ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
Making martial law easier - International Herald Tribune
A disturbing recent phenomenon in Washington is that laws that strike to the heart of American democracy have been passed in the dead of night. So it was with a provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush administration's behest that makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law.
NATIONAL:
737 U.S. Military Bases = Global Empire
The total of America's military bases in other people's countries in 2005, according to official sources, was 737. Reflecting massive deployments to Iraq and the pursuit of President Bush's strategy of preemptive war, the trend line for numbers of overseas bases continues to go up. Interestingly enough, the thirty-eight large and medium-sized American facilities spread around the globe in 2005 -- mostly air and naval bases for our bombers and fleets -- almost exactly equals Britain's thirty-six naval bases and army garrisons at its imperial zenith in 1898.
An Orwellian solution to kids skipping school
Let's say your teenager is a habitual truant and there is nothing you can do about it. A Washington area politician thinks he might have the solution: Fit the child with a Global Positioning System chip, then have police track him down. "It allows them to get caught easier," said Maryland Delegate Doyle Niemann (D-Prince George's), who recently co-sponsored legislation in the House that would use electronic surveillance as part of a broader truancy reduction plan. "It's going to be done unobtrusively. The chips are tiny and can be put into a hospital ID band or a necklace."
Terrorists Chip In
Information-security expert Lukas Grunwald is not reluctant to share his opinion of the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that is now a mandatory security feature of American passports. “This whole design is totally brain damaged,” Grunwald told Wired magazine. “From my point of view all of these RFID passports are a huge waste of money. They’re not increasing security at all.”
Accused Terrorist Is Big GOP Donor
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) won't say what it plans to do with thousands of dollars in campaign donations it received from an accused terror financier.
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari gave $15,250 to the NRCC since 2002, according to FEC records published on the Web site opensecrets.org. On Friday, Alishtari pled not guilty to funding terrorism and other crimes, including financial fraud.
JFK security call off
Various angles and clips of security detail being called off, to stand down and not run along side the prez's motorcade. who could authorise this?
INTERNATIONAL:
Occupied Somalia: 12 Killed as heavy mortar fire hits Mogadishu
The attacks underscore the huge challenge facing the interim government of Abdullahi Yusuf, the president, as it tries to tame a nation in anarchy since Mohamed Siad Barre, the former president, was ousted in 1991.
Venezuela Preparing for 'Asymmetrical' Showdown With U.S.
Chavez is keen on ramping up his country's defenses using a windfall of petroleum dollars that have filled state coffers in recent years. Having already spent a significant portion of that money on education and health programs for Venezuela's impoverished, the leftist leader has set his sights on becoming the continent's military superpower.
IRAQ:
The New Iraqi Oil Law: Leaked
Privatizing Iraq's oil and splitting Iraq into three regions are just two negative features of this 29 pages law.
Where in the world is Moqtadl Al-Sadar?
The cleric is not in Tehran, but in Kufa, southern Iraq, according to a Western source. Stories that he has fled across the border are incorrect, according to Albrecht Gero Muth, a former adviser to Kofi Annan when the latter was U.N. Secretary General, who remains in contact with al-Sadr.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Why Did Rove Receive A Copy Of A Secret Iranian Proposal For Negotiations In 2003?
Inter Press Service reports that, in early May 2003, Karl Rove received a copy of a secret Iranian proposal for negotiations with the United States from former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) — who is now serving 30 months in prison for his role in a corruption scandal.
Iran - This, Mr President, is how wars start
"If the Iranians decide to respond by showing that they can be tough guys, too, we could easily get an escalation of a tit-for-tat nature," he told me. "It would start in Iraq, where we start to do things and they respond. Then we [the US] believe they're responsible for that, and so we decide to ratchet it up by hitting them somewhere else, and then they respond by hitting us in the Gulf. And then we are at war."
ECONOMY:
Kraft says up to 8,000 jobs cut
Kraft says it may eliminate up to 9 percent of its work force and exit up to 20 production facilities, according to a document outlining the plan.
OP-ED:
Obama Drama – Another Political Sleeping Pill for Black People. --
Yes, I would like to see a President Obama, but for reasons other than euphoria and emotionalism, his Senatorial voting record notwithstanding. I would like to see the “possibility” of finally having a President that would speak out as a Black man and actually do something that directly benefits Black people, the people to whom this country owes a tremendous debt. (Hey, I can dream, can’t I?)
FOOD&DRINK:
POTATO, CHEDDAR, AND CHIVE SOUP
The combination of potatoes and cheese just can't be beat, especially here, in this rich, filling soup.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Gates Takes a New Look at 'Uncle Tom'
In the 1950s, Uncle Tom's Cabin went from being a literary phenomenon to an object of scorn, with its title character symbolizing black self-loathing. Henry Louis Gates has re-examined the book in a new annotated edition.
HUMOR?:
Men on Films - In Living Color
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Another Angle 18 - February - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
The Global Shell & Pea Game
Six weeks ago, after a year of speculation, Iran changed its oil bourse from petrodollars to petroeuros. US rhetoric against the leadership of Iran was therefore ratcheted up in latter 2006. First, Ahmadinejad’s call to erase the Zionist political entity from the pages of time was translated in to “wipe Israel off the map”, alarming the world to a specter of a new holocaust. Second, Iran’s nuclear weaponry intentions were disclosed — a new imminent threat — but the American taxpayers weren’t buying that one so easily this time. Thus, the new story of Iranian supplies to insurgents in Iraq is told at bedtime (less than one percent of attacks on US troops in Iraq are by Shiites).
NATIONAL:
02.15 Brzezinski's Damning Indictment
Brzezinski told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam." Brzezinski predicts "some provocation in Iraq or a terrorist act in the U.S. blamed on Iran; culminating in a 'defensive' U.S. military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a spreading and deepening quagmire eventually ranging across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan."
The Obama revolution
Barack Obama had no placards. His campaign desk was sparse, undecorated and banner-free. He walked on to the stage with no music at all. He left the same way, with only the sound of thunderous applause filling his ears. The message was clear: Barack Obama does not need campaign gimmicks and he is not doing things the old-fashioned way. And it worked.
The Obama revolution is sweeping through the Democratic party.
Obama Set For Big Jewish Push
The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is poised to dramatically increase its Jewish outreach. That includes the recruitment of top Jewish donors and advisers, and an expected major speech on Israel and the Middle East that a Democratic insider said “will set the baseline and establish Sen. Obama as a reliable, strong supporter of Israel.”
INTERNATIONAL:
Zambia loses 'vulture fund' case
Vulture funds - as defined by the International Monetary Fund and UK Chancellor Gordon Brown among others - are companies which buy up the debt of poor nations cheaply when it is about to be written off, then sue for the full value of the debt plus interest. "Zambia has been planning to spend the money released from debt cancellation on much-needed nurses, teachers and infrastructure. "This is what debt cancellation is intended for, not to line the pockets of businessmen based in rich countries."
Imported chicken cripples economy in western Africa
“The competition from cheap, imported chicken from Europe made 92 percent of small chicken farmers in Cameroon lose their main income source between 1996 and 2003,” Bernard Njonga of the Cameroon NGO, the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collecitifs (ACDIC), told IPS. ACDIC leads a campaign against the chicken imports and now has more than 10,000 members—farmers and also consumers. “That meant 645 farms going under. Typically four to six families depend on each farm. These people lost their jobs and were dumped into poverty,” Mr. Njonga said.
Army and police desert beleaguered Mugabe
Mugabe, ruler of Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980, claimed Britain has been trying to oust him. But the UK says Zimbabwe's long-running political and economic crisis is a result of rights abuses, vote-rigging and skewed policies, which have nothing to do with London.
Olmert threatens to boycott Palestinian Authority
IRAQ:
Rice, in Surprise Baghdad Visit, Presses Leaders for Progress
She said she had told Iraq’s leaders to quickly finish work on an oil law that would distribute revenues evenly among Iraq’s population.
New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush
This law has been in the works since the very beginning of the invasion - indeed, since months before the invasion, when the Bush administration brought in Phillip Carroll, former CEO of both Shell and Fluor, the politically-wired oil servicing firm, to devise "contingency plans" for divvying up Iraq's oil after the attack. Once the deed was done, Carroll was made head of the American "advisory committee" overseeing the oil industry of the conquered land.
Iraq: Kurdish Oil Law Poses Problem For Baghdad - RADIO FREE ...
"The Kurds have submitted a draft petroleum act to be adopted that gives them the right to control oil, regardless of the government in Baghdad. The Oil Ministry has submitted another completely different draft that gives the authority to the ministry, not regions. It's the main issue of the conflict: oil and Kurds," he said. The establishment of a petroleum law in the Kurdish region not only underscores the decentralization of oil resources, but it constitutes another step in the Kurds' move away from the Baghdad government.
OP-ED:
It's still about oil in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Page 1, Chapter 1 of the Iraq Study Group report lays out Iraq's importance to its region, the U.S. and the world with this reminder: "It has the world's second-largest known oil reserves." The group then proceeds to give very specific and radical recommendations as to what the United States should do to secure those reserves. If the proposals are followed, Iraq's national oil industry will be commercialized and opened to foreign firms.The report makes visible to everyone the elephant in the room: that we are fighting, killing and dying in a war for oil. It states in plain language that the U.S. government should use every tool at its disposal to ensure that American oil interests and those of its corporations are met.
It's Time for Star Athletes to Choose HBCUs
We all know how Major League Baseball swiped stars from the Negro Leagues. Well, if you think about it, that's basically what happens when prep stars shun historically black schools like North Carolina Central University for schools like UNC, Duke and Ohio State.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Magnetic Pulse Treatment Targets Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, under investigation as a potential treatment for depression, sends a magnetic pulse to stimulate the brain. Keith Seinfeld of member station KPLU in Seattle reports on the experiences of a woman named Georgia, who is among hundreds who have agreed to try the device.
