tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39601382010-01-05T19:35:42.386-08:00PragPro<br>Contact: PragPro/gmailPragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1505125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-4723074494528411982010-01-05T19:35:00.000-08:002010-01-05T19:35:42.398-08:00Via GDAE and Confessionzero. This is a well organized list of NGOs with links that can help you become more active in your democracy depending on your interests.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-41526989424492447692010-01-04T20:27:00.000-08:002010-01-04T20:27:47.909-08:00From Project Censored at Sonoma State University,
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009#1. Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation
# 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA
# 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business
# 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America?
# 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets
# 6 The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
# 7 Guest Workers Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-52883558260795078012010-01-04T18:26:00.000-08:002010-01-04T18:26:28.783-08:00NY Times: Bomber Who Killed C.I.A. Staff Worked With Jordanian Intelligence
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The suicide bomber who killed seven
C.I.A. officers and one Jordanian intelligence officer last
week in southeastern Afghanistan was an asset of the
Jordanian intelligence service who had been brought to
Afghanistan to help hunt down top members of the Qaeda
network, according to a Western officialPragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-22809559634943781502009-12-29T00:29:00.001-08:002009-12-29T00:29:55.011-08:00Hilarious, excellent, a must read.
Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-41769589444557329962009-12-28T18:41:00.000-08:002009-12-28T21:58:22.507-08:00"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
Comedy Gold from Michael L Miller, former Reagan flunky and Bushie Revolving Door EPA Lobbyist,
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Boy, they'll get some tongue-lashing from obama and hillary for this. Or, wait, maybe if he offers a sincere apology for delaying the closing of Gitmo, maybe the TERRORISTS won't try this again.
kev | Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-3959974461978215542009-12-27T00:30:00.001-08:002009-12-27T00:30:37.898-08:00Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-21310403186237791672009-12-24T19:56:00.001-08:002009-12-24T19:56:41.894-08:00
Christmas, we are doing it wrong.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-17465804303881497052009-12-24T19:54:00.000-08:002009-12-24T19:54:50.504-08:00Coverage of the British Inquiry into the Iraq War from The Guardian.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-62442961658977632872009-12-23T20:27:00.000-08:002009-12-23T20:27:51.384-08:00History is a Weapon, :
"Besides the many readings below, we offer a Blog, an Author list, arecommended reading list, a F.A.Q., a links page, and a Poster page. We'll be adding new stuff as we get around to it, like this resource page on Counter Recruitment.
Contact information can be found on the F.A.Q. page.
A People's History Of The United States
by Howard Zinn
The American Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-25642524884433149452009-12-23T02:53:00.000-08:002009-12-23T03:05:39.905-08:00AP:
Politicians across the country keep finding ways to skirt campaign-finance laws, using ballot-measure committees and other avenues to raise millions in unregulated contributions, according to a report issued Tuesday by a California-based think tank. The Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles said legal defense funds, inaugural and leadership committees, donations to favored Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-46350039625083351612009-12-23T01:21:00.000-08:002009-12-23T01:21:08.936-08:00From Physics and Physicists,
Are Human Ideas And Opinions Quantum Objects?Are human ideas and opinions quantum objects? Does it show properties of superposition? Does it have a wavefunction and observable operators? Really!
In the continuing effort to "bastardize" quantum mechanics, many people who don't have a clue of what it is routinely cite the various aspects of quantum mechanics and then Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-45669689658349805092009-12-22T20:51:00.000-08:002009-12-22T20:51:12.556-08:00US Army Field Manual FM 31-20-3, Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures for Special Forces; 2004 edition. Made US Army doctrine (policy) on 20 September 1994; 219 printed pages. Written at the sensitive but unclassified level.
This sensitive US military counterinsurgency manual could be critically described as "What we learned about running death squads and propping up Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-90627266336945351872009-12-22T19:35:00.001-08:002009-12-22T19:39:50.127-08:00Proud to add to the List of Links, Working Life.
Working Life is a growing community of people who want to discuss, share ideas and exchange information and stories about work, the economy and labor. We are building a community that communicates with the written word, audio and video. Vigorous opinions are encouraged.
