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August 7, 2014

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August 27, 2014

CNN asks serial lying liar to comment on the CDC whistleblower scandal!

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Desmond Tutu : “My plea to the people of Israel: Liberate yourselves by

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130226 – Australia’s horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples

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August 27, 2014

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Hidden Obstacles for Google’s Self-Driving Cars

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August 27, 2014
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August 18, 2014

Veteran’s Day: Story of Charles (and Anthony and Frank)

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January 30, 2014

Fundraiser for the Progressive Festival

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August 26, 2014
Carl Dix

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August 23, 2014
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August 22, 2014

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Newsweek : Global industrialization has poured carbon in the sky, and now we must pay the price: the

August 26, 2014
Climate and Fracking Alarmism Meets Geologic Realism

We read a lot about how climate change might hurt Napa’s wine industry and we read a lot about how

August 26, 2014
People Ignore Climate Scientists Because They're Not Enough Like the

Georgia Tech climatologist Judith Curry thinks scientists need to get better at social media to make an

August 21, 2014

Building NATO’s “Weimar Triangle”

Europeans and Americans have slowly but steadily tightened the economic screws on Russia. But, in contrast

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August 28, 2014
The Greater Depression

Seven years after the global financial crisis began, the US and eurozone economies are still performing

August 28, 2014

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes challenges senators who harassed Kirsten Gillibrand to

MSNBC Chris Hayes called out the lawmakers who allegedly harassed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to reveal

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In Latent heat and Parameterization I showed a formula for calculating latent heat transfer from the

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August 15, 2014
The Atmosphere Cools to Space by CO2 and Water Vapor, so More GHGs, More

The atmosphere cools to space by radiation. Well, without getting into all the details, the surface cools

August 11, 2014

UKRAINE ASSERTS RUSSIAN TROOP INVASION AND REINSTITUTES DRAFT

A member of a pro-Russian separatist militia walked by an unexploded rocket that fell in the backyard of a

August 28, 2014
CHINA VOWS TO RESPOND TO U.S. SURVEILLANCE FLIGHTS

BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday it will continue responding to U.S. military surveillance flights

August 28, 2014
U.S. AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA WOULD FACE FORMIDABLE OBASTACLES

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts during his

August 28, 2014

Enchanting Fantasy Worlds Cut into Books That Fit in the Palm of Your Hand

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Conceptualizing Chinese Continentalism

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Why Fight For Unions? So We Can Fight An Economy Rigged Against Us

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August 28, 2014
Now It’s Burger King Renouncing US Citizenship – Let’s Eat Somewhere Else

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August 28, 2014
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August 28, 2014
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Putin Warns Of Nuclear War If Russia Is Threatened !

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August 24, 2014

Who’s the Real Aggressor in Ukraine? (Hint: It’s Not Russia)

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Smart Social Policies in Finland, Dumb Ones in the US

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David Swanson on America's Obsession with War as Foreign Policy

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Putin to West: Don't mess with nuclear Russia

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Tent City

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August 25, 2014

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August 25, 2014
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The Russian Aggression Prevention Act”, introduced to Congress by U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), will

August 25, 2014

A Poem on the 74th Anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s Murder

Today [21 Aug 2014] is the 74th anniversary of the murder in Mexico City, by an agent of Soviet Military

August 25, 2014
Obama Buggers Europe: Sanctions Deepen the Recession

By submitting to Washington’s doctrine of permanent wars, Europe eschews the only road out of permanent

August 25, 2014
The Outlaw State of Israel (Part I)

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August 25, 2014

Liquid Lies Revisited.

By Craig Murray, July 3rd 2014. Find Article Here:- There never was a liquid bomb plot.

July 6, 2014
The UK’s Internet Filters Block Almost 1 in 5 Websites.

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July 6, 2014
Scientists discover fragment of ‘missing link’ asteroid that led to

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July 6, 2014

A New Bill Of Rights -or- Why Human Rights Are So Dangerous

David Cameron intends to introduce a new "law" which will, according to the Daily Express, make

July 31, 2014
Abuse Witness Melanie Shaw Remanded: No Evidence Presented

Following an extraordinary Crown Court hearing in which Nottingham Police and the CPS failed to present

July 29, 2014
Melanie Shaw, Beechwood Child Abuse Witness, Held in Peterborough Prison

The Beechwood Children’s Home abuse witness is being held in Peterborough prison after unknown police

July 14, 2014

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August 25, 2014

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