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    • Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan

      Posted by papadavid from Yahoo News!

      WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. ADVERTISEMENT The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. Military leaders as recently as Wednesday stressed the need for additional troops in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has repeatedly praised the work of the 24th MEU in fighting Taliban militants in Helmand Province. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, however, has repeatedly said he did not intend to extend or replace the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, calling their deployment there

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    • Will the Next War for Oil Be in Africa?

      Posted by Shemuses

      The number of Americans who believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake has surpassed the number who felt the same way about Vietnam during that war. At the same time, a much quieter U.S. military build-up is underway on another continent. The ultimate objective of the two efforts is the same: securing Big Oil's access to the regions' oil. The impact in Africa will likely be the same as in Iraq: perpetual occupation, instability and growing anti-Americanism.

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      Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floor

      Posted by Shemuses from CNN

      A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

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    • It was oil all along

      Posted by Damianmann from Consortiumnews

      Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al Qaeda and toppling a dictator and spreading democracy and protecting ourselves from weapons of mass destruction.

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    • Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

      Posted by theangryindian from Bloomberg

      June 24 (Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest financial firms may lose as many as 175,000 jobs by this time next year as Citigroup Inc. and other banks shed workers amid slowing revenue and billions in writedowns, executive recruiters say.

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    Mahatma comments on:

    Russia, Georgia troops battle on border

    I imagine, in a more advanced VR environment, they might animate a different, less stressful outcome.  Like they could animate a brightly colored spray of candy or presents instead of sharpnel and body parts parts strewn about the blast site.  Maybe a little, "atta boy," or "outstanding" followed by canned cheering from a studio audience when a particularly good strike is executed.

    This scenario of positively re-enforcing the kill could ease the pain of human slaughter and give a real sense of total accomplishment.  The possibilities are endless.  I wonder if drone pilots get better VA benefits than the rest of the "combat" vets do?  

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    9:24 pm 8/08/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .thanks for the link. . .

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    7:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

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    7:04 am 7/06/08
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    asesino comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

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    6:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.

    We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.

    Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

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    12:13 am 7/06/08
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    papadavid comments on:

    Military Chief: US Doesn't Have Enough Troops To Send To Afghanistan on The Huffington Post

    here’s the video (i think):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPiBn5j2ro

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    1:24 pm 7/04/08
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    theangryindian comments on:

    US Soldier throws puppy off cliff video

    Very, very sad.

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    12:44 pm 6/22/08
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    Shemuses

    Member since Sep 2008

    Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.

    Vancouver


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    okami

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    former US Marine, retired police; now alternately protected and terrorized by gangs of cats

    Commerce


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    theangryindian

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    “The Angryindian” is an internationally recognized Indigenist activist and outspoken critic of U.S. colonialism practised against Aboriginal societies in America and abroad. He is editor of IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo and the host of Radyo Inteligentaindigena, an independent, non-partisan international Indigenist podcast.

    Indian Country


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    Damianmann

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    Damian is a former campaign worker for Ralph Nader and current delegate/precinct captain for Barack Obama . He is also a registered Independent voter. He's written columns for "Tabula Rasa" magazine as well as many music magazines around the globe. Whatever you do, don't offer him alcohol.

    Houston


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    papadavid

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    born in nyc 1950. '53 to hs grad: nashua, n.h. two more (which makes the total 14) years of catholic education (jesuits, this time) in ct. attended woodstock. don't remember much after that!

    nashville