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U.S Drug Companies Criticized by Lawmaker for Deceptive Ads
reuters.com — Pharmaceutical companies need to be more responsible in touting their products to consumers or else face tighter controls from Congress, a top U.S. Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday. Rep. Bart Stupak said television commercials in particular use deceptive techniques to push their products to potential patients and increase sales.More… (Political News)
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U.S. Deploys More Than 43,000 Troops Unfit for Combat
usatoday.com — More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.More… (Political News)
BlakovitchPsst... Government-Supplied Marijuana Program Turns 30
alternet.org — That program marks its 30th anniversary May 10. That's right, our government has been supplying medical marijuana to a small number of patients -- the program peaked at 34 approved participants in 1991 -- for three full decades.More… (Political News)
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Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting
news.yahoo.com — The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.More… (Political News)
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FIAT EMPIRE - Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Cons
video.google.com — Dec 5, 2006 This Award-winning documentary video, featuring presidential candidate RON PAUL, was inspired by the book, "The Creature From Jekyll Island" This explains it all in layman's terms anyone can understand.More… (Political News)
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Israeli battles rage on Wikipedia
telegraph.co.uk — The pro-Israel group, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (Camera) has called for volunteers to edit entries that display notable bias on the site. A Palestinian aggregator, Electronic Intifada, has exposed the initiative, which it claims was to be a secretive attempt to subvert the spirit of the site. More… (Political News)
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Al Gore: It Is ‘Obscene’ That Bush Has Approved Torture
thinkprogress.org — During an interview this morning on NPR, former Vice President Al Gore criticized Bush for approving the techniques, calling it “obscene,” adding that his use of signing statements is “a raw assertion of authority outside the boundaries of the law”More… (Political News)
WH Admits: No Email Backup Tapes From Start of Iraq War
motherjones.com — The White House acknowledged in a court filing last night that it no longer has backup tapes of email from between March 1, 2003 and May 22, 2003, a period that includes the beginning of the Iraq war. How convenient!More… (Political News)
MO GOP targeting 300 Pro-Ron Paul delegates
thelibertypost.com — According to an email from some Missouri supporters of Ron Paul, sent late Sunday night, the state Republican Party has scheduled a special “credentials meeting” . At the meeting, according to the email, about 300 of the 1,900 elected delegates to the state GOP convention May 30-June 1 must ...More… (Political News)
DavyRockettPost-War U.S Veteran Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths
bloomberg.com — The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U.S. government's top psychiatric researcher said. Community mental health centers, hobbled by financial limits, haven't provided enough scientifically sound care, especially in rural areas.More… (Political News)
Bolton: Striking Iran ‘Is Really The Most Prudent Thing'
thinkprogress.org — "I think this is a case where the use of military force against a training camp to show the Iranians we’re not going to tolerate this is really the most prudent thing to do."More… (Political News)
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Call Girls Speak Out About The Suicide of the D.C. Madam
salon.com — Call girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives. Though Palfrey's death is complicated, not to mention controversial, it does offer us some insight into the experience of sex industry workers, who bear the burden of a double life and the toll of secrecy.More… (Political News)
1,134,427 Voters Purged in Indiana!
bbvforums.org — "In April 2008 when Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced the release of "record high" voter registration rolls, with 4.3 million voters set to vote in the Tuesday May 6 primary, he didn't mention that a whopping 1,134,427 voter registrations have been cancelled..."More… (Political News)
McCain Didn't Vote for Bush in 2000
huffingtonpost.com — At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, I was talking to a man and his wife, both prominent Republicans. The conversation soon turned to the new president. "I didn't vote for George Bush" the man confessed. "I didn't either," his wife added. Their names: John and Cindy McCain.More… (Political News)
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Clinton 2005: I Agree With McCain On Long-Term Iraq Presence
huffingtonpost.com — Three years ago, during an appearance on CBS, Sen. Hillary Clinton stated that she agreed with overarching premise of John McCain's Iraq policy: that America's commitment to the war shouldn't be based on time frames but rather the level of troop casualties.More… (Political News)
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