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15 of the Deadliest Corporations

15 of the Deadliest Corporations

These U.S. corporations, if they were individual human beings, would be locked up for life. Instead, they continue raking in the big bucks. Human rights abuses, murder, war, eco disasters, and animal exploitation keep these evil companies raking in the green. Prepare to be disgusted.

The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...

10 Most Iconic Photographs of the War in Iraq

10 Most Iconic Photographs of the War in Iraq

The War in Iraq has been one of the most significant events of the last decade. Journalists, both those embedded with military units and those who have undertaken their own investigations, have contributed defining and sometimes harrowing images of incidents as they have unfolded. These photos,...

Dick Cheney's Crimes Against Humanity

Dick Cheney's Crimes Against Humanity

Politics is a dirty business and politicians don't come any dirtier than Dick Cheney. He's a man who delights in operating on the 'dark side' and is the Darth Vader of American politics. However, is it going too far to accuse him of "crimes against humanity"? That term has quite a narrow and specific...

50 Best Bill Clinton Quotes

50 Best Bill Clinton Quotes

William "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of The United States. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas to William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., and Virginia Dell Cassidy. When Clinton was three months old, Clinton's grandparents, Eldridge and Edith Cassidy,...

25 Greatest Political T-Shirts for Democrats

25 Greatest Political T-Shirts for Democrats

Election season may be over, but that's no reason to stop wearing t-shirts that show your true political colors. And while Bush is finally out of office, the last 8 years have spawned countless witty t-shirts that should not be forgotten. If you are looking for some fresh additions to your left-wing...

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Missing American Pilot Michael Speicher's Remains Found 18 Years Later

Navy officials announced early Sunday that Marines in Iraq had found remains that have been positively identified as those of American fighter pilot Michael Speicher, who was shot down in the beginning of the first Gulf War in 1991. The Navy pilot was the only American missing in action from that...

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Obama on 'Letterman'

By the time Barack Obama came on stage to the taping of the “Late Show” on Monday, host David Letterman had offered up 10 reasons why in the world the president had agreed to do it. Among Letterman’s theories: Obama said yes without thinking about it, or as Letterman put it, “Like Bush did with...

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Shannon Meehan Book Signing in Pennsylvania

Shannon Meehan will be in Pennsylvania Saturday, March 6, 2010 for a booksigning at The Galleria's "GZ's Used Books & Art" from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Meehan is an Iraq war veteran who wrote "Beyond Duty: Life on the Front Line" with Roger Thompson. In "Beyond Duty: Life on the Front...

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Who Are Kurds?

The Kurds are nomadic people who originally came from Southwest Asia particularly in the mountainous areas of Iraq, Turkey and Iran which they refer as the land of the Kurds or Kurdistan. The Kurds has an Indo-European feature and origin and whose lives revolve on herding livestock animals such as...