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ransomnote: I posted Matt Taibbi's introduction to the article below. Follow the link for the core of the article.Susan Schmidt, Andrew Lowenthal, Tom Wyatt and 5 others provide a well organized overview to their extensive research. They describe 30 main players in the Censorship-Industrial Complex (CIC), and another 20 in the 'honorable mentions' catagory. I will put a hyperlinked table of contents in post #1. Illustration by mrmooremedia.comIntroduction by Matt TaibbiOn January 17, 1961, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been...

Simon Wiesenthal Center Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper on Thursday slammed the Huffington Post and reporter Sophie Jones, its Middle East correspondent, for the sensationalist headline, “‘They Just Wanted to Kill as Many People as Possible.”’ Cooper said the headline, accusing Israel of targeting civilians in its current war against Hamas in Gaza, and Jones’s reporting, “takes the art of lying and self-delusion to new depths.” The Huffington Post article quoted Israel Defense Forces Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, the IDF’s official spokesman, describing Israel’s policy and procedure to warn civilians before striking Gaza targets, but then accused Israel of targeting...

... Stevens is not actually the father of a Sandy Hook student. Victoria is a fifth-grader at Reed Intermediate School, located about a mile or so from the elementary school that was the scene of the tragic mass shooting. In fairness to Stevens, the misinformation was not his doing. While his original remarks were a little ambigious—he said that his daughter "was in lockdown" during the shooting and that "her classmate’s little sister was murdered in Sandy Hook that day"—he's already gone out of his way to correct the error, emailing the Examiner to set the story straight: Thank you...

MANCHESTER N.H. — The Super PAC backing Mitt Romney says it’s keeping its New Hampshire radar on Newt Gingrich — revving up to unleash its newest attack ad on Monday — a move experts say suggests that, for the Romney camp, Rick Santorum’s recent surge poses no political threat. The Restore Our Future PAC, funded largely by wealthy Romney supporters, has elected to continue the onslaught of attacks on Gingrich only, its spokeswoman told the Herald. The PAC’s entire nat-ional campaign next week — amid New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday — will bypass the former Pennsylvania senator entirely, she said,...

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so." -- Ronald Reagan One of the reasons liberals tend to do such an incredibly poor job of governing is that they fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the American people. Given that liberals also fundamentally misunderstand Christianity, the Constitution, economics, and human nature, I guess it's no big surprise that they don't get the American people either. Come to think of it, I guess it's pretty much par for the course. I mean, let's face it, without conservatives around to...

[...] For those on the chase, I’m recommending you look at a pro Obama site called What’s Your Evidence? This is the first site I’ve found that analyzes the Berg complaint, as well as, the collateral issues surrounding this epic journey into whether or not Barack Hussein Obama II is eligible to hold the office of POTUS under our Constitution from an opposing view of those of us who believe that Obama is not a natural born citizen or eligible to hold the office of POTUS. [...]Clearly, someone has taken a great deal of time to “debunk” the Berg claim....

Over the weekend, one of John McCain's top advisors went on television to declare that Northern Virginia wasn't "real Virginia" because it's not "Southern in nature." This comes just two weeks after John McCain's brother called Arlington and Alexandria "Communist country." This is outrageous. Our opponents preach that we should choose a cause greater than ourselves, but clearly don't think voters have the capacity to choose anything that isn't predetermined by geography. The complexities of our Commonwealth cannot be reduced to some ridiculous stereotypes, and we can't sit on the sidelines as some strategist cooks up ways to pit rural...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the Muslim Student Union chapter at the University of Southern California (USC) acts in accordance with its sister chapters, and until recently hosted a violent quote in the “compendium” of hadiths on the USC Muslim Students Association page. The quote advocates massacring Jews as a pathway of redemption for Muslims...

"May we live long and die out" is the unofficial motto of a new movement that seeks to improve the Earth's ecosystem by ensuring that the human species does not survive. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, or VHEMT, consists of volunteers who have made active life decisions to remain childless for the benefit of the Earth, thereby preventing the extinction of millions of species of plants and animals. While no one person takes credit for being the founder, Les U. Knight created its name and is the spokesperson for the movement. "We've already exceeded Earth's carrying capacity for humans by...

Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago Professor Ward Churchill Caught On Tape Advocating Terrorism vs Fellow Americans! Audio link at Michell Malkin's website (included below) Question from audience: You mentioned a little bit ago, "Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago," that's my question. Churchill: I'm gonna repeat that, tell me if I got that right: Why shouldn't we do something and how do you you move so they don't see you coming....

SOMETIMES WHAT WE DON'T KNOW can indeed hurt us. This was the case in 2006, when reporters noticed significant fighting between Iraqi insurgent factions. This confused journalists and government analysts, but the prevailing attitude was that if the insurgents were fighting each other, at least they weren't fighting us. It turned out that the group that bore the brunt of this violence would later develop into the Anbar Salvation Front, which has proved to be one of our most important local allies in Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), was trying to wipe...

On May 1 2007, organizations like Mecha & La Raza will march in support of the "Struggle Throughout Occupied Mexico"If you support the Reconquista movement, please join George W. Bush and his Attorney General, La Raza member Antonio Gonzales in support of this movement. How Can You Help? Contact these organizations/companies below and thank them for supporting the La Raza Unida Aetna Foundation AFL-CIO AFSCME Allstate Foundation Allstate affiliate companies information America's Charter School Finance Corporation American Airlines Anheuser-Busch Companies Annie E. Casey Foundation TRELLIS FUND AOL Time Warner Bank of America Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation The Bridgestone/Firestone...

P.O.V.: And this organizing has been successful? Rivera-Salgado: Through the federations, the HTAs have a very powerful collective representation. They can leverage their political power. The Zacatecan federation has been able to negotiate special agreements with their state government in Mexico. The federation told the government, "Hey, we're sending all this money back home, what is the government doing?" And the government, in response, started a two-for-one matching program. For every dollar the HTAs send, the government invests two dollars at the state and local level. Eventually, a few years later, the federation met with the president of Mexico and...

Illegal alien advocacy groups tonight are demanding that the federal government stop altogether the arrest and deportations of illegal aliens. The illegal alien lobby also wants permanent U.S. residency for every illegal alien already in this country. The advocacy groups appear to be funded by so-called immigrant rights foundations supported by corporate America, as well as by membership fees, of course. CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Saying they're empowered by the Democrats' control of Congress, a coalition of illegal alien advocacy groups is, in effect, demanding an end to immigration law enforcement in the United States. GLORIA SAUCEDO, HERMANDAD...

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/13/2006) - CAIR National Board Member Dr. Ahmad Al-Akhras offered a lecture this week to more than 1000 cadets, staff and faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (SEE: http://www.usma.edu/ ) The event was part of the academy's "Diversity Lecture Series." Dr. Al-Akhras also participated in an evening session at which he was able to answer questions on a variety of issues related to Islam, Muslims and international events. CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage...

WASHINGTON: Former US National Security Advisor Samuel R "Sandy" Berger has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour and acknowledged intentionally removing and destroying copies of a classified document about the Clinton administration's record on terrorism. Berger, one of former president Bill Clinton's most influential advisors and a leading foreign policy expert to the Democratic Party, made the plea on Friday before US Magistrate Deborah Robinson as part of a deal with federal authorities. Under terms negotiated by Berger's attorneys and the Justice Department for an offence that could have landed him in jail for up to ten years, he agreed to...

Seeing Rosie O’Donnell condemn President Bush just after she “married” her girlfriend, Kelli Carpenter, was bizarre in a tiresome sort of way. O’Donnell claimed, “We were inspired to come here by the sitting president and the vile and vicious and hateful comments he made.”If O’Donnell had any sense of humor or irony, she would look at herself and say, “Gee, for such a tolerant, open-minded person, I sure do condemn and vituperate an awful lot, especially on what should have been the happiest day of my life.”Maybe I’m some sort of pervert, but I don’t recall bearing anyone in the...