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Who's That Hiding In My Fox 5 News Logo? (Video)
youtube.com — It's undetectable at normal speed, but I was editing this footage in Final Cut Pro and going through it frame-by-frame when I saw this. 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)
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An Innocent Victim of No-knock Warrants and the War on Drugs
justicefortracy.com — Tracy Ingle was asleep in his house when armed police using a no-knock warrant burst in. Unsure about what was happening, he reached for a non-functioning pistol, but began to drop it as soon as he realized who they were. The gesture was too late -- officers shot him 5 times. 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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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)
AlwaysAwakePost-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)
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)
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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)
anderzoleMO 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)
DavyRockettLatest Clinton Ad Uses Newspaper Clipping on TROOPERGATE
journals.democraticunderground… — Blogger berni_mccoy at the Democratic Underground uncovers a GEM of a story about the latest Clinton Ad. LOL!More… (Political News)
karmicwizardCredible Report Proves McCain Is ‘Full Of It’ and Hurts Vets
thinkprogress.org — John McCain refuses to support the highly popular and necessary New GI Bill for veterans and has proposed a very watered down version, which is strongly opposed by VETERANS. This story details why John McCain is wrong on this issue and wrong for VETERANS. This is one thing McCain needs to FLIP-FLOP on for VETERANS and America.More… (Political News)
curtislwalkerJudge: Woman can sue KBR over brutal assault
rawstory.com — Jamie Leigh Jones can take gang rape case to trial, says a federal judge.More… (Political News)
Psst... 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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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)
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E-Mails Show Derogatory Banter at Secret Service
nytimes.com — Secret Service supervisors engaged in crude sexual jokes and racially derogatory banter about blacks, and passed around an anecdote about a possible assassination of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, according to internal e-mails disclosed in a federal court filing on Friday by lawyers for black Secret Service agents.More… (Political News)
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