Ron Paul: 9/11 prompted "glee" in Bush administration

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday evening that Bush administration officials were gleeful after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because it gave them a pretext to invade Iraq. "Just think of what happened after 9/11.

just announced - the lytro "light field" camera

the lytro light field camera has been announcedsee image here lytro is the focus / matrix camera that has a number of different focusing "fields" so after you take a picture you c …

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New Flagfship Camera - Canon 1D X

Canon introduced this tuesday 10/18 a new flagship / top of the line camera -- the 1D X (a full frame which replaces both the 1D APS-H sensor camera and the 1D-S full frame camera.This camera has a full frame sensor with expanded / larger pixels for better low light / dynamic ran …

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Republicans Have No Idea What They're Doing

The boasts of Congressional Republicans about their cost-cutting victories are ringing hollow to some well-known economists, financial analysts and corporate leaders, including some Republicans, who are expressing increasing alarm over Washington’s new austerity and an …

Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security | Truthout

This phony debt crisis has now passed through the looking glass into the realm where madness reigns.

Why the GOP Aims to Sink the Economy | Truthout

<blockquote> "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain ~

FOCUS: Pay Your Taxes, Murdoch

If you had only paid a 6% tax rate over a 4-year period, accumulated $7 billion in offshore profits not subject to US taxes, had over 150 accounts in tax-haven countries like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, and used the money from your tax dodging to buy another company, you'd be …

Still True Today: Frequently Forgotten Facts of the Debt Debate | Swampland

<blockquote>If the debt-limit debate had anything to do with reality, every story about it would include a few basic facts.

Businesses Do Not Create Jobs

Reality - what the corporate right does not want you to understand from the Article: Businesses do not create jobs. In fact, the way our economy is structured the incentive is for businesses to get rid of as many jobs as they can. Demand Creates Jobs

On Patriotism: "I Don't Suffer Fools Gladly"

I go into this lengthy explanation not so much to justify my intolerance, but to explain why I have problems suffering the pseudo-patriotism of people in places like Arizona where stupidity has suffocated rational thought.

Un-clipping inappropriate articles

To All I have basically left newsvine but have stuck around to keep the groups going. This one, The Patriotic People I have the most problems with

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Photography club - what is it?

I recently took over this dormant group and would like some help on which way to go with it.

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