Working Life is a project of Labor Research Association, a non-profit 501-c-3Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-7872924523374000342009-12-22T17:33:00.001-08:002009-12-22T18:19:33.439-08:00
I prayed the hardest.
In a memo to be presented to senators, Democratic pollster Mark Mellman argues: "The public continues to trust Democrats and the President over Republicans to deal with the issue. The news media has recently highlighted polls showing double-digit margins in opposition to the current healthcare plan. But these cursory stories ... often ignore the fact that a chunk of Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-3377150109739094872009-12-21T21:55:00.001-08:002009-12-21T21:55:47.475-08:00
Thanks to Ann in Minnesota for this gem.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-78161014104736050572009-12-20T18:27:00.000-08:002009-12-20T18:38:41.972-08:00Order comes to Planet Nerdatron,
"Jon Walker at has a new post up at Firedoglake entitled thusly: The Insidious Myth Of The Progressive Bill Killers. The post argues that wonks like me have greatly mischaracterized the position of the bill-killers. They don't really think the bill is worse than nothing, Jon says. They just think a better bill can be achieved through reconciliation or some other Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-60638359873589279762009-12-16T01:33:00.001-08:002009-12-16T01:33:19.927-08:00The people, united, can never be defeated.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-79704525033761870972009-12-15T22:02:00.001-08:002009-12-15T22:02:33.310-08:00Presented by PBS, the film, Critical Care, video here. What happens when you are sick and have no health insurance in America? A must watch film.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-16869556299403169852009-12-15T20:52:00.001-08:002009-12-15T20:55:43.215-08:00This is important, because as you know, tomatoes are the only known projectile fruit that is eligible for ballistic humiliations.
The Salt Lake City Costco removed all tomatoes from the store before a Sarah Palin book signing, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.
"It turns out that Palin had been pelted with a tomato at an earlier stop on her book tour and the management at the Costco was determined Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-91720803644818520052009-12-14T20:02:00.000-08:002009-12-14T22:05:05.068-08:00
Are you Pissed off enough yet?
Political Wire:
Senate Democrats Cave to Lieberman DemandsSenate Democrats "emerged from a special caucus meeting Monday night determined to pass a health-care bill by Christmas -- but without the Medicare buy-in plan that liberals had sought as an alternative to a government insurance option," the Washington Post reports.Meanwhile, Bloomberg notes Sen. Tom Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-44847086426822808672009-12-11T20:18:00.000-08:002009-12-11T20:18:01.602-08:00
More of this please.Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-90609941068184243542009-12-10T08:06:00.000-08:002009-12-10T08:11:21.375-08:00The GOP has become a junk bond. If they really cared about the debt and deficit and wanted to help Americans get access to health insurance security without the public option involved then they've shown themselves to be without any genuine qualities yet again today. No matter what the Democrats propose the GOP immediately rejects it. Even before the CBO releases a Score! For shame! Democrats needPragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-37075411899101278472009-12-10T01:55:00.000-08:002009-12-28T21:57:15.433-08:00News from Outer Space: POTUS = Tiger due to superficial similarities. This is totally classy, from revolving door oil to EPA and OPA hooker Michael L Miller over at Mike's America. I was waiting for someone(s) to some how, bravely conflate the President of The United State's race to Tiger Woods perdicament. Of course they kind of look similar so The President must be responsible for everything Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-62497551560816657552009-12-09T22:34:00.000-08:002009-12-09T22:36:15.660-08:00Now is the time for health consumer and citizen action. I'm waiting for more details on Health Reform, this isn't comforting, nor should it be, from GDAEman.
"GDAEman
One Voice for Real HealthcareSince writing on "How Healthcare Legislation Will Pass" I heard a disturbing interviewwith the founder of Firedog Lake Blog, Jane Hamsher, on DemocracyNow! She is sounding a bit pessimistic, suggesting Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960138.post-61388876399461296032009-12-08T19:50:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:50:26.446-08:00The Stanford Prison Experiment in Streaming .avi video.
The Official Website.
Wiki:
The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. Twenty-four undergraduates were selected out of 70 to play the roles Pragprohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866170199126950518noreply@blogger.com0