ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Feingold Draws Little Support for Censure
Democrats distanced themselves Monday from Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold‘s effort to censure President Bush over domestic spying. Vice President Dick Cheney , visiting Feingold‘s state, called the resolution an "outrageous proposition." Feingold was the lone senator to oppose the 2001 Patriot Act. Two weeks ago, he was joined by only three other senators in opposing a renewal of the law with some new curbs on police powers. Feingold called the curbs meaningless
Surprise! Dems pretty much wimp out on Feingold and censure. And NYT adopts GOP talking points
300,000 Marched in Chicago Friday. Why Doesn't Anyone Know?
300,000 to 500,000 people marched in Chicago to protest The Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The Police estimated 300,000 according to Channel 2 News Chicago. Which means there were at least 400,000 to 500,000 people.
A Backlash in Phoenix over Immigration from Mexico
Nearly Half of Black Aldermen Ready for Honor former Black Panther
Nine of the city’s 19 Black aldermen say they plan to vote in favor of the honorary street designation for Black Panther Fred Hampton when the measure comes before the City Council March 29. The ordinance’s sponsor Ald. Madeline Haithcock (2nd) dropped the measure from a recent City Council agenda amid controversy sparked by the police union, which has vowed to fight the honorary designation. In his speeches, Hampton often called for the killing of police officers, largely because of the terrorism inflicted on the Black community by law enforcement.
Internal Strife Dismantles Illinois Hate-Crimes Panel
Five Jewish members of Illinois' hate-crimes commission have resigned in protest over another commissioner who is an official with the Nation of Islam. Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, rails against Jewish and gay people this week in front of commissioners.
JS Online:100 demonstrate at food program rally
Participants urge Bush administration not to eliminate benefit for poor. The rally was organized by the Hunger Task Force at Greenfield City Hall, one of the Milwaukee area's distribution points for the boxes referred to as "stock boxes."
THE ANNUAL FICTION REPORT
Last week, the U.S. came out with its annual human rights report for the world. The only difference between this year’s and those of the recent past is the elimination of Iraq as being the world’s most vile abuser of human rights. Otherwise, the same culprits are mentioned: China, Syria, Iran, North Korea, and a quickly ascending Venezuela. Hugo Chavez’ response was accurate, but much shorter than that of the Chinese. He called the U.S. report nothing more than "toilet paper."
WBAL Radio cancels Rush Limbaugh
WBAL-AM Radio has canceled Limbaugh's syndicated call-in talk show, saying it wants to focus on local news and hosts. It is the first station to cancel the show, which is heard in nearly 600 markets, according to Limbaugh's syndicate, Premiere Radio Networks.
Robertson: Muslims 'satanic'
Television evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday on his live news-and-talk program "The 700 Club" that Islam is not a religion of peace, and that radical Muslims are "satanic."
Pam Spaulding on Pat Robertson's rant
INTERNATIONAL:
Leaked: Blair envoy said US Iraq strategy 'complete mess'
Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos.
Nepal pilgrims search for 'Buddha boy'
Ram Bomjon, the 15-year-old "Buddha boy" of Nepal, has gone missing from the spot where he has been meditating, supposedly without food or water, for the last 10 months.
IRAQ:
Iraqis Find 87 Bodies Within 24 Hours
The bloodshed — the second wave of mass killings in Iraq since bombers destroyed an important Shiite shrine last month — followed weekend attacks in a teeming Shiite slum in which 58 people died and more than 200 were wounded.
Arming Iraq and the Path to War
This is an accurate chronology of United States' involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war. It is a powerful indictment of the current Bush administration attempt to sell war as a component of his war on terrorism. It reveals our ambitions in Iraq to be just another chapter in the attempt to regain a foothold in the Mideast following the fall of the Shah of Iran.
American arrested with arms in Iraq, official says
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Former FBI Agent Jailed For Uncovering White House Drug Connection
Richard Taus played it right and played it straight for 10 long years as an FBI agent. He swore to uphold the Constitution, obey the law and protect the American people from enemies both foreign and domestic. What a shock, though, when he found out others in the department, including higher-ups in the Justice Department and the White House were playing a completely different game, playing a highly deceitful and illegal game of drug-running and money laundering. And the tentacles of what came to be known as Iran Contra led to Taus being set up, arrested and sentenced to a 33-99 year federal prison term, a sentence that conveniently started just prior to "Daddy" Bush's 1988 election as President.
ECONOMY:
EU Warns of Sanctions on U.S. Goods
The European Union advised the World Trade Organization on Tuesday that it would reintroduce trade sanctions against the United States in two months unless Washington complies with a WTO ruling condemning tax breaks for U.S. companies operating overseas.
OP-ED:
AlterNet: Nigeria: The Next Quagmire?
Putting American troops at risk in Africa would be a big change -- and speaks volumes about the new relationship between America and the sub-Saharan Africa. Ever since American troops were killed in Somalia early in the presidency of Bill Clinton, a firm rule of U.S. policy toward Africa has been to never put U.S. soldiers on African ground. For more than 10 years, American troops have studiously avoided intervening directly in African conflicts. This policy prevented the United States from trying to halt the genocide in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. More recently, this stance stopped the United States from using troops to restore order to Liberia. The policy may also stop the United States from sending troops to Nigeria.
Open Letter to George W. Bush
Mr. Bush, (I do not address you as Mr. President because American presidents are elected; they do not become president via election fraud!) It is painfully obvious, and embarrassing, that your lack of intellect has led the world towards peril on many levels. While it would take a lifetime to educate you about general issues I thought you may have time to learn at least one thing before your term in office is up.
Please see the dictionary definition for the term “civil war”, which I took the time to look up for you.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Mad Cow Disease Found in Alabama
The Department of Agriculture confirms that a cow in Alabama was infected with mad cow disease. It's the third case of mad cow disease detected in this country. Agriculture officials say the animal's carcass was buried and was not used for animal or human food.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Miles, Beyond Jazz: Rock Hall Honors Davis
When we hear the story of how Davis earned a place in the rock Hall of Fame, we learn something about the way popular music evolved into the songs we hear today. Steve Inskeep talks with music journalist Ashley Kahn, a regular contributor to Morning Edition and one of those who votes on Hall of Fame inductees, about how Davis spanned musical genres.
Paul Beatty's Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor: Really Black Humor: The Original Kings...
Funny is funny whether ruthless or whimsical, and there's humor in Malcolm X chiding "house Negroes" for taking semantic ownership in "our government . . . our astronauts" and "our Navy" as Negroes "out of [their] mind," and in Danzy Senna's hilarious "Variations on a Theme of Mulatto" (which include African American Jews and Italians cheekily dubbed "Jewlattos" and "Gelattos"). The most anarchic charms lurk in the collection's final, absurdist segment, which identifies jokey avant-gardism in stand-up, spoken word, and straight-up poetry.
Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina
Fats Domino nearly perished in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The legendary lifelong resident of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans stayed in his home and had to be lifted out by a Coast Guard helicopter. Domino was touched by the outpouring of concern for him. It was a horrifying experience for him and other victims of the storm. But, the singer says, "I'm still alive and kickin' and I'm sorry for them that didn't make it, but we're gonna make it... we're making it."
JUST WEIRD:
Cat Gives Birth To Mouse-Like Kitten?
A cat in Tunisia has given birth to something strange. According to the owner of the cat, the litter included 5 regular kittens, and one that more resembles a mouse.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: Impeachment Hearings? That's So Last Century
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Another Angle 13 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Autopsy scheduled today in boot camp death
A second autopsy will be conducted today on the body of a 14-year-old who died after he was punched and kicked by guards at a Panama City juvenile boot camp.
Navy Man Returns His Wings
Dear Mr. President:
As a young man I was honored to serve our nation as a commissioned officer and helicopter pilot in the US Navy. Before me in WWII, my father defended the country spending two years in the Pacific aboard the USS Hornet (CV-14). We were patriots sworn "to protect and defend". Today I conclude that you have dishonored our service and the Constitution and principles of our oath. My dad was buried with full military honors so I cannot act for him. But for myself, I return enclosed the symbols of my years of service: the shoulder boards of my rank and my Naval Aviator's wings.
The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran
On March 20 the Iran Bourse will formally open and allow countries to break to US monopoly on oil purchases in petrodollars. The central banks across Europe and Asia will trade in part of their stockpiles of greenbacks for euros, and dollars will come flooding back to the homeland. $3 trillion of American cash and securities are owned by people or institutions outside of the United States. If just a small portion of them pour back into the US, Depression will follow.
O'Connor Decries Republican Attacks on Courts
Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.
Fifth Third Bank Employs No Blacks in Pittsburgh
While Fifth Third Bank describes itself as a “diverse workforce of more than 22,000 dedicated and talented individuals,” on its Website, such diversity has yet to reach its Pennsylvania branches. Representatives from Fifth Third’s main office have confirmed that none of the bank’s five Pennsylvania branches, located in downtown Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Wexford, Murrysville and Cranberry, employ any Black people.
Transcript: Feingold, Frist face off over Bush censure...
Haig says U.S. repeating Vietnam mistake
US businessmen in UAE want Oprah visit
The American Business Group of Abu Dhabi, which has more than 500 members including Boeing Co. and ExxonMobil Corp., wants Winfrey to host a show from the UAE as it seeks to convince Americans that the country is not a threat to national security
INTERNATIONAL:
Secret Synagogue Under Al Aqsa
“The Israeli authorities have been exploiting the big gates of the western side of al-Aqsa since 1996 through conducting a series of excavation works which ended with clandestinely erecting a synagogue”
'Leprosy drug in Milosevic's blood'
Traces of a drug used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis were found in a blood sample taken in recent months from former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, a news report has said. The report came hours after Milosevic's legal adviser revealed a letter the late Serb leader wrote on Friday, one day before his body was discovered in prison, alleging that he was being poisoned.
IRAQ:
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric calls U.S., Britain and Israel a 'Triad of Evil'
Speaking on state-run Iraqiya television, the anti-American al-Sadr also said last month's attack on a Shi'ite shrine in the central city of Samarra was carried "in collusion with the occupiers and the Zionist Entity of Israel," meaning for the U.S. and Israel. Hundreds of Iraqis died in the subsequent sectarian violence, much of which Sunni Muslims said was the work of al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Former Bush Adviser Charged With Theft
You mean to tell me, with all that this group has stolen, misapropriated, and the like from US, the only people that get justice is TARGET????
Bush is as stubborn and clueless as ever
Your president is clueless and ever so stubborn in the face of huge disasters he has both precipitated and overseen. The piece is titled "Bush is Business as Usual Despite Party Grumbles"...I would add "and as Nation Crumbles"
President Bush's "Bring Them On" Picture Album
ECONOMY:
The Fed Officially Kicks Off the Next Recession
It is official. A recession is coming. How do I know? Because this week new Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave an official warning to bankers about commercial real estate loans. That is always the kickoff to a recession. It is the starter's gun, the national anthem before a ballgame, the opening hymn at a church service.
Razr phones are yanked over bug
An early investigation by Motorola revealed that the bad batch of handsets was shipped to operators between 16 January and 28 February. The bug is known only to affect Razr handsets operating on GSM networks and has been traced to a faulty component in some gadgets.
OP-ED:
Hooray for Baltimore!