FOOD&DRINK:
Sweet and Savory: Odd Food Combinations
We don't raise an eyebrow at carrot cake or peanut butter cookies. No one is alarmed by pumpkin pie. We don't raise an eyebrow at carrot cake or peanut butter cookies. No one is alarmed by pumpkin pie. But is the world ready for potato-chip cookies? Finding savory or other unusual ingredients in sweet baked goods was not uncommon 100 years ago, when frugal housewives used every leftover bit of food. Along the way, they learned some things.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
NPR : The Harlem Renaissance, On and Off the Court
In "On the Shoulders of Giants" Abdul-Jabbar (with co-author Raymond Obstfeld) recounts how a few square miles in northern Manhattan became the cultural capital of Black America in the 1920s and '30s (while extortionate rents were creating slum conditions). Abdul-Jabbar's definition of the Harlem Renaissance is expansive enough to include not just its famous intellectuals -Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, et al- but Marcus Garvey, the charismatic advocate of a return to Africa who had a mass following. "It was the renaissance atmosphere in Harlem that gave him the inspiration and platform to launch his Universal Negro Improvement Association," Abdul-Jabbar explains. The classy intellectuals promoting the image of a "new Negro" despised Garvey.
Bassett and Vance Tell Their 'Love Story'
Celebrity couple Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have a new book out about relationships. It's titled Friends: A Love Story. The book tells the story of their emotional lives both before and after they met.
HUMOR?:
Flip Wilson on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1965
If you have only seen Flip as "Geraldine" or as the "Pastor of The Church of What's Happening Now", check out this comic genius doing the "Tonight Show"
News others won't tell you
The Global Shell & Pea Game
Six weeks ago, after a year of speculation, Iran changed its oil bourse from petrodollars to petroeuros. US rhetoric against the leadership of Iran was therefore ratcheted up in latter 2006. First, Ahmadinejad’s call to erase the Zionist political entity from the pages of time was translated in to “wipe Israel off the map”, alarming the world to a specter of a new holocaust. Second, Iran’s nuclear weaponry intentions were disclosed — a new imminent threat — but the American taxpayers weren’t buying that one so easily this time. Thus, the new story of Iranian supplies to insurgents in Iraq is told at bedtime (less than one percent of attacks on US troops in Iraq are by Shiites).
NATIONAL:
02.15 Brzezinski's Damning Indictment
Brzezinski told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the final destination on this downhill track is likely to be a head-on conflict with Iran and with much of the world of Islam." Brzezinski predicts "some provocation in Iraq or a terrorist act in the U.S. blamed on Iran; culminating in a 'defensive' U.S. military action against Iran that plunges a lonely America into a spreading and deepening quagmire eventually ranging across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan."
The Obama revolution
Barack Obama had no placards. His campaign desk was sparse, undecorated and banner-free. He walked on to the stage with no music at all. He left the same way, with only the sound of thunderous applause filling his ears. The message was clear: Barack Obama does not need campaign gimmicks and he is not doing things the old-fashioned way. And it worked.
The Obama revolution is sweeping through the Democratic party.
Obama Set For Big Jewish Push
The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is poised to dramatically increase its Jewish outreach. That includes the recruitment of top Jewish donors and advisers, and an expected major speech on Israel and the Middle East that a Democratic insider said “will set the baseline and establish Sen. Obama as a reliable, strong supporter of Israel.”
INTERNATIONAL:
Zambia loses 'vulture fund' case
Vulture funds - as defined by the International Monetary Fund and UK Chancellor Gordon Brown among others - are companies which buy up the debt of poor nations cheaply when it is about to be written off, then sue for the full value of the debt plus interest. "Zambia has been planning to spend the money released from debt cancellation on much-needed nurses, teachers and infrastructure. "This is what debt cancellation is intended for, not to line the pockets of businessmen based in rich countries."
Imported chicken cripples economy in western Africa
“The competition from cheap, imported chicken from Europe made 92 percent of small chicken farmers in Cameroon lose their main income source between 1996 and 2003,” Bernard Njonga of the Cameroon NGO, the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collecitifs (ACDIC), told IPS. ACDIC leads a campaign against the chicken imports and now has more than 10,000 members—farmers and also consumers. “That meant 645 farms going under. Typically four to six families depend on each farm. These people lost their jobs and were dumped into poverty,” Mr. Njonga said.
Army and police desert beleaguered Mugabe
Mugabe, ruler of Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980, claimed Britain has been trying to oust him. But the UK says Zimbabwe's long-running political and economic crisis is a result of rights abuses, vote-rigging and skewed policies, which have nothing to do with London.
Olmert threatens to boycott Palestinian Authority
IRAQ:
Rice, in Surprise Baghdad Visit, Presses Leaders for Progress
She said she had told Iraq’s leaders to quickly finish work on an oil law that would distribute revenues evenly among Iraq’s population.
New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush
This law has been in the works since the very beginning of the invasion - indeed, since months before the invasion, when the Bush administration brought in Phillip Carroll, former CEO of both Shell and Fluor, the politically-wired oil servicing firm, to devise "contingency plans" for divvying up Iraq's oil after the attack. Once the deed was done, Carroll was made head of the American "advisory committee" overseeing the oil industry of the conquered land.
Iraq: Kurdish Oil Law Poses Problem For Baghdad - RADIO FREE ...
"The Kurds have submitted a draft petroleum act to be adopted that gives them the right to control oil, regardless of the government in Baghdad. The Oil Ministry has submitted another completely different draft that gives the authority to the ministry, not regions. It's the main issue of the conflict: oil and Kurds," he said. The establishment of a petroleum law in the Kurdish region not only underscores the decentralization of oil resources, but it constitutes another step in the Kurds' move away from the Baghdad government.
OP-ED:
It's still about oil in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Page 1, Chapter 1 of the Iraq Study Group report lays out Iraq's importance to its region, the U.S. and the world with this reminder: "It has the world's second-largest known oil reserves." The group then proceeds to give very specific and radical recommendations as to what the United States should do to secure those reserves. If the proposals are followed, Iraq's national oil industry will be commercialized and opened to foreign firms.The report makes visible to everyone the elephant in the room: that we are fighting, killing and dying in a war for oil. It states in plain language that the U.S. government should use every tool at its disposal to ensure that American oil interests and those of its corporations are met.
It's Time for Star Athletes to Choose HBCUs
We all know how Major League Baseball swiped stars from the Negro Leagues. Well, if you think about it, that's basically what happens when prep stars shun historically black schools like North Carolina Central University for schools like UNC, Duke and Ohio State.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Magnetic Pulse Treatment Targets Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, under investigation as a potential treatment for depression, sends a magnetic pulse to stimulate the brain. Keith Seinfeld of member station KPLU in Seattle reports on the experiences of a woman named Georgia, who is among hundreds who have agreed to try the device.
FOOD&DRINK:
Sweet and Savory: Odd Food Combinations
We don't raise an eyebrow at carrot cake or peanut butter cookies. No one is alarmed by pumpkin pie. We don't raise an eyebrow at carrot cake or peanut butter cookies. No one is alarmed by pumpkin pie. But is the world ready for potato-chip cookies? Finding savory or other unusual ingredients in sweet baked goods was not uncommon 100 years ago, when frugal housewives used every leftover bit of food. Along the way, they learned some things.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
NPR : The Harlem Renaissance, On and Off the Court
In "On the Shoulders of Giants" Abdul-Jabbar (with co-author Raymond Obstfeld) recounts how a few square miles in northern Manhattan became the cultural capital of Black America in the 1920s and '30s (while extortionate rents were creating slum conditions). Abdul-Jabbar's definition of the Harlem Renaissance is expansive enough to include not just its famous intellectuals -Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, et al- but Marcus Garvey, the charismatic advocate of a return to Africa who had a mass following. "It was the renaissance atmosphere in Harlem that gave him the inspiration and platform to launch his Universal Negro Improvement Association," Abdul-Jabbar explains. The classy intellectuals promoting the image of a "new Negro" despised Garvey.
Bassett and Vance Tell Their 'Love Story'
Celebrity couple Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have a new book out about relationships. It's titled Friends: A Love Story. The book tells the story of their emotional lives both before and after they met.
HUMOR?:
Flip Wilson on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1965
If you have only seen Flip as "Geraldine" or as the "Pastor of The Church of What's Happening Now", check out this comic genius doing the "Tonight Show"
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Another Angle 17 - February - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
This is War
Dare we look on our victims?
- Warning -
This video should only be viewed by mature audience
This is Iran
Short video
NATIONAL:
Black Community takes on Houston Police Department
High tensions between Houston’s Black community and local law enforcement overheated when Houston Police Department (HPD) Officer L.D. Smith, during a Jan. 8 traffic stop, used his department-issued taser on 23-year-old Robert McIntosh three times, handcuffed him, turned him over and shot him three times in the chest, taking his life.
Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
A Sanford, Fl. mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee. The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won't tell her exactly what happened. The hospital maintains the woman wants to know information that would violate other patients' rights.
'CIA agents' face abduction trial
A Milan judge has ordered 26 US citizens, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial on charges of the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam. At least five Italians, including Nicolo Pollari, the former head of Italian military intelligence, were also ordered to stand trial.
Blackmailing Bush; how the "Dear Leader" duped "The Decider"
There’s no chance that the administration will persuade the North to "denuclearize" (the administration’s word du jour). Kim knows that the real objective of US policy is regime change and that guarantees that he will never give up his nukes. Instead, he plans to use the upcoming negotiations as a means of extorting more concessions from Bush and the allies. Next, he’s expected to demand electrical power from South Korea, additional food and medicine, and the light-water reactor which was promised by Clinton. All the while, his nukes will remain safely tucked away beyond reach; his only real bargaining chip.
