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Helen's Shorts

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the blog post Judge: Bradley Manning Punished Unlawfully But Not Enough to Warrant More Than Weak Relief

    2013-01-08 18:59:59View | Delete

    Somebody should have told Cowley that his worlds fell on some deaf years; the US govt does not even know the meaning of counterproductive. These allowed hearings are a sham and a charade to be seen to be showing justice is being done. Anybody who has followed any of this already knows that this result is BS. It is NOT ok for ANYBODY to torture and opress its people. The US is not elite or special in anyway that makes it ok for them to do it. The world continues to watch. Thanks for reporting, and keeping this historical record alive even if it is just another skid mark on humanity care of American policy.

    Humanity – it’s the people that have to be the gatekeepers, because its our leaders that are destroying it.

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Normalizing Drones for Children? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-07 14:36:08View | Delete

    Thanks for all of your comments. regarding really panic, yes, and they will now benefit at both ends of the equation, the arms industry is one if the main gainers out of the perpetual war and now they can own one themselves, America is truly a corporate owned country in many ways. The sicker aspect [...]

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post FISA, how could this happen? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 19:13:36View | Delete

    Thanks for your replies, you comments give me food for thought.

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post FISA, how could this happen? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 19:12:10View | Delete

    Your reply is an article in itself leaving me wanting to read and understand more. I do believe that a further tragedy of 9/11 is its clumsy response, in that the what has happened since is so many deaths and the destruction if the US constitution, I.e. no output of this event is good, or [...]

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post FISA, how could this happen? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 19:06:11View | Delete

    Too true, and did the same with the NDAA last year, signing it during the new year when heads turned,

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post FISA, how could this happen? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 09:07:39View | Delete

    dakine01 – Thanks very much! :)

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post FISA, how could this happen? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 08:38:57View | Delete

    If anybody could tell me how to embed a video, that would be cool. Thanks.

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    Helen’s Shorts wrote a new diary post: FISA, how could this happen?

    2013-01-06 07:14:39View | Delete

    The definition of espionage is

    Espionage or spying involves a government or individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information

    From what I now understand it could be argued that FISA, intended to stop espoinage, actually enables the Government to commit it against its own people, as the Government [...]

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Normalizing Drones for Children? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-06 05:20:54View | Delete

    Thanks for sharing. The acceptance of the things we find in the toy market is disturbing.

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Normalizing Drones for Children? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-05 11:06:46View | Delete

    I understand they do work, one review in amazon reeviewer is quite clear in saying his son has been using his drone toy to bomb their pet dog without any due process.

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Normalizing Drones for Children? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-05 10:13:40View | Delete

    Hah!

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Emancipation by normanb.

    2013-01-05 10:09:42View | Delete

    Prison sentences for minor offences in the US are way out if wack with the rest of the world, there is a culture of vengeance and punishment that exists in the US and a huge lack of attention given to rehabilitation. Add to that the anal retentive attitude if the west to some drugs which [...]

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    Helen’s Shorts commented on the diary post Normalizing Drones for Children? by Helen’s Shorts.

    2013-01-05 09:25:29View | Delete

    Yes, like an early indoctrination to the acceptance of perpetual war.

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    Helen’s Shorts wrote a new diary post: Normalizing Drones for Children?

    2013-01-04 20:31:50View | Delete

    Thumbnail So where I doubt this is a proactive act to normalize our children drone one warfare I think the probable effect makes this irrelevant. American children now have the privilege of being proud recipients of a new toy United States Military Aircraft – US Air Force Medium Altitude, Long Endurance, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) RQ-1 Predator One [...]

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