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Transcript from a 60 Minutes interview of Tyler Drumheller, the former chief of the CIA’s Europe division, by Bill Bradley. More here.

Well, there may be intelligent life to the South of us after all. :wink: :lol: In other news: 42% of Americans Cannot Dislodge Their Heads From Their Butts!!!! :laughing6: :laughing6: :laughing6:

I was very inspired by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein's recent documentary The Take. It made me think of things I hadn't in a while. It certainly refreshed my cynicism in party politics and the form the democracy takes in the Western world. It's become pretty clear to me that representative...

OK, I admit it. I've been basking in schaudenfreude, if that's how you spell it. :oops: Yes inDEEDy, taking great pleasure in the misfortunes of another. :twisted: But not just ANY other, oh no! Our formerly Canadian, Lord Black, the Man Who Would-Be Rupert Murdoch: our own, Scrooge, Ken...

...or just glorify their sacrifice so that we always have a ready supply of cannon fodder and cheerleaders for the conquests of the corporate elite? I never wear a poppy on Remembrance Day, though I did at my father's funeral because he was a born soldier, in the most admirable sense of the...

Which system is better? At this point in time, if you're basically healthy, covered by your employer, young and not pregnant (being rich and light-skinned really helps), you get better healthcare in the US. You get shorter wait times, better technology and more highly-trained specialists to...