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Health Care Reform Protest
MoveOn.org Rally & Simultaneous Protest -- Texas  | read this item

MoveOn.org Rally & Simultaneous Protest — Texas

August 29, 2009
Austin, Texas
Immediately after the Texas Sovereignty or Secession Rally, one could see those in support of HR 3200 begin to assemble under an oak tree about 200 yards from the rally that just concluded.  This shaded real estate was initially occupied exclusively by proponents of America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.  That soon [...]

Texas Secession
Texas Sovereignty or Secession Rally  | read this item

Texas Sovereignty or Secession Rally

August 29, 2009
Austin, Texas
This morning Texans converged on the steps of the State Capital in Austin to rally in support of State Secession or Sovereignty.  The crowd which ranged between 500 to 2000, found themselves vying for position, not in an attempt to get a better view, but rather huddling under the shade provided by several [...]

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Lockerbie Bomber Released for Oil?  | read this item

Lockerbie Bomber Released for Oil?

Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent; guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 August 2009
The pressure on Gordon Brown over the UK’s dealings with Libya has intensified after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son said there was an “obvious” link between their trade talks and efforts to release the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
The Tory leader, David Cameron, led a chorus of [...]

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Colombia Vs. Venezuela  | read this item

Colombia Vs. Venezuela

 By Hugh Bronstein
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s diplomatic spat with Venezuela took a new turn this week with a series of billboards in Bogota showing pictures of Hugo Chavez, the leader of the neighboring country, with his eyes closed.
“Hey! Open your eyes!”
For years Colombia has asked the self-styled socialist revolutionary to do more to help combat [...]

Chomsky y Chavez
MIT Professor embraced by Chavez  | read this item

MIT Professor embraced by Chavez

EFE – Caracas ELPAIS.com – International – 25/08/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has notched up a new ally to the XXI century socialism that advocates for his country and for the rest of Latin America: The American thinker Noam Chomsky. “It’s an intellectual who has paid more in the fight against the hegemony of the ruling [...]

Venezuelan Communist Flag
US Wake Up! - Venezuela becoming a Communist Country  | read this item

US Wake Up! – Venezuela becoming a Communist Country

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latin American countries, instead of meeting to discuss the U.S. military presence in Colombia should focus their attention on the authoritarian tendencies of President Hugo Chávez and the threat that the Venezuelan leader poses to the stability of the region, believes the Washington Post.
Chavez in recent months, the paper said, “has [...]

Calling 911
911 abuse: Calling with the sniffles  | read this item

911 abuse: Calling with the sniffles

Chronic abuse of 911 for non-emergency issues is wasting billions of dollars every year and overwhelming the safety net of health care. And taxpayers are left with the tab.
By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer
August 24, 2009
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — People struggling with headaches, toothaches, and even feelings of loneliness are calling 911 — often [...]

Pinochet
Pinochet´s Fortune

FILE-- Chile's outgoing Army Commander in Chief Gen. Augusto Pinochet is shown in this March 10, 1998 file photo. Pinochet won his freedom Thursday March 2, 2000 after spending more than 16 months under arrest in Britain fighting extradition to Spain on charges of human rights abuses. Britain's top law enforcement official ruled that the 84-year-old general was mentally unfit to stand trial in Spain and could return home. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia/File)  | read this item

Pinochet´s Fortune

Pinochet’s lost millions: the UK connection
British authorities and the financial sector are linked for the first time to the late Chilean dictator’s £1bn fortune.
By
Hugh O’Shaughnessy reports
Two-and-a-half years after the death of General Augusto Pinochet, a report by the Chilean police task force charged with investigating money-laundering has claimed that British authorities and the financial sector [...]

Venezuela Taking Land
Venezuela Confiscating Land - Unconstitutional  | read this item

Venezuela Confiscating Land – Unconstitutional

The Venezuelan Urban Earth Law states that all land that it is not in use would be confiscated by the Venezuelan government to be used as the government deems appropriate.  This law also affects private property.
Venezuelans are protesting against the Urban Earth Law and the surveys indicate that 75% of the population reject those laws [...]

Chavez education
Exclusive! Chavez Plan to Indoctrinate Youth  | read this item

Exclusive! Chavez Plan to Indoctrinate Youth

By: Acanio 
August 22, 2009, Venezuela
President Chavez launched a broad offensive prior to the end of the year for what he calls “the socialism for the XXI century”; which includes four laws and an objective  eliminating “counterrevolutionary” laws, and impose new laws including those that both change the ownership and limit the exercise of journalism.
One of [...]

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