Saving the fetus and killing the child

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Monday May 01, 2006 · 5:15 PM PDT

2006/05/01 · 17:15

Ok, so South Dakota has outlawed abortions and made it a crime to provide a safe, medical procedure.

So, life is safe for the fetus. But is life safe once it is born? Read More

The Reality of War [Very Gory]

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Sunday September 25, 2005 · 6:33 PM PDT

2005/09/25 · 18:33

I'm not sure this will be allowed to stay around for long, but I found this link in Today in Iraq's comment section and think people should be aware of what war really looks like and why people went to DC to protest this war, among other reasons, but this is as real as it gets for what's wrong with it.

Pictures from Iraq and Afghanistan - Gory
[WARNING]Not for the squeamish!!!

Eternal Vigilance

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Friday September 16, 2005 · 2:09 PM PDT

2005/09/16 · 14:09

Contained in Bush's speech from the French Quarter last night (9/15/05) is this:

Yet the system at every level of government, was not well coordinated and was overwhelmed in the first few days. It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces -- the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment's notice.
[snip]
So I have ordered every Cabinet secretary to participate in a comprehensive review of the government response to the hurricane. This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. We are going to review every action and make necessary changes so that we are better prepared for any challenge of nature, or act of evil men that could threaten our people.

If these statements were made by a different administration, one not controlled by the neo-cons, I would be less concerned about them. But, this administration's track record is not known for its transparency, its diplomacy, or its concern for life. Read More

I just got back from a FEMA Detainment Camp

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 11:07 PM PDT

2005/09/08 · 23:07

I got this story from an email. I can't post it all and it's got pictures. Get the whole thing here.

This is a story that needs to get some serious passing around. I believe that Hurricane Katrina is our Kristalnacht. I've been hearing (reading) stories (some with pictures) the last few years about secret encampments enclosed with razor wire. This isn't one those places, but this story will definitely let you know what's in store. I am reminded of the words of Martin Niemoller: "First they came for ... Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me."

If the fascism collection is still going on, this is one for that category.

Incompetence is a cover

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Tuesday September 06, 2005 · 1:45 AM PDT

2005/09/06 · 01:45

I hope you people realize the far greater implications of what happened in New Orleans. This has nothing to do with incompetence. Brown and Chertoff did their jobs perfectly saying stuff is on the way while the SS... er National Guard were extremely effective at making sure no one got in or out except the media. What we have is a fascist government dressed up to look like incompetence with the ready availability of sacrificial lambs for slaughter.

I am going to hope that the political fallout from this marks Hurricane Katrina as a watershed event. In the meantime, be advised that the reverberations of this through the economy will bring on a major recession.

The Killing Stroke

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 9:41 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 21:41

(I posted this over at DemSpeak. I might even post this at Daily Kos.)

I was going to write something about strategic planning. But I was also watching Jon Stewart tonight and his guest was from Wu-Tang Clan.

I had only heard the name in passing before, but in hearing RZA talk on Jon Stewart I decided to look them up. They are incredibly impressive as a group. I have no idea about their music tho. (I listened. It's rap and I can't understand any of it, never have, but no matter.)

I know I'm a pain for most of you here. So, I offer this challenge. Read all 4 short pages at the link above (you need to click the little arrows on the page to advance). Whether you like rap, hiphop, R&B doesn't matter. What matters is the nature (the how and why) of their success. Then, try to understand the kind of strategy that will strike a nerve in this country to get it off the homicidal/suicidal path it is currently on and bring some sanity back to this country. Read More

Those lying bastards--herding/fencing/corraling the Right

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Monday March 14, 2005 · 9:32 AM PST

2005/03/14 · 09:32

If there is one thing that I've begun hitting lately, is the lack of trust. Whether it is with the food we eat because we don't know what's in it or on it, the drugs from big pharma, the press and tv news, our neighbors who might steal our stuff or molest our children, or our elected officials to do the right thing in upholding their obligations to serve the public interest and promote the general welfare.

Trust is one thing missing in just about everything in American society today.

Given that, where did all this distrust come from? Where did it start? Who started it? More importantly, who is most guilty of destroying it?

I submit that the Republicans are the most two-faced deceivers on the planet and therefore nothing they say should ever be trusted again. Read More

How to fight the Wingnuts

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Thursday March 10, 2005 · 6:43 PM PST

2005/03/10 · 18:43

Happen to catch this blog entry at Moon of Alabama:
FreedomWorks recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom.

Recruit, educate, train, mobilize to fight - interesting language ...
[...]
This tactic has worked in my country some 70 years ago. Currently nobody would try them in any systematic way. But such methods do spread, especially when they are successful. Blair has already copied much of this modus operandi.
So here are the questions:
* How does one counter this method?
* How does one counter militant groups like FreedomWorks?
I really do not know. Please give me some ideas.

To which I replied: Read More

The Rapture or Sodom & Gomorrah

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 9:56 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 21:56

From Wikipedia:

It is not by chance that the passages proceeding the events in Sodom have to do with Abraham's hospitality and the gifts of God bestowed on him for his gracious action. First we see hospitality and the way we should act, then inhospitality in that the people of Sodom seek to mistreat the newcomers. The biblical text itself seems to suggest that the sin is based in inhospitality. Read More

Clusterfuck Nation Chronicles-Peak Oil

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 8:26 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 20:26

James Howard Kunstler:

"On Sunday, the New York Times ran a roundtable discussion (in the Book Review) between three prominent young "liberal" intellectuals (Katrina vanden Heuvel, Michael Tomasky, and Peter Beinhart) about what the Democratic Left can do to reclaim its place as a credible opposition. None of these hotshots mentioned the fact that the nation faces a defining crisis over our energy supplies. I don't think the word "oil" was even mentioned by this clueless trio. They have no idea what kind of convulsion we are heading into.
Somebody ought to bring this to the Democrat's attention. America has a problem bigger than social security, or the price of prescription drugs, or gay marriage. America is heading into a situation in which it will no longer have an economy. Read More

Maximum pain aim of new US weapon

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Thursday March 03, 2005 · 9:36 PM PST

2005/03/03 · 21:36

You might want to know about this.

From: NewScientist.com at: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7077

Maximum pain is aim of new US weapon

* 19:00 02 March 2005
* Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition
* David Hambling

The US military is funding development of a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from up to 2 kilometres away. Intended for use against rioters, it is meant to leave victims unharmed. But pain researchers are furious that work aimed at controlling pain has been used to develop a weapon. And they fear that the technology will be used for torture.

"I am deeply concerned about the ethical aspects of this research," says Andrew Rice, a consultant in pain medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, UK. "Even if the use of temporary severe pain can be justified as a restraining measure, which I do not believe it can, the long-term physical and psychological effects are unknown."
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Feel-good activism and barking dogs

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Monday February 28, 2005 · 10:20 PM PST

2005/02/28 · 22:20

I read this in an Information Clearhouse (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info) newsletter the other day. I'm passing this on to you because I think it speaks to something fundamental that we need to address.

Iraq's Right to Resistance and Self-Determination
By Ghali Hassan
The Resistance should make no illusions about the leaders of the "anti-war" movement, and the Left/Liberal elites "opposition" to the War and Occupation. Their "activism" is an empty slogan; it is merely a way "to salve people's consciences without having to think or do anything". They are imperialism's tools of propaganda. Without their "feel-good" life-style activism, Western "democracy" is a form of naked tyranny. They provide sugar-coated delusion and tranquilliser for the disfranchised masses.
http://207.44.245.159/article8164.htm

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