ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
SYRIA READIES ARMY TO JOIN FIGHTING
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
"We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, readiness and preparedness," Assad said. "The barbaric war of annihilation the Israeli aggression is waging on our people in Lebanon and Palestine is increasing in ferocity," Assad said in a written address on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army.
NATIONAL:
US prepares to leave South Korea
The coming pullout of US troops will be the culmination of a gradual slide that started after the end of the Korean War. When the shooting stopped 53 years ago this month, the US had 326,800 troops in South Korea. By 1960, that had dropped to 55,800. It fell again, to 52,000, when more soldiers were needed in the Vietnam War.
INTERNATIONAL:
Cana/Kana of Galilee - First Water to Wine and Now Children to Dust
Jeus is said to have changed common water into very good wine at a marriage supper in Cana of Galilee. It is the Cana/Kana were recently an Israeli killed over fifty rather innocent people, including 32 totally innocent children. It seems that the place were water was turned into wine, the wine has now been turned into blood.
CNN anchor takes Israeli spokeswoman to task
Pictures From Qana
Israel bombs southern Lebanon just hours after promising halt
IRAQ:
Iraqi Cleric Demands Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Sunday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, warning the Muslim world will "not forgive'' nations that stand in the way of stopping the fighting. "Islamic nations will not forgive the entities that hinder a cease-fire,'' al-Sistani said, in a clear reference to the United States.
Frank Rich : The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq
The specter of defeat is not the only reason Americans have switched off Iraq. The larger issue is that we don't know what we - or, more specifically, 135,000 brave and vulnerable American troops - are fighting for.
ECONOMY:
Venezuela: Oil could hit $100
"For us to have the same amount of revenues that we had in 1970, '74, you'd have to put the oil price close to $100 a barrel. They could reach that given certain factors."
OP-ED:
America Transforms the Middle East, But Not As Envisioned
Who's sorry now? Washington was poised to take full credit for the realization of its transformative fantasy in the Middle East. Can Washington accept responsibility for the transformative catastrophe that its new strategic doctrine is even now bringing about?
The Black Hair Care Tragicomedy
An investigative documentary has been produced about the industry, obviously shocking Black people once again, maybe some of us will resolve to do something to reclaim at least a portion of that vertical market. After all, the last time I checked, no one is using Black hair care products except Black folks.
How low will you go, Joe
He liked helping black people when they were to be pitied, but when they had the same rights as whites, Lieberman walked away. I wonder how many black people are on his staff? After all, he had to hire an "expert" on urban voting to run his campaign. He hasn't had one living black politician of note campaign for him.
FOOD&DRINK:
Keeping Cool: Salads Stay Composed
Like Caribbean tourism and ski shops, cooking slows down in summer. For many of us, the only tolerable cooking heat comes from a barbecue grill, and we turn to meals that are light, healthful and easy to assemble. This is when composed salads save the day.
OXTAIL STEW WITH TOMATOES AND BACON
Braising brings out the best in oxtails, the star of this long-simmered stew. *
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Jazzy Look at Prince's Dirty Side
Many jazz artists have mined Prince's songbook, but few explore the seedier side of his repertoire. Leave it to slide trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein to offer a jazz take on "Darling Nikki," the infamous '80s track about a woman who, among other things, pleasures herself in a hotel lobby.
HUMOR?:
Fiore: Meet Knuckles: Coming to a Secret Prison Near You!
Monday, July 31, 2006
Another Angle 31 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
SYRIA READIES ARMY TO JOIN FIGHTING
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
"We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, readiness and preparedness," Assad said. "The barbaric war of annihilation the Israeli aggression is waging on our people in Lebanon and Palestine is increasing in ferocity," Assad said in a written address on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army.
NATIONAL:
US prepares to leave South Korea
The coming pullout of US troops will be the culmination of a gradual slide that started after the end of the Korean War. When the shooting stopped 53 years ago this month, the US had 326,800 troops in South Korea. By 1960, that had dropped to 55,800. It fell again, to 52,000, when more soldiers were needed in the Vietnam War.
INTERNATIONAL:
Cana/Kana of Galilee - First Water to Wine and Now Children to Dust
Jeus is said to have changed common water into very good wine at a marriage supper in Cana of Galilee. It is the Cana/Kana were recently an Israeli killed over fifty rather innocent people, including 32 totally innocent children. It seems that the place were water was turned into wine, the wine has now been turned into blood.
CNN anchor takes Israeli spokeswoman to task
Pictures From Qana
Israel bombs southern Lebanon just hours after promising halt
IRAQ:
Iraqi Cleric Demands Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Sunday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, warning the Muslim world will "not forgive'' nations that stand in the way of stopping the fighting. "Islamic nations will not forgive the entities that hinder a cease-fire,'' al-Sistani said, in a clear reference to the United States.
Frank Rich : The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq
The specter of defeat is not the only reason Americans have switched off Iraq. The larger issue is that we don't know what we - or, more specifically, 135,000 brave and vulnerable American troops - are fighting for.
ECONOMY:
Venezuela: Oil could hit $100
"For us to have the same amount of revenues that we had in 1970, '74, you'd have to put the oil price close to $100 a barrel. They could reach that given certain factors."
OP-ED:
America Transforms the Middle East, But Not As Envisioned
Who's sorry now? Washington was poised to take full credit for the realization of its transformative fantasy in the Middle East. Can Washington accept responsibility for the transformative catastrophe that its new strategic doctrine is even now bringing about?
The Black Hair Care Tragicomedy
An investigative documentary has been produced about the industry, obviously shocking Black people once again, maybe some of us will resolve to do something to reclaim at least a portion of that vertical market. After all, the last time I checked, no one is using Black hair care products except Black folks.
