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Mississippi: Bill to Ban Fat People in Restaurants
2008-02-07 18:42:00 By Nanci Hellmich USA Today Nutrition experts are burning up calories in expressing their outrage over proposed legislation in Mississippi that would prohibit restaurants from serving obese customers. They say the proposed bill, still in committee, is “ridiculous,” “insane” and a wrong-headed approach to solving the national obesity epidemic. State Rep. John Read, a Republican who is one of ... More About: People , Restaurants , Bill
Some Quotes from People Much Smarter Than I?.
2008-02-07 18:20:00 “No people can be both ignorant and free.” -Thomas Jefferson “The news and the truth are not the same thing. ” -Walter Lippmann “I wouldn’t call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment ... More About: People , Quotes
Haggard prematurely leaves rehab, New Life Church says
2008-02-07 16:27:00 By Kevin Flynn Rocky Mountain News The team appointed to oversee Ted Haggard’s “spiritual restoration” after scandal forced him to end his ministry at New Life Church has agreed to his request to end their oversite of his recovery program. New Life Church issued a statement Tuesday saying it believes the termination of the relationship is premature, but ... More About: Rehab
Dont watch this video (if you?re happy living a lie)
2008-02-06 17:54:00 9min 22sec More About: Video , Watch , Multimedia , Living , Happy
The Strangulation of Gaza
2008-02-06 17:42:00 by Saree Makdisi The Nation The people of Gaza were able to enjoy a few days of freedom last week, after demolition charges brought down the iron wall separating the impoverished Palestinian territory from Egypt, allowing hundreds of thousands to burst out of the virtual prison into which Gaza has been transformed over the past few years–the ...
Single Payer Health Care
2008-02-06 17:15:00 This is one of the resolutions we voted on last night at the caucus. It was possibly the highlight of the evening for me, or maybe it was the lady on the back row with her fingers made into an “X” while putting a hex on me for wearing an Obama sticker. 34sec RESOLUTION ON HEALTH ... More About: Health , Multimedia , Health Care , Care , Single
This is the Reason we have no Real Choice
2008-02-05 20:37:00 At about 2 min in, we see the problem. Rolling Stone Writer Matt Taibbi 4min 32sec Here are the two clips to show the lead up and after the election coverage by Matt Taibbi Of course they gloss over and change the subject that Tabbi’s report is so obviously pointing out. Maher continues to disappoint. More About: Multimedia , Reason , Real , Choice
Super Tuesday: Information That Should Help - Not Intended for those that V
2008-02-05 17:49:00 The Democrats vs the Republicans on foreign policy Real difference on Iran Obama vs Clinton on nuclear weapons Jonathan Schell on the candidates and Israel - Disturbing but Obama seems to be the least gung ho pro Israel compared to Hillary Obama vs Clinton on Pakistan and Afghanistan On Health Care Hillary’s plan is a forced one with penalties, Obama’s plan ... More About: Information , Multimedia , Super , Tuesday , Super Tuesday
Report: Karl Rove To Join Fox News Channel
2008-02-01 17:56:00 The Huffington Post The blog Inside Cable News reported Thursday that Karl Rove will be joining Fox News as a contributor. The report didn’t include any further details as of yet, but suggested he would be used for the channel’s Super Tuesday coverage. ICN hears that Karl Rove will join Fox News Channel ... More About: Report , Join
Keith Olbermann Special Comment: FISA
2008-02-01 17:13:00 9min 42sec What is even more simple to understand is that the foreign policy of America is putting more than Americans in harms way by creating “terrorist” or whatever you want to call people that take up arms after having their family blown to bits. Think about how mad Americans were after the 9/11 attacks when ... More About: Multimedia , Keith Olbermann , Special , Olbermann , Comment
Exxon Mobil posts record profits?.again
2008-02-01 16:45:00 By JOHN PORRETTO AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company ? $40.6 billion ? as the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year’s end. Exxon also set a U.S. record for the biggest quarterly profit, posting net income of $11.7 billion for ... More About: Exxon Mobil , Profits , Posts
Shell Posts ?Obscene? Profit
2008-02-01 16:42:00 The Huffington Post Shell smashed all-time British company profit records today, posting 2007 earnings of $27.5billion (£13.9billion), and immediately ran into a storm with union leaders, who are demanding the Government hits the oil giant with a windfall tax. Shell’s profit surge - it is now making a staggering $75million (£38million) a day - on the back ... More About: Profit , Posts
Scientology: Fair game
2008-01-31 20:11:00 From The Economist A VICIOUS cult run by cynical fraudsters, or a sincerely held religious belief persecuted by zealots? That is the long-standing row about Scientology , founded by the late science-fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard. In some countries, such as Germany, the group is watched by the security services. In others, such as America and Australia, ... More About: Game , Fair
Robert Anton Wilson - Maybe Logic
2008-01-31 18:02:00 1 hr 21 min 23 sec Multiple clips complied to give us insight into the life and theories of Robert Anton Wilson . More About: Multimedia , Logic
ALL of RON PAUL?s replies at the CNN debate Jan. 30, ?08
