Nov 12 2012
Veterans Day and a caution against the cult of the military By Bob Garfield, Sunday 11 November 2012 19.44 EST The video is lovely, affecting and – considering the subject matter – reasonably understated. A 60-ish guy sits at a lunch counter when a younger man, in army fatigues, walks in and orders a …
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Nov 12 2012
The Sins Of General David Petraeus By Michael Hastings, Nov 11, 2012 5:43pm EST The fraud that General David Petraeus perpetrated on America started many years before the general seduced Paula Broadwell, a lower-ranking officer 20 years his junior, after meeting her on a campus visit to Harvard. More so than any other leading …
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Nov 11 2012
Keep Sending The Checks By Stephen Orr Manning, 2011 Turn off the streetlight I’d like to get some sleep in my split-level cardboard box in the alley off Main Street USA. Just keep sending the checks. Keep your colored ribbons your certificates of praise Parades on Main Street and fine speeches. Just give me …
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Nov 10 2012
My President Is Busy By Thomas L. Friedman, November 10, 2012 Israeli friends have been asking me whether a re-elected President Obama will take revenge on Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for the way he and Sheldon Adelson, his foolhardy financier, openly backed Mitt Romney. My answer to Israelis is this: You should be so …
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Nov 09 2012
CNN claims Iran shot at a US drone, revealing the news network’s mindset By Glenn Greenwald, Thursday 8 November 2012 16.08 EST Barbara Starr, CNN’s Pentagon reporter (more accurately known as: the Pentagon’s reporter at CNN), has an exciting exclusive today. Exclusively relying upon “three senior officials” in the Obama administration (all anonymous, needless …
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Nov 06 2012
Well, we finally did it. My wife and I decided to go see the most wholly reverend Dwain Miller of Eldorado, Arkansas, in the flesh. We have just returned and I have three words of prophecy for you: OH-MY-GAWD! First of all, let me say that the Glory Barn regulars are the salt of …
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Nov 01 2012
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI Z the people – Piano, Vocals El Far3i – Percussion, Vocals
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