How low will you go, Joe
He liked helping black people when they were to be pitied, but when they had the same rights as whites, Lieberman walked away. I wonder how many black people are on his staff? After all, he had to hire an "expert" on urban voting to run his campaign. He hasn't had one living black politician of note campaign for him.
FOOD&DRINK:
Keeping Cool: Salads Stay Composed
Like Caribbean tourism and ski shops, cooking slows down in summer. For many of us, the only tolerable cooking heat comes from a barbecue grill, and we turn to meals that are light, healthful and easy to assemble. This is when composed salads save the day.
OXTAIL STEW WITH TOMATOES AND BACON
Braising brings out the best in oxtails, the star of this long-simmered stew. *
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Jazzy Look at Prince's Dirty Side
Many jazz artists have mined Prince's songbook, but few explore the seedier side of his repertoire. Leave it to slide trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein to offer a jazz take on "Darling Nikki," the infamous '80s track about a woman who, among other things, pleasures herself in a hotel lobby.
HUMOR?:
Fiore: Meet Knuckles: Coming to a Secret Prison Near You!
News others won't tell you
SYRIA READIES ARMY TO JOIN FIGHTING
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
"We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, readiness and preparedness," Assad said. "The barbaric war of annihilation the Israeli aggression is waging on our people in Lebanon and Palestine is increasing in ferocity," Assad said in a written address on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army.
NATIONAL:
US prepares to leave South Korea
The coming pullout of US troops will be the culmination of a gradual slide that started after the end of the Korean War. When the shooting stopped 53 years ago this month, the US had 326,800 troops in South Korea. By 1960, that had dropped to 55,800. It fell again, to 52,000, when more soldiers were needed in the Vietnam War.
INTERNATIONAL:
Cana/Kana of Galilee - First Water to Wine and Now Children to Dust
Jeus is said to have changed common water into very good wine at a marriage supper in Cana of Galilee. It is the Cana/Kana were recently an Israeli killed over fifty rather innocent people, including 32 totally innocent children. It seems that the place were water was turned into wine, the wine has now been turned into blood.
CNN anchor takes Israeli spokeswoman to task
Pictures From Qana
Israel bombs southern Lebanon just hours after promising halt
IRAQ:
Iraqi Cleric Demands Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Sunday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, warning the Muslim world will "not forgive'' nations that stand in the way of stopping the fighting. "Islamic nations will not forgive the entities that hinder a cease-fire,'' al-Sistani said, in a clear reference to the United States.
Frank Rich : The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq
The specter of defeat is not the only reason Americans have switched off Iraq. The larger issue is that we don't know what we - or, more specifically, 135,000 brave and vulnerable American troops - are fighting for.
ECONOMY:
Venezuela: Oil could hit $100
"For us to have the same amount of revenues that we had in 1970, '74, you'd have to put the oil price close to $100 a barrel. They could reach that given certain factors."
OP-ED:
America Transforms the Middle East, But Not As Envisioned
Who's sorry now? Washington was poised to take full credit for the realization of its transformative fantasy in the Middle East. Can Washington accept responsibility for the transformative catastrophe that its new strategic doctrine is even now bringing about?
The Black Hair Care Tragicomedy
An investigative documentary has been produced about the industry, obviously shocking Black people once again, maybe some of us will resolve to do something to reclaim at least a portion of that vertical market. After all, the last time I checked, no one is using Black hair care products except Black folks.
How low will you go, Joe
He liked helping black people when they were to be pitied, but when they had the same rights as whites, Lieberman walked away. I wonder how many black people are on his staff? After all, he had to hire an "expert" on urban voting to run his campaign. He hasn't had one living black politician of note campaign for him.
FOOD&DRINK:
Keeping Cool: Salads Stay Composed
Like Caribbean tourism and ski shops, cooking slows down in summer. For many of us, the only tolerable cooking heat comes from a barbecue grill, and we turn to meals that are light, healthful and easy to assemble. This is when composed salads save the day.
OXTAIL STEW WITH TOMATOES AND BACON
Braising brings out the best in oxtails, the star of this long-simmered stew. *
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Jazzy Look at Prince's Dirty Side
Many jazz artists have mined Prince's songbook, but few explore the seedier side of his repertoire. Leave it to slide trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein to offer a jazz take on "Darling Nikki," the infamous '80s track about a woman who, among other things, pleasures herself in a hotel lobby.
HUMOR?:
Fiore: Meet Knuckles: Coming to a Secret Prison Near You!
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Another Angle 23 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
Is Beirut Burning?
Now it is not a secret anymore: this war has been planned for a long time. The military correspondents proudly reported this week that the army has been exercising for this war in all its details for several years. Only a month ago, there was a large war game to rehearse the entrance of land forces into South Lebanon - at a time when both the politicians and the generals were declaring that "we shall never again get into the Lebanon quagmire. We shall never again introduce land forces there." Now we are in the quagmire, and large land forces are operating in the area.
NATIONAL:
Bush politicizes Civil Rights hiring
Several new hires worked for prominent conservatives, including former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr, former attorney general Edwin Meese, Mississippi Senator Trent Lott, and Judge Charles Pickering. At the same time, the kinds of cases the Civil Rights Division is bringing have undergone a shift. The division is bringing fewer voting rights and employment cases involving systematic discrimination against African-Americans, and more alleging reverse discrimination against whites and religious discrimination against Christians.