2008-01-31 17:53:00 7min 55sec More About: Multimedia , Ron Paul , Debate , Paul
Neil Young: Don?t Let It Bring You Down
2008-01-31 17:32:00 Yesterday, I heard this song on the radio and it really touched me. I had to share it. 3min 21sec Old man lying by the side of the road With the lorries rolling by, Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load And the building scrape the sky, Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn And the morning paper ... More About: Multimedia , Neil , Young , Neil Young
Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction
2008-01-31 17:13:00 By Jeremy Scahill AlterNet Protesters who re-enacted one of Blackwater ’s worst civilian massacres in Iraq got jail time, while the real killers remain free. Last week in Currituck County, N.C., Superior Court Judge Russell Duke presided over the final step in securing the first criminal conviction stemming from the deadly actions of Blackwater Worldwide, the Bush administration’s favorite ... More About: Trial , Secret , Criminal
Burning Conscience: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
2008-01-28 16:07:00 29min 31sec A searing interview with Avichai Sharon and Noam Chayut, both veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces and members of Breaking the Silence. Sharon and Chayut served during the second intifada, an on-going bloodbath that has claimed the lives of over three thousand Palestinians and nine-hundred-fifty Israelis. After thorough introspection, these young men have chosen ... More About: Multimedia , Conscience , Speak , Burning , Soldiers
Broadcast Exclusive: Abu Ghraib Whistleblower Samuel Provance Speaks Out on
2008-01-28 16:03:00 DemocracyNow! In a national TV broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with Abu Ghraib whistleblower and former Army sergeant, Samuel Provance. From September 2003 to the spring of 2004, Provance ran the top-secret computer network used by Military Intelligence at Abu Ghraib. He was the first intelligence specialist to speak openly about abuse at the prison ... More About: Exclusive , Broadcast , Vance
Zeitgeist - The Movie
2008-01-24 16:42:00 Interview with ZEITGEIST THE MOVIE Creator More About: Movie , Multimedia , The Movie , Zeitgeist , Zeitgeist the Movie
For MLK Day: Federal Bureau of Intimidation
2008-01-20 20:24:00 by Howard Zinn I know this is long, but a full repost of this seem worthwhile…. I thought it would be good to talk about the FBI because they talk about us. They don’t like to be talked about. They don’t even like the fact that you’re listening to them being talked about. They are ...
Bill Moyers talks with David Cay Johnston author of: FREE LUNCH: HOW THE WE
2008-01-20 18:13:00 PBS This is a very enlightening interview. If you have time, please go here and watch or read the transcript. ….BILL MOYERS: Yeah, the theme of the book as I read it is that not that the rich are getting richer but that they’ve got the government rigging the rules to help them do it. DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: ... More About: Lunch , Free , Author , Bill Moyers , David
?Free Lunch: How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government E
2008-01-18 18:06:00 DemocracyNow! Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins us to talk about his new book, ?Free Lunch : How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government Expense (And Stick You With the Bill).? Johnston reveals how government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and ...
Canada puts U.S. on torture watch list
2008-01-18 04:45:00 CTV.ca News ….Khadr — a Canadian citizen who was just 15-years-old when he was captured in Afghanistan more than five years ago and taken to Guantanamo — has claimed that he has been tortured at the prison. Now, CTV News has obtained documents that put Guantanamo Bay on a torture watch list…. ….The aim of the workshop: ... More About: Watch , Multimedia , Canada , List , Torture
Rep. Wexler Calls for Impeachment Hearings
2008-01-17 01:00:00 4min 58sec More About: Multimedia , Calls , Impeachment , Wexler
Bush?s Saudi sword dance
2008-01-17 00:10:00 Proud to be an American….. 29sec More About: Bush , Multimedia , Dance , Saudi , Sword
Mike Huckabee - We Should Amend The Constitution So It Fits With God?s Stan
2008-01-16 19:47:00 21sec Yeah, theocracy works so well, lets make America one. (sarcasm) More About: Multimedia , Mike Huckabee , Constitution , Mike , The Constitution
Second Thoughts on Fluoride
2008-01-16 16:22:00 By Dan Fagin Scientific American * Researchers are intensifying their scrutiny of fluoride, which is added to most public water systems in the U.S. Some recent studies suggest that overconsumption of fluoride can raise the risks of disorders affecting teeth, bones, the brain and the thyroid gland. * A ... More About: Thoughts
How the Pentagon Planted a False Story
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 16:13:00 by Gareth Porter AntiWar Senior Pentagon officials, evidently reflecting a broader administration policy decision, used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the Jan. 6 U.S.-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story demonstrating Iran’s military aggressiveness, a reconstruction of the events following the incident shows. The initial press stories on the incident, all of ... More About: Story , The Pentagon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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