May 2013
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The History of the “Money Changers” →
Excerpts:
48 B.C.Julius Caesar took back from the money changers the power to coin money and then minted coins for the benefit of all. With this new, plentiful supply of money, he established many massive construction projects and built great public works. By making money plentiful, Caesar won the love of the common people.
But the money changers hated him for it and this is why Caesar was...
Here's What a Real Political Cover-up Looks Like... →
peaceshine3:
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
Republicans won’t let go of their conspiracy theory about some nefarious “cover-up” in “talking points” for Ambassador Susan Rice’s TV interviews on the Benghazi attack. But they should at least have better skills for detecting a real cover-up, since they’ve had direct experience, as Robert Parry documents.
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In 2011, I gained access to files at the...
“Your cheap labor is my wealth”
jcoleknowsbest:
I think obama might be more dangerous to us than the others…. cause we really think that he is one of us… but he has made it pretty clear that he is not one of us…
Obama & CO. are more academic/suave/cunning than their predecessors.
They’re all puppets for Rothschild, Rockefeller & Co. anyway.
Peace Corps Grants Gay Couples New Benefit →
WASHINGTON — The Peace Corps announced on Tuesday that it would extend new benefits to same-sex couples, allowing them to serve as volunteers together overseas. “Service in the Peace Corps is a life-defining leadership experience for Americans who want to make a difference around the world,” said Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet.
“PBS has become more and more dependent on viewers nothing like you.”
– The Colbert Report’s STEPHEN COLBERT, on reports that PBS killed a documentary critical of one of the gazillionaire Koch brothers — a major public broadcasting supporter.
Ugh.
(via inothernews)
Unreliable Sources 4: How the Media Help the Kochs... →
Despite the fact that more journalists are now aware of the Koch brothers, many still miss the fact that Americans for Prosperity is just one of approximately 40 think tanks and advocacy groups the Kochs underwrite to promote their climate and energy agenda.
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What you say: I'm economically conservative and socially liberal
What I hear: Poor people can starve for all I care so long as I have weed.
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“The other point…which we’re not hearing frequently or loudly enough…is a real...”
– Joan McCarter at Daily Kos (via thesmithian)
“[GOP]Biting off more than they can chew…” Let’s make it so!
— InDHouse
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White Power on the Salish Sea: The Wall Street/Tea... →
When most people think of white power, they imagine men in white hoods burning crosses. While few would think of men in pinstripes burning cigars, in reali
this is pasifika: 'Ugly side of paradise':... →
pasifikamovement:
Fiji’s military government on Tuesday condemned a trade union publicity campaign aimed at international tourists that seeks to debunk the idea that the South Pacific nation is a tropical paradise.
The campaign, launched this week with the website www.destinationfiji.org, accuses Fijian…
odinsblog:
think-progress:
RNC Director Of Hispanic Outreach Quits Party And Registers As A Democrat
and so another Stockholm Syndrome victim breaks free from the party that HATES black and brown skinned immigrants
How can you go from director in the RNC to being a Democrat? I feel more Left of Democrat every day.
