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Are spiral galaxies rotating? The very center probably is, but the arms are shooting out. probably not.

Cuba will never be defeated

The US often takes an action that is not in compliance with the lease, and later claims that Cuba acquiesced. And at the same time the US re...

I said "in the trial" when I meant to say "in the lease" Cuba

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Lupe Isabel Fernandez Ramirez(L) and Yamila(R). icaphlg@icap.cu

Instruction to change the payment amount in 1973 and again in 1974 Click the image to see the full size, which is a composite of scans of t...

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The things we look away from, pretend we don't know, but we know, ignore, don't act on appropriately, because ... we just can't...

The Old Urbanism: Jane Jacobs Location location timing [ here ] They will come, whether you build it or not.

1. Arboretum, Madison Wi LIKE: DONT: Cars at curb 2. Troy Gardens, Madison Wi LIKE: DONT: 3. Nomad, Boulder, Co LIKE: ...

In SICKO. October 14th Rosanne dies, in Tampa.

La Nova Pizzeria has a pizza slice parking area. The Utica bus route normally gets from Ferry to Utica by driving through a neighborhood to...

The lease has expired The lease specifies that the coaling and naval station is “for the time required”. With the advent of a nuclear navy...

A wide varienty of things cause cancer: H.Pylorii, radium, smoking, benzene, chemotherapy even, soot. This suggests that cells that are ...

The prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment was not intended to carve into stone for the nation the sensibilities or practices of t...

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Honorable Sri Srinivasan, US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit I write about a case that recently came before you, Hodge v Talkin, on appeal fro...

Here is a frame that I was not crazy about- The notion that smoke comes from the transmission system is silly of course, but what is the...

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Jobless recovery is not a recovery if you are unemployed. It is more of the same.

1. Text of the proposed law here . 2. Summary of the provisions of that law are here . .....This is on the website for "Think Outside...

Why is it that GMOs are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) but one passenger on an airplane carrying one bag that does not belong to him is ...

And the article at the Rutherford Institute .

The United States exports neo-colonialism. The internet exports democracy, mostly through cell phones.

The CIA are not lawful combatants. Footnote 44

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View of the front of the K of C building, 1050 Fredrick Rd. The draft board was on the second floor.

You can be held up by a robber with a gun who threatens to kill you if you don't comply, or you can be held up by a system that threaten...

From Enformable From national administration to administration, corporations have run roughshod and those who are supposed to protect us ...

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To prevent the destruction of the entire world, we must obliterate China now. R2P.

Be Here Now Now Deleted Should 'a been he'e yeste'day, shou'nt ya.

for the NYS draft Energy Plan at the UB Center for Tomorrow. Lots of fluff. You would think that you could say something informative in fi...

1. Appoint judges 2. Involve judges in plea barganing 3. Tell juries about nullification 4. Sequester juries 5. Fix prosecutorial immuni...

For the October 2013 demonstration at Hancock Air Force Base. 1. After the verdict , the defendants head off to jail on an 15 day sentence...

On Terror Tuesdays, president Obama goes down a list and selects persons to be killed. Then someone sends that information out to his assas...

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God promised a land to Abraham, and he delivered on that promise. Then Absalom raised the taxes, and the northern kingdom revolted, becoming...

Unfortunately, this looks like a misconception on my part. The text says "eastward", not "due east". But at least it...

For example, Saturn has plenty, as does water. And the sun. Nor will we ever run out of coal or oil or natural gas. Or energy - for exampl...

A tax upon wealth, upon the wealthy. This provision was eliminated in the Constitution. ----- Article VIII. All charges of war , and all ot...

The 1903 lease documents have no clauses that give a termination date for the lease. The motivation for the lease is the protection of Cuba,...

The larger the police force, the less you need the consent of the majority, and the easier it is to go with minority rule. Points along th...

The red area is 200 The blue area is the product of the final digits. So, for example, 13 * 17 = 200 + 21 ----- The same picture can be ...

August 28, 1963 I HAVE A DREAM That someday soon we will be allowed to do this again. 36 CFR 7.96(g)(3)(ii)(B) The Lincoln Memorial, ....

View Larger Map Engine found ~200 ft short of the crash site. Did it come off prior to the crash? No, the engine was found at Highland and...

