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Wow, talk about a game-changer. Or should I say a meme-changer. Just last week the message that was being echoed throughout the media was that this election will be determined by the angry, white, Tea-Party voter who is overwhelmingly energized to get to the polls in November. there are now ... [Link] [Cache]

by Stephen LendmanAn earlier article discussed Iraq's dire conditions after seven years of occupation, and over a decade of sanctions, accessed through the following link:http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/04/iraq-today-afflicted-by-vio~ presents a grim overall picture, besides Gideon Polya's September 13, 2010 estimated eight million "War on Terror" deaths, mostly in Iraq, what he calls "avoidable ... [Link] [Cache]

By Andy Worthington | 3.10.10 On Wednesday, in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge Ellen Huvelle turned down PDF a second attempt by the families of Yasser al-Zahrani, a Saudi, and Salah al-Salami, a Yemeni two of the three men who died in mysterious circumstances in Guantánamo on June ... [Link] [Cache]

Stephen Lendman An earlier article discussed Iraq's dire conditions after seven years of occupation, and over a decade of sanctions, accessed through THIS link. It presents a grim overall picture, besides Gideon Polya's September 13, 2010 estimated eight million "War on Terror" deaths, mostly in Iraq, what he calls "avoidable ... [Link] [Cache]

October 3, 2010 posted by Gordon Duff ·THE PHONY PRESS, SEX, SIN AND WARBy Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior EditorPresident Ahmadinejad of Iran has asked for a UN investigation of 9/11. For this, he has been branded a “wingnut” and “evildoer” by the American press. However, the 9/11 Commission itself asked ... [Link] [Cache]

Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander wrote this weekend about speaking fees for WaPo staff — and contractors. Bought-out journalists who’ve been retained by the Post on a contract basis, or retained for a pittance to lend their credibility to the Post, seem not to be following the rules of their ... [Link] [Cache]

Elizabeth Warren A lot of hope was placed on the back of Elizabeth Warren and the financial reform act passed by Congress at the behest of the Administration formally known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Concurrent with belittling the liberal Democratic activist base as ungrateful ... [Link] [Cache]

KIM JONG IL THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA IS THE PARTY OF THE GREAT LEADER COMRADE KIM IL SUNG October 2, 1995 Fifty years have elapsed since our Party was founded. Greeting the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and looking back with deep emotions ... [Link] [Cache]

Pfffft. "A secondhand putter, an $11.35m jackpot; Pro’s purchase at Mass. shop pays off" by Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff | September 28, 2010Jim Furyk paid $39 for the used putter — a Yes! Sophia model — and went on his way. Two days ago, when Furyk stood over a 2-foot ... [Link] [Cache]

October 2, 2010 posted by Gordon Duff · "NATURE'S ANTI-DEPRESSANT"“THE SUICIDE BLUES ARE BREAKIN’ UP THAT OLE GAME O’ MINE”By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior EditorThey always march off to war, fanfare, flags, speeches, parades. There’s always an enemy, an evildoer, torpedo boats in the Tonkin Gulf or mystery airplanes and ... [Link] [Cache]

Two women caned in Aceh, in Indonesia for selling food during RamadanAceh, in Indonesia, would appear to be a base for the CIA. Police probe Aceh's 'al-Qaeda', which is the CIA The Jakarta Post The people who run Aceh are mainly mad and bad people.In January 2010 it was reported ... [Link] [Cache]

Redressr By Hans von SponeckHans von Sponeck, UN humanitarian coordinator during 1998-2000, demands answers from the former British Prime Minister and war crimes suspect Tony Blair to a simple question: why is Iraq in such a mess?Dear Mr Blair,You do not know me. Why should you? Or maybe you should ... [Link] [Cache]

Charter schools continue to stratify students by race, class, and sometimes language, and are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in the country.Charter schools are often marketed as incubators of educational innovation, and they form a key feature of the Obama ... [Link] [Cache]

Nanotech Particles Pose Serious DNA Risks to Humans and the Environment Sources: Carole Bass, “Tiny Troubles: Nanoparticles are Changing Everything From our Sunscreen to our Supplements,” E Magazine, July/August 2009, http://www.emagazine .com/view/?4723. Janet Raloff, “Nanoparticles’ Indirect Threat to DNA,” Science News, November 5, 2009,http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49191/title/Science_%2~ _Public__Nanoparticles_indirect_threat_to_DNA. L. Geranio, M. Heuberger, and ... [Link] [Cache]

