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People’s Blog for the Constitution » DOJ goes after Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir for role in WikiLeaks video

DOJ goes after Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir for role in WikiLeaks video Lindsey Needham   January 29, 2012    BORDC Birgitta Jónsdóttir, member of Iceland’s parliament since 2009, is being targeted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for her role in producing Collateral Murder with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The controversial video shows footage, reportedly More

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Nygaard Notes #502> Okinawa and Campaign Madness

Nygaard Notes Independent Periodic News and Analysis Number 502, February 22, 2012 On the Web at http://www.nygaardnotes.org/ ****** This week: Okinawa, and Campaign Madness 1.  “Quote” of the Week:  “Talk of war has reached a strident pitch” 2.  Identifying the “True Views” in a Media Story 3.  Presidential Campaign Madness, Installment #1: “Meaningless” Becomes “Monumental” ****** 1. More

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Charlie Chaplin, Victim of McCarthyism, Had MI5 File> Video

(photo: Wikimedia Commons) Charlie Chaplin, Victim of McCarthyism, Had MI5 File Kevin Gosztola   February 16, 2012    Firedoglake He is known to have been prevented from returning to the United States by J. Edgar Hoover in 1953 when he went to London for the premiere of his film Limelight in London. Now, tens of thousands of files More

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Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Hegemony and Its Dilemmas

Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Hegemony and Its Dilemmas February 14, 2012   Tom Dispatch Back in May 2007, I stumbled across online sketches at the website of a Kansas architectural firm hired to build a monster U.S. embassy-cum-citadel-cum-Greater-Middle-Eastern command center on 104 acres in the middle of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.  They offered an artist’s impressions of what More

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Video> The Young Turks> Liberal Hypocrisy on Obama Vs Bush – Poll

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl_HGEXq_aM&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on Feb 9, 2012 Are liberals in favor of policies under Democratic President Barack Obama that they despised under Republican President George Bush? Sadly the answer is yes according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down a piece by Glenn Greenwald on the topic including More

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Video> Glenn Greenwald> Family Guy summarizes American Neocon Foreign Policy

Glenn Greenwald> This nicely summarizes the state of American neocon foreign policy discourse at the moment: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpP7b2lUxVE&w=420&h=315] I actually consider the discussion there mildly more elevated and sober than that Wall Street Journal Op-Ed from the NYPD official today warning of an Iranian attack on New York City. Join Us!  Subscribe to WAMMToday from our blog website More

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Diana Johnstone> Road to Damascus… and on to Armageddon?

“Western politicians and media are not yet fighting World War III, but they are talking themselves into it.” Road to Damascus… and on to Armageddon? by DIANA JOHNSTONE   FEBRUARY 13, 2012    Counterpunch Paris What if pollsters put this question to citizens of the United States and the European Union : “Which is more important, ensuring More

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Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups BY GLENN GREENWALD   FRIDAY FEB 10, 2012    salon.com Howard Dean and Rudy Giuliani  (Credit: AP)  One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under U.S. More

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Gregory Harms> Why the “Liberal” Media Leaves Hawkish Foreign Policy Unchallenged

Why the “Liberal” Media Leaves Hawkish Foreign Policy Unchallenged The New York Times’ foreign affairs coverage belies its “liberal” reputation–but reinforces the class biases of its readers. By Gregory Harms  |  TruthOut.org  /  February 5, 2012     A recent article by foreign policy analyst Robert Naiman, examines The New York Times’ current coverage of Iran’s nuclear program. In it, he exposes a More

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Bob Boldt> Send in the Clowns …

Send in the Clowns… By Bob Boldt   Sunday, 05 February 2012      MWC  Sometimes I think that Scott Pelley and the lovely Lara Logan should be drawing their paychecks directly from the paymaster at the Pentagon rather than CBS’s 60 Minutes. They never pass an opportunity to cheerlead the latest drone strike or pull a More

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