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So, as expected, Bradley Manning is pleading guilty to some charges of hacking the US military servers and stealing the files published by WikiLeaks, but he's not pleading guilty to the charges about "aiding and abetting the enemy". Ed Pilkington ‏@Edpilkington BREAKING: #BradleyManning has pleaded guilty to being the #WikiLeaks... | Continue »

Yesterday supporters of President Obama's gun violence prevention measures - including people of faith - rallied across America to demand that Congress vote on the proposals. | Continue »

PassionFest is going well. About 350-400 people here for this Christian based social justice festival. I spoke last night on 5 things I have learned and am learning about social justice. For those of you ask me to blog it,... | Continue »

Two weekends ago, on Veteran's Day, I went to the first annual fund raising banquet for the local Catholic radio station, WJMJ, where I am a volunteer. I really like being involved wtih them because it's so important to keep the Catholic media alive in Obama's America. Unfortunately most states... | Continue »

Even though I don't understand what she's saying this Korean... | Continue »

NAME: Sarah BLOG: Very Sarie TYPEPAD MEMBER SINCE: 2011 WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Sarah is a surface pattern and graphic designer living and working in Los Angeles. She brings a deep understanding of brands, styles,... | Continue »

As a Christian, I certainly know that followers of our faith tradition feel a sense of obligation about sharing their faith with others. It's considered a mandate from Jesus himself. Fair enough. But there can be huge differences in approach... | Continue »

What's even groovier than Space Babes -- one of our... | Continue »

Coco Flaunts Curves in Sexy Devil Halloween Costume (PHOTOS) : If you’ve got it, flaunt it! Coco turned heads as she hit the red carpet to host the Halloween “Player’s Ball” at LAX nightclub inside the Luxor Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday evening. Wearing a sexy,... | Continue »

The current pressure on the Maori Party over water rights is symptomatic of wider tensions within Maori society. The party’s ‘will they or won’t they leave’ dramatics are characterised by Gordon Campbell as ‘that of a battered spouse, a pitiable creature who will swallow any indignity in return for the few crumbs of what the relationships once promised to offer’ (see Tariana Turia is facing a Katie Holmes moment) but the issues go beyond parliamentary fortunes. [Read more below] | Continue »

Whoever got blown at LIFE TIME to give this barebacking Shill and daughter of a Political FAME WHORE a friggin show must be eating crow. I can't stant this entitled twunt and her mother and the fact Networks think she... | Continue »

I am thinking you still have quite a bit of summer reading left ahead of you and that not all of it needs to be cheesy novels or your 10th re-reading of my own books. (You may stop at nine.)... | Continue »

I made a small personal investment in Shelfari recently. I made the investment for 3 reasons: I like the entrepreneur Josh Hug from the first time I met him. I know (or like to think I know) a fair amount... | Continue »

From our friends at The Huffington Post: "The overwhelming exodus of advertisers from Rush Limbaugh's show has big-name companies rethinking their relationship with talk radio. According to a memo published by the industry website Radio-Info.com at least 98 advertisers --... | Continue »

I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I've ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and it's pissing me off. By crippling functionality on sites Google owns (like YouTube) and forcing users to "upgrade" to a service that they may not want or need to get that functionality back, Google is making a huge and annoying mistake. | Continue »

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Link: Democracy Now! | EXCLUSIVE...9/11 Debate: Loose Change Filmmakers vs. Popular Mechanics Editors of "Debunking 9/11 Myths". AMY GOODMAN: As we take on the issue of what happened on September 11th, 2001, our guests are Dylan Avery, writer and director of Loose Change; Jason Bermas, researcher for the film; James Meigs is also with us, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics; and David Dunbar, executive editor of Popular Mechanics, who led the editorial team that produced the book, Debunking 9/11 Myths. Jim Meigs, you’re the editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics; your response to this excerpt of Loose Change about what happened in Shanksville? JAMES MEIGS: You know, that clip is really interesting, because it shows how slickly made this film is, how compelling it is at asking a series of sort of hanging questions and putting some spooky music behind it and making it sound as if someone’s covering up these facts. But a brave researcher can dig down and put all the pieces together. In fact, there's answers to all those questions. If you look at the sources that were used throughout that clip, they’re all things that came up in the first day or two after the attacks. In some cases, somebody is standing across the field and saying, “I don't see a plane.” Well, when a plane strikes the ground at 500 miles an hour, flying almost straight down, there typically isn't much visible above ground. They also quote the coroner in the Shanksville area. We talked to the coroner.... | Continue »

Republicans and Democrats Both Want to Kill You! By Phil of Phil's Stock World What is happening to this country? Robert Reich points out that, in announcing the Republicans’ new budget and tax plan Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said “We are sharpening the contrast between the path that we’re proposing and the path of debt and decline the president has placed us upon.” But the plan doesn’t do much to reduce the debt. Even by its own estimate the deficit would drop to $166 billion in 2018 and then begin growing again. The real contrast is over... | Continue »