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Bob Barr Criticizes Housing Bail-Out for Including IRS Snooping Provision

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:27:54 EDT

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent," Thomas Jefferson told us two centuries ago. That is as true today as it was then. "Only vigilant and active citizens will be able to protect their liberties in the days ahead," notes Barr.

Channel: Politics Tags: bob barr bail out fisa tyranny liberty

Mom's Vitamin D Levels Affect Baby's Dental Health

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:19:40 EDT

Babies born to women with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy may be at increased risk for tooth enamel defects and early childhood tooth decay, a Canadian study finds.

Channel: Family Tags: moms babies dental health vitamin d vitamins pregnancy

Bush's Selective Mourning

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:58:12 EDT

On July 4, as fireworks explode, triggers are pulled and Bush blathers, let us remember the lines from writer Bertolt Brecht: "Everyone sees you hiding the hem of your mantle, which is bloody with the blood of your best sons."

Channel: Politics Tags: bush mourning war casualties

Total Information Awareness Finds its "Second Life" at IARPA

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:50:56 EDT

Like countless resurrections of Freddy Krueger, it appears that John Poindexter's Total Information Awareness (TIA) program has found a new, more accommodating home for its "mission" of "keeping America safe"Ã¢â;¬"from the ConstitutionÃ¢â;¬"at the Intelligence Advan

Channel: News Tags: tia big brother tyranny iarpa

Liberty and Federalism vs States Rights

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:27:05 EDT

States and governments have powers, but not rights. Only people can have rights. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights were conceived and written to limit government, not allow it to usurp our rights through some insipid oxymoron like "States' Rights."

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: liberty federalism states rights government rights 10th amendment 9th amendment

Video: Condi Rice is proud that we attacked Iraq

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:44:52 EDT

Well, well, well, the girl who ignored the flashing red light from Osama bin Laden right (PDB) before 9/11 is now oh so proud that Bush invaded Iraq.

Channel: Popular Videos Tags: war iraq condi rice

Large crowds of Iraqi Shiites gather to protest security agreement with U.S.

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:39:30 EDT

"large crowds of Shiites" gathered yesterday to denounce the security pact that the Iraqi government is debating

Channel: News Tags: iraq war sofa occupation shiites protest

Justifying Mass Murder: We Take Precedence?

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:25:44 EDT

This slaughtering of foreigners doesn't seem to bother the American public. Americans take it for granted that Americans are superior and that American purposes, whatever they be, take precedence over the rights of other people to life and to a political existence independent of American hegemony. Three recent books are good antidotes for this unju

Channel: Books Tags: war empire killing mass murder antiwar populist party peace

Another Nail in the NPT Coffin

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:07 EDT

Now, arguably, the United States is the most flagrant violator of NPT commitments, frequently intervening to prevent other NPT signatories from exercising their "inalienable rights" affirmed under the NPT to access nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, "without discrimination."

Channel: Politics Tags: npt nukes foreign policy weapons imperialism

Hidden Casualties

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:14:55 EDT

Suicide, Post-Traumatic Stress and Depression Haunt US Troops Back from Iraq and Afghanistan

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: war casualties iraq afghanistan suicide ptsd depression

The One-Word Solution

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:12:22 EDT

How Israel Uses the Word "Terrorist"

Channel: Politics Tags: israel palestine middle east terrorist

Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market

populist — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:05:54 EDT

While the the American Medical Association claims pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is busy getting patents for marijuana products.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: cannabis medicine pharma fda

A timeless Declaration

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:42:40 EDT

I was rereading the text of the Declaration, and it occurred to me that the ideas expressed in that document are as meaningful today as they were in 1776 -- so much so that it s almost scary.

Channel: Politics Tags: declaration timeless principles freedom

State Secrets Privilege Derails Rendition Suit

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:42:16 EDT

Maher Arar, whose rendition to Syria is widely viewed as an egregious example of mistaken identity, has again been denied the right to appear in court, and Congressional efforts to rein in the George W. Bush administration s widespread use of national security as a defense appear to be foundering.

