Category: America

I determine who is a Jew

Interview with Dr. Hajo Meyer [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA Dr. Hajo Meyer is a Holocaust survivor and anti-Zionist activist. He has been conducting a speaking tour titled “Never Again For Anyone,” sharing his experiences of surviving Auschwitz and his perceptions of Zionism and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. This video is a selection of clips from …

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained

While this cautionary tale of power and corruption is specifically about the caliphate of Rupert Murdoch, it reveals much about how powerful men like former Vice President Cheney were able to coerce the CIA and others to spoon-feed and self-redact and “sex up” the intelligence needed to justify criminal wars.  With, of course, the willing cooperation of the …

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Funkelele

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s rendition of that classic Isaac Hayes movie theme from ‘Shaft’ played live at Cambridge Folk Festival. One more… [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n4OYii14o[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n4OYii14o

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Fair and balanced

How I was fitted up by the News of the World By Eric Allison, Sunday 10 July 2011 18.30 BST … I have personal experience of the News of the World’s blatant disregard for the truth in the pursuit of a good headline. That experience pales into insignificance when put next to the trauma endured …

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Buy a hybrid

Changing the way oil drives US policy By PJ Crowley, Saturday 9 July 2011 21.10 BST … Twenty years after we went to war over oil and ten years after 9/11, America has still not connected the dots. This is not about the intelligence community, but American politics, policy and behaviour. We still don’t see …

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Committed to the rule

My lost boy John Walker Lindh Frank Lindh, Sunday 10 July 2011 … John Phillip Walker Lindh, my son, was raised a Roman Catholic, but converted to Islam when he was 16 years old. He has an older brother and a younger sister. John is scholarly and devout, devoted to his family, and blessed with …

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Not above dog-whistling

No Mistake: Why Michele Bachmann Is Trying to Rewrite History By Spencer Critchley, 7/3/11 08:24 PM ET … The media have had a good time lately with Michele Bachmann’s double-down gaffe about how the Founding Fathers, including an eight-year-old John Quincy Adams, “worked tirelessly” to end slavery, despite writing it into the Constitution and owning …

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