoning touch screen voting
mccain offices evacuated over suspicious letters from washington times: Two of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign offices were evacuated Thursday after receiving suspicious letters, one of which contained an unidentified white powder. A government official said a letter sent to the office of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee near Denver contained powder, but was being…
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nader says obama supporters are in ‘political slavery’
from raw story: During a Sunday press conference and campaign rally attended by RAW STORY, Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader claimed that liberals and Democrats who will vote for Sen. Barack Obama as the “least worst candidate” are actually trapped in “political slavery.” At the campaign stop in Austin, Texas, Nader spoke to an audience…
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nader launches ’08 exploratory committee
update: ralph nader enters US election racefrom press tv: US political activist Ralph Nader sets aside memories of previous losses and bows into the presidential race as independent candidate. Nader, who has come under fire from Democrats for costing them the 2000 election, said he was planning a new bid for the 2008 elections. Frustrated…