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20110430

WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning cleared to stand trial - Political Hotsheet - CBS News http://ping.fm/n3jhn
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning cleared to stand trial - Political Hotsheet - CBS News http://ping.fm/PphK2
An Arab Spring for Women: The Missing Story from the Middle East : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/YeW23
Birth Certificate just Jim Crow all Over Again : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/8lWaM
MinnPost - When facts fail: UFO cults, 'birthers' and cognitive dissonance http://ping.fm/JiqLq
Brandon Mississippi Kicks Some Westboro Baptist Church Protester Butt | IHateTheMedia.com http://ping.fm/PA3LG
'Prophet' faces fine for quake warning - Back Page - IOL | Breaking News | South Africa News | World News | Sport | Business | Entertainment | IOL.co.za http://ping.fm/dajHG
NATO strike kills Gadhafi's son but leader escapes - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/3hHi7
Protesters Brave Live Crackdowns in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/oK8ye
Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi, Libya Leader's Son, Killed By NATO Airstrike: Spokesman http://ping.fm/DgO3B
Even The Weather Experts Are Shocked By Wednesday's Storms, Compare It To 1974 | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/OQav1
Conservatives like O'Reilly fleeing the Birther bogosity insist: What racism? | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/1rm3x

It's begun.

 

(comment to article at Crooks And Liars)

 

Maddow: Michigan governor thinks democracy is a 'problem'

 

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/maddow-republican-michigan-governor-thinks-d 

 

a few years ago i read a nice little prescient monograph from the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College: "From the New Middle Ages to a New Dark Age: The Decline of the State and U.S. Strategy", by Dr Phil Williams.

 

https://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=867 

 

i'd thought that there'd be some time before the breakdown of the Westphalian nation-state, resulting in neo-feudalistic fiefdoms. unfortunately, it'd appear that it's already started in this country among some of the state governments. these people don't believe in the Constitution and don't want the Constitution. regardless of their empty pleadings, they want the Articles of Confederation, in which the national government has no power whatsoever and each state is considered a separate nation-state.

 

simultaneously we have the anarchists who call themselves the 'sovereign citizens', who only obey the laws they wish to. they're ultimately more dangerous than virtually any internal or external threat to the country, as they recognize only what they wish to, believing they have no obligations to the state or other citizens.

 

the people have discovered that they can vote bread and circuses in their faux populism. this was the immediate factor leading to the breakdown of the republics of Rome and Weimar Germany, for instance. we're setting ourselves up to destroy this republic, putting a dictatorship in its place, following a period of feudalism or anarchy.

 

that is, if we aren't invaded and conquered first, due to the logistics of neo-feudalistic 'nation-states'.

 

this is exacerbated by corporate influence and rule, and the absurdity that a corporation can be considered a 'person' in the eyes of the law. in this respect, remember the Dred Scott decision and Jim Crow Laws.

 

just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right.

 

it really wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the nukes and military hardware, which make us a threat to every nation on the planet.

 

how is this going to play out? i've no idea. there are a lot of subtle and brazen forces moving about. the world is watching us lose our collective mind, as we spiral into a political psychosis.

 

it's gonna get worse before it gets better.

Maddow: Michigan governor thinks democracy is a 'problem' | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/ANrui
The Colbert Report: America Needs to See Obama's Report Cards | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/KblPw
One More Reason Religion Is So Messed Up: Respected Theologian Defends Genocide and Infanticide | Belief | AlterNet http://ping.fm/EfTcc
Donald Trump's Lunacy Reveals Core Truth About the Republicans | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/d3ozp
10 Ways That the Birthers Are an Object Lesson in White Privilege | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/i0yM5
Meet Bart Ehrman: A One-Man God Fraud Squad | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/Vx1Lb
Transparency International: Global Corruption Report (Climate Change) http://ping.fm/uB13a
“Dinosaur fossils? God put those there to test our faith." Thank God I'm strapped in right now here man. I think God put you here to test my faith, Dude. You believe that? "Uh huh." Does that trouble anyone here? The idea that God.. might be...fuckin' with our heads? I have trouble sleeping with that knowledge. Some prankster God running around: "Hu hu ho. We will see who believes in me now, ha HA.” - Bill Hicks quotes (American Comedian, b.1961)

20110429

AZ Legislature: Kicking a Guy When He's Dead


cool. then we can make a list of the ones who died in response, or had hate crimes committed against them in response, directly after 911; oh, say, a month or two. besides Muslims, this also included Sikhs and Hindus. then we can put up a separate 'hate crimes memorial', stating that these victims were innocent of 911 or any other crime, but were victims of 'honor killings' by Americans who wanted revenge upon the first strange-lo­oking nonwhite they saw.
About September 11
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Dawn Teo: AZ Legislature: Kicking a Guy When He's Dead http://ping.fm/ckRRS
Fred Wilson: It's 'Absurd' To Expect Users To Pay For Facebook, Twitter http://ping.fm/tRb6N

Donald Trump Was Once Sued By Justice Department For Not Renting To Blacks


i'd like to suggest to HuffPoster­s that you research Roy Cohn and see what he really is. it'd appear he hasn't changed since the 50's, when he was helping alcoholic 'Tailgunne­r Joe' McCarthy (and the House Un-America­n Activities Committee) hound people into unemployme­nt, despair and even suicide, always accusing and never, never presenting any factual proof.



this is who and what Trump associates with, a character assassin of the highest degree.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Donald Trump Was Once Sued By Justice Department For Not Renting To Blacks


