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Koran Burning versus Real Patriotism Devil's Advocate 2010-09-14 11:58 PM
Any fanatic can burn a book, or a flag, because it doesn’t require rational explanation. But anyone with the brain of a troglodyte could appreciate there is complexity to the reality of most religions and belief systems. Once again high-minded religion plays its hand in the human affairs of politics, as Jones also sees the trumped up Muslim Mosque controversy, to be built close to ground zero, as seriously provocation. But real patriotism includes having a willing to seek out the truth. (text/plain)

EPA Hydro-Fracking Hearing Begins In Binghamton, NY Fracking = Flammable Groundwater 2010-09-13 8:08 PM
9/13/10 - Binghamton, NY - EPA hearings discuss safety issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" when related to pollution of groundwater. Fracking is the newest source for some natural gas pipelines like the one in San Bruno that recently exploded. Many older pipelines have serious safety concerns yet many more new pipelines are built each year due to expanded fracking of shale deposits without any clear oversight from federal regulators at PHMSA. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Jimmy Johns Labor Dispute Bursts onto National Stage with Coast-to-Coast Actions Planned f JJ 2010-09-03 11:25 PM
Fast food workers unionize (text/plain)

FCGOA Defeats UGSOA at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Headquarters in Wash DC FCGOA NEWS 2010-08-29 12:23 AM
"Today's VICTORY by FCGOA against UGSOA and it's UGSOA Local 44 sends a clear message to UGSOA President Desiree Sullivan that all is NOT Well at UGSOA" Stated FCGOA President Guy James. (text/html)

UGSOA Loses To FCGOA UGSOA NEWS 2010-08-28 2:15 AM
"Today's VICTORY by FCGOA against UGSOA and it's UGSOA Local 44 sends a clear message to UGSOA President Desiree Sullivan that all is NOT Well at UGSOA" Stated FCGOA President Guy James. (text/html)

David Japenga Convicted, Jailed Pending Sentencing ABC Pittsburgh 2010-08-26 11:36 PM
It is with heavy hearts that we regretfully inform you that on August 25th a jury returned a guilty verdict for each of five counts against our friend David Japenga. Citing him as a high flight risk and a danger to the community, his bail was revoked and he was taken into custody pending his formal sentencing, which was scheduled for November 23rd. David's lawyer filed a Petition for Bond the same day and we are awaiting a hearing on the motion. (text/plain)

BDS Israel: The decade in reviewAuthor Divest this 2010-08-16 5:24 PM
I thought it might be useful to summarize the progress of the BDS movement since it began a decade ago. Because so much of the BDS project is based on words, including competing claims of success and failure, I thought it best to provide a summary based primarily on numbers which (as I recall from my business days) are the only things that tend to get preserved as information travels up or through an organization. (text/plain)

A Open Letter to UGSOA Locals From Michael Hough on Why He Resigned From UGSOA UGSOA NEWS 2010-08-14 9:09 PM
Former UGSOA Vice President Speaks Out Against UGSOA" I feel that the organization (UGSOA) has Lost Focus on its Purpose". (text/html)

Border Security Plan Adds 1,000 Federal Law Enforcement Border Patrol Agents FCGOA SECURITY LAW ENFORCMENT NEWS 2010-08-14 4:27 PM
Obama said the 600 million additional funding for border security "answers my call to bolster the essential work of federal law enforcement officials," adding that the measures "will make an important difference as my administration continues to work with Congress toward bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform to secure our borders, and restore responsibility and accountability to our broken immigration system." (text/html)

Lets Talk about BDS Ami 2010-08-12 7:28 PM
http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000730.html Original content copyright by the author. Zionism & Israel Center http://zionism-israel.com (text/plain)

UGSOA Members Show Their Support For FCGOA and its President Guy James FCGOA NEWS 2010-08-10 6:00 AM
Mr. Harsley’s 12-13 years of serving our membership under UGSOA local # 44 as president has been pure hell. He has abused his power and authority, misused his position, and undercut our benefits with his manipulations by telling un-truths in order to accomplish his goals by deceiving the officers into accept his untruths. It’s time to replace Mr. Harsley, UGSOA Local # 44 and UGSOA international with a new and more progressive, honest, user friendly, officer oriented organization that serves the union membership needs, not their own needs, wants and desires. (text/html)

