tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56145652009-11-13T05:37:22.237-05:00The real mainstream of America.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07804474090239324668noreply@blogger.comBlogger859125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614565.post-17355704264898960382009-08-13T22:07:00.001-04:002009-08-13T22:09:19.974-04:00

Sorry for the lack of posting. You could try Matt's Waste of Your Time, a blog about writing.

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Bought and paid forby Jhoffa, commenting ont the Raw Story post "Video: Insurance lobby's secret plan to attack 'Sicko' and Michael Moore"The smoking gun comes in at 3:37 in the second video.. He describes industry efforts on Capitol Hill to threaten Democrats (The same tactics could be used on anyone, really) with opposition come election time, even to the point of funding a contender, if they

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California should pay its people in potBy ‘Thomas Paine’Online Journal Guest WriterJul 10, 2009, 00:21California’s state finances have gone to pot, and that’s what it should use to pay its employees.Right now the state is issuing IOUs to those who work for it. Sacramento says they are worth the paper they’re printed on, but most Californians know that’s true only if they are used to roll

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Don't Ever Let nobody Drag Your Spirit Down -- Eric Bibb

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Contemplating Reality vs. Our PerceptionsBy Jolly Roger, Reconstitution 2.0Saturday, June 27th, 2009This isn’t normally a place that comments on celebrities; the problems of our country, and the world, are too serious, and too menacing, for me to spend a lot of time on “Jon and Kate,” or Lindsay Lohan, or Britney Spears, or any of the other tools the MSM has used on us over the last few years to

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Could it be more obvious?I applaud the Iranian people expressing their desire for change. We certainly have that in common. I mean, take Obama. Please. You can have him, because he used that desire to become the new front man for the Oligarchy that has the real power and control. A mafia and their consigliere.We also have in common that no matter what we do, short of complete refusal to allow the

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Kudos to WhatReallyHappened.comThe web site that brought you the fat Osama and numerous other attempts to help you trust that your eyes aren't lying exposes embarassing, agenda-driven mistake by BBC on the Iran kerfuffle.The site took BBC to task for labeling a photo of an Ahmadinejad rally as a Mousavi rally. And it notes the LA Times did the same thing with a slightly different photo of the

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Your Tax Dollars At Work-- by Dave JohnsonHey, suckers, take a look at where your money is going: Goldman to make record bonus payout,"Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year..."The bailouts were a wonderful corporate feast. They thank you.more

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Grand Theft Auto: How Stevie the Rat bankrupted GM by Greg PalastMonday, June 1, 2009Screw the autoworkers.They may be crying about General Motors' bankruptcy today. But dumping 40,000 of the last 60,000 union jobs into a mass grave won't spoil Jamie Dimon's day.Dimon is the CEO of JP Morgan Chase bank. While GM workers are losing their retirement health benefits, their jobs, their life savings

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We don't have a left and right party in this country anymoreWe have a center-right party and a crazy party--Bill Maher"Shouldn't there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting military spending? Straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal healthcare, legalizing pot, and steep, direct taxing of polluters?""These aren't radical ideas. The majority

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"Not even Jesus could reverse the decline in the US"The world economy is not only showing few signs of recovery, but we are also looking at the end of the American century, according to German author and economist William Engdahl in an interview with Russia Today. That's courtesy of the Oligarchic grip on our government that Bagman Obama is facilitating.

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Job cuts: the problem and the solutionAmerican Express has taken a hit as the economy has soured. A report on NPR said that many cardholders had defaulted, due to the high number of job cuts. In responding to this problem, American Express has an answer: layoffs.

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The phrase "resource war" is conspicuous by its absencePipelineistan goes Af-PakBy Pepe Escobar, Asia TimesAs United States President Barack Obama heads into his second 100 days in office, let's head for the big picture ourselves, the ultimate global plot line, the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentric world order. In its first 100 days, the Obama presidency introduced us to a brand new

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The flu-overAs a trained conspiracy theorists (logged over one million internet surfing hours a while back), I feel it's my duty to inform you that my nefarious activity alarms have been flashing for a few days now. What has really got it clanging is the low-flying "air force one" photo op over Manhattan. The story as reported makes no sense and is shrouded in classified directives and anonymous

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Love Your MotherEleanor and I spent a good part of last weekend helping our friend Ginger with her Earth Day art project. We had a great time creating art for art's sake and the planet's sake, and enjoying the beauty of communal effort. The results speak for themselves, thanks to the video Ginger and her husband George created.

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The Saw Doctors -- Hay WrapA sweet and gentle song about farm life. Enjoy.

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Rachel Maddow digs into Bushco war crimes"It is just as bad to prevent the investigation and prosecution of a war crime as its commission." -- Jonathan Turley, professor of law at George Washington University Law School, on the Rachel Maddow show."If a truth commission investigates, it would be the shortest investigation in history. There's no question there's a war crime," says Turley."The

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HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION - Radical Change Taking Root"Rethink the possible. Start where you are, and do something different." Or as John Prine said, "Blow up your TV, throw away your paperGo to the country, build you a homePlant a little garden, eat a lot of peachesTry an find Jesus on your own"We're heading down this road. It's a freedom road. Got our earthworms for vermicomposting just the other

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Congratulations, you've found the Bill Hicks page!I think it's interesting the two drugs that are legal - alcohol and cigarettes, two drugs that do absolutely nothing for you at all - are legal, and the drugs that might open your mind up to realise how you're being fucked every day of your life? Those drugs are against the law. Coincidence? See, I'm glad mushrooms are against the law, cos I took

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Israel out of the U.S.Freeman Withdrawal Marks Victory for Israel LobbyBy Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe*WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Amb. Chas Freeman withdrew from consideration for a top intelligence post in the Obama administration on Tuesday, following a vitriolic battle that pitted Republican lawmakers and pro-Israel hardliners opposed to his appointment against liberals and members of the

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Watchmen, a new movie based on a Alan Moore's ground-breaking mid-80s comic series, opens today.Rorschach TestSteven Padnick, Tor.comWatchmen is not a particularly political story.While its central question of unchecked authority does concern the role of politicians and governments, it is really about all authority figures, from abusive or absent parents to a cold and distant God. To focus on the

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Jack "King" Kirby InterviewFrom the interview: "I began to ask myself, everybody else has their gods, what are ours? What is the shape of our society, in the form of myth and legend? Who are our gods? Who are our evil gods and who are our good ones? ...I'm a guy who lives with a lot of questions, and I find that entertaining. If my life were to end tomorrow, it would be fulfilled in that manner.

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Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, and DOJ AttorneysFebruary 24, 2009*Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials *We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys

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