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America is Dying -- But Don't Blame Me, I'm Just the Messenger (Original Content)

By Vincent L. Guarisco

May 13, 201

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" ~~Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963

Over the years I have written many articles about issues I felt are prevalent.…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on May 13, 2013 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

Pawns Are Always Expendable When Played (Original Content)

By Vincent L. Guarisco

May 5, 2013

 

"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to
pick up the piece  and move it. But what Chess teaches you is that
you must sit there calmly and think about  whether it's really
a good idea and whether there are other
better ideas."~~Stanley…
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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on May 5, 2013 at 6:00pm — 12 Comments

Evaluating The Grim And Finding Viable Solutions (Original Content)

By Vincent L. Guarisco

April 27, 2013

"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." ~~Sun-tzu

 

I know it has not been easy all these years enduring the many dramatic events and horrific imbalances thrust upon us at home and abroad. There's no denying that our nation is undergoing tremendous changes (almost daily) in how we navigate through this mess. Regardless, we must dig in for the long…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on April 27, 2013 at 5:27pm — 8 Comments

Sixteen Years for Espionage; Life in Jail for Whistleblowing

Supporters of Bradley Manning. Saturday, 20 April 2013  By Nathan Fuller, Bradley Manning Support Network | Op-Ed

Spc. William Millay, a 25-year-old military policeman, was sentenced this week to…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on April 20, 2013 at 9:08pm — 2 Comments

Oak Ridge: Zero Tolerence for Nuclear Resisters

By clare hanrahan

April 12, 2013

Report on April 6 Action in Oak Ridge, Tenn. against proposed multi-billion dollar Uranium Processing Facility. First Amendment rights restricted, three arrests;Trials upcoming on Plowshares Action.

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Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 6, 2013

Oak Ridge, Tenn. Police Chief James T.  Akagi    made it clear that his officers would show    "zero tolerance for anything considered…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on April 12, 2013 at 10:02pm — No Comments

NO CUTS!: Chase Down Mega-Rich Tax Cheats and Recover the Offshore Trillion$

By Dave Lindorff

April 6, 2013

There should be no cuts to any important services and benefits, no increases in taxes for ordinary folks, and no tax audits of the poor and middle class until trillions of offshore stolen money is recovered, says TCBH! journalist Dave Lindorff

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By Dave Lindorff

Here's where all our money is hiding: Offshore by…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on April 6, 2013 at 12:27pm — No Comments

Teachers’ Union of Ireland endorses academic boycott of Israel in unanimous vote

Apr 05, 2013 11:15 am | Adam Horowitz

From an Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign press release:

At its Annual Congress on Thursday 4th April 2013, the Teachers’  Union…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on April 6, 2013 at 11:32am — No Comments

Senator Bernie Sanders Bill Would Break Up Big Banks

By eNews Park Forest

March 29, 2013

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will introduce legislation to break up banks that have grown so big that the Justice Department has not pursued prosecutions for fear an indictment would harm the financial system.

The 10 largest banks in the United States are bigger now than before a taxpayer bailout following the 2008 financial crisis. At the time Congress, over…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on March 30, 2013 at 1:23am — 4 Comments

Where's the Kingfish Now That We Really Need Him?

Our Chavez: Huey Long

By Mike Whitney

“Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.”

– Huey P. long, Governor of Louisiana

March 23, 2013 "…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on March 23, 2013 at 10:42pm — No Comments

No More Mr. Nice Guy: Enough is ENOUGH! (Original Content)

By Vincent Guarisco

March 17, 2013

"Follow the money back to the industries and lobbies whose existence depends on the perpetuation of boogeymen enemies." ~~Sibel Edmonds (a Turkish-American, hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.)

