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  Islamic State seizes capital of Iraq’s largest province Iraqi government forces are fighting back against an Islamic State advance that began overnight. Witnesses say the militant group raised its black flag over a government compound in the city center on Friday. (Reuters) By Hugh Naylor and Mustafa Salim May 15 at 2:12 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/isis-gains-control-of-major-iraqi-city/2015/05/15/68a8036c-fb0c-11e4-a47c-e56f4db884ed_story.html   BAGHDAD —Islamic State fighters took control of key sites Friday in the heart of Ramadi, capital of Iraq’s largest province, in what appeared to mark a significant blow to a U.S.-backed military campaign to retake territory from the militants. The Islamic State offensive — which began with ambush-style attacks after sundown Thursday — touched off panicked attempts to flee the city and avoid the militant’s tightening noose on routes to safety. “It was just like scenes of carnage in a World War II movie with ...

POLL: Race Relations Worse Under Obama 3.7.2015 News http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/poll-race-relations-worse-under-obama A new poll shows that nearly half of Americans believe race relations have worsened over the course of the presidency of Barack Obama, the first half-black man elected to the White House. The CNN poll found 39 percent believe relations between blacks and whites have gotten worse, not better, since Mr. Obama took office in January 2009. Just 15 percent say relations have improved. In an interesting finding, 45 percent of whites think relations have worsened while just 26 percent of blacks think so. The survey of 1,000 adults was taken last month, before a Department of Justice report released this week found racial bias in the Ferguson, Mo., police department. In remarks after the report was released, Obama said the type of racial bias in Ferguson is not isolated. "I don't think that is typical of what happens across the country, but it's not an...

The Fake “21 Coptic Christians Beheading” Video – Part 1: Timing Thursday, February 19, 2015 5:18 (Before It's News) by Scott Creighton “ All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing .” Edmund Burke When 21 laborers in America die because the Obama administration has cut funding to OSHA to the point where they only have one guy to check on 50,000 job sites (yes, it’s an exaggeration, slightly), neoliberal talking heads like Bill O’Reilly get hard-ones and they call it “freedom”. Or when 21 laborers anywhere die because they can’t afford things like medicine even though they are working 50 hours a week (not an exaggeration), neoliberals like Bill start salivating at the thought of all that glorious “growth” That’s because, as we all know by now, “Freedom” to the members of the neoliberal Washington Consensus (neocons, New Dems, (big “L”) Libertarians) means “freedom from New Deal social and economic justice reforms… and “Growth” simply means “the gro...