Obama, MoveOn Make Push To Tip Arizona

MoveOn.org is hoping to push Barack Obama over the hump in John McCain's home state with an ad that features a lifetime Republican and U.S. Air Force member endorsing the Illinois Democrat.

At the same time, the Obama campaign emailed supporters in the Copper State on Thursday, organizing volunteers for a get-out-the-vote drive.
"The fact that John McCain's home state, a traditional red state, is now in play with 5 days left until the election speaks to the real power of Obama to reach across party lines and speak to all Americans," said Eli Pariser, MoveOn's Executive Director. "The entire country is ready for a change of direction, and this ad speaks directly to voters who are ready to become a part of that change."
The ad was the winning entry from more than 1,000 submissions to MoveOn's "Obama in 30 Seconds" ad contest earlier this year.
Watch:



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If Obama wins Virginia - it's over

If Obama wins Virginia - it's over. That simple. He is comfortably ahead in all of the blue states that John Kerry won in 2004. He is very likely to win all of those. He is also comfortably ahead in Iowa and New Mexico. So, that means all he has to do to get an electoral majority is win Virginia, or Ohio, or Florida, or Colorado.

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BREAKING PA Voting Machines Fail State Must Allow Paper Vote

Pennsylvania election officials will make paper ballots available to voters if half the machines at a polling place break down, they said, declining to appeal a federal judge's emergency order on Wednesday. The state has previously required that paper ballots only be offered if all the machines break down, but several voter groups filed a lawsuit

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McCain org gave 10 times Obama's gave to Khalidi Center

While Giuliani criticizes Obama and Woods Foundation for giving 70 or 80k to Rashid Khalidi's Center for Palestinian Research--while McCain was chair of its board, the international Republican Institute gave $448,873.00.

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Iraqi War Vet Terrorized @ Long Island Street Fair

A man fighting for his country, denied the rights he fought to protect! Kris Goldsmith, at the Bellmore Street Fair, was silenced at the Bellmore Street Fair on October 26 for being against the Iraq War.
What happened in Bellmore?



Kris Goldsmith





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F.D.A. Criticized for Assurances on Chemical in Plastic

A scientific panel has issued a blistering report against the Food and Drug Administration, saying the agency ignored important evidence in reassuring consumers about the safety of the controversial chemical bisphenol-A.

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Ten Ways the World Will End

The universe is trying to kill us. Start worrying in a few million years about a cosmic dust collision, when the sun hits the closest spiral arm of our galaxy. Take your chances with an exploding star. Or manage to escape these threats, and you just get an extra 1035 years before all matter decays anyway.

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Bracing for the blowback of U.S. attack on Syria

American forces in Iraq launched a daring commando raid into Syrian territory on Sunday in order to strike against a suspected insurgent leader. But in the end, the operation may wind up being more trouble than it was worth as repercussions continue to reverberate in the Middle East and beyond.

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U.S. confirms raid in Syria.

It was conducted by Special Forces within Syria's border. The Pentagons claims that one militant was killed while a public outrage prevails in Syria over the death of 8 civilians.

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The Long Night Video of America in Iraq

Powerful little video barred from youtube - a shame voting wont change anything but:"You are turning your people, your nation into monsters. We really feel sorry for Americans and how the world looks at them now, but it’s all in your hands.End this war. Enough!"

CENSORED:LA LONGE NUIT - THE LONG NIGHT – LA LARGA NOCHE - 1
by FerBrooks

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Tax Cuts of Mass Destruction

By Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News
From the Cartoonist Group.

Tax Cuts of Mass Destruction

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How the US vote can be stolen

 

It's no secret -
the election was a fraud

George Bush has shredded the Constitution; bankrupted the country; blackened our reputation as a people; and lied us into an illegal, immoral, self-destructive military operation in Iraq.
And he was never elected president.
Not in 2000. Not in 2004.
And the news media, Congress, and the Democratic Party have never even attempted to do anything about it.
If you're living in America, that's the kind of country you're living in now.
It's not a question of when or if we'll lose our democracy, it's been gone a long time. The only question is what we're going to do to get it back.

How we got George Bush

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Consumer Confidence Plunges to Lowest Level in History

A key measure of consumer confidence fell to an all-time low in October. The Conference Board said that its Consumer Confidence Index plummeted to 38 in October from an upwardly revised reading of 61.4 in September. Last month's decline brings the index to its lowest level since its inception in 1967.

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American Torturer Runs for Congress as a Republican

Colonel Allen West oversaw the torture of an innocent Iraqi. Now he is running for Congress and Republicans are saying his biggest asset is his experience as a war criminal.