Dems leading in Ohio Sen., Gov. races
Democrat Ted Strickland has surged to a surprising lead of 20 percentage points in the first Dispatch Poll on Ohio’s Nov. 7 race for governor.
Blacks expelled in '61 finally get diplomas
Many went elsewhere to receive diplomas and later went on to college, but the scars from that day have hovered over the town for four decades.
Clinton bid for solidarity backfires on Harlem blacks
Bill Clinton's decision to site his office in the largely black Manhattan neighbourhood of Harlem, as a gesture of solidarity with African-Americans, appears to have backfired. Dozens of angry blacks demonstrated last week outside the building that houses the former president's staff, claiming that his move had led to the gentrification of the area and increased the price of homes beyond their reach.
An African perspective
The African-American Studies Department is returning to State University College at Cortland after an absence of more than 30 years. The department was originally created in 1971 under the name Black Studies but was dissolved four years later.
Inside America's Private Army
Today's after-lunch lesson: How to break a man's arm with your bare hands. The students pay close attention. On a patch of grass under a powder-blue sky, they pair off to practice the moves - like the steps to some merciless dance: Hold here. Pivot there. Trap arm. Bend. And snap.
Howie Klein: John Mellencamp, Charles Barkley and a Former Vice President/Golfer
Barkley made it clear he's not happy with the job Democrats have done in fighting the Republican madness, but he made it clear that that's his team now. "The Democrats have done a horrible job; a really crappy job... Democrats have wasted the last two years going after this guy and two years from another election, we don't have a frontrunner or a plan." Note the "we;" everyone else did. And when questioned Barkley went right to the point. "I was a Republican until they lost their minds."
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Before Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib were the Black Panthers
Harry Olivieri, Philly Cheesesteak King, Dies
Harry Olivieri, credited with helping invent the Philly cheesesteak sandwich, has died at the age of 90. Olivieri and his older brother, Pat, began making Philadelphia's signature sandwich in 1933. The pair co-founded Pat's King of Steaks, selling the mix of beef and onions that still claims rabid fans. Melissa Block talks with Frank Olivieri, Harry's son, who still runs the family business.
INTERNATIONAL:
ITALIAN COURT DEMANDS CIA EXTRADITIONS
An Italian court has requested the extradition of 26 CIA agents for their alleged role in the abduction of a Egyptian Muslim cleric in 2003, the Repubblica newspaper reported on Friday. The court in Milan, which is leading the investigation, sent an extradition request to the public prosecutor’s office which would then pass it to Justice Minister Clemente Mastella, the daily said. Mastella should then in turn send it to his US counterpart.
Israel to accept EU force in Lebanon
"Israel is ready to see deployment of a force with military capabilities and combat experience made up of troops from European Union countries once its mandate has been fixed," Olmert said during talks with Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the visiting German foreign minister.
Focus turns to US support for Israel's attack on Lebanon
Israel 'presses US on bomb sale'
UN appalled by Beirut devastation
It all started September 11 - not 2001 - but 1922
A chilling documentary of Israeli occupation of Palestine that begins with Balfour's infamous declaration and culminates in a brutal escalation that threatens to plunge the world into darkness.
Somali Islamists and government clash
Government militia seized and set on fire two "technicals" - heavily armed pickup trucks that are Somalia's version of tanks - in fighting in the remote Qoryooley district, an Islamist source said.
Girl's miracle escape from lightning strike
The bolt hit Marina Motygina, 16, from Ekaterinburg in western Russia on the top of her head and seared through her body into the ground.
IRAQ:
Iraqi speaker decries US 'butchery'
"Just get your hands off Iraq and the Iraqi people and Muslim countries, and everything will be all right," the conservative Sunni Islamist said, in a speech opening the conference. "What has been done in Iraq is a kind of butchery of the Iraqi people," he said in a long winded speech that criticized the tactics of the coalition forces as well as US support for Israeli strikes against Lebanon.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush family history shows a dark past unseen by most
As Kevin Phillips recounts in "American Dynasty," the Bush family presents a record of war profiteers who use public office to gain wealth and advantage. Along the way, Bush family business cronies receive political access and legitimacy. One of the most venal characters is Prescott Bush, the president's grandfather.
We're Fucked - And you can thank George Bush.
And the rest of our chickenshit, spineless, anything-for-Israel representatives. Do you think the Arab world is going to turn a blind eye to the fact that the US is providing Israel with the material to carry out genocide against the Lebanese? What would the US do if we knew that a country was supplying an enemy of the US that was bombing the crap out of us? Bush's actions and policy have only served to make the US a legitimate target.
ECONOMY:
Apparel manufacturing jobs declining in Mexico
The Mexican economy is growing, as is the total number of workers employed in this country. But the total number of manufacturing jobs has been falling.
OP-ED:
Black Commentator: Israeli Apartheid
If the American people knew the truth about what their tax dollars pay for in Israel and what is left of Palestine, there would be a deep and widespread revulsion, similar to that occasioned by US support for apartheid in South Africa. But there are important differences between that time and this one. Though unspeakably odious, racist South African was only marginally important to US interests. By contrast, the maintenance of Israel's apartheid regime, essentially a white hi-tech and military outpost in the middle of all those brown people sitting atop a large share of the world's proven oil reserves is absolutely central to US foreign policy for the foreseeable future.
The End Is Near, but first, this commercial.
Israel's existence is not at stake and hasn't been so for decades, if it ever was, regardless of the many de rigueur militant statements by Arab leaders over the years. If Israel would learn to deal with its neighbors in a non-expansionist, non-military, humane, and respectful manner, engage in full prisoner exchanges, and sincerely strive for a viable two-state solution, even those who are opposed to the idea of a state based on a particular religion could accept the state of Israel, and the question of its right to exist would scarcely arise in people's minds.
