Tag: Obama
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US military told to get ready in korea standoff
from msnbc: The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama “fully supports” the South Korean president and his response to the torpedo attack by North Korea that sank a South Korean naval ship. In a statement, the White House said Seoul can continue to count on the full backing of the United States and…
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ground zero: correct change
thanks to zero point radio for new ground zero archives! from clyde lewis: With all of the talk of Change two years ago I think it is time we ask for the correct change. We should start the campaign to ask for the correct change. Doing so would actually change the course of history. We…
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Obama/Bush Retains Right To Detain People With No Habeas Review
court denies habeas corpus rights from nytimes: A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three men who had been detained by the United States military for years without trial in Afghanistan had no recourse to American courts. The decision was a broad victory for the Obama administration in its efforts to hold terrorism suspects overseas…
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Police State Updates: Tattle On the Cattle
TSA agent steals cash from wheelchair-bound woman // New terror monitors: parking attendants // UC Berkeley asking incoming students for DNA // UK to kill national ID card program
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Obama Administration: Goldman Sachs From Top To Bottom
It is not simply Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Rahm Emanuel, Gary Gensler and Mark Patterson who are Goldies, but a long list of others. “But that’s just the tip of the Goldman Sachs iceberg. Here you will find, I believe, the most comprehensive list of people-groups yet available to show how Obama’s administration has really…
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5/13 Newspurge: One Dose Of Truth
9/11 Updates: Hillary: Pakistan officials ‘harboring’ bin Laden* Some Pak officials know where Osama is* 9/11 families oppose Holder proposal to modify Miranda* Drugwar: Militarized swat drug raids on the rise* California cops prepare to waste more money ‘eradicating’ pot* Govt deals heroin, terrorizes for pot* Video: Pelosi says treating drugs cheaper than stopping drugs*…
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Elena Kagan: Wall Street’s Choice for Supreme Court
Is Kagan independent? Hardly. She is a bankster operative.
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obama bemoans information age as a ‘diversion’
obama bemoans alternative media, rise of tea party* from afp: US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media. Obama, who often chides journalists and cable news outlets for obsessing with political…
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5/6 Newspurge: Swim (to Reach the End)
Dramatic rise in prescribing psychiatric drugs to children younger than 5 // Fox news makes excuse for CIA’s Afghan opium cultivation // Kent state killings triggered by FBI agent provocateur // Obama jokes about killing people via drones // Christian leader caught with male escort says he needed help with his luggage
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Gulf Oil Updates: The Poison Is Still Spilling
Spill hits Freemason Island as BP preps to lower giant funnel // Interior Dept gave Deepwater Horizon operators Safety Award in ’09 // Obama was top recipient of BP’s donations // Halliburton may be culprit in oil rig explosion // Was Rush right about a BP/Horizon terror attack?
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4/29 Newspurge: Let The Poison Spill
Homeland security probing blast that sank oil rig // Big Brother to track your medication compliance with electronic transmitters in pills // Proliferation experts worry bioattacks being ignored // Coca cultivation rises in Colombia ‘despite a huge American-funded counter-drug program’
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Right On Schedule: Arizona Immigrant Law Energizes Hispanics, Dems
Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona’s harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.
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Econocrash: Fortune, Fail & The Fed + Geopolitiks Update
In an internal e-mail released Saturday, Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein wrote in November 2007 that the firm “didn’t dodge the mortgage mess,” but “made more than we lost” by betting against the U.S. housing market.
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4/22 Newspurge: My Mercury’s In Retrograde
9/11 updates: ‘Bin laden’ facebook page shut down* Osama tried for satellite link to watch 9/11 from his hideout* Video: Willie Nelson talks 9/11 truth on Larry King Live* Biowars/Envirohealth: Ash-triggered flight disruptions cost airlines $1.7 billion* Rare yellowstone volcano eruption would be deadly* Oil slick spreads from sunken rig off mexican coast* 6.3-magnitude quake…
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poll: 4 out of 5 americans don’t trust washington
poll: 1/3 of americans say their own government a threat* from ap: America’s “Great Compromiser” Henry Clay called government “the great trust,” but most Americans today have little faith in Washington’s ability to deal with the nation’s problems. Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to…