They’re bombing 1 1/2 million people in a cage.

"They're bombing 1 1/2 million people in a cage," says a Norwegian doctor working in Gaza.    The attached video contains pointed commentary by Bill Moyers, who addresses massive media failure and indiscriminate death.  So often, the human condition seems to be the same sad story over and over, ever so…

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The night of 9/11

From Vanity Fair's oral history of the Bush White House: Richard Clarke: That night, on 9/11, Rumsfeld came over and the others, and the president finally got back, and we had a meeting. And Rumsfeld said, You know, we’ve got to do Iraq, and everyone looked at him—at least I…

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Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran

At the debate last night, McCain scolded Obama for some allegedly irresponsible statements regarding a possible U.S. military incursion into Pakistan.  Obama responded by mentioning McCain's singing of a song about bombing Iran.   This video has been around for quite awhile on the Internet, but I am posting it here…

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What it really means to “nuke” human beings

I'm tired of hearing Neocons cavalierly talking about "nuking" one or more Middle Eastern countries. These days, Neocons often talk about this "need" to use nuclear weapons to show people in the Middle East that "we" mean business. I have personally heard this sort of talk several times (when you…

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