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Cop Arrests Cameraman for Filming Peaceful Protest

Whoa! The most disturbing part of that was the police officer’s comment, “I can do whatever I want” in response to the reporter, Christine Sloan, saying, “You can’t arrest him.”After arresting the photographer, Jim Quodomine, the officer even threatened Sloan, saying, “[This is] none of your business. Stay away or you’ll be sitting in...



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Sam Stein: As Election Nears, Dirty Tricks Grow More Common

Make sure you tell everyone you know that EVERYBODY VOTES ON NOVEMBER 4TH(or before if you have absentee ballots or early voting) and nobody is in danger of being arrested at the polls for parking tickets and other nonsense the Republicans are trying to scare you with. VOTE! DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN'T!

As the election nears, examples of political dirty tricks are emerging with
greater frequency.
On Tuesday, the Virginia Pilot reported that a phony Board of Elections flier was
circulating the state "advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on
Nov. 5." Voting, of course, is on the 4th only, creating fear among neutral
observers and the Obama campaign that people were simply going to miss the
opportunity to go to the polls.
Earlier this month, meanwhile, an anonymous flier was circulating in predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Philadelphia telling voters they could be arrested at the polls if they show up to vote with outstanding arrest warrants or unpaid parking tickets. This is also untrue

.

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McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work

Jason Rosenbaum points to a CNN interview but provides analysis (including the following):Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis

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Obama to voters: Our future depends on this week

Sen. Barack Obama told Ohio voters on Monday that "we are one week away from changing America."....



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FACT CHECK: McCain misreads 2001 Obama interview - TIME

Republican John McCain is misreading seven-year-old comments by rival Barack Obama about "redistributive change" to argue that the Democrat's tax policy is built on "taking your money and giving it to someone else."

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Republicans are The Real Socialists

I've been watching the news for the last few days (or maybe the last week) and frankly the fact that any intelligent idea actually gets out and discussed in the national media seems far-fetched and impossible. According to right wing talkers/news outlets, Obama is a socialist and that's bad. Unfortunately, the real socialists are the Republicans.

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MSNBC left-leaning w/ Maddow KeithO Tops CNN For October

MSNBC beat CNN in prime time for the month of October, led by the breakout success of "The Rachel Maddow Show," which brought MSNBC its first-ever victory over CNN in the 9PM hour.The Hollywood Reporter's Paul J. Gough

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Cannabis Will Alleviate Depression

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Merck Manual indicates 20 percent of women and 12 percent of men will suffer clinical depression. This is a rather depressing world we’re living in.Antidepressant drugs are among the most prescribed medications but their adverse side effects can often be paradoxically lethal with suicide being prominent.
Todays TV news presents a new electromagnetic machine for depression which stimulates the brain which probably causes cannabinoid secretions which makes patient subjects feel better. It had better, a treatment series costs 6 thousand dollars.
Well, I have a surprise for some people. The U.S. Govt says cannabis as an alleged drug causes euphoria which (surprise surprise) causes euphoria which is addicting. Imagine, a very safe replacement for amphetamine, once the most prescribed and addicting mood stimulants being replaced with cannabis.

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Ohio man shoots 17-year-old over destroyed McCain signs!

Kenneth Rowles is facing felony assault charges after firing his rifle several times at two teenagers. The teens admit that they had defaced the McCain yard sign several times.

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Biden should have told the truth: Sarah Palin is a Marxist

Alaska get's over half its budget from oil company taxes, and every citizen gets thousands of dollars free from the state government every year for doing absolutely nothing. I guess that means the "red" state of Alaska is red because it's a Marxist's paradise, not because it's a model of fiscal conservatism.

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PLEASE HELP ACORN STOP THE ATTACKS

 

John McCain's attack on ACORN is shaping up to be the most vicious of the 2008 election. The problem is, we will have to suffer the consequences - to ACORN, to the communities in which we work, to our democracy - long after the election is over. We need your help, and we need it now.

Please take a moment and add your name to our open letter to the McCain campaign, asking him to just stop. It will take millions of people, millions of voices to have an impact and your voice matters. Find out more here.

PLEASE HELP ACORN STOP THE ATTACKS

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Stevens verdict likely to inch Dems closer to ‘magic 60′

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Stevens verdict likely to inch Dems closer to ‘magic 60′ « - Blogs from CNN.com: "From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney


The Stevens verdict is another setback for the GOP.(CNN) – Ted Steven's guilty verdict Monday afternoon could mean the end of the Alaska lawmaker's 40-year tenure in the Senate and serve to inch the already emboldened Democratic Party closer to 60 seats in the Senate, recent polls of the Alaska race suggest."

Michael Moore: No More Socialism for the Rich!

Transcript from Michael Moore's appearance with Plumbers for Obama on CNN's Larry King Live..."McCain is going to make sure the wealthy get another incredible tax break while everybody else suffers."

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We are ALL pro-America.

