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Diane V. McLoughlin is a writer and peace activist particularly focused on the Israel-Palestine conflict. She is also concerned about endless war, the steady erosion of civil liberties, and the corruption of mainstream media. She maintains the website
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(1 comments) Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Who is the Real Reactionary - Is Ron Paul More Progressive Than ObamaSHARE
'I do have a problem with those who imagine themselves to be liberal-minded citizens of the world casting their vote for Barack Obama and propagating the notion that someone can bomb and/or militarily occupy Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen and Libya and still earn more Progressive Points than the guy who would, you know, not do any of that.' - Charles Davis
(1 comments) Friday, March 16, 2012 Rick Santorum: Hurling Over the ConstitutionSHARE
Some items of concern regarding Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's fitness to be the next President of the United States.
(1 comments) Sunday, December 25, 2011 Putting an END to the 'Ron Paul is racist' claims right here and now.SHARE
'Gloria Borger [CNN] is married to LANCE MORGAN. Lance is the chief communications and crisis strategist of POWELL TATE.Powell Tate is a D.C. firm that represents every part of the very same MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX that Ron Paul wants to reduce. SURPRISE SURPRISE!'
Sunday, November 6, 2011 File 'not Found' - Reason Magazine - #foiaSHARE
Carney noted that "it is impossible for the court to determine compliance with the law and to protect the public from Government misconduct if the Government misleads the Court."
(1 comments) Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Palmer Report on Mavi Marmara and Gaza Siege - Not Definitive - In Fact or LawSHARE
Corrupt aims are sometimes best achieved (and many more times strived
for) behind closed doors, by committee. The United Nations' Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon - either willing accomplice, or due to intolerable
pressure by the Israel-U.S. axis - assigned a redundant second committee,
one less hung-up on the facts, to downplay both Israel's blockade of Gaza,
and also Israel's military slaughter of humanitarians.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Frank Gaffney Thinks 'We Need a New House Anti-American Committee' for IslamSHARE
'While many regard the "red scare" and the McCarthyism associated with it as a less than savory period in American history, Gaffney seems to whole-heartedly approve of the program and calls for its revival -- but targeted at religious beliefs instead of a political views.'
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Love Comes More Naturally to the Human Heart -- MandelaSHARE
It was only three scant years ago, on July 1, 2008, that United States President
George W. Bush signed a bill dropping America's terrorist designation against Nelson
Mandela...
Sunday, July 24, 2011 Nato war crime: Libya water supplySHARE
fta: 'A NATO terrorist attack has hit a water pipes factory in al-Brega, murdering six guards, this being the factory which makes pipes for the great man-made irrigation system across the desert which brings water to seventy per cent of Libyan homes, according to sources in Libya.'
Sunday, June 12, 2011 Toronto City Council to Vote on 'Israeli Apartheid'SHARE
On June 14, Toronto City Council will be voting whether or not to accept the Executive Council's
determination regarding the legality of the term 'Israeli Apartheid'.
Upholding the fundamental right to free speech is important in
any democratic society that wishes to remain so.
(1 comments) Saturday, June 11, 2011 Decline and Fall of the American EmpireSHARE
'The economic powerhouse of the 20th century emerged stronger from the Depression. But faced with cultural decay, structural weaknesses and reliance on finance, can the US do it again?'
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Bruce Fein - McCain Dethrones the Rule of LawSHARE
Should be mandatory reading. From the article - 'Sneering at the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, Senator John McCain (R. Ariz.) bugled last week, "No president has ever recognized the constitutionality of the War Powers Act, and neither do I..."'
Saturday, May 28, 2011 American fascism, terrorism, and bin LadenSHARE
Current President Barack Obama inherited an empire-sized mess; true. But Democrats forget that
democratic President Bill Clinton helped get us there. Once so hopeful, the continuing blind defenders
of the current President, widely referred to as the Obamabots, cannot get around the fact that Obama
has picked up the ball and run with it instead of calling for a war and Constitution-shredding time-out.
(1 comments) Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Voting Down H.R.1501 - Upholding International Law and the Goldstone ReportSHARE
*The bill is pending. To write your Member of Congress regarding H.R. 1501, click here. [Text of H.
R. 1501, entitled, 'To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United
Nations formally retracts the final report of the "United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza
Conflict'; April 12th, 2011] The IDF, as well as the government of Israel herself, hold to something called the 'Dahiya Doctrine'. It should come as no surprise that the IDF committed atrocities.
Saturday, April 23, 2011 Netanyahu is turning Israel into another South Africa - HaaretzSHARE
fta - 'It is not possible to understand the messianic, racist and anti-democratic right's move from the margins to dominance in the government without considering the flaccidity of the non-right in Israel and its choice of political conduct, for which there is no parallel.'
Friday, April 22, 2011 Slinging Mud at Marrickville for Supporting Palestinian Human RightsSHARE
Fta - 'Since the December vote in favor, Marrickville Council has been under severe pressure to reverse
their vote. It is stunning to note the high-level of political interference. The Premier himself, Barry
O'Farrell, has reportedly threatened to fire the entire council if they do not reverse themselves...'.