I posed a rhetorical question: Why then are you allowing yourselves to be played by “Minority Business Enterprise” programs and 15% - 25 percent minority set-aside programs? It seems to me the 15 percent-25 percent should be set aside for White people and the other ethnic groups that reside in Baltimore since they are the “minority” group. Hey, that’s only fair, and it’s the right thing to do. After all, Black people are some of the fairest, most considerate people on earth, especially when it comes to accommodating everyone else.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
U.S. probing possible third mad-cow case
FOOD&DRINK:
Janete's Midnight Cabyard Kitchen
It was Janete's Cabyard Kitchen that inspired the Hidden Kitchens series, and a new book, Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More, about out-of-the-way, guerilla-style foodmakers who serve fervent patrons. Here's a taste of what first drew us in.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
The State of Black America
Ed Gordon discusses voting rights for Katrina evacuees and the recent state of black America symposium with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, and Bruce Gordon, president and CEO of the NAACP.
HUMOR?:
"Nuclear Success"
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Autopsy scheduled today in boot camp death
A second autopsy will be conducted today on the body of a 14-year-old who died after he was punched and kicked by guards at a Panama City juvenile boot camp.
Navy Man Returns His Wings
Dear Mr. President:
As a young man I was honored to serve our nation as a commissioned officer and helicopter pilot in the US Navy. Before me in WWII, my father defended the country spending two years in the Pacific aboard the USS Hornet (CV-14). We were patriots sworn "to protect and defend". Today I conclude that you have dishonored our service and the Constitution and principles of our oath. My dad was buried with full military honors so I cannot act for him. But for myself, I return enclosed the symbols of my years of service: the shoulder boards of my rank and my Naval Aviator's wings.
The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran
On March 20 the Iran Bourse will formally open and allow countries to break to US monopoly on oil purchases in petrodollars. The central banks across Europe and Asia will trade in part of their stockpiles of greenbacks for euros, and dollars will come flooding back to the homeland. $3 trillion of American cash and securities are owned by people or institutions outside of the United States. If just a small portion of them pour back into the US, Depression will follow.
O'Connor Decries Republican Attacks on Courts
Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.
Fifth Third Bank Employs No Blacks in Pittsburgh
While Fifth Third Bank describes itself as a “diverse workforce of more than 22,000 dedicated and talented individuals,” on its Website, such diversity has yet to reach its Pennsylvania branches. Representatives from Fifth Third’s main office have confirmed that none of the bank’s five Pennsylvania branches, located in downtown Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Wexford, Murrysville and Cranberry, employ any Black people.
Transcript: Feingold, Frist face off over Bush censure...
Haig says U.S. repeating Vietnam mistake
US businessmen in UAE want Oprah visit
The American Business Group of Abu Dhabi, which has more than 500 members including Boeing Co. and ExxonMobil Corp., wants Winfrey to host a show from the UAE as it seeks to convince Americans that the country is not a threat to national security
INTERNATIONAL:
Secret Synagogue Under Al Aqsa
“The Israeli authorities have been exploiting the big gates of the western side of al-Aqsa since 1996 through conducting a series of excavation works which ended with clandestinely erecting a synagogue”
'Leprosy drug in Milosevic's blood'
Traces of a drug used to treat leprosy and tuberculosis were found in a blood sample taken in recent months from former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, a news report has said. The report came hours after Milosevic's legal adviser revealed a letter the late Serb leader wrote on Friday, one day before his body was discovered in prison, alleging that he was being poisoned.
IRAQ:
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric calls U.S., Britain and Israel a 'Triad of Evil'
Speaking on state-run Iraqiya television, the anti-American al-Sadr also said last month's attack on a Shi'ite shrine in the central city of Samarra was carried "in collusion with the occupiers and the Zionist Entity of Israel," meaning for the U.S. and Israel. Hundreds of Iraqis died in the subsequent sectarian violence, much of which Sunni Muslims said was the work of al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Former Bush Adviser Charged With Theft
You mean to tell me, with all that this group has stolen, misapropriated, and the like from US, the only people that get justice is TARGET????
Bush is as stubborn and clueless as ever
Your president is clueless and ever so stubborn in the face of huge disasters he has both precipitated and overseen. The piece is titled "Bush is Business as Usual Despite Party Grumbles"...I would add "and as Nation Crumbles"
President Bush's "Bring Them On" Picture Album
ECONOMY:
The Fed Officially Kicks Off the Next Recession
It is official. A recession is coming. How do I know? Because this week new Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave an official warning to bankers about commercial real estate loans. That is always the kickoff to a recession. It is the starter's gun, the national anthem before a ballgame, the opening hymn at a church service.
Razr phones are yanked over bug
An early investigation by Motorola revealed that the bad batch of handsets was shipped to operators between 16 January and 28 February. The bug is known only to affect Razr handsets operating on GSM networks and has been traced to a faulty component in some gadgets.
OP-ED:
Hooray for Baltimore!
I posed a rhetorical question: Why then are you allowing yourselves to be played by “Minority Business Enterprise” programs and 15% - 25 percent minority set-aside programs? It seems to me the 15 percent-25 percent should be set aside for White people and the other ethnic groups that reside in Baltimore since they are the “minority” group. Hey, that’s only fair, and it’s the right thing to do. After all, Black people are some of the fairest, most considerate people on earth, especially when it comes to accommodating everyone else.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
U.S. probing possible third mad-cow case
FOOD&DRINK:
Janete's Midnight Cabyard Kitchen
It was Janete's Cabyard Kitchen that inspired the Hidden Kitchens series, and a new book, Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More, about out-of-the-way, guerilla-style foodmakers who serve fervent patrons. Here's a taste of what first drew us in.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
The State of Black America
Ed Gordon discusses voting rights for Katrina evacuees and the recent state of black America symposium with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, and Bruce Gordon, president and CEO of the NAACP.
HUMOR?:
"Nuclear Success"
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Another Angle 9 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Third elections worker indicted over presidential recount
A third board worker has been indicted on six counts alleging that Ohio laws were not followed in the selection and review of ballots for the recount. The other two board employees were indicted in August. They're scheduled for trial in May
Fields: cancel N.O. elections; record absentees expected
A state senator from Baton Rouge has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to cancel the city elections in New Orleans, claiming black voters would be disenfranchised because so many cannot vote in their own neighborhoods. Democratic Sen. Cleo Fields filed the written appeal Wednesday with John K. Tanner, the chief of the voting rights section. "I cannot sit by and let an unfair election take place. It's just wrong and it's illegal."
Frist Blocking vote on Port deal
Nation of Islam officials offer reply
Farrakhan’s chief of staff, Brother Leonard Muhammad, said on the radio Tuesday that the Nation of Islam forgave the people who left the commission because “you left out of confusion. You misunderstand what the commission is all about. Come back to the commission and debate your point.” He later issued a stronger challenge to them to return. “They need to come back or shut up,” Leonard Muhammad said. “And leave me alone,” Claudette Muhammad chimed in.
Little Manchurian Candidates
I was determined to get to the bottom of things. Since they didn't send books home with students in the younger grades, I went to the school the following day and spent a couple of hours reviewing the elementary readers. As I read, my eyes opened wider and wider. I had assumed the purpose of the reading curriculum was to stimulate the juvenile imagination and teach reading skills. Instead, I saw material saturated with, to borrow another parent's language, "an unadvertised agenda promoting parental alienation, loss of identity and self-confidence, group-dependence, passivity, and anti-intellectualism."
Spike Lee To Secratary Of State: 'Condi That Stop Smokin' Crack'
"People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life." "Condi, stop smoking that crack!
John Bolton Does AIPAC
It should be obvious, considering the photo to the left, who John Bolton, the Straussian neocon “representative” to the United Nations, works for—the American-Israel Political Action Committee. “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, speaking at a convention of Jewish-Americans, said it is too soon for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran but other countries are talking about doing so and Washington is ‘beefing up defensive measures to cope with the Iranian nuclear threat,’” in other words the Pentagon is preparing to shock and awe Iran, maybe later this month, but probably down the road, sooner before later
Obituary: Gordon Parks, chronicled African-American life
Perhaps his best-known photograph, which he titled "American Gothic," was taken during his brief time with the agency; it shows a black cleaning woman named Ella Watson standing stiffly in front of an American flag, a mop in one hand and a broom in the other. Parks wanted the picture to speak to the existence of racial bigotry and inequality in the U.S. capital
INTERNATIONAL:
Challenging the mighty dollar
In 2004, Iran decided to do what Iraq did before it -- start the process of eventually selling its oil and natural gas in euros instead of the globally mandated US dollar. Yet, Iran is 'one-upping' Iraq by starting its own energy exchange, labeled the Iran Oil Bourse, which would rival the aforementioned exchanges in London and New York.
Shock and Awe; the sequel
'US Cannot Use Gansi Base for Iran'
DM: Israel Will Have to Act on Iran if UN Can't
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was asked whether Israel was ready to use military action if the Security Council proved unable to act against what Israel and the West believe is a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program. "My answer to this question is that the state of Israel has the right give all the security that is needed to the people in Israel. We have to defend ourselves."
Netanyahu would control more territory
Benjamin Netanyahu said he would move Israel’s security barrier deeper inside the West Bank. The Likud Party leader was the third of the three candidates in Israel’s March 28 elections to address this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference.
Missiles 'fired towards China' by mistake
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Abramoff tattles on Bush, DeLay, RNC chair
Vanity Fair is set to publish a tell-all interview with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, noting that his plea-bargain sentence can be "substantially reduced" by co-operating with investigators. The piece makes much of many prominent Republicans' denials of having worked with Abramoff. Abramoff reminisces about jokes President Bush, who now claims not to remember him, made about his weight training program. Abramoff also recalls discussing the Bible, opera, and golf with Tom DeLay.
OP-ED:
Dear Howard, I'm writing to say goodbye
I'm out of here Howard, gone. Wish I could say it's been fun. Starting well before Bill Clinton the Democrats had become GOP Lite. Today the Republic is reeling toward a completely totalitarian fascist state. In truth we've become a foreign invader seeking conquest and empire, the mortal enemy of a peaceful Earth. So I'm off to find political leadership that's got some true moral integrity and courage fight left to fight with.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Hypertension Drug May Help African Americans
Ohio University scientists say Nebivolol, a European high blood pressure treatment drug, may restore damaged cardiovascular functions in African Americans. Tadeusz Malinski and colleagues in the OU department of chemistry and biochemistry, found the drug -- currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- acts on the level of oxidants lining the cardiovascular system and can restore levels of nitric oxide and reduce oxidative stress.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Guinier: The Meritocracy Myth
Lani Guinier became a household name in 1993 when Bill Clinton appointed her to head the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and then, under pressure from conservatives, withdrew her nomination without a confirmation hearing. Guinier is currently the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard University where, in 1998, she became the first black woman to be tenured at the law school. This past summer, she offered a glimpse of her upcoming book in this interview with D&S intern Rebecca Parrish.
Stepin Fetchit, Hollywood's First Black Film Star
Seen through a modern lens, Perry's "laziest man in the world" character can be painfully racist.
"The lazy man character that [Perry] played was based on something that had come from slavery," Watkins says. "It was called 'putting on old massa' -- break the tools, break the hoe, do anything to postpone the work that was to be done."