Iraq's Death Toll is Far Worse Than Our Leaders Admit
There are three ways we know it is a gross underestimate. First, if it were true, including suicides, South Africa, Colombia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia have experienced higher violent death rates than Iraq over the past four years. If true, many North and South American cities and Sub-Saharan Africa have had a similar murder rate to that claimed in Iraq. For those of us who have been in Iraq, the suggestion that New Orleans is more violent seems simply ridiculous.
Forgive me for linking to the Cincinnati Enquirer!!!
The Ed Schultz Show Is Owned By Right Wingers. Does It Matter?
Randy Michaels, born Benjamin Homel, ( was head of Clear Channel Communications, a verrry right wing company. In 2003, he contributed $2000 to George W. Bush. He joined Clear Channel when his company, Jacor, which syndicated Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlesinger, was acquired by Clear Channel. Stu Krane was the former VP of ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks--and the syndication exec for RUsh Limbaugh.
US military tells Jack Bauer: Cut out the torture scenes ... or else!
While 24 draws millions of viewers, it appears some people are becoming a little squeamish. The US military has appealed to the producers of 24 to tone down the torture scenes because of the impact they are having both on troops in the field and America's reputation abroad. Forget about Abu Ghraib, forget about Guantanamo Bay, forget even that the White House has authorised interrogation techniques that some classify as torture, that damned Jack Bauer is giving us a bad name.
INTERNATIONAL:
Worldwide events mark ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ - Israel News, Ynetnews
According to the organizers, the week’s goal was to “push forward the analysis of Israel as an apartheid state and to bolster support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign in accordance with the demands outlined in the July 2005 Statement: full equality for Arab citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of the West Bank and Gaza, and the implementation of the right of return and compensation for Palestinian refugees pursuant to UN resolution 194.”
NKorea on "war footing" over US attacks
"The whole People's Army soldiers and the people will maintain war preparedness to the full, to deal with US imperialists' manoeuvres for agression. If the enemies dare ignite the fire of war, we will mobilise all our powerful combat potential, built up through the maelstrom of Songun (army-first) revolution, mercilessly crush the enemies and achieve the historic task of national unification."
IRAQ:
Uygur: Who's funding the Sunnis?
If this administration cares so much for the troops dying in Iraq, as they claim, why don't they investigate who is sending the money for the weapons that are killing over 90% of them?
If they don't do this, then it becomes patently obvious that they are using the troops as an excuse once again for their real agenda.
ECONOMY:
Hershey may cut 3000, workers say
The company is building the plant in Mexico as part of its three-year plan to trim the work force, realign operations and become more profitable. Hershey said it would close or downsize some plants and expand others, but officials did not identify the plants.
OP-ED:
Surge Toward the Truth.
The Kucinich Plan to End the War in Iraq
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Trials for 'bionic' eye implants
US researchers have been given the go-ahead to implant the prototype device in 50 to 75 patients. The Argus II system uses a spectacle-mounted camera to feed visual information to electrodes in the eye.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, and it's especially dangerous for children and fetuses. Most exposure to mercury comes from eating fish contaminated with mercury. Some states, cities and counties have outlawed putting CFL bulbs in the trash, but in most states the practice is legal.
FOOD&DRINK:
Traditional Napa Cabbage Kimchi
This is the mother of all kimchi. When Koreans say "kimchi," this is the kind that comes to everyone's minds. Good either fresh or fermented, it goes with everything from meats to noodles. You will need a one-gallon glass jar or four 1-quart jars.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Brainy Jazz Meets Gut-Level Expression
George Benson's 1976 mega-hit Breezin' helped kick-start "smooth jazz," that not-so-distant cousin of "easy listening." It also neatly divides the guitarist and singer's career into Before and After: Benson had been recording for more than a decade when Breezin' lifted him into the stratosphere, and most of those early records — including this spry date, which he recorded at age 23 — are more musically adventurous. Not surprisingly, they're also mostly overlooked.
HUMOR?:
Meet President Limbaugh, Vice-President Coulter
Another hilarious clip from FOX News' bound-to-fail Half Hour News Hour. Imagine for a moment what kind of country this would be with Limbaugh and Coulter at the helm. At the very least, you could bet your bottom dollar that President Limbaugh would encourage the government to negotiate prices for prescription drugs. Namely, Viagra and pain killers.
News others won't tell you
This is War
Dare we look on our victims?
- Warning -
This video should only be viewed by mature audience
This is Iran
Short video
NATIONAL:
Black Community takes on Houston Police Department
High tensions between Houston’s Black community and local law enforcement overheated when Houston Police Department (HPD) Officer L.D. Smith, during a Jan. 8 traffic stop, used his department-issued taser on 23-year-old Robert McIntosh three times, handcuffed him, turned him over and shot him three times in the chest, taking his life.
Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
A Sanford, Fl. mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee. The woman filed a complaint against Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, she said, because they won't tell her exactly what happened. The hospital maintains the woman wants to know information that would violate other patients' rights.
'CIA agents' face abduction trial
A Milan judge has ordered 26 US citizens, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial on charges of the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam. At least five Italians, including Nicolo Pollari, the former head of Italian military intelligence, were also ordered to stand trial.
Blackmailing Bush; how the "Dear Leader" duped "The Decider"
There’s no chance that the administration will persuade the North to "denuclearize" (the administration’s word du jour). Kim knows that the real objective of US policy is regime change and that guarantees that he will never give up his nukes. Instead, he plans to use the upcoming negotiations as a means of extorting more concessions from Bush and the allies. Next, he’s expected to demand electrical power from South Korea, additional food and medicine, and the light-water reactor which was promised by Clinton. All the while, his nukes will remain safely tucked away beyond reach; his only real bargaining chip.
Iraq's Death Toll is Far Worse Than Our Leaders Admit
There are three ways we know it is a gross underestimate. First, if it were true, including suicides, South Africa, Colombia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia have experienced higher violent death rates than Iraq over the past four years. If true, many North and South American cities and Sub-Saharan Africa have had a similar murder rate to that claimed in Iraq. For those of us who have been in Iraq, the suggestion that New Orleans is more violent seems simply ridiculous.
Forgive me for linking to the Cincinnati Enquirer!!!
The Ed Schultz Show Is Owned By Right Wingers. Does It Matter?
Randy Michaels, born Benjamin Homel, ( was head of Clear Channel Communications, a verrry right wing company. In 2003, he contributed $2000 to George W. Bush. He joined Clear Channel when his company, Jacor, which syndicated Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlesinger, was acquired by Clear Channel. Stu Krane was the former VP of ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks--and the syndication exec for RUsh Limbaugh.
US military tells Jack Bauer: Cut out the torture scenes ... or else!
While 24 draws millions of viewers, it appears some people are becoming a little squeamish. The US military has appealed to the producers of 24 to tone down the torture scenes because of the impact they are having both on troops in the field and America's reputation abroad. Forget about Abu Ghraib, forget about Guantanamo Bay, forget even that the White House has authorised interrogation techniques that some classify as torture, that damned Jack Bauer is giving us a bad name.
INTERNATIONAL:
Worldwide events mark ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ - Israel News, Ynetnews
According to the organizers, the week’s goal was to “push forward the analysis of Israel as an apartheid state and to bolster support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign in accordance with the demands outlined in the July 2005 Statement: full equality for Arab citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of the West Bank and Gaza, and the implementation of the right of return and compensation for Palestinian refugees pursuant to UN resolution 194.”
NKorea on "war footing" over US attacks
"The whole People's Army soldiers and the people will maintain war preparedness to the full, to deal with US imperialists' manoeuvres for agression. If the enemies dare ignite the fire of war, we will mobilise all our powerful combat potential, built up through the maelstrom of Songun (army-first) revolution, mercilessly crush the enemies and achieve the historic task of national unification."
IRAQ:
Uygur: Who's funding the Sunnis?
If this administration cares so much for the troops dying in Iraq, as they claim, why don't they investigate who is sending the money for the weapons that are killing over 90% of them?
If they don't do this, then it becomes patently obvious that they are using the troops as an excuse once again for their real agenda.
ECONOMY:
Hershey may cut 3000, workers say
The company is building the plant in Mexico as part of its three-year plan to trim the work force, realign operations and become more profitable. Hershey said it would close or downsize some plants and expand others, but officials did not identify the plants.
OP-ED:
Surge Toward the Truth.
The Kucinich Plan to End the War in Iraq
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Trials for 'bionic' eye implants
US researchers have been given the go-ahead to implant the prototype device in 50 to 75 patients. The Argus II system uses a spectacle-mounted camera to feed visual information to electrodes in the eye.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, and it's especially dangerous for children and fetuses. Most exposure to mercury comes from eating fish contaminated with mercury. Some states, cities and counties have outlawed putting CFL bulbs in the trash, but in most states the practice is legal.
FOOD&DRINK:
Traditional Napa Cabbage Kimchi
This is the mother of all kimchi. When Koreans say "kimchi," this is the kind that comes to everyone's minds. Good either fresh or fermented, it goes with everything from meats to noodles. You will need a one-gallon glass jar or four 1-quart jars.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Brainy Jazz Meets Gut-Level Expression
George Benson's 1976 mega-hit Breezin' helped kick-start "smooth jazz," that not-so-distant cousin of "easy listening." It also neatly divides the guitarist and singer's career into Before and After: Benson had been recording for more than a decade when Breezin' lifted him into the stratosphere, and most of those early records — including this spry date, which he recorded at age 23 — are more musically adventurous. Not surprisingly, they're also mostly overlooked.