Painting the Passports Brown
In a letter to the British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, Chaim Weizmann noted [in 1919] that Lebanon “is a well watered region . . . and the Litani River is valueless to the territory north of the proposed frontiers . . . . It can be used beneficially in the country much further south” This interest in the Litani continued through the 1950s, when both Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan, Israel’s Chief of Staff, advocated Israeli occupation of Lebanon up to the Litani River. The fact that Litani water is very high in quality with a low mineral content only enhances its value — and the perceived threat.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Astronomers glimpse exploded star
RS Ophiuchi is close to destroying itself in a nuclear explosion called a type 1a supernova, scientists report in the journal Nature.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Agriculture Department to reduce mad cow testing by about 90 ...percent
The current level of 1,000 tests each day represents about 1 percent of the 35 million cattle slaughtered annually in this country. Beginning around late August, the new level will be about 110 tests per day.
FOOD&DRINK:
SUMMER FRUIT SALAD WITH MINT SUGAR
Wonderful! If you don't have mint - buy it. Without it, it's just another bowl of fruit. It's definitely something special with it!
Aunt Daisy's Perfect Lemonade
Chef Gillian Clark says her aunt Daisy wasn't the greatest cook in the world. She overcooked chicken and burned toast; but she made the perfect lemonade.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Caribbean beach fantasy
At the beginning of next month the Royal Court theatre in London, never afraid of controversy, will go nearer the knuckle than ever when it stages Sugar Mummies. Lynda Bellingham, the Oxo Mum who became the wholesome face of family values in TV commercials, plays one of four middle-aged women who visit Jamaica to sample male prostitutes. There is lots and lots of sex.
Like One Long LSD Trip
Turn on, tune in, shoot 'em up. If Timothy Leary and HR Giger spawned a video game, they surely would have come up with something like Prey. That's because PREY is like one long night with various entheogens courtesy of the Mazatecs of Mexico—with a dash of Alien to add some horror-rich paranoia.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: Global Warming? Keep Laffin'!
Friday, July 21, 2006
Another Angle 21 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
CONFIRMATION: ISRAELI SOLDIERS WERE INSIDE LEBANON WHEN CAPTURED
TRANSLATION OF SECOND PARAGRAPH: "Here facts: Hezbollah requires since long years the release of prisoners held by Israel, such as Samir el Kantar, imprisoned since 1978, Nassim Nisr and Yahia Skaff which is imprisoned since 1982. In many occasion, it let know that the weather would not fail to be captive in its turn Israeli soldiers - if Ci-that-Ci had been suddenly introduced in Lebanon, and to use them like monnaire of exchange. In a deliberated way, Tsahal sent a commando in the Lebanese back-country to Aïta Al Chaab. It was attacked by Hezbollah, making two prisoners. Israel A then pretends to be attacked and attacked Lebanon. Hezbollah, which prepared to face an Israeli aggression that each one knew imminent since the Syrian withdrawal, drew from the intermediate-range missiles on Israel. "
This story, in French, confirms what the Asia Times reported. Israel sent their soldiers across the border into Aïta Al Chaab. It was there, on the Lebanese side of the border, where Hezbollah took them prisoner.
NATIONAL:
Answers sought over 60-year-old lynching
The horror unfolded 60 years ago, on July 25, 1946. Ruby Butler, who was bunching cotton on a dusty road when she saw cars lined up bumper-to-bumper rattling toward the bridge, recalls: "I thought they were having a party down there. They were having a killing party."
Tomahawk Missile Falls Off Truck in the Bronx
The Defense Department allows this stuff to be transported through major cities?
Grandmothers Recruit Youth away from Military Recruiters
“We are universal grandmothers who are concerned about all children including the Iraqi children who are being killed and we are standing up for what is most important because we are a humane group,” said Pat Wiley of Grandmothers Against the War.
Jose Padilla convicted after refusing to turn informant
The FBI initially sought terror suspect Jose Padilla's cooperation to help prevent what intelligence sources indicated might be an imminent al-Qaida attack, an FBI agent testified Monday. Padilla refused and was later implicated in an alleged radioactive ''dirty bomb'' plot and declared an enemy combatant.
Reparations: Do Black people have legitimate claim for serving in a segregated army?
Should America pay reparations for the mistreatment of Black soldiers in a segregated army? This is a good question. We need to examine the psychological affects of serving in the army under apartheid segregation. After that, other branches of the military should be examined as well.
Feeding homeless outlawed in Las Vegas
If someone looks like he could use a meal, be warned: Giving him a sandwich in a Las Vegas park could land you in jail.
First African-American to sail around world discusses his voyage
It is hard for Bill Pinkney to describe just what it's like to float on a small boat alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There are some things that only a sailor would understand. There are other things that happened that only someone who has sailed alone would get. And there is a whole other kind of phenomenon that Pinkney himself can barely explain.
Group mission: Tell the Buffalo Soldiers' story
Buffalo Soldiers began fighting to secure the homeland at the end of the Civil War, but they still are battling to get their names in the history books.
INTERNATIONAL:
Lebanon's 9/11 - Picture Album
In Pictures: The Never Ending Massacre in Palestine!
Uncensored News Reports From Across The Middle East
Israel calls up army reservists
The Israeli army told 3,000 reserves to report for duty, an Israeli military source said on Friday, a day after Amir Peretz, the defence minister, refused to rule out a land offensive.
