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    <title>formercia's Journal - Democratic Underground</title>
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	<title>
	If you look at the roots of advertising
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	<description>
	it takes you back to Bernays and WWI propaganda.<br />
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Edward_Bernays<br />
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/thumb/c/ca/Edward_Bernays.jpg/225px-Edward_Bernays.jpg<br />
in the early 1920s<br />
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Born	November 22, 1891(1891-11-22)<br />
Vienna, Austria<br />
Died	March 9, 1995 (...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/252
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:59:17
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	How the Crusade  began
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	<description>
	The beginnings of this Crusade cane to us from the mouths of the right-wing-reactionary elements in society:<br />
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The original link has been deleted but the Wayback Machine still had a copy:<br />
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http://web.archive.org/web/20070703011333/http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/1998-11-12/introdu...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/251
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 08 May 2009 10:24:22
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	I've made the big time on FreeRepublic
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	<description>
	They have me spending a year and a half in a mental institution.<br />
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I didn't know physical rehab is now considered being in a mental institution.<br />
<br />
More choice tidbits:<br />
<br />
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2238755/posts?page=1<br />
<br />
To: franksolich<br />
Interesting. Interesting also that DUmmie &quot;...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/250
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 01 May 2009 18:34:32
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	<title>
	I was threatened again yesterday
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	<description>
	They did it by threatening my 8 year old son. They're such cowards that they sent a boy almost twice his age to do it. he's still a minor, thus pretty much untouchable.<br />
They were sending me a message that they may not be able to get to me directly but my son is fair game.<br />
We've turned into a Third...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/249
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:40:28
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	They knew they were breaking the law prior to Iran-Contra.
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	<description>
	The mining of the harbors in Nicaragua program began in the Fall of 1981. It was disguised as an arms interdiction program to prevent the smuggling of arms into El Salvador by mining the waterways inside El Salvadorian waters that the alleged smugglers used. When I found out the true intent of the o...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/248
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:00:31
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	<title>
	Russia military spy boss 'sacked'
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	<description>
	Source: [b]BBC[/b]<br />
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<br />
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45697000/jpg/_45697273_korabelnikovafp226b.jpg<br />
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Valentin Korabelnikov (left) speaks to Vladimir Putin and Sergei Ivanov (November 2006)<br />
Gen Korabelnikov had led the Main Directorate of Intelligence since 1997<br />
<br />
Russian President Dmitry ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/247
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:24:46
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	<title>
	Heil, Heil, the gang's all here
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	<description>
	save this info, before it disappears:<br />
<br />
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6222855/Masoneria-banditism-institutionalizat-Lista-nume-Cavaleri-de-Malta-SMOM-Knights-of-Malta<br />
<br />
Meet the 'Boys.'...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/246
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:42:09
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	<title>
	The Wikipedia-Short-Selling scandal widens.
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	<description>
	http://www.deepcapture.com/<br />
<br />
--snip--<br />
<br />
As it turns out, there is a law, known as the “options market maker exemption”, which permits certain brokerages, specifically those registered as ‘options market makers’, to engage in a highly-controlled form of naked short selling in the course of bona fi...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/245
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:26:50
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	<title>
	Signs of Stress, Fraud on Roadside
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	<description>
	http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/106813/Signs-of-Stress-Fraud-on-Roadside<br />
<br />
Signs of Stress, Fraud on Roadside<br />
by Douglas Belkin<br />
Thursday, March 26, 2009<br />
--snip--<br />
<br />
Tow yards in Las Vegas are filled with the blackened hulls of Mercedes sedans and Cadillac Escalades. The wrecks were pu...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/244
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:35:41
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	<title>
	Is there a Jain on DU?
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	<description>
	http://www.jainworld.com/literature/story25.htm<br />
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Once upon a time, there lived six blind men in a village. One day the villagers told them, &quot;Hey, there is an elephant in the village today.&quot;<br />
<br />
They had no idea what an elephant is. They decided, &quot;Even though we would not be able to see it, let us g...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/243
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:20:12
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	<title>
	The Black Cat and Wikipedia.
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	<description>
	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/wikipedia_and_naked_shorting/<br />
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Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia's naked shorts<br />
<br />
<br />
Overstock's Byrne vindicated amidst economic meltdown<br />
<br />
By Cade Metz in San Francisco <br />
<br />
Two and a half years ago, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne penned an editoria...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/242
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:04:57
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	This will bake your noodle: The Bush-AIG connection.
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	<description>
	http://www.uniset.ca/lloydata/pravda_engforum_aig.html <br />
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&quot;The central charge against AIG and its offshore subsidiaries like Coral Reinsurance is that they were used to offset bogus losses in the same manner that Enron did. And, of course, there are numerous Bush connections in this. AIG used its o...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/241
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:02:09
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	Timmy's brilliant plan to recoup AIG bonuses.