HUMOR?:
Meet President Limbaugh, Vice-President Coulter
Another hilarious clip from FOX News' bound-to-fail Half Hour News Hour. Imagine for a moment what kind of country this would be with Limbaugh and Coulter at the helm. At the very least, you could bet your bottom dollar that President Limbaugh would encourage the government to negotiate prices for prescription drugs. Namely, Viagra and pain killers.
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Another Angle 13 - February - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
The Hillary Illusion
The machine is speaking very loudly about what they want and it is more important then ever to ask why, when the machine speaks so loudly and forcefully. There are reasons America; and there is too much at stake.
NATIONAL:
Obama to Howard - 'Put up or Shut up'
Looks like we finally got ourselves a presidential candidate with a backbone. This man IS presidential material.
US SENDING THIRD Carrier Strike Group to Persian Gulf
'Most cocaine enters US via Farc'
The Drugs Enforcement Agency's Michael Braun described the Farc as "half terrorists, half traffickers - the face of global crime in the 21st Century". The left-wing guerrilla army is thought to be one of the world's most powerful.
"Explosively formed penetrators" rebranded UK shells, and not Iranian?
Looks like that “slam-dunk” evidence that Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents is not so slam-dunk after all. NewsHog has the scoop, here and here.
For one thing, the lettering and numbering isn’t in Farsi (the language used by Iranians); for another, the UK uses 81MM shells, and Iran would be much more likely to use Soviet-style 82MM shells.
Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran
CNN: Bush-Backed Shiite Group Receiving Weapons Shipments From Iran
SENATE SNEAKS
On Thursday February 1, 2007, the Senate passed a “minimum wage” bill. Unnoticed and unreported in the old media they included Amendment 187.
Police Probe Alleged Homeless Dumping
Coming SOON to a city near you!!
Ohio food stamp usage increases 71%
...the biggest factor is the economy," agency spokesman Jon Allen said. "Historically, you've always been able to trace the economy by food-stamp participation." The number of residents - many of them children - receiving aid increased by at least half over the six years in seven urban counties, and more than doubled in Franklin County, home to Columbus, and the six suburban counties surrounding it. Food stamp use has more than tripled in Union County and is close to tripled in Fairfield County.
FLASHBACK: What ever happened to these suspects??????
This is how stupid people are in the United States
INTERNATIONAL:
De Beers to create black-run firm
The deal will bring together South Africa's state-run firm Alexkor and De Beers' Namaqualand mining operations. De Beers has been working to meet black economic empowerment rules, and last year sold 26% of its South African business to a black-owned company.
Somalia: Food shortages in the south as insecurity increases
Many "families reported that due to lack of food they had eaten seeds distributed for post-flood recessional planting … There is evidence to suggest that the region, including Buale and Jilib [Middle Juba] to Jamaame [Lower Juba], is in a similar humanitarian and livelihood situation," the agency said. An inter-agency response, it added, was under way.
Monsanto Dumped Toxic Waste in UK
Evidence has emerged that the Monsanto chemical company paid contractors to dump thousands of tonnes of highly toxic waste in British landfill sites, knowing that their chemicals were liable to contaminate wildlife and people.
IRAQ:
The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split
It's not known precisely how many of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are Shia. The Shia are a minority, comprising between 10 percent and 15 percent of the Muslim population — certainly fewer than 200 million, all told.
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi speaks at Iraq forum
This is an accounting of what was happening on the ground almost a year ago.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Carlyle Makes A Killing With Defense Sale - Forbes.com
The Carlyle Group raked in an 800% return on its investment on Friday when it sewed up the sale of its 10.3% stake in QinetiQ Group, the British defense research company, said to be the inspiration behind doddering gadget maven Q in the James Bond films.
President George Walker Bush: The Greatest Threat to World Peace
The following text is excerpted from a press conference held by Minister Farrakhan in Detroit, Michigan, on October 8, 2002, giving an analysis of President Bush’s national address concerning the Iraqi Threat, delivered at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2002.
ECONOMY:
Counterfeiting Money - Crime or Good Economics?
Did you ever think that counterfeiting money could be good for the economy and that the counterfeiter could be considered an economic genius or even a national hero?
OP-ED:
Barack Can Beat Hillary, If...
If he keeps on being Barack Obama. If he continues to tell it the way he sees it.
Paul Craig Roberts: How the World Can Stop Bush
The Bush Regime has taken the US outside the boundaries of international law and is acting unilaterally, falsely declaring American military aggression to be "defensive" and in the interests of peace. Much of the world realizes the hypocrisy and danger in the Bush Regime's justification of the unbridled use of US military power, but no countries except other nuclear powers can challenge American aggression, and then only at the risk of all life on earth.
The solution is nonmilitary challenge.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Computer experts warn of viruses in Valentine messages
"Computer users should keep a wary eye on any romantic messages received by e-mail, as many of them could contain malicious code," said US security firm PandaLabs after detecting an increase in a worm it dubbed Nurech.A.
The worm hides in e-mails with subjects like: "Together You and I," "Til the End of Time Heart of Mine."
HEALTH&FITNESS:
No sleep means no new brain cells
The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories.
FOOD&DRINK:
The Juicy History of Blood Oranges
In 1646, a Jesuit scholar wrote of an orange with purple-colored flesh that tasted strangely like a grape. The mystery and drama of blood oranges has fascinated citrus lovers ever since.
Four Flowers Juice
Named for the four fruits that go into this recipe, the drink is a refreshing accompaniment to brunch at Sarabeth's restaurant in New York.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Cassandra Wilson: Soul, Jazz and New Sounds
Cassandra Wilson grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, and went on to become one of the top jazz singer-songwriters of the 1990s. She was playing the guitar and piano by age 9, and by the '70s was performing with an assortment of R&B bands.
HUMOR?:
The Meek Decide It's Time To Inherit The Earth
News others won't tell you
The Hillary Illusion
The machine is speaking very loudly about what they want and it is more important then ever to ask why, when the machine speaks so loudly and forcefully. There are reasons America; and there is too much at stake.
NATIONAL:
Obama to Howard - 'Put up or Shut up'
Looks like we finally got ourselves a presidential candidate with a backbone. This man IS presidential material.
US SENDING THIRD Carrier Strike Group to Persian Gulf
'Most cocaine enters US via Farc'
The Drugs Enforcement Agency's Michael Braun described the Farc as "half terrorists, half traffickers - the face of global crime in the 21st Century". The left-wing guerrilla army is thought to be one of the world's most powerful.
"Explosively formed penetrators" rebranded UK shells, and not Iranian?
Looks like that “slam-dunk” evidence that Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents is not so slam-dunk after all. NewsHog has the scoop, here and here.
For one thing, the lettering and numbering isn’t in Farsi (the language used by Iranians); for another, the UK uses 81MM shells, and Iran would be much more likely to use Soviet-style 82MM shells.
Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran
CNN: Bush-Backed Shiite Group Receiving Weapons Shipments From Iran
SENATE SNEAKS
On Thursday February 1, 2007, the Senate passed a “minimum wage” bill. Unnoticed and unreported in the old media they included Amendment 187.
Police Probe Alleged Homeless Dumping
Coming SOON to a city near you!!
Ohio food stamp usage increases 71%
...the biggest factor is the economy," agency spokesman Jon Allen said. "Historically, you've always been able to trace the economy by food-stamp participation." The number of residents - many of them children - receiving aid increased by at least half over the six years in seven urban counties, and more than doubled in Franklin County, home to Columbus, and the six suburban counties surrounding it. Food stamp use has more than tripled in Union County and is close to tripled in Fairfield County.
FLASHBACK: What ever happened to these suspects??????
This is how stupid people are in the United States
INTERNATIONAL:
De Beers to create black-run firm
The deal will bring together South Africa's state-run firm Alexkor and De Beers' Namaqualand mining operations. De Beers has been working to meet black economic empowerment rules, and last year sold 26% of its South African business to a black-owned company.
Somalia: Food shortages in the south as insecurity increases
Many "families reported that due to lack of food they had eaten seeds distributed for post-flood recessional planting … There is evidence to suggest that the region, including Buale and Jilib [Middle Juba] to Jamaame [Lower Juba], is in a similar humanitarian and livelihood situation," the agency said. An inter-agency response, it added, was under way.
Monsanto Dumped Toxic Waste in UK
Evidence has emerged that the Monsanto chemical company paid contractors to dump thousands of tonnes of highly toxic waste in British landfill sites, knowing that their chemicals were liable to contaminate wildlife and people.
IRAQ:
The Origins of the Shia-Sunni Split
It's not known precisely how many of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are Shia. The Shia are a minority, comprising between 10 percent and 15 percent of the Muslim population — certainly fewer than 200 million, all told.
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi speaks at Iraq forum
This is an accounting of what was happening on the ground almost a year ago.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Carlyle Makes A Killing With Defense Sale - Forbes.com
The Carlyle Group raked in an 800% return on its investment on Friday when it sewed up the sale of its 10.3% stake in QinetiQ Group, the British defense research company, said to be the inspiration behind doddering gadget maven Q in the James Bond films.
President George Walker Bush: The Greatest Threat to World Peace
The following text is excerpted from a press conference held by Minister Farrakhan in Detroit, Michigan, on October 8, 2002, giving an analysis of President Bush’s national address concerning the Iraqi Threat, delivered at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2002.
ECONOMY:
Counterfeiting Money - Crime or Good Economics?
Did you ever think that counterfeiting money could be good for the economy and that the counterfeiter could be considered an economic genius or even a national hero?
OP-ED:
Barack Can Beat Hillary, If...
If he keeps on being Barack Obama. If he continues to tell it the way he sees it.
Paul Craig Roberts: How the World Can Stop Bush
The Bush Regime has taken the US outside the boundaries of international law and is acting unilaterally, falsely declaring American military aggression to be "defensive" and in the interests of peace. Much of the world realizes the hypocrisy and danger in the Bush Regime's justification of the unbridled use of US military power, but no countries except other nuclear powers can challenge American aggression, and then only at the risk of all life on earth.
The solution is nonmilitary challenge.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Computer experts warn of viruses in Valentine messages
"Computer users should keep a wary eye on any romantic messages received by e-mail, as many of them could contain malicious code," said US security firm PandaLabs after detecting an increase in a worm it dubbed Nurech.A.
The worm hides in e-mails with subjects like: "Together You and I," "Til the End of Time Heart of Mine."
HEALTH&FITNESS:
No sleep means no new brain cells
The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories.
FOOD&DRINK:
The Juicy History of Blood Oranges
In 1646, a Jesuit scholar wrote of an orange with purple-colored flesh that tasted strangely like a grape. The mystery and drama of blood oranges has fascinated citrus lovers ever since.
Four Flowers Juice
Named for the four fruits that go into this recipe, the drink is a refreshing accompaniment to brunch at Sarabeth's restaurant in New York.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Cassandra Wilson: Soul, Jazz and New Sounds
Cassandra Wilson grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, and went on to become one of the top jazz singer-songwriters of the 1990s. She was playing the guitar and piano by age 9, and by the '70s was performing with an assortment of R&B bands.
HUMOR?:
The Meek Decide It's Time To Inherit The Earth
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Another Angle 8 - February - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
The World Can't Wait, Won't Wait, Isn't Waiting-Cynthia McKinney Speech
One way for the American people to demand accountability from their leaders and a return to respectability is to impeach the Bush Administration. However, the complicity of both major U.S. parties in this intensifying debacle is clear now that the Democrats have taken impeachment "off the table." And if the Democratic Congress, that owes its majority status to antiwar voters, votes to fund the war, then our mission will become very clear.
The Watada Mistrial: Here's What Really Happened
First Lt. Ehren Watada knew exactly what his case was about - and that scared the judge.
There was absolutely no reason to stop the Watada trial.
The judge's claim that Lt. Watada did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges is completely untrue
Poll: Forty percent of U.S. voters believe the Israel Lobby has been a key factor in going to war in Iraq and now confronting Iran
U.S. Attorney: 'I Was Ordered to Resign'
All U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and may be dismissed for any reason, or no reason at all.
INTERNATIONAL:
White farmers must go after harvest or face prison,...
The real reason Mugabe is targeted!!
Zimbabwe heads for economic meltdown
Iran will defend itself with 'worldwide strike' if attacked
Speaking at a meeting of Iranian air force commanders, Iran's supreme spiritual leader said: "The enemy knows well that any invasion would be followed by a comprehensive reaction to the invaders and their interests all over the world.
"We believe that no one will make such an unwise and wrong move (to attack Iran) that would endanger their country and interests."
Iran arrests 100 Iranians spying for US, Israel
The 50 best things to do in Jamaica
IRAQ:
Marine 'congratulated' men for murder of Iraqi civilian: witness
A US Marine squad leader congratulated soldiers "for getting away with murder" after an Iraqi civilian was bound and shot dead at point-blank range, a military court has heard.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush's uncle tangled in options probe
President George W. Bush's uncle, William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, was part of a group of outside directors at a defense contractor who realized about $6 million in unauthorized pay from an options backdating scheme.
CRIMINALS AND SCOUNDRELS
The 25 Most Corrupt Officials of the Bush Administration
OP-ED:
'Boys to Men' or Boys to Boys?
Physically grown men, especially fathers, who dress, talk, and act like teenagers and even younger boys, are misguided at best. Check them out as they walk along with their sons; both have their caps turned to the side, both are wearing those short pants, which remind me of the little boy with the snotty nose that Martin Lawrence used to portray, and they wear the obligatory basketball or football jersey. If it were not for their physical size, you wouldn’t be able to tell father from son.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Mysteries of Mental Age
The parents of a severely disabled 9-year-old Seattle girl have stunted her growth and had her breasts and uterus removed in what they say is an effort to keep her comfortable, happy and portable. She does, after all, have the mind of a three-month-old baby.
Or does she?
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Digital Journal - Chlorine in Bathwater Linked to Cancer
A study has discovered that water mains containing chlorine also contained chemical by-products called THMs that are absorbed through the skin and accumulate in the bladder. The risk is greatly increased in swimming pools because of higher chlorination levels. Governments have considered removing the chemical in the past but always decided against the move. Water firms use the less expensive chlorine while healthier alternatives like ozone gas or ultraviolet light are available.
FOOD&DRINK:
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal with Apples, Raisins and Honey-Toasted Walnuts
This homey, comforting cereal is like warm granola, especially with the crunchy honey-toasted walnut topping.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Career Profile: Singer Mary J. Blige
We take a closer look at the career of a woman many consider to be the "queen of hip-hop soul."
Why Did African Slaves Adopt the Bible?
When African slaves first arrived in America, they found hope in an unlikely place. Allen Dwight Callahan, author of The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, talks about why slaves crossed the religious divide to find hope and inspiration in Christianity and the Bible.
HUMOR?:
"Thanks for Toughin'!"
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
The World Can't Wait, Won't Wait, Isn't Waiting-Cynthia McKinney Speech
One way for the American people to demand accountability from their leaders and a return to respectability is to impeach the Bush Administration. However, the complicity of both major U.S. parties in this intensifying debacle is clear now that the Democrats have taken impeachment "off the table." And if the Democratic Congress, that owes its majority status to antiwar voters, votes to fund the war, then our mission will become very clear.
The Watada Mistrial: Here's What Really Happened
First Lt. Ehren Watada knew exactly what his case was about - and that scared the judge.
There was absolutely no reason to stop the Watada trial.
The judge's claim that Lt. Watada did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges is completely untrue
Poll: Forty percent of U.S. voters believe the Israel Lobby has been a key factor in going to war in Iraq and now confronting Iran
U.S. Attorney: 'I Was Ordered to Resign'
All U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and may be dismissed for any reason, or no reason at all.
INTERNATIONAL:
White farmers must go after harvest or face prison,...
The real reason Mugabe is targeted!!
Zimbabwe heads for economic meltdown
Iran will defend itself with 'worldwide strike' if attacked
Speaking at a meeting of Iranian air force commanders, Iran's supreme spiritual leader said: "The enemy knows well that any invasion would be followed by a comprehensive reaction to the invaders and their interests all over the world.
"We believe that no one will make such an unwise and wrong move (to attack Iran) that would endanger their country and interests."
Iran arrests 100 Iranians spying for US, Israel
The 50 best things to do in Jamaica
IRAQ:
Marine 'congratulated' men for murder of Iraqi civilian: witness
A US Marine squad leader congratulated soldiers "for getting away with murder" after an Iraqi civilian was bound and shot dead at point-blank range, a military court has heard.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush's uncle tangled in options probe
President George W. Bush's uncle, William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, was part of a group of outside directors at a defense contractor who realized about $6 million in unauthorized pay from an options backdating scheme.
CRIMINALS AND SCOUNDRELS
The 25 Most Corrupt Officials of the Bush Administration
OP-ED:
'Boys to Men' or Boys to Boys?
Physically grown men, especially fathers, who dress, talk, and act like teenagers and even younger boys, are misguided at best. Check them out as they walk along with their sons; both have their caps turned to the side, both are wearing those short pants, which remind me of the little boy with the snotty nose that Martin Lawrence used to portray, and they wear the obligatory basketball or football jersey. If it were not for their physical size, you wouldn’t be able to tell father from son.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Mysteries of Mental Age
The parents of a severely disabled 9-year-old Seattle girl have stunted her growth and had her breasts and uterus removed in what they say is an effort to keep her comfortable, happy and portable. She does, after all, have the mind of a three-month-old baby.
Or does she?
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Digital Journal - Chlorine in Bathwater Linked to Cancer
A study has discovered that water mains containing chlorine also contained chemical by-products called THMs that are absorbed through the skin and accumulate in the bladder. The risk is greatly increased in swimming pools because of higher chlorination levels. Governments have considered removing the chemical in the past but always decided against the move. Water firms use the less expensive chlorine while healthier alternatives like ozone gas or ultraviolet light are available.
FOOD&DRINK:
Old-Fashioned Oatmeal with Apples, Raisins and Honey-Toasted Walnuts
This homey, comforting cereal is like warm granola, especially with the crunchy honey-toasted walnut topping.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Career Profile: Singer Mary J. Blige
We take a closer look at the career of a woman many consider to be the "queen of hip-hop soul."
Why Did African Slaves Adopt the Bible?
When African slaves first arrived in America, they found hope in an unlikely place. Allen Dwight Callahan, author of The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, talks about why slaves crossed the religious divide to find hope and inspiration in Christianity and the Bible.
HUMOR?:
"Thanks for Toughin'!"
Monday, January 29, 2007
Another Angle 29 - January - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
Rwanda's Secret War:U.S-Backed Destabilization of Central Africa
It didn't just start with the recent bombings is Somaliland. Check out this article from 2004.
NATIONAL:
America ‘Poised to Strike at Iran’s Nuclear Sites’ from Bases in Bulgaria and Romania
Sofia's news of advanced war preparations along the Black Sea is backed up by some chilling details. One is the setting up of new refuelling places for US Stealth bombers, which would spearhead an attack on Iran. "The USAF's positioning of vital refuelling facilities for its B-2 bombers in unusual places, including Bulgaria, falls within the perspective of such an attack."