Finally, the white characters would become exasperated and do the work themselves. "And blacks understood it perfectly, and laughed heartily at it,"
HUMOR?:
Tom Toles
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Third elections worker indicted over presidential recount
A third board worker has been indicted on six counts alleging that Ohio laws were not followed in the selection and review of ballots for the recount. The other two board employees were indicted in August. They're scheduled for trial in May
Fields: cancel N.O. elections; record absentees expected
A state senator from Baton Rouge has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to cancel the city elections in New Orleans, claiming black voters would be disenfranchised because so many cannot vote in their own neighborhoods. Democratic Sen. Cleo Fields filed the written appeal Wednesday with John K. Tanner, the chief of the voting rights section. "I cannot sit by and let an unfair election take place. It's just wrong and it's illegal."
Frist Blocking vote on Port deal
Nation of Islam officials offer reply
Farrakhan’s chief of staff, Brother Leonard Muhammad, said on the radio Tuesday that the Nation of Islam forgave the people who left the commission because “you left out of confusion. You misunderstand what the commission is all about. Come back to the commission and debate your point.” He later issued a stronger challenge to them to return. “They need to come back or shut up,” Leonard Muhammad said. “And leave me alone,” Claudette Muhammad chimed in.
Little Manchurian Candidates
I was determined to get to the bottom of things. Since they didn't send books home with students in the younger grades, I went to the school the following day and spent a couple of hours reviewing the elementary readers. As I read, my eyes opened wider and wider. I had assumed the purpose of the reading curriculum was to stimulate the juvenile imagination and teach reading skills. Instead, I saw material saturated with, to borrow another parent's language, "an unadvertised agenda promoting parental alienation, loss of identity and self-confidence, group-dependence, passivity, and anti-intellectualism."
Spike Lee To Secratary Of State: 'Condi That Stop Smokin' Crack'
"People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life." "Condi, stop smoking that crack!
John Bolton Does AIPAC
It should be obvious, considering the photo to the left, who John Bolton, the Straussian neocon “representative” to the United Nations, works for—the American-Israel Political Action Committee. “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, speaking at a convention of Jewish-Americans, said it is too soon for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran but other countries are talking about doing so and Washington is ‘beefing up defensive measures to cope with the Iranian nuclear threat,’” in other words the Pentagon is preparing to shock and awe Iran, maybe later this month, but probably down the road, sooner before later
Obituary: Gordon Parks, chronicled African-American life
Perhaps his best-known photograph, which he titled "American Gothic," was taken during his brief time with the agency; it shows a black cleaning woman named Ella Watson standing stiffly in front of an American flag, a mop in one hand and a broom in the other. Parks wanted the picture to speak to the existence of racial bigotry and inequality in the U.S. capital
INTERNATIONAL:
Challenging the mighty dollar
In 2004, Iran decided to do what Iraq did before it -- start the process of eventually selling its oil and natural gas in euros instead of the globally mandated US dollar. Yet, Iran is 'one-upping' Iraq by starting its own energy exchange, labeled the Iran Oil Bourse, which would rival the aforementioned exchanges in London and New York.
Shock and Awe; the sequel
'US Cannot Use Gansi Base for Iran'
DM: Israel Will Have to Act on Iran if UN Can't
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was asked whether Israel was ready to use military action if the Security Council proved unable to act against what Israel and the West believe is a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program. "My answer to this question is that the state of Israel has the right give all the security that is needed to the people in Israel. We have to defend ourselves."
Netanyahu would control more territory
Benjamin Netanyahu said he would move Israel’s security barrier deeper inside the West Bank. The Likud Party leader was the third of the three candidates in Israel’s March 28 elections to address this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference.
Missiles 'fired towards China' by mistake
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Abramoff tattles on Bush, DeLay, RNC chair
Vanity Fair is set to publish a tell-all interview with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, noting that his plea-bargain sentence can be "substantially reduced" by co-operating with investigators. The piece makes much of many prominent Republicans' denials of having worked with Abramoff. Abramoff reminisces about jokes President Bush, who now claims not to remember him, made about his weight training program. Abramoff also recalls discussing the Bible, opera, and golf with Tom DeLay.
OP-ED:
Dear Howard, I'm writing to say goodbye
I'm out of here Howard, gone. Wish I could say it's been fun. Starting well before Bill Clinton the Democrats had become GOP Lite. Today the Republic is reeling toward a completely totalitarian fascist state. In truth we've become a foreign invader seeking conquest and empire, the mortal enemy of a peaceful Earth. So I'm off to find political leadership that's got some true moral integrity and courage fight left to fight with.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Hypertension Drug May Help African Americans
Ohio University scientists say Nebivolol, a European high blood pressure treatment drug, may restore damaged cardiovascular functions in African Americans. Tadeusz Malinski and colleagues in the OU department of chemistry and biochemistry, found the drug -- currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- acts on the level of oxidants lining the cardiovascular system and can restore levels of nitric oxide and reduce oxidative stress.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Guinier: The Meritocracy Myth
Lani Guinier became a household name in 1993 when Bill Clinton appointed her to head the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and then, under pressure from conservatives, withdrew her nomination without a confirmation hearing. Guinier is currently the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard University where, in 1998, she became the first black woman to be tenured at the law school. This past summer, she offered a glimpse of her upcoming book in this interview with D&S intern Rebecca Parrish.
Stepin Fetchit, Hollywood's First Black Film Star
Seen through a modern lens, Perry's "laziest man in the world" character can be painfully racist.
"The lazy man character that [Perry] played was based on something that had come from slavery," Watkins says. "It was called 'putting on old massa' -- break the tools, break the hoe, do anything to postpone the work that was to be done."
Finally, the white characters would become exasperated and do the work themselves. "And blacks understood it perfectly, and laughed heartily at it,"
HUMOR?:
Tom Toles
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Another Angle 8 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Nation of Islam officials offer reply
Brother Leonard Muhammad, said on the radio Tuesday that the Nation of Islam forgave the people who left the commission because “you left out of confusion. You misunderstand what the commission is all about. Come back to the commission and debate your point.” He later issued a stronger challenge to them to return. “They need to come back or shut up,” Leonard Muhammad said. “And leave me alone,” Claudette Muhammad chimed in.
Spike Lee To Secratary Of State: 'Condi That Stop Smokin' Crack'
"People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life." "Condi, stop smoking that crack!
Cosby's Lawyers See No Flattery in an Imitation
The "House of Cosbys" cartoon tells the story of Mitchell Reynolds, an obsessed Bill Cosby fan who builds a machine that clones Cosbys, each of whom has a special power (like data analysis). It had been the No. 1 rated show on Channel101.com for three consecutive months.
How black music became urban
Over the years the dynamics of black music have been aptly demonstrated by the way in which: “From blues, jazz, rock n roll, R&B, to reggae, it's had to redefine itself after it's been co-opted by the mainstream in order to maintain its relevance to its black core fan-base.”
Obituary: Gordon Parks, chronicled African-American life
Gordon Parks, 93, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who used his prodigious, largely self-taught talents to chronicle the African-American experience and to retell his own personal history, died Tuesday at his home in New York. As a photographer, Parks combined a devotion to documentary realism with a knack for making his own feelings self-evident. The style he favored was derived from the Depression-era photography project of the Farm Security Administration, which he joined in 1942 at the age of 30. Perhaps his best-known photograph, which he titled "American Gothic," was taken during his brief time with the agency; it shows a black cleaning woman named Ella Watson standing stiffly in front of an American flag, a mop in one hand and a broom in the other. Parks wanted the picture to speak to the existence of racial bigotry and inequality in the U.S. capital.
Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett Dies at 45
The youngest of nine children born into poverty in a Chicago housing project, Puckett was drafted by the Twins in 1982 and became a regular just two years later. He got four hits in his first major league start and finished with 2,304 in only 12 seasons. "There are a lot of great players in this game, but only one Kirby,"
INTERNATIONAL:
Israel slaps the U.S. - and slaps again
Israel has in recent days delivered not one but two slaps to its closest ally. The first came in remarks by ex-Shin Bet chief and senior Kadima candidate Avi Dichter, speaking of negating the road map and moving on to a policy of unilateralism - in contrast to statements by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her joint news conference with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The second was delivered via a USAID report, which corroborated the claims of Palestinians that Israel was failing to keep promises it had made to Rice, a situation which according to the study could bring about economic catastrophe, beginning with the destruction of the Gaza hothouses project, which Washington had so strongly supported.
Aborigine singer 'left for dead'
An investigation has been launched after a prominent Aboriginal woman in Australia was left for dead after collapsing at a busy city bus stop.
IRAQ:
Iraqi farmers forbidden to have non-genetic modified seed
A new report [1] by GRAIN and Focus on the Global South has found that new legislation in Iraq has been carefully put in place by the US that prevents farmers from saving their seeds and effectively hands over the seed market to transnational corporations. This is a disastrous turn of events for Iraqi farmers, biodiversity and the country's food security.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Poll: Cheney Less Popular Than OJ
Iran will be stopped, Cheney vows to Israeli lobbyists
Cheney made it clear Iran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, described the Iranian regime as "irresponsible," and warned the United States had "all options on the table."
Neocon raps to RAW on Iran Contra, Iraq
HEALTH&FITNESS
Finding a Way: Peachy French Toast in Winter
Sure, the calendar says it's almost spring, but around here we won't be seeing local peaches until, at the earliest, mid-summer. Plus, I knew that any "fresh" peaches I'd find this time of year would be stone-hard and flown in from faraway lands, and that this would render the whole point of the recipe obsolete. And yet, I wanted that French toast. Badly.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Stepin Fetchit, Hollywood's First Black Film Star
"The lazy man character that [Perry] played was based on something that had come from slavery," Watkins says. "It was called 'putting on old massa' -- break the tools, break the hoe, do anything to postpone the work that was to be done."
Finally, the white characters would become exasperated and do the work themselves.
Singer Bettye Lavette, Still Raising Hell
Bettye LaVette grew up in the same Detroit neighborhood as Smoky Robinson, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin. But she didn't make it to the heights that they did. After a Top 10 R&B hit in 1962, her follow-up singles failed, and she bounced from record label to record label, never quite breaking through to stardom. LaVette is currently celebrating her 60th birthday, and her latest album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise.
HUMOR?:
Tom Tomorrow: The Untroubled World of Your Average Conservative
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Nation of Islam officials offer reply
Brother Leonard Muhammad, said on the radio Tuesday that the Nation of Islam forgave the people who left the commission because “you left out of confusion. You misunderstand what the commission is all about. Come back to the commission and debate your point.” He later issued a stronger challenge to them to return. “They need to come back or shut up,” Leonard Muhammad said. “And leave me alone,” Claudette Muhammad chimed in.
Spike Lee To Secratary Of State: 'Condi That Stop Smokin' Crack'
"People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life." "Condi, stop smoking that crack!
Cosby's Lawyers See No Flattery in an Imitation
The "House of Cosbys" cartoon tells the story of Mitchell Reynolds, an obsessed Bill Cosby fan who builds a machine that clones Cosbys, each of whom has a special power (like data analysis). It had been the No. 1 rated show on Channel101.com for three consecutive months.
How black music became urban
Over the years the dynamics of black music have been aptly demonstrated by the way in which: “From blues, jazz, rock n roll, R&B, to reggae, it's had to redefine itself after it's been co-opted by the mainstream in order to maintain its relevance to its black core fan-base.”