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	<description>
	http://finance.yahoo.com/techticker/article/211012/Geithner-Caves-on-AIG-Bonuses,-Defends-Liddy<br />
<br />
Geithner Caves on AIG Bonuses, Defends Liddy<br />
Posted Mar 18, 2009 10:32am EDT by Henry Blodget in Media, Newsmakers, Recession, Banking<br />
Related: AIG, ^gspc, ^dji<br />
<br />
From The Business Insider, March 18...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/240
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:15:56
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	Deep Capture does Jon Stewart. The most important article yet.
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	<description>
	You connect the Bankers that created the financial meltdown and the Media that prevented the story being told and you will find that they are one and the same organization.<br />
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http://www.deepcapture.com/what-we-should-learn-from-jim-cramer-vs-the-daily-shows-jon-stewart/<br />
<br />
March 12th, 2009 by Patri...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/239
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:11:29
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	<title>
	Deaths of gamers leave their online lives in limbo
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	<description>
	Deaths of gamers leave their online lives in limbo (AP)<br />
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http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090314/ap_on_hi_te/tec_death_online    <br />
<br />
* Posted on Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:39PM EDT<br />
    <br />
   <br />
<br />
NEW YORK - When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter e...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/238
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:22:52
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	<title>
	Not everyone is doing poorly in this economy
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	<description>
	It pays to have friends in high places:<br />
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&amp;#65279;http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Industrial-Info-Resources-956386.html<br />
<br />
KBR Posts $88 Million Fourth-Quarter Profit, an Industrial Info News Alert<br />
<br />
Highlighted Links<br />
<br />
Industrial Info Resources<br />
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - March 3, 200...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/237
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:38:17
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	Susan Lindauer: Secret Charges and The Patriot Act
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	<description>
	Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 5:12 pm<br />
Article: Michael Collins<br />
<br />
Former Accused Iraqi Agent<br />
Susan Lindauer, Secret Charges and<br />
The Patriot Act in Action<br />
<br />
--snip--<br />
<br />
Collins: What happened when you got to court?<br />
<br />
Lindauer: Once I got to Court, I discovered that the indictment also contained two &quot;s...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/236
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:56:32
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	<title>
	Chinese ships 'harass' US vessel 
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	<description>
	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7933171.stm<br />
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Chinese ships 'harass' US vessel <br />
<br />
Five Chinese ships have manoeuvred dangerously close to a US navy vessel in the South China Sea, the US government has said.<br />
<br />
US officials said the incident came after days of &quot;increasingly aggressive&quot; acts...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/235
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:23:40
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	<title>
	Conspicuous Consumption
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	<description>
	http://realestate.yahoo.com/California/Beverly_Hills/:f0b7563da26f49a2888c5917fd3b66e...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/234
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:51:32
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	<title>
	How the Octopus used toxic real-estate paper to launder money
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	<description>
	http://www.scribd.com/doc/5156948/The-Pegasus-File<br />
<br />
and you wonder where the yellow went.....<br />
<br />
save this before it disappears....
	</description>
	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/233
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	<pubDate>
	Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:44:22
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	<title>
	US Code Title 18 Part I Chapter 118, 2441
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	<description>
	US Code Title 18 Part I Chapter 118, 2441<br />
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002441----000-.html<br />
§ 2441. War crimes<br />
<br />
(a) Offense.— Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/232
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:06:32
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	<title>
	We were spied on at DU as well
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	<description>
	I don't know if any of you remember the thread I posted a while back about catching my computer logging on to CSIS as I was logging on to Xwindows? I went to look up the thread yesterday and it had been deleted from my journal. It seems that they have access to DU as well and the archives.<br />
You can ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/231
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:32:04
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	<title>
	United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce 
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	<description>
	<br />
http://www.usccc.org/<br />
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http://www.usccc.org/mem-b.5.jpg<br />
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&amp;#65279;His Excellency, Premier Zhu Rongji and Prescott Bush, Chairman (retired) of US-China Chamber of Commerce<br />
<br />
<br />
Just in case you wonder how it all began....<br />
<br />
...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/230
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:11:22
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	<title>
	Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
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	<description>
	I used to think it was a good idea to deflate tensions but what happened in South Africa changed my mind.<br />
<br />
The boys had already lost Rhodesia and they knew they had to do something otherwise the great South African prize would be lost forever.<br />
<br />
They recruited a prisoner by the name of Nelson Man...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/228
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:31:17
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	<title>
	It's not about Proposition Hate or Bubbatollah Rick.
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	<description>
	Perhaps someone has already addressed this and I missed it it. That's what I get for not following the issues very closely. After all, it's really not an issue that affects me directly. It does. It affects everyone.<br />
It was Ken Starr  petitioning the California Supreme Court to have all of the same-...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/formercia/227
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:11:29
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