Does Sarah Palin want to use Nukes for Population Control? Hotlist

What was she thinking? Watch this 1 minute video clip and decide for yourself.

In the Veep Debate Sarah Palin said

"Nuclear weaponry, of course, would be the be-all, end-all of just too many people in too many parts of our planet..."

What was she thinking?
Gwen Ifill asks "Uses for nuclear weapons?"
Sarah Palin's mind jumps to " too many people in too many parts of our planet."
What do nuclear weapons have to do with over-population?
What did she just let slip?
Just then her talking points catch up to her month and she finishes her statement in a way that just makes no sense.
Vietnam: American Holocaust

Black Teenager Electrocuted for Stealing Hot Pockets!

I don't think my provocative headline is too out of line given the facts of this story:

Charlotte Teen Dies After Taser Shock At Work
Posted by: Cami Marshall, Web Producer 10 hrs ago (3/21/2008 8:08:47 AM)

A 17-year-old was killed by a police taser after a confrontation with his manager at the grocery store where he works.

Charlotte, NC -- A Charlotte teenager has died after being shocked with a Taser during a confrontation with police at the grocery store where he worked.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said 17-year-old Darryl Wayne died Thursday. An autopsy is pending.

The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that officers responded to a call at a Food Lion and saw Turner throwing something at a store manager.

Police said Turner appeared agitated, refused their commands and advanced toward an officer before the Taser was used.

Turner's mother, Tammy Fontenot, said her son told her earlier in the day that he had stolen Hot Pockets from the store and feared disciplinary action. Fontenot said she told him to go back to the store to face what happened.

Source: Associated Press

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Turner graduated first in his class at Crossroads Charter High School. He wished to be a personal trainer.

Just Another Day In Iraq

The truth is that I only get around to checking this Iraqi Resistance website every once in a while. I when I do I end up posting something because we get so little real news from Iraq and we are so inundated with politicians and Media saying the "Surge is Working" because "Violence is Down" in Iraq. It has become so much the accepted wisdom that now certain politicians are publicly berated for not admitting that the "Surge is Working". So I post this here to remind us all that those are all lies!

Now here are the headlines for Monday in Iraq:

*_ Monday, 28 July 2008._*

· Tribal police battle Iraqi regime troops in al-Hadithah Monday.

· Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah belt bombers kill 32 Iraqi civilians in sectarian suicide attacks in Baghdad, Monday morning.

· Woman bomber kills 25 civilians in suicide attack on demonstration in Kirkuk Monday morning.

· US, Iraqi forces capture 57 Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah gunmen in operation in northern Iraq Sunday night.

· In continued preparations for US attack on Iran, Iraqi police arrest five pro-Iranian Shi‘i-sectarian militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.

Vietnam: American Holocaut will be shown this Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:00PM in Santa Monica at the Unurban, 3301 Pico. Blvd. This screening is being hosted by 911TruthLA. The filmmake will be present for Q&A.

Why I like Google: Reason #38

I like their "Come Back With A Warrant" attitude towards those seeking to get videos removed based on claims of copyright infringement. Most corporations would like to deny that a 'fair use' exception to the copyright law even exists. Google lets you know right away that here it will be vigorously defended. The 'don't tread on me' statement below is from the Google website instructions for filing a copyright complaint:

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Indeed, in a recent case (please see http://www.onlinepolicy.org/action/l... for more information), a company that sent an infringement notification seeking removal of online materials that were protected by the fair use doctrine was ordered to pay such costs and attorneys fees. The company agreed to pay over $100,000. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.

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Google is a product of the Free Software and Open Source movement. Millions of people that think they've never used Linux, use it every day when they access Google. That is one of the reasons I am proud to host my documentary Vietnam: American Holocaust at it's full resolution of 720x480 and it's full length, 87 minutes on Google Video.

Karl Marx on TV!

I am struck by the notice at the bottom of the C SPAN3 screen that there will be a program about Karl Marx on TV.

Today at 8pm (ET) on C-SPAN3
C-SPAN3 History: Karl Marx & Communism

It seems odd even to see or the name "Karl Marx" on TV. I literally can't remember the last time. Then I think how odd is that? And what does it say about the limitations placed on the world view presented to us on TV? All TV, even C SPAN?

After all, any way you slice it, Karl Marx was a pretty important person. He was at least as important as Hitler or Lincoln or Edison or Queen Elizabeth. After all he is unchallenged as the father of modern Communism. There is no question about that! The extreme Left and the extreme Right agree on very little but they all agree on that! Even his loyal sidekick Engels would give Karl the node.

When you consider that so many 'secondary' historical figures of the last century including Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel have tried to implement his teachings and follow in his footsteps, is it a wonder that we are present so little about the man himself?

I am not here arguing the correctness of his theories, although I may do that on another occasion. I am arguing his historical significant. In many ways this thinker from the 19th century can be said to have dominated the 20th century. Consider this brief reprise. WWI led directly to the Russian Revolution and the opting out of several hundred people. WWII led to Communist victories in China, Korea, Eastern Europe, almost Western Europe and eventually Vietnam. All this was done under the banner of Karl Marx! On every continent and in virtually every sphere of human activity, in wars both Hot and Cold, a titanic struggle has proceeded around the gauntlet that was thrown down by Marx and Engels when they published the Communist Manifesto in 1848, but to the American TV viewing audience he is unknown. Even on the "History Channel". For example, a search of "Marx" on History.com turns up only these four hits:

The History Of St. Patrick's Day - Literary Ireland - George Bernard Shaw By the mid-1880s Shaw discovered the writings of Marx and turned to socialist polemics and critical journalism.
World War II - Key Figures - The Axis - Josef Stalin The Revolutionary While studying for the priesthood, Stalin read forbidden literature, including Karl Marx's Das Kapital, and . . .
History Channel Classroom: Karl Marx wrote that religion was "the opiate of the people."
History Channel Classroom: Compare the philosophy of Pythagoras and Karl Marx.

So according to the History Channel all we really need to know about Karl Marx is that some people, bad and maybe not so bad were influenced by him and he said that religion was "the opiate of the people." How strange.