And other news from Today in Palestine: [if gte mso 9]>--> Land and property theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansing Settlers burn 10 dunums of farmlands south of Nablus NABLUS, PIC -- Israeli settlers from the Itamar settlement in south Nablus burned on Friday at least ten dunums of land cultivated ... [Link] [Cache]

Welcome to the REAL TEA PARTY! "Tea Party vs. War Party?by Patrick J. Buchanan10/01/2010..... Here is where the Tea Party and War Party split the blanket. If Obama makes good on his pledge of full withdrawal of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, will the ... [Link] [Cache]

They won't even stay and fight for themselves; what makes you think they would fight for you?"Mass. may lose its clout in House; GOP gains would shift power balance; some in delegation could quit in 2012" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | September 26, 2010WASHINGTON — The Massachusetts House delegation, ... [Link] [Cache]

"Legislators also agreed last week to change legal language in the recently passed sales tax hike to assure credit agencies that $100 million earmarked for the Turnpike Authority would go toward paying off Big Dig debt"Also see: The Massachusetts Model: Municipal Health MessTowns to Pay Health Tax For Public ServantsMemory ... [Link] [Cache]

I guess the campaign must be healthy for the Globe to take out the hatchet."To Baker, R.I. pullout was right move" by Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | September 29, 2010In December 1999, an ailing Harvard Pilgrim Health Care pulled out of Rhode Island with two months’ notice, shuttering the company’s ... [Link] [Cache]

According to Gallup, since March, support for Democrats among whites and African-Americans has remained almost unchanged, but among Hispanics support for Congressional Democrats has been imploding. In March, Hispanics supported Democrats by a 33-point margin; that has dropped to only a 13-point margin today. Obviously, Hispanics have been hit hard ... [Link] [Cache]

The following names are the people in Congress that voted AGAINST helping the 9/11 1st Responders with health care. There are about 900 dead responders since the attacks 9 years ago, and tens of thousands more sick and dying. When everybody was running away from Ground Zero, these people were ... [Link] [Cache]

Linda McMahon photo via Linda McMahon The DSCC has secured an ad buy in Connecticut, where they thought they wouldn’t have to pay attention to the race between Attorney General Richard Blumenthal D and WWE executive Linda McMahon R . This $250,000 ad buy – with more likely to come ... [Link] [Cache]

Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 30 September 2010 GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip IPS - "Sometimes, for a day or two we don't even have bread, nor flour to make bread. There's a store nearby that, when we are truly desperate, lets us take a bag of bread or something ... [Link] [Cache]

photo: ChicagoGeek via Flickr My first reaction to this story about McDonald’s potentially dropping its health insurance coverage for employees was to ask myself, “McDonald’s offers health coverage to employees?” The answer is yes. They offer really bad health coverage. Trade groups representing restaurants and retailers say low-wage employers might ... [Link] [Cache]

September 29, 2010, 3:46 pm — Updated: 4:34 pm --> — Updated: 4:34 pm -->House Passes 9/11 Health Care Bill By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ The House on Wednesday approved legislation to provide billions of dollars for medical treatment to rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from ... [Link] [Cache]

photo: spike55151 This is, as Gerry McEntee might say, “Bullshit!” Via Ben Smith, McEntee praises Rahm on the Chief of Staff’s way out of DC and endorses him for mayor of Chicago: “If I lived in Chicago, I would vote for him for mayor,” said Gerald McEntee, the president of ... [Link] [Cache]

photo: El Tekolote flickr Privately, the closed wallets of Democratic billionaires like George Soros and Peter Lewis is all that the poobahs of the DC fundraising world have been talking about for weeks. But now it’s hit the New York Times: Many wealthy Democratic patrons, who in the past have ... [Link] [Cache]

...for votes. photo: anujraj Eager to get home to campaigning, Congress completed a pre-election session with few pieces of legislation and big questions on topics like the Bush tax cuts. Let’s take a look at what happened on the final day: • The intelligence authorization bill passed the House, and ... [Link] [Cache]

more news from Today in Palestine: [if gte mso 9]>--> Land and Property Theft and Destruction/Ethnic Cleansing Palestinians may continue talks if construction limited to settlement blocs US envoy Mitchell meets Palestinian president Abbas in Ramallah as part of American, international effort to save peace talks; PLO Executive Committee to ... [Link] [Cache]

September 29, 2010, 3:46 pm — Updated: 4:34 pm --> — Updated: 4:34 pm -->House Passes 9/11 Health Care Bill By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ The House on Wednesday approved legislation to provide billions of dollars for medical treatment to rescue workers and residents of New York City who suffered illnesses from ... [Link] [Cache]