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A review of Braden King's unique drama Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal that mixes abstract visuals and narration amongst a romantic adventure set in Armenia.A review of Braden King's unique drama Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal... more
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On my second night in attendance at the Cinema Arts Festival, I managed to pull off two screenings back-to-back: Ralph Fiennes Coriolanus and Braden King's Here.On my second night in attendance at the Cinema Arts Festival, I managed to pull off... more
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Eric Clapton wrote this song for his son after he was killed in a tragic accident. But yet, anyone that has ever lost a loved one may have similar feelings as expresed by Eric Clapton.Eric Clapton wrote this song for his son after he was killed in a tragic accident. But... more
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THIS IS NO DRILL !
100 years of congressional efforts to limit corporate spending in elections going down the drain !
This is a pretty depressing saga unfolding right before our eyes and it's another reason why we need cameras in the Supreme Court so we can view the mockery Roberts is making out of the Third Branch of government. They are about to grant corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to attack political candidates right up until an election, which would make destroy the very fabric of our voting structure. Did you know that a corporation is an individual in Scalia's mind?
http://thirdbranch.crooksandliars.com/john-amato/roberts-court-about-do-unthinkable
Unprecedented
Watching the Supreme Court make its campaign finance jurisprudence disappear.
http://www.slate.com/id/2227798/
The Supreme Court is returning early from its summer recess to consider a potential watermark case that couldoverturn a century of campaign finance restrictions and clear the way for unregulated spending by corporations on political campaigns. The case, Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission, has grown from a limited question about a political documentary to a broad challenge to the government's right to restrict corporations from spending money to support or oppose political candidates.
Encompassing questions on First Amendment rights, the power of corporations and the influence of money on political elections, it's no wonder the case has created an assortment of strange bedfellows. Conservatives and liberals appear on both sides, either to defend the government's right to restrict corporate political advocacy or, on the other side, to argue that such regulations are a violation of the First Amendment.
To help sort through the complicated background and ramifications of the case, Bill Moyers talks with two prominent lawyers: Trevor Potter, president and general counsel of The Campaign Legal Center, who has submitted a brief to the court in support of the F.E.C.; and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney, who will be arguing before the court on behalf of Citizens United. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09042009/profile.html
VIDEO : http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09042009/watch2.html
WAKE UP AMERICA !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOTU9q_e1Ew&feature=channel_page
CORPORATE FASCISM THRIVES IN USA
http://www.truthtopower.tv/
WHITE NOISE RANTS
http://whitenoiserants.webnode.com//
MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR HYPOCRISY
http://www.mtwsfh.blogspot.com/
“It’s here that the American dream decided it liked the taste of the vomit it was chocking on. Just rolled over on its back and screamed for more drugs. it didn't die.“ - Warren EllisTHIS IS NO DRILL !
100 years of congressional efforts to limit corporate spending... more
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GAUHATI, India – An Indian paramilitary soldier shot and killed six of his colleagues with an assault rifle, then fled their military camp in a remote and dangerous outpost in northeastern India, the military said Thursday.
Officials are investigating the Wednesday night shooting and have launched a manhunt for the soldier, a member of the Assam Rifles paramilitary troop whose name was not immediately released, said Maj. Shamsher Jung, an Assam Rifles spokesman.
"The trooper first trained his assault rifle on a senior officer following an argument, killing him. When five fellow troopers rushed in after hearing gunshots, the berserk soldier sprayed bullets on them," said Jung.
It was not clear what prompted the killings in Ukhrul district, 55 miles (90 kilometers) northeast of the state capital of Imphal, Jung said.
It was the sixth time in three years that a soldier posted to the insurgency-wracked state of Manipur has fired on other Indian forces.
Violence between fellow soldiers is not unusual in India and is often attributed to stress and exhaustion after long postings.GAUHATI, India – An Indian paramilitary soldier shot and killed six of his... more
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US President Barack Obama has issued executive orders on government ethics and transparency as part of a packed first full day in office.
The measures include curbs on lobbying and a pay freeze for senior White House staff. Federal employees will have to sign up to new ethics procedures.
The new president said he was beginning "a new era of openness" in government.
Later Mr Obama and his advisers are to discuss the economic crisis - as well as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Earlier judges suspended several of the military trials of terror suspects at Guantanamo, following Mr Obama's call for all cases to be suspended, made hours after his inauguration.
Mr Obama arrived at the Oval Office at 0835 on Wednesday, the White House said.
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The new president read the note left to him by his predecessor George W Bush in an envelope marked "To: #44, From: #43".
Mr Obama telephoned four Middle Eastern leaders - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
"He used this opportunity on his first day in office to communicate his commitment to active engagement in pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace," the White House said.
The president later attended a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral - a tradition dating to the time of George Washington.US President Barack Obama has issued executive orders on government ethics and... more
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