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Peter Watkins made a great film on the Paris Commune.
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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/03/my_worlds_collide.php?ref=fpblg

http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2011/03/24/email-to-walker-suggested-faking-attack-on-governor/
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:58 am        Reply with quote

This story on a Georgia drug court is horrifying.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-vicepresidency-of-joe-biden,18444/?slide=1
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NO MORE TIME TRAVEL
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http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/14/restricted-reading-south-carolina-jail-bans-all-books-except-for-the-bible/
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This is the most delightful image.
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The headline writers for The New York Post are the poets of our age.

"Ike Turner Beats Tina to Death" is still the all time classic, followed by "Headless body found in topless bar".
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I want to believe.
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"Feel the rainbow, Newt."
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Nutty Newt is LUCKY he got the "kinder gentler" gay rights attack... unlike Throwing their URINE into Saint Patrick's Cathedral. I am agnostic but feel the christian religion which encompasses Jews and muslims , of course, since they ALL pray to the SAME god of Abraham "Yahweh" . Their bible , which they believe was written with the direction of their god, CONDEMNS h0m0sexuality as a SIN against god... What gives these mentally ILL minds=h/0m0sexuals the right to force a religion to abandon the commands of their God.??... SICK !! The glitter represents their "rainbow showers" a SEXUAL act that they engage in with one another involving ur!nating and YES that IS what they call it ..... tic toc.., tic toc ... tic toc .... I wonder how long my TRUTHFUL post will remain on the thread. ...Have a um "blessed" day, you all!!
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Oh, World Net Daily....
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Inside his blast-resistant office at Fox News headquarters, Ailes keeps a monitor on his desk that allows him to view any activity outside his closed door. Once, after observing a dark-skinned man in what Ailes perceived to be Muslim garb, he put Fox News on lockdown. “What the hell!” Ailes shouted. “This guy could be bombing me!” The suspected terrorist turned out to be a janitor. “Roger tore up the whole floor,” recalls a source close to Ailes. “He has a personal paranoia about people who are Muslim – which is consistent with the ideology of his network.”
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http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/13/weiner_huma_abedin_islam/index.html
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/diy-weapons-of-the-libyan-rebels/100086/#
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:19 pm        Reply with quote


omigod
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Michelle Bachmann's husband.

The "omigod" is the fact that the inflection of his voice may indicate that he's a little suppressed.
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Economists say the Great Recession lasted from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, the median net worth of white households was $134,280, compared with $13,450 for black households, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by the Economic Policy Institute. By 2009, the median net worth for white households had fallen 24 percent to $97,860; the median black net worth had fallen 83 percent to $2,170, according to the EPI.
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Nine years later, more relevant than ever.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/the-most-incredible-thing-fox-news-has-ever-done/242037/
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Damn, I really hope it doesn't come to this. Studying Netanyahu and the current Likud (in contrast to the extremely hard line but sane in comparison Kadima splintering) in my Israeli politics class, I wouldn't dismiss the possibility.
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Damn. Polish authors???
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lol
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Christ.
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The man who will likely challenge Mitt Romney for the Republican Presidential nomination: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/what-expect-rick-perrys-prayer-festival-the-response http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/08/q.html
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/08/18/298485/exclusive-goldman-sachs-vp-changed-his-name-now-advances-goldman-lobbying-interests-as-a-top-staffer-to-darrell-issa/
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This is a rather disconcerting trend that I began to notice with the many photos coming out of Tripoli.
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lol at the "bigot" rant
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/22/faster-than-light-particles-neutrinos
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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/28/protests?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+salon%2Fgreenwald+%28Glenn+Greenwald%29
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:58 am        Reply with quote

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1. I don't think there are any serious comparisons between this and the Arab spring, just like the Collective Bargaining conflict in Wisconsin (one could argue that was more unified, i.e. being behind a single issue, but that's beside the point).

2. http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/28/protests_21/singleton/


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But much of this progressive criticism consists of relatively (ostensibly) well-intentioned tactical and organizational critiques of the protests: there wasn’t a clear unified message; it lacked a coherent media strategy; the neo-hippie participants were too off-putting to Middle America; the resulting police brutality overwhelmed the message, etc. etc. That’s the high-minded form which most progressive scorn for the protests took: it’s just not professionally organized or effective.

Some of these critiques are ludicrous. Does anyone really not know what the basic message is of this protest: that Wall Street is oozing corruption and criminality and its unrestrained political power — in the form of crony capitalism and ownership of political institutions — is destroying financial security for everyone else? Beyond that, criticizing protesters for the prominence of police brutality stories is pure victim-blaming (and, independently, having police brutality highlighted is its own benefit).

Most importantly, very few protest movements enjoy perfect clarity about tactics or command widespread support when they begin; they’re designed to spark conversation, raise awareness, attract others to the cause, and build those structural planks as they grow and develop. Dismissing these incipient protests because they lack fully developed, sophisticated professionalization is akin to pronouncing a three-year-old child worthless because he can’t read Schopenhauer: those who are actually interested in helping it develop will work toward improving those deficiencies, not harp on them in order to belittle its worth.

That said, some of these organizational/tactical critiques are valid enough as far as they go; the protests could probably be more effective with some more imaginative, concerted and savvy organizational strategies. The problem is these criticisms don’t go very far — at all.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html
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I know this is from some douchey conservative youtube account, but seriously, this is not how you do it, Atlanta.
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