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Article posted 20 December 2014 Pentagon: 1,000 Paratroopers Will Go to Iraq in Late January [via Facebook] posted 8am / revised 8am

Just military advisors. #USOut #NoWarOnIraq

Pentagon: 1,000 Paratroopers Will Go to Iraq in Late January

There are about 1,600-1,700 US ground troops in Iraq right now, but by the end of January it is expected to be nearly twice as many, according to the most recent Pentagon announcement.

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Article posted 19 December 2014 December 19, 2014 at 03:45PM [via Facebook] posted 1pm

Thucydides, Book VIII.

Article posted 19 December 2014 December 19, 2014 at 12:39PM [via Facebook] posted 10am

Achilles or Hector?

Article posted 19 December 2014 December 19, 2014 at 10:34AM [via Facebook] posted 8am

What is the best film that has been made about a Roman historical subject?

Article posted 19 December 2014 Demonstration to Be Held Along Busy Lafayette Road [via Facebook] posted 5am

Hey Lafayette

Demonstration to Be Held Along Busy Lafayette Road

Nationally, thousands continue to protest under the messages #blacklivesmatter #justiceforall and #nojusticenopeace. Locally, on December 20th, a peaceful demonstration will take place along a busy road in Lafayette. Itâ€™s the Saturday before Christmas; a big shopping day, which is why Denise Goberâ€¦

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Article posted 18 December 2014 From moderate Democrats to white Evangelicals, nearly every demographic group believes torture… [via Facebook] posted 11am

This is the direct product of over a decade of relentless propaganda and cultural efforts to rebrand the use of torture by the U.S. intelligence and military forces as normal and acceptable.

From moderate Democrats to white Evangelicals, nearly every demographic group believes torture…

Whoâ€™s most supportive of torture? A breakdown beyond ideology.

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Article posted 18 December 2014 December 18, 2014 at 01:58PM [via Facebook] posted 11am

Aristophanes or Euripides?

Article posted 17 December 2014 Cops killed man at Walmart, then interrogated girlfriend [via Facebook] posted 3pm

Beavercreek Goddam Everything about this story is soul crushingly horrible. #ACAP #AbolishThePolice

Cops killed man at Walmart, then interrogated girlfriend

After killing a man at an Ohio Walmart, police interrogated his girlfriend, accusing her of lying, threatening her with jail time and suggesting she could be on drugs, according to a video posted on The Guardian’s website.

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Article posted 17 December 2014 December 17, 2014 at 05:48PM [via Facebook] posted 3pm

Thucydides, Book VII. Damn, man. Just, damn.

Article posted 17 December 2014 Tortured Logic [via Facebook] posted 3pm

Tortured Logic

America bends over backwards

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