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I recently watched the documentary "Winter Soldier" about the soldiers who returned from Vietnam and their horror stories of the atrocities they committed. One of the lines that stuck with me was common among the soldiers. Body count was used as a gauge of success. When soldiers would come...

The core misconceptions in the 'war on terror' By John Feffer In September 2002, Maher Arar was passing through JFK airport in New York. He was expecting a simple transit. A Syrian-born Canadian citizen and wireless technology consultant, Arar was traveling home to Ottawa after a vacation with...

Can’t help but laugh that when looking for recopies one is for: Amish Cream Pie 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups half-and-half 1/2 cup whole milk 8 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks and softened 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 9-inch baked pie crust Heat...

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Euro Hits New High Against U.S. Dollar Tuesday July 10, 4:54 pm ET By Jackie Farwell, AP Business Writer Euro Soars to New High Above $1.37 Amid Worries About U.S. Economy NEW YORK (AP) -- The euro shot to an all-time high against the U.S. dollar Tuesday on concerns about the American...

More elections? What do they think they are a democracy? Cuba sets date for municipal vote By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286890.stm Cuba's acting President, Raul Castro, has announced that municipal elections will be held on 21 October. This...

Taliban Blow-up Doll

We've got quite a few older or rather "mature" people on here doin the whole 9-5 with the family and a happy home. Drop your knowledge gained from experiences and help the inexperienced out when it comes to home ownership. Tips on: Dealing with banks/Obtaining loans Picking a realtor Home...

CRAWFORD, Texas - Cindy Sheehan, the slain soldier's mother whose attacks on President Bush made her a darling of the anti-war movement, has a new target: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Sheehan, who announced in late May that she was departing the peace movement, said she decided to run against...

http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/index.html?skipIntro Select theaters July 27th

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Al-Qaeda's new talent in Afghanistan By Michael Scheuer Al-Qaeda's late-May naming of Mustafa Ahmed Muhammad Uthman Abu al-Yazid as the "general leader" of the group's activities in Afghanistan shows that Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri believe that helping the Taliban win the Afghan war...

I've got an hour and ten minutes left of work and the day is just grinding on. Siccness is boring today. FYI

Wall Street Journal and New York Times V. Hugo Chavez Stephen Lendman June 27, 2007 On June 27, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal vied for attention with feature stories on oil giants ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips "walking away from their multi-billion-dollar investments in...

Young Americans are more likely than the general public to favor a government-run universal health care insurance system, an open-door policy on immigration and the legalization of gay marriage, according to a New York Times/CBS News/MTV poll. The poll also found that they are more likely to say...

http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/150611/1/4536 NEW YORK, Jun 25 (OneWorld) - More than 1 million children in West Africa would not go to bed hungry if Washington stopped providing subsidies to America's cotton growers, according to a study released Thursday by an influential development...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips refused to sign deals by a deadline Tuesday that would enable them to keep pumping oil under tougher terms in Venezuela, the nation's oil minister said. ADVERTISEMENT But the government signed deals with four other major oil...

Monday, June 25, 2007 Blackwater Mercenaries on the USA-Mexico Border By Nancy Conroy In San Diego County, California, a firestorm has erupted over plans to build a Blackwater mercenary training camp in the hills behind Potrero, a remote area east of the city. The residents of San Diego...

NYPD Brutalize Human Rights Attorney By Amadi Ajamu A human rights attorney known for handling cases of police brutality became a victim of police abuse last Thursday evening in Brooklyn. Attorney Michael Tarif Warren and his wife Evelyn, who is also an attorney, were driving along Vanderbilt...

Putting all the eggs in Fatah basket By Kaveh L Afrasiabi With the dust of Hamas' triumphant counter-coup in the Gaza Strip yet to settle, Israel and the United States have wasted little time on a counter-strategy, of supporting the rival Fatah organization in West Bank and trying to isolate...