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Birthers
Ran into some birthers this weekend. Some people I know at the coffee shop. I walked by and heard "A certificate of live birth is not the same as a birth certificate."
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lame duck lesgialation makes the leveling of appalachia even easier
The Appalachian mountains are the oldest mountain range in the world [which is why they're not as outwardly impressive as younger, taller mountains] and as a result, they are also home to some of the most richly biodiverse ecosystems in the world ( Read more... ) -
Oscar Grant
I think this proves, if nothing else, that if cops have tasers and pepper spray and SWAT teams, they don't need handguns. Too many
"accidents."
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JPMorgan Chase buys WaMu assets after FDIC seizure
The nation’s financial crisis has intensified as federal regulators seized Washington Mutual on Thursday in what is the largest bank failure in American history. Federal regulators have arranged to sell off most of the bank at a bargain rate to JPMorgan Chase ( Read more... ) -
Military Initiates Martial Law Missions Oct. 1
The Army’s new homeland mission to patrol U.S. streets and control unruly civilians with “non-lethal” weaponry. Starting Oct 1st 2008
Source: DemocracyNow.org and Inforwars.com
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A friend of mine from Santa Cruz managed to fly out to the DNC with a film crew to get coverage on the event and managed to get some good protest footage that she had edited into a pretty cool video. She's working on a series of documentaries and her first footage is primarily based on the DNC.
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Urgent - call in day TODAY! 9/17/2008
Hey everyone - I am just passing this message along for some friends. If even 1/3 of the members of this group convinced 2 other people to call in, that would be a significant enough number of phone calls to stall this horrible bill in its tracks. Please please please pass it on - post it in your journal, other communities, and email it to all of ( Read more... ) -
A Presidential Debate drinking game- draft
The debates are coming! (Schedule is here). In order to enjoy the political oral volleyball to the greatest extent, I've put together a shallow and largely plagiarized first draft for a Presidential Debate drinking game. Suggestions and improvements welcome!
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I didn't see any rules against posting a website.
I found this website: freedocumentaries.org. The documentaries are fantastic and relevant to this community.
Click to view