Obituary: Gordon Parks, chronicled African-American life
Gordon Parks, 93, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who used his prodigious, largely self-taught talents to chronicle the African-American experience and to retell his own personal history, died Tuesday at his home in New York. As a photographer, Parks combined a devotion to documentary realism with a knack for making his own feelings self-evident. The style he favored was derived from the Depression-era photography project of the Farm Security Administration, which he joined in 1942 at the age of 30. Perhaps his best-known photograph, which he titled "American Gothic," was taken during his brief time with the agency; it shows a black cleaning woman named Ella Watson standing stiffly in front of an American flag, a mop in one hand and a broom in the other. Parks wanted the picture to speak to the existence of racial bigotry and inequality in the U.S. capital.
Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett Dies at 45
The youngest of nine children born into poverty in a Chicago housing project, Puckett was drafted by the Twins in 1982 and became a regular just two years later. He got four hits in his first major league start and finished with 2,304 in only 12 seasons. "There are a lot of great players in this game, but only one Kirby,"
INTERNATIONAL:
Israel slaps the U.S. - and slaps again
Israel has in recent days delivered not one but two slaps to its closest ally. The first came in remarks by ex-Shin Bet chief and senior Kadima candidate Avi Dichter, speaking of negating the road map and moving on to a policy of unilateralism - in contrast to statements by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in her joint news conference with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The second was delivered via a USAID report, which corroborated the claims of Palestinians that Israel was failing to keep promises it had made to Rice, a situation which according to the study could bring about economic catastrophe, beginning with the destruction of the Gaza hothouses project, which Washington had so strongly supported.
Aborigine singer 'left for dead'
An investigation has been launched after a prominent Aboriginal woman in Australia was left for dead after collapsing at a busy city bus stop.
IRAQ:
Iraqi farmers forbidden to have non-genetic modified seed
A new report [1] by GRAIN and Focus on the Global South has found that new legislation in Iraq has been carefully put in place by the US that prevents farmers from saving their seeds and effectively hands over the seed market to transnational corporations. This is a disastrous turn of events for Iraqi farmers, biodiversity and the country's food security.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Poll: Cheney Less Popular Than OJ
Iran will be stopped, Cheney vows to Israeli lobbyists
Cheney made it clear Iran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, described the Iranian regime as "irresponsible," and warned the United States had "all options on the table."
Neocon raps to RAW on Iran Contra, Iraq
HEALTH&FITNESS
Sure, the calendar says it's almost spring, but around here we won't be seeing local peaches until, at the earliest, mid-summer. Plus, I knew that any "fresh" peaches I'd find this time of year would be stone-hard and flown in from faraway lands, and that this would render the whole point of the recipe obsolete. And yet, I wanted that French toast. Badly.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Stepin Fetchit, Hollywood's First Black Film Star
"The lazy man character that [Perry] played was based on something that had come from slavery," Watkins says. "It was called 'putting on old massa' -- break the tools, break the hoe, do anything to postpone the work that was to be done."
Finally, the white characters would become exasperated and do the work themselves.
Singer Bettye Lavette, Still Raising Hell
Bettye LaVette grew up in the same Detroit neighborhood as Smoky Robinson, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin. But she didn't make it to the heights that they did. After a Top 10 R&B hit in 1962, her follow-up singles failed, and she bounced from record label to record label, never quite breaking through to stardom. LaVette is currently celebrating her 60th birthday, and her latest album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise.
HUMOR?:
Tom Tomorrow: The Untroubled World of Your Average Conservative
Monday, March 06, 2006
Another Angle 6 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
BAY AREA Blacks make 'covenant' for change
As if reciting a prayer, the crowd of more than 2,000 read the lines together in a solemn voice:
Covenant No. 1: Securing the right to health care and well-being.
Covenant No. 2: Establishing a system of public education in which all children achieve at high levels and reach their full potential.
Covenant No. 3: Correcting the system of unequal justice.
Its Real: Prison Labor for the Military
We've heard that troops are in such short supply in Iraq that ordinary seamen off Navy Trident subs are being given quickie training as sentries, rather than serving on strategic missile platforms, and off they go to Iraq. Now, with the receipt of the Army plans to use federal prisoners for labor, we have to ask what kind of picture this paints of the military's state of readiness?
THE FOX NEW FOUR PART STORY ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE US
These are the videos AIPAC lobbied FOX News to remove from their website. Since then,. AIPAC has found itself embroiled in yet another espionage case, this time involving an operative inside the very Pentagon office from which many of the now discredited claims abut Iraq's WMD.
Bias preserved in deeds
The houses along Biltmore Avenue are full of black people, but none of them are supposed to live there. Buried in records are 60-year-old property restrictions that banned minorities from living in the modest High Point neighborhood.Clause No. 8 reads like this:"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race ... "
NAACP: Teacher Accused of Forcing Boy to Drink Soap
Depleted Uranium in Urine of Soldiers
A Few Good Curators
DJs, like curators, are collectors, so when Grandmaster Flash and other hip-hop luminaries met up with some officials from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History the other day, there was some serious collecting to discuss. To begin with, museum director Brent Glass described his institution's grand undertaking: "It's the only museum in the world that has the mission of telling the whole of American history."
INTERNATIONAL:
UK: Ministers back 'terminator' GM crops
Ministers are trying to scrap an international agreement banning the world's most controversial genetic modification of crops, grimly nicknamed "terminator technology", a move which threatens to increase hunger in the Third World.
Police street-stop rule 'faces axe'
Strict anti-racism rules for when police accost suspects in the street could be dropped because they are taking up too much time, it has emerged. Officers are currently obliged to provide everyone stopped with an on-the-spot written record stating why they were targeted.(England)
IRAQ:
Lethal ‘flying gunships’ returning to Iraq
The four-engine gunships, whose home base is Hurlburt Field in Florida, have operated over Iraq before, flying from airfields elsewhere in the region. In November 2004, air-to-ground fire from AC-130s supported the U.S. attack that took the western city of Fallujah from insurgents.
Hello Iran, Bye Iraq; US GIs on Video; Drilling USA; Talabani woos Sadr; "Smoking" Iraqis
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
CUNNINGHAM SCANDAL FIGURE LINKED TO IRAN CONTRA COCAINE TRAFFICKING
"It was drugs, it was money-laundering, it was everything," South Florida detective James Rider told Robert Parry of The Consortium at the time. "I know the CIA was in there somewhere."
Former DEA Agent Wants George H. Bush, Negroponte And Other Higher-Ups Held Accountable For Illegal Drug Smuggling
After Castillo blew the whistle, Bush made a point to seek out Castillo during one of his South of the border visits, in essence trying to "feel out" Castillo, but at the same time careful not to make any incriminating statement. "When Bush confronted me and then just walked away after I told him some of the evidence I had, it was obvious he knew what was going on and was involved in the illegal drug trade," said Castillo. And when Castillo's allegations first went public, he was the first government DEA agent with first-hand knowledge of North's drug dealing sanctioned by Bush and other higher-ups.
BUSH & CHENEY VOW TO JAIL REPORTERS
Perhaps Bush and Cheney , joint custodians of the nation’s first unitary diktatorship, need a refresher course on the Pandora’s Box they open by their latest salvo into the world of totalitarian madness. The biggest leakers in the United States are "Nero" Cheney and his ward , "Caligula" Bush.
Staged attack to precede war against Iran
Psychological manipulation and military plans are now being fine-tuned and put into place in order to carry out a war against Iran. This manipulation of the public at large strongly resembles preparations taken prior to the current war in Iraq, giving rise to suspicions of a potential diversionary tactic by the U.S. military. At the same time that pressure to pull the troops out of Iraq is intensifying, the U.S. is dispatching an entire division there, possibly to employ against Iran at a later date.
Priests clean up after Bush dogs
Hindu priests who take care of the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after last week’s visit by President Bush.
ECONOMY:
HOUSING MARKET GLUTS UP
The Commerce Department said yesterday the backlog of unsold new homes in January reached the highest level ever of 528,000, with sales steadily sliding by as much as 5 percent.
*How a housing downturn could roil economy
*US mortgage bonds face risk if house prices fall
*48% home sales drop leads state
OP-ED:
Stanley Crouch: Copyrighting the N-word
You know the old saying, 'Whatever the market will bear.' " Now we find that comedian Damon Wayans has spent the past 14 months trying to copyright the N-word with "iggas" instead of "iggers."
Horray for Honkeywood? Spike Lee Speaks Out
You go to any studio, the [only] black you are going to see is the guy at the gate. In Hollywood, there is not one African-American who is an executive that has gatekeeper position that could greenlight a picture. They'll make a movie with Denzel [Washington] and Jamie [Foxx] and Eddie [Murphy], but only because they can make money off them.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Dr. John: 'We're Gonna Be Back' in New Orleans
In a tour of devastated neighborhoods, he expresses fear that the city's unique grassroots culture has been uprooted. Dr. John, 65, now lives on Long Island. He was on tour when Katrina struck six months ago. But he felt the storm's wrath intimately. Nearly every member of his band and much of his road crew had homes in New Orleans that were either damaged or destroyed.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: Bush's Expanded Presidential Powers
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
BAY AREA Blacks make 'covenant' for change
As if reciting a prayer, the crowd of more than 2,000 read the lines together in a solemn voice:
Covenant No. 1: Securing the right to health care and well-being.
Covenant No. 2: Establishing a system of public education in which all children achieve at high levels and reach their full potential.
Covenant No. 3: Correcting the system of unequal justice.
Its Real: Prison Labor for the Military
We've heard that troops are in such short supply in Iraq that ordinary seamen off Navy Trident subs are being given quickie training as sentries, rather than serving on strategic missile platforms, and off they go to Iraq. Now, with the receipt of the Army plans to use federal prisoners for labor, we have to ask what kind of picture this paints of the military's state of readiness?
THE FOX NEW FOUR PART STORY ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE US
These are the videos AIPAC lobbied FOX News to remove from their website. Since then,. AIPAC has found itself embroiled in yet another espionage case, this time involving an operative inside the very Pentagon office from which many of the now discredited claims abut Iraq's WMD.
Bias preserved in deeds
The houses along Biltmore Avenue are full of black people, but none of them are supposed to live there. Buried in records are 60-year-old property restrictions that banned minorities from living in the modest High Point neighborhood.Clause No. 8 reads like this:"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race ... "
NAACP: Teacher Accused of Forcing Boy to Drink Soap
Depleted Uranium in Urine of Soldiers
A Few Good Curators
DJs, like curators, are collectors, so when Grandmaster Flash and other hip-hop luminaries met up with some officials from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History the other day, there was some serious collecting to discuss. To begin with, museum director Brent Glass described his institution's grand undertaking: "It's the only museum in the world that has the mission of telling the whole of American history."
INTERNATIONAL:
UK: Ministers back 'terminator' GM crops
Ministers are trying to scrap an international agreement banning the world's most controversial genetic modification of crops, grimly nicknamed "terminator technology", a move which threatens to increase hunger in the Third World.
Police street-stop rule 'faces axe'
Strict anti-racism rules for when police accost suspects in the street could be dropped because they are taking up too much time, it has emerged. Officers are currently obliged to provide everyone stopped with an on-the-spot written record stating why they were targeted.(England)
IRAQ:
Lethal ‘flying gunships’ returning to Iraq
The four-engine gunships, whose home base is Hurlburt Field in Florida, have operated over Iraq before, flying from airfields elsewhere in the region. In November 2004, air-to-ground fire from AC-130s supported the U.S. attack that took the western city of Fallujah from insurgents.
Hello Iran, Bye Iraq; US GIs on Video; Drilling USA; Talabani woos Sadr; "Smoking" Iraqis
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
CUNNINGHAM SCANDAL FIGURE LINKED TO IRAN CONTRA COCAINE TRAFFICKING
"It was drugs, it was money-laundering, it was everything," South Florida detective James Rider told Robert Parry of The Consortium at the time. "I know the CIA was in there somewhere."
Former DEA Agent Wants George H. Bush, Negroponte And Other Higher-Ups Held Accountable For Illegal Drug Smuggling
After Castillo blew the whistle, Bush made a point to seek out Castillo during one of his South of the border visits, in essence trying to "feel out" Castillo, but at the same time careful not to make any incriminating statement. "When Bush confronted me and then just walked away after I told him some of the evidence I had, it was obvious he knew what was going on and was involved in the illegal drug trade," said Castillo. And when Castillo's allegations first went public, he was the first government DEA agent with first-hand knowledge of North's drug dealing sanctioned by Bush and other higher-ups.
BUSH & CHENEY VOW TO JAIL REPORTERS
Perhaps Bush and Cheney , joint custodians of the nation’s first unitary diktatorship, need a refresher course on the Pandora’s Box they open by their latest salvo into the world of totalitarian madness. The biggest leakers in the United States are "Nero" Cheney and his ward , "Caligula" Bush.
Staged attack to precede war against Iran
Psychological manipulation and military plans are now being fine-tuned and put into place in order to carry out a war against Iran. This manipulation of the public at large strongly resembles preparations taken prior to the current war in Iraq, giving rise to suspicions of a potential diversionary tactic by the U.S. military. At the same time that pressure to pull the troops out of Iraq is intensifying, the U.S. is dispatching an entire division there, possibly to employ against Iran at a later date.
Priests clean up after Bush dogs
Hindu priests who take care of the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after last week’s visit by President Bush.
ECONOMY:
HOUSING MARKET GLUTS UP
The Commerce Department said yesterday the backlog of unsold new homes in January reached the highest level ever of 528,000, with sales steadily sliding by as much as 5 percent.
*How a housing downturn could roil economy
*US mortgage bonds face risk if house prices fall
*48% home sales drop leads state
OP-ED:
Stanley Crouch: Copyrighting the N-word
You know the old saying, 'Whatever the market will bear.' " Now we find that comedian Damon Wayans has spent the past 14 months trying to copyright the N-word with "iggas" instead of "iggers."
Horray for Honkeywood? Spike Lee Speaks Out
You go to any studio, the [only] black you are going to see is the guy at the gate. In Hollywood, there is not one African-American who is an executive that has gatekeeper position that could greenlight a picture. They'll make a movie with Denzel [Washington] and Jamie [Foxx] and Eddie [Murphy], but only because they can make money off them.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Dr. John: 'We're Gonna Be Back' in New Orleans
In a tour of devastated neighborhoods, he expresses fear that the city's unique grassroots culture has been uprooted. Dr. John, 65, now lives on Long Island. He was on tour when Katrina struck six months ago. But he felt the storm's wrath intimately. Nearly every member of his band and much of his road crew had homes in New Orleans that were either damaged or destroyed.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: Bush's Expanded Presidential Powers
Friday, March 03, 2006
Another Angle 3 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Hip hop orgs say, 'Shut 'em down!'
Dozens of groups across the country are calling for Congress to censure the President. Within hours of the news, the National Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Political Convention, the League of Pissed Off Voters, ColorofChange.org, the Hip-Hop Caucus, the Finding Our Folk Tour and others drafted a petition demanding the Congressional Censure. More on the petition here.
Paul Dawson, a white teacher at Valley High, was suspended last month after he admitted saying "niggah" to a student who would not sit down in class on Dec. 2, according to district documents. But Dawson argued that the term did not constitute a racial slur.
Storm the White House
Multi-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can - we are taking over the White House until they leave.
Just putting it out there.
U.S. Cites Exception in Torture Ban
Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law that bans cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody does not apply to people held at the military prison.
Republican Congressman Predicts Bush Impeachment
Republican Congressman Ron Paul has gone on record with his prediction that the impeachment of George W. Bush is right around the corner but warned that in the meantime the US was slipping perilously close to a dictatorship.
*The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
Midwest Oil fined for selling gas too cheaply
The Minnesota Commerce Department on Thursday announced plans to fine a gas station chain $140,000 for repeatedly selling gas below the state's legal minimum price.
Two Resign From Ill. Hate Crimes Panel
SEE YA! How dare these people! Let's hope the govenor continues to stand up.
DeLay fights for his political life in Texas
DeLay, nicknamed "the Hammer" for the blunt way he wielded power during 22 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been swamped by ethics allegations that have made him a prime Democratic target in November's elections and a national symbol for charges of Republican corruption.
Katherine Harris Caught Up in Bribery Scandal
Suit Accuses a Police Chief of Blocking CPR
The chief, Robert K. Bowman of the small town of Welch, told Mr. Snead that his friend, red-faced and gasping for breath, had the virus that causes AIDS, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday. Chief Bowman grabbed Mr. Snead's shoulder, the suit says, pulling him away from his friend, Claude Green Jr.
After critical new article, Abramoff group sendsRaw Story cease and desist over year old story
Gulf War Veteran Gets Placebos Instead Of Real Medicine
Like thousands of other soldiers, Army veteran Mike Woods said he developed bizarre symptoms after serving in the first Gulf War -- blackouts, chest pain and numbness in the extremities. Woods looked to the Veterans Administration for help. He said his VA doctor prescribed him a drug called Obecalp.
INTERNATIONAL:
Drought crisis develops in Ethiopia
The United Nations World Food Program believes the critical situation in the southern Borena Zone and south-eastern Somali Region is likely to get even worse as there have been forecasts of continued dry weather. This will leave an estimated 11 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya without food.
IAEA says no evidence of Iranian n-weapons plan
In its report which has been circulated to its 35 board members, the IAEA said that its three years of investigations had not shown "any diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices".
IRAQ:
Who Will Tell Our Stories?
The Bush administration insists it is bringing democracy to Iraq; yet refuses to listen to the wishes of the Iraqi people. Now we see just how far the administration will go to keep the voices of Iraqis away from the American public.
ECONOMY:
Corporate tax breaks may be found illegal
Every year, U.S. companies collect billions of dollars worth of tax breaks from states and cities anxious to lure jobs and investment to their regions. Now a good chunk of this largesse may be threatened by a U.S.Supreme Court case.
Europeans Again Lift Rates and Hint at More Increases
With Europe seemingly on firm economic footing, the European Central Bank on Thursday raised interest rates for the second time in three months and signaled more increases to come.
OP-ED:
Shining Light into the Abyss
Occasionally events occur that reveal transitory glimpses of painful truths that are ordinarily kept hidden from public view, as when lightning strikes in darkness and reveals the contours of a landscape. Hurricane Katrina was such an event. As that powerful storm wrecked havoc upon the Gulf Coast, the world saw with absolute clarity who this government serves.
Let Them Starve
Columnist Charles Krauthammer, that great humanitarian, that lover of western "values", was even more blunt. Hamas must be cut off completely, he wrote, with "no recognition, no negotiation, no aid, nothing. And not just assistance to a Hamas government but all assistance." That is to say: let them starve.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
RFID: Sign of the (End) Times?
Katherine Albrecht is on a mission from God. "My goal as a Christian (is) to sound the alarm." If the VeriChip becomes a common payment device similar to the "contactless" payment system in the Exxon Mobil Speedpass, all who wish to buy and sell goods will be compelled "to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads," as it says in Revelation.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Movie Review 'Dave Chappelle's Block Party': A Comedian's Ultimate Goal: Rock the Block
In "Dave Chappelle's Block Party," The nominal idea, the comic explains on camera, was "the concert I've always wanted to see." The result, which ping-pongs between Brooklyn and Mr. Chappelle's hometown in Ohio, is a tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul.
HUMOR?:
Tom Toles
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Hip hop orgs say, 'Shut 'em down!'
Dozens of groups across the country are calling for Congress to censure the President. Within hours of the news, the National Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Political Convention, the League of Pissed Off Voters, ColorofChange.org, the Hip-Hop Caucus, the Finding Our Folk Tour and others drafted a petition demanding the Congressional Censure. More on the petition here.
Valley High teacher appeals suspension over comment
Paul Dawson, a white teacher at Valley High, was suspended last month after he admitted saying "niggah" to a student who would not sit down in class on Dec. 2, according to district documents. But Dawson argued that the term did not constitute a racial slur.
Storm the White House
Multi-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can - we are taking over the White House until they leave.
Just putting it out there.
U.S. Cites Exception in Torture Ban
Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law that bans cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees in U.S. custody does not apply to people held at the military prison.
Republican Congressman Predicts Bush Impeachment
Republican Congressman Ron Paul has gone on record with his prediction that the impeachment of George W. Bush is right around the corner but warned that in the meantime the US was slipping perilously close to a dictatorship.
*The bungling Bush presidency is falling apart
Midwest Oil fined for selling gas too cheaply
The Minnesota Commerce Department on Thursday announced plans to fine a gas station chain $140,000 for repeatedly selling gas below the state's legal minimum price.
Two Resign From Ill. Hate Crimes Panel
SEE YA! How dare these people! Let's hope the govenor continues to stand up.
DeLay fights for his political life in Texas
DeLay, nicknamed "the Hammer" for the blunt way he wielded power during 22 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been swamped by ethics allegations that have made him a prime Democratic target in November's elections and a national symbol for charges of Republican corruption.
Katherine Harris Caught Up in Bribery Scandal
Suit Accuses a Police Chief of Blocking CPR
The chief, Robert K. Bowman of the small town of Welch, told Mr. Snead that his friend, red-faced and gasping for breath, had the virus that causes AIDS, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday. Chief Bowman grabbed Mr. Snead's shoulder, the suit says, pulling him away from his friend, Claude Green Jr.
After critical new article, Abramoff group sendsRaw Story cease and desist over year old story
Gulf War Veteran Gets Placebos Instead Of Real Medicine
Like thousands of other soldiers, Army veteran Mike Woods said he developed bizarre symptoms after serving in the first Gulf War -- blackouts, chest pain and numbness in the extremities. Woods looked to the Veterans Administration for help. He said his VA doctor prescribed him a drug called Obecalp.
INTERNATIONAL:
Drought crisis develops in Ethiopia
The United Nations World Food Program believes the critical situation in the southern Borena Zone and south-eastern Somali Region is likely to get even worse as there have been forecasts of continued dry weather. This will leave an estimated 11 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya without food.
IAEA says no evidence of Iranian n-weapons plan
In its report which has been circulated to its 35 board members, the IAEA said that its three years of investigations had not shown "any diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices".
IRAQ:
Who Will Tell Our Stories?
The Bush administration insists it is bringing democracy to Iraq; yet refuses to listen to the wishes of the Iraqi people. Now we see just how far the administration will go to keep the voices of Iraqis away from the American public.
