Shock TV numbs the Soul...

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 3:54 PM EDT (the Mail online)

you knew it did... so why do we watch it?? because it justifies our most ugly, angry emotions. we're rats in a sinking sack & want SOMEONE upon whom to aggress. Spread Love... ... but wear the Glove!

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Video: Anti-War Minister Is Attacked, Gets Leg Broken for Trying to Enter Petraeus Hearing

Seeded on Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:43 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus wanted to attend the Petraeus Hearings yesterday. He stood on line waiting his turn to enter the room. This is what happened to him. ...

iraq, washington, congress, dc, senate, violence, politics, war, minister, assault

Be Afraid: the MORAL FASHIONISTAS are HomeLand Security Wonks...

Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 1:33 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

she wore a sweater, a mini skirt & heels for her airline flight... & was told she'd have to CHANGE HER CLOTHES to board. ... "I asked him what part of my outfit was offensive," she said. "The shirt? The skirt? And he said, 'The whole thing.' "

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Ray McGovern: "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran"

Seeded on Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:51 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

"It is as though I'm back as an analyst at the CIA, trying to estimate the chances of an attack on Iran. The putative attacker, though, happens to be our own president.

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Why Desalination Doesn't Work (Yet)

Seeded on Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:36 PM EDT (Live Science)

that & there is more money in selling bottled water than providing municipal services that perform a service... Spread Love... ... but wear the Glove! BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian "Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"

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Lunar Ark for Humanity

Seeded on Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:44 PM EDT (ark, dna, dna is not a product!, rna, catalogue, e)

discusses ethical implications of "ark"iving the best of Humanity's Folly... ====how sad is that... ...that we should be so close to destroying all that we had... BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian.com "Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"

science

FauxNooze Modifies Al Franken's Wiki Entry...

Seeded on Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:48 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

oh... bloody typical. if the TRUTH isn't "Truthy" enough... *sigh* BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian.com "Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"

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1891: Miners against prison labour

Seeded on Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:18 PM EDT (LibCom.org)

Wow. we think this isn't contemporary conflict between labour & corporatized government? This is what a Bushevik will get you in Canada if they had the chance...

us-news

Hooked on JunkFood in utero: now what will the Harpies say?

Seeded on Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:08 AM EDT (the Mail online)

I'm the first to say that I've got a hate on for BigSugar, pandering fats & FrankenFood. ...but I just can't wait to see how this is going to play amongst the "UberMommies" who lord over each other with their all-terrain Little Raja gear...

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Pot Laws Steal Progressive Votes

Seeded on Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:07 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

think about it. yeah, right: "Cannabis joint 'as harmful as smoking five cigarettes'" I READ Zammit's study: it is being POLITICIZED to say what it actually *does not*. Spread Love... ... but wear the Glove! BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian

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Terrorism on the Rise

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:15 PM EDT (The New York Times)

A timeline of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan from 2002 through 2005.

world, asia, nytimes

"Goodbye Uncle Sam": when you cannot survive yet another deployment in-theatre, there's always Canada...

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:44 PM EDT (The Times)

As increasing numbers of US military personnel head for Canada to escape service in Iraq and Afghanistan, three deserters explain what drove them to such drastic action: ==== sample ==== ... "The army sent him on all the elite training, first as a paratrooper then as a Ranger.

people, canada, iraq, oil, army, afghanistan, iran, north, women, navy

Privacy... not so Private anymore... tracking by face reading cameras

Seeded on Thu Aug 9, 2007 4:36 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Kids, RFID Chips... & Minority Reporting?!: thoughts on the new US Project Hostile Intent (PHI) Personal Security, Data & Privacy: U.S. Eyes U.K.'s Surveillance Camera Solution Toronto on Dundas: Surveillance camera notice

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China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales

Seeded on Wed Aug 8, 2007 12:01 PM EDT (Telegraph)

Oh, oh... ...& btw, have you watched TheStreet.com 's Cramer report on sub-prime loans?? you can't miss that! Cramer is GETTING it... Spread Love... ... but wear the Glove!

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