Age of Autism Awards 2008 Galileo Award: Dr. Andrew Wakefield

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Friday March 06, 2009 · 1:54 PM PST

2009/03/06 · 13:54

With great disappointment and shame I read recent posts here that bought into the Big Pharma propaganda and recent show trial of Dr. Andrew Wakefield. My brother, Mark Blaxill, says it better than i ever could so I've posted this essay of his on the Age of Autism blog about Dr. Wakefield. Originally posted here

PEACE
Mike Blaxill

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Age of Autism Awards 2008 Galileo Award: Dr. Andrew Wakefield

Galileo From the Roman to the Wakefield Inquisition

By Mark Blaxill

As the year draws to a close, all of us at the Age of Autism are very pleased to honor Dr. Andrew Wakefield. As we’ve reported here many times during the past year, Dr. Wakefield has been the subject of a remarkable and unprecedented campaign to discredit his work and character, most notably in a show trial that is still underway in London, in hearings of the General Medical Council.

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Sunday November 16, 2008 · 9:48 AM PST

2008/11/16 · 09:48

With the rekindling of Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground, I wanted to post two articles that put some of our history in context. Much of the international policy that gets carried out in our name is invisible to us, and the truth only accessible in occasional exposes in "elite" publications that are unread by most and unreported by the mainstream media.

A Mai Lai a Month - this just out from Nick Turse in the Dec 1st issue of The Nation .. read of General Ewall and Col. Hunt's craving for "higher body counts" .. they designated the Mekong Delta a "free fire zone" and slaughtered thousands of non-combatants from Feb 1968 to April 1969.

The Truth of El Mozote - from Mark Danner in the Dec 3rd 1993 edition of The New Yorker .. US backed forces in El Salvador massacred whole towns in the name of "fighting communism" in tiny Latin American countries. The first hand accounts of these atrocities will haunt you - mab

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 11:08 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 11:08

On an, um.. musical note, Speed of Dark has mp3s up that add a little tunefulness to the cause. Full disclosure .. the last song on the post, All I Want is You, is from my band, Gladshot

Also songs from Frank Hoier and Lake Trout

All you music fans out there pls go to Speed of Dark and show some luv to Alt Gramma and Indie Mom!!!

"Suicide(s?)" Connected to Pataki Investigation

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Friday May 23, 2008 · 1:35 PM PDT

2008/05/23 · 13:35

From Albany Times Union...

A longtime forensic scientist for the NY State Police apparently killed himself today, marking the second time in less than ten days that someone connected to the agency has committed suicide... He left a note inside his home in which he expressed concern about being targeted in an ongoing internal affairs investigation... On May 15, retired State Police Inspector Gary Berwick, who was formerly head of Gov. Pataki's security detail, killed himself in [his] garage. Berwick, killed himself at a time when Attorney General Cuomo has opened an investigation into allegations that the State Police may have had a 'renegade unit' that committed acts of political espionage.

read the whole story here

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 9:41 AM PDT

2005/07/15 · 09:41

We're starting a new event initiative tonight called "Coalition Concerts" in NYC. If all goes well, we want to start it up in other cities.

The concerts will promote a progressive issue (Fair and Independent Judiciary, for example). Groups promoting that cause table at the event; there will be speeches promoting the cause; a portion of the door goes to the Coalition and a bucket will be passed for donations to the effort.

The cause will be one that a range of progressive groups are engaged in (hence the "Coalition") so all groups feel immediately how this collaborative effort benefits everyone -- and promotes the spirit of cooperation. Read More

MoveOn wants us to call media re Downing Memo

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 1:35 PM PDT

2005/05/27 · 13:35

Here's the email i received:

Dear MoveOn member,

A London newspaper rocked British elections when it leaked a top intelligence official's report that President Bush was intent on invading Iraq long before he sought Congress' approval. Bush called Iraq an urgent threat, but the memo says "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."1 British officials are not denying the memo's accuracy, and a former senior American official called it "an absolutely accurate description of what transpired."2

This revelation nearly cost Prime Minister Tony Blair his re-election, and it was all over the British press. But American newspapers barely mentioned this new evidence that Bush twisted the facts to justify war. The major newspapers ran one or two stories rehashing the British reports. Worse, TV network news shows haven't covered the memo at all.3

Readers of the New York Times recently demanded coverage of the British memo, and the newspaper finally wrote a full story last week.4 We can do the same for network news.
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Prayer for Dear Leader

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Thursday May 05, 2005 · 12:25 PM PDT

2005/05/05 · 12:25

This is making it's way around the Internets -

Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want.