Hezbollah stands fast
Israelis in the mood for war
Annan calls for Lebanon ceasefire
Letter from Rasha in Beirut; and the Israeli Siege Notes
I have the choice to sign up for the evacuation, but the European and North American governments have been so despicable, so racist that I don't want to subject myself to a discrimination of that sort. The Swedes, the Danes and the Germans have evacuated their patriots with blond hair and blue eyes. The immigrants that were given shelter to their countries "out of the kindness" of their governments have been systematically left behind.
Africa, U.S. Blacks talk citizenship
African and Black American leaders meeting this week debated an unusual proposal to spur investment and interest in the continent: securing African citizenship for American descendants of Africans taken away as slaves.
Brazil Wants to Ban Mulattos and Give Blacks an ID. They Call This Progress
A stupidity cloud seems to hover over the Brazilian national Congress these days. Not that it would be easy to find any intelligent cloud over the Congress. But now there's a high concentration of stupidity and the whole country is threatened with a stupidity rain. Two projects, that intend to send Brazil two centuries back are being discussed in Brasília. One of them, by senator Paulo Paim, already approved in the Senate, wants to send Brazil back to the racist America of the America when Jim Crow laws were in force or perhaps to the Hitlerist Germany or even to the South Africa of apartheid.
IRAQ:
Curfew extended as Baghdad bleeds
"They will do an all-out assault against the Baghdad area," Major-General William Caldwell said. "We have seen the movement of terrorist elements into the Baghdad area. We have seen the flow occurring."
Sistani urges end to Iraq 'bloodletting'
Letter from President Saddam Hussein to the American people.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush and African Americans
Republicans didn't "write off" blacks, they used them as a demonizable prop to bring in the Dixiecrat vote into their fold. And who is Bush to talk, given the disaster he ignored in New Orleans? He could rush to DC on a midnight flight to sign the "let's meddle in the Schiavo family's affairs" bill, but couldn't be bothered to cut his six-week vacation short when Katrina hit.
ECONOMY:
Oil prices fall as conflict continues
The price fell sharply after Israel's Channel 10 television cited a senior military official stating that Israel could end its Lebanon offensive within days.
We Can't Make It Here Anymore
Must Watch 7 Minute Video
OP-ED:
Who and What are we Fighting?
Who is this monster we are fighting? Is it even rational to think we can defeat him? Is it logical to think we can ever get even? I certainly believe that we are fighting against those “principalities and powers and rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places.” That said, I truly believe, just based on what I have studied and what I see today, that we are fighting the devil himself.
Clarence Page: Murder wave lends credence to Cosby's tough words to blacks
The last time I saw Chris Crowder, he was giving Bill Cosby a hard time for what he thought was being too tough on poor black folks.
Now Crowder, 44, is dead and I am thinking that Cosby was not hard enough.
Ralph Nader
U.S. Carries "Inescapable Responsibility" for "Israeli Government's Escalating War Crimes"
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Sahara Desert was just as dry and uninviting as it is today. But sandwiched between two periods of extreme dryness were a few millennia of plentiful rainfall and lush vegetation.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
High-Sugar, Low-Caffeine Drinks Worsen Sleepiness
A new study from the University of Loughborough, England, reveals one hour after having a high-sugar, low-caffeine drink participants had slower reactions and more lapses in concentration than those who drank a decaffeinated beverage without carbohydrates.
FOOD&DRINK:
ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES WITH HORSERADISH MAYONNAISE
This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Buy some pickles and a grilled mixed vegetable salad or a great potato salad to go with this quick main course. Complete the menu with cherry tarts à la mode.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Singer India.Arie's Latest 'Testimony'
The fact that Testimony released on June 27, National HIV Testing Day, is a testament to her concerns for social change. She is a United States Ambassador to UNICEF and recently traveled to South Africa to learn more about the AIDS epidemic there.
Ellington's 'Cosmic Scene' Reissued
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new reissue of the 1958 Duke Ellington's Spacemen album, The Cosmic Scene.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney warns us to do more
From the very beginning we’ve known that the core of the Bush administration was rotten by the way it treated African American voters in Florida, then again in Ohio in 2004. So if it came to office in this illegitimate manner, then we shouldn’t be surprised at anything that this administration would do: lying to Congress, lying to the public, taking our young men and women off to war...they’re just babies. All of this, we shouldn’t be surprised at. But we should be doing more to counter it.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
News others won't tell you
CONFIRMATION: ISRAELI SOLDIERS WERE INSIDE LEBANON WHEN CAPTURED
TRANSLATION OF SECOND PARAGRAPH: "Here facts: Hezbollah requires since long years the release of prisoners held by Israel, such as Samir el Kantar, imprisoned since 1978, Nassim Nisr and Yahia Skaff which is imprisoned since 1982. In many occasion, it let know that the weather would not fail to be captive in its turn Israeli soldiers - if Ci-that-Ci had been suddenly introduced in Lebanon, and to use them like monnaire of exchange. In a deliberated way, Tsahal sent a commando in the Lebanese back-country to Aïta Al Chaab. It was attacked by Hezbollah, making two prisoners. Israel A then pretends to be attacked and attacked Lebanon. Hezbollah, which prepared to face an Israeli aggression that each one knew imminent since the Syrian withdrawal, drew from the intermediate-range missiles on Israel. "
This story, in French, confirms what the Asia Times reported. Israel sent their soldiers across the border into Aïta Al Chaab. It was there, on the Lebanese side of the border, where Hezbollah took them prisoner.
NATIONAL:
Answers sought over 60-year-old lynching
The horror unfolded 60 years ago, on July 25, 1946. Ruby Butler, who was bunching cotton on a dusty road when she saw cars lined up bumper-to-bumper rattling toward the bridge, recalls: "I thought they were having a party down there. They were having a killing party."
