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Jewish girl tries to criticise Dr Norman Finkelstein 720p. Obamny.gif 400×365 pixels. February 2012. The one who actually needs to apologize. Maddow: Proof Ron Paul Was Robbed In Maine. | qbit.cc. The Shocking, Graphic Data That Shows Exactly What Motivates the Occupy Movement | Occupy Wall Street.

October 23, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. What are the Occupy Wall Street protesters angry about? The same things we’re all angry about. The only difference is the protestors turned their anger into public action. Occupy Wall Street lit the embers and the sparks are flying. Now is not the time for wonky policy solutions, as the media meatheads are calling for. 1. (click for larger version) The productivity/wage chart says it all. 2. (click for larger version) Actually the top tenth of one percent. 3. (click for larger version) As women entered the workforce, family income made up for some of the wage stagnation. 4. (click for larger version) To add financial insult to injury, the richest of the rich pay less and less each year as a percentage of their monstrous incomes. 5.

(click for larger version) When the rich become astronomically rich, they gamble with their excess money. 6. (click for larger version) Chris Hedges smacks down Kevin O'Leary [© CBC] New York Observer: Exclusive "Occupy Wall Street" Unaired Fox Footage. ‎"The day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few. When that day comes, we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nation." - James Ma.

Roemer on debates: ‘It’s a process that makes no sense’ Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer believes that this early in the process — a time when no state has held a primary or caucus and the general election is 15 months in the future — all candidates with some experience should be included in presidential debates. “They have some rules of engagement that include a national poll that has you at 4 percent or higher,” explained Roemer, who added that he has a different campaign approach by only accepting small donations, has only been actively campaigning for a month and only recently began appearing in national polls. “We’ve tried to get in every debate,” he added, but the way the policies governing the debates are decided is “purposefully vague” and it has been difficult to determine who sets the rules and who can change them. “It’s a process that makes no sense,” Roemer said of the debate qualifiers that seem to exclude certain candidates while favoring others.

The presidential campaign of former New Mexico Gov. Messopotamien comments on Researchers prove conspiracy theorists right with SCIENCE! "Network Analysis Reveals 'Super Entity' of Global Corporate Control" Ron Paul speech at Palmetto Freedom Forum 9/5/2011. Yes, I’m saying that it’s all lies. Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I am Willing to Testify" If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Today marks the official launch of one of most anticipated memoirs of any top Bush administration official. I’m talking about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s 576-page memoir, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. Cheney has begun a publicity blitz to promote his new book, with a string of TV appearances scheduled on Fox News Channel, as well as C-SPAN and the major networks.

He appeared on The Today Show this morning. This is an excerpt of his pre-taped interview with Jamie Gangel that aired last night on NBC News Dateline. JAMIE GANGEL: In your view, we should still be using enhanced interrogation? DICK CHENEY: Yes. JAMIE GANGEL: Should we still be waterboarding terror suspects? DICK CHENEY: I would strongly support using it again if we had a high-value detainee and that was the only way we can get him to talk. JAMIE GANGEL: People call it torture. JAMIE GANGEL: Secret prisons? JAMIE GANGEL: Wiretapping? "those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."--Plato. Everybody seems to be so worried about who's running for President next term.

News organizations are sounding like gossip columns more and more as they report every little off-handed, accidental remark by every off-handed, accidental politician who implies a run for office. Of course most people are anticipating Hillary in '08. John McCain and Gov. Romney have all but cranked up the campaign bus, and Giuliani is toying with the idea.Truth is, I kinda get the feeling there will be a myriad of phonies lining up to be the next puppet for Congress to put their hand into.

Yup. Unsightly mole. 'Beverly Hills:90210" except it's in D.C., most are over 40, and no-one has Jason Priestly's hair. Feel free to comment and discuss if the need strikes you. "Boy, I think you've got something there.......I'll wait outside while you clean it up. " Ex-Powell aide: Cheney fears war crimes trial - US news - Security. Dick Cheney was "president for all practical purposes" during George W.

Bush's first term in office and "fears being tried as a war criminal," according to Colin Powell's chief of staff during his time as secretary of state. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, who has known Cheney for decades, told ABC News that Cheney was a "very vindictive person. " "I simply don't recognize Mr. Cheney anymore," he added. In his memoir, "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," which was released Tuesday, Cheney claimed Powell had undermined Bush, by criticizing policy to people outside the administration. Story: Cheney: I don't think Iraq war hurt U.S. reputation Speaking to CBS Sunday, Powell accused Cheney of taking "cheap shots" at him . Video: Cheney recounts 9/11, Bush relations (on this page) In the ABC interview, Wilkerson suggested Cheney was adopting a tough stance in an attempt to forestall criticism or even prosecution.

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested for war crimes. Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden. Iran can prove Bin Laden was dead long before US raid – Iranian minister. GOP Freshmen On Medicare Attacks: Let's Let Bygones Be Bygones. House Republican freshmen admit that their so-called "MediScare" attacks on Democrats helped them win a big majority in 2010. Democrats had voted for the health care law, which included $500 billion in "cuts" to Medicare -- primarily slashing overpayments to private insurers -- and Republican challengers never let them forget it.

Now, they say, it's time to let bygones be bygones. Nearly a dozen House Republican freshmen held a press conference outside the Capitol Tuesday morning to "wipe the slate clean," and "hit the reset button. " "Yeah, I mean there's been -- again, this is a both-sides issue," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) when asked if GOP candidates and the NRCC had engaged in 'MediScare' tactics last year. "To say that one side is blameless in trying to use issues to win votes is just dishonest.

" "We ask that you stand above partisanship, condemn the disingenuous attacks and work with this Congress to reform spending on entitlement programs," the letter reads.