 

Be forewarned, this article is laced with some profanity. My intention is not to offend anyone, I am just sick…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on March 17, 2013 at 8:35pm — 18 Comments

Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chavez, mi Amigo

By Greg Palast, Vice Magazine

08 March 13

Hugo Chavez showing Greg Palast the sword of Simon Bolivar at Miraflores Palace, Caracas, in 2006

In 2005, Reverend Pat Robertson - channelling the frustration of George W Bush's State Department, said, "Hugo Chavez thinks we're trying to assassinate him. I think that we really ought to go ahead and do…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on March 8, 2013 at 7:02pm — 1 Comment

Argo, Fact Check Yourself

2/25/13

Yesterday, "Argo" won the Oscar for best picture. On Tuesday talks begin in Kazakhstan about Iran's nuclear program. The following Iran analysts are available for a limited number of interviews:
WILLIAM O. BEEMAN, wbeeman@umn.edu
    Author…
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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on February 25, 2013 at 7:10pm — No Comments

Better Life End At Your Hand Than Theirs: R.I.P. Hunter

by Jim Karger The Dollar  Vigilante…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on February 23, 2013 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Documents reveal how US let Israel off the hook over ‘execution’ of American Furkan Dogan

Feb 22, 2013 05:35 pm | Alex Kane

Furkan American citizen Furkan Dogan was killed by Israeli forces as they raided the Mavi Marmara ship on May 31, 2010. (Photo via Associated Press)

In May 2010, 18-year-old American citizen Furkan Dogan was shot at point-blank range by Israeli naval commandos as he was standing on the deck of a ship and filming the violent raid on the flotilla to…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on February 23, 2013 at 8:01am — No Comments

Where Are They Now? The Reporters Who Got Iraq So Wrong

by  Peter Hart

February 6, 2013

Ten years ago yesterday, Colin Powell made the Bush administration's case for going to war against Iraq. Much of what he said about Iraq's threats to the United States was false. But the media coverage…

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There and Back Again: Sobering thoughts about the Nuclear Madness we all face (Original Content)



 

By Vincent L. Guarisco

 

July 21, 2011

“Things do not change; we change.”

~~Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden (1970)

 When I go down the beaten path of memory lane and revisit all the hurdles my family went through in our life-long participation with the…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on December 8, 2012 at 9:23am — 23 Comments

The Full Transcript of "The Awakening" by Max Igan

 

 
 Part 1



    Divine Connections

 
 
"In the 21st century, the world is experiencing difficult times. No matter how one chooses to look at things, or how much of a positive attitude one tries to adopt, there is still a great deal of uncertainty among most people in…
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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on November 22, 2012 at 3:28pm — 1 Comment

Should Hard Times Permit High Times?

Should Hard Times Permit High Times?



Recession Spotlights Rationale for Decriminalizing Marijuana



New America Media, News Report, Marcelo Ballvé, Posted: Mar 13, 2009



NEW YORK -- In 1977, President Jimmy Carter asked Congress to decriminalize marijuana possession (it never did). The next year, the Ladies Home Journal described a summer jazz festival on the White House's South Lawn where "a haze of marijuana smoke hung heavy under the low-bending branches of a…

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on November 19, 2012 at 3:13am — 6 Comments

Gaza Under Attack: International eyewitnesses call for action

Nov 14, 2012 08:20 pm | Internationals in Gaza

img 6047 Large fire caused by an Israeli airstrike on a house in Tel al Hawa, Gaza City on Wednesday evening, November 14 2012. (Photo: Lydia De Leeuw)

Wednesday, 14 November 2012, Gaza City

Beginning at 3:35 pm today, the Gaza Strip has been shaken by several  Israeli army attacks from drones, apaches, F-16s, and naval vessels. …

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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on November 15, 2012 at 7:18am — 5 Comments

Get Ready to Shake, Rattle and Glow -- The Worst is Yet to Come at Japan’s Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Original Content)

By Vincent L. Guarisco

May 18, 2012

It's been over a year since the most powerful 9.0 earthquake in Japan's history struck and a monstrous tsunami reached an astonishing height of 133 feet, severely damaging the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. I published my first…
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Added by Vincent L. Guarisco on November 11, 2012 at 1:20am — 15 Comments

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