Tag: Obama
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obama praises & wages war while accepting peace prize
in other news, freedom is slavery & ignorance is strength… from latimes: President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize [in Oslo] today, acknowledging the irony of winning it as a wartime president and calling his own accomplishments “slight” in comparison to past winners. But in his speech to the Nobel Committee, Obama spoke of the…
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obama uses epa to declare life-giving co2 a toxic evil pollutant
from the folks who told you the air at ground zero was safe to breathe: you can drink poison & eat garbage, but that plant food you exhale must go … and then you’re next from ap: The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from…
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student to obama: legalize prostitution, gambling & drugs
but obama claims he’s open to every good idea to stop job losses from raw replay: One student in Allentown, Pennsylvania had a humorous question for the president Friday. “I was wondering if maybe if you checked out some of the statistics about legalizing prostitution, gambling, drugs and non-violent crime in order to stimulate some…
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obamessiah: more troops, more secrecy, less change!
from latimes: President Obama plans to send 30,000 to 35,000 additional soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Monday, the largest single U.S. deployment since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The additional troops, Obama’s second major escalation of the conflict this year, will bring the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to about 100,000.…
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olbermann special comment: get out of afghanistan now
from raw replay: In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann argues that in the face political and financial opportunism, not to mention outright lies about the war in Afghanistan, and the stark historical warning represented by Vietnam, President Obama should make the change he promised during his campaign and pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.…
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warwhores: diplomacy, documents, defense & diversions
obama never considered diplomacy in afghanistan* 4 US troops killed in afghanistan* ‘the surge: the untold story’ – film offers gospel of surge* more troops to afghanistan, but what will they do?* 2 nato commanders wore nazi regalia in afghanistan* obama’s new afghanistan plan may be much like old one* leaked docs reveal uk cover-up…
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monsanto’s control over seed market draws antitrust inquiry
patented seeds are go-to for farmers,who decry their fast-growing price … from washington post: For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents. Ninety-three percent of…
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biowars/envirohealth: viral vax, road to copenhagen & more
in ukraine, much panic & politicking over h1n1 virus* panic over hundreds of flu deaths exploited by ukraine’s politicians* from where did the 2009 ‘swine-origin’ influenza a virus (h1n1) emerge?* swine flu epidemic escaped from lab, australian scientists say* scientist warned baxter would release plague in ukraine* joseph moshe updates* has hemorrhagic ‘black lung’ arrived…
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media/memes: obamavision, tv twilight & the end of the road
abc announces oprah-obama christmas special* nbc’s obamavision: ’30 rock’ offers up more gore*washington post shutters all US bureaus outside capital* vatican sinks teeth into vampire film ‘twilight’*mpaa says copyright-treaty critics hate hollywood* gang was killing people for fat, attempting to sell it to cosmetic companies*study: many day cares showing tv to tots*rihanna’s ‘russian roulette’: or,…
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defcon 11/27: cern, wrecking cru, copyright & crackdown
triumph in geneva! lhc beams up & running again* potty-mouths charged for comcast hijack* nj man sentenced in scientology cyber attack* ‘godfather of spam’ to prison for 4 years* wrecking cru: hackers cause massive climate data breach* climate change hackers leave trail* beginning of the end for the internet in the uk* google previews chrome…
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econocrash: goldrush, glitches & the recipe for disaster
obama’s feeble dollar sparks a new goldrush* fed sets attack dogs on ron paul after audit amendment passes*end the fed rallies across america* fury as credit crunch civil servant lands rothschild job*canadian bankruptcies soar 43%* ‘glitch’ could cost a million jobless*student protests continue at california universities* wave of debt payments facing US govt*fed under fire…
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defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics
raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…
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obamessiah updates: polls, policies & the bow debate
obama popularity below 50% for first timefrom afp: President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has dipped below 50 percent nationally for the first time, as Americans worry about the war in Afghanistan, a new poll released Wednesday found. The Quinnipiac University poll showed 48 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his…