John Perkins: Rafael Correa is in danger

From the man who wrote Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which among other things treats of his own experiences in Ecuador, a warning to the current president of that country: Watch your back! The jackals are circling!

Video in Spanish. Story from Aporrea:

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Who needs a good reason…

Stupid Sex Tricks: Political silly season is now open!

And a plethora of lurid accusations is rollin’ on in.

First, one concerning Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama:

…which may or may not be plausible. (Does this guy look like the limo type to you? And does anyone still take polygraphs seriously as evidence when there is evidence that you can lie and still pass one?)

Then, there’s the totally absurd:

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John Edwards on Letterman

And he’s a sweetheart:

He broke up a catfight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He basically comes out and says Bill Oh-Really is a bullshitter. He even lets Dave mess his hair.

Really, what’s NOT to love?

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Hi, my name is Maxime.

And I am a cowardly, spineless, gonadally impaired Tory wuss.

Maxime Bernier, cowardly supposiTory from Quebec

What does ‘Bina have against me? Oh, just this. And this.

My name is Maxime Bernier, I am the Tories’ token Quebecois, and I love torture.

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A letter to Mike Malloy

I decided to get busy with the e-mail tonight. Let’s see if this gets read on the air.

To: mike@mikemalloy.com

Subject: Maybe it’s not my place to say this, but…

Hey, Mike…

Maybe it’s not my place to say this, as a white Canadian woman who was just a baby in diapers when Dr. King was killed. Obviously I have no grand and glorious MLK “experiences” to share. So I’ll try to spit my bit without resorting to the usual media encomiums and pablum about him. God knows we’ve all heard enough of those today.

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Sibel Edmonds tells all (that she legally can)

And boy, is it ever hot stuff.

THE FBI has been accused of covering up a key case file detailing evidence against corrupt government officials and their dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets.

The assertion follows allegations made in The Sunday Times two weeks ago by Sibel Edmonds, an FBI whistleblower, who worked on the agency’s investigation of the network.

Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency’s Washington field office.

She says the FBI was investigating a Turkish and Israeli-run network that paid high-ranking American officials to steal nuclear weapons secrets. These were then sold on the international black market to countries such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

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I hereby declare war…

Harrison on the Edge fills in for Mike Malloy

Two hilarious snippets from the Friday night broadcast on Nova M Radio. Harrison is filling in for Mike Malloy in the 9-12 pm (Eastern) slot.

Harrison takes on Dubya’s economic strategy to fight a recession he claims isn’t happening (and which we all know IS happening, and has been for quite some time), using a robotic reader to play back Dubya’s verbal gumbo so we see just what he ISN’T saying. Harrison also takes on a homophobic wingnut caller. (Harrison is gay, gay, gaiety-gay GAY.)

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