He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests.

He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness.

He restoreth my fears.

He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war, I will find no exit,
for thou art in office.

Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me.

Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion.

Thou anointest my head with foreign oil.

My health insurance runneth out.

Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days of thy term,

And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever.

NYC - Feb 21st is Ashamed He's Our pResident Day

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Thursday February 17, 2005 · 11:50 AM PST

2005/02/17 · 11:50

Bands Against Bush NYC and Not In Our Name announces Monday, Feb. 21 show

"ASHAMED HE'S OUR PRESIDENT DAY"

New York, NY - New York City organizers of Bands Against Bush and Not In Our Name announces "Ashamed He's Our President Day" at The Knitting Factory Main Space on Monday night Feb 21st starting at 7 pm. The Knitting Factory is located at 74 Leonard St in NYC. The night will feature performances by Shellshocked, Fleming, Gladshot and The Black Spoons. Tickets are $7. A portion of the proceeds will go to Not In Our Name.

*According to a new Zogby poll, 31% say they are ashamed of our president*

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NBC Ka Ka embedded reporter speaks; "There wasn't a search"

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Tuesday October 26, 2004 · 9:45 AM PDT

2004/10/26 · 09:45

http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/archives/003664.html#003664

Amy Robach: And it's still unclear exactly when those explosives disappeared. Here to help shed some light on that question is Lai Ling. She was part of an NBC news crew that traveled to that facility with the 101st Airborne Division back in April [10th!!] of 2003...

Lai Ling Jew: When we went into the area.....

AR: Was there a search at all underway or did a search ensue for explosives once you got there during that 24-hour period?

LLJ: No. There wasn't a search. The mission that the brigade had was to get to Baghdad. That was more of a pit stop there for us.... Read More

Mason Dixon Polls examined

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 11:52 AM PDT

2004/10/22 · 11:52

From Alan Abramowitz at Donkey Rising:

In all 14 states, Mason-Dixon's polls were more favorable to George Bush than the average of all other polls. Based on Mason-Dixon's polls, Bush was leading in 10 states, Kerry in only 3. Based on the average of all other polls, Bush was only leading in 6 states, Kerry in 8. Given the number of states and the number of polls included in this analysis, this difference is quite striking. In some states, such as Missouri and Wisconsin, the difference between Mason-Dixon and the other polls was trivial. However, in the crucial battleground states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and New Mexico, the difference was large enough to give a rather different impression of the state of the presidential race. Moreover, since the Mason-Dixon polls are often sponsored by prominent media outlets, it is likely that their results have been more widely publicized than those of most of the other state polls. Read More

Frank Rich re Mary Cheney - depress wing-nut turnout?

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 9:28 AM PDT

2004/10/22 · 09:28

[Sorry if Dupe]

I though Rich's take on Kerry's Mary Cheney comment very curious, especially since Kerry was SO ON during the debates that I couldn't understand why he'd give BC an opening. Then I read Frank Rich's article and it made more sense...

"The current Bush-Cheney campaign clearly believes that for these voters [wing-nuts], Mary Cheney's sexuality could be a last-minute turnoff ... Mr. Kerry, his critics all speculate, was deliberately seeking to depress voter turnout among Mr. Rove's M.I.A. religious conservatives by broadcasting Mary Cheney's sexuality to them for the first time." Read More

DU Thread Alert - Puss Ball??

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 1:07 PM PDT

2004/10/08 · 13:07

"Looks like his head is going to explode in a big puss ball"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=100 0465&mesg_id=1000465

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