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Coleen Rowley> A long way from the Magna Carta to legalizing torture and “kill lists”!

A long way from the Magna Carta to legalizing torture and “kill lists”! Posted on June 19, 2012 by coleenrowley comehomeamerica.org [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4sgfLXGKM&w=420&h=315] Friday June 15, 2012, happened to be the 797th anniversary of the day certain feudal barons in England confronted King John and asked him to guarantee a “charter of liberties” which eventually became the Magna Carta. More

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Coleen Rowley> A long way from the Magna Carta to legalizing torture and “kill lists”!

A long way from the Magna Carta to legalizing torture and “kill lists”! Posted on June 19, 2012 by coleenrowley comehomeamerica.org [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4sgfLXGKM&w=420&h=315] Friday June 15, 2012, happened to be the 797th anniversary of the day certain feudal barons in England confronted King John and asked him to guarantee a “charter of liberties” which eventually became the Magna Carta. More

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What Our Tax Dollars Pay For> In Billions

At the NATO Summit in Chicago last month, Northrop Grumman company received a 1.7 billion dollar contract to build five (only five!) new drones. The CEO of Northrop Grumman is a member of that privileged group, the .01 percent (Brave New Foundation).

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What Our Tax Dollars Pay For> In Billions

At the NATO Summit in Chicago last month, Northrop Grumman company received a 1.7 billion dollar contract to build five (only five!) new drones. The CEO of Northrop Grumman is a member of that privileged group, the .01 percent (Brave New Foundation).

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Chris Hedges> Northern Light

Northern Light by Chris Hedges Posted on Jun 3, 2012 truthdig.com Photo by (CC-BY-ND) I gave a talk last week at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Many in the audience had pinned small red squares of felt to their clothing. The carre rouge, or red square, has become the Canadian symbol of More

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Chris Hedges> Northern Light

Northern Light by Chris Hedges Posted on Jun 3, 2012 truthdig.com Photo by (CC-BY-ND) I gave a talk last week at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Many in the audience had pinned small red squares of felt to their clothing. The carre rouge, or red square, has become the Canadian symbol of More

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Video> Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4PQ7CT51Mo&w=420&h=315] Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders Published: 31 May, 2012 Edited: 01 June, 2012 RT A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people watching the mass burial on May 26, 2012 of more than 100 victims killed in the central More

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Video> Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4PQ7CT51Mo&w=420&h=315] Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders Published: 31 May, 2012 Edited: 01 June, 2012 RT A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people watching the mass burial on May 26, 2012 of more than 100 victims killed in the central More

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Glenn Greenwald> Deliberate media propaganda

Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims BY GLENN GREENWALD SATURDAY, JUN 2, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all More

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Glenn Greenwald> Deliberate media propaganda

Deliberate media propaganda The media now knows that “militant” is a term of official propaganda, yet still use it for America’s drone victims BY GLENN GREENWALD SATURDAY, JUN 2, 2012 Salon.com (updated below) Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all More

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U.S. military spends over $20 billion a year . . .

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Stephen Zunes> Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peace

Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peaceby Stephen Zunes Published on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 by Foreign Policy in Focus via Common DreamsEarlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a dangerous piece of legislation (H.R. 4133) which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, weaken Israeli moderates and peace advocates, undercut international law, further militarize the Middle East, and More

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