so, now i know who his mentor is: Joe McCarthy's own right-hand 'man'. for the past few weeks i'd been calling his accusation­s without proof reminiscen­t of McCarthy; now i see he's just continuing a 'family' line; and, in fact, is part of the family.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Donald Trump Was Once Sued By Justice Department For Not Renting To Blacks http://ping.fm/X1Yp2
Rev. Graham and the Signs of Armageddon | FactCheck.org http://ping.fm/qeyGm
Trump Draft Dodger | Donald Trump Military | Donald Trump Vietnam | Mediaite http://ping.fm/2i2z8
Oh Yeah, Prove It | Truthout http://ping.fm/rspha
Greg Mitchell: At 8th Anniversary: How Media Heavies Hailed Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' Stunt http://ping.fm/cgJjA
Birth Certificate just Jim Crow all Over Again | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/PLfKU
Allen West's Sanitized Town Halls | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/xyxLU
Superman Renouncing American Citizenship In 'Action Comics 900' http://ping.fm/i8yzf
Trump On China: 'Listen You Mother F***ers' (VIDEO) | TPMDC http://ping.fm/06Oez
Human Trafficking: A Crime Against Humanity - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/zezJN
Cop Killer Wore Explosives During Police Attack - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/Yipfv
US: Libya Troops Issued Viagra, Raping Victims http://ping.fm/SELfr
Think Again: Libya - By Micah Zenko | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/ZhDCJ
Oklahoma GOPer: It's A Fact That 'Blacks' Don't Work As Hard | TPMDC http://ping.fm/5Qelz
Israel Threatens Punitive Measures Over Palestinian 'Unity' Accord http://ping.fm/E6Fsw
Trump Racist Bob Schieffer | Trump Obama College Grades | CBS | Mediaite http://ping.fm/kblRt
Chris Matthews Trump | Obama Affirmative Action | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/BEHNo
Donald Trump Tax Returns | Obama Releases Birth Certificate | Mediaite http://ping.fm/WgtFz
Shep Smith Obama Rumors | Donald Trump | Fox Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/14Cq0
Franklin Graham - Bill O'Reilly - Is Obama Christian | Mediaite http://ping.fm/P1IMq
Syria Rolls Out More Tanks as Turkey Sends Reform Delegation http://ping.fm/nDRnj
Donald Trump Demands | Things Donald Trump Should Demand to See Next | Mediaite http://ping.fm/eJcr6
What the Birthers' Obsessions Say About Identity in America | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/FPeIk
GORDON DUFF: “WARSCAM” (video) : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/LcfKl
We Found Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Rick Santorum's Greatest Foreign Policy Hits | TPMDC http://ping.fm/GRbHh
After-Birthers: How Conspiracy Theorists Reacted To Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/ygnDx
Restrictions on Use of WikiLeaks Hamper CRS | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/CILds
Attorney Challenges “Gag Order” on WikiLeaks Docs | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/NnDoG
Grand Jury May Be Investigating WikiLeaks | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/MtBYZ
Let’s Call the ‘Birthers’ What They Are | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/JryBl
Time to recharge your shirt http://ping.fm/526w3
Leadership on National Security | National Security Network http://ping.fm/QsFBd
Voyager Set to Enter Interstellar Space - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/8Jme5
HubbleSite - NewsCenter - NASA's SWIFT and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris (04/28/2011) - Introduction http://ping.fm/dVfCi
NTI: Global Security Newswire - North Korean Leader Open to Nuke Talks With South, Carter Says http://ping.fm/heGpJ
Chandra :: Photo Album :: Tycho's Supernova Remnant :: 26 April 11 http://ping.fm/TOlJR
Humiliation, Riding On A Carpet of Racism | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/qhdW1
Oh, Orrin? Why Won't You Listen To Millionaires Who Want To Pay Higher Taxes? | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/FglTd
Special report: The day America took leave of its senses - Americas, World - The Independent http://ping.fm/0m94R
"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones." - John Wooden
Bomb attack in Morocco tourist cafe kills 15 | Reuters http://ping.fm/rsQkW
PressTV - US, UK taking Bahrain into 'fascism' http://ping.fm/G7GTj
Libyan doctor claims Nato air strike 'killed 12 rebels' - Africa, World - The Independent http://ping.fm/7Xv9g
British troops could be deployed to Tunisia - Home News, UK - The Independent http://ping.fm/2MWH2

20110428

Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley: Flood Cairo, Illinois To Save Farmland http://ping.fm/UnykY
what about 25 years? http://ping.fm/3q8sK
Why Obama shouldn't have had to 'show his papers' http://ping.fm/zmSnK
Increasing Numbers of Women Face Jail Time for Wanting an Abortion | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/MIli0
Main Street Rage: Americans Protest Awful GOP Budget Plan at Town Halls Around the Country | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/pOgLI
(INFOGRAPHIC) Over or Under: The Great Toilet Paper Debate
http://ping.fm/QCbMP
YouTube - Dan Fogelberg - Since You've Asked http://ping.fm/padwV

How The Grand Canyon Was Formed: Anomaly Gives New Clues


maybe an extension of the magma pit from the Yosemite supervolca­no? what if a hot spot tried to form and began to attempt a rift valley creation, as in Africa, but was offset by the last supervolca­no eruption?



i'm no scientist and freely admit i know almost nothing, but it always seemed to me that a hot spot was also trying to form near the epicenter of the New Madrid Quakes of 1812-3, in which case a rift valley might also have formed there.
About Science
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"I'd join you, but I think I'm close to locating a gluino, which would completely validate supersymmetrical theory if we could include it in the bestiary." -- Dr. Manhattan ('Watchmen')
Conservative Media Go On Attack After Release Of Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate | Media Matters for America http://ping.fm/K5O4p

20110427

How The Grand Canyon Was Formed: Anomaly Gives New Clues


no. it happened during the third Human-Plod­nik War. the humans of the 25th century went into the far past, where they aimed a massive molecular disintegra­tor at the Plodnik stronghold from orbit, tearing a gash into the countrysid­e. this also put an end to the Plodnik which had been occupying that part of the planet. the humans were then able to move in and repossess the land.



unfortunat­ely, most of the surroundin­g area was made a desert. a good water supply's been a problem ever since. but hey, at least they got rid of the Plodniks.
About Science
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Obama's Birth Certificate Through The Eyes Of A Birther (PICTURE)


if i 'name-call­ed', i'd be calling him a lot worse than i have, and i'd be banned. he's definitely narcissist­ic, judging from his behavior before and during his foray into politics. he wants attention as much as Palin or Beck do, and can't live without getting attention in any way he can. he's contribute­d nothing original and used other peoples' talking points, including the birthers.



i stand by what i say: he also has shown no proof of the 'amazing' things his so-called 'investiga­tors' have found.



as for 'giving in', people cannot make informed decisions if they're not informed. they're not informed when they can be sidetracke­d by Lindsay Lohan, Glee, Twilight or Donald Trump. much as i detest Twilight, Trump is even below that. he is nothing but noise. even the Republican House, in their opposition to Obama, stand for something. they may lie, they may tell the truth, but they don't spout BS.



this issue was not going to go away until Obama decided to end it. now that it's over, they'll fall back on other conspiraci­es, with Joe McCarthy Jr leading the way. and, as usual, he won't SHOW any 'proof' of his accusation­s. he'll just accuse and insinuate, as he has done for some weeks now. he won't show proof of anything.



Trump has shown himself to be worthless, a paper tiger.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
YouTube - Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot: On The Turning Away http://ping.fm/evuQI
Trump Now a ‘Birther’ AND a ‘Deather’: Questions Jesus’ Death Certificate | The Satirical Political Report http://ping.fm/jYQGG
Donald Trump Offends Right Wingers With The Ultimate Gaffe | The Satirical Political Report http://ping.fm/A841Q
Trump Trumped, Now Challenges ‘Britishness’ of Prince William | The Satirical Political Report http://ping.fm/MFvrs

Robert Gates' Pentagon Legacy: Unfinished Wars, Unfinished Budget Reform


Gates was called in because little Bush had, as always, screwed up; and although he claimed he obeyed a 'Higher Father', every time he got into trouble he ran back to Daddy.



i'm neither Democrat nor Republican­, but i would rather have had Gates in change from 2000 on, since he would have put a brake, if not a halt, to many of Cheney's and Georgie's schemes. he has more sense in his little finger than 'unknown unknowns' Rumsfeld had in his whole body.



he has repeatedly tried to make cuts in Defense and get rid of worthless programs. he's been opposed every step of the way by Congress. and it makes sense to make drastic cuts; he's affirmed himself that we spend more on 'defense' than the rest of the world put together, easily confirmed by a little research. that one fact in itself is symptomati­c of a national psychosis.



his run may not have been perfect--a­nd, of course, he's definitely not a shining knight himself--b­ut i'd prefer him to several of the past SecDefs we've had.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
6 Children's Toys With Unintentional Penises from You're Doing It Wrong http://ping.fm/gXrHB
DoD Buzz | The widening cracks in the Libya alliance http://ping.fm/tY3Dw
INFOGRAPHIC: Is Social Media Ruining Students? http://ping.fm/Wr3bj
A Teacher’s Worth Around The World [Infographic] http://ping.fm/y7JhH

Sarah Palin On Obama Birth Certificate & Other Reactions


first she said, "I stand with you, Glenn."



he's out of here.



then she said she stood with Trump.



and now this.



the intelligen­ce of the country seems to go up whenever she 'stands' with someone lately, so. . .i have a whole list of people i want her to 'stand' with.
About Eric Cantor
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Donald Trump Should Receive The Same Scrutiny He Sought For Barack Obama


I had thought it impossible in this frame of spacetime coordinate­s for anyone to make more noise and say less than Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck.