Great video highlighting New Yorkers who, according to Palin, are not "pro-America."...After 3 days of feeling angry and betrayed by Sarah Palin's comments about anti and pro-America, I pulled together a tribute to the most American of heroes; the NYC rescue workers from 9/11. Do NOT tell New Yorkers that we're anti-America.


We Are All Pro-America - The top video clips of the week are here

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Suspected U.S. drone kills up to 20 militants

Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles on Monday into a Pakistani region on the Afghan border that is a stronghold of a Pakistani Taliban leader, killing up to 20 militants, intelligence officials said.

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Join Mass Actions on the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War -- March 21, 2009

Mass Actions on the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War -- March 21, 2009
Bring All the Troops Home Now -- End All Colonial Occupations!
Fund People's Needs, Not Militarism & Bank Bailouts!
Marking the sixth anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq, thousands will take to the streets of Washington D.C. and other cities across the U.S. and around the world in March 2009 to say, “Bring the Troops Home NOW!” We will also demand “End Colonial Occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Everywhere,” and “Fund Peoples’ Needs Not Militarism and Bank Bailouts.” We also insist on an end to the war threats and economic sanctions against Iran. 
The ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) is organizing for unified mass marches and rallies in Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and other cities on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Months ago we obtained permits for sixth anniversary demonstrations. ANSWER has been actively involved with other coalitions, organizations, and networks to organize unified anti-war demonstrations in the spring of 2009. ANSWER participated in the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations that was held in Cleveland, Ohio on June 28th-29th and attended by 450 people, including many national and local anti-war coalitions. The National Assembly gathering agreed to promote national, unified anti-war demonstrations in the Spring of 2009.
The war in Iraq has killed, wounded or displaced nearly a third of Iraq’s 26 million people. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been killed and hundreds of thousands more have suffered severe physical and psychological wounds. The cost of the war is now running at $700 million dollars per day, over $7,000 per second. The U.S. leaders who have initiated and conducted this criminal war should be tried and jailed for war crimes.
The war in Afghanistan is expanding, and both the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates and Congressional leaders have promised to send in more troops. Both have promised to increase the size of the U. S. military. Both have promised to increase military aid to Israel to continue its oppression of the Palestinian people, including the denial of the right of return.
While millions of families are losing their homes, jobs and healthcare, the real military budget next year will top one trillion dollars, $1,000,000,000,000. If used to meet people’s needs, that amount could create 10 million new jobs at $60,000 per year, provide healthcare for everyone who does not have it now, rebuild New Orleans and repair much of the damage done in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Federal bailouts of the biggest banks and investors many of whom have also made billions in profits from militarism, are already up to an astounding $2.5 trillion this year. None of that money is earmarked for keeping millions of foreclosed and evicted families in their homes.
Coming just two months after the inauguration of the next president, March 21, 2009 will be a critical opportunity to let the new administration in Washington hear the voice of the people demanding justice.
Click this link to endorse the March 21 Actions
If you're planning a local March 21 anti-war action, let us know by clicking this link.

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Could McCain Lose His Home State?

A poll suggests John McCain, having trouble all over the map, might not win his home state: Democrats are circulating a poll showing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) losing ground in his own state, an ominous sign for his beleaguered campaign as state after state turns blues. Project New West, which aims to build the Democratic Party in the Intermountain West, says McCain leads Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the Grand Canyon State.

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Fake attack story by McCain volunteer spirals out of control

McCain should get Joe The Plumber to clean up the septic tank that has become his campaign from its vile racist undertone.
A John McCain campaign volunteer admitted she made up a racially and politically charged story of being robbed and having the letter "B" carved into her cheek by an assailant who saw a McCain sticker on her car, police said Friday...
Ashley Todd, who is white, is being charged with filing a false police report after telling police she was assaulted by a large black man as she was withdrawing money from an automatic teller machine in an area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to the city's assistant chief of police investigations division, Maurita Bryant

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Biden Slammed During Florida Interview

Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden gave it to Florida WFTV anchor Barbara West Thursday when she asked him a slew of questions straight out of John McCain's talking points.
West began the interview by asking whether Biden was "embarrassed" by Barack Obama's association with ACORN. Biden refuted the false association between ACORN and Obama and rightly mentioned John McCain's speech during a rally sponsored by ACORN in 2006.
Watch the interview below:


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McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'

Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." ... "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else."

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Garage Sales on Rise With Economic Downturn

Garages and yards of Manteca, Calif., offer a crash course in kitchen-table economics each weekend.... As the classified ads put it, everything must go. Socks. Christmas ornaments. Microwave ovens. Three-year-old Marita Duarte’s tricycle, sold by her mother, Beatriz, to a stranger for $3 even as her daughter was riding it...

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McCain rocks the house - video

Warning: X-Rated language

 

When reality is more bizarre than anything you can make up

What's more bizarre these days?

