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America's top hypocrites - The Nation, Pakistan

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The Nation, Pakistan
As my brother Patrick Cockburn reported here on this site a couple of weeks ago: "Facing little criticism from the US, otherwise so concerned about human rights abuses in Libya, the al-Khalifa family is ruthlessly crushing opposition at every level ...

Hairy-chested liberals cheer ballsy Obama - First Post

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[image error] Hairy-chested liberals cheer ballsy Obama
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Pinko terror-symps and the "rule of law" gang may cavil and whine at the lack of legal propriety in the execution of Osama bin Laden, but it's not cutting much ice with liberal America. For two long years what might be called the ...

A Volcano of Lies - CounterPunch

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CounterPunch
By Appointment With the Future Queen By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Barack Obama, who pledged to restore ethical honor to the White House after the Bush years, is now burying himself under an active volcano of lies, mostly but not exclusively concerning the ...

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Obama on Bin Laden: a volcano of American lies - First Post

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[image error] Obama on Bin Laden: a volcano of American lies
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Barack Obama, who pledged to restore ethical honour to the White House after the Bush years, is now burying himself under an active volcano of lies, mostly but not exclusively concerning the assassination of Osama bin Laden. ...

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Obama Blessed With Nut Ball Foes - truthout

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truthout
In the drab guise of the "long-form" birth certificate signed and filed in Hawaii on Aug. 8, 1961, Americans were offered proof Wednesday that their president is a legitimate occupant of the Oval Office. But will the White House's release of the ...

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Obama Blessed with Nut Ball Foes - truthout

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truthout
In the drab guise of the "long-form" birth certificate signed and filed in Hawaii on Aug. 8, 1961, Americans were offered proof Wednesday that their president is a legitimate occupant of the Oval Office. But will the White House's release of the ...

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Obama and the nutballs: They won't give up easily - First Post

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[image error] Obama and the nutballs: They won't give up easily
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Americans were offered proof yesterday, in the drab guise of the 'long-form' birth certificate signed and filed in Hawaii on August 8, l961, that their president is a legitimate occupant of the Oval office. ...

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The Bloody War That Millions of Americans Prefer to Overlook - truthout

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For a nation that that loves anniversaries, the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War -- April 12, 1861 -- crept by on tiptoe, like a burglar slipping through a darkened house. Yet the Civil War was, given the size of the ...

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The bloody war millions of Americans prefer to forget - First Post

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[image error] The bloody war millions of Americans prefer to forget
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For a nation that that loves anniversaries, the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American civil war – April 12, 1861 – crept by on tiptoe, like a burglar slipping through a darkened house. Yet the Civil War was, ...

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KFF - Killed by "Friendly Fire" - truthout

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The Libyan rebels are learning that "no-fly zone" can translate in practice into lethal onslaughts in which NATO planes have killed or wounded at least a score of their number. Civilians in Tripoli have also died in large numbers from aerial onslaughts ...

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