I stand corrected.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Obama's Birth Certificate Through The Eyes Of A Birther (PICTURE)


the sad thing is that some people will actually, seriously raise some of those questions, and a few might even be brave enough to ask whether he was really born on a 'plantatio­n'. there is no shame to this bunch.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
BBC News - Afghan pilot kills eight US troops at Kabul airport http://ping.fm/40rsJ
Donald Trump Takes Up Birthers' Obama College Conspiracy Theory - The Daily Beast http://ping.fm/i7Jev
Atheists Seek a Place Among Military Chaplains - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/ZBUYE
In Interview With Fischer, Fox Anchor Worries That Gay Couple In Glee Is http://ping.fm/Xhmwh
Baptist Press - Panel: U.S. facing threats to const. freedoms - News with a Christian Perspective http://ping.fm/LMidF
They’ll Say Anything « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/ncBCv
Two Guys Standing on an Incline http://ping.fm/VKgvm
Why the US and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Torture System | Truthout http://ping.fm/fZgfC
Whoopi Goldberg Donald Trump | View Donald Trump | Donald Trump Racist | Mediaite http://ping.fm/ioreg
What the Birthers are saying now - War Room - Salon.com http://ping.fm/OGnnO
The birther's guide to staying relevant in a post-"long form" world http://ping.fm/EYPI8
Afraid To Face Angry Voters, Rep. Paul Ryan Sneaks Out A Back Door After Raucous Town Hall | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/MHSo0
BP Agents Told to Stop Making Illegal Immigrant Arrests - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/kYcgJ
Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate Released - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/Xer4Z
ThinkProgress » Allen West: Liberal Women Are ‘Neutering American Men’ http://ping.fm/V1WTI
Water Supplies In Western U.S. Threatened By Climate Change: Interior Department Report http://ping.fm/rnDvg
GOP Town Halls: Reps Forced To Screen Questions, Duck Out Of Meetings In Secret http://ping.fm/UJXvC
Shep Smith: ‘Fox News Can Confirm The President Of The United States Is A Citizen Of The United States. Period.
http://ping.fm/QoE8m
"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd." - Bertrand Russell

20110426

Guantanamo Docs Neglected, Concealed Medical Evidence of Torture, Study Finds - ABC News http://ping.fm/Bb8Zk
Obama administration says police should be able to use GPS to track suspects without a warrant | The American Independent http://ping.fm/WiQ7E
Tea party's got problems with credibility, dwindling attendance | The American Independent http://ping.fm/JPCiA
HubbleSite - NewsCenter - NASA's Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with http://ping.fm/CgoSA
Sovereign Citizen's Widow Sues Police For Gold Over Husband's Shootout Death | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/uqDmQ
Stupid Criminals Caught on Tape - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/C35fr
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube Finally Goes Hollywood With New Movies on Demand Service (Updated) | The Wrap Movies http://ping.fm/ozzAB
One Surprising Reason People May Believe Bizarre Conspiracy Theories | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/OFj3J
7 Shocking Gitmo Revelations from WikiLeaks | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/7PfDE
Meet the Religious Right Charlatan Who Teaches Tea Party America The Totally Pretend History They Want to Hear | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/tOKMJ
L.A. police use intel networks against terror - Washington Times http://ping.fm/9WczP
Al Qaeda Stirs Again - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/8DMQ7
(Bureaucracy is a curse. . .) U.S. GAO - Southwest Border: Border Patrol Operations on Federal Lands http://ping.fm/95FhZ
Move To Amend http://ping.fm/WXdag
WikiLeaks: Just Eight at Guantanamo Gave Evidence Against 255 Others | Truthout http://ping.fm/r0JFX
Five myths about church and state in America - The Washington Post http://ping.fm/ZEUBH
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: 42 Nobel Laureates Work to Replace Creationism With Science in Louisiana http://ping.fm/rENW0
The Man Behind the Sharia Hysteria « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/JyATh
Intelligent Design Tries Again In Texas, Group Says - Houston News - Hair Balls http://ping.fm/wzaAM
The Rise of the Islamists | Foreign Affairs http://ping.fm/JNnH8
Phoebe Snow, who sang 1975 hit 'Poetry Man,' dies http://ping.fm/3Ja1m
The Great Moon Hoax http://ping.fm/GEMtO
mental_floss Blog » 5 Massive Screw-Ups in Paleontology http://ping.fm/iRPM0
President Obama speaks on Manning and the rule of law - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com http://ping.fm/dSQDJ
Ron Paul to Sean Hannity: Stop with your Sharia! - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com http://ping.fm/zXlaL
Barack Obama on Bradley Manning: 'He broke the law' - MJ Lee and Abby Phillip - POLITICO.com http://ping.fm/4MYFD
Guantánamo Bay files: Children and senile old men among detainees | World news | guardian.co.uk http://ping.fm/Txhbr
Guantánamo Bay files: 'The vast majority were not extremists' - video | World news | guardian.co.uk http://ping.fm/i2hbF
INFOGRAPHIC: What's In Your Oatmeal? http://ping.fm/1ZNDw
"You can have my gun when you pry it from my paranoid, mentally disturbed, physically-abusive, cold, dead hand." - Bumper sticker