This video or reality.

I vote for reality.

Me too!!!

McCain rocks the house

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Bono: "Let's Put Humanity Back on Earth" | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

"Bono addressed 14,000 women in Long Beach, Calif., this week at The Women's Conference 2008. The following is an excerpt from his speech.

Rock stars have two urges. (No, really, just two.) They want to change the world, and they want to have fun. And I believe we can't do one without the other. It's like music -- no one trusts music that lacks joy. It's the life force in rock and roll that we love. Especially in serious times, in traumatic times. We need to dig deep to find joy. So let me repeat, we are here tonight because we want to change the world in a tiny way in our 'hoods or in a grand way in our global community and in so doing, find our joy. But we can't change the world without first changing the way we look at the world. The way you behave in the world depends entirely on the way you view the world. Weltanschauung is what the Germans call it. Californians call it your attitude ... dude."


Bono: "Let's Put Humanity Back on Earth" Health and Wellness AlterNet:

THC fights tumors. Pass it over.

THC has shown to actually inhibit the growth of tumors, that's why heavy pot smokers like you, aren't at any greater risk of getting lung cancer. Feel better now?

People who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing
lung cancer, new research suggests.

While a clear increase in cancer risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.

Even very heavy, long-term marijuana users who had smoked more than 22,000 joints over a lifetime seemed to have no greater risk than infrequent marijuana users or nonusers.

The findings surprised the study’s researchers, who expected to see an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in their youth.

“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” researcher Donald Tashkin, MD, of UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD. “But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for even heavy marijuana smoking.” Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer.

Tashkin presented the findings today at The American Thoracic Society’s 102nd
International Conference, held in San Diego.

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Former Bush Press Secretary Voting for Obama

Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's voting for Barack Obama.



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Confessions of a former Guantánamo prosecutor

The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration's military commissions.

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Oct. 23, 2008 | When Army Lt. Col. Darrell Vandeveld began his work in May 2007 as a prosecutor at the Guantánamo Bay military commissions, the Iraq war veteran was one of the most enthusiastic and tenacious lawyers working on behalf of the Bush administration. He took on seven cases. In court hearings he dismissed claims of prisoner abuse as "embellishment" and "exaggeration." Once, when a detainee asked for legal representation only for the purpose of challenging the legitimacy of the military commissions, Vandeveld ridiculed the request as "idiotic."

America's election | The tat factor

THE reliability of opinion polls is doubtful but an alternative means exists for predicting the outcome of America's election. Purveyors of Halloween masks of presidential candidates take a ghoulish glee in claiming that they have accurately predicted the winner of the past seven elections: he who sells most, wins. Luckily for Barack Obama...

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Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills at Least 10 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- At least 10 people were killed and six others injured in a suspected U.S missile strike Thursday in Pakistan's restive tribal region, intelligence officials and an eyewitness said.

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Next US leader should get to work on Mideast: Palestinian negotiator

TOKYO (AFP) – The next US president, be it Barack Obama or John McCain, should get to work immediately to jump-start Middle East peace talks, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said here Thursday."Whoever will be the next president of the United States, whether Mr. McCain or Mr. Obama, they must immediately engage and continue their engagement and no time should be wasted," Erakat told reporters.

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Watch Michael Moore tonight on Larry King Live!

Michael Moore will be Larry's sole guest for the majority of the hour. Michael will be interviewed live on location with a group of plumbers who support Barack Obama.

Don't miss Mike with "Plumbers for Obama" on Larry King Live tonight (Thursday, October 23rd) at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT on CNN (replay at midnight ET/9:00 PM PT and 3:00 AM ET/midnight PT).

Tune in tonight and plumb the vote on November 4th.

MichaelMoore.com

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Vote Yes on 2: Decriminalize Marijuana in Massachusetts!!!

Recently, the campaign to pass a marijuana decriminalization initiative in Massachusetts began airing two new TV ads.

In the ads, retired police officers urge voters to pass the initiative next month.

In one ad, Sergeant Howard Donahue, a 33-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, says, “Take it from a cop who walked the beat. Please vote yes on Question 2.”

Lt. Tom Nolan

This is the first in a series of ads released across the commonwealth, featuring law enforcement officials arguing for the passage of Question 2. This ad features Lt. Tom Nolan, a 27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department. Lt. Nolan describes the impact of the permanent criminal records residents are saddled with for minor marijuana possession offenses, and concludes: "I entered law enforcement to catch bad guys, not to deny someone an education for life just because they made a mistake."

Sgt. Howard Donahue

A 33-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, Sgt. Howard Donahue is also an outspoken supporter of Question 2. As he notes in this ad airing across Massachusetts, he does not support the legalization of marijuana, but that is not what Question 2 proposes. Question 2 is a simple, commonsense reform that will allow police officers to focus on serious, violent crime and free up law enforcement resources.

