[Uruknet 56461 29-jul-2009 17:34 ECT] Video: Witness - Made in Palestine

The Keffiyeh is more than just a practical headdress and over recent decades it has come to symbolise the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. The documentary looks at the last keffiyeh maker in the West Bank who has finally fallen victim to a cocktail of competition from China, globalisation and Israeli occupation...

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[Uruknet 56478 30-jul-2009 05:12 ECT] Change in the SOFA

In November 2008, then President George W. Bush and then Puppet Nouri al-Maliki negotiated an unprecedented, unconstitutional treaty to "legalize" three more years of war in a manner not unlike the "legalization" of invasions, detentions, torture, and warrantless spying by secret decree of the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice. This treaty was public, but it was not called a treaty. Instead Bush presented it as a "Status of Forces Agreement" or SOFA, even though it went far beyond what any other SOFA had previously done. The U.S. Constitution requires that two-thirds of senators present consent to any treaty. A certain Senator Barack Obama favored upholding that requirement. Another senator by the name of Joe Biden introduced a bill (S. 3433) that, had it been brought to a vote and passed, would have cut off any money for U.S. operations in Iraq authorized only by an unconstitutional treaty...

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SWINE FLU SHOCK � IS IT A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON?

Updated: [July 29, 2009 ] :: 17:11:49 [view 1567]
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/shownews.php?IDNEWS=0000009894
Pattaya-29 July 2009 (PDN): As type A (H1N1) flu continues its relentless toll in Thailand, seemingly largely defeating preventative measures, there are disturbing reports that the flu is not one type but, in fact, already a cocktail of human, avian and swine viruses. Which [...]

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The Media’s Constant Palin Hyperbole

A recent CBS report by Scott Conroy and director of political coverage Steve Chaggaris is typical of the hyperbole to which the Old Media is prone when “reporting” (by that you can read dramatizing) Sarah Palin’s political doings.

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Why Some PhDs are Jerks

I was talking with a friend about the latest hot topic involving Prof. Henry Lewis Gates of Harvard and the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department.

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Hillary Clinton Condemns Indonesia Hotel Bombings

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is condemning Friday's bombings at two luxury hotels in Indonesia.

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Dear President Obama: Should we sell our house?

by Craig J. Cantoni
Your Excellency:
This is your humble servant. I’m writing from my home in the Sonoran desert of Arizona, where it’s 113 degrees outside and 82 degrees inside. I’m sitting here half-naked with the ceiling fan whirring so fast that papers are flying off my desk.
It gives me solace, though, to know that you [...]

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