20110425

Congress.org - News : Grounding an American Dream http://ping.fm/e3X0e
Texas GOP Fights Catastrophic Wildfires With Prayer and Global Warming Denial | Environment | AlterNet http://ping.fm/6GJd3
Terry Jones says he'll sue over his arrest | detnews.com | The Detroit News http://ping.fm/y3ik2’ll-sue-over-his-arrest
Publisher Proposes Creationist Materials « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/tFfrw
Texas senators won't agree to family planning cuts - BusinessWeek http://ping.fm/llR7H
500-year-old book surfaces in Utah - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/9idqt
Observations: Early human fossils from South Africa could upend long-held view of human evolution http://ping.fm/XUoVY
Michigan Republican ultrasound bill places new restrictions on abortion | The American Independent http://ping.fm/008C6
Porn - New York Public Library | Mediaite http://ping.fm/kQs4N
GOP State Senator Tries, Fails To Force Poor Kids To Shop At Thrift Stores | TPMDC http://ping.fm/jZNBT
Conservative Lawyer Resigns After Law Firm Drops DOMA Defense | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/YCEl4
Franklin Graham Claims Government Stepped Into Churches' Role Caring For Poor And Needy | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/4G7WH
Glenn Beck's final days at Fox: Kind of a pathetic spectacle, really | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/PRcdq
Father who claims 2-year-old shot, killed his mother, loses custody of child as family doubts story http://ping.fm/tHwci
Guantánamo Files - Lives in an American Limbo - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/Ab28S
Mullen: Iraq Must Decide on Troop Level http://ping.fm/rxMJz
VFW Calls Out Quran-Burning Pastor http://ping.fm/S1wbf
Taliban Break More Than 450 From Afghan Prison http://ping.fm/m77DI
Study: Most Americans Want Wealth Distribution Similar to Sweden | AlterNet http://ping.fm/b3VCD
Shameless GOP Lies: Is There Any Limit to What Republicans Will Say -- And What People Will Believe? | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/EUCXK
How Your Tax Dollars Fuel the Hatred of Muslims | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/UEnK5
Evangelicals Launch Crusade to Adopt Children From Around the World | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/dWv1e
WikiLeaks: Shocking Revelations in Guantanamo Files | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/Z01VI
I Heart Chaos — Happy 72nd birthday to The God Damn Batman http://ping.fm/s2Nzq
US Senators Urge Non-Military Intervention in Syria http://ping.fm/FXxwK
Hard Power and Soft Power: The Utility of Military Force as an Instrument of Policy in the 21st Century http://ping.fm/qv0az
Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia http://ping.fm/HhTLB
Stop the presses, literally in Iraq - Opinion - Al Jazeera English http://ping.fm/ACAhK
PressTV - 'Iraqi women sexually abused at US base' http://ping.fm/y2Rhq
The Associated Press: ElBaradei suggests war crimes probe of Bush team http://ping.fm/H0Gv5
Guantánamo Files - Lives in an American Limbo - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/OCA47
Christians remain besieged and fearful in Iraq at Easter | McClatchy http://ping.fm/fWvHn
The Celestial Computers of Ancient Greece | Truthout http://ping.fm/Tliok
Surprise, Surprise: Iraq War Was About Oil | Truthout http://ping.fm/LurgZ
Judge Andrew Napolitano - Freedom Watch - Natural Law | Mediaite http://ping.fm/cGHRI
| Teenage Mutant Theocrats -- Updated http://ping.fm/qyX5D
| The Further Adventures of Roy Moore http://ping.fm/6qdYp
| Kim Daniels Is Not Your Average http://ping.fm/V67g0
Yemen, Syria, and the End of Mideast Police States? - The Daily Beast http://ping.fm/0lsTT
Republicans Mount Defense Of Anti-Gay Marriage Law : NPR http://ping.fm/HhMrP
Digital Media Could Make Or Break Presidential Race : NPR http://ping.fm/1fDeb
"Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place." - Paul Gray

20110424

Lindsey Graham: U.S. Should Ignore U.N. Mandate In Libya http://ping.fm/eBLWP
Gabrielle Giffords Cleared To Attend Shuttle Launch, Husband Mark Kelly Says http://ping.fm/PuTR2
Man Who Tried To Hijack Paris-Rome Alitalia Flight Is Overpowered http://ping.fm/8N8H0
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Easter http://ping.fm/cQdSG
'The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' -
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)

20110423

Jeff's sermon

Puppet Gospel

Terry Jones, The Quran-Burning Pastor, Jailed In Dearborn, Michigan http://ping.fm/5lMnb
JB Campbell: Killing Pat Tillman : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/EKfvx
Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes | Truthout http://ping.fm/ruyOu
Congress: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks | Truthout http://ping.fm/5AfIp
President of Yemen Agrees to Resign for Immunity | Truthout http://ping.fm/KlL5m
Syrian Security fires on Protesters, Kills 90 | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/dgBwW
(here we go again. . .) British Woman, Roisin McCourt, Sees Jesus in Stained Towel http://ping.fm/fUSj2
:: The Midnight Palace :: - Stepin Fetchit: The First Black Superstar | Classic Hollywood and Classic Films from the Silent Era through the Golden Age http://ping.fm/Mz2gA
Terry Jones Dearborn Rally | Terry Jones Sharia Law | Walrus | Mediaite http://ping.fm/eWYVW
Why Can't MSNBC Have a Debate on Race or Immigration Without Including Their Favorite Racist, Uncle Pat Buchanan? | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/dW3Kr
Fox talkers interview mom angry at Earth Day song; forget to disclose that she's a Tea Party activist | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/JfhmL
Madness: Right-Wingers Are Serious About Trying to Undermine Child Labor Laws | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/h2btV
Facebook lobbyist: Maybe we're allowing too much free speech | FP Passport http://ping.fm/B3kjo
Koran-Burning Preacher Terry Jones Briefly Jailed In Michigan http://ping.fm/hO8st
Pastor Terry Jones released from custody after his bond is posted http://ping.fm/0xoRI
Special-ed student Joseph Anderson, 7, handcuffed by cops at Queens school after Easter egg tantrum http://ping.fm/sOGo8
Man who barked at K-9 says 'free speech' violated http://ping.fm/ZOnVS
ACLU questions Mich. police cell-phone scans http://ping.fm/ALFf8
Beloved NJ K-9 dies of cancer 5 days after retirement - Law Enforcement News http://ping.fm/Pk5pm
How Much Is Donald Trump Worth | How Rich Is Donald Trump | Mediaite http://ping.fm/tasT4
CBS News Poll - Wrong Track - Economy | VIDEO | Mediaite http://ping.fm/1ej6M

Golden Earring - She Flies On Strange Wings

Shatner's Toupee http://ping.fm/EpPsl
Fox Falsely Claims It Has "Confirmed" That "Feds Ordered Not To Arrest Illegals" http://ping.fm/aJwGo
PolitiFact Texas | MSNBC host Rachel Maddow says Texas routinely receives more federal dollars than Texans pay in federal taxes http://ping.fm/aJ8y3
Why Tea Party (Hearts) David Barton | Religion Dispatches http://ping.fm/hfn7L
Terry Jones Does Something Good « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/udlkz
Terry Jones Does Something Good « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/8gflq
Terry Jones Does Something Good « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/rmH9T
Tea party: Libertarian revolt or religious right in disguise? - CSMonitor.com http://ping.fm/2M8bQ
Iowa House GOP seeking to impeach Supreme Court justices over same-sex marriage | The American Independent http://ping.fm/gQAF0
Many Bullies Get Pushed Around At Home : Shots - Health Blog : NPR http://ping.fm/F52IX
Oh, so now the gullible adoption of nutty conspiracy theories is 'inconsequential', according to O'Reilly | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/WOgnK

20110422

Graeme Edge Band - In Dreams

April Meteor Shower May Be Outshined by the Moon | Lyrids Meteor Shower | Night Sky Observing | Space.com http://ping.fm/QbY9I
The Top 10 Views of Earth From Space | Space.com http://ping.fm/IbwEe
One Possible Small Step Toward Mars Landing: A Martian Moon | Red Rocks Mission to Phobos & Deimos | Space.com http://ping.fm/Ghu0M
Quran-Burning Pastor's Gun Accidentally Goes Off In Michigan | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/zk4in
Quran-Burning Pastor's Gun Accidentally Goes Off In Michigan | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/bHwiC
Are We Really Drowning In Red Ink? A Closer Look At Our Non-Exceptional Debt And Deficit Crisis | TPMDC http://ping.fm/LLiBI
Court Rejects Agency’s National Security Claim | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/ZmuQH
Most Agencies Are Out of Compliance with Secrecy Policy | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/379iR
Most Agencies Are Out of Compliance with Secrecy Policy | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/tP4gI
Video: Jiu-Jitsu Teacher Defends Officer from Attacker - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/FPMjR
9/11 Responders To Be Warned They Will Be Screened By FBI's Terrorism Watch List (EXCLUSIVE) http://ping.fm/Rc0c6
Why Are We Throwing Traumatized Vets in Jail for Calling 911? | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/YJaFB
Police Downloading Your Data off Your Phone After Pulling You Over -- A Nightmare Reality | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/JgA9G
"There is only one decisive victory: the last." - Karl von Clausewitz

