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| Media Matters: Conservative Media Week in Review | |
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| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Rogue trader causes price of oil to rise | |
| A rogue trader caused an alarming oil price rise this week and lost his firm £6m.. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn_news | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Why this time is different?! US marine in Afghanistan | |
| France 24 | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 747 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on the Palestine Question | |
| Mara Verheyden-Hilliard is an activist, Constitutional Rights attorney, and the cofounder of the Partnership for Civil Justice. She is also a member of the ANSWER Coalition National Steering Committee and the co-chair of the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee. Ms. Verheyden-Hilliard was one of the speakers at an event entitled, | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 772 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Washington Post All Access Fire Sale! | |
| Washington DC - where decisions are made every day that effect the lives of America. It's the home of our democracy And if you act NOW - it's the home of BARGAINS.... That's right - The Washington Post - the paper that broke the Watergate Scandal is now BREAKING all standards of journalistic ethics ....FOR YOU! It's the Washington Post All Access Fire Sale Want access to congressman? We've got 'em! Obama administration officials? We've got 'em! Washington Post reporters and editors? We've still got some, so get em while they last! All at LOW LOW prices you have to pay to believe.... Act now, this offer will only last as long as papers are in business! | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Bruce Fein Rips Obama's Indiffernce to Torture at NPC | |
| A press conference was held, on Monday, June 29, 2009, in the Murrow Room of the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. It featured Kevin Zeese, Executive Director of VotersforPeace.US; Bruce Fein, former Associate Deputy Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan; and Shahid Buttar, Director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. The trio presented formal Complaints against alleged t"orture architects" CIAs Acting General Counsel, John Rizzo, and DMI lawyer, Jonathan Fredman, according to the organizers press release. They demanded that the accused lawyers, who are both still working for the federal government, be fired and disbarred. Mr. Fein also ripped into President Barack Obama for his indifference to torture. He said: "We have an instance where the President of the United States--Harvard Law Review--Chicago Constitutional Law professor--he knows what the rules of law means--shuts his eyes to open confessions--we authorized torture, for which [under the Law], there is no exception." See for the particulars and background on this evolving matter: http://www.velvetrevolution.us/torture_lawyers/index.php and http://www.counterpunch.org/zeese06112009.html | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 808 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| Obama's Child Soldiers: Canadian Omar Khadr & Mohammed Jawad | |
| President Obama has temporarily halted the military commission trials at Guantanamo while they are reviewed. But if they aren't disbanded, the U.S. will oversee the first trial of a child soldier accused of war crimes since World War II. This video shows why President Obama must end the unconstitutional military commissions once and for all, and why he must bring the United States back in line with the treaties it has signed regarding the treatment of juveniles who have been recruited or used in armed conflict. Here is some background: Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan in the midst of a firefight that seriously injured Khadr and resulted in the death of a U.S. solider. Khadr was sent to Guantanamo where he was been held for 7 years -- one-third of his life. He was beaten, subject to painful stress positions and even used as a human mop after he urinated on the floor during one interrogation. Under these conditions, the prosecution of Khadr raises grave concerns about the rule of law. Ending the military commissions will also spare ACLU client Mohammed Jawad from trial in an illegal system. Jawad was sent to Guantanamo after he was captured at about age 16 at the scene of a grenade attack in Afghanistan that injured two U.S. soldiers. Afghan authorities threatened Jawad with his death, and that of his family, if he didn't confess to the attack. Based on the resulting false confession, Jawad was transferred to U.S. custody where he was further abused. Among other forms of cruel treatment he suffered at Guantanamo, Jawad was subjected to the so-called frequent flyer program, where he was moved every few hours -- 112 times over two weeks -- to deny him sleep. Learn more at http://www.aclu.org This video features ACLU's National Security Project attorney Hina Shamsi and Human Rights Program researcher Jennifer Turner. It was produced for the ACLU by Joel Engardio. | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 765 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Will the Fed Regulate Companies Deemed Too Big To Fail? | |
| Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/30/A_View_of_the_Economy_from_the_Federal_Reserve Dr. Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, argues for increased regulation over | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
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| The Cove Trailer | |
| Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, The Cove follows a high-tech dive team on a mission to discover the truth about the international dolphin capture trade as practiced in Taiji, Japan. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, including hidden microphones and cameras in fake rocks, the team uncovers how this small seaside village serves as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological crimes happening worldwide. The Cove exposes not only the tragedy of dolphin slaughtering in Japan, but also the dangerously high levels of mercury in dolphin meat and seafood, the cruelty in capturing dolphins for entertainment, and the depletion of our oceans fisheries by worldwide seafood consumption. We also see how the mandate of the International Whaling Commission has been manipulated by the Japanese Fisheries Agency for its benefit and its subsequent effect on the rest of the world. | |
| Date: 03 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Operation Khaniar begins in Afghanistan - 2 Jul 09 | |
| The largest operation in the second phase of the military campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been launched by US forces, reports Al Jazeera's David Chater. | |
| Date: 02 July 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 732 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |