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The Price Is Worth It!

After successfully killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children with sanctions
during the nineties, U.S. moves to kill Iranian children with sanctions now

Cheap at Twice the Price
"I think this is a very hard choice, but the price – we think the price is worth it."
– Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, when asked about sanctions
on Iraq killing more children than died at Hiroshima

Open Mike: Mike's Featured Bloggers

Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern

Retired CIA analyst

January 15th, 2013

Post-Iraq-War US Intel Chief Praised

Thomas Fingar, former U.S. Director of the National Intelligence Council, will receive the annual award ...

Crystal Zevon

Crystal Zevon

Author

January 14th, 2013

SEARCHING FOR OCCUPY: First Day From the Road

Already many adventures and stories to tell. On the way in, I stopped at the ...

Tom Engelhardt

Tom Engelhardt

TomDispatch

January 14th, 2013

The Pentagon as a Global NRA: For Washington, There Is No Arms Control Abroad

Crossposted from TomDispatchGiven these last weeks, who doesn’t know what an AR-15 is?  Who hasn’t ...

Jesse Lava

Jesse Lava

Criminal Justice Activist

January 11th, 2013

Laws So Awful They Literally Make Judges Cry (VIDEO)

Now that Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana, the momentum for reforming our nation’s anachronistic ...

David Swanson

David Swanson

Activist and Author, War Is a Lie

January 11th, 2013

Waking Up in Tehran

According to one theory, U.S.-Iranian relations began around November 1979 when a crowd of irrational ...

Robert Weissman

Robert Weissman

President, Public Citizen

January 10th, 2013

7 Reasons to be Unhappy About the Nomination of Jacob Lew for Secretary of the Treasury

1. The Obama administration demanded no meaningful quid pro quo from the Wall Street giants ...

Anybody up for a quick walk? Just 30 min? We're now in week 44 of #iwalkwithmike . Who's with me?

Jan 14th
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Thank you. "RT @CatMatPeace: @Tripgreat @mmflint - learned not to read it in public! Alternately laughing or crying! Excellent book!"

Jan 14th
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RT @Tripgreat: For some incredible writing, and a historical tome, read @MMFlint 's "Here Comes Trouble" Breathtaking.

Jan 14th
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"@MoHeaph: Saw this & thought of u. From St Neots UK. http://t.co/KaeDROoO " Ha! Thanks. Which reminds me- time 4 today's walk! Let's go...

Jan 12th
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RT @HakeemMuh: The entire world is watching #BabAlShams. It is now trending globally. #palestine #jo #pal

Jan 12th
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RT @Xavier_Abu_Eid: #BabAlShams helps you understand what has been happening here: Palestinians build on their own land and Israel order ...

Jan 12th
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RT @pattidurr: Watched 5 broken cameras last p.m. snapshots r hanging around in my heart making me weep - no more walls @5brokencameras ...

Jan 12th
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RT @TanyaJonasson: @MMFlint It's a blizzard in Winnipeg right now but I bundled up and went for my daily walk anyway. Invigorating! #IWa ...

Jan 12th
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RT @thinkprogress: Rep. Gingrey (R-GA) says its hard for women who are actually raped to get pregnant because they are "tense and uptigh ...

Jan 11th
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Also nom 4 Best Doc today: The Gatekeepers. 6 ex-chiefs of Israel's Shin Bet (their domestic security agency) come clean about what they did

Jan 11th
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"How to Survive a Plague" Winner of the NYFilmCritics award, this doc tells the story of gay activists who took on the health estb over AIDS

Jan 11th
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Other Oscar-nominated docs: "Searching for Sugar Man" This film is so good, it deserved to be nominated for Best Picture! Profoundly moving.

Jan 10th
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Yes! Now you're finally getting it! "@secretsofgiza: I mean, what's another school shooting when there's Oscar buzz to talk about!"

Jan 10th
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When I brought the Palestinian director 2 my film fest in July the Israelis wouldn't let him fly out of TelAviv so I had 2get him 2 Amman

Jan 10th
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Correct "@urihoresh:That "generous" Israeli funding would not been needed had Israel not violated the Palestinians' right 2 live in dignity"

Jan 10th
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Emad Burnat, its director, is a farmer on the West Bank. Took him years to make it (Israeli soldiers kept breaking the cameras he used).

Jan 10th
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I think "5 Broken Cameras" is the 1st Palestinian documentary to be nominated for an Oscar.("Paradise Now" in 2005 was the 1st fiction film)

Jan 10th
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And thanks too to the Israeli co-director who helped this incredible 1st-time Palestinian filmmaker make his movie and have his voice heard!