Videos | Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy

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ACLU: 100-mile 'Constitution-free zone' surrounds border

The ACLU says a "Constitution-free zone" exists within 100 miles of the US border, where DHS claims the authority to stop, search and detain anyone for any reason. Nearly two-thirds of the US population lives within 100 miles of the border, according to the ACLU, and the border zone encompasses scores of major cites and some entire states.

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video testimonial from Vince Peppard, another San Diegoan who faced trouble
from border agents. Peppard said he was stopped at least 20 miles inside the
border on a return trip from Mexico. He refused to open his trunk "on a matter
of principle" and was detained for about 30 minutes."I didn't feel like I was in
the United States," he says. "I felt like I was in some kind of police
state."

The ACLU posted a video of Peppard on YouTube:

Al Qaeda in Iraq's Deadly Diaspora

Are Iraq's battle-hardened jihadis exporting their tactics to new fronts?...In recent months, as politicians, pundits, and military officials have debated the causes of the precipitous decline in violence in Iraq, some prominent terrorism experts have begun warning that the relative calm may be giving way to a new threat—a fresh generation of Al Qaeda, battle-hardened in Iraq and bent on exporting what they've learned to new fronts.

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Not in Iraq. Not in Afghanistan.

 

The goal of Peace Action's 'No Soldier Left Behind' campaign is simple.  To tell the incoming administration that there is still a groundswell of support to end the occupation of Iraq and bring our troops home.
So far, almost 1,000 signatures have been collected.  Between now and the Inauguration, Peace Action will gather another 2,000 with your help.
The Iraq occupation is all but eliminated from the Presidential debate. It's the economy that's in the headlines now.  The economic crisis has us all worried and cost of the occupation has made it worse.  It's easy to imagine the next administration ignoring this connection to put the issue of Iraq on the back burner for political gain.
The emerging consensus may be more frightening.  Both candidates have advocated moving the quagmire from Iraq to Afghanistan.  That means sending the troops there instead of bringing them home.
Will you help Peace Action make it clear to the next administration we want our troops home, not shuttled off to another quagmire?
We're working to undo over a year of political messaging, refuting the Bush spin:  that the surge has worked, Afghanistan is the 'good war', and the 'war on terror' must be fought militarily.  The truth is: the surge is unsustainable; there is no good war; and, real security from terrorism requires international cooperation and diplomacy.
There is no military solution in Iraq or Afghanistan - or anywhere.  You cannot bomb for peace.  If we don't take action TODAY - before the next President is elected - two years from now, we'll be talking about billions of dollars and hundreds of lives lost in Afghanistan.
The truth is we can stop this now - but only with your help.

'No Soldier Left Behind' sends a clear message to the next administration; nothing short of bringing our troops home will do.  There are solutions to the security problems in Iraq and Afghanistan that do not directly involve the U.S. military.  The next President will have the power to implement those solutions or continue Bush's march deeper into a global war. 
Please support 'No Soldier Left Behind'.  We have real problems in our own country that spending billions of tax dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan won't fix.

Sincerely,

Kevin M. Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action

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Protest to say Money to Meet People's Needs, Not Bankers' Greed

 

 

Action Alert
Demonstrate at the White House Nov. 14 & 15 to say:
Money to Meet People's Needs, Not Bankers' Greed

The ANSWER Coalition, VoteNoBailout.org, ImpeachBush.org and scores of other organizations are mobilizing for demonstrations on Friday night, November 14, and Saturday, November 15, when the Bush administration will be hosting heads of state from around the world, bankers, and the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and other international institutions to coordinate the ongoing transfer of money from working families into the pockets of the richest bankers.
Congress has caved in to the Bush administration and provided $2.5 trillion in total in money and loan guarantees to the bankers. Meanwhile, more than 2 million families have either been driven from their homes because of foreclosure, or are seriously behind in their payments and risking foreclosure. When the people can't pay the interest on their mortgages, bankers drive them from their homes. But when the richest bankers can't meet their debts, the government bails them out with taxpayers' money.
On Friday evening, November 14, the heads of state and bankers will be wined and dined at a White House dinner, and then on Saturday, November 15 they will hold a summit meeting. Join us at the White House to say "Money for Meet People's Needs, Not Bankers' Greed!"
Friday, November 14
5:00 pm
White House in Washington, D.C.
Saturday, November 15
11:00 am
Location TBA in Washington, D.C.

For updates about the plan, check back at http://www.answercoalition.org/, email info@answercoalition.org or call 202-544-3389 x14.
Please make an urgently needed donation by clicking on this link.

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Ron Howard's Call To Action [w/ Andy Griffith and Fonzie]

Ron howard wants to talk about the election. So does Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler. It's great to see these guys still got it!