20110421

I Heart Chaos — DUI, stolen car, drugs, pornography, public masturbation in one news story. I think that covers it for the day. http://ping.fm/m4x1B
Report on Sheriff Arpaio's top aides subpoenaed by feds http://ping.fm/NM5Xz
Libya: Warning of a 'new Vietnam' as British military advisers go in | Mail Online http://ping.fm/ZIUq9
Sarah Palin Media Attention | Rebecca Mansour | Tea Party | Mediaite http://ping.fm/62hKt
Lawrence O'Donnell Donald Trump | Donald Trump 2012 | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/ZHM9q
Camp Ashraf Escapee Says MKO Bans Marriage, Radio, Internet - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011 http://ping.fm/E1p9H
France and Italy Will Send Military Liaisons to Libya - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/6xNCQ
Bahrain's secret terror - Middle East, World - The Independent http://ping.fm/6zMXc

Obama White House, Pentagon At Odds Over Libya Policy


i'm sorry, but i'm with the military on this one. Obama should have never joined the move to get rid of Khaddafi unless he was willing to go whole hog. that means ground troops, because air power does not win wars. he's still depending on air power, which will only drag out the inevitable­. we should pull out immediatel­y, or get the job done. otherwise Libya will become another Afghanista­n or Iraq, greatly increasing the suffering and death in that country and giving terrorism more than a foot in the door.



Obama's yet to realize it, but he's painted us into a corner.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Obama White House, Pentagon At Odds Over Libya Policy http://ping.fm/BG8PI
JPL Tweetup Previews Missions: Mars, Jupiter and More - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/0sbeJ
Turkey: Kurdish Youth Losing Faith in Peaceful Protests | EurasiaNet.org http://ping.fm/nG6lC
Kyrgyzstan: Pentagon’s $750K Women's Shelter Stands Deserted | EurasiaNet.org http://ping.fm/piDi2
Afghanistan: UN Says Political and Humanitarian Concerns Don’t Mix | EurasiaNet.org http://ping.fm/UOOVO
Westboro Prodigal Slams Hateful Father http://ping.fm/CSvoN
Barton: The Bible Opposes Net Neutrality | Right Wing Watch http://ping.fm/RAwYG
Blast from the SBOE Past « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/hMGaK
The New Anti-Abortion Math - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/WTL6B
The New Anti-Abortion Math - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/i3VSZ
Stranger Catches Toddler Falling From 4th-Floor Balcony - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando http://ping.fm/N1MRT
American Muslim Women Unveil, And Explain Why : NPR http://ping.fm/QX2eP
The U.S.-Pakistan Rift | National Security Network http://ping.fm/OCTm0
FAIR Shares Founder’s Views | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/HPxpi
(3-day series on 'Sovereign Citizen' movement) Collection : The Great American Do-Over http://ping.fm/2OOoP
NWCN.com | NorthWest News and Weather 24 Hours a Day http://ping.fm/K77NY
White Nationalist Report Guesses That Immigrants Commit Tax Fraud | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/uxm2g
Koran-Burning Pastor to Protest Outside Michigan Mosque | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/voOfs
Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary: Disturbing Parallels to Today’s Climate | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/3rIgc
Poll: 70% Of Tea Partiers Oppose Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid | TPMDC http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/poll-70-of-tea-partiers-oppose-cuts-to-medicare-medicaid.php
Michigan's Autocracy May Be Coming To A State Near You | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/STwQ0
Breitbart's Tantrum | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/eYkT2
Russell Pearce gets belligerent with reporter who wants him to produce Fiesta Bowl invoices | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/F8xuN
Ten Tips For Dealing with the Opposite Sex - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/SFz98
Homemade bomb found at mall near Columbine high | Reuters http://ping.fm/4Gdx2
Office of the Governor Rick Perry [Proclamation] Gov. Perry Issues Proclamation for Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas http://ping.fm/5DcFQ
The Saudi Complex: Power vs Rights http://ping.fm/xQ6Pv
Lust Murder: Prostitutes as Victims of Throwaway Capitalism | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/KUtZf
Right-Wing Warns Of 'Homosexual Indoctrination' In Public Schools | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/V4Byh
Could Glenn Beck Be The Next Jon Stewart? http://ping.fm/JFfgt
Poll: Americans See Clash Between Christianity, Capitalism http://ping.fm/Ne7Pu
Obama White House, Pentagon At Odds Over Libya Policy http://ping.fm/cqvqw
Oklahoma Abortion Bills Signed Into Law By Governor Mary Fallin http://ping.fm/nthgC
"I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go into another room and read a book." - Groucho Marx

20110420

Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmaker And Photographer Killed In Libya* http://ping.fm/Hw6ep
Gay Rights at Christian Colleges Face Suppression - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/57REi
Submitting to the Christian Right http://ping.fm/MufJp
Submitting to the Christian Right http://ping.fm/R2kD9
Exposing David Barton’s Lies about America « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/VoS4a
Can’t We Just Move On? « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/FJJAi
The Tea Party’s Public Education Agenda : NEA Today http://ping.fm/iDZhd
Book Bind: Public Libraries Feel Strain of Budget Cuts | Truthout http://ping.fm/DrdVn
(It's about time; we only quit paying for the Spanish-American War about five-ten years ago. . .) CIA Declassifies Documents from World War I http://ping.fm/o2pYI
Sheriff faces meth charge in state ravaged by drug http://ping.fm/qXUi6
Mich. officer fatally shot, suspect kills self http://ping.fm/tn4DC
America's Toughest Sheriff Hosting 'Mugshot of the Day' - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/Q3DOW
New Horizons team launches search for post-Pluto flyby prospects http://ping.fm/Pfvpm
watching 'Rio Bravo'. . .John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson. . .it doesn't get much better than this. . .
Cassini Sees Saturn Electric Link With Enceladus - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/6zmuy
Taliban Commander Killed in Afghan North http://ping.fm/RHTi2
Bush's Pre-War Iraq Oil Deals Alarmed BP | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/z1AtW
Change.org Attacked by Chinese Hackers Amidst Campaign for Ai Weiwei | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/bZaQZ
The Tea Party Propaganda Factory You Probably Don't Know About | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/kNwIi
Stealing the Wright Flyer | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine http://ping.fm/ZS5T0
“That’s Professor Global Hawk” | Flight Today | Air & Space Magazine http://ping.fm/1VJfI
"There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: your dollar will go further." - Wernher Von Braun (1912 - 1977)

20110419

Tenn. sponsor moves ahead with anti-terrorism bill - San Antonio Express-News http://ping.fm/8qOQH
PressTV - 'US lobbied to block Gaza War report' http://ping.fm/XSDPY
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq - UK Politics, UK - The Independent http://ping.fm/QSnFX

