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Obama’s ‘Black Widow’ : The Super Spy Computer
‘The NSA’s colossal Cray supercomputer, code-named the ‘Black Widow,’ scans millions of domestic and international phone calls and e-mails every hour. . . . The Black Widow, performing hundreds of trillions of calculations per second, searches through and reassembles key … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Domestic Spying, FISA, National Security Agency, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology
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Those Wacky Republicans : "Magic Negro" May Actually HELP Candidate Saltsman
‘Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman had sent a CD including a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” to the RNC members he is courting some of those officials are rallying around the embattled Saltsman.’By … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bigotry, Media, Political Satire, Racism, Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh
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Fisk: Obama Needs More Than Empty Rhetoric for Lasting Progress in the Middle East
A Palestinian demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag flees as an Israeli soldier holds a position behind him. Photo: GETTY.How can anyone believe there is ‘progress’ in the Middle East?By Robert Fisk / December 27, 2008 A test of Obama’s gumption … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation
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Tone Deaf GOP : Just Humming Along?
‘Chip Saltsman, pretender to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee thought it would be funny to send a CD with 41 tasteless, demeaning racial parodies to his Republican buddies as a holiday gift.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag … Continue reading →
‘Magic Negro’ and ‘Star Spanglish Banner’ : Republicans are Equal-Opportunity Offenders
Chip Saltsman, who managed Mike Huckabee’s campaign, said the songs, produced for Rush Limbaugh, are just “light hearted political parodies.” ‘Republican operative Chip Saltsman distributed a CD containing “Barack the Magic Negro” as part of his campaign to be elected … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bigotry, Racism, Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh
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Chris Cook: Changing the Food Policy for America
Graphic source.A food agenda for ObamaBy Christopher D. Cook / December 26, 2008 Now’s the time to reinvent America’s farm and food policies. San Francisco – Within hours of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack’s nomination last week as Agriculture secretary, … Continue reading →
Pakistan: Urgent Foreign Policy Matter for Obama
This matter becomes all the more urgent with Pakistan moving troops to the Indian border because of the threats coming from that nation over the Mumbai attack. Purohit has some fine suggestions for the incoming administration in order to establish … Continue reading →
Rush Limbaugh : Economic Crisis a Democratic Plot to Elect Obama
Rush Limbaugh: What’s he been smoking?Limbaugh’s Crazy Conspiracy Theory: ‘I am just wondering — as I say, it can’t be proven — I’m just wondering if a lot of this was by design to create economic panic.’ By Amanda Terkel … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Congressional Bailout, Conspiracy Theories, Democratic Party, Economic Crisis, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio
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Former User Obama Should Come Out on Drug Reform
Obama and unidentified compadre in college days. Obama has been open about past drug use.‘Obama was frank about his own drug use, so why isn’t he more honest about what a disaster war on drugs has been?’By Alexander Zaitchik / … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Drug Law Reform, Drug Legalization, Drug War, Marijuana, NORML
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Obama Has a Deaf Ear to Religion
Evangelical maverick Rev. Richard Cizik speaks at Mosque during annual Interfaith Gandhi Walk.‘I do think it was a good idea to reach out to evangelicals, but there was a far better possible person — better religiously, symbolically, politically.’By Rabbi Arthur … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Evangelical Christians, Obama Inauguration, Religion, Rick Warren
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Jeff Jones : The Bay Area Reacts to the Rick Warren Saga
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has always been a vocal supporter of diversity and the GLBT community.‘As an enthusiastic gay Obama supporter, I can see that his choice of a homophobe preacher is a gratuitous political gaffe that he didn’t … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom, GLBT Rights, Obama Inauguration, Obama Transition, Rick Warren, San Francisco
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The Rick Warren Debacle : Views From the Left and the Right
Barack Obama’s choice of pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration has stirred up a storm. Dancing with Rick Warren is more than making nice with a sector of our society that Obama probably views as an … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Homophibia, Obama Inauguration, Obama Transition, Rick Warren
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