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Congress to Palestinians: Drop Dead!

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, America's great ally, addressed Congress three times during and after World War II. South African President Nelson Mandela was honored for destroying apartheid and freeing South Africa.

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Global capitalism and 21st century fascism

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Noam Chomsky, Who Owns the World? Is the World Too Big to Fail?

The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces -- coinciding, fortuitously, with a remarkable uprising of tens of thousands in support of working people and democracy in Madison, Wisconsin, and othe …

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'No safe levels' of radiation in Japan

From the article, Thus, radiation from a meltdown in the reactor core of reactor No. 2 is leaking out into the water and soil, with other reactors continuing to experience problems.

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Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators

The U.S.

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Israel said would keep Gaza near collapse: Wikileaks

"As part of their overall embargo plan against Gaza, Israeli officials have confirmed to (U.S. embassy economic officers) on multiple occasions that they intend to keep the Gazan economy on the brink of collapse without quite pushing it over the edge," one of the cables read.

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Pakistan furious over Nato cross-border Taliban raids

"This should be considered a watershed event," said Mehmood Shah, an analyst who was the top security official for the tribal area. "They [Nato] must be warned: the next time you do this, it can lead to war. Our units should be deployed to fire upon them. This border has sanctity.

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Attention Bigots: There Is Already a Mosque Near the WTC Site

Wonkette operative "Evan B." writes: "The debate over the planned mosque at Ground Zero seems a bit retarded to me; I work directly between the planned mosque and a mosque that has existed before 9/11 and continues to operate to this day.

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How Weimar became a republic for our times

Weimar Germany is not a subject with which the average Briton can claim much familiarity.

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Eastpointe fire on street where racist letters were sent raises questions

The fire came as police investigated letters sent to black families Tuesday on Sprenger Avenue.

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'Toxic stew' of chemicals causing male fish to carry eggs in testes

I love that its a toxic stew in Washington DC. Too bad it didnt read, 'Toxic stew' causes 4 in 5 Congressmen to carry eggs in their testes. Anyway, its incredibly alarming in that these conditions have been typically found in closed bodies of water like lakes and or ponds near  …

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Ten reasons why East Jerusalem does not belong to Israel

Blistering historical analysis by Juan Cole on Salon.com with regards to the claims by Israeli PM Netanyahu of historical precedent for the continued settlement of East Jerusalem.

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Taking Sides

"In the wake of Vice President Joe Biden's ill-fated trip to Israel last week, many people would agree with the Israeli ambassador Michael Oren's remark that 'Israel's ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975… a crisis of historic proportions.' …

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Majority of Tea Party Group's Spending Went to GOP Firm That Created It

The political action committee behind the Tea Party Express (TPE) -- which already has been slammed as inauthentic and corporate-controlled by rival factions in the Tea Party movement -- directed almost two thirds of its spending during a recent reporting period back to the Repub …

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Alves saves Brazil against South Africa

In this game at times one needs a special player to radically adjust the flow of a match.

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Live-Blogging The Uprising: Iran. UPDATED WITH LIVE VIDEO.

This began as a seed of Nico Pitney's great coverage of the events in Iran on Huffington Post. It evolved into something else entirely. Nico has been posting summaries of the most important events, but what we have here is the most complete coverage anywhere.

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Michael Moore: Goodbye, GM

"It is with sad irony that the company which invented "planned obsolescence" -- the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would then have to buy a new one -- has now made itself obsolete.

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Our unending war of terror

Great breakdown by Noam Chomsky on how the direct omission of an actual historical break down by the US MSM on the subject of torture and other reprehensible activities.

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Influential Detroit garage rock group the Gories to reunite

Great Music News from Detroit! Garage rock heaven alert: Modern music fans are buzzing over the news that legendary Detroit trio the Gories will reunite for a short series of summer dates with the Oblivians, another iconic post-punk unit reforming specially for the occasion.

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Bing made false claims on college degrees: Graduation year, MBA for Detroit mayoral candidate rejected by school records

Well this is certain to spice up the Detroit Mayoral Race! Will the people of the City care, or will they simply see the former Detroit Piston, Detroit businessman, with stars in their eyes. One other note of interest to this story is that Mr.

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Libya Faults U.S. on Halt to Weapons Programs, Libya Sees the U.S. as Ungrateful

But now Libyan officials say they are dissatisfied with the way the deal worked out, insisting that the United States has done too little to reward Libya's concessions.

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Republicans Had The Chance To Pay Down The Debt - They Chose Not To

Interesting and lengthy blog on the topic of government spending and hypocrisy with regards to how exactly the Republican Party decided to make use of the government surplus they inherited in 2000.

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