Billionaires and Vivisection or Inflicting Pain on Captive Animals Analyst 2010-08-06 4:44 PM
While Gates and Buffett ostensibly work to increase charitable giving by the wealthiest Americans, the recipients are often animal torturers. Gates Buffett And Other Billionaire Giving is Primarily to Animal Research (text/plain)

Vote Out PA and OH Legislators Who Voted For Bush Obama War Electorate Power 2010-08-03 6:14 PM
Only those congresspersons listed below voted against 53 more billions to kill people in Afghanistan. Please vote out any Pittsburgh or PA congressperson not on this list Baldwin Becerra Blumenauer Broun (GA) Brown, Corrine Campbell Capuano Castor (FL) Chaffetz Chu Clarke Clay Cleaver Cohen Conyers Costello Crowley Cummings Davis (IL) DeFazio Delahunt DeLauro Doggett Doyle Duncan Edwards (MD) Ehlers Ellison Eshoo Farr Fattah Filner Flake Frank (MA) Fudge Garamendi Gingrey (GA) Grijalva Gutierrez Hastings (FL) Hinchey Hirono Holt Honda Inslee Jackson (IL) Jackson Lee (TX) Johnson (GA) Johnson (IL) Johnson, E. B. Jones Kagen Kaptur Kilpatrick (MI) Kucinich Larson (CT) Lee (CA) Lewis (GA) Linder Lofgren, Zoe Maffei Maloney Markey (MA) Matsui McCollum McDermott McGovern Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller, George Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Pallone Paul Payne Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Quigley Rangel Richardson Rohrabacher Rush Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Schakowsky Schrader Scott (VA) Serrano Shea-Porter Slaughter Speier Stark Stupak Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tierney Tonko Towns Tsongas Velázquez Waters Watt Waxman Weiner Welch Woolsey Wu The Tea Party is pro war, pro execution, anti democracy Tea Party Meanwhile the Tea Party while it claims to oppose govt. spending 1. is quiet about the wars, like those in the crowd who are silent about the emperor's naked body 2. is anti socialist... attacking Hugo Chavez and domestic programs in the US 3. is anti Muslim 4. is racist.. with virtually allwhite gatherings.... at a DC rally, black congressmen had racial epithets hurled at them by Tea Party protesters 5. is anti democratic, since it wants to repeal the direct election of US senators. 6. is in favor of premeditated judicial murder 7. is secretly funded by war profiteers, pharmaceutical interests, Republicans 8. Sarah Palin and other Tea Party operatives are also BP, Shell, Exxon operatives. BP paid for Palin's inauguration, and in return she ran her 'drill baby drill'campaign. 9. Your own analysis (text/plain)

W Bush's,Barack Obama's Mass Murderer Robert Gates Says Wikileaks Has 'Blood On Its Hands' Tony Ryals 2010-08-01 5:04 AM
If anyone can prove that WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange HAS EVER SHAKEN HANDS WITH EITHER BARACK OSAMA OBAMA OR HIS AND W BUSH'S SECRETARY OF WAR FRAUD ROBERT GATES,THEN HE SHOULD LOOK CLOSELY - THERE MAY LITERALLY BE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS JUST AS GATES CLAIMS ! (text/plain)

Wkileaks founder 'dissapointed' in Gates General Joe and AP 2010-08-01 1:05 AM
"Secretary Gates could have used his time, as other nations have done, to announce a broad inquiry into these killings," the statement said. "He could have announced specific criminal investigations into the deaths we have exposed. He could have announced a panel to hear the heartfelt dissent of U.S. soldiers, who know this war from the ground. He could have apologized to the Afghani people. "But he did none of these things. He decided to treat these issues and the countries affected by them with contempt. Instead of explaining how he would address these issues, he decided to announce how he would suppress them. "This behavior is unacceptable. We will not be suppressed. We will continue to expose abuses by this administration and others." (text/plain)

ONE AMERICA ARCH ON WASHINGTON RENEE WILSON 2010-07-26 8:46 PM
ONE AMERICA MARCH ON WASHINGTON (text/plain)

Fat Burning Furnace Vs Fat Loss 4 Idiots - Which is Better? Fat Burning Furnace Vs Fat Loss 4 Idiots - Wh 2010-07-14 4:31 AM
Fat Burning Furnace Vs Fat Loss 4 Idiots - Which is Better? (text/plain)

Fat Burning Furnace Ultimate Fitness System Review Fat Burning Furnace Ultimate Fitness System R 2010-07-12 7:33 AM
Fat Burning Furnace Ultimate Fitness System Review (text/plain)