Jan 10th
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Is "5 Broken Cameras" the 1st-ever Oscar nom for a Palestinian film? I think so! Many thanks 2 the Israeli citizens who generously funded it

Jan 10th
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1st time ever all doc filmmakers in Academy could vote 2 pick the 5 nominees. Now, for 1st time, all 6,000 Acad members will pick the winner

Jan 10th
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The Pentagon as a Global NRA: For Washington, There Is No Arms Control Abroad ...by Tom Engelhardt www.michaelmoore.com What is Obama doing about the same...

Jan 14th
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Waking Up in Tehran ...by David Swanson www.michaelmoore.com Get ahold of the forthcoming masterpiece by M. Lachlan White, titled 'Waking Up in Tehran:...

Jan 11th
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7 Reasons to be Unhappy About the Nomination of Jacob Lew for Secretary of the Treasury www.michaelmoore.com 1. The Obama administration demanded no...

Jan 10th
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Congrats to all five Oscar nominees for Best Documentary! Every one of these films is outstanding. This is one of the best lists I've seen:

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Jan 10th
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Guantanmo Is Still Open ...by Candace Gorman www.michaelmoore.com My client and 166 other men are now entering their 12th year of being held without charge or...

Jan 9th
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Fat Cats Escape Responsibility While Fat Americans Face Shame ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com Why not show some of the fat cats raking in huge profits...

Jan 9th
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Happy 100th Birthday, Richard Milhous Nixon! From my book 'Here Comes Trouble': Milhous, in Three Acts ...by Michael Moore www.michaelmoore.com I...

Jan 9th
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Excusing Torture, Again ...by Ray McGovern www.michaelmoore.com Aren’t you glad that newspapers like the Washington Post still give folks like Rodriguez...

Jan 8th
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So many important, heartbreaking stories from soldiers and veterans who appreciated my post this week. Here's one from reddit today from one of those...

Jan 6th
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Good news from Facebook tonight! I have heard from Facebook HQ and there will be no removal of my posts or my site because of what I said about how America...

Jan 6th
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(For a version of this post with links, please go to http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/my-friendly-offer-bill-kristol )

I just...

Jan 5th
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I guess I should've assumed that this would happen. For the past three days Fox News and other right wing media have been having a field day with my...

Jan 5th
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You might have seen that on Monday President Obama will likely nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican, to be Secretary of Defense.
Jan 5th
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I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. I am tired of the ruse we are playing on these brave citizens in our armed forces. And guess what...

Jan 3rd
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For a limited time you can watch '5 Broken Cameras,' now on the Best Documentary shortlist, in its entirety here. Check it out!

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Jan 2nd
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Two beautiful posts tonight on my Facebook:

@Chris Matthews:
A person can be "fit" but not necessarily "healthy"....

Jan 2nd
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Back from my walk tonight. Did you go on yours? If not, come with me tomorrow. A lot of well-meaning (skinny) people are posting here telling you that you MUST...

Jan 2nd
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ICYMI -- here's why I walk every day and why I hope you'll join me: http://mmflint.me/Vva3s5 mmflint.me

Jan 1st
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ICYMI -- My New Year's Resolutions ...by Michael Moore www.michaelmoore.com Happy New Year! Have you made your resolutions for 2013? Here are mine:

Jan 1st
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My New Year's Resolutions ...by Michael Moore www.michaelmoore.com Happy New Year! Have you made your resolutions for 2013? Here are mine:

Dec 31st
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I am now in Week 42 of my walks. Each day, 30 minutes, that's it. Thousands of you have joined me since that Sunday night on March 18 when, as a joke, I...

Dec 31st
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Michael Moore Answers Twitter Questions About Bowling for Columbine, Sunday, December 30th www.michaelmoore.com I would ban auto & semi-automatic guns,...

Dec 31st
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Last chance to see Bowling for Columbine on Current TV - TONIGHT 8:00 pm ET & 10:30 PM ET. I'll take your q's live on Twitter after each show....

Dec 30th
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ICYMI -- check out '5 Broken Cameras,' the personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village.

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Dec 29th
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'Bowling for Columbine' is playing on Current TV six more times: today, tomorrow and Sunday at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT & 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT ...

Dec 28th
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ICYMI, my letter on why America has so much carnage: Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns ...by Michael Moore www.michaelmoore.com These gun...

Dec 28th
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From Husain Bazzi & Elan Goldman, the co-editors of Mike's High School Newspaper: Editor's Note for December 24, 2012 | Michael Moore | High...

Dec 28th
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Michael Moore Answers Twitter Questions About Bowling for Columbine, Thursday, December 27th www.michaelmoore.com No regrets. Proud of what we did....

Dec 28th
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