Archive for June, 2008

BitTorrent seed farmer found guilty, faces 10 years in jail

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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A federal jury convicted 26-year-old Daniel Dove for both felony copyright infringement as well as conspiracy, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday. Dove, the last remaining administrator of EliteTorrents.com who did not plead guilty, now faces up to 10 years in prison.

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Steven Tyler admits he entered rehab for drug addiction | NME.COM

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Steven Tyler has admitted that he entered rehab last month to recover from drug addiction.

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Op-Ed Columnist - ‘It’s Over, Lady!’ - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Just as Hillary was testing out the unfamiliar familiarity "Barack and me" Friday and talking about "his grace and his grit," Carmella began loudly booing and waving her sign. "We want Hillary!" screamed the 57-year-old retired ad saleswoman and Clinton delegate. "It’s over, lady!" yelled some Obama supporters a few yards away.

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David Sirota: Reminder: Obama Told Us To Judge Him, and Pressure Him on The Huffington Post

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Those who think they are being Obama loyalists by either concocting apologist rationales about his behavior or telling everyone to shut up when he runs over the progressive movement are not just harming the progressive movement by supplanting it with Partisan War Syndrome. They are actually being disloyal to Obama by defying what Obama himself says he wants us to do.

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David Sirota: Reminder: Obama Told Us To Judge Him, and Pressure Him on The Huffington Post

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Those who think they are being Obama loyalists by either concocting apologist rationales about his behavior or telling everyone to shut up when he runs over the progressive movement are not just harming the progressive movement by supplanting it with Partisan War Syndrome. They are actually being disloyal to Obama by defying what Obama himself says he wants us to do.

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Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must ‘kiss my ass’ for his support - Telegraph

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

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Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama’s victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.

hahahaha……………

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Defending The President As Tyrant

Friday, June 27th, 2008

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All over the world down through history, political leaders who have engaged in torture and other grotesque crimes of state have justified their actions as necessary to protect their governments or their people or themselves.

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It was oil all along

Friday, June 27th, 2008

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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Real Journalists Don’t Make $5 Million a Year | Media and Technology | AlterNet

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Unlike the media’s Brokaws and Blitzers, real journalists don’t have cozy relationships with the powerful. Real journalists are feared.

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Obama Goes Soft on Free Trade | Election 2008 | AlterNet

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Obama campaigned against NAFTA during the primaries. Now he’s backpedaling and reassuring Wall Street about that same policy.

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