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I imagine that a video will turn up soon, showing a bald eagle attempting to pick up the bombs.
On February 7, 2003, I was on the T, stopped at the MIT station. Several policemen on the train platform looked at me, and I knew…
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The synthetic rage over Common’s event with Michelle Obama rests on the unending demonization of the Black Panther party. She was stunningly beautiful. I still remember the sheen of her black hair, her creamy complexion. She was at the San Francisco Book Festival, hawking a book of photographs. She seemed to be 25, although I…
The synthetic rage over Common’s event with Michelle Obama rests on the unending demonization of the Black Panther party. She was stunningly beautiful. I still remember…
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The following is a transcript of a tape sent anonymously to the Washington Post, ostensibly from a meeting of high-level US government officials that took place in the resort town of Vonn’s Eye, Pennsylvania. Its authenticity has not been confirmed. VOICE: …to introduce to you my good friend and a great American, Ike [inaudible]. [APPLAUSE]…
The following is a transcript of a tape sent anonymously to the Washington Post, ostensibly from a meeting of high-level US government officials that took place…
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“All head lights and glass smashed, all electrics and air lines, oil lines cut, tires slashed, fuel tanks, oil and transmission tanks contaminated, cab controls smashed up, approx one hundred power cables supplying site electrics were chopped through. Fuse boxes and other bits of electrics smashed, fuel pumps damaged, fuel tanks spilled, all site conveyor…
"All head lights and glass smashed, all electrics and air lines, oil lines cut, tires slashed, fuel tanks, oil and transmission tanks contaminated, cab controls smashed…
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