Obama Confident He'll Appeal to Blacks
The remarks came as some detractors have been quietly asking whether Obama, a biracial Harvard-educated lawyer, will prove "black enough" for black voters in a national election. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama represented a mostly black district in the Illinois state Senate and won with a healthy portion of the African-American vote when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004.
Secrets of Obama family unlocked
Bail Denied in 1964 Race Killings
A federal magistrate denied bail Monday to a 71-year-old reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged in the 1964 slayings of two black men. James Ford Seale has been jailed since his arrest on kidnapping charges last week.
Escaped convict visits his dying mother
Gay, 33, was thwarted just 50 metres from his target by police surrounding his mother's trailer, and he disappeared into nearby woods. "What he done was wrong, but he knows his momma don't have long," said Ms Shull, 56. "He's got a heart as big as his head is."
INTERNATIONAL:
Shell defies US pressure and signs £5bn Iranian gas deal
The Anglo-Dutch group, which is struggling to bring more momentum to its business after being forced to hand over vital Russian reserves at Sakhalin island to the Kremlin, confirmed it had finally reached agreement on various aspects of its "Persian LNG" - liquefied natural gas - project centred on the South Pars gas field.
Somalia: a clear case of ‘blood oil’ in Africa
The United States government encouraged, aided and supplied the government of Ethiopia, in its move to rid Somalia of the Islamic court, who had taken control of the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. The world was made to believe that there was a humanitarian concern, as well as a threat of the terrorist base, in Somalia, but according to a recent report on www.raceandhistory.com or the Center for Research on Globalization, oil is at the root of the tragedy unfolding in Somalia at this moment.
Jury still out on China’s new relationship with Africa
African governments need to ensure that investing in Chinese enterprises adhere to best practices, respect labour laws and ensure that locals benefit from their investment in terms of employment, competitive wages and availability of infrastructure that would pave way for further socio-economic development in their areas of operation. While they might not be a magic formula, most of the participants believe that they would help to reduce poverty in host communities while also ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for business.
Turkey mulls 'invading' Iraq
Turkey's parliament went into secret session this week to debate sending troops to invade and occupy northern Iraq for security purposes. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the confrontation between the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and the Turkish army
News others won't tell you
Rwanda's Secret War:U.S-Backed Destabilization of Central Africa
It didn't just start with the recent bombings is Somaliland. Check out this article from 2004.
NATIONAL:
America ‘Poised to Strike at Iran’s Nuclear Sites’ from Bases in Bulgaria and Romania
Sofia's news of advanced war preparations along the Black Sea is backed up by some chilling details. One is the setting up of new refuelling places for US Stealth bombers, which would spearhead an attack on Iran. "The USAF's positioning of vital refuelling facilities for its B-2 bombers in unusual places, including Bulgaria, falls within the perspective of such an attack."
Obama Confident He'll Appeal to Blacks
The remarks came as some detractors have been quietly asking whether Obama, a biracial Harvard-educated lawyer, will prove "black enough" for black voters in a national election. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama represented a mostly black district in the Illinois state Senate and won with a healthy portion of the African-American vote when he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004.
Secrets of Obama family unlocked
Bail Denied in 1964 Race Killings
A federal magistrate denied bail Monday to a 71-year-old reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged in the 1964 slayings of two black men. James Ford Seale has been jailed since his arrest on kidnapping charges last week.
Escaped convict visits his dying mother
Gay, 33, was thwarted just 50 metres from his target by police surrounding his mother's trailer, and he disappeared into nearby woods. "What he done was wrong, but he knows his momma don't have long," said Ms Shull, 56. "He's got a heart as big as his head is."
INTERNATIONAL:
Shell defies US pressure and signs £5bn Iranian gas deal
The Anglo-Dutch group, which is struggling to bring more momentum to its business after being forced to hand over vital Russian reserves at Sakhalin island to the Kremlin, confirmed it had finally reached agreement on various aspects of its "Persian LNG" - liquefied natural gas - project centred on the South Pars gas field.
Somalia: a clear case of ‘blood oil’ in Africa
The United States government encouraged, aided and supplied the government of Ethiopia, in its move to rid Somalia of the Islamic court, who had taken control of the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. The world was made to believe that there was a humanitarian concern, as well as a threat of the terrorist base, in Somalia, but according to a recent report on www.raceandhistory.com or the Center for Research on Globalization, oil is at the root of the tragedy unfolding in Somalia at this moment.
Jury still out on China’s new relationship with Africa
African governments need to ensure that investing in Chinese enterprises adhere to best practices, respect labour laws and ensure that locals benefit from their investment in terms of employment, competitive wages and availability of infrastructure that would pave way for further socio-economic development in their areas of operation. While they might not be a magic formula, most of the participants believe that they would help to reduce poverty in host communities while also ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for business.
Turkey mulls 'invading' Iraq
Turkey's parliament went into secret session this week to debate sending troops to invade and occupy northern Iraq for security purposes. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the confrontation between the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and the Turkish army
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
An Impartial Interrogation of George W. Bush
Mr. President, I ask have you kept your oath of office to uphold the Constitution when you use what you call the war on terrorism to undermine the Bill of Rights? On what constitutional theory do you seize and imprison suspects without charge, sometimes torturing them in foreign jails? On what constitutional or legal basis have you tapped the phones of Americans without approval of the courts as required by law? Are you above the Constitution, above the law, and above the Geneva accords? If we are fighting for freedom in Iraq as you say, why are you so indifferent to protecting liberty here in America?
ECONOMY:
IMF gold trading rule changes set to boost the gold price ...
What has been happening is that central bankers have been swapping and loaning gold in the gold market to keep the price down to produce another false indication that inflation is under control.
Abdullah Says Malaysia Has Shifted Reserves Away From Dollar
Malaysia's central bank abandoned a peg to the dollar in July 2005 and manages it against an undisclosed basket of currencies. The ringgit has advanced 0.7 percent against the dollar this year, climbing to a nine-year high this month and trailing only the Icelandic krona as the world's best performing currency.
US sitting on credit 'volcano'
LEADING US commentators have warned that America is facing grave threats from a "crash" resulting from the country's huge entitlements bill while the rising level of consumer debt supporting the economy is a volcano "waiting to explode".
OP-ED:
Playahata.com Latest News » Africa without African Americans
Why is this relevant? Well, as so-called “African Americans,” why aren’t we heavily involved in African affairs? What do Asian leaders know about Africa that Black leaders don’t know? These questions resonate being that Africa is nowhere incorporated within the Covenant with Black America blueprint. Yes, being besieged with poverty and destabilization, on the surface Africa certainly seems more like a calamity than a remedy. But such thinking overlooks Africa’s strategic importance to Western expansion and the fact that we are native to the most resource-rich continent on earth, of which all industrialized nations are partially dependant.
Cementing Israeli Apartheid: The Role of World Bank
The industrial zones and Bantustans are not new ideas; they are reminiscent of the economic models of racial capital promoted by apartheid South Africa in Bantustans like the Ciskei and Bophuthatswana. They reflect the World Bank’s conscious choice to support the needs and vision of the Occupation which entails the destruction of the Palestinian nation.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Digital Journal - Chlorine in Bathwater Linked to Cancer
A study has discovered that water mains containing chlorine also contained chemical by-products called THMs that are absorbed through the skin and accumulate in the bladder. The risk is greatly increased in swimming pools because of higher chlorination levels. Governments have considered removing the chemical in the past but always decided against the move. Water firms use the less expensive chlorine while healthier alternatives like ozone gas or ultraviolet light are available.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Why Did African Slaves Adopt the Bible?
When African slaves first arrived in America, they found hope in an unlikely place. Allen Dwight Callahan, author of The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible, talks about why slaves crossed the religious divide to find hope and inspiration in Christianity and the Bible.
A Captive Audience for Subway Hip-Hop
Hip-hop musicians and fellow artists have organized twice-monthly takeovers of New York City subway cars to perform. The audience members are not exactly volunteers. How do they react?
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Another Angle 25 - January - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
The Bush's New Stormtroopers Plan Ramps Up His War Against America
The framework needs people to fill. The cabal in power is small. It cannot rule without cadres, without a vast number of loyal servants, reporting only to them, ready to do anything, those who have no roots and whose very sustenance depends on the stability of the rulers. They need the match made in Hell. In the 1930s Germany those cadres were called SA, the stormtroopers. In the 2006 US it is called the 'Civilian Volunteer Reserve Corps'.
NATIONAL:
Rumsfeld on as 'unpaid consultant'
"Mr. Rumsfeld and his aides, who include close adviser Stephen Cambone, are sifting through the thousands of pages of documents generated during his tenure," the Times wrote. "The Pentagon official said former secretaries are entitled to a transition office to sort papers, some of which can be taken with them for a library, for archives or to write a book."
Former Black Panthers Arrested And Indicted In 1971 Homicide
Man Pleads Not Guilty in 1964 Race Case
James Ford Seale, 71, was one of two white suspects initially arrested in 1964, but the FBI - consumed by the search for three civil rights workers - turned the case over to local authorities. A justice of the peace promptly threw out all charges.
Race, Still Our Most Divisive Force
Americans have known substantial divisions over class, gender and religion, but the greatest divider of all has been race. There are widely held assumptions on both sides that keep us from more fully understanding and appreciating "the other."
Ballot officials convicted
Jacqueline Maiden, coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct by an election employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of election employees to perform their duty.
Ray gun brings zap to battlefield
The real question is "What Battlefield?" This weapon is one being tested in Iraq but was developed for DOMESTIC use.