Tomahawk Missile Falls Off Truck in the Bronx
The Defense Department allows this stuff to be transported through major cities?
Grandmothers Recruit Youth away from Military Recruiters
“We are universal grandmothers who are concerned about all children including the Iraqi children who are being killed and we are standing up for what is most important because we are a humane group,” said Pat Wiley of Grandmothers Against the War.
Jose Padilla convicted after refusing to turn informant
The FBI initially sought terror suspect Jose Padilla's cooperation to help prevent what intelligence sources indicated might be an imminent al-Qaida attack, an FBI agent testified Monday. Padilla refused and was later implicated in an alleged radioactive ''dirty bomb'' plot and declared an enemy combatant.
Reparations: Do Black people have legitimate claim for serving in a segregated army?
Should America pay reparations for the mistreatment of Black soldiers in a segregated army? This is a good question. We need to examine the psychological affects of serving in the army under apartheid segregation. After that, other branches of the military should be examined as well.
Feeding homeless outlawed in Las Vegas
If someone looks like he could use a meal, be warned: Giving him a sandwich in a Las Vegas park could land you in jail.
First African-American to sail around world discusses his voyage
It is hard for Bill Pinkney to describe just what it's like to float on a small boat alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There are some things that only a sailor would understand. There are other things that happened that only someone who has sailed alone would get. And there is a whole other kind of phenomenon that Pinkney himself can barely explain.
Group mission: Tell the Buffalo Soldiers' story
Buffalo Soldiers began fighting to secure the homeland at the end of the Civil War, but they still are battling to get their names in the history books.
INTERNATIONAL:
Lebanon's 9/11 - Picture Album
In Pictures: The Never Ending Massacre in Palestine!
Uncensored News Reports From Across The Middle East
Israel calls up army reservists
The Israeli army told 3,000 reserves to report for duty, an Israeli military source said on Friday, a day after Amir Peretz, the defence minister, refused to rule out a land offensive.
Hezbollah stands fast
Israelis in the mood for war
Annan calls for Lebanon ceasefire
Letter from Rasha in Beirut; and the Israeli Siege Notes
I have the choice to sign up for the evacuation, but the European and North American governments have been so despicable, so racist that I don't want to subject myself to a discrimination of that sort. The Swedes, the Danes and the Germans have evacuated their patriots with blond hair and blue eyes. The immigrants that were given shelter to their countries "out of the kindness" of their governments have been systematically left behind.
Africa, U.S. Blacks talk citizenship
African and Black American leaders meeting this week debated an unusual proposal to spur investment and interest in the continent: securing African citizenship for American descendants of Africans taken away as slaves.
Brazil Wants to Ban Mulattos and Give Blacks an ID. They Call This Progress
A stupidity cloud seems to hover over the Brazilian national Congress these days. Not that it would be easy to find any intelligent cloud over the Congress. But now there's a high concentration of stupidity and the whole country is threatened with a stupidity rain. Two projects, that intend to send Brazil two centuries back are being discussed in Brasília. One of them, by senator Paulo Paim, already approved in the Senate, wants to send Brazil back to the racist America of the America when Jim Crow laws were in force or perhaps to the Hitlerist Germany or even to the South Africa of apartheid.
IRAQ:
Curfew extended as Baghdad bleeds
"They will do an all-out assault against the Baghdad area," Major-General William Caldwell said. "We have seen the movement of terrorist elements into the Baghdad area. We have seen the flow occurring."
Sistani urges end to Iraq 'bloodletting'
Letter from President Saddam Hussein to the American people.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush and African Americans
Republicans didn't "write off" blacks, they used them as a demonizable prop to bring in the Dixiecrat vote into their fold. And who is Bush to talk, given the disaster he ignored in New Orleans? He could rush to DC on a midnight flight to sign the "let's meddle in the Schiavo family's affairs" bill, but couldn't be bothered to cut his six-week vacation short when Katrina hit.
ECONOMY:
Oil prices fall as conflict continues
The price fell sharply after Israel's Channel 10 television cited a senior military official stating that Israel could end its Lebanon offensive within days.
We Can't Make It Here Anymore
Must Watch 7 Minute Video
OP-ED:
Who and What are we Fighting?
Who is this monster we are fighting? Is it even rational to think we can defeat him? Is it logical to think we can ever get even? I certainly believe that we are fighting against those “principalities and powers and rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places.” That said, I truly believe, just based on what I have studied and what I see today, that we are fighting the devil himself.
Clarence Page: Murder wave lends credence to Cosby's tough words to blacks
The last time I saw Chris Crowder, he was giving Bill Cosby a hard time for what he thought was being too tough on poor black folks.
Now Crowder, 44, is dead and I am thinking that Cosby was not hard enough.
Ralph Nader
U.S. Carries "Inescapable Responsibility" for "Israeli Government's Escalating War Crimes"
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Sahara Desert was just as dry and uninviting as it is today. But sandwiched between two periods of extreme dryness were a few millennia of plentiful rainfall and lush vegetation.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
High-Sugar, Low-Caffeine Drinks Worsen Sleepiness
A new study from the University of Loughborough, England, reveals one hour after having a high-sugar, low-caffeine drink participants had slower reactions and more lapses in concentration than those who drank a decaffeinated beverage without carbohydrates.
