Economic Hitman John Perkins, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan (via Dandelion Salad)

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox April 10, 2011 (SOAPBOX #94) – Cindy's first guest is activist Karen Tostado.  Her main website is United We Strike.  She's also developing another web site, Taxfree15.com.  She contributes many worthwhile & cogent insights […] and ideas.  Check it out! Cindy's next guest is former Economic Hitman John Perkins, who discusses events in Libya … Read More

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TRENDING: Palin gives Trump some verbal support on birther issue (via CNN Political Ticker)

(CNN) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin supported Donald Trump's decision to hire investigators to examine President Barack Obama's birth, but stopped short of embracing the birther wave. "I appreciate that the Donald wants to spend his resources in getting to the bottom of something that so interests him and many Americans. You know, more power to him," Palin said Saturday on Fox News. "He's not just throwing stones from the sidelines, he's digg … Read More

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Armed Settlers supported by Israeli army attack Palestinian village (via Dandelion Salad)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://palsolidarity.org/ April 9, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 8.30am this morning around fifty settlers, some masked and armed with guns, descended from Yitzhar settlement onto the Palestinian village of Assira Al Qibliya. International observers from the UK and Ireland witnessed the settlers threw rocks at homes and people on the outskirts of the village injuring one local, who is being treated in hospital … Read More

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TRENDING: Conservative group puts out anti-Obama TV ad (via CNN Political Ticker)

Washington (CNN) — Call it an appetizer, with the main course still to come. An independent conservative group says it's going up in some battleground states with a television commercial that's critical of President Barack Obama, one of the first of what could be many ads by similar groups on the right. The spot, titled "Barack Obama's Legacy of Failure," is being put out by The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama – a group dedicated to trying to be … Read More

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Obama to lay out long-term deficit plan this week (via CNN Political Ticker)

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will lay out his plan for long-term deficit reduction this week, White House senior advisor David Plouffe told CNN on Sunday. In an interview for broadcast on CNN's "State of the Union," Plouffe said Obama will "be clear about the types of deficit reduction we need in terms of dollar amounts over what period of years." … Read More

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