Oliver North Compares Obama to Mussolini and Hitler

Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:47 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

"So I ask this Congress to join me in doing whatever proves necessary." Those unfamiliar with history may not recall that this is exactly what Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler asked their legislatures to do in creating National Socialism.

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Fox News Finds Typo, Blames Liberal Conspiracy

Seeded on Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:24 PM EST (www.fivethirtyeight.com)

So where did Lott get the idea that the vote had been counted for Franken? Apparently from the Star Tribune's website, which had it listed it that way. The Star Tribune, keeping an unofficial tally of more than 6,000 challenged ballots, apparently made a boo-boo.

senate, election, 2008, politics, news, fox, coleman, franken

Progressive 'Congress-Watch' Groups Forming To Keep Obama, Dems On Task

Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:45 AM EST ()

I was listening to Democracy Now's election re-cap show and Ralph Nader mentioned this site during an interview.

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Students Protest Defense Contractors at Career Fair

Seeded on Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

"I feel that by refusing to un-invite Raytheon, the BC administration is condoning the company's policies, which to me is clearly contradictory to the Jesuit philosophy of this institution," said Tim Dingman, a member of the GJP and A&S '11.

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Inside Day 4 of the RNC Protests (Or: How I Got Tear Gassed and Arrested by the St. Paul Police Department) (With Video)

Mon Sep 8, 2008 1:41 AM EDT

Note: I don't really consider myself a 'citizen journalist' of any sort and I attended this march to participate in it. That being said, I have yet to see any articles or such written from the perspective of the people that were protesting.

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The New Winter Soldiers

Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT (The Nation)

While on tank patrol through the narrow streets of Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, Pfc. Clifton Hicks was given an order. Abu Ghraib had become a "free-fire zone," Hicks was told, and no "friendlies" or civilians remained in the area. "Game on.

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Slavery in the Union

Seeded on Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:08 PM EST (The Nation)

It's sad to hear about this sort of thing, but even worse to see it happening right here at home.

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Noam Chomsky Tears Into Ron Paul

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 11:36 PM EST ()

Though, Chomsky and Paul are both libertarians in a sense, the differences between their beliefs are much larger and more important than one might initially suspect. Chomsky does a good job in differentiating himself and shining some light on how Paul's beliefs would work.

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Four Myths Government and Media Use to Scare Us About 'Dictators'

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 9:56 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Interesting look at the current spin relating to Iran.

iran, dictator, politics, war, hitler, appeasement

An Interesting, Internet Based Artist (He Painted With His Own Blood.)

Seeded on Sun Aug 5, 2007 4:24 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Take the giant portrait he made of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as a protest against nuclear proliferation. He applied 6,000 adhesive bandages on a plywood backdrop. Then, using a quart-sized bag of his own blood, he painted Kim's face on the exposed gauze.

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