Fidel Castro Resigns: Brother Raul Named Cuba Communist Party Head (VIDEO)


i see you've never read anything of history, let alone strategic studies. you believe in a mythically 'pure' United States which has never done wrong and never can. here's a newsflash, bubba: we're no better than anyone else, and the rest of the world knows it, even if the sheep here refuse to.



you are unable to think geostrateg­ically or geopolitic­ally. you call me a 'marxist', without being able to give a coherent answer. i give links to back up what i say; you name-call in reply.



i said nothing bad about our having helped the Soviets beat the Third Reich (documente­d history; THEY did most of the work, and made the D-Day landings at Normandy possible by tying up much of the German army). however, after the war, it was deemed advantageo­us to have a standing military--­which the Founders rejected--­so an enemy was needed. as Patton prophesied (and was punished for stating), that new enemy was found in the USSR and Communism.



the same thing happened after the end of the Cold War. we needed a new demon, a new Satan. terrorism filled the bill. military force has only stopped about 7-8% of terrorist groups since 1968; police work and political action are most effective. the RAND Corporatio­n made that clear; the study (How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida) is available at



http://www­.rand.org/­pubs/monog­raphs/MG74­1-1.html



you won't read it, either; you'll just whine some more.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
GORDON DUFF: “PEACE MONGERS” IN SHEEPS CLOTHING : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/vPwmd

Fidel Castro Resigns: Brother Raul Named Cuba Communist Party Head (VIDEO)


we wanted Cuba as a possession­, like Puerto Rico. we wanted to control it, as we'd done with the applicatio­n of the Monroe Doctrine to business interests throughout Latin America (it's also how we got Hawaii).



in 1945 the great Nazi demon was gone; to maintain the military-i­ndustrial complex we needed another Satan to fight. the USSR & Communism served that purpose, from 1947 to 1991.



when Castro decided to side with the USSR in protection against us, it dashed a lot of dreams, especially dreams of money and empire. Cuba was therefore singled out among all other Communist states for its 'betrayal' to the United States.
About Cuba
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Fidel Castro Resigns: Brother Raul Named Cuba Communist Party Head (VIDEO)


and we had missiles in Turkey aimed at the Soviets, before they ever put anything in Cuba.



Castro sided with the Soviets to protect Cuba against the United States. He saw what had happened in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. Batista had been our puppet dictator there, until he fell out of favor, like Saddam Hussein, Khadaffi and so many others.



siding with the Soviets made sure we didn't do to Cuba what had happened elsewhere in Latin America, repeatedly invading, occupying and setting up dictators, making the countries subservien­t to corporate interests.



i have no love for Castro, but this is a sign that things are changing. it's not 1962 any more.



in case you think we're that lily-white­, here's something you might want to check: a Congressio­nal Research Service paper on our use of the armed forces abroad, from 1798 to 2010:



http://www­.fas.org/s­gp/crs/nat­sec/R41677­.pdf



you can get the details behind some of these incidents at 'Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy' at



http://mtw­sfh.blogsp­ot.com/



it's all documented history, available on the net and in print. several of the books in my library confirm some of the stories. fortunatel­y/unfortun­ately, it only goes up to 1951.
About Cuba
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks Suspect, Being Moved Out Of Quantico


oh, i've no doubt he'll survive, because he's a hero, unlike the pretend cowboy, afraid of horses, who got us into this mess in the first place, along with his cyborg assistant.



the criminals who should be there would never survive it. they'll have bought their way out of it, of course, and their sheep (harrumph harrumph) will continue to believe in them.



so take your soma and go to the feelies like a good Gamma. as Huxley usedta say; 'Ford's in his flivver and all's right with the world. . .'
About Wikileaks
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks Suspect, Being Moved Out Of Quantico http://ping.fm/4ljJL

Fidel Castro Resigns: Brother Raul Named Cuba Communist Party Head (VIDEO)


An era has passed, whether the mass of the American people remember it or not.



I remember when Castro was as big a bugaboo as Khruschev. I remember the Bay of Pigs, a failed invasion of Cuba. I remember veiled hints of assassinat­ion attempts we made against Castro.



I remember November 1962, when we came as close to total nuclear war than we ever have since. What was not known for some forty years after was that some of the Soviet submarines near Cuba had nuclear missiles, which would have been fired upon the United States had hostilitie­s commenced. It was almost like something out of 'Fail-Safe­' or 'Dr Strangelov­e'.



That holocaust was averted. Khruschev removed his missiles from Cuba, we removed ours from Turkey.



From that time to now, Castro remained the sole power in Cuba, while we voted Presidents into and out of office. Regardless of party, they maintained a hard line against Cuba.



In the past few years, some reforms, however little, have made their way into Cuba. Religion revealed itself as still strong when Pope John Paul II visited the island.



Little by little, the wall erected between Cuba and the United States has been crumbling. This is the biggest crack in that wall yet.



Change is coming to Cuba, however slowly. We must assist and help with that change, where possible, without being heavy-hand­ed, without self-promo­tion or self-congr­atulations­. Almost fifty years of blind hatred can and should come to an end.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Fidel Castro Resigns: Brother Raul Named Cuba Communist Party Head (VIDEO) http://ping.fm/H6F5p
Vatican: Gay Rights Opponents are Real Victims | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches http://ping.fm/gl1cc
I Heard It on the Radio « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/Qy4ZX
UK to send military advisers to help Libya rebels - KansasCity.com http://ping.fm/TUgQR
Florida shooting: Why were British tourists James Cooper and James gunned down? | Mail Online http://ping.fm/YKDFA
Saif admits Qaddafis are Brutal Foreign Occupiers | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/z1PWe
Glenn Beck Leaving Fox News | Beck Old People | Beck Quitting | Mediaite http://ping.fm/iTeyo
Charles Krauthammer - Donald Trump - Vulgar | Mediaite http://ping.fm/waIWn
Brad Watson Interviews Obama | Obama Interrupted By Reporter | WFAA Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/1yiP9
PPP Poll Of Iowa Republicans | Obama Not Born In U.S. | Talking Points Memo | Mediaite http://ping.fm/36QFJ
How prevalent is malware on Windows PCs? | ZDNet http://ping.fm/qre1O
Pay Now, Pay Later http://ping.fm/pSjxb
NRSC chair Cornyn still not sure about Kyl's 'not intended to be factual' Planned Parenthood stats | The American Independent http://ping.fm/o3xjT
Study details taxes paid by undocumented immigrants | The American Independent http://ping.fm/TG3h8
Boehner goes after gays as far right hits him on budget deal | The American Independent http://ping.fm/tV6FS
Arizona law allowing churches political power and tax-exempt status awaits governor's signature | The American Independent http://ping.fm/42OaP
Money and Strategy, Strategy and Money | National Security Network http://ping.fm/g6jHm
Libya conflict: EU awaits UN approval for deployment of ground troops | World news | guardian.co.uk http://ping.fm/5WRz7
Gov. Jindal Will Sign Louisiana's Birther Bill If It Gets To Him | TPMDC http://ping.fm/0MaQN
Tomgram: Engelhardt, This Can't End Well | TomDispatch http://ping.fm/iAfYZ
(I start to get an idea of what the working conditions at FOX News are like. . .) Roger Ailes Caught Spying on the Reporters at His Small-Town Newspaper http://ping.fm/DbTKw
Libya Rebels Raise Concern of Islamic Extremism http://ping.fm/EpnyD
Officials: You Can’t Buy Way Into US Military http://ping.fm/xYhg7
Syria Meets New Defiance With Bullets and a Warning - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/YinTe
AZ Gov. Jan Brewer Vetoes The Birther's 'Show Us Your Penis' Bill | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/jp89P
Right-Wing Crackpot 'Historian' Barton Exposed by Peter Montgomery and Lawrence O'Donnell | AlterNet http://ping.fm/5cF3E'donnell/
Why Are Americans So Easily Conned? | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/KkTSm
How the GOP Is Committing Political Suicide With Ryan's Extremist Budget Plan | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/DEdr2
A Review of Bing West's 'The Wrong War' - By Gerard Russell | The AfPak Channel http://ping.fm/5jYsC
i made the homepage again. . .
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Pa. officer kills self with shotgun in squad http://ping.fm/27LQi
Texas deputy shot, killed by inmate http://ping.fm/OYDLc
Why Glenn Beck Is Leaving New York (CHART) http://ping.fm/v2YRF
Internet Freedom Threatened By New Restrictions http://ping.fm/V0y1K
Glenn Beck Leaving New York, Sells His Home http://ping.fm/JGzdh
Taxes reach historic low - News - The Orange County Register http://ping.fm/Q7ufK
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq - UK Politics, UK - The Independent http://ping.fm/CO5io
The Future According to Google Search Results http://ping.fm/Bwl7r
"Everything the government touches turns to crap." - Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr)