ECONOMY:
Corporate tax breaks may be found illegal
Every year, U.S. companies collect billions of dollars worth of tax breaks from states and cities anxious to lure jobs and investment to their regions. Now a good chunk of this largesse may be threatened by a U.S.Supreme Court case.
Europeans Again Lift Rates and Hint at More Increases
With Europe seemingly on firm economic footing, the European Central Bank on Thursday raised interest rates for the second time in three months and signaled more increases to come.
OP-ED:
Shining Light into the Abyss
Occasionally events occur that reveal transitory glimpses of painful truths that are ordinarily kept hidden from public view, as when lightning strikes in darkness and reveals the contours of a landscape. Hurricane Katrina was such an event. As that powerful storm wrecked havoc upon the Gulf Coast, the world saw with absolute clarity who this government serves.
Let Them Starve
Columnist Charles Krauthammer, that great humanitarian, that lover of western "values", was even more blunt. Hamas must be cut off completely, he wrote, with "no recognition, no negotiation, no aid, nothing. And not just assistance to a Hamas government but all assistance." That is to say: let them starve.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
RFID: Sign of the (End) Times?
Katherine Albrecht is on a mission from God. "My goal as a Christian (is) to sound the alarm." If the VeriChip becomes a common payment device similar to the "contactless" payment system in the Exxon Mobil Speedpass, all who wish to buy and sell goods will be compelled "to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads," as it says in Revelation.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Movie Review 'Dave Chappelle's Block Party': A Comedian's Ultimate Goal: Rock the Block
In "Dave Chappelle's Block Party," The nominal idea, the comic explains on camera, was "the concert I've always wanted to see." The result, which ping-pongs between Brooklyn and Mr. Chappelle's hometown in Ohio, is a tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul.
HUMOR?:
Tom Toles
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Another Angle 2 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Ports deal will close by Monday
"My understanding is that the deal will not close today," Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt told a Senate panel. "Although they had announced March 2 as the closing date ... that deal will not now close until tomorrow or Monday."
*U.S. Reviewing Second Dubai-Based Company
DeWine Billed For Bush Visit
The president appeared at a home in Indian Hill for a DeWine campaign fund raiser that collected more than $1 million. Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis has sent DeWine a bill for $7,400 for the president's security. But the DeWine campaign says it doesn't have to pay, so it won't.
The Ohio Vote Debacle
It turns out, we missed more than a few of the dirty tricks Karl Rove, Ken Blackwell and their GOP used to get themselves four more years.
*Social Security info on Blackwell Web site
Quietly, U.S. buys $38m in depleted uranium shells...
The U.S. Army quietly placed an order for $38 million in depleted uranium rounds last week, bringing the total order from a West-Virginia based company to $77 million for fiscal year 2006.
Alito to Christian right: I'll remember you
US Has Been Preparing to Turn America Into a Military Dictatorship
Under the heading of "civil disturbance planning", the U.S. military is training troops and police to suppress democratic opposition in America. The master plan, Department of Defense Civil Disturbance Plan 55-2, is code-named, "Operation Garden Plot". Originated in 1968, the "operational plan" has been updated over the last three decades, most recently in 1991. The plan was activated during the Los Angeles "riots" of 1992, and more than likely during the recent anti-WTO "Battle in Seattle."
*Concentration Camps in America - Are They For You?
*10-Year U.S. Strategic Plan For Detention Camps Revives Proposals From Oliver North
FOIA Request Form
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), anyone has the right to request information from the government. Last strengthened by Congress in response to the Watergate scandal, FOIA gives citizens a way to demand transparency from the Administration -- and take the government to court if necessary.
No Cinderella Story, No Ball, No Black Debutante
Like so many other aspects of New Orleans, Mardi Gras has long been rigidly polarized along racial lines, with its black and white adherents celebrating equally enthusiastically but almost totally separately in krewes, which are private, nonprofit clubs.
Memories of the Movies in Segregated America
Writer and filmmaker S. Pearl Sharp offers an audio essay about the black movie going experience during the days of segregated American cinema.
INTERNATIONAL:
At 75, Gorbachev laments US 'arrogance'
"Ending the Cold War was given as a gift" to the United States, but it only strengthened its arrogance and unilateralism, he said. "The winner's complex is worse than an inferiority complex, because it's harder to cure."
Carjacking: the everyday ordeal
Acclaimed as a masterpiece by many critics, the film's success has beamed international attention on to a form of armed robbery which evokes particular dread.
IRAQ:
Saddam admits link to killings
Saddam Hussein admitted yesterday that he ordered the trial of Shia villagers who were executed, and decreed the destruction of their farmlands, following an assassination attempt against him in Dujail in 1982. The former Iraqi dictator insisted his actions as the then Iraqi president did not constitute a crime, but it was the first time he had acknowledged a direct personal link to the events in Dujail.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush was warned about Katrina
The AP has just released video and an article proving that Bush's advisers were desperately concerned about potential damage from Hurricane Katrina, and that they warned him repeatedly.
*VIDEO Bush, Chertoff Warned before Katrina
*VIDEO: Nagin Responds
*How did the Washington Post miss the levees in their new story about the Katrina video?
Abramoff credit card paid for DeLay trip
The paper trail seems so obvious, it makes you wonder whether anyone ever worried about getting caught. When Congressman Tom Delay and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland, in June, 2000, the first class air fare cost $14,001. A big ticket item for a public servant.
Dubai funds Neil Bush’s company
As investigative reporters start digging to “follow the money” in what is becoming known as the “Dubai Debacle,” Neil Bush is certain to find center stage once again in what well could be also dubbed the coming “Neil-gate” controversy.
Bush, an Opponent of Raising Taxes, Proposes $47 Bln in Fees
Molly Ivins: Level of Bush administration incompetence is truly chilling
But when you look at the details of what incompetence means, it becomes both chilling and really, really expensive. You may recall Bunnatine Greenhouse, a senior civilian contracting official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who said the Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) contract was "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career." (Greenhouse was later demoted for her honesty.)
How Bush has stayed away from soldiers' funerals
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone."He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
ECONOMY:
FT.com / World / Americas - Data trigger long dollar sell-off
Dollar/euro volatility has fallen to multi-year lows in recent weeks as modestly upbeat data in both trading blocs have reinforced expectations for further tightening in both jurisdictions.
OP-ED:
Andy Young - The Shameless Son
http://www.blackcommentator.com/173/173_cover_andy_young.html
We should never give up on our people. Each venue is another opportunity to correct ourselves. Let us take up the challenge. Raw and blatant betrayal cannot be tolerated, and it is up to us to make it extremely uncomfortable for the betrayers. They cannot sit among us, much less in elevated positions.
The Most Dangerous Days
We as a nation are being led by a man - and an administration - that perceive reality through a prism of triumphalism, that refuses to see the truth of things, that avoids hard facts the way a cat avoids water. If any further proof of this is needed, look no further than the Tuesday interview of Mr. Bush on CNN. "I know the American people want somebody to stand on principle," said Bush, "make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow, and I strongly believe we're doing that. And I enjoy it. It's a fantastic opportunity." He is enjoying this fantastic opportunity. 'Nuff said.
Mahatma Bush: Norman Solomon
Gandhi's enthusiasm for nonviolence is nearly matched by Bush's enthusiasm for violence. The commander in chief regularly proclaims his misty-eyed pride in U.S. military actions that destroy countless human lives with massive and continual techno-violence. But the Bushian isn't quite 180 degrees from the Gandhian. The president of the United States is not exactly committed to violence; what he wants is an end to resistance.
FOOD&DRINK:
HASHBROWN PIZZA
This quick hearty dish is a crowd pleaser and great for the busy family.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
The Murder of George Jackson: an Interview with His Lawyer, Stephen Bingham
Jackson, author of the widely read prison memoir Soledad Brother, had been thrown in jail for a petty robbery, and became a revolutionary behind bars. He was murdered in August 1971 by guards at San Quentin prison in an alleged "escape attempt."
Remembering Singer Nina Simone
The recent reissue of her album, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, prompted commentator Mark Anthony Neal to consider how her songs inspired a generation.
HUMOR?:
Fiore: The Thriving Business of Long War Inc.
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Ports deal will close by Monday
"My understanding is that the deal will not close today," Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt told a Senate panel. "Although they had announced March 2 as the closing date ... that deal will not now close until tomorrow or Monday."
*U.S. Reviewing Second Dubai-Based Company
DeWine Billed For Bush Visit
The president appeared at a home in Indian Hill for a DeWine campaign fund raiser that collected more than $1 million. Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis has sent DeWine a bill for $7,400 for the president's security. But the DeWine campaign says it doesn't have to pay, so it won't.
The Ohio Vote Debacle
It turns out, we missed more than a few of the dirty tricks Karl Rove, Ken Blackwell and their GOP used to get themselves four more years.
*Social Security info on Blackwell Web site
Quietly, U.S. buys $38m in depleted uranium shells...
The U.S. Army quietly placed an order for $38 million in depleted uranium rounds last week, bringing the total order from a West-Virginia based company to $77 million for fiscal year 2006.
Alito to Christian right: I'll remember you
US Has Been Preparing to Turn America Into a Military Dictatorship
Under the heading of "civil disturbance planning", the U.S. military is training troops and police to suppress democratic opposition in America. The master plan, Department of Defense Civil Disturbance Plan 55-2, is code-named, "Operation Garden Plot". Originated in 1968, the "operational plan" has been updated over the last three decades, most recently in 1991. The plan was activated during the Los Angeles "riots" of 1992, and more than likely during the recent anti-WTO "Battle in Seattle."
*Concentration Camps in America - Are They For You?
*10-Year U.S. Strategic Plan For Detention Camps Revives Proposals From Oliver North
FOIA Request Form
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), anyone has the right to request information from the government. Last strengthened by Congress in response to the Watergate scandal, FOIA gives citizens a way to demand transparency from the Administration -- and take the government to court if necessary.
No Cinderella Story, No Ball, No Black Debutante
Like so many other aspects of New Orleans, Mardi Gras has long been rigidly polarized along racial lines, with its black and white adherents celebrating equally enthusiastically but almost totally separately in krewes, which are private, nonprofit clubs.
Memories of the Movies in Segregated America
Writer and filmmaker S. Pearl Sharp offers an audio essay about the black movie going experience during the days of segregated American cinema.
INTERNATIONAL:
At 75, Gorbachev laments US 'arrogance'
"Ending the Cold War was given as a gift" to the United States, but it only strengthened its arrogance and unilateralism, he said. "The winner's complex is worse than an inferiority complex, because it's harder to cure."
Carjacking: the everyday ordeal
Acclaimed as a masterpiece by many critics, the film's success has beamed international attention on to a form of armed robbery which evokes particular dread.
IRAQ:
Saddam admits link to killings
Saddam Hussein admitted yesterday that he ordered the trial of Shia villagers who were executed, and decreed the destruction of their farmlands, following an assassination attempt against him in Dujail in 1982. The former Iraqi dictator insisted his actions as the then Iraqi president did not constitute a crime, but it was the first time he had acknowledged a direct personal link to the events in Dujail.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush was warned about Katrina
The AP has just released video and an article proving that Bush's advisers were desperately concerned about potential damage from Hurricane Katrina, and that they warned him repeatedly.
*VIDEO Bush, Chertoff Warned before Katrina
*VIDEO: Nagin Responds
*How did the Washington Post miss the levees in their new story about the Katrina video?