The prosecution wants to introduce the pay rates of various military grades. Why? They want to say Bradley stole something, and the somethin...

The phrase can be paraphrased as If the speech creates the possibility that it might result in effective opposition to government policy, i...

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"The United States shall exercise complete jurisdiction and control" over Guantanamo Does this mean that the US can do anything i...

The US claims to occupy the Naval Base subject to a valid lease. That's a big one, for surely even the Americans can see that a lease gr...

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On December 12, 1903, control of Guantanamo Bay was handed over to the United States, on the Kearsarge. At noon, the Cuban flag was lowere...

Would the Government of Cuba be willing to consider leasing Guantanamo Bay to the US for a Naval Station? This may seem like a foolish ques...

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Via No More Guantanamos , Nancy Talanian, Dir One of the Uyghurs, who was released to Palau, left for Turkey to be with his wife. Who knew ...

If a soldier kills a civilian , or two , it is lawful combat. If a civilian kills a soldier, it is unlawful combat. This is called asymmetri...

In ten years of war, how can it be that we have taken no prisoners? Is not each person taken by the military a prisoner of war, or assumed t...

The lease limits the US to military use of the Bay. Since there are no coal fueled ships remaining in the US Navy, the US has ceased to used...

A navy is not simply a collection of ships or fighting vessels. It is a process of activities ranging from securing those vessels, raising c...

MP Colonel Michael Bumgarner, of his pride in Guantanamo . Look inside, searching for "anyone anywhere", and scroll down.

Not Hawaii, Guam, Diego Garcia? Not Pul-e-Charkhi Prison ? The Russians had prisons you know. After the First Gulf War, where POWs we...

Naval Station: A harbor that is home to a fleet. Coaling Station: A harbor where ships can take on coal for fuel. ---- No other enterpr...

and no other . ------ A POW camp is not a Naval Station, and constructing a POW camp at Guantanamo is not necessary to fit Guantanamo Bay...

The 50 year blockade of Cuba violates international law, says everyone except Palau, Israel, and the United states. Every tort has a remed...

Hear, hear . They will welcome us with flowers.

The February 1903 lease agreement for Guantanamo states that the United States is allowed "generally to do any and all things necessa...

1903 Article III : "That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservatio...

As United States Admiral La Rocque’s Center for Defense Information has observed, “It is clearly unnecessary militarily”. Indeed, in the mo...

With the abrogation in 1934 of the May 1903 Treaty of Relations, Cuba became free to enter into military arrangements with any nation for th...

The USA may prevent Cuban vessels from access to the ports in the Bay of Guantanamo, at its sole discretion, without that action being consi...

The USA may use the property at Guantanamo only as a naval station. The lease agreement states that the purpose of the lease is to help the...

The May Treaty , article I, states "I. That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign...

If the Constitution does not apply in full at Guantanamo, then on what basis do we decide which parts do apply and which parts don't app...

There are three documents at the Yale Law School, Avalon project, that seem to contain the mutual obligations of the USA and Cuba as regards...

The assumption since King John, since 1215, is that responsible authorities need a reason, a rationale, for jailing a person. King John, a t...

The so-called "settlers" drive through Palestine on expressways . The Palestinians do not have expressways; they have only local ...

A trial is political if it protects the interests of the powerful . The government says that there are no political trials, since that clai...

People spoke about the ongoing hunger strike of Samer Issawi . People in the West Bank are released in Gaza, making it impossible for them t...

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Here are some prominent people who believe that the first amendment protects the commercial press; protects a business enterprise: Huff Post...

Israel, with the approval of the US, plans to strangle Palestine. To death.

No, I'm not gay. I don't literally mean fuck the men. No, I am not advocating raping the women either, although a lot of women in t...

1951, Completes class at the School of the Americas. 1954, participates in the coup of Arbenz. 1970, named Chief of Staff of the Army of G...

Zero-Dark-Thirty, although it is a work of fiction, may cross the line of advocating "immanent lawless action". Torture is an ongo...

At the small port.

A three hour crossing, but it's all downhill from here.

Or "May one shout fire in a crowded theatre"?

Starting at 11:00. The UN starts a/the cholera epidemic in Haiti

citation Replacing all the energy currently being used with renewables will not be "enough". The demand for energy will contin...

From Easter Island. That would explain a lot.