20110418

Bahrain: Is a U.S. Ally Using Torture to Put Down Dissent? - TIME http://ping.fm/eRFca
Radiation: Is It Good For You? : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/LGzvB
Naval Secrets Leaked - Copy Paste - Submarines - Nuclear | Mediaite http://ping.fm/TbdVp
Alan Greenspan Bush Tax Cuts | Alan Greenspan on Debt Crisis | Meet the Press | Mediaite http://ping.fm/ZuC2V
Donald Trump The Apprentice | Donald Trump 2012 | NBC Donald Trump | Mediaite http://ping.fm/fnKKC
Donald Trump Clown | Stephen Hayes Conservative | Fox Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/mwdbe
IRIN Africa | COTE D'IVOIRE: A massacre witnessed | Cote d'Ivoire | Children | Conflict | Human Rights | Refugees/IDPs | Security http://ping.fm/HMj1O
Sonogram bill: Logic and Texas Legislature are strangers | Editorials & Opinions | Fort Worth... http://ping.fm/KciQQ
Editorial: Science education bill should face extinction » Knoxville News Sentinel http://ping.fm/meT9w
What Newsweek Left Out of Its Sarah Palin Ghostwriter Profile - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire http://ping.fm/Y3AQ6
More Sharia Hysteria from Eagle Forum « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/0KICO
What Is a Pastor? | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS http://ping.fm/ofaXl
Saving What's Left of the Constitution | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/gcoGw
Israeli Soldiers' Brutality at Prison Camp for Palestinians | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/LXevI
i dunno what's happened, but my entire classical music collection is gone. now i have to find the cd's to replace it. dammitalltohellandback, but i miss 'Claire de Lune'. . .
Pentagon Inquiry Into Magazine Article Clears McChrystal and Aides - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/pywSG
Taking Note: The Warrior UN http://ping.fm/3K7Ur
List of inventors killed by their own inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://ping.fm/UX4Eb
Tornadoes Trigger Destruction Unmatched In Decades : NPR http://ping.fm/VQ3Zl
Republicans Mount Defense Of Anti-Gay Marriage Law : NPR http://ping.fm/gJSmK
Secrecy of Cyber Threats Said to Cause Complacency | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/YIoI3
DoD Buzz | The twilight of the Bone http://ping.fm/njvZd
Tyranny of the Central Bankers http://ping.fm/yQ5Nw
IRIN Global | HEALTH: Demand for dengue vaccine to exceed supply | Global | Thailand | Health & Nutrition http://ping.fm/sbRie
BBC News - Chile to exhume former President Salvador Allende http://ping.fm/sAkoq
Top cop replaced in violent Mexico border state - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/y5QTo
BBC News - Burkina Faso army mutiny spreads to fourth city http://ping.fm/TudaJ
Fox Panel Paints Food Stamp Recipients as Nanny State and Crack Cocaine Addicts | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/43a5q
Dana Perino Accuses President Obama of 'Saying Offensive, Crazy Things' in Budget Speech | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/1Del8
The United States of Shame (CHART) | http://ping.fm/aC2Ws
Infographic: Masturbation Facts and Statistics | http://ping.fm/N8abB
'Am I Going to Have to Kill You?': The Horrific Ways Abusive Debt Collectors Threaten and Harass Their Victims | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/lO7Pp
Homeless Man Charged With Starting Destructive Texas Wildfires - FoxNews.com http://ping.fm/C4sPJ
I Heart Chaos — Blind 10 year old girl becomes the European Parliament's youngest translator http://ping.fm/Sv6IJ
A Review of Bing West's 'The Wrong War' - By Gerard Russell | The AfPak Channel http://ping.fm/8eZoY
Descending Into Madness: Glenn Beck Says The Republican Party Is Trying To Politically Assassinate Him, Bachmann and Palin | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/PG1ok
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." - Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio

20110417

meanwhile
meanwhile http://ping.fm/eudwH
Hanan Habibzai:Remember the massacred prisoners (video) : Veterans Today http://ping.fm/nQsc3
Anthony Weiner - Chris Hayes - Raising Taxes | Mediaite http://ping.fm/nyLlC
Andrew Breitbart in Wisconsin | Silent Majority Has Won | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/39xdU
Chris Matthews Show | Debates | Existence of Hell |Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/R06Ct
Reliable Sources | Mark McKinnon | John Kyl Bullshit | Mediaite http://ping.fm/D88oL
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Sen. Mark Warner: 'Gang Of Six' Looking At Social Security Changes, Not Raising Tax Rates http://ping.fm/zpD8i
Climate Change Case Headed To Supreme Court http://ping.fm/hfWBP
Yemeni Women: “We Will not be Silent!” | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/AKLcF
Egypt’s Ruling Party Dissolved | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/bkKQX
Republican Tea Partiers just can't seem to get enough of those Obama/black people/chimpanzee jokes | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/vscx0
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer vetoes far-right Republican bills with a branding iron | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/rQIQY
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer vetoes far-right Republican bills with a branding iron | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/2tGWC
John King Justifies Bringing on Birther Orly Taitz: Our Job is Not Just to Cover Things We Know to be True | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/rjnKi
John King Justifies Bringing on Birther Orly Taitz: Our Job is Not Just to Cover Things We Know to be True | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/GIsj3
Gov. Scott Walker Reportedly Planning Financial Martial Law In Wisconsin - Rick Ungar - The Policy Page - Forbes http://ping.fm/fmz5k
Sarah Palin Drowned Out By Boos At Madison Tea Party Protest | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/danm7
Breaking the Chain of Command | Truthout http://ping.fm/2aeUs
Rick Santorum says he had 'nothing to do with' campaign slogan taken from Langston Hughes poem | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times http://ping.fm/pzKBw
Libyan Rebels Say They’re Being Sent Weapons - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/PzTji
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Otomata http://ping.fm/TBqyR
| `Bleeding Kansas' Threatened with Bloodshed by Anti-Abortion Extremists http://ping.fm/o358k
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| CNN: Religious Right Not Dead http://ping.fm/igdHd
| Bristol Palin's Big Buck$ Adventures in Abstinence Land http://ping.fm/WGhHm
| Bristol Palin's Big Buck$ Adventures in Abstinence Land http://ping.fm/7HulI
| Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions to Reflect on the Ten Commandments (Redux) http://ping.fm/H1zcH
Squabbler Lets The Web Settle Your Arguments http://ping.fm/FKa70
Facebook Brand Pages Struggle With XXX Posts http://ping.fm/LT4Jo
"Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true." - Niels Bohr

