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The GOP's Blatant Racism | The Nation

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:51 AM EST (The Nation)

In the British original of The Office the main protagonist, David Brent (US reincarnation: Michael Scott), wistfully recalls a tender moment during his favorite war film, The Dam Busters, involving the hero pilot, Wing Commander Guy Gibson.

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Of Semites and 'Anti-Semites' | The Nation

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:47 AM EST (The Nation)

Andrew Adler, publisher of something called the Atlanta Jewish Times, recently suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu should consider ordering the assassination of President Obama in order to “forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy incl …

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Wasting away in Dementiaville | GOP presidential candidates are most comfortable trying to market their imagined utopia of the 1950s.

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:53 AM EST (Reuters)

I’ve found a great spot for most of the Republican presidential candidates — active and vanquished — to retire to after Barack Obama wins his second term in November.

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Morgan Stanley CEO To Disgruntled Employees: 'If You're Really Unhappy, Just Leave'

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:32 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

The CEO of one of the country's largest investment banks has some choice words for any employees upset about the prospect of a smaller paycheck this year. James Gorman, the head of Morgan Stanley, said that if his workers are so angry about their latest, trimmed-down paycheck, …

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Martin Bashir Tears Into Deadbeat GOPer Rep. Joe Walsh For Owing Back Child Support (VIDEO)

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:49 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Martin Bashir tore into Representative Joe Walsh on Tuesday, condemning the congressman for his failure to pay over $100,000 in back child support in a live interview. The MSNBC host was interviewing Walsh in the lead-up to President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesd …

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Global War Series Part VII - The Eurasian "Triple Alliance." The Strategic Importance of Iran for Russia and China

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:09 AM EST ()

The Eurasian Triple Alliance: The Strategic Importance of Iran for Russia and China  China, the Russian Federation, and Iran are widely considered to be allies and partners.

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A War We Never Should Have Waged - The Greatest Strategic Blunder in American History Cost Our Nation $1 trillion

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:56 AM EST ()

Not one of the dozens of claims our officials made about Iraq's alleged stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, missiles, unmanned drones, or most importantly, Iraq's nuclear weapons and ties to al-Qaeda, was true.

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Stop the Madness, What if Iran is Telling the Truth

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:36 AM EST ()

Despite all the hype, Iran's nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It's time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war.

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Global War Series Part VI - Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a "New Middle East"

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:09 AM EST ()

“Hegemony is as old as Mankind…” -Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor

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Obama's Secret Letter to Tehran: Is the War against Iran On Hold?

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:00 AM EST ()

The New York Times announced that the Obama Administration had sent an important letter to the leadership of Iran on January 12, 2012.

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Utah School Rejects 'Cougar' Mascot to Avoid Offending Older Women | NewsFeed | TIME.com

Seeded on Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:38 PM EST (TIME)

Team mascots have a history of offending. Organizations from professional football franchises to inconspicuous elementary schools have often come under scrutiny for mascots referencing Native Americans, for example.

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Ariane Noelle Patterson, Student, Dies After Tweeting 'Thank You God for Another Year Of Life'

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:08 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

It was Ariane Noelle Patterson's 21st birthday, and she was grateful to be alive. The Gardner-Webb University student took to her Twitter account on Jan. 17 and posted the message: "Thank you God for another year of life."

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The Rationale for War With Iran | Global Security Newswire | NTI

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:04 AM EST ()

WASHINGTON -- The last time things were this tense in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. and Iranian militaries began shooting (more out of miscalculation than intent), and the bitter aftermath still looms large over Washington’s relations with Tehran. U.S.

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Alaska expands aerial shooting of bears - latimes.com

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:34 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

"In this larger war on bears and wolves, the Board of Game has created a number of hunting methods which we find objectionable," said Jim Stratton, Alaska director for the National Parks Conservation Assn.

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BREAKING: Russia Plans Military Exercises in Caucasus amid US Threats to Wage War on Iran

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:10 AM EST ()

Russia has launched large-scale preparations for Kavkaz-2012 military maneuvers, according to Nezavisimaya Gazeta. The exercises will cover not only the territory of Southern Russia, but also that of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Armenia, with Kavkaz-2012 becoming a major event  …

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Washington's Gunboat Diplomacy and the Strait of Hormuz

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM EST ()

The arrival of the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and its escorts in the Middle East on Monday has continued to reverberate in world news in a testament to the enduring value of “gunboat diplomacy.” The conspicuous assassination o …

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Global War Series Part V - Jihadism in 2012: A Persistent, Low-Level Threat (Forecast for 2012)

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:26 PM EST ()

Forecast for 2012 We anticipate that the al Qaeda core will continue to struggle in the physical and ideological arenas. The group still has prolific spokesmen in al-Zawahiri, al-Libi and Gadahn, but in 2011 the group issued remarkably few messages.

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Drive to repeal Michigan emergency manager law extends its own deadline | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:12 PM EST (The Detroit Free Press)

LANSING – A group collecting signatures in an attempt to repeal Michigan’s toughened emergency manager law has pushed back its target date for submitting its petition to the Secretary of State. Organizers said earlier they would submit the signatures on Wednesday,  …

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Aide Mendez Recorded Doing Drugs Before Killing Her Children In Fresno, Calif.

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:14 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

FRESNO, Calif. -- Police are combing through video footage of a woman who recorded herself smoking methamphetamine before shooting her two young children, their father, a cousin and herself, seeking clues into a weekend tragedy that unfolded in California's Central Valley.

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False Flag - How Israeli Mossad Agents Posed as American Spies to Recruit Members of a Terrorist Organization

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:13 AM EST (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/13/f)

Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W.

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Global War Series Part IV - Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:05 AM EST ()

As the US and Iranian governments escalate tensions in the already volatile Straits of Hormuz, and China and Russia begin openly questioning Washington's interference in their internal politics, the world remains on a knife-edge of military tension.

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Global War Series Part III - Why Is It So Hard to Find a Suicide Bomber These Days?

Seeded on Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:56 AM EST ()

A decade after 9/11, the mystery is not why so many Muslims turn to terror -- but why so few have joined al Qaeda's jihad.   * Click on the "global" tag for the entire series

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Global War Series Part II - U.S. Arms Persian Gulf Allies For Conflict With Iran

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:09 PM EST ()

On November 11 the Wall Street Journal revealed that the White House will provide the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with “thousands of advanced ‘bunker-buster’ bombs and other munitions, part of a stepped-up U.S.

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NASCAR OK with the 200mph Mark - Drivers top 200 mph at Daytona test session

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:54 PM EST (ESPN.com)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

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