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- Ricky84 posted Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou receives two year sentence for leaking intel to Community 7 months ago
A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the identity of one of the agency's covert operatives to a reporter. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges against... more
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- Ricky84 posted The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama to Community 7 months ago
Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are.... more
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- Ricky84 posted US supreme court finalizes gift of immunity to the telecom giants to Community 7 months ago
So pervasive and reliable is the rule of elite immunity - even in the face of the most egregious crimes - that one finds extreme examples on a weekly basis. Six weeks ago, the Obama justice... more
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- Ricky84 posted The US presidential debates' illusion of political choice to Community 8 months ago
Wednesday night's debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney underscored a core truth about America's presidential election season: the vast majority of the most consequential policy... more
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- Ricky84 posted Noam Chomsky gives measured endorsement of Jill Stein to Community 8 months ago
Recently, on the Matthew Filipowicz Show, I had the privilege of speaking to Professor Noam Chomsky at his MIT office. We discussed many aspects of activism including how he felt activists and... more
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- Ricky84 posted The real time homophobic tweet counter to Community 8 months ago
What kind of language do you use on twitter? Are you unconsciously using homophobic words? Did you even know that #NoHomo was a real hashtag on Twitter? To monitor the issue, NoHomophobes.com has... more
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- Ricky84 posted Progressive prison reform in...Texas? to Community 8 months ago
The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in three rows on the benches. There are some 20 of them, men and women of all ages, most with long records of theft,... more
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- Ricky84 posted Download, print, fire: gun rights initiative harnesses 3D technology to Community 8 months ago
Imagine an America in which anyone can download and print a gun in their own home. They wouldn't need a license, a background check, or much technical knowledge, just a 3D printer.... more
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- Ricky84 posted Is Barack Obama a Tory? to Community 8 months ago
Does Barack Obama's style of leadership make him a Tory in the traditional British style? Several British political watchers debate. Though his American critics often accuse the US... more
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- Ricky84 posted Protests in Houston after police shoot unarmed man in wheelchair to Community 8 months ago
Civil rights activists staged a protest in Houston on Tuesday, after an unarmed man in a wheelchair was shot dead by police at a care home for the mentally ill. Members of the National Black... more
