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On the anti-war trail again

| September 28, 2010 | 19 Comments
On the anti-war trail again

Well, summer is over and it’s time for the rested and tanned anti-war crowd to take to the streets again. IVAW has begun it’s seasonal mental masturbation with their Operation Recovery to Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops – a worthy endeavor. Especially if the were a bit more specific about what is a “traumatized […]

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When the cheese slides off your cracker…

| September 22, 2010 | 17 Comments
When the cheese slides off your cracker…

I was checking out my Facebook page today, I noticed one of my “friends” got married. It was funny because it seems like he’d just announced he was single a few weeks back. So I went over to see what was up with Jesse MacBeth salaam my fb fam.today i am going to start off […]

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How’s that Mao thing working out?

| September 17, 2010 | 74 Comments
How’s that Mao thing working out?

A professor from Hong Kong was able to get unprecedented access to government archives in China from the period known as “The Great Leap Forward” during which Mao Zedong tried to catch China up with the twentieth century by wiping out millions of families; Mr Dikötter, who has been studying Chinese rural history from 1958 […]

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Missing the point of 9-11 completely

| September 12, 2010 | 65 Comments
Missing the point of 9-11 completely

So, I was perusing the new IVAW website (which apparently doesn’t block us yet) and I tripped over these droppings from Victor Agosto; …the world’s biggest terrorists are the those who will stop at nothing to control land, resources, markets, and people. They are the capitalist ruling class, whose lust for profit cannot be satisfied. […]

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I thought Johnny Yuma was a rebel

| September 9, 2010 | 23 Comments
I thought Johnny Yuma was a rebel

This is pretty funny, The American Bar Associaton features the Lionel Hutz of the peace lawyers, James Branum, in their Legal Rebels column this issue. “I’ve had clients confess to me things that would be war crimes, like having to kill children who came too close to their vehicle when they were in combat,” Branum […]

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The rest of the “Freaked out” conversation (Updated)

| September 9, 2010 | 48 Comments
The rest of the “Freaked out” conversation (Updated)

UPDATE: I just got confirmation from Jose Vasquez, the executive director of IVAW, that Matthis has finally resigned from IVAW. Jose seemed to be quite distraught. I think there were tear stains on the email. Since I’ve had some requests for the rest of the FaceBook conversation, and I see Chris Capps is still camped […]

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Freak out

| September 8, 2010 | 62 Comments
Freak out

One of my moles sent me a screen shot of a conversation at Matthis’ Facebook and it’s actually pretty funny. It seems that they all think Army Sergeant is an old friend of TSO and me who we convinced to join the IVAW to spy for us. Their evidence? She was at the wedding last […]

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The IVAW Board sheds three directors

| September 3, 2010 | 14 Comments
The IVAW Board sheds three directors

I just got a message from the IVAW that they’ve had three members of the Board resign this week; Unfortunately, three directors resigned from the board at separate times and for separate reasons on this day. Those board members are as follows: Matthis Chiroux, Geoff Millard, and Cameron White. None of the Board members that […]

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