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

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Conservatives speak out about why they're voting for Obama

Conservatives speak out about why they're voting for Obama

 

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Republicans Voting for Obama: In Their Own Words

There are a number of people in my life -- some family, some friends, some colleagues -- with whom I have never agreed upon anything political. Ever. These are my political opposites. My bizarre-o twins. And they have been my adversaries in countless debates; the kind nobody ever wins, but nobody ever seems to tire of, either.

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Greenspan sees 'credit tsunami'

Former Fed chairman says crisis will pass, and U.S. will end up with 'far sounder financial system.'...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told a House committee Thursday that the nation will emerge from the current credit crisis with a "far sounder financial system.""We are in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami," Greenspan told the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

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Obama lead on McCain grows to 12 points

By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain has grown to 12 points in the U.S. presidential race, with crucial independent and women voters increasingly moving to his side, according to a...

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Economy Crashes but War Profiteers Doing Fine

While Joe the Taxpayer is stocking up on canned spam, candles, ammunition, and recipes for dog meat, the war pigs from Raytheon, Northrup-Grumman, and Lockheed-Martin are popping the corks on the bubbly aboard their private yachts. The New World Order: by invitation only, peasants. Now get back to work....
Original article....
By Bill Rigby, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractors Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and General Dynamics Corp's (GD.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) quarterly earnings beat Wall Street forecasts, showing few signs that U.S. defense spending will slow, despite the uncertainty of a new administration and a tight federal budget.
The defense unit of Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) also posted higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, partly offsetting the effects of a six-week strike at its commercial plane plants, which dragged down its overall quarterly profit.
Northrop and General Dynamics shares rose, while Boeing fell 7.6 percent
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Anti-pot D.A.s have puffed themselves

BOSTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana is a dangerous idea, say Massachusetts prosecutors who admit to trying pot themselves.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, who are leading the charge against a state ballot initiative to keep small pot possession charges off criminal records, all say they smoked marijuana when younger, The Boston Globe reported Monday.
But that hasn't stopped them from saying Question 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot, which would make possession of less than an ounce of marijuana punishable by a civil fine without placement on permanent criminal records, is wrong-headed, the newspaper said.
The prosecutors told the Globe they have learned from their mistakes and say they worry that decriminalizing marijuana possession would lead to more drug use, benefit drug dealers, increase violence on the streets and create safety hazards on the roads.

"I think it's hypocritical for the district attorneys to insist on keeping lifelong barriers for folks who weren't as lucky as they were by avoiding arrest," countered Whitney Taylor

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Blake Fleetwood: Sarah Palin Asks Me for Under-The-Table Money

John McCain continues to make a big point about his accepting public funding for the general election and, in the last debate, he attacked Barack Obama for opting out. All this would be very praiseworthy, if it were true.

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Colin Powell's Tribute to Muslim-American War Hero

For me, most significant moment of Colin Powell's appearance was not his endorsement of Barack Obama but his statement about the role of Islam in America. He spoke about how Republicans have turned being a Muslim into a slur and spoke movingly about the death of Army Spc. Kareem R. Khan, a Muslim-American soldier.

Colin Powell's statement about Army Spc. Kareem R. Khan is about 4:30 or so into this clip...



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Bullies, cowards, and something else

Watch the whole thing

This starts out looking pretty bad...
But if you watch the whole thing there's a surprise.
There are still a lot of decent people out there...in spite of Bill O'Reilly and Fox News.

Bullies, cowards,
and something else

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The 10 Dirtiest Election Tricks the Republicans Have Tried So Far

From intimidating minority voters to whipping up racism and hatred at political rallies, the GOP has pulled out all the stops.

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10 Reasons for Democrats to Think Positive Despite the McCain Sleazathon

McCain's campaign is throwing in everything but the kitchen sink, but Obama is still in a fabulously good position to get elected.

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18 Ways to Reform Healthcare Now

Everyone agrees that we need cheaper, better, easier care for everyone. You know it. The guy heading to the White House knows it. Congress knows it. But knowing and doing aren't necessarily neighbors in Washington, D.C.

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Is A GOP Meltdown on the Horizon?

The Grand Old Party is in big trouble. On one hand it has being hijacked by the " Christians Taliban", on the other it has become the party standing for Greed Oil & Power. It is time to put back rational thinking into America's political life. All the polls are indicating that the GOP will loose in the upcoming elections by a landslide.

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Alec Baldwin - Palin on SNL: What Did You Expect?

Saturday Night Live is a comedy show. It's not Meet the Press. It doesn't "ask the tough questions" or "set the agenda." It attempts, with varying degrees of success, to make people laugh. That's it. Whether they skewer and savage people in order to do so, they don't care.