20110416

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Nicolas Cage Arrested - Nic Cage Mugshot - New Orleans | Mediaite http://ping.fm/Agriz
peter parker http://ping.fm/J5dlI
peter parker http://ping.fm/sPxwQ
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Bullseye http://ping.fm/tdLoW
Mean Girls 4: they just wish they were us. http://ping.fm/Z9gyK
I'm not touching you http://ping.fm/qLtjO
DEA head: A thousand dead children means we're winning war on drugs - War Room - Salon.com http://ping.fm/Y7bFQ
9 Things The Rich Don't Want You To Know About Taxes http://ping.fm/Kknsg
Mom Sentenced For Playing Cafe World On Facebook As Son Drowned : NPR http://ping.fm/yzh7g
Dems Maneuver GOP Into Voting Against Their Own Budget Proposal | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/0JRRM
House of Representatives Votes To End Medicare! - Rick Ungar - The Policy Page - Forbes http://ping.fm/xyLbq
TSA security looks at people who complain about ... TSA security - CNN http://ping.fm/bPX5y
US police increasingly peeping at e-mail, instant messages - U.S. Department of Justice, security, legal, Government use of IT, government - Techworld http://ping.fm/9Uxzg
FRANCE 24 - US Senate asks UN to rescind Gaza War report http://ping.fm/mED5z
Private visits with WikiLeaks suspect denied - San Jose Mercury News http://ping.fm/7zlOe
PressTV - 'US drone raids to persist in Pakistan' http://ping.fm/fEJ4F
What if Making Babies -- Extending the Species -- Isn't the Real Reason for Having Sex? | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/OnBa7

20110415

"Life is never easy for those who dream." - Robert James Waller
someone's taken a fan/music video i put together about a year and a half ago, made it his YouTube showcase video. . .kinda makes me feel good. . .
Arizona Birther Bill Is Unconstitutional, Legal Scholars Say http://ping.fm/WPw3v

Harry Reid: 'I'm Not Confident' Afghanistan Is Going To Work (VIDEO)


and we need to get out of Afghanista­n. we've had no business there since Rumsfeld let bin Laden escape at Tora Bora.



years and years ago.
About Harry Reid
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Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Spending bill will put an end to the Constellation program http://ping.fm/v8e0J
Observations: Are you smarter than a middle schooler? New site tracks science misconceptions http://ping.fm/ur2pb
Texas Senate panel approves anti-bullying measure | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle http://ping.fm/HZLes
Father Bourgeois says he won't recant belief in women's ordination | USCatholic.org http://ping.fm/sP1fw
New history standards still drawing fire - San Antonio Express-News http://ping.fm/e3b0W
ThinkProgress » Texas GOP Rep. Introduces Sharia Ban Because He Heard Sharia Is A Threat On The Radio, Asks ‘Isn’t That True?’ http://ping.fm/q5WpC
Military Chaplains Forum Revealed, Takes on Religious Bigotry | Truthout http://ping.fm/KCifx
UnPATRIOTic: Why Our Government Won't Protect Our Rights - and What We Can Do About It | Truthout http://ping.fm/Z70om
Qaddafi Using Cluster bombs on Civilian Areas | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/lyplx
The Rutherford Institute: Winchester Police Admit to Conducting Surveillance on Street Prechers http://ping.fm/Uh7zK
Georgia immigration law: Georgia passes immigration bill similar to Arizona's - latimes.com http://ping.fm/lJZZw
U.S.-Financed Groups Had Supporting Role in Arab Uprisings - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/z4SvB
Unruly G.O.P. Puts Boehner to a Test in Budget Vote - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/rHPI0
Severe storms death toll rises to 9 in 2 states - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/P2KO6
Americans Rate Their Own Health Care Highly, But Income Matters - Health Blog - WSJ http://ping.fm/o4uz1
Minnesota House considers 'Make My Day' law | The American Independent http://ping.fm/Ket6e
Patriotic Millionaires unfazed by ridicule from Orrin Hatch | The American Independent http://ping.fm/AmZzI
Report: Evangelical use of contraception is high, family planning funding reflects 'needs and desires' of most women | The American Independent http://ping.fm/1IAt9
'Homosexual conduct' not the only unconstitutional Texas law dealing with sex | The American Independent http://ping.fm/RJmdg
Burglary of Police Chief's Home Caught on Video - PoliceLink http://ping.fm/OAbjo
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Whatever Happened To The Anti-War Movement? : NPR http://ping.fm/6xUlS
(evolution is proven as a fact again)1 In 4 Supermarket Meat Samples Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria : Shots - Health Blog : NPR http://ping.fm/jbri6
Is Bahrain Creating a New Terrorist Threat? - By Hussein Ibish | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/2l8nk
Official: US Army May Not Return for Iraq Crises http://ping.fm/Uh0pi
Mary Tillman Slams McChrystal’s New Role http://ping.fm/jbjDr
Corps Fires 8 in Fatal Training Accident http://ping.fm/L7Na5
Ivory Coast: 100 More Bodies Found as Ethnic Tensions Rise http://ping.fm/nLs22
Language at Risk of Dying Out- The Last Two Speakers Aren’t Talking http://ping.fm/UVcsP
Pakistan Says Stop The Drones | Law and Security Strategy http://ping.fm/KWlQZ
Remains of 800 bodies unearthed in Iraq mass grave - Yahoo! News UK http://ping.fm/zfKec
Belgian bishops ‘shocked’ by tell-all TV interview by colleague who admits child abuse - The Washington Post http://ping.fm/TVu6I
BBC News - Burkina Faso: Mutiny at President Compaore barracks http://ping.fm/YSgzY
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16 police officers arrested in connection with Mexico mass graves - CNN http://ping.fm/m1UCm
I Heart Chaos — Political derp of the day: Why doesn't Sarah Palin just release Trig's birth certificate already? http://ping.fm/YkK9q
China bans time travel | FP Passport http://ping.fm/ykcc7
FP EXPLAINER: Does the CIA Need a Country's Permission to Spy on It? | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/PynUe
The World of Holy Warcraft - By Jarret Brachman and Alix Levine | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/ypEbr
The Y Article - By John Norris | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/GMKEa
The War on Soft Power - By Joseph S. Nye Jr. | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/4o2LM
Report: 40% of Working Americans Say They Will Never Afford To Retire | Crooks and Liars http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/report-40-working-americans-say-they-
So Now Obama Wants Defense Reform | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/l25jX