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Showing posts with label Election Protests. Show all posts
The media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders reports today that Iran is now the “world’s biggest prison for journalists,” with “a total of 33 journalists and cyber-dissidents in its jails.” At least 20 journalists have been arrested since June 12. The New York Times adds that the Iranian government continues to “block all coverage of protests and the security crackdown” and has ordered the BBC’s reporter to leave the country. “[O]ther news organization said they were ordered by the authorities not to report on events on the streets
Blogging for Buck$
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You’re returning home from Netroots Nation 2009 all fired up, or maybe you
couldn’t afford to go this year, and the thought enters your mind: wouldn’t
it...
Iran releases French researcher on bail
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Source: [b]AFP[/b]
1 hr 43 mins ago
PARIS (AFP) – Iranian authorities released a young French academic who was
accused of spying on bail on Sunday, the Fr...
FactCheck.org Has a New Look!
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Obama today in Montana
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*From NBC's Mark Murray*
*President Obama's* town hall today in Montana was essentially a replay of
the one he held in New Hampshire earlier this week. He...
Jude : Wow: White House To Drop 'Public Option'
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A very big headline and a very big testament to the power of the people
making themselves heard. Now we'll see what it really means. Obama and the
Democrat...
News of the Day for Sunday, August 16, 2009
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Firemen put out a fire in a burning vehicle after a bomb attack in Karrada
District, central Baghdad August 16, 2009. A string of bombings is stirring
gro...
Afternoon Open Thread
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U.S. President Barack Obama, and his family visit the Old Faithful Geyser in
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, August 15, 2009. —-REUTERS/Larry
Downing...
Biking Out of Iraq
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*This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.*
The Bush administration invaded Iraq in March 2003 with a force of
approximately 130,000 troops. ...
Quote of the Day
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QUOTE OF THE DAY.... We haven't heard quite as much lately from center-right
Blue Dog Democrats, but Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, the caucus leader on
healt...
HEALTH CARE REFORM TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF FAILURE
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There is a growing realization that the public option in the Democrat’s
reform package is about to be jettisoned, and that the entire reform effort
may be ...
John Brennan's dangerous national security advice
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*Editor's note:* Glenn Greenwald is on vacation this week. Marcy Wheeler,
who blogs at Firedoglake, is guest-blogging today.
Last year, Glenn posted some...
New Jersey: Seven School Buses Burned To A Crisp
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In May of 2009, nine school buses were burned in Georgia, but the incident
was not deemed to be as a result of arson.
The buses in this story were owned...
New plea to join Sept. 9 argument
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The top-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky, the minority leader, has asked the Supreme Court to allow his
lawyer to ta...
Sebelius Says Public Option Not Essential
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"A day after President Obama appeared to suggest that his administration
might be open to health care reform legislation that does not include a
public hea...
Dust To Dust
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by Patrick Appel A sublime bit from a London Review of Books article on An
Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu: Man and other
animals ...
Obama to visit Elkhart
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WASHINGTON – President Obama will visit the Elkhart area Wednesday, the White House said.The location and other details are being worked out.It is the third ...
Al Franken Announces Bid For Re-Election
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Today, on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, US Senator Al Franken
held a press conference to declare his intention to seek a second term as
Minnes...
Weekend Open Thread
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*** MSNBC's Mark Murray greets John Boehner's pushback over his 2003 vote
for end of life care funding with some healthy skepticism.
Team Obama Ready to Surrender Public Option?
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The President and his lieutenants are on a whistle stop tour of
disappointment. It started Saturday, when Obama called the public insurance
option “just on...
Is Uptown being besieged by riots?
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What a riot! from Joe Gray on Vimeo.
From NBC5 Chicago:
Uptown Up in Arms Over "Near Riot-Like" Activity Shots reportedly fired
Thursday night By BJ LUT...
Naomi Campbell Plays Exotic African Queen
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How do you make a Black woman appear attractive when the world privileges
Eurocentric beauty?
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Popeye became a Depression-era hero soon after he first appeared in the 1929 comic strip, Thimble Theatre. Segar drew Popeye as a “working-class Joe” who suffered torment from Bluto — sometimes known as Brutus — until he “can't stands it no more”. Wolfing down spinach turned Popeye into a pumped-up everyman hero, making the case for good over evil. source: Times UK
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