http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 13:31:32 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:31:32 To you and me -- and to Hannah Bell and a great many good DUers who've been given the ziggy for responding to attacks on their integrity and observations -- DU is a Truth Machine. Posters who come here for laughs and to dump on Democrats and those who believe in democracy are not really contributing... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1044 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:10:50 That's the point. You must know about [b][a href="http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x606359"]Wedtech[/a][/b] and [b][a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2853170&mesg_id=2862859"]INSLAW/Promi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1043 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:12:19 [b][a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/04/nixon-and-the-chiefs/2473/"]Nixon and the Chiefs[/a][/b]

That's another government conspiracy that hasn't made it into the history books. But, you can learn about it on DU.

:eyes:


... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1041 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:07:48 ...is how the cartoon character Hank Hill puts it about his son, Bobby.

Seems that Joshua Holland hopped aboard the conspiracy bashing express a while back:

[b]3 Good Reasons (and 1 Bad One) Why I Don't Buy Into Your Conspiracy Theories: [a href="http://www.alternet.org/media/140066"]Conspirac... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1038 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:33:09 Look how much they spent on ECHELON -- and that was global surveillance and collection with pre-911 technology and budgeting -- [b][a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3510598"]what Frank Church warned us about[/a][/b]. They'll spare no expense to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1037 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:12:50 But the biggest distortion is what he said he saw when he was one of the few persons in the world privileged to see the Abraham Zapruder film that Saturday morning, November 23. In his narration of the film as part of CBS nationwide television coverage, Rather said the President's head "went forward... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1035 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:04:14 [b][a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/153291/eliot_spitzer%3A_5_ways_to_make_banks_pay_for_their_secret_$7_trillion_free_ride"]5 Ways to Make Banks Pay for Their Secret $7 Trillion Free Ride[/a][/b]

By Eliot Spitzer, Slate
Posted on December 1, 2011, Printed on December 3, 2011

Imagine ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1031 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:58:49 I agree.

Here's why:

[b][a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=872755"]Know your BFEE: Spawn of Wall Street and the Third Reich[/a][/b]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1030 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:15:41 ...or misplaced in the minds of the masses.

From the only government official to prosecute anyone on charges related to the assassination of President Kennedy:

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[b]Jim Garrison, Playboy Interview[/b]

Playboy, October, 1967

EXCERPT...

"What worries me deeply, an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1029 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:39:05 http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/9825/gardenofbushlydelightsscx7.jpg

[b][a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2433340&mesg_id=2437887"]Guy knows rocket science, too.[/a][/b]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1027 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:45:13 Russell Mokhiber brings up some news that certain quarters would like forgotten:
Namely, how's it possible for lobbyists to basically control Washington through the promise of jobs.

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Gee. If the promise of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1042 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:02:44 If you know Lem, you're gonna love this.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/11/23/1322012742179/Google-doodle-marking-60t-007.jpg

[b][a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/23/stanislaw-lem-google-doodle"]Stanislaw Lem gets animated Google doodle treatment... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1024 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:01:33 Background on the Champion of the Overdog from the good folks at MotherJones:

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[b]Newt Gingrich Goes to the Congo[/b]

Newt Gingrich isn't ashamed to tout his background as a historian, but few Americans probably know that he receiv... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1022 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:39:38 You're too kind, NYC_SKP. You should see the people Noot works for. Now [i]there's[/i] evil. And they pay for his brain, "as is."

Remember his words to use when describing Democrats and repuglians? [b][a href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1276"]Language -- A Key Mechanism of Control.[/a][/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1020 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:15:12 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h52/Tiktaalik/Kennedy-Glenn-Friendship-7.jpg

Looking back, when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 48 years ago today, I can see how the tragedy became this nation's turning point.

Contrast what [b][a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres56.html"]Jo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1028 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01:03 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h52/Tiktaalik/higginsdrip.gif

Amy Goodman and Sy Hersh give us something important to think about:

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[b]Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused over Iran’s Nuke Program[/b]

While the United States, Britain... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1018 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:43:10 Mae Brussell bravely addressed the issue:

[b][a href="http://www.maebrussell.com/Mae%20Brussell%20Articles/Nazi%20Connection%20to%20JFK%20Assass.html"]The Nazi Connection to the John F. Kennedy Assassination[/a][/b]

The subject is something most historians fear address:

[b][a href="http://w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1017 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:41:59 When it comes to corruption in public office, don't forget Who's Who and What's What.

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[b]Abramoff Confirms That He Helped Turn Alabama Into a Political Cesspool[/b]

Legal Schnauzer
Thursday, Nov... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1025 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:52:40 http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h52/Tiktaalik/fukushima-50.jpg

Here's what it was like inside the Control Room at Fukushima Daiichi:

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[b]Testimony by workers on the site of stricken Fukushima I NPS

[i]"The moment I entered the reactor building, the soles of my shoe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1015 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:57:38 I saw Puerto Rico and Michigan. Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you infinitely, Atman!
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1013 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:05:58 And the guy was afforded emeritus status, the keys to the kingdom, as it were.

People are talking about the coaches being in the know. They reported it to the campus police and they to the state authorities.

The guy who decided not to prosecute has disappeared. And our friends in Congress who ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1011 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:31:09 Yet, no charges were filed against the Republican congressman who [b][a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586&page=1"]sent sexually suggestive Instant Messages to an underage male page[/a][/b].

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In his o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1009 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:37:46 Nixon testified. Obama wanted to keep it sealed.

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Personally, I don't think secret government works.

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[b]Nixon's long-secret Watergate testimony coming out[/b]

Nov 10, 6:39 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP)... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1010 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:26:24 By Sarah Peters - 11/08/11 04:13 PM ET
The Hill

A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday expressed major concerns that the government would engage in round-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984 if the court ruled in the government's favor.

The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1008 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:22:44 [b][a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2585790.ece"]Slides from around the world, courtesy of The Hindu[/a][/b]

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One American OWS participant in San Juan, Puerto Rico.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1006 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:42:13