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[For the original post with links and photograph, visit afternoonjournal.com]
Some ironies are so fitting and delicious you are tempted to think that God Herself has something to do with it.
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by John Kaufman
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on Wed Sep 23, 2015 at 06:58 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here .
Imagine for a moment a genuine absurdity: somewhere in the United States, ...
by TomDispatch
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on Tue Sep 22, 2015 at 07:51 AM PDT
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here .
It was August 2002. My partner Jan Adams and I were just beginning our ...
by TomDispatch
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When all is said and done, what the recently-approved Iran nuclear agreement is all about is ensuring that Iran honors its commitment under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) not to develop ...
by Lawrence S Wittner
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on Mon Sep 21, 2015 at 09:33 AM PDT
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What if.........we set a five million dollar limit on personal wealth for any one family and gave the 1% thirty days to surrender the rest. Violators face confiscation of all property and a minimum ...
by lone gunman
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on Sun Sep 20, 2015 at 09:24 PM PDT
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On Friday, I had written about the recent fighting around the town of Musa Qala, and some of the longer history of the war in Helmand province.
Yesterday, the New York Times wrote about the high ...
by Garrett
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on Sun Sep 20, 2015 at 04:50 PM PDT
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Originally published 9/19/2015
Republished to add support inquiry from Elizabeth Warren as put out in her name by "Progressive Change Campaign Committee "
Also added a poll for this post.
(see ...
by DKAtoday
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on Sun Sep 20, 2015 at 02:26 PM PDT
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(photo credit: U.S. Army)
From The New York Times :
SAN ANTONIO — The general ...
by ericlewis0
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on Sat Sep 19, 2015 at 10:23 AM PDT
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Most of us here, by now, recognize that Climate Change is increasing at a rate of increase which is increasing at an increasing rate. That means if it is getting graphed as a straight line instead ...
by rktect
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on Sat Sep 19, 2015 at 08:36 AM PDT
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by ericlewis0
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on Fri Sep 18, 2015 at 06:01 PM PDT
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Comprehensive Progressive Agenda & Wishlist Report
By M.Bali
Source: https://progressivewishlist.wordpress.com
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country ...
by progressivetroll
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on Fri Sep 18, 2015 at 01:29 PM PDT
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Major General Andrew Mackay, retired, has an article at the BBC about the long war for the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province.
Mackay deals with the issue of lies in the war. He tells an ...
by Garrett
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on Fri Sep 18, 2015 at 05:13 PM PDT
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Today's paper reports that 15,000 refugees are now stranded between Hungary and Serbia, trapped in Croatia. In Hungary, the police on the border engaged in rioting in an effort to prevent people ...
by Eternal Hope
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on Fri Sep 18, 2015 at 11:20 AM PDT
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Apparently irked by their absence from the headlines, one of the worlds craziest and most dangerous regimes decided it was time to stir up some shit.
by esquimaux
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on Thu Sep 17, 2015 at 06:09 PM PDT
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Guests: 2012 GOP Presidential candidate Fred Karger and blogger/journalists Heather Digby Parton...
On today's BradCast , what else? We dissect last night's GOP debate on CNN at the Ronald Reagan ...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Sep 17, 2015 at 04:43 PM PDT
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The above is a tweet sent out by Jeb Bush this morning, following up on his claim ...
by Hunter
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on Thu Sep 17, 2015 at 10:01 AM PDT
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** Note** This is a new petition to provide Bernie Sanders with Secret Service Protection. The last one from richardfranklinmorse was archived because it didn't receive enough signatures. It needs ...
by tommy0485
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on Wed Sep 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM PDT
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See how serious Donald Trump is about the military? There are guns behind him!
by Laura Clawson
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on Wed Sep 16, 2015 at 06:35 AM PDT
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Join MIT professor Noam Chomsky, activist and author Helen Caldicott, author Naomi Klein
and 9,975 other signers of a petition that urges the governments of the world to
"find peaceful means for ...
by John Kaufman
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on Tue Sep 15, 2015 at 07:05 AM PDT
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The terror and coercion group, CMP whose leadership has been involved with other groups active in the bombing and burning of medical offices, clinics and even churches - and at least one murder — ...
by ghefley
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