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March 08, 2010
RTAmerica
March 08, 2010
Iceland banks need a bailout but the citizens of the country say there is no chance. The people of Iceland voted against a deal that would have helped fix the economic problems, refusing to pay off any banks debt.
by Joel S. Hirschhorn
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www.foavc.org
March 8, 2010
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As a materials and manufacturing engineer with decades of experience with failure analysis of manufactured products, and as an owner of a Toyota vehicle, I am saddened by the lack of expertise and insight shared with Congress and the public about the sudden acceleration problem.
When products fail due to a systemic design, materials or manufacturing flaw, large and statistically significant levels of problems emerge fairly rapidly. This is definitely not the case with the Toyota problem. With many millions of Toyota models on which even more millions of miles have been driven, if there had been an inherent materials or manufacturing design defect, then we would have seen untold thousands of cases of sudden acceleration. It literally would have been virtually a daily event happening all over the country in many Toyota models. But, in fact, little more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported since 2001 that their vehicles suddenly accelerated on their own. This is a tiny, minuscule percentage of Toyotas.
keithmsnbcer
March 08, 2010
On Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Lawrence O’Donnell talks with Congressman Dennis Kucinich on how the health care reform bill before Congress doesn’t address the problems. 3/8/10
by William Blum
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www.killinghope.org
8 March, 2010
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The Anti-Empire Report
Informed consent
About half the states in the US require that a woman seeking an abortion be told certain things before she can obtain the medical procedure. In South Dakota, for example, until a few months ago, staff was required to tell women: “The abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being”; the pregnant woman has “an existing relationship with that unborn human being,” a relationship protected by the U.S. Constitution and the laws of South Dakota; and a “known medical risk” of abortion is an “increased risk of suicide ideation and suicide.” A federal judge has now eliminated the second and third required assertions, calling them “untruthful and misleading.” 1
I personally would question even the first assertion about a fetus or an embryo being a human being, but that’s not the point I wish to make here. I’d like to suggest that before a young American man or woman can enlist in the armed forces s/he must be told the following by the staff of the military recruitment office:
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electdennis
March 08, 2010
This week a privileged resolution will be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives to make an attempt to try to get America out of the war in Afghanistan.
by Cindy Sheehan
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Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
March 8, 2010
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Recently, I was given the honor of going to Venezuela to interview its President, Hugo Chavez, and I also had some extraordinary experiences and interviews along the way.
I was able to travel to Uruguay with Chavez and his team to attend the inauguration activities of President Jose Mujica. I traveled with and got to know some amazing revolutionaries and dedicated public servants.
Trust me, these people work hard and they are extremely dedicated to the revolution and devoted to President Hugo Chavez. We were constantly on the move and things changed by the minute. Spending two days traveling with this crew was exhilarating but also extremely fatiguing—I can’t even imagine doing it everyday!
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Hannah Allam: Most bombs meant as psychological warfare, as Iraqis vote
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine concludes the EU should sanction Israel until violations stop
This week the Russell Tribunal on Palestine ruled in Barcelona, Spain on six questions concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Tribunal’s judgements are not judicially binding but are meant to examine the complicity of the European Union in perpetuating what the Tribunal called Israel’s “policy of war, occupation, and colonization for 60 years.” The jurists were assembled from around the globe and issued their conclusions on Wednesday, March 3rd. Among the conclusions, the jury stipulated that Israel practices a form of apartheid. The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky attended the Barcelona session and spoke to jurists and participants.
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AFP news agency
March 08, 2010
A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous area of eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 57 and injuring dozens more.
by Chris Hedges
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stimulator
March 07, 2010
This week:
1. Birthplace of the Resistance
2. Occupy California
3. Indonesian Ninjas
4. This is what jail support looks like
5. Post-Olympics Resistance arrests
6. Public Enemy
7. Derrick O’Keefe digs his own grave
8. Vancouver Tent Village
Let States Do Healthcare
davidcnswanson
March 07, 2010
Congress members should block the health insurance reform bill until an amendment passed last July is reinstated to allow states to create single-payer healthcare if they choose.
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