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We Can’t Make It Here Anymore (Occupy Wall Street)

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In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Notes Taken From VT Reader Responses

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A lazy column, but interesting to see the varied responses to serious questions: I am reminded of a handbill posted above my desk.

EPA Rules Lejeune Water Contaminant Causes Cancer

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A long-anticipated report by the Environmental Protection Agency determined this week that exposure to the chemical degreaser TCE causes cancer in humans.

USS Jimmie Carter: “Conspiracy Theory” Cover Up – Stealth Sub Causes Tsunami

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"You're just another f__king Boy Scout...You're insufficiently compliant." ...Navy Sec. John Lehman

May vs. Salah

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Sheikh Raed Salah won a great victory in Britain High Court yesterday.

October Notes: A Few Painful Disclosures

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A flood of quality "intel" comes through VT. I will try to put out a mix of what is going around this week, certainly not out of the alternative press or as Kevin Barrett and I are beginning to look on it, "the controlled alternative press."

Fatty Bin Laden “Confession Video” : Fake or Bogus?

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I think the "Fatty Bin Laden smoking gun confession video" is fake.

Modern Barbarism : A Malodorous Umbrella Concept

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Mistaking the Particular for the General. Modern barbarism is a malodorous umbrella concept.

Assassinations of Al Qaeda Leaders Designed To Keep Americans In Dark

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It is hardly surprising that President Obama ordered the assassinations of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki since the last thing he wants is to bring any leader of al-Qaeda to trial.

Heckling Becomes a Crime

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Since when has heckling become a crime? Instead of supporting prosecution of the Irvine 11, Oren should at least have been expected to learn how to deal with hecklers.

Book Review: The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand

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Justification for the Zionist venture that has displaced Palestinians and resulted in the nation of Israel hinges on the story of a Semitic ethnic group exiled from its homeland in 70 CE, thereafter to wander during a two-millennium "Diaspora".

Chomsky on “Occupy Wall Street” and Israel Imminent Collapse

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In an interview with RT’s Marina Portnaya, prominent scholar Professor Noam Chomsky gives his take on some of the world’s political hot topics.

SDVOSB Business Alert

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The “Small Business Contracting Fraud Prevention Act of 2011” (S. 633) was passed by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship with unanimous consent on September 21.

The Best Among Us

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Choose. But choose fast. The state and corporate forces are determined to crush this. They are not going to wait for you. They are terrified this will spread.

US – Pakistan Playing Blame Game Over Haqqani Network

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Tensions between Pakistan and the USA are escalating as the two sides are blatantly playing a blame game over the terror love child neither party wishes to acknowledge.

Keith Olbermann and Amy Goodman Call out Wall Street Protests Media Blackout

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Occupy Wall Street Protest Enters Second Week. It's A War Going On! It's A Struggle.

The Whole World Is Watching: Nonviolence at Liberty Plaza — VIDEOS AND PHOTOS

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So what occasioned the media’s sudden interest? Police violence, of course. Occupy Wall Street- MSNBC Reporter SLAMS NYC Police Brutality!