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1970cs commented on the blog post Reggie Walton Unleashes the Rocket’s Red Glare
The Radomski gambling ties to organized crime were the serious part, and will likely never see the light of day.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Reggie Walton Unleashes the Rocket’s Red Glare
The level of incompetence seems blatant, maybe purposeful? As much as I despise the Texas Con Man, I hope he slithers back to Houston and is not heard about again.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Finally, a Character Witness
Does Newscorp not now constitute a threat to Obama’s jaded view of national security?
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1970cs commented on the diary post Earth to Democrats: It’s Not Just the Tea-GOP Trying to Tank the Economy. Obama Believes Their Argument. by Scarecrow.
“Though Obama claims he agrees with some of this, he never fails to undercut those real priorities by first emphasizing the need to do the opposite. He’s become completely incoherent at best and complicit in the Tea-GOP strategy at worst.” – Scarecrow ________________________________________________ O is playing the same game he did when he was mouthing [...]
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1970cs commented on the blog post Bank of America Offers to Pay $8.5 Billion to Stay in Business
What $37,000 a plate diner buys, the going rate.
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1970cs commented on the blog post What Obama Fights For: Giving $9.55 Billion to North Korea to Spend on Nukes
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1970cs commented on the blog post What Obama Fights For: Giving $9.55 Billion to North Korea to Spend on Nukes
Because a N. Korea that has money to spend on it’s nuclear program gives the U.S. and the private contractors a reason for a foothold near China, and to operate ships in the China Sea?
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1970cs commented on the blog post Early Morning Swim
Those liberals at the Pentagon to spend $100 million on a math and science education program.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/NAVY_SCIENCE_COMPETITION_06-20-11_VBOO6HC_v12.43fc5.html -
1970cs commented on the blog post Meanwhile, in the original war that never ends
The Drug War, the rinse cycle is done in New York and the spin cycle in Washington.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Scalia Invents a New Meaning for “Suspicion” while Letting Ashcroft Off the Hook
I was required for my job to have a backround check done by the Dept of Homeland Security. When the results came back, the wording was similar to this judgement by the Supreme Court, “not a threat at this time”.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Corporate Fairy Tales in Afghanistan
Genghis Kahn, the Romans, the British empire, Germany and Japan trying to become empires’, the Soviets. It is a brutal and barbaric history with millions losing their lives because of it. I’m not disagreeing with you either, I just don’t hold out a lot of hope.
This is a period of transition of world power, the biggest in 70 years, every time there is a big shift, someone has a lot to lose or gain and there wil be conflict.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Corporate Fairy Tales in Afghanistan
Like the constitution is ‘just a goddamned piece of paper’, the idea of a sovereign nation has become a silly notion.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Corporate Fairy Tales in Afghanistan
Something similar to what is happening in Greece.
http://247wallst.com/2011/03/31/greece-might-finally-sell-the/Sell off the infrastructure that taxpayers paid for to the banksters.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Corporate Fairy Tales in Afghanistan
As bad an actor as the U.S. is with it’s imperialism, it is difficult to see China , India, or Brazil etc… being any less greedy or stupid in their pursuit of wealth.
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1970cs commented on the blog post Corporate Fairy Tales in Afghanistan
The difference is that when Perkins was doing this the empire was hitting on all cylinders. The model was to have the NSA and it’s various arms coerce the countries into building/borrowing for the infrastructure, and if that didn’t work bring in the CIA to overthrow the government, and failing that as a last resort use the U.S. military and blunt force.
Now it seems the last resort is the only course of action left for the empire with waining influence, and stronger competition from other emerging countries.
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1970cs commented on the blog post The Congressman from NSA Wants Contractor Contributions to Remain Secret
I agree that getting rid of the Uniparty is the goal.
Getting rid of established and powerful people like Hoyer as fast as possible is a short term failure, and long term win. Unless there is a very strong 3rd party candidate running, Hoyer will remain. Better to unseat him in 2012, then go after the freshman in 2014 with bvetter odds of winning.
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1970cs commented on the blog post The Congressman from NSA Wants Contractor Contributions to Remain Secret
Are there enough Progressives to help elect a freshman R from Steny’s district in MD? Getting him out of office and away from leadership can’t wait for a third party.
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1970cs commented on the blog post So, anything at all Cathartic happen last night?
It seems like they go out of their way to credit Panetta and keep this away from Patreus.
To execute it, Obama tapped a small contingent of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six and put them under the command of CIA Director Leon Panetta, whose analysts monitored the compound from afar.
Panetta was directly in charge of the team, a U.S. official said, and his conference room was transformed into a command center.
http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/world/inside-the-raid-that-killed-bin-laden
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1970cs commented on the blog post Using New Emergency Financial Manager Law, They Start Dissolving Governments in Michigan
It seems this comes down to who controls the money, and how it will be spent. This puts a lot of pressure on the city government, the State can decree all it wants from the capitol, but how that translates to the local municipal employees slow walking things they object to is another.
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1970cs commented on the blog post US Admits It’s Still Flying Sorties Over Libya
The growing economies of Argentina and Brazil are a perfect example of this.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-11-07-argentina-economy_N.htm - Load More