FOOD&DRINK:
ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES WITH HORSERADISH MAYONNAISE
This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Buy some pickles and a grilled mixed vegetable salad or a great potato salad to go with this quick main course. Complete the menu with cherry tarts à la mode.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Singer India.Arie's Latest 'Testimony'
The fact that Testimony released on June 27, National HIV Testing Day, is a testament to her concerns for social change. She is a United States Ambassador to UNICEF and recently traveled to South Africa to learn more about the AIDS epidemic there.
Ellington's 'Cosmic Scene' Reissued
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a new reissue of the 1958 Duke Ellington's Spacemen album, The Cosmic Scene.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney warns us to do more
From the very beginning we’ve known that the core of the Bush administration was rotten by the way it treated African American voters in Florida, then again in Ohio in 2004. So if it came to office in this illegitimate manner, then we shouldn’t be surprised at anything that this administration would do: lying to Congress, lying to the public, taking our young men and women off to war...they’re just babies. All of this, we shouldn’t be surprised at. But we should be doing more to counter it.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Another Angle 19 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Fmr. Director of the CIA calls for U.S. attack on Syria
2 Minute Video"I think the last thing we want to do now is to start talking about ceasefires"
Click here to watch Windows Media
Prosecutors find evidence of Chicago police torture in past but can't indict
Special prosecutors investigating allegations that police tortured nearly 150 black suspects in the 1970s and '80s said Wednesday they found evidence of abuse, but any crimes are now too old to prosecute.
Reed Concedes Defeat Ga. Lt. Gov Primary
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
US hawks smell blood
Above all, according to the neo-conservatives, the US position in the region is now inextricably tied to the success or failure of Israel's military campaign.
FLASHBACK: IS ISRAEL BLACKMAILING AMERICA?
If indeed Israel is blackmailing our officials and media icons, it is because those who are being blackmailed ARE blackmailable. If we elect a government of criminals, we elect a government subject to blackmail.
FLASHBACK: The Black Panther Coloring Book
Black Pilots Get Their Due: Ceremony Honors Sacrifices Made in the Face of Bigotry...
"They didn't think blacks could do certain things," he said. "We just didn't have the opportunities. We changed people's attitudes by our performances."
INTERNATIONAL:
Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine
The production facilities of at least five companies in key industrial sectors - including the country's largest dairy farm, Liban Lait; a paper mill; a packaging firm and a pharmaceutical plant - have been disabled or completely destroyed. Industry insiders say the losses will cripple the economy for decades to come.
Bush warns Syria to keep out of Lebanon
Racist Ringtone Circulates In So. Africa
South African officials are trying to trace the origin of a cellphone ringtone that advocates setting dogs on blacks and dragging them behind pickup trucks.
Litani of Sorrows
Background on the significance of the Litani River.
IRAQ:
First Baghdad bank heist nets 1.4 billion
While you're watching Israel....
In Iraq, Civil War All but Declared
Turkish Commandos on Iraqi Border
6000 Iraqi civilians killed in last two months - UN
Baghdad morgue officials have said they took in 1595 bodies in June, 1375 in May and 1155 in April. Of those, about 80 per cent were victims of violent deaths.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Middle East: Reaping what Bush sowed
From its strategic outpost in Iraq, the United States was to have hemmed in Iran and Syria. Instead, Iran is enjoying an unprecedented bout of muscularity, its Shiite allies now having gained the upper hand in neighboring Iraq. Syria continues to turn a blind eye as militants transit its territory to join the fight in Iraq. And Damascus has now teamed up with Tehran to aid and abet the alliance between Hamas and Hezbollah
ECONOMY:
Survey: Blacks avoid stocks, bonds
The survey found that many blacks are counting on getting a pension to live on in retirement. Or they expect to live off the equity in their home or income from investment properties. Some hope to start a small business, which will then help fund their retirement.
Economist: 'The housing market's in trouble'
The drop in overall confidence ''reflects growing builder uncertainty on the heels of reduced sales and increased cancellations related to eroding affordability as well as an ongoing withdrawal of investors/speculators from the marketplace,''
OP-ED:
It's Time to Stand Against Israel
When Israel steals land from others we look the other way. When they make plans to murder Hamas leadership then shell a Palestinian beach to create a conflict for invasion, we shrug. And when Israeli soldiers are captured in Lebanon, their act of retaliation is to level infrastructure that is still recovering from 20 years of Israeli occupation.
The Untermensch Syndrome: Israel's Moral Decay
The Ugly Truth About the President
You know it, I know it and the American people know it. But everyone is afraid to say it. They say it privately, but people are afraid of saying it publicly because you will be branded as a liberal, elite, intellectual snob. But believe me, you don't have to be an intellectual to see how painfully stupid our president is.
What Bush’s Open Mike Revealed
If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours
There is no reason in the world why Israel should be able to enter Arab sovereign soil to occupy, destroy, kidnap and eliminate its perceived foes - repeatedly, with impunity and without restraint - while the Arab side cannot do the same. And if the Arab states are unable or unwilling to do so then the job should fall to those who can.
The Summer of 1914: William S. Lind
The stakes in the Israel-Hezbollah-Hamas war are significantly higher than most observers understand. If Hezbollah and Hamas win – and winning just means surviving, given that Israel's objective is to destroy both entities – a powerful state will have suffered a new kind of defeat, again, a defeat across at least one international boundary and maybe two, depending on how one defines Gaza's border. The balance between states and 4GW forces will be altered worldwide, and not to a trivial degree.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Boy Who Sees with Sound
There was the time a fifth grader thought it would be funny to punch the blind kid and run. So he snuck up on Ben Underwood and hit him in the face. That's when Ben started his clicking thing. "I chased him, clicking until I got to him, then I socked him a good one," says Ben, a skinny 14-year-old. "He didn't reckon on me going after him. But I can hear walls, parked cars, you name it. I'm a master at this game."
