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In her new book, “The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot”, Naomi Wolf says the United States is on the road... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/41 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:49:00 I have argued that in the closing stages of a `fascist shift', events cascade. I am hearing about them, even across the globe. Here in Australia I hear from the nation's best-know feminist activist, and former adviser to Paul Keating, Anne Summers, who was also at the time this took place Chair of t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/40 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:51:43 http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/feature_stories/article_2346.asp

(Video preceded by commercial for film "Lions for Lambs")

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/39 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:05:12 Think about it. In my experience with the PR business, except for the biggest blockbuster stories, just about everything you read, hear, or see in the media is PLACED by somebody. There's too much competition for newspaper space or broadcast time for stories without advocates, in the form of corpora... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/38 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:04:32 [B]Fascist America, in 10 easy steps[/B]

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all

Tuesday April 24, 2... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/37 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:33:00 No kidding. I've been a big Max and Stacy fan since I learned here at DU about their first special report, "Death of the Dollar," for AJE back in January. They are both brilliant, incredibly well-informed, and often their podcast commentary is very funny.

In all those months, I can't recall a si... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/36 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:18:57 By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Last Updated: 12:25am BST 06/09/2007

A sharp drop in foreign holdings of US Treasury bonds over the last five weeks has raised concerns that China is quietly withdrawing its funds from the United States, leaving the dollar increasingly vulnerable.

(SIDEBAR: China th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/35 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:38:05 although that's not exactly true, and I'm sure our economics experts like Professor GAC and Pachmama would back me up on this.

The Fed is essentially printing money here. That money isn't coming from "our" taxpayer dollars, as my Econ 101 professor used to remind us, it's a "debt that we owe our... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/34 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:29:12 by Meteor Blades
Sat Aug 04, 2007 at 09:19:43 PM PDT

Of the 41 House Democrats who voted today to roll over on the eavesdropping amendment that the White House demanded be added to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 26 30 were Blue Dogs. The bill, Orwellianly named the Protect America Ac... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/33 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:45:25 In an as yet un-numbered Executive Order (at least the number isn't published), president bush has decreed that your property - all of it - can be taken away at the sole discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury at the mere suspicion that you may commit a crime in the future. You can view and read... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/32 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:41:04 EXCERPT:

[b]He is deeply concerned whether we will actually have an election in Nov. '08, as he believes this administration will likely strike Iran from the air, declare a national emergency, and cancel the '08 elections.[/b]

He sees ending the war as his primary goal, and he believes the br... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/31 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:10:29 IRAQ'S NEW COALITION: THE INSURGENTS
Seumas Milne in Damascus
Wednesday July 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Seven of the most important Sunni-led insurgent organisations fighting the US occupation in Iraq have agreed to form a public political alliance with the aim of preparing for negotiations i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/30 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:06:54 As the Japanese government continues holding short-term interest rates near zero while printing yen like it is going out of style, getting out of the yen has now replaced pachinko as the national pastime for rank and file Japanese. With housewives and cab drivers debating the best techniques to exch... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/29 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:49:36 Tempers Flare on Iraq
Sunday July 15, 2007 10:16 PM

By CALVIN WOODWARD

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - When senators from opposing parties call each other ``friend'' and pat each other as they talk, there's a fighting chance they're angling to wring each other's neck.

So it ap... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/28 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:45:34 Hookergate II: The Senator and the Veep

By Dr. SUSAN BLOCK

Providing comic relief in a Democrappy Congress that doesn't have the filibustering balls to Just Say No to Perma-War or the wit or wisdom to impeach the Bush Crime Family for their multiple murderous atrocities Brothers & Sisters, Lov... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/27 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:10:38 Let's be accurate about this. The Dems had 5 more votes than they needed to WIN. They eventually lost because the Republicans do what Democrats will not: they FILIBUSTERED this bill to shut it down.

Say the word. "Fil-i-bus-ter." And use it. Show everybody how unseemly and disgusting it is for th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/26 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:33:28 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/25 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:35:01 [b]Mac OS X[/b]

1. Download and install the Mac OS X application Transmission on this page:

http://transmission.m0k.org/download.php

2. Download the Bittorrent file linked on this page:

http://www.btswarm.org/31cc304355aa0415caa21ca4eca6dc6683fbf673

The direct file download link is:
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/24 Mon, 28 May 2007 16:56:25 http://karmabanqueradio.com/?p=514

[b]Over two months ago, Seymour Hersh revealed that the US was financing Sunni extremist groups in Lebanon in order to destabilise the region, in particular, the Shiite powers like Hezbollah: [/b]

THE REDIRECTION

Is the Administration’s new policy benefitt... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/23 Sat, 26 May 2007 17:59:50 The Financial Times Ltd
Published: May 11 2007 20:28 | Last updated: May 11 2007 20:28

Talking to Fox News, the conservative broadcaster, on his visit to Baghdad on Thursday, Dick Cheney said: “We didn’t get elected to worry just about the fate of the Republican party. Our mission is to do every... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/22 Mon, 14 May 2007 05:14:24 "Banking on It"
Premieres May 9

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/02E66DDE-3F48-4A7C-B421-08C338B38DB7.htm... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/21 Tue, 08 May 2007 16:31:21 :rofl:
The attorney for the so-called D.C. madam says that he's been getting questions from other attorneys about whether their clients might be the next to be named by Deborah Jean Palfrey.

Her attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, says five attorneys have contacted him to ask if their clients ar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/20 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:03:59 [b]The demise of a call-girl ring and pending trial of an alleged madam claiming thousands of clients has the US capital riveted by the chance powerful men may now be caught with their trousers down,[/b] with a senior state department official apparently first to fall.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/19 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:48:08 Thanks silverlib for your post, and thanks Tandalayo for the thread. I did some investigating and found this:

mms://91.121.26.71/aljazeeraintnew

100K Windows Media stream, appears to originate in France and has only been available about 3 weeks.

Goodbye CNN! They just played a promo for a ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/18 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:53:27 From The Times
April 20, 2007
22 minutes ago

Tom Baldwin in Washington

The US Attorney-General apologised yesterday to the eight lawyers sacked by his department, [b]admitted that his own “mis-statements” about his role in the affair had caused confusion and then pleaded with senators to le... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/redacted/17 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:03:34