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Christians United for Israel and Attacking Iran view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
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Though the national sentiment favors wrapping up the Iraq War, there exists a small but powerful movement for starting a new military conflict with Iran. The bipartisan drumbeats for aggression reverberate throughout the corridors of Congress. House Resol
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Journalist Says US Target was Al-Jazeera view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
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After more than six years as a prisoner of the United States, former TV cameraman Sami al-Hajj is back at work with Al-Jazeera, the largest broadcaster in the Arab world, a thorn in the side of most Arab governments - and, by most indications, a target of
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Did You Hear That Alaska Has More Oil Than The Middle East? view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
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- Became popular about 20 hours ago
Petroleum may be in short supply these days, but the United States does have a related surplus: myths of oil abundance. You don't have to drill deep into our political discourse to find suspect stories about oil, with politicians peddling the flagrantly..
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100 Years in the Back Door, Out the Front view story
1 vote- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21...)
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A pattern of deliberately leaving the country's "back door" open to Mexican workers, then moving to expel them and their families years later, has been a recurrent feature of immigration policy since the 1890's.
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London Banks Falling Down view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
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Britain's financial system was until recently hailed as a model for the U.S. Not anymore.
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Economics Ain't Gymnastics: Why China Won't Overtake America view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
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In the long run, it's the American model that provides the path to global prosperity.
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Pretty 1985 Shanghai Girl Wants Double-Eyelid Man | chinaSMACK view photo
2 votes- Submitted by GroupAdmin
- 1 day ago
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A 23 year old pretty Shanghai girl posts her pictures on the Chinese Liba Forum looking for an honest husband, with double eyelids, that can take care of her.
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World's Farmers Turn To Raw Sewage For Irrigation view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.newscientist.com/artic...)
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The future may not smell too rosy. It may lie in sewage. As cities and industries suck up ever more of the world's scarce water resources, agriculture is destined to rely increasingly on recycling the contents of urban sewers, according to a new intern
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Pentagon's Propaganda Documents Go Online, but Will the TV Networks Ever Report this Scandal? view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.prwatch.org/node/7299)
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Eight thousand pages of documents related to the Pentagon's illegal propaganda campaign, known as the Pentagon military analyst program, are now online for the world to see, although in a format that makes it impossible to easily search them and therefore
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Why Big Media Needs Propaganda to Survive view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
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Just how does propaganda creep unnoticed into everyday reporting? If you haven’t heard already, just six corporations control most of what we read, watch and listen to every day. These corporate giants are motivated entirely by profit, not public ser