Abramoff credit card paid for DeLay trip
The paper trail seems so obvious, it makes you wonder whether anyone ever worried about getting caught. When Congressman Tom Delay and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland, in June, 2000, the first class air fare cost $14,001. A big ticket item for a public servant.
Dubai funds Neil Bush’s company
As investigative reporters start digging to “follow the money” in what is becoming known as the “Dubai Debacle,” Neil Bush is certain to find center stage once again in what well could be also dubbed the coming “Neil-gate” controversy.
Bush, an Opponent of Raising Taxes, Proposes $47 Bln in Fees
Molly Ivins: Level of Bush administration incompetence is truly chilling
But when you look at the details of what incompetence means, it becomes both chilling and really, really expensive. You may recall Bunnatine Greenhouse, a senior civilian contracting official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who said the Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) contract was "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career." (Greenhouse was later demoted for her honesty.)
How Bush has stayed away from soldiers' funerals
Nadia McCaffrey's son Patrick, 34, a member of the Californian National Guard, was killed during an ambush in Iraq in June 2004. She said she had not expected Mr Bush to attend her son's funeral in person but thought the government would send someone."He was my only child, but it was not only that. Patrick did not want anything from the military. He joined up out of patriotism. I would have thought that... somebody could have come. Nobody showed up."
ECONOMY:
FT.com / World / Americas - Data trigger long dollar sell-off
Dollar/euro volatility has fallen to multi-year lows in recent weeks as modestly upbeat data in both trading blocs have reinforced expectations for further tightening in both jurisdictions.
OP-ED:
Andy Young - The Shameless Son
http://www.blackcommentator.com/173/173_cover_andy_young.html
We should never give up on our people. Each venue is another opportunity to correct ourselves. Let us take up the challenge. Raw and blatant betrayal cannot be tolerated, and it is up to us to make it extremely uncomfortable for the betrayers. They cannot sit among us, much less in elevated positions.
The Most Dangerous Days
We as a nation are being led by a man - and an administration - that perceive reality through a prism of triumphalism, that refuses to see the truth of things, that avoids hard facts the way a cat avoids water. If any further proof of this is needed, look no further than the Tuesday interview of Mr. Bush on CNN. "I know the American people want somebody to stand on principle," said Bush, "make decisions and stand by them and lead this world toward a more peaceful tomorrow, and I strongly believe we're doing that. And I enjoy it. It's a fantastic opportunity." He is enjoying this fantastic opportunity. 'Nuff said.
Mahatma Bush: Norman Solomon
Gandhi's enthusiasm for nonviolence is nearly matched by Bush's enthusiasm for violence. The commander in chief regularly proclaims his misty-eyed pride in U.S. military actions that destroy countless human lives with massive and continual techno-violence. But the Bushian isn't quite 180 degrees from the Gandhian. The president of the United States is not exactly committed to violence; what he wants is an end to resistance.
FOOD&DRINK:
HASHBROWN PIZZA
This quick hearty dish is a crowd pleaser and great for the busy family.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
The Murder of George Jackson: an Interview with His Lawyer, Stephen Bingham
Jackson, author of the widely read prison memoir Soledad Brother, had been thrown in jail for a petty robbery, and became a revolutionary behind bars. He was murdered in August 1971 by guards at San Quentin prison in an alleged "escape attempt."
Remembering Singer Nina Simone
The recent reissue of her album, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, prompted commentator Mark Anthony Neal to consider how her songs inspired a generation.
HUMOR?:
Fiore: The Thriving Business of Long War Inc.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Another Angle 1 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Conyers: Patriot Act renewal 'dangerous'
Congressman John Conyers Jr. (Democrat - MI) released the following statement calling the bill calling for reauthorization of the Patriot Act "dangerous" because it makes it harder for recipients to challenge gag-orders, and complaining about the lack of debates or hearings leading up to the vote.
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with Radio Frequency Identification
"We may be standing on the brink of that terrifying world if global corporations and government agencies have their way. It's the world that Wal-Mart, Target, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Kraft, IBM, and even the United States Postal Service want to usher in within the next ten years.
The Soldiers Speak. Will President Bush Listen?
One more bit of evidence that our grim stay-the-course policy in Iraq has failed. Even the American troops on the ground don't buy into it ? and having administration officials pontificate from the safety of Washington about the need for ordinary soldiers to stay the course further erodes military morale.
*The Troops Want to End Iraq Occupation in 2006
*Poll: U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006
Senator Feinstein's War-Profiteering
The Democrats aren’t just letting the Republicans get away with murder, however, some of them are also reaping the benefits of the Bush wars. We constantly hear about Dick Cheney’s ties to Halliburton and how his ex-company is making bundles off US contracts in Iraq. But what we don’t hear about is how Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and her husband are also making tons of money off the “war on terror”.
Connecting John Snow, David Sanborn, the Carlyle Group, CSX, and ...
It just gets weirder and weirder.
*US Coast Guard warned about ports
*Dubai Does Brisk War Business
*Dubai Port Company Official Tells Senate Boycott Of Israel Is True...
U.S. plan to divide Iran
Marines produce road map to ethnic strife Washington bankrolls separatist groups
Storm's Missing: Lives Not Lost but Disconnected
"We get some calls that say, 'I just thought about my fiancé is missing,' " said Lenora Green, shaking her head in a mixture of sympathy and disbelief. "It's like they just click back into reality because of the shock they're going through."
*The 'New Orleans Stare' - Mental Health Needs of Blacks Acute ...after katrina
*Fat Tuesday for Disaster Profiteers
Historic pictures of civil rights struggle published
The photos had been in a box marked: "Keep. Do Not Sell." At the time they were taken, the newspaper did not want to draw attention to the racial discord of the 1950s and 60s, photographers from the period said. "The editors thought if you didn't publish it, much of this would go away," said Ed Jones, 81, a photographer at the News from 1942 to 1987.
Plan To Name Street After Black Panther Blasted
A police union official is criticizing a Chicago proposal to rename a street after a slain Black Panther leader who once advocated violence against police officers. The City Council's transportation committee approved an ordinance yesterday to rename a one-block section of Monroe Street on the city's West Side after former Panther Fred Hampton. Hampton was gunned down by police in a controversial raid at his Chicago apartment in 1969.
Court Blocks DOD's New Rules for Workers
"Taken as a whole, the design of these regulations appears to rest on the mistaken premise that Congress intended flexibility to trump collective bargaining rights," wrote Sullivan, who noted that the new regulations "entirely eviscerate collective bargaining."
Reichstag Fire Anniversary: A Precedent ?
A small group of sociopaths, seeking world domination, set fire to a nationally symbolic building and blamed it on a group of misguided idealists, thereby inculcating a sense of fear into the nation and enabling the perpetrators to gain total control of the nation.
Sound familiar ?
Appointee with ties to Farrakhan won't quit
"Why should I step down? What have I done? That's a foolish question," Claudette Marie Johnson said when asked whether she intends to remain a member of the governor's Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes. "If you were appointed by the governor, would you step down?" A group of Jewish, gay and conservative lawmakers plan today to call on Johnson, also known as Sister Claudette Muhammad, to publicly repudiate Farrakhan's statements or step down from the governor's panel.
Smithsonian's Doors Open to a Hip-Hop Beat
Grandmaster Flash gave his prized Technics turntable. Ice-T offered vintage tour T-shirts and rare CD's. Afrika Bambaataa gave a trove of jackets, caps and jewelry in his trademark Afrocentric style. All will go to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, where they will reside alongside the flag that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the Woolworth's lunch counter from Greensboro, N.C., where four black students sat for civil rights in 1960.
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Slave revolts, the Underground Railroad and the Baptist Church: The rise and fall of the Black Hockey League
Black life was not always so constrained in Canada. Even though historians downplay Canada’s own sordid attempts at slavery, slavery did indeed exist there, though it was never economically as viable as it was in the more Southern colonies. During the American revolution, thousands of formerly enslaved Blacks and freedmen fought on the side of the British loyalists, many in the Ethiopian Regiments and the Black Rangers, because they saw their struggle (rightly so as it turned out) as a fight against slavery.
More know Simpsons than Constitution
Pathetic!
The bulk of yesterday's EU-agreed aid package will go on direct humanitarian aid paid through the UN and other agencies. But the EU will also release $21m for salaries which had been frozen in a World Bank Trust fund - providing this is spent before the new Palestinian government is formed.
*Palestinians face financial collapse
Apartheid's founding party draws last breath
The successor to the party that introduced apartheid and enforced racist segregation for 46 years took a mere 2 per cent of the vote against the ANC's two-thirds majority. Finally, in August 2004 the NNP's national executive took a unanimous decision to dissolve the party.
"Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border"
Arab gunmen from Darfur have pushed across the desert and entered Chad, stealing cattle, burning crops and killing anyone who resists. The lawlessness has driven at least 20,000 Chadians from their homes, making them refugees in their own country.
*Chad's Oil Riches, Meant For Poor, Are Diverted
IRAQ:
Violence threatens Iraq drawdown
Imagine that!
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Jeb Bush Asked to Explain Cruise Ship Deal
In a letter, Rep. Henry Waxman of California called on Bush to explain his role in the award of the "lucrative contract," which was given to the Florida-based company without a full competitive bid process. The e-mails Waxman released were provided to Congress by Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Secret Service at Booker Elementary: The Dog That Did Not Bark
Okay, let's have a look at how the Secret Service reacted when President Bush was informed by Andrew Card that America was under attack
*Get Over It, America: Osama bin Laden Didn't Do 9/11!
ECONOMY:
FT.com / Markets / Capital markets - Fed in call for 'stand-by' Treasuries bank
The US Federal Reserve has asked Wall Street dealers to develop a "stand-by" bank that would step in if one of the two leading Treasuries clearing banks encountered problems. The Fed and the US Treasury depend on the Treasuries securities market to implement monetary policy and fund the US government. But the market, in which $545bn is traded daily, depends on two banks, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York, to clear its trades. This situation concerns regulators.
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Global Credit Ocean Dries Up
"The carry trade has pervaded every single instrument imaginable, credit spreads, bond spreads: everything is poisoned," said David Bloom, currency analyst at HSBC.
"It's going to come to an end later this year and it's going to be ugly, even if we haven't reached the shake-out just yet. History tells us that carry trades end when central bank tightening cycles begin." Ominously, almost every bank other than the Bank of England is now tightening in unison.
OP-ED:
Behind The Curtain No Longer
Six months ago to this day, Hurricane Katrina not only flooded a city and flattened a coast. She also blew away the thick curtain our nation had drawn across our most poor. “Pay no attention to the poor behind the curtain!” those controlling the levers in Washington have since been saying, as they desperately try to distract us with more smoke and loud noises. But it is too late; Katrina exposed our poor for all the world to see.
Twilight of the Hegemony
Bush's ill-fated invasion of Iraq has set in motion forces beyond his control. By invading Afghanistan and Iraq and by threatening Syria and Iran, Bush has taught Muslims everywhere that they owe their humiliation to the Western controlled secular governments that suppress their aspirations. When Bush attacks Iran, the US army will be caught between the Iraqi Shia and the Iranian Shia and will be decimated in fourth generation conflict, so aptly described in CounterPunch a few days ago by William S. Lind.
