On the Ground at DC’s Pro-Assange Protest

On Saturday, protests supporting freedom for Julian Assange erupted around the world. In London, 7,000 protesters linked hands to surround the Parliament building, demanding that the United Kingdom not extradite Assange to the United States for a show trial. Protests...

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10th Anniversary of Obama Killing a Young American

Last week was the 10th anniversary of the drone killing of Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi, a 16-year-old born in Colorado and killed in Yemen. He perished as part of Obama’s crackdown on terrorist suspects around the world. His father, who was also an American citizen,...

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Jail Guards for Jesus – NYC Vets Parade

I caught the New York City Veterans Day parade yesterday.  Never saw so many cops in one place - I'm glad I don't have any outstanding warrants in New York state.  There was endless adulation with no questions asked about the politicians who send American men and...

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Afghan Twitter Firestorm

Saturday afternoon, I read about how the U.S. had bombed the only hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which was being staffed by the French volunteer group, Doctors without Borders.I recalled the 2004 U.S. bombings of a hospital in Fallujah.  So I tossed out a tweet -...

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My Tweets on GOP Prez Debate

Lordie I never expected that "debate" to last more than 3 hours. I almost ran out of beer. I didn't start tweeting until the second hour but here's my two cents -    On Twitter @jimbovard   & www.jimbovard.com...

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King John Butchered Authors of Magna Carta

… or at least he tried to butcher them.  On this day 800 years ago, King John was compelled to sign Magna Charta, formally accepting a limit to his prerogative to ravage everything in England.  But the ink on his signature was barely dry before he brought in foreign...

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