Your Local Police Force Has Been Militarized
The Vigil for Sean Bell
Panama's Noriega set to be released
When Noriega steps out of his specially built, apartment-like cell at the Federal Correctional Institution in Southwest Miami-Dade, he probably won't be free. Noriega -- reportedly 68 or 72, depending on conflicting birth records -- is wanted in Panama and in France.
In case you missed it: "The Panama Deception"
Text of Iraq Resolution
N.J. Warns: Don't Eat Squirrel Near Dump
It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents - many who are members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe who hunt and fish in the area - about their squirrel intake.
INTERNATIONAL:
US bombs southern Somalia-US officials
"We're going to go after al Qaeda and the global war on terror, wherever it takes us," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
"The very nature of some of our operations are not conducive to public discussions and there will be times when there are activities and operations that I can talk to you about and there will be other times when I just won't have anything for you," he said. "I don't have anything for you on Somalia." While speculation has increased that the United States has personnel on the ground in Somalia, U.S. officials have declined to confirm or deny such reports.
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival is a book that accompanies a major documentary film now showing across the world. It tells the story of the genocide in Darfur, through the eyes of the Darfurians. It also shows, "the real lives of these people, and that they had had a thriving life, society, and culture that preceded their appearance on the world stage as victims and refuges."
Myanmar: US wants puppet regime
Myanmar's military government has accused the United States of plotting to install a puppet regime in the country. The allegation came after George Bush, the American president, said in his state of the union address on Tuesday that the US "will continue to speak out for the cause of freedom" in the South-East Asian country.
Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out'
The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma", the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to drive Christians out of the state.
IRAQ:
Video: Sunnis 'brutally beaten' as US troops watch
We see a joint patrol of US and Iraqi troops in Baghdad, where our camera captures the pretty brutal treatment meted out by the newly trained Iraqi soldiers to three suspected insurgents caught in a car, all to the accompaniment of laughter, whoops and egging on from the US soldiers who watch from their Humvee.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
George W. Bush - The Salesman of Death
I thought of Willy Loman as I watched George Bush deliver his State of the Union address. Here was a man like Willy who was absolutely confident of his own charm, a personality man who had nothing of substance to sell; a man who brings ruin to all around him as he clings to his fantasies of success.
ECONOMY:
Kuwait May Abandon Dollar Peg to Protect its Economy
Kuwait, the third-largest Arab oil producer, may abandon the dinar's peg against the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies to help minimize economic harm after the dollar declined.
OP-ED:
The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - The US is taking us for a ride ...
If Palestinians and Arabs return to the same negotiating route as before, Rice, Bush and Olmert will take them for another "ride." That, unfortunately, is the most likely scenario and will be used as justification for transforming this "temporary" state into a permanent one.
Living Out Loud: The Out-of-Towner
I came to the conclusion while waiting for the bus that I didn't like an out-of-towner telling me things I already know, stating what's wrong with Cincinnati. I didn't like her stating the obvious, didn't want her laughing at a city where I've lived so much of my life.
Damn it, that's my job.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Rare 'Prehistoric' Shark Photographed Alive
"We think it may have come to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," a park official told the Reuters news service. But the truth may never be known, since the "living fossil" died hours after it was caught.
FOOD&DRINK:
Restoring Humble Potpie to Its Rightful Place
The trick is getting all the ingredients to the right degree of doneness at the same time. You have to avoid undercooking the carrots and potatoes, avoid overcooking the meat and peas, and have the crust turn out perfectly browned and cooked through.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Bole2Harlem: Hearing Ethiopia in New York
When the ruler Haile Selassie died, so did the music scene, as the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam took power and many fled the country in the ensuing "Red Terror" of the late 1970s.
Now, 30 years and 7,000 miles later the Ethiopian cafe society sound has returned.
HUMOR?:
This Modern World: Adventures of Sparkman and the Blinkster
News others won't tell you
The Bush's New Stormtroopers Plan Ramps Up His War Against America
The framework needs people to fill. The cabal in power is small. It cannot rule without cadres, without a vast number of loyal servants, reporting only to them, ready to do anything, those who have no roots and whose very sustenance depends on the stability of the rulers. They need the match made in Hell. In the 1930s Germany those cadres were called SA, the stormtroopers. In the 2006 US it is called the 'Civilian Volunteer Reserve Corps'.
NATIONAL:
Rumsfeld on as 'unpaid consultant'
"Mr. Rumsfeld and his aides, who include close adviser Stephen Cambone, are sifting through the thousands of pages of documents generated during his tenure," the Times wrote. "The Pentagon official said former secretaries are entitled to a transition office to sort papers, some of which can be taken with them for a library, for archives or to write a book."
Former Black Panthers Arrested And Indicted In 1971 Homicide
Man Pleads Not Guilty in 1964 Race Case
James Ford Seale, 71, was one of two white suspects initially arrested in 1964, but the FBI - consumed by the search for three civil rights workers - turned the case over to local authorities. A justice of the peace promptly threw out all charges.
Race, Still Our Most Divisive Force
Americans have known substantial divisions over class, gender and religion, but the greatest divider of all has been race. There are widely held assumptions on both sides that keep us from more fully understanding and appreciating "the other."
Ballot officials convicted
Jacqueline Maiden, coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct by an election employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of election employees to perform their duty.
Ray gun brings zap to battlefield
The real question is "What Battlefield?" This weapon is one being tested in Iraq but was developed for DOMESTIC use.
Your Local Police Force Has Been Militarized
The Vigil for Sean Bell
Panama's Noriega set to be released
When Noriega steps out of his specially built, apartment-like cell at the Federal Correctional Institution in Southwest Miami-Dade, he probably won't be free. Noriega -- reportedly 68 or 72, depending on conflicting birth records -- is wanted in Panama and in France.
In case you missed it: "The Panama Deception"
Text of Iraq Resolution
N.J. Warns: Don't Eat Squirrel Near Dump
It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents - many who are members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe who hunt and fish in the area - about their squirrel intake.
INTERNATIONAL:
US bombs southern Somalia-US officials
"We're going to go after al Qaeda and the global war on terror, wherever it takes us," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman.
"The very nature of some of our operations are not conducive to public discussions and there will be times when there are activities and operations that I can talk to you about and there will be other times when I just won't have anything for you," he said. "I don't have anything for you on Somalia." While speculation has increased that the United States has personnel on the ground in Somalia, U.S. officials have declined to confirm or deny such reports.
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival is a book that accompanies a major documentary film now showing across the world. It tells the story of the genocide in Darfur, through the eyes of the Darfurians. It also shows, "the real lives of these people, and that they had had a thriving life, society, and culture that preceded their appearance on the world stage as victims and refuges."
Myanmar: US wants puppet regime
Myanmar's military government has accused the United States of plotting to install a puppet regime in the country. The allegation came after George Bush, the American president, said in his state of the union address on Tuesday that the US "will continue to speak out for the cause of freedom" in the South-East Asian country.
Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out'
The military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma", the incendiary memo contains point by point instructions on how to drive Christians out of the state.
IRAQ:
Video: Sunnis 'brutally beaten' as US troops watch
We see a joint patrol of US and Iraqi troops in Baghdad, where our camera captures the pretty brutal treatment meted out by the newly trained Iraqi soldiers to three suspected insurgents caught in a car, all to the accompaniment of laughter, whoops and egging on from the US soldiers who watch from their Humvee.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
George W. Bush - The Salesman of Death
I thought of Willy Loman as I watched George Bush deliver his State of the Union address. Here was a man like Willy who was absolutely confident of his own charm, a personality man who had nothing of substance to sell; a man who brings ruin to all around him as he clings to his fantasies of success.
ECONOMY:
Kuwait May Abandon Dollar Peg to Protect its Economy
Kuwait, the third-largest Arab oil producer, may abandon the dinar's peg against the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies to help minimize economic harm after the dollar declined.
OP-ED:
The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - The US is taking us for a ride ...
If Palestinians and Arabs return to the same negotiating route as before, Rice, Bush and Olmert will take them for another "ride." That, unfortunately, is the most likely scenario and will be used as justification for transforming this "temporary" state into a permanent one.
Living Out Loud: The Out-of-Towner
I came to the conclusion while waiting for the bus that I didn't like an out-of-towner telling me things I already know, stating what's wrong with Cincinnati. I didn't like her stating the obvious, didn't want her laughing at a city where I've lived so much of my life.
Damn it, that's my job.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Rare 'Prehistoric' Shark Photographed Alive
"We think it may have come to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," a park official told the Reuters news service. But the truth may never be known, since the "living fossil" died hours after it was caught.
FOOD&DRINK:
Restoring Humble Potpie to Its Rightful Place
The trick is getting all the ingredients to the right degree of doneness at the same time. You have to avoid undercooking the carrots and potatoes, avoid overcooking the meat and peas, and have the crust turn out perfectly browned and cooked through.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Bole2Harlem: Hearing Ethiopia in New York
When the ruler Haile Selassie died, so did the music scene, as the dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam took power and many fled the country in the ensuing "Red Terror" of the late 1970s.
Now, 30 years and 7,000 miles later the Ethiopian cafe society sound has returned.
HUMOR?:
This Modern World: Adventures of Sparkman and the Blinkster
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Another Angle 17 - January - 2007
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressure
NATIONAL:
US lacks 'explosive' evidence against Iran
These stories were leaked to coincide with public accusations by then defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad that Iran was meddling in Iraqi affairs. A few days after the stories appeared, Rumsfeld declared that these shaped charges were "clearly, unambiguously from Iran" and blamed Tehran for allowing the cross-border traffic. But the US administration had a major credibility problem with that story. It could not explain why Iran would want to assist the Sunnis, enemies of the militant Shi'ite parties in Iraq that are aligned with Iran.
