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So is it just me or has the United States become the militaristic equivalent of one of those people who just cannot bear to not be in a relationship? You know the kind. They go from relationship ...
by Toriach
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on Mon Sep 02, 2013 at 11:41 PM PDT
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by Toriach
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on Thu May 05, 2011 at 09:00 PM PDT
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On September 1, 2001 a gaggle of terrorists caught the early flight out of Portland, ME and the rest is history. Every pundit and politician talked about how, "Our world changed forever." That sure ...
by omnipotentpoobah
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on Tue May 03, 2011 at 06:03 PM PDT
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From www.washingtonpost.com
McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission ...
by tjlabs
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on Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 05:30 AM PDT
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Chris Wallace likes torture. He defended it on Fox News Sunday this morning. After token moderate Juan Williams from NPR (who must wonder some days what the hell he's doing on Fox News) said "In a ...
by Deep Brain Diarist
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on Sun Aug 30, 2009 at 09:24 AM PDT
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I do do so LOVE getting comments from my regular blog readers. Most of them are very nice and are very much appreciated.
Then, there are the ones who want to torture me...
by Deep Brain Diarist
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on Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 04:20 PM PDT
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This bulletin just came in from Wikileaks:
Wikileaks has released over 600 United Nations investigative reports, over 70 of which are classified. The reports expose ...
by the national gadfly
29 comments
on Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 09:31 PM PST
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