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Migraines with aura associated with increased risk for cardiovascular...disease
Women age 45 years or older who experience migraines with aura (associated neurologic symptoms such as temporary visual disturbances) are at a higher risk for heart attack, ischemic stroke, angina and death due to ischemic cardiovascular disease compared to women who do not report a migraine history
FOOD&DRINK:
Puerto Rican Crab
Often found at shacks on the beach in Puerto Rico, this full-flavored crab dish is served in the shell, or with rice and green bananas or plantains. A defining element of the dish is sofrito, a traditional Spanish sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, bell peppers, cilantro, and hot pepper.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Jazz from the Horn of Africa: 'Ethiopiques'
The exotic strains of Ethiopian jazz are not widely heard by American ears. But if you saw the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers -- and if you recall Bill Murray's road music -- then you've heard the work of Mulatu Astatqe.
HUMOR?:
This Modern World: Republicans Advise Dems to Vote Lieberman!
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Fmr. Director of the CIA calls for U.S. attack on Syria
2 Minute Video"I think the last thing we want to do now is to start talking about ceasefires"
Click here to watch Windows Media
Prosecutors find evidence of Chicago police torture in past but can't indict
Special prosecutors investigating allegations that police tortured nearly 150 black suspects in the 1970s and '80s said Wednesday they found evidence of abuse, but any crimes are now too old to prosecute.
Reed Concedes Defeat Ga. Lt. Gov Primary
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
US hawks smell blood
Above all, according to the neo-conservatives, the US position in the region is now inextricably tied to the success or failure of Israel's military campaign.
FLASHBACK: IS ISRAEL BLACKMAILING AMERICA?
If indeed Israel is blackmailing our officials and media icons, it is because those who are being blackmailed ARE blackmailable. If we elect a government of criminals, we elect a government subject to blackmail.
FLASHBACK: The Black Panther Coloring Book
Black Pilots Get Their Due: Ceremony Honors Sacrifices Made in the Face of Bigotry...
"They didn't think blacks could do certain things," he said. "We just didn't have the opportunities. We changed people's attitudes by our performances."
INTERNATIONAL:
Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine
The production facilities of at least five companies in key industrial sectors - including the country's largest dairy farm, Liban Lait; a paper mill; a packaging firm and a pharmaceutical plant - have been disabled or completely destroyed. Industry insiders say the losses will cripple the economy for decades to come.
Bush warns Syria to keep out of Lebanon
Racist Ringtone Circulates In So. Africa
South African officials are trying to trace the origin of a cellphone ringtone that advocates setting dogs on blacks and dragging them behind pickup trucks.
Litani of Sorrows
Background on the significance of the Litani River.
IRAQ:
First Baghdad bank heist nets 1.4 billion
While you're watching Israel....
In Iraq, Civil War All but Declared
Turkish Commandos on Iraqi Border
6000 Iraqi civilians killed in last two months - UN
Baghdad morgue officials have said they took in 1595 bodies in June, 1375 in May and 1155 in April. Of those, about 80 per cent were victims of violent deaths.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Middle East: Reaping what Bush sowed
From its strategic outpost in Iraq, the United States was to have hemmed in Iran and Syria. Instead, Iran is enjoying an unprecedented bout of muscularity, its Shiite allies now having gained the upper hand in neighboring Iraq. Syria continues to turn a blind eye as militants transit its territory to join the fight in Iraq. And Damascus has now teamed up with Tehran to aid and abet the alliance between Hamas and Hezbollah
ECONOMY:
Survey: Blacks avoid stocks, bonds
The survey found that many blacks are counting on getting a pension to live on in retirement. Or they expect to live off the equity in their home or income from investment properties. Some hope to start a small business, which will then help fund their retirement.
Economist: 'The housing market's in trouble'
The drop in overall confidence ''reflects growing builder uncertainty on the heels of reduced sales and increased cancellations related to eroding affordability as well as an ongoing withdrawal of investors/speculators from the marketplace,''
OP-ED:
It's Time to Stand Against Israel
When Israel steals land from others we look the other way. When they make plans to murder Hamas leadership then shell a Palestinian beach to create a conflict for invasion, we shrug. And when Israeli soldiers are captured in Lebanon, their act of retaliation is to level infrastructure that is still recovering from 20 years of Israeli occupation.
The Untermensch Syndrome: Israel's Moral Decay
The Ugly Truth About the President
You know it, I know it and the American people know it. But everyone is afraid to say it. They say it privately, but people are afraid of saying it publicly because you will be branded as a liberal, elite, intellectual snob. But believe me, you don't have to be an intellectual to see how painfully stupid our president is.
What Bush’s Open Mike Revealed
If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours
There is no reason in the world why Israel should be able to enter Arab sovereign soil to occupy, destroy, kidnap and eliminate its perceived foes - repeatedly, with impunity and without restraint - while the Arab side cannot do the same. And if the Arab states are unable or unwilling to do so then the job should fall to those who can.
The Summer of 1914: William S. Lind
The stakes in the Israel-Hezbollah-Hamas war are significantly higher than most observers understand. If Hezbollah and Hamas win – and winning just means surviving, given that Israel's objective is to destroy both entities – a powerful state will have suffered a new kind of defeat, again, a defeat across at least one international boundary and maybe two, depending on how one defines Gaza's border. The balance between states and 4GW forces will be altered worldwide, and not to a trivial degree.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Boy Who Sees with Sound
There was the time a fifth grader thought