Please Ask Casey and Specter to Vote Down Kagan Judicial Animal Rights 2010-07-11 7:56 PM
Kagan: promoter of war, denier of prisoner rights, defender of Monsanto, silent affirmer of Harvard vivisection Your dogs and cats say no to Kagan 202 224 3121 (text/plain)

Over 300 UGSOA Officers Working at The DOJ and ICE Facilites are Revolting Against UGSOA UGSOA Washington D.C. News 2010-07-11 7:34 PM
The revolt by these 300 UGSOA members to join FCGOA is just the tip of the iceberg as Hundreds of UGSOA all Over the Country are Signing up with FCGOA. (text/html)

We're Getting Ready for Tour Conspiracy Tour 2010-07-10 5:51 PM
The first We're Getting Ready video launched an investigation into the RNC Welcoming Committee, culminating in conspiracy charges against the RNC 8. The raids in that case directly led to the investigation and prosecution of Scott DeMuth. They both led to Conspiracy Tour 2010. We're still getting ready! (text/plain)

Blood on the Border Internationalist Group 2010-07-06 4:04 PM
Today in the United States, under the Democratic administration of Barack Obama, xenophobic and racist violence is escalating. The criminal agents of the Border Patrol have reached the point of killing in cold blood, before the eyes of hundreds of witnesses. On May 28, construction worker Anastasio Hernández Rojas was beaten to death by some 20 agents of the U.S. Border Patrol. Then on June 7 in Ciudad Juárez, across the river from El Paso, Border Patrol agents fired into a group of youths on the Mexican side of of the border, murdering 14-year-old Adrián Hernández with a shot to the head. These crimes are part of a policy of racist repression looking for scapegoats, typified by the legalization of xeonophobia and police use of racial profiling in Arizona’s SB 1070 law. But while Obama criticize the law, “Obama, listen, we are in the struggle,” his thugs are killing on the border. It is an illusion to think that the commander in chief of U.S. imperialism, or his counterpart and semi-colonial underling, Mexican president Felipe Calderón, will defend the workers. It is necessary to mobilize the power of the working class to defend immigrants. (text/html)

BTL:Israeli Activists Organize Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign from Inside Isra Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2010-07-05 1:07 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)

Dangerous Crossroads in World History: Obama’s New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War Shamus Cooke with General Joe 2010-07-04 9:36 PM
"In fact, war against Japan in WWII was sparked by very similar circumstances. Franklin Delano Roosevelt spearheaded a series of sanctions against Japan, which included the Export Control Act, giving the President the power to prohibit the export of a variety of materials to Japan, including oil. This gave Roosevelt the legal stance he needed to implement an oil embargo, an obvious act of war. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor simply brought the war out of the economic realm into the military sphere. Iran is facing the exact same situation. Whereas the Obama Administration calmly portrays economic sanctions as “peaceful” solutions to political problems, they are anything but. The strategy here is to economically attack Iran until it responds militarily, giving the U.S. a fake moral high ground to “defend” itself, since the other side supposedly attacked first." (text/plain)

Conspiracy Tour 2010 Slinking Into Pittsburgh August 30 and 31! Conspiracy Tour 2010-07-03 10:43 PM
This summer, the Conspiracy Tour is going on a whirlwind, month-long excursion across the continental United States to raise awareness of and solidarity for political activists from Minneapolis, MN who are facing severe state repression, as well as help people find ways to strengthen and protect their communities from future incidences of state repression. You know, just in case. (text/plain)

BP's Past and Present Wars... Update All Beings 2010-07-02 9:55 PM
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BTL:Jubilee Network Condemns G-20 for Failure to Fulfill their Pledge to Aid World's Poore Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2010-07-02 11:14 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)

BTL:McChystal Firing Highlights Concerns Over Maintaining Civilian Control of the U.S. Mil Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2010-07-01 6:47 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)

Don't let Kagan become the Supreme Court's 6th Serial Killer Guillotine Dismantler 2010-06-30 2:53 PM
Please call 202 224 3121 Pennsylvania senators to oppose Kagan (text/plain)

Alt Media Coverage of G20 in Toronto Molly M. 2010-06-27 4:34 AM
As the G20 leaders meet in Toronto, Canada, many of the same tactics to squash dissent and protest that were used in Pittsburgh are being repeated. An Alternative Media Centre has been established to allow independent journalists and videographers the space and capacity to report as events unfold. (text/plain)

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