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Get ColdFusion04's book, "Growing Up Red", for FREE

by qw3rty

Fri May 13, 2005 at 04:01:39 PM PDT

If you sign up for an Amazon.com VISA card you get $30 of your first purchase on that card.  If your purchase is less than $30 they will charge your card  1 cent.

It took me a couple minutes to sign up for the card, and I was approved instantly and was able to use it right away.  I don't have a job (I'm a student) so I just put self employed in for my employer and my cell phone for the number.  And in order to make sure I was approved I said I made a lot more money than I actually make and I doubled the amount I pay for rent.

You get free shipping if the total is more than $25, so I got "Growing Up Red" along with George Lakoff's book "Don't Think of an Elephant".  The total was $29.95.

Firefox Search Plugins for the Daily Kos

by qw3rty

Mon Feb 07, 2005 at 10:50:35 PM PDT

First I'd like to thank Cookiepuss for hosting these plugins for me.

I made 3 Daily Kos Firefox search plugins. One for the Daily Kos front page posts, one for the diaries, and the other for dKosopedia.

You can download them HERE.  The Daily Kos plugins are at the bottom of the page.

If you don't have Firefox get it HERE.

US Military Operates News Websites in Europe and Africa

by qw3rty

Fri Feb 04, 2005 at 08:50:16 PM PDT

U.S. probes military-sponsored Web sites

The Pentagon's chief investigator is looking into the military's practice of paying journalists to write articles and commentary for a Web site aimed at influencing public opinion in the Balkans, officials said Friday.

US Government Harbors And Supports Terrorists

by qw3rty

Sat Nov 20, 2004 at 12:30:59 PM PDT

This diary deserves some attention, please read and recomend this diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/20/03035/609

Chavez:Florida-based opposition link to terrorist attack in Venezuela

The people who are resposible for this car bombing are either the Venezuelan generals and businessmen, that are in exile in the US, who carried out the CIA supported coup in 2002.  Or it was the CIA themselves.

The Revolution will not be Televised - Everyone MUST watch this

by qw3rty

Sat Nov 06, 2004 at 12:01:52 PM PDT

This is a video everyone MUST watch.  It shows what the Bush administration did to Venezuala in 2002, and how our media just feeds us government propaganda. It is a very good movie. This is exactly what they did in Haiti. They think nothing of overthrowing democratically elected governments in coups, of course they would steal an election in this country if they could.

Here is a link to download it with Bit Torrent:
http://isohunt.com/download.php?mode=bt&id=2342583

The movie's website:
http://www.chavezthefilm.com

Sinclair, Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week

by qw3rty

Fri Oct 15, 2004 at 01:22:55 PM PDT

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/markets/dumbestgm/10188019_3.html

The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week
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4. Sinclair, the Moment I Met You, I Swear
Will Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI:Nasdaq - commentary - research) have an effect on the presidential election? Or will the presidential election have an effect on Sinclair?

Sinclair, you may recall, is the TV station operator that has told its stations to run an anti-Kerry documentary, uninterrupted, in prime time on its 62 TV stations next week.

Actually, we're not sure what Sinclair will be running, although we suspect it will not be too complimentary toward presidential candidate John Kerry. What Sinclair says on its Web site is that its "upcoming special news event" will feature "the topic of Americans held as prisoners of war in Vietnam."

What we do know is that Sinclair's desire to inform the public -- or what critics call an illegal, disguised political contribution to President Bush -- could have some unintended economic consequences. Maybe.

Some of Sinclair's critics on the left are trying to hit the company where it hurts: The wallet. The Web site www.boycottsbg.com, for example, is compiling listings of Sinclair's local and national advertisers; the idea is to pressure these companies, with the threat of an advertiser boycott, to pressure Sinclair into pulling the documentary. Another site, StopSinclair.org, has also sprung up.

Whether the pressure is working, or will work, is unknown. No one picked up the phone at Sinclair when we called Thursday. One national Sinclair advertiser, United Online (UNTD:Nasdaq - commentary - research), had no comment. Previous boycotts of media and entertainment companies, on various complaints, don't seem to have had injurious effect.

 Two points we might bring up, though. One, Sinclair is already hurting; the company lowered third-quarter guidance, citing auto advertising weakness and ad cancellations stemming from hurricane season.

Two, Sinclair is due to report third-quarter earnings on Nov. 4, two days after Election Day. However the presidential election turns out -- assuming we'll even know how it has turned out by then -- we wouldn't be surprised if that day's earnings call is a little noisier than normal.

Bush and Kerry on war vote

by qw3rty

Mon Sep 13, 2004 at 01:28:12 PM PDT

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4974923.html
September 12, 2004

Bush and Kerry on war vote

"Later this week, the United States Congress will vote on this matter. I have asked Congress to authorize the use of America's military, if it proves necessary, to enforce U.N. Security Council demands. Approving this resolution does not mean that military action is imminent or unavoidable. The resolution will tell the United Nations, and all nations, that America speaks with one voice and is determined to make the demands of the civilized world mean something. Congress will also be sending a message to the dictator in Iraq: that his only chance -- his only choice is full compliance, and the time remaining for that choice is limited."

President Bush, Cincinnati speech Oct. 7, 2002.


"As the president made clear earlier this week, 'Approving this resolution does not mean that military action is imminent or unavoidable.' It means ,'America speaks with one voice.' ...

"In giving the president this authority, I expect him to fulfill the commitments he has made to the American people in recent days: to work with the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new resolution setting out tough and immediate inspection requirements, and to act with our allies at our side if we have to disarm Saddam Hussein by force.

"If he fails to do so, I will be among the first to speak out."

Sen. John Kerry, Senate floor speech, Oct. 9, 2002.


"In Saddam Hussein, we saw a threat. Members of both political parties, including my opponent and his running mate, saw the threat, and voted to authorize the use of force."

President Bush, speech to the Republican Convention, Sept. 2.

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