Thom Hartmann: When Americans No Longer Own America
Through a combination of the "Fast Track" authority pushed for by Reagan and GHW Bush, sweetheart trade deals involving "most favored nation status" for dictatorships like China, and Clinton pushing us into NAFTA and the WTO (via GATT), we've abandoned the principles of tariff-based trade that built American industry and kept us strong for over 200 years.
Bob Herbert : Ike Saw It Coming
The military-industrial complex has become so pervasive that it is now all but invisible. Its missions and priorities are poorly understood by most Americans, and frequently counter to their interests.
Bush in Pakistan
As I left my office this evening I saw with apprehension three sinister dark helicopter gunships patrolling low over Islamabad. I wondered who they were protecting. Then I realised that a murderer, in fact a mass murderer, will be in town tomorrow. But the helicopters were not there to protect the people of Islamabad from this murderer but they were there to protect the murderer from the wrath of the people of the world.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
'Project SERPO' story gets more credible?
Is it a hoax and fiction? Is it a disinformation psychological operation (PSYOP) of some kind? Is it part of an acclimation program to further educate and prepare Americans and the international population for the reality of extraterrestrial visitation and activities on Earth? Or, is it something else or some combination of things?
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Conyers: Patriot Act renewal 'dangerous'
Congressman John Conyers Jr. (Democrat - MI) released the following statement calling the bill calling for reauthorization of the Patriot Act "dangerous" because it makes it harder for recipients to challenge gag-orders, and complaining about the lack of debates or hearings leading up to the vote.
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with Radio Frequency Identification
"We may be standing on the brink of that terrifying world if global corporations and government agencies have their way. It's the world that Wal-Mart, Target, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Kraft, IBM, and even the United States Postal Service want to usher in within the next ten years.
The Soldiers Speak. Will President Bush Listen?
One more bit of evidence that our grim stay-the-course policy in Iraq has failed. Even the American troops on the ground don't buy into it ? and having administration officials pontificate from the safety of Washington about the need for ordinary soldiers to stay the course further erodes military morale.
*The Troops Want to End Iraq Occupation in 2006
*Poll: U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006
Senator Feinstein's War-Profiteering
The Democrats aren’t just letting the Republicans get away with murder, however, some of them are also reaping the benefits of the Bush wars. We constantly hear about Dick Cheney’s ties to Halliburton and how his ex-company is making bundles off US contracts in Iraq. But what we don’t hear about is how Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and her husband are also making tons of money off the “war on terror”.
Connecting John Snow, David Sanborn, the Carlyle Group, CSX, and ...
It just gets weirder and weirder.
*US Coast Guard warned about ports
*Dubai Does Brisk War Business
*Dubai Port Company Official Tells Senate Boycott Of Israel Is True...
U.S. plan to divide Iran
Marines produce road map to ethnic strife Washington bankrolls separatist groups
Storm's Missing: Lives Not Lost but Disconnected
"We get some calls that say, 'I just thought about my fiancé is missing,' " said Lenora Green, shaking her head in a mixture of sympathy and disbelief. "It's like they just click back into reality because of the shock they're going through."
*The 'New Orleans Stare' - Mental Health Needs of Blacks Acute ...after katrina
*Fat Tuesday for Disaster Profiteers
Historic pictures of civil rights struggle published
The photos had been in a box marked: "Keep. Do Not Sell." At the time they were taken, the newspaper did not want to draw attention to the racial discord of the 1950s and 60s, photographers from the period said. "The editors thought if you didn't publish it, much of this would go away," said Ed Jones, 81, a photographer at the News from 1942 to 1987.
Plan To Name Street After Black Panther Blasted
A police union official is criticizing a Chicago proposal to rename a street after a slain Black Panther leader who once advocated violence against police officers. The City Council's transportation committee approved an ordinance yesterday to rename a one-block section of Monroe Street on the city's West Side after former Panther Fred Hampton. Hampton was gunned down by police in a controversial raid at his Chicago apartment in 1969.
Court Blocks DOD's New Rules for Workers
"Taken as a whole, the design of these regulations appears to rest on the mistaken premise that Congress intended flexibility to trump collective bargaining rights," wrote Sullivan, who noted that the new regulations "entirely eviscerate collective bargaining."
Reichstag Fire Anniversary: A Precedent ?
A small group of sociopaths, seeking world domination, set fire to a nationally symbolic building and blamed it on a group of misguided idealists, thereby inculcating a sense of fear into the nation and enabling the perpetrators to gain total control of the nation.
Sound familiar ?
Appointee with ties to Farrakhan won't quit
"Why should I step down? What have I done? That's a foolish question," Claudette Marie Johnson said when asked whether she intends to remain a member of the governor's Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes. "If you were appointed by the governor, would you step down?" A group of Jewish, gay and conservative lawmakers plan today to call on Johnson, also known as Sister Claudette Muhammad, to publicly repudiate Farrakhan's statements or step down from the governor's panel.
Smithsonian's Doors Open to a Hip-Hop Beat
Grandmaster Flash gave his prized Technics turntable. Ice-T offered vintage tour T-shirts and rare CD's. Afrika Bambaataa gave a trove of jackets, caps and jewelry in his trademark Afrocentric style. All will go to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, where they will reside alongside the flag that inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the Woolworth's lunch counter from Greensboro, N.C., where four black students sat for civil rights in 1960.
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Slave revolts, the Underground Railroad and the Baptist Church: The rise and fall of the Black Hockey League
Black life was not always so constrained in Canada. Even though historians downplay Canada’s own sordid attempts at slavery, slavery did indeed exist there, though it was never economically as viable as it was in the more Southern colonies. During the American revolution, thousands of formerly enslaved Blacks and freedmen fought on the side of the British loyalists, many in the Ethiopian Regiments and the Black Rangers, because they saw their struggle (rightly so as it turned out) as a fight against slavery.
More know Simpsons than Constitution
Pathetic!
INTERNATIONAL:
Campaign against Bush visit gains momentum
"We emphatically oppose the forthcoming visit... President Bush is the topmost official of U.S. imperialism, leading enemy of the sovereignty of nations and the peoples of the world today. He is the leader of the imperialist quest at neo-colonial world domination. He is certainly not welcome in India... "
*Open Letter to President Bush on His Visit to India
*Bush Should Not Visit Gandhi Memorial, Says Peaceniks
*Why India Should Choose Iran, Not the US
*Arundhati Roy: Baby Bush go home
Israel angered as Europe aids Palestine
The bulk of yesterday's EU-agreed aid package will go on direct humanitarian aid paid through the UN and other agencies. But the EU will also release $21m for salaries which had been frozen in a World Bank Trust fund - providing this is spent before the new Palestinian government is formed.
*Palestinians face financial collapse
Apartheid's founding party draws last breath
The successor to the party that introduced apartheid and enforced racist segregation for 46 years took a mere 2 per cent of the vote against the ANC's two-thirds majority. Finally, in August 2004 the NNP's national executive took a unanimous decision to dissolve the party.
"Refugee Crisis Grows as Darfur War Crosses a Border"
Arab gunmen from Darfur have pushed across the desert and entered Chad, stealing cattle, burning crops and killing anyone who resists. The lawlessness has driven at least 20,000 Chadians from their homes, making them refugees in their own country.
*Chad's Oil Riches, Meant For Poor, Are Diverted
IRAQ:
Violence threatens Iraq drawdown
Imagine that!
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Jeb Bush Asked to Explain Cruise Ship Deal
In a letter, Rep. Henry Waxman of California called on Bush to explain his role in the award of the "lucrative contract," which was given to the Florida-based company without a full competitive bid process. The e-mails Waxman released were provided to Congress by Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Secret Service at Booker Elementary: The Dog That Did Not Bark
Okay, let's have a look at how the Secret Service reacted when President Bush was informed by Andrew Card that America was under attack
*Get Over It, America: Osama bin Laden Didn't Do 9/11!
ECONOMY:
FT.com / Markets / Capital markets - Fed in call for 'stand-by' Treasuries bank
The US Federal Reserve has asked Wall Street dealers to develop a "stand-by" bank that would step in if one of the two leading Treasuries clearing banks encountered problems. The Fed and the US Treasury depend on the Treasuries securities market to implement monetary policy and fund the US government. But the market, in which $545bn is traded daily, depends on two banks, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York, to clear its trades. This situation concerns regulators.
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Global Credit Ocean Dries Up
"The carry trade has pervaded every single instrument imaginable, credit spreads, bond spreads: everything is poisoned," said David Bloom, currency analyst at HSBC.
"It's going to come to an end later this year and it's going to be ugly, even if we haven't reached the shake-out just yet. History tells us that carry trades end when central bank tightening cycles begin." Ominously, almost every bank other than the Bank of England is now tightening in unison.
OP-ED:
Behind The Curtain No Longer
Six months ago to this day, Hurricane Katrina not only flooded a city and flattened a coast. She also blew away the thick curtain our nation had drawn across our most poor. “Pay no attention to the poor behind the curtain!” those controlling the levers in Washington have since been saying, as they desperately try to distract us with more smoke and loud noises. But it is too late; Katrina exposed our poor for all the world to see.
Twilight of the Hegemony
Bush's ill-fated invasion of Iraq has set in motion forces beyond his control. By invading Afghanistan and Iraq and by threatening Syria and Iran, Bush has taught Muslims everywhere that they owe their humiliation to the Western controlled secular governments that suppress their aspirations. When Bush attacks Iran, the US army will be caught between the Iraqi Shia and the Iranian Shia and will be decimated in fourth generation conflict, so aptly described in CounterPunch a few days ago by William S. Lind.
Thom Hartmann: When Americans No Longer Own America
Through a combination of the "Fast Track" authority pushed for by Reagan and GHW Bush, sweetheart trade deals involving "most favored nation status" for dictatorships like China, and Clinton pushing us into NAFTA and the WTO (via GATT), we've abandoned the principles of tariff-based trade that built American industry and kept us strong for over 200 years.
Bob Herbert : Ike Saw It Coming
The military-industrial complex has become so pervasive that it is now all but invisible. Its missions and priorities are poorly understood by most Americans, and frequently counter to their interests.
Bush in Pakistan
As I left my office this evening I saw with apprehension three sinister dark helicopter gunships patrolling low over Islamabad. I wondered who they were protecting. Then I realised that a murderer, in fact a mass murderer, will be in town tomorrow. But the helicopters were not there to protect the people of Islamabad from this murderer but they were there to protect the murderer from the wrath of the people of the world.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
'Project SERPO' story gets more credible?
Is it a hoax and fiction? Is it a disinformation psychological operation (PSYOP) of some kind? Is it part of an acclimation program to further educate and prepare Americans and the international population for the reality of extraterrestrial visitation and activities on Earth? Or, is it something else or some combination of things?
FOOD&DRINK:
Sticky Rice
Sticky rice is the main event at the northern Thai table. Small bites of each dish are put on the diner's plate, then a walnut-size amount of rice is formed into a ball with your fingers and used to pick up a chunk of meat or vegetable.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Roundtable: Black Authors in Spotlight
Black authors are enjoying increasing book sales and greater attention. Farai Chideya hosts a roundtable on the past, present and future of black literature. Guests include author DeWitt Gilmore, who writes under the name Relentless; Malaika Adero, senior editor for Atria Books; and Nick Chiles, editor-in-chief of travel magazine Odyssey Couleur.
HUMOR?:
'Boondocks' Comic Strip Going on Hiatus
This Modern World
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