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By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 PM MST
Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the Law and Out of Control
By Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet Posted June 19, 2008
Think Blackwater’s days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.
On June 3, Jeremy Scahill’s [...]
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GEF @ 4:28 PM MST
BRITANNIA AS WE KNEW HER IS GONE..
Last-ditch protests to kill off EU constitution ignored as Brown forces through Lisbon Treaty
Gordon Brown signed away swathes of British sovereignty last night after he refused to back attempts to kill off the European constitution.
He forced through the Lisbon Treaty despite a last-ditch attempt [...]
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GEF @ 3:58 PM MST
Japan gripped by suicide epidemic
Japanese professionals in their thirties are killing themselves at unprecedented rates, as the nation struggles with a runaway suicide epidemic.
Newly published figures show that 30,093 people took their own lives in 2007 — a 2.9 per cent increase in a year — leaving the country as the [...]
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Sudhan @22:05 CET
Congressional proceedings would help prevent another mistaken war
BY RAY McGOVERN | The Detroit Free Press, June 19, 2008
United States Rep. John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has a rendezvous with destiny. He is uniquely placed to thrust a rod through the wheels of a White House [...]
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By- Suzie-Q @ 12:05 PM MST
The Chris Matthews Show: Acting!
Crooks & Liars
By: Nicole Belle on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 at 10:00 AM – PDT
Kathleen Parker has written a book on poor, put upon men (they suffer so much in this country), and for reasons obvious to only Chris Matthews’ psyche, it put him in mind [...]
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By- Suzie-Q @ 12:00 PM MST
Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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anthony @ 18:17 BST
Truthdig – Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the U.S. aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U.S.-Europe team.
The position the GAO and Boeing offer is that errors were [...]
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anthony @ 18:09 BST
Nick Juliano | Raw Story | Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Rep. Dennis Kucinich warned the House Judiciary Committee that it would be wise not to ignore the 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush last week. If the committee does not act within a month, he plans to introduce even more articles.
The Ohio [...]
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By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 AM MST
Exxon, oil giants prepared to sign no-bid oil deals in Iraq
Think Progress
By Faiz at 10:41 pm
Four Western oil companies — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, and BP — are in the final stages of “talks with Iraq’s Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq’s largest fields.” The New York Times [...]
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