Virginia Legislator: Black People “Should Get Over” Slavery...
Delegate Frank D. Hargrove, who is white and Christian, made his remarks in opposition to a measure that would apologize on the state's behalf to the descendants of slaves. In an interview published Tuesday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Hargrove, 79, said slavery ended nearly 140 years ago with the Civil War and added that "our black citizens should get over it."
News others won't tell you
Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressure
NATIONAL:
US lacks 'explosive' evidence against Iran
These stories were leaked to coincide with public accusations by then defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad that Iran was meddling in Iraqi affairs. A few days after the stories appeared, Rumsfeld declared that these shaped charges were "clearly, unambiguously from Iran" and blamed Tehran for allowing the cross-border traffic. But the US administration had a major credibility problem with that story. It could not explain why Iran would want to assist the Sunnis, enemies of the militant Shi'ite parties in Iraq that are aligned with Iran.
Virginia Legislator: Black People “Should Get Over” Slavery...
Delegate Frank D. Hargrove, who is white and Christian, made his remarks in opposition to a measure that would apologize on the state's behalf to the descendants of slaves. In an interview published Tuesday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Hargrove, 79, said slavery ended nearly 140 years ago with the Civil War and added that "our black citizens should get over it."
Fears grow for health of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali will be 65 on Wednesday, and there are growing fears for his life. The health of the world's greatest sporting icon has deteriorated so rapidly in recent weeks that one of his closest friends said last night: "Although he will now qualify for Medicare he doesn't need it - what he needs is our prayers."
Webb Does More For Troops in One Day Than Allen Did In Years ...
Going unnoticed in the frenzy of Democrats assuming control of Capitol Hill and George W. Bush seeking to plunge the country deeper into the Iraq quagmire, Webb introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007, legislation that will provide the newest Veterans with educational benefits like those received by men and women who served in the three decades following World War II.
Pretext For The North American Union
This presentation is an important, detailed and timely look at forming of the North America Union (NAU). This is information is most helpful to those who knows little about the NAU or the CFR.
Black radio station in Philadelphia is silenced after more than 80 years
WHAT-AM, which was founded in 1925 and 20 years later was among the first in the United States to hire black on-air personalities, was a low-power station with a small but loyal following. Its on-air talent, office workers and sales staff were told Thursday that their jobs had been terminated.
Dora McDonald, Unsung Civil Rights Hero, Dies at 81
Dora McDonald was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s personal assistant, and an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. She died Saturday at the age of 81.
INTERNATIONAL:
AUDIO:Prof. Ilan Pappe: The Cleansing of Palestinians
VIDEO:Israelis Seen Abusing Caged Palestinians
Instead of “al-Qaeda,” U.S. Kills Nomads in Somalia
As usual, it takes a few days for the truth to emerge, not that the corporate media here in America notices.
Instead of killing Fazul Abdullah Moham-med, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and Abu Taha al-Sudani, supposedly “al-Qaeda” operatives responsible for the 1998 US embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, the Pentagon killed “herdsmen … gathered with their animals around large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes” in Somalia, according to the Independent.
IRAQ:
Iraqi Sunnis Rebuild Destroyed Shiite Shrine
Chairman of the Sunni Waqfs Ahmad Abdul Ghaffor Al-Samarrai has declared that his body will donate two billion Iraqi dinars ($1,350 million) to reconstruct the shrine.The Shiite shrine contains the tombs of the 10th and 11th imams, Ali Al-Hadi, who died in 868 A.D., and his son Hassan Al-Askari, who died in 874 A.D. Tradition says the shrine, which draws Shiite pilgrims from around the world, is near the place where the last of the 12 Shiite imams, Muhammad Al-Mahdi, disappeared. Shiites believe he is still alive and will return to restore justice to humanity.
US objects to Maliki's choice for top officer
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Shock and oil: Iraq's billions & the White House connection
Last week The Independent on Sunday revealed that a BearingPoint employee, based in the US embassy in Baghdad, had been tasked with advising the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on drawing up a new hydrocarbon law. The legislation, which is due to be presented to Iraq's parliament within days, will give Western oil companies a large slice of profits from the country's oil fields in exchange for investing in new oil infrastructure.
ECONOMY:
Chavez and Iran unveil anti-US fund
The presidents of Iran and Venezuela have agreed to spend billions of dollars to help other countries free themselves from what they describe as US domination. Hugo Chavez announced the plan in a speech on Saturday with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two also called for Opec to cut oil production to support falling crude prices.
OP-ED:
Ban the M-Word
As we work to wipe out the n-word, let’s also refrain from referring to Black people, or allowing others to refer to us, as “minorities.” Now before you go off, and start finding excuses for subjugating and subordinating your people, and before you start your search for other references to Black people, let’s think about the M-word for a moment and see if it warrants banishment from our social and business lexicon.
Paul Craig Roberts: Carter's Inconvenient Truths
Israel's policy is to turn Palestinians into refugees and to incorporate the West Bank into Israel. Slowly over time the policy has been implemented in the name of fighting terrorism and protecting Israel. Had Israel tried to achieve this all at once, opposition would have been great and the crime too large for the world to accept. Today Israel's gradual destruction of Palestine has become part of the fabric of everyday affairs.
American power and influence on the decline
What is better for Iraq? Is it to open a strategic dialogue with neighbouring countries as recommended by the James Baker report or to step up the political tension with Iran and turn it into a military confrontation as recommended by the neoconservatives in the Bush administration? Suddenly, all Bush's choices have become extremely difficult and painful while his strategies are unrealistic. Bush's decisions are unconvincing while the Democratic Congress's proposals are inapplicable.
A Funny Phenomenon Among White Liberals and Progressives-THe Black Commentator
European Americans have a funny way of confronting this nation’s history of violence. Shock is followed by awe: “Oh, but that was a long, long time ago. You can’t believe we have not progressed since.” Or “you really believe there’s racism? NOW?” I become the subject. My beliefs are on trial now.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
World's oddest creature at risk from killer fungus
It is a unique Australian creature - a mammal that lays eggs, and has a furry body, a bill like a duck's and webbed feet. The males are also poisonous. But in Tasmania, one of its principal habitats, the platypus is under threat from a deadly fungal disease.
FOOD&DRINK:
Pimento Cheese: It's a Southern Thing
Two of my favorite words are "comfort" and "food." Put them together and it's magic, just like the simple blend of cheese, mayonnaise and sweet peppers known across the South as pimento cheese. The recipe for most pimento consists of mixing just six or so ingredients. Typically, it includes sharp cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, pimentos and some simple seasoning, such as salt and pepper. Common variations on the recipe include the addition of onions, cream cheese, garlic or Monterey jack cheese.
CREAM OF CHICKEN AND WILD RICE SOUP
This recipe makes a delicious and easy cream of chicken and wild rice soup.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Aretha Franklin's Globe-Nominated Performance
Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, talks with Alex Chadwick about her performance on a Golden Globe-nominated song. Franklin is one of several artists who collaborated on "Never Gonna Break My Faith," featured in the film Bobby. It is now up for the Golden Globe's best original song award.
HUMOR?:
This Modern World: The Very Bad Idea, Part II
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Dr. King
As we prepare to "HONOR" Dr. King again, I want to share a few things with you.
I have been to The Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, some of you have. Of all of these types of places, relating to the history of the African in America, this one is crucial to a true understanding of where we are now.
First, it truly underscores for you how little things have really changed for us. All of us on this mailing are doing things that just fifty years ago were unheard of for us. Some of us are doing extremely well. Some of us do things daily that would make Dr. King happy. That maybe it was worthwhile.
But, in some ways, we have lost the core of what made us strong when he was taken from us.
Our organizations depend on corporate support to exist. Except for our cars and homes most of us own nothing, but we are in debt up to our ears. We neither build or grow anything. We are at the mercy of folk that have shown historically that could care less whether we live or die. But we support them and their causes more than we support ourselves. We hate ourselves and each other so much that we do unspeakable things.
So as we go off to the parades, basketball games and to shop and give our dollars to those same folk, this year let's resolve to really do something to honor Dr. King.
First, let's stop dreaming and and demand payment on the check that keeps coming back marked insufficient funds. Let's take control of our government,on the local level with the vote and take our share of the proceeds. Let's band together to do something for our betterment. No one is coming to save us.
And finally let's Honor the man by finding and punishing his murderer and their accomplices. This must be non negotiable.
MARTIN LUTHER KING - THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
I have been to The Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, some of you have. Of all of these types of places, relating to the history of the African in America, this one is crucial to a true understanding of where we are now.
First, it truly underscores for you how little things have really changed for us. All of us on this mailing are doing things that just fifty years ago were unheard of for us. Some of us are doing extremely well. Some of us do things daily that would make Dr. King happy. That maybe it was worthwhile.
But, in some ways, we have lost the core of what made us strong when he was taken from us.
Our organizations depend on corporate support to exist. Except for our cars and homes most of us own nothing, but we are in debt up to our ears. We neither build or grow anything. We are at the mercy of folk that have shown historically that could care less whether we live or die. But we support them and their causes more than we support ourselves. We hate ourselves and each other so much that we do unspeakable things.
So as we go off to the parades, basketball games and to shop and give our dollars to those same folk, this year let's resolve to really do something to honor Dr. King.
First, let's stop dreaming and and demand payment on the check that keeps coming back marked insufficient funds. Let's take control of our government,on the local level with the vote and take our share of the proceeds. Let's band together to do something for our betterment. No one is coming to save us.
And finally let's Honor the man by finding and punishing his murderer and their accomplices. This must be non negotiable.
MARTIN LUTHER KING - THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
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