Category Archives: Democracy

Addendumb to “Birther” Wingnuts Bid, etc.: Georgia judge orders Obama to appear in court for hearing

By Associated Press, Published: January 20 ATLANTA — A judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and can’t be president. Orly Taitz, … Continue reading

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Disinformation Campaign Proves Effective as Anti-SOPA Strike-Breaker

Two or three days ago, announcements were broadcast on various Media Outlets stating that two bills in the Congress and the Senate, SOPA and PROTECT-IP were effectively “Dead-in-the-Water,” resulting in the cancellation (or extreme reduction) of what would have been … Continue reading

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“Birther” Wingnuts Bid to Remove President Obama from Georgia ballot in 2012

It’s like Election 2000 all over again:

Wingnut “Birthers” have sued to have President Obama removed from the State ballot in November. The case(s) are being brought before Georgia Administrative Law Judge Michael M. Malihi. On Jan. 3, 2012, Malihi, who consolidated several cases challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to be placed on the primary ballot in Georgia, issued an order denying Obama’s motion to dismiss those challenges. He stated, “Because defendant’s motion to dismiss is denied, in the interest of efficiency, the court finds it unnecessary to wait for plaintiffs’ responses before denying the motion.” Continue reading

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Wall Street Declares War on America (Yes, this constitutes Conspiracy!)

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, speaking in an interview with the BBC (excerpted on The Takeaway radio program–audio of Quan starts at the 5:30 mark), casually mentioned that she … Continue reading

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Occupy Oakland

Wall Street doesn’t believe in the First Amendment Continue reading

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Information flow can reveal malicious intent

…the sneaky behavior employed to cover the corrupt “innovations” at Enron might have been revealed just by diagramming who is e-mailing whom suggests that the structures of social networks might be a good diagnostic tool. Probing the shapes of social networks might help investigators identify electronic dens of intrigue, such as people communicating within a terrorist network… Continue reading

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Pseudomenos [Greek: liar].

The confusion of truth with lies, which makes it nearly impossible to maintain the difference between the two, and which makes holding on to the simplest cognition a labor of Sisyphus, announces the victory of the principle in logical organization… Continue reading

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The Deficit Hawks Target Nurses and Firefighters

To put this in context, the size of this upward redistribution to the richest 1 percent over the last three decades is roughly large enough to double the income of all the households in the bottom half of the income distribution. Continue reading

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Gingrich: My Infidelities Helped Me Understand How To Impeach Clinton

“…obviously I wasn’t doing things to be proud of. On the other hand, what I said clearly — and I knew this in part going through a divorce. I had been in depositions. I had been in situations where you had to swear to tell the truth. I understood that in a federal court, in a case in front of a federal judge, to commit a felony, which is what he did, perjury was a felony.” Continue reading

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How corporations dodge taxes

Our government is in knots over ways to lower the federal budget deficit. Well, what if we told you we found a pot of money – over $60 billion a year [another report claims U.S. companies are holding $1.2 trillion overseas] – that could be used to help out? Continue reading

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