Channel: News Tags: maher arar state secrets rendition

Independence Day and Secession

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:34:54 EDT

Independence Day is my favorite holiday because it celebrates the Natural Right to secede from political entities.

Channel: Politics Tags: independence government freedom oppression

Anchor of our Liberty

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:21:26 EDT

It is the duty of every citizen to see that the Constitution and Bill of Rights is protected. Without them, the United States of America is nothing special, just another big country ruling its people any way it sees fit. And the people become no more than servants of the state.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: declaration constitution bill of rights founding fathers history populist party liberty

Military-Industrial Convergence

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:39:32 EDT

Raytheon, Boeing and Rice in Prague

Channel: Politics Tags: militarism corporatism empire rice foreign policy boeing weapons

What Does China Think?

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:35:57 EDT

The rise of this China - as opposed to the China that was supposed to arise, a capitalist and democratic disciple of the West - will pose an enormous challenge to the established order.

Channel: Books Tags: china empire foreign policy

The Federal War on Financial Privacy

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:30:05 EDT

While Americans are celebrating pre-revolutionary efforts by the English colonists to avoid taxes imposed by their government (e.g., the Sugar Act, Stamp Acts, Townshend Acts, and Tea Act), the IRS is celebrating a federal court victory forcing a Swiss bank, UBS, to disclose the identities of U.S. customers who may have used secret accounts at the

Channel: Money Tags: banks finance privacy government irs tyranny

Working While Tired May Harm Heart

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:27:02 EDT

Individuals who experience chronically exaggerated cardiovascular responses are believed to be at greater health risk than individuals who do not. Thus, the implication is that chronic fatigue may pose a health risk under some performance conditions

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: working heart conditions fatique

Double-Minded Warmongers

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:23:36 EDT

perhaps the most double-minded thing that Christians will ever do will occur this November when multitudes of Christians will hold their noses and vote for a bloodthirsty warmonger like John McCain because he is a Republican and not one of those evil Democrats.

Channel: Religion Tags: christianity warmongers war mccain voting elections

Getting Rights Wrong

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:18:41 EDT

When early Americans spoke of self-defense, they didn't just have common criminals in mind. They were thinking of the would-be tyrants up the road. Defense against tyranny is always considered illegal -- by the tyrant. Had the first Americans lost, they would have been hanged as traitors. But they won. So we celebrate them today.

Channel: Politics Tags: rights supreme court 2nd amendment history

Independence Day in Perspective

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:15:09 EDT

The July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence, one of the defining documents of our nation's existence, is better thought of as a Declaration of Secession, since the Revolutionary War that it started was a war of secession from the government of England.

Channel: Politics Tags: independence day secession government tyranny

What the Fourth Means

populist — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:07:39 EDT

We have arrived at a time when Americans are rejecting the contents of the Declaration of Independence, and want to return to the Old World ways, where the few elite rule the many.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: fourth of july independence day declaration of independence responsibility founding fathers populist party liberty

Ron Paul in 2002 : Wisdom Before the Iraq War

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:34:02 EDT

Ron Paul speaking before Congress in 2002 - in opposition to the Iraq war...

Channel: Popular Videos Tags: ron paul iraq war antiwar

Happy Birthday, Evil

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:39:14 EDT

Bigger budgets, more drugs. More arrests, more deaths. More seizures, more potency. More agents, more users. For their thirty-fifth anniversary, perhaps they should change their name to the Drug Encouragement Administration.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: dea drug war drug enforcement agency

NAFTA and the Elephant in the Room

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:56:01 EDT

It's rare for the junior partners of NAFTAÃ¢â;¬"Mexico and CanadaÃ¢â;¬"to have a chance to sit down and discuss regional integration without the dominating influence of the United States. Even when they do, of course, the U.S. is the elephant in the room.

