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• Afghanistan’s Sham Army

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  By Chris Hedges American military commanders measure progress by the swelling size of the Afghan army, although the force is said to be poorly trained, sympathetic to the Taliban and the scourge of local populations. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 5, 2009 Keep the Government Out of the ...
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• Afghanistan’s Sham Army by Chris Hedges

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 539
  by Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladTruthdigNov. 9, 2009Success in Afghanistan is measured in Washington by the ability to create an indigenous army that will battle the Taliban, provide security and stability for Afghan civilians and remain loyal to the puppet government of Hamid Karzai. A similar task ...
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• Cross Purposes

  
  The Front Row — Authority: 132
  I haven’t seen Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” yet; it’s scheduled for release here on December 30th. But I have been following the discussion regarding the connection that Haneke draws between Protestant rigorism and the rise of Nazism. Anthony Lane talked about it with Haneke in his Profile of the ...
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• Opium, Rape and the American Way

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  By Chris Hedges The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 2, 2009 New York 3-Way Gets Even More Interesting November ...
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• Opium, Rape and the American Way by Chris Hedges

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 539
  Submitted on Buzzflashby Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladTruthdigNov. 2, 2009The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our ...
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• War Is a Hate Crime By Chris Hedges

  
  Creative-i — Authority: 148
  Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is wrong. So is violence against people in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the bizarre culture of identity politics, there are no alliances among the oppressed. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the first major federal civil ...
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• Coverage and non-coverage of the Baghdad bombings

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 507
  Ann Curry: We turn now to Iraq, still reeling from massive explosions that wrecked three buildings in Baghdad on Sunday. The dead now number more than 150. Hundreds more are injured. And the attacks raise the question: can the Iraqi government keep the lid on? The latest tonight from NBCs Tom Aspell. Tom Aspell: ...
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• War Is a Hate Crime by Chris Hedges

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 548
  "Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is wrong. So is violence against people in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the bizarre culture of identity politics, there are no alliances among the oppressed. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the first major federal civil ...
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• War Is a Hate Crime

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  By Chris Hedges The first major federal civil rights law protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, passed last week, was attached to a measure funding ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries October 25, 2009 Once and for All October ...
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• War Is a Hate Crime by Chris Hedges

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 539
  Submitted on Buzzflashby Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladTruthdigOct. 26, 2009Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is wrong. So is violence against people in Afghanistan and Iraq. But in the bizarre culture of identity politics, there are no alliances among the oppressed. The ...
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• Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion – The Cult of Self

  
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  Chris HedgesOriginally uploaded by Lorri37Submitted on Buzzflashby Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladOct. 25, 2009Essential DissentUnitarian Universalist Congregation of BinghamtonBinghamton, NY; October 24, 2009Week of Climate Action – Keynote AddressThe Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition ...
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• Open Source - Chris Hedges: Requiem for the Republic

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 440
  Interesting, though somewhat depressing, conversation. On an unrelated topic, those glasses Chris Hedges wears are more than a little disconcerting. Chris Hedges: Requiem for the Republic Aired , Podcast , Shows | chris , October 19th, 2009 Recorded Mon, October 19 Chris Hedges is “Mr. Bad ...
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• A Reality Check from the Brink of Extinction by Chris Hedges

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 548
  "The oil and natural gas industry, the coal industry, arms and weapons manufacturers, industrial farms, deforestation industries, the automotive industry and chemical plants will not willingly accept their own extinction. They are indifferent to the looming human catastrophe. We will not significantly reduce carbon ...
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• A Reality Check from the Brink of Extinction by Chris Hedges

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 539
  Submitted on Buzzflashby Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladTruthdigOct. 19, 2009We can join Bill McKibben on Oct. 24 in nationwide protests over rising carbon emissions. We can cut our consumption of fossil fuels. We can use less water. We can banish plastic bags. We can install compact fluorescent light ...
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• A Reality Check from the Brink of Extinction

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  By Chris Hedges The oil and natural gas industry, the coal industry, arms and weapons manufacturers, industrial farms, deforestation industries, the automotive industry and chemical plants will not willingly accept their own extinction. They are indifferent to the looming human catastrophe. READ THE WHOLE ...
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• Star Spangled Land of Misfit Toys

  
  STATION CHARON — Authority: 120
  Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We dont know because we dont want to know. Aldous Huxley I have long found Chris Hedges to be a beacon of morality in the belly of the beast that is post 9/11 fascist America. His book War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning is a superbly written, uncompromising look at the ...
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• The Victims of Pornography

  
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  "Porn films are not about sex. Sex is airbrushed and digitally washed out of the films There is no acting because none of the women are permitted to have what amounts to a personality.The one emotion they are allowed to display is an unquenchable desire to satisfy men, especially if that desire involves the women’s ...
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• Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion

  
  P U L S E — Authority: 582
  Author and journalist Chris Hedges discusses his new book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, which describes what he considers to be the economic, political and moral collapse of American culture. He is interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Suskind for C-Span’s ‘After ...
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• Left flank

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 154
  I saw this on SNL (yeah, I know) a couple weeks ago while I was visiting my folks in Alabama. This is a truly awful impression, but if you can get around that, I think that the sketch is one of the few things SNL has done in a long time that’s both genuinely funny and politically insightful. Thanks to a mention ...
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• The Victims of Pornography by Chris Hedges

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 539
  Submitted on Buzzflashby Chris HedgesFeatured WriterDandelion SaladTruthdigOct. 12, 2009order hereThis excerpt is taken from Chris Hedges’ newest book, “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.”The Pink Cross booth has a table of anti-porn tracts and is set up in the far corner of ...
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