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• Montana judge admits sending racist email about Obama

  By The Red Phoenix on March 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Judge Richard Cebull says he doesn’t like the president, but he doesn’t consider himself a racist. Reporting from Seattle— Montana’s chief federal judge Wednesday admitted forwarding an email to friends about President Obama that appears to equate African Americans with… Read More ›

• The Dark Side of Vitamin Water

  By The Red Phoenix on March 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Now here’s something you wouldn’t expect. Coca-Cola is being sued by a non-profit public interest group, on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims. No surprise there. But how do you think the company is defending… Read More ›

• Medical journal article: 14,000 U.S. deaths tied to Fukushima reactor disaster fallout

  By The Red Phoenix on February 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Impact seen as roughly comparable to radiation-related deaths after Chernobyl; infants are hardest hit, with continuing research showing even higher possible death count Dec. 19 press conference on the release of the study Washington, PRNewswire-USNewswire – An estimated 14,000 excess… Read More ›

• Peter Gleick lied, but was it justified by the wider good?

  By The Red Phoenix on February 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by James Garvey Gleick has been criticised for how his Heartland Institute probe, but perhaps more climate scientists should play dirty A lie is a lie. There may be other considerations, but that’s main motivation behind the condemnation of Peter… Read More ›

• 50 American Indian Protestors Seek to Stop Desecration at Construction Site

  By The Red Phoenix on February 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges SAN DIEGO COUNTY – In a story unfolding this afternoon, a group of 50 American Indians, including tribal council members and elders, are prepared to step in front of bulldozers to stop the further… Read More ›

• Occupy Sacramento Confronts White Nationalist Group

  By The Red Phoenix on February 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Occupy Sacramento clashes with pro-white group SACRAMENTO, Calif. – At least two law enforcement officers were injured Monday during a clash with members of the Occupy movement who were at the state Capitol to counter a rally by a group… Read More ›

• Syria isn’t the ‘new Bosnia’, despite the narcissistic hopes of the Western commentariat

  By The Red Phoenix on February 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Brendan O’Neill Oh no, this is not good, this is not good at all: more and more Western observers are starting to describe Syria as “the new Bosnia”. Which can mean only one thing. The liberal commentariat is on… Read More ›

• Israel Won’t Warn US Before Attacking Iran

  By The Red Phoenix on February 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Officials Plan to Keep US ‘In the Dark’ About Impending Strike by Jason Ditz, February 28, 2012 Reports quoting a number of anonymous US and Israeli officials today say that the Israeli government has decided, and has informed the US,… Read More ›

• NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast

  By The Red Phoenix on February 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, the Associated… Read More ›

• Native Nations Make Own Cigarettes to Avoid N.Y. Tax

  By The Red Phoenix on February 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By THOMAS KAPLAN ONEIDA, N.Y. — The trucks lumber past cornfields and dilapidated farm houses, pull up to a onetime bingo hall and unload their cargo: boxes of tobacco imported from the Carolinas. Inside, employees of the Oneida Indian Nation… Read More ›

• Maryland lawmakers pass bill to allow gay marriage

  By The Red Phoenix on February 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  State senators approved a gay marriage bill 25-22 Thursday, moving Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriages. Gay marriage opponents in the Senate unsuccessfully attempted to attach amendments to the House bill, which… Read More ›

• The “Feminism” of Maggie Thatcher

  By The Red Phoenix on February 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Celebrating the Self-Empowerment of Elite White Women by GAIL DINES I usually like watching Meryl Streep, but I seriously hope that she doesn’t win an Oscar on Sunday for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher. I couldn’t stand the thought of… Read More ›

• The Sierra Club Took Millions From Fracking Industry

  By The Red Phoenix on February 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  When Will They Give It Back? by RUSSELL MOKHIBER Last week, I wrote an article about how Chesapeake Energy, through its fracking activity, was destroying the rural way of life in West Virginia. After the article ran, an insider called… Read More ›

• Muslims to attorney general: Investigate NYPD

  By The Red Phoenix on February 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By CHRIS HAWLEY NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based… Read More ›

• Fresh Anti-US Protests Erupt in Afghanistan

  By The Red Phoenix on February 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  American apologies are falling on deaf ears in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, where anger over the burning of Qurans is boiling over. Deadly anti-American protests erupted in Afghanistan for a fourth day Friday, with thousands of Afghans pouring onto the… Read More ›