"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers. . . ,"
says Article I, Section 2 of the United States' Constitution. "The actual Enumeration shall be made. . . within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."
Serfs who suffer the Census Bureau's invasive…
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Our world has been turned upside down and inside out.
The terrorists have taken charge and legitimized themselves and they now call those fighting for their freedom 'terrorists' and they call themselves legitimate politicians. It's uncanny. It's surreal.
History is obfuscated. The facts are obscured and confused. The truth is confounded and bemused. We are taught lies. The truth is buried.
Let's examine the first 20th century terrorists, one of whom, Yitzhak…
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The CIA is offering operatives a chance to peddle their expertise to private companies on the side. | AP Photo by Christopher Morris/VII
In the midst of two wars and the fight against Al Qaeda, the CIA is offering operatives a chance to peddle their expertise to private companies on the side — a policy that gives financial firms and hedge funds access to the nation’s top-level intelligence talent, POLITICO has learned.
In one case, these…
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By David Swanson
Last June we were handed an opportunity to block the funding of our illegal, murderous, counterproductive, catastrophic, and hated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president insisted on an off-the-books "emergency supplemental" bill, and the Senate added an IMF bailout to the bill, leading all the Republicans in the House to commit what for years they'd called treason: they all voted No on war money.
So, we only needed 39 Democrats to vote No, and we…
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Time to Set Okinawa Free
by Sherwood Ross
It’s way past time for the U.S. to get out of Okinawa—and, for that matter, to take its Tokyo good buddies with it. Before Japanese warlords annexed the Ryuku islands in 1879, Okinawans enjoyed more freedom than they do today. Every liberty-loving American ought to be shouting: “Okinawa for the Okinawans!”
Right now, this Los Angeles-sized Pacific gem of 454-sq.-miles is Pentagon Tropical Paradise No. 1. It’s a land of…
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My argument has been consistent, Capitalism destroys everything in its path leaving only detritus behind. The same forces that have kept Haiti an impoverished country are at work right here in America, and they're winning their battle.
They are, in quietly held meetings, closing our schools and reopening them as for profit charter schools (
while Charter Schools may have non-profit status they still must make a profit to exist), essentially privatizing the school system and…
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Courthouse News Service
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Man Says Cop's Taser Took His Eye
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) - A man taking an early morning walk says he lost an eye because a Kansas City cop shot him in the eye with a Taser, for no reason. Keith Hudson claims he had already answered all the questions officer Kyle Yrigollen had asked him,…
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By By Amir Mir
February 01, 2010 "
The News" -- LAHORE: Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The remaining two successful drone strikes killed three al-Qaeda leaders, wanted by the…
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www.commondreams.org
What’s it like to be a woman serving in the Israeli occupation force in the West Bank? Is a woman’s experience as an occupier any different than a man’s? Yes indeed, say some women who have just broken their silence and offered a glimpse into the grim reality of the occupation.
“A female combat soldier needs to prove more,” one explains. “A female soldier who beats up…
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Disinfo.com
February 1, 2010
Here’s one way to get your book on the bestseller list — money laundering:
Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up thousands of copies of her book, “Going Rogue.”
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what her reports…
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The details surrounding the recent Honduras coup are filled with lies and disinformation perpetrated mostly by the Regan era Chief Liar, Otto Reich and his Otto Reich Associates, LLC, of Washington, DC, a consulting firm which provides the material for the media to form the perceptions of the American people.
Those same perceptions regarding Venezuela and their democratically elected president Hugo Chavez are manipulated to fit US government and Capitalist desires to allow for…
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Added by Jeff on February 1, 2010 at 6:26pm —
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WTF??? Mr. President...after further and due consideration...you're fired for being an idiot.
Obama bows to a mayor
U.S. President Barack Obama bows to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio at MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Tampa, Fla.
(AP Photo/Edmund Fountain, Pool) [picture provided in the link]
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A child born with defects attributable to exposure to depleted uranium (archive photo)
Iraq's Ministry for Human Rights will file a lawsuit against Britain and the US over their use of depleted uranium bombs in Iraq, an Iraqi minister says.
Iraq's Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Mikhail Salim, told Assabah newspaper that the lawsuit will be launched based on reports from the Iraqi ministries of science and the environment.
According to…
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This is about the the State of Oregon being accountable for Citizens born in America to have jobs.This Is a union carpenters event but all are welcome out respect for the event please if you attend there with be children there so be responsible for the way you act and speak.. Meaning please watch language and please NO Acts of Vandilsm or Violence ESSPECIALLY if Authorities Arive.. DO NOT TRY TO BE INTIMINATING in a Physical Way!!!! Bring Cameras, Videos and document this event. The Carpenters…
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By Patrick O’Connor
1 February 2010
Last month 44 US and coalition troops were killed in Afghanistan—the bloodiest month of fighting recorded in the country’s winter season since the 2001 invasion. In previous years, the freezing temperatures and snowy conditions have seen a lull in the conflict between the US and NATO led International Security Assistance Force and anti-occupation guerrillas.
In January 2009 there were 25 coalition troop deaths; in the same month in…
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By MyDavidCameron.com
In pictures: The Cameron parodies
A few weeks back the Conservatives launched a new poster in advance of the impending General Election. It featured a picture of Tory leader David Cameron looking particularly smooth of forehead and cheek, the words "We can't…
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Yes, slavery still exists. And it isn't some rare occurrence, it's standard procedure.
As soon as dawn breaks in Port-au-Prince the first children appear, staggering under the weight of five-gallon buckets of water. The water carriers, many as young as 6-years-old, are some of the thousands of children living as virtual child slaves in the country.
Given away to other families by parents too poor to feed and clothe them, they cook, clean and fetch water without any…
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KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries, is sitting on mineral and petroleum reserves worth an estimated one trillion dollars, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
The war-ravaged nation could become one of the richest in the world if helped to tap its geological deposits, Karzai told reporters.
"I have very good news for Afghans," Karzai said.
"The initial figures we have obtained show that our mineral deposits are worth a thousand…
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One of the great Jewish traditions I experienced as a child growing up was the tradition of the value of family. Family comes first and that was apparent. We came together, about 100 of us, every Sunday. My grandmother cooked from sun-up until sundown and between about 7 in the morning and about 7 in the evening every one of my family members would pass through her house, stay for a meal and wonderfully interesting conversation and then go on about their day. Most of my relatives spoke Yiddish…
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