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The smoking gun that will put Bush behind bars

Murder most foul

If you conspire for the death of a person or group of people, without a legal justification like self defense, and death ensues, then you're guilty of murder whether you pull the trigger or not.
Vincent Bugliosi understands this legal principle very well.
He's the prosecutor who put Charles Manson behind bars even though Manson never personally killed anyone.
When George Bush attacked Iraq knowing fully well that the US was not under any threat from that country, he became legally liable for the death of every US soldier under his command.
Bush is, of course, morally responsible for the death of every person in that conflict, but the legal theory for prosecuting him for all of them is not as clear cut.
But it doesn't matter.
Just one wrongful death is enough to indict him and bring him to court on murder charges and just one conviction is enough to put him in jail, hopefully for the rest of his natural life.
This video addresses the smoking gun that proves that Iraq was not a threat to the US and Bush knew it.
Therefore, his order to attack was a premeditated criminal act that resulted in the death of others i.e. he is a murderer.
There is an experienced attorney running for Attorney General in the State of Vermont.
She is ready, willing and able to bring Bush up on murder charges.
All it takes is one Attorney General to step up and the flood gates will open.
But it won't happen by itself.
There is no single issue more important to the future of this country than the criminal persecution of George Bush for murder.
Future presidents must be made aware that criminal activity in the White House will result in aggressive prosecution and that their immunity lasts only as long as they're in office.
Here's where you can go to get more info about and support the campaign to indict George Bush for murder:

Indict Bush for murder

The smoking gun that will put Bush behind bars

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Financial crisis gives added capital to Karl Marx’s writings

Bankers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your bonuses, houses in Esher, holidays in the Caribbean and your Jermyn Street shirts. The upside is that you have the time, at last, to read the complete works of Karl Marx. The prophet of revolutionaries everywhere, the scourge of capitalism, is enjoying a comeback.

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How Local Teens Beat Sarah Palin Over Skate Park

A member of the band Portugal. The Man recalls a flap with then-Mayor Palin that took place 10 years ago over a local Skate Park.

Last month, singer/guitarist John Baldwin Gourley — who grew up in a remote
generator-powered log cabin with no telephone outside Wasilla — wrote a
passionate essay on his feelings about his former mayor's ascension to
the national stage, but it was bassist Zach Carothers' story about his
battle with Palin over a skate park that really caught our attention. We asked
him to recount his tale for us.

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Obama to focus on Florida

The utter rout of McCain and the old politics of division and hatred and Rove-Schmidt smears is on! Barack Obama's campaign announced this afternoon that it will put a full-court press on Florida, the scene of Democratic presidential nightmares, with the help of former rivals Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson. Obama is aiming for a landslide.

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Iraqis will backout of pact with U.S.

By Peter Graff and Mariam Karouny BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A pact that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three years failed to secure the support of Iraqi political leaders on Sunday, raising doubts about whether it can survive. Iraqis Congress understood Al-Sadr's message loud and clear. The " pact" will be a no go.

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BREAKING: Head of GOP Voter Reg. Outift Arrested

Yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported on the Republican voter registration outfit who had allegedly been illegally changing thousands of registrations from Democratic to Republican.

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Last night the head of that GOP backed group, Mark Anthony Jacoby of Young
Political Majors (YPM), was arrested by the California State Election Fraud
Taskforce and Oxnard, CA Police.

According to CA SoS Debra Bowen's press release, Jacoby himself had
committed voter registration fraud and perjury by lying on his own voter
registration form. (That's similar to what Ann Coulter did, though she
not only committed felony voter registration fraud, she also committed actual
voter fraud, as well, even though such fraud is exceedingly rare.)
Bowen's press release, just out, on Jacoby's arrest follows in full...

McCain Camp Tells NYT: Lay Off Cindy, Find Obama's "Dealer"

The Nation -- Wow, the McCain campaign really hated that New York Times profile of Cindy McCain.
O.K., Cindy did come off as slightly vapid and, well, weird -- especially the Princess Diana obsession.
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EPIC Obama '08 - Vote For Hope Video

“Vote For Hope” was written to encourage and inspire the hip hop generation—and everyone—to get involved, and contribute their time, energy, creativity, and other resources to be the change they want to see in the world. We have been inspired by the artistic and musical contributions that have been pouring out accross the nation in support of Barack Obama's campaign. Vote for Hope is our offering to this creative movement. It is our way of adding our small voice to the collective voice of millions of Americans calling for a change.


Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo

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Helping America's Homeless People

2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader answers a question from the audience regarding his views on helping the homeless. From the University of Vermont in Burlington, October 5, 2008...



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GOP Controlled Voting Machines Switch Obama Votes To McCain

In two counties, electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain". In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections.

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Frank Rich. "McCain: He just can't quit W."