Channel: Politics Tags: nafta spp

Scientists ID New Genes Tied to Crohn's Disease

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:45 EDT

Researchers have identified 21 new genetic regions implicated in Crohn's disease, bringing to 32 the total number of genes and loci Ã¢â;¬" regions of the genome typically including one or more genes that are known to increase susceptibility to the disease.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: crohns disease crohns genes

The Uselessness of Sanctions

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:47:25 EDT

Economic sanctions are coward's war. They do not work but are a way in which rich elites feel they are "committed" to some distant struggle".

Channel: Politics Tags: sanctions foreign policy war zimbabwe

The State vs the People

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:32:57 EDT

The Founding Fathers, being mild revolutionaries, set up a Blackstonian Constitution in which law is a shield of the people and not a weapon in the hands of government. The Founders balanced this restraint on government with reformist democracy that works against status quo hierarchies.

Channel: Politics Tags: state government founding fathers constitution 2nd amendment law

Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton Interviews Robert Parry on Iran Contra

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:29:05 EDT

discusses his new revelations on the Iran-Contra scandal how the Reagan administration used the CIA for a propaganda campaign against the American population, Iran-Contra was the pilot program for the neocon hijacking of the government, the legal black-hole of the Vice President's office and the slippery semantics of the War Party, the history of c

Channel: Politics Tags: robert parry iran contra cia

America's Forgotten Declaration

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:18:21 EDT

When the King of England signed a peace treaty he named all of the individual states. That's who he waged war against, not something called "the United States government." In the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the phrase "united states" is everywhere in the plural

Channel: Politics Tags: sovereign declaration of independence declaration united states

Cashing in on the Iraq Slaughter

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:05:36 EDT

That is, to support their backers, it is the "function" of the fascist American government to declare an illegal war and illegally invade Iraq, kill over 1.2 million Iraqis, maintain an occupying army in Iraq far into the future, sacrifice over 4100 Americans, incur over $532,000,000,000,000 in debt, all for the benefit of these four oil

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: iraq war oil fascist mass murder slaughter antiwar populist party peace

Learning from Past Disasters, Preventing Future Ones

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:15:27 EDT

It might not seem surprising that after thirty years, a generation of decision-makers and voters would have come along that knew little about the past experience in Vietnam.

Channel: Books Tags: war foreign policy vietnam iraq imperialism

The Necessary War?

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:45:45 EDT

Because World War I was unnecessary, so was World War II, which was really a resumption of World War I. Buchanan goes further and argues that had Britain and France not offered a wildly imprudent guarantee to Poland in the spring of 1939, there would have been no war in the West

Channel: Politics Tags: wwii wwi war world war history pat buchanan

Nicaragua: Do What We Want or Else

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:38:23 EDT

Anyone stepping back from the recent hyped-up drama engineered by the minority right wing parties in Nicaragua and their overseas allies will see all the tell-tale signs of yet another instance of US and allied country intervention in the region designed to overthrow a non-compliant government.

Channel: Politics Tags: nicaragua foreign policy imperialism

Crisis Grips the Jobs Market

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:31:44 EDT

Economy Loses 62,000 Jobs in June

Channel: Careers & Jobs Tags: jobs crisis unemployment

Another Torture Victim Gets Charged

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:22:18 EDT

The problem with this otherwise seemingly valid pursuit of justice against a genuine terrorist is that al-Nashiri is one of three prisoners whose torture at the hands of CIA operatives has been publicly admitted.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: guantanamo torture charges victim

The Non-Issue that Should Be an Issue

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:45:22 EDT

Today our ruling parties tacitly agree that no government department can be eliminated, that major spending reductions are forbidden and that the spending spree must continue.

Channel: Politics Tags: republicans democrats government spending

The Nation as an Object of Service

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:41:15 EDT

In Stengel's view, only through such service can "citizens" attain fulfillment and all of them together become a unified "We." It's sheer collectivism and nationalism, the history of which isn't terribly attractive. We've heard such appeals before -- Italy in the 1920s and '30s, if I'm not mistaken.

Channel: Politics Tags: universal service nation government slavery draft