BREAKING: The Third Party National Group "Americans Elect" drops out: Is this a Sign of the Demise of Democracy in America?

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President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%

President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account.  "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. The president's other principal assets …

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BREAKING: A Good Laugh for Us Fellow Viners (includes funny links to The Dictator)

Introducing The Dictator to the Vine--we need laughs in the midst of this Great Recession, our dueling candidates for president, death in Afghanistan, threats against Iran, and the plunging Euro. What is it with our obsession with satirising dictators? Thank the Lord we  …

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BREAKING London 2012 Olympics: 'I contemplated suicide,' says Gemma Spofforth | Sport | The Guardian

In 2007 her mother, Lesley, died of stomach cancer. In 2011 she lost both her father's girlfriend, June, and June's daughter Vicky, both to cancer. There have been times, Spofforth admits in her autobiography, due to be published after the Olympics, when she contemplated co …

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US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations | World news | guardian.co.uk

A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination. Close to a million people live on the US' …

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Brilliant pupil's 'logical' suicide - News - The Independent

A BRILLIANT schoolboy shot himself in the head after carefully calculating the benefits of life and deciding it was not worth living, an inquest was told yesterday.

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BREAKING: Chen Guangcheng lawyer says dissident feels 'pressure' and fears for his safety - The Washington Post

After four days of secret negotiations, U.S. diplomats on Wednesday initially touted then later scrambled to defend their role in forging an agreement that they said contained extraordinary Chinese promises.  Chinese officials, by contrast, broke their official silence on Chen b …

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Back-to-Back Killings Between US-Afghan Forces: Billions of dollars continue to be spent on the failed training mission

Another Afghan police officer opened fire on American troops on Thursday, injuring two of them in the latest indication that Washington’s claim that the training mission is going well is a lie. Also on Friday, it was revealed that an elite Afghan soldier shot dead an Ameri …

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BREAKING: Malaysian Democracy Rally Endures Tear Gas in Struggle for Electoral Reform (news video included)

Democracy in Malaysia is alive and well as Malaysians peacefully demonstrate for electorial reform: activists have alleged the Election Commission is biased and claimed that voter registration lists are tainted with fraudulent voters. Saturday's gathering follows one crushed by  …

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The Woman who was Blasted by the Media for winning $3M from the McDonald's Hot Coffee Case: the Real Story and the Movie

An eye-opening indictment of the way big business spins the media.  This is a trailer for a film about four people who fought for damages against harms inflicted on them by corporations or professionals.  The media spin was amazing and you probably were affected by the spin.   …

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Who will be the Third Party Candidate of the 99%?

Who will be the Third Party candidate of the 99%?  I have been suggesting Rocky Anderson, but the seed here undermines the likelihood of that possibility.  The other viable choice seems to be Jill Stein of the Green Party.  Ralph Nader is conflicted; Rocky seems much more  …

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Progressive Presidential Candidate Meets with OWL Activists

  "Every major public policy disaster in this Country is attributable to the corrupting influence of money," said Rocky Anderson  during a round of talks and meetings in Santa Cruz. Anderson believes that there must be an end to what he calls authoritarianism and plutocracy  …

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Secret service agents sent home after Colombia prostitution allegations began after agent refused to pay for services

"One of the agents did not pay one of the prostitutes, and she complained to the police," Kessler told cable news channel CNN. "This is clearly the biggest scandal in secret service history," Kessler added. "Because of this, those personnel are being relieved of their assignm …

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Thanks Barack; ANOTHER Credit Rating Agency Downgrades US Economy

Credit rating agency Egan Jones downgraded the United States Thursday on concern over the sustainability of public debt. Egan Jones is one of the most important ratings firms in the world; they lowered our credit level from AA+ to AA. The firm reduced America from AAA to AA+ in J …

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Hillary supporter's untold Obama horror stories

Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign violated Democratic Party rules and engaged in improper and possibly illegal actions to steal the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton, according to a worker for Hillary’s campaign. Michele Thomas, a professi …

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Broken Promises: America's Forgotten Iraqi Allies Face Death and a Long Road Home

"If it becomes known that you worked for the Americans, and you receive a death threat ... if you go to the US embassy, which, you know, just recently announced it's cutting its entire staff in half, and you tell them that you need help, you're running for you're life, they'll …

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US Officials "sexed up" the WMD lies that led to 100,000 deaths and liar-spy confesses all

US officials "sexed up" Mr Janabi's drawings of mobile biological weapons labs to make them more presentable.

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An End to Authoritarianism and Plutocracy and Oligarchy in the United States: It's Up to Us

We have become an Oligarchy, a Plutocrcay, and are under an Authoritarian Rule.  We know this.  Democracy as we knew it and as we learned it in school is dying.  What can we, the American people, do?  First, recognize that the Democratic and Republican Partie …

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Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra | AlterNet

Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate women’s health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the ‘Heartbeat bill,’ they should also be able to legislate men’s reproductive health.

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Rush Limbaugh vs. Bill Maher: Which one's words were more derogatory towards women?

“The White House, I am quite certain, never expected this issue to come back to bite the president and his campaign. But in the New Media era with energetic grassroots conservative activists, it is not as easy as it once was to apply civility rules only to the right,&rdq …

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Taliban vow of revenge for Afghans killed by US troop motivates the question: Why are US Troops still in Afghanistan? - Yahoo! News

The Taliban vowed revenge Monday after an American soldier allegedly shot to death 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan and burned their bodies, an attack that has fueled anger still simmering after U.S.

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Major questions surrounding the Afghan war - Yahoo! News

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BREAKING: U.S. soldier detained after opening fire on Afghans: at least 10 people were killed and five wounded - The Washington Post

A U.S. soldier was taken into custody in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, a few hours after he opened fire on Afghan civilians, killing 10, U.S. and Afghan officials said. The shooting took place at approximately 3 a.m.

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