When McCain told Obama "I'm not Bush, you should have run against Bush 4 years ago" voters weren't impressed because of the obvious: Why didn’t McCain run against Bush 4 years ago - as he had 4 years before that? Instead, McCain campaigned for Bush’s re-election, cheered for Bush policies and helped lower America into the pit where we are today.

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Kentucky paper- Lexington Herald Leader enorses Obama!

Obama right man for the job. Even if this country were not in dire need of a new direction, Sen. Barack Obama would make a better president than Sen. John McCain.

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Al Franken Draws Perfect 50 States Map in 3 Minutes

Al Franken can draw an almost perfect map of the United States freehand from memory while answering questions about health care and cracking jokes about the Red States. How impressive is that?



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Sarah Palin On SNL With Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg

Sarah Palin made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, where she watched Tina Fey (as Sarah Palin) in a skit about Palin's first press conference alongside SNL honcho Lorne Michaels. Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg also made appearances in the opening sketch.[WATCH]





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Watch 5 other sketches from the show here, including Mark Wahlberg confronting Andy Samberg backstage more from Weekend Update, and Sarah Palin at backstage at SNL.

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented.



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Forget impeachment

Try Bush for murder

Vincent Bugliosi lays it out

You can make this happen.
Charlotte Dennett is running for Attorney General of the State of Vermont.
If she wins, she will use her office to indict George Bush for the murder of the citizens of Vermont who were killed in his fraudulent war.
You can support her efforts here:
http://www.charlottedennettforattorneygeneral.com
Forget impeachment.
Try Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld and all the rest for murder.
Former LA Deputy District Attorney, who successfully prosecuted, dozens of murder cases, makes the case that George Bush is indictable for murder.
Any state or city that had a citizen killed in the course of the Iraq War is eligible for pressing charges and bringing these lying psychopaths to justice.
This is not a pipe dream. The law exists to indict Bush and his co-conspirators on murder charges the minute he is no longer president.
Nothing could possibly be more important for the future of this country than to bring these criminals to justice.

Indict Bush for murder

Forget impeachment

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Racists for Obama? - Ben Smith

New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative views of African Americans.

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BURIED On a Friday: Cindy McCain Made $4.2 Million in 2007

Associated Press: Republican presidential candidate John McCain's wife, Cindy, reported $4.2 million in income for 2007, according to tax returns released by the McCain campaign LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Mrs. McCain, an heiress to the Hensley fortune, paid $1.1 million in taxes, a tax rate of 26%. Her worth has been estimated at more than $100 mil.

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Racist Ohioan Mike Lunsford Hangs Obama Effigy from Noose

Racist Ohio resident, Mike Lunsford, hangs an Obama effigy from a noose in a tree.

****WTF is wrong with these people?



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Biden Slams Palin's Comments: "We ALL Love this Country"

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden ripped into recent comments by his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, that suggested some places in the U.S. are more "pro-America" than others. "I'm tired. I am tired, tired, TIRED, TIRED! of the implications about patriotism," Biden said. "We are ALL patriotic"



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ACLU Premieres "The End Of America"

"The End of America" follows Naomi Wolf, the author of the bestselling book by the same title, as she discusses America's dangerous slide towards a society of fear and surveillance, and chronicles her work to raise awareness about the threats to democracy in the U.S. when the rule of law is not upheld. The film traces the ten steps that have...

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Know Your Voting Rights - State By State

 

The Voting Rights Project of the ACLU is dedicated to providing citizens with information and assistance in exercising their right to vote! We are urging citizens to ACT this election year. For more information or to voice a voting rights complaint, call 1-877-523-2792, email us at vrp@aclu.org, or click below. Know your voting rights. Act!

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Know Your Voting Rights - State By State

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McCain's Struggles: Four Ways He Went Wrong

As he tried to jump-start his flagging campaign earlier this week, John McCain uttered a new rallying cry, "We've got them just where we want them." But even his diehard supporters had to question that assessment. According to countless public polls, McCain's campaign has been losing, not gaining ground.

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Sam Stein: Injured Iraq Vet Stars In Udall Senate Ad

Wow! Tom Udall, the Democratic running for the open U.S Senate seat in New Mexico, released an ad on Thursday that may be remembered as the most poignant and moving of the cycle.
Entitled "Humbled," the spot features the testimony of Army Sergeant Erik Schei, who was gravely injured by in Iraq and is now forced to communicate through a speaking aid. Describing how he was hit by sniper fire, he recounts:
"The doctors said I wouldn't survive. But I am still here. And I am getting better. I want to thank Tom Udall for getting more funding for treatment of brain trauma for veterans. For me, that means...everything."




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U.S. policies may have contributed to Iran revolution

A report based on declassified documents suggests that the Nixon and Ford administrations, angry with the shah for his support for raising oil prices, worked to curb his ambitions.

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