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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post Pope to step down on Feb 28; cites ‘advanced age’ – another scandal shoe about to drop?
Sorry for #28,that did not link correctly.
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post Pope to step down on Feb 28; cites ‘advanced age’ – another scandal shoe about to drop?
And this from Business Insider:
[link to http://www.businessinsider.com
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post Pope to step down on Feb 28; cites ‘advanced age’ – another scandal shoe about to drop?
A Growing Vatican Bank Scandal Threatens Catholic Church Image …
http://www.spiegel.de › English Site › Europe › Catholic Church
Jul 2, 2012 – A new scandal threatens to engulf the Catholic Church and this time the focus is money. … While some would like total transparency, dubious transactions from … meaning he couldn’t, as he had planned, get into a taxi at the Italian …
NOTE: VERY interesting piece from last summer..equally interesting that the term cloistered is used in the body of the article to describe the Vatican bank:)
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcome Matt Kennard, Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror
Please see the Chris Floyd piece I mentioned upthread…
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcome Matt Kennard, Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror
Mr, Kennard, this is an extremely interesting topic.
I have asked many times WHY has not the draft been reinstated?
Incidentally, the recruitment of gang style members brings(tangentially) to mind an article by Chris Floyd of Empire Burlesque-by any chance are you familiar with it?( Enormously on point with the issue at hand.)
Dead Souls: The Pentagon Plan to Create Remorseless “Warfighters”
http://www.chris-floyd.com/…/1405-dead-souls-the-pentagon-plan-to-creat…;
Jan 11, 2008 – Penny Coleman at Alternet.com gives us a look at a new program designed to dull the moral sensibilities of American soldiers in combat on the …
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Andy Greenberg, This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileakers, Hacktivists, and Cipherpunks Are Freeing the World’s Information
x2,DW…on both counts!
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post Debate Night Boca
11 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Mormons – Business …
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-surprising-things-you-didnt-know-abo…;
Jun 24, 2011 – Mormons are disproportionately represented in the CIA. A recruiter told the Salt Lake Tribune that returned Mormon missionaries are valued for …
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post Debate Night Boca
Man, I need to adjust the zoom level…I thought you wrote that Romney was light ,not tight, in his Gucci loafers!!
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Gitcheegumee commented on the diary post Why do we keep beating the same dead horse? by cmaukonen.
The tail(or tale) of an ass?
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Gitcheegumee commented on the diary post Why do we keep beating the same dead horse? by cmaukonen.
An excellent comment.
And just for the record, I have always considered myself assertive..not necessarily aggressive…there IS a difference.
If we don’t stand for(and up) to something, we’ll fall for anything!
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Gitcheegumee commented on the diary post Why do we keep beating the same dead horse? by cmaukonen.
MY FIRST thought upon reading the title,”WHY do we keep beating the same dead horse?” “It reminds me of that old joke- you know, a guy walks into a psychiatrist’s office and says, hey doc, my brother’s crazy! He thinks he’s a chicken. Then the doc says, why don’t you turn him in? Then the [...]
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
Bev, may we remind everyone that comments can be made for another 24 hours?
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
THANK you,dear one!
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
As a matter of fact,the Electronic Frontier Foundation just a week ago ran a piece on a negative Senate Report finding… in spite of which,Holder increased the fusion center’s powers.
BTW, Marcy Wheeler is quoted in the article:
New Senate Report: Counterterrorism “Fusion Centers” Invade …
https://www.eff.org/…/new-senate-report-confirms-govern…by Trevor Timm – in 317 Google+ circles – More by Trevor Timm
Oct 9, 2012 – New Senate Report: Counterterrorism “Fusion Centers” Invade Innocent Americans’ Privacy and Don’t Stop Terrorism. The Department of
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
Do you address the proliferation of fusion centers?
That they now share and coordinate not only private financial info and police info with crime fighting orgs, but now are allowing corporate entities to access this priviledged info?
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
If you ever have time, and its definitely worth it,imho,Google up a Youtube of George Carlin’s performance of “The Big Club-Who REALLY owns America”.
Done several years ago,this performance is absolutely prophetic,I tell ya.
Classic Carlin!
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
I will definitely buy your book..and,also check out the New Yorker piece.
BTW, its beyond shameful how world class reporter(and contributor to New Yorker) Sy Hersh has been maligned of late…
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
We did not “get” where we “are” by accident, but by mutually beneficial design … the confluence of “interests” long at diligent “work…
i.e., presstitutes
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
M., Black, do you know or have you come across any info that addresses the sale of national parks ,forests or public trusts to private or foreign entities?
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Gitcheegumee commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Jeff Connaughton, The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins
No0t to mention, that some of the TBTF institutions are actually quite effective laundromats.
WHO wants all THAT dirty laundry aired?
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