Iraq War Coverup - Forward Base Falcon Disaster

Seeded on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:34 PM EDT (thepeoplesvoice.org)

Late on the evening of October 10, 2006, Iraqi resistance groups lobbed mortar and rocket rounds into the immense 'Forward Base Falcon,' the largest American military base in Iraq, located 13 km south of the Green Zone in Baghdad.

world-news, war, iraq, bush, army, casualties, politics, us-news

North Korea likens Bush to Hitler

Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 1:06 PM EDT (BBC News)

A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman, in comments carried by state news agency KCNA, responded: "This clearly proves that the DPRK [North Korea] was right when it commented that he is a political imbecile bereft of even elementary morality.....

politics, foreign-ministry, bush, nuclear, korea, tyrant

Hugo Chavez Gives Bush an Offer he can't Refuse

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:47 PM EDT (gregpalast.com)

What would you think of Bush if you knew that he turned down an offer from Hugo Chavez to purchase crude at 50 dollars a barrel instead of 75? Read on.

politics, oil, chavez, bush, venezuela, hugo-chavez

Hurricane Expert Threatened For Pre-katrina Warnings

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:42 PM EDT (gregpalast.com)

Here's the story you haven't been told. And the man who revealed it to me, Dr. Ivor van Heerden, is putting his job on the line to tell it....

katrina, new-orleans, hurricane, crime, government, us-news

The big disconnect on New Orleans - Sep 2, 2005

Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:48 PM EDT (CNN)

The following is a transcipt of the so-called "Official Version" and the version from those that were actaully in the trenches. Utterly unbeliveable.

katrina, new-orleans, hurricane, anniversary, louisiana, us-news, nagin, 2005

Newsviners Get Together?

Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:15 PM EDT

Wouldn't it be a great idea to hold a 'Viners' convention Other users could finally put a face and a voice to their favorite friends names. Any suggestions on where we could have it and when?

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meeting, convention, newsvine, suggestion, gathering, get-together

Big Oil Does it Again - The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown

Seeded on Wed Aug 9, 2006 12:10 AM EDT (gregpalast.com)

Excellent Op-Ed piece on the suspicious timing of BP's announcement of defects in their Alaska pipeline

us, oil, bp, money, corruption, world-news

The Federal Reserve - A Privately Owned Concern

Seeded on Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:46 AM EDT (realityzone.stores.yahoo.net)

A lot of people that I talk to wonder why 80% of the US population is in debt. Did you know that if everyone paid every debt they owe, the economy would collapse?

credit, interest, money, politics, banking, debt, federal-reserve, income

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Seeded on Fri Jul 7, 2006 8:31 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Presscott Bush? Who is that you say? Read on....

bush, germany, politics, nazi, hitler, presscott-bush

ShoutWire - Rumsfeld's Slip of the Tongue of What Happened to Flight 93

Seeded on Wed May 31, 2006 2:54 PM EDT (shoutwire.com)

Shoutwire video clip of Rumsfeld stating that flight 93 was shot down...

us, iraq, usa, video, us-news, flight-93, war-on-terror, 9-11, us-politics, deception

Marine Corps to Probe Iraq Civilian Deaths

Seeded on Wed May 31, 2006 11:31 AM EDT (ABC News)

In retaliation for a IED death of one their own, the U.S. Marines may have committed an unspeakable act...

iraq, war, marines, murder, us-news, civilians

Fruit of the Poison Tree

Seeded on Thu May 25, 2006 4:40 PM EDT (Information Clearing House)

The majority of the people are toiling under the illusion that the moral abyss of American politics can be reformed and made to serve the people as well as the public interest.

bush, usa, politics, commentary, top-news, us-politcs

Kraftwerk

Sat May 20, 2006 10:25 PM EDT

When it comes to electronic music, there is one group that set that standard. That group is none other than Kraftwerk. I can remember back in the late 70's when a girl friend of mine brought an album to my house. The album jacket looked kind of weird to me.

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entertainment, music, electronic, hip-hop, german

20 years on, no end in sight to the suffering

Seeded on Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:12 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe will today commemorate the 20th anniversary of the world's worst human-made disaster - when Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power complex exploded during a routine safety test and sent a plume of radioactivity a mile high to drift

europe, world-news, chernobyl, russia-nuclear, nuclear-disaster

Beating Around the Bush

Seeded on Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:45 PM EDT (aohell.com)

An interesting take on the current Iranian situation- but from January of this year.

bush, israel, iran, hamas, politics, palestine, foreign-policy, nulcear

Iraq's Missing Billions Exposed: How American Contractors With The Help Of U.S. Government Raped Iraq

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:56 PM EDT (johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com)

Dr Ali Fadhil, a 29 year old Iraqi doctor, investigates what has happened to billions of dollars worth of Iraqi money which was put into the care of the US led coalition to be spent for the benefit of Iraqi people on the reconstruction of their country.

us, iraq, terrorism, money, politics, war, corruption, government, post-war

The "Downing Street Memos."

Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 2:37 PM EDT (memoryhole.freedomunderground.org)

Peruse them at your leisure.

us, bush, iraq, politics, war, intelligence, blair, memo, downing

The False Foundations of Welfare Reform | WARP: Welfare Advocacy Research Project

Seeded on Fri Apr 7, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (arc.org)

The False Foundations of Welfare Reform:

us, state, city, politics, reform, government, welfare

'Loose Change' An analysis, by Michael B. Green

Seeded on Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:29 PM EST (911research.wtc7.net)

Just Read It.

politics

Is is just me????????????

Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:13 PM EST

I'm sitting here at work about to leave and start my weekend. I finished all my tasks for the day an hour or so ago so I picked up a book that I just bought recently on the 911 conspiracy. The book is entitled "Inside Job - Unmasking the 911 Conspiracies".

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Ranking on Newsvine

Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:02 PM EST

Is it just me or is there something amiss here on Newsvine. Whenever I peruse the Newsvine Homepage, I see lots of articles posted by only a few select indivduals. That's cool because I assume that these featured writers must be ranked pretty high.

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CNN.com - Woman missing since 14 was with school guard - Mar 23, 2006

Seeded on Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:16 PM EST (CNN)

See full story...

us-news

Petrodollar Theories of the War

Seeded on Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:59 PM EST (tacomapjh.org)

This theory makes a lot of sense- an excellent read.

politics

Three years later: Insecurity, instability and hope in Iraq - Mar 17, 2006

Seeded on Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:19 PM EST (CNN)

Three years after the start of the Iraq war, the nation remains gripped with insurgency, instability and insecurity -- a country where its citizens never know if they will live for another day.

world-news

Politics and Newsvine

Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:01 PM EST

I first heard of Newsvine through a blog. The topic of the blog escapes me now, but I do remember a lot of positive comments being made about this revolutionary new way to read and comment on the news.

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politics

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