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Thursday, November 05, 2009
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- “GM’s Money Trees”: Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of “Cap and Trade” System
- Italian Prosecutor in Case Against CIA Operatives Hails Convictions for ’03 Kidnapping of Egyptian Cleric
- As Massey Energy Blasts West Virginia’s Coal River Mountain, a Debate on Mountaintop Removal Mining
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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- Election Day 2009: GOPers Sweep Governor Races; Bloomberg Wins Tight NYC Mayoral Race; Dems Take House Seats; Maine Repeals Gay Marriage
- Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse
- Blueberry Farming Giant Found to Use Child Labor at Michigan Fields
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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- Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts
- Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
- “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama”: New Documentary on Barack Obama’s Historic Presidential Run
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Watch What You Tweet
A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Headlines
- Former Soldiers Ignore Call to Reactivate For Duty
- CIA Develops Plan to Help Pro-U.S. Candidates Win In Iraq
- Jordan’s King: It is Impossible to Hold Fair Elections in Iraq
- CIA Warned Bush Before War About Post-War Dangers
- U.S. Pounds Fallujah and Sadr City
- Report: Ransome Offered For Release Of Italian Hostages
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Who is John McCain? An In-Depth Look at the Arizona Senator's Rise to Prominence
We take an in-depth look at Sen. John McCain (R–AZ)–one of the most powerful members of the U.S. senate. From his marriage to the wealthy heiress of a liquor fortune to Vietnam to the vicious dirty tricks campaign by Bush operatives in the 2000 presidential race to his emergence as an influential supporter for Bush’s reelection in 2004. [includes rush transcript]
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"Senseless Killings, Flagrant Abuse of Police Power, Willful Disregard of Prisoners' Rights" - A Look at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
We take a look at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Abuses and killings have been documented in his county’s notorious “tent-city” jail where detailed reports about deaths and riots are illegally withheld from public inspection. [includes rush transcript]
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How the GOP and Dems Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
We examine the rules governing the debates and who controls them. We speak with George Farah, author of No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Candidates Secretly Control the Presidential Debates and Sue Hilderbrand of the October 13 Alliance which is planning to stage protests outside the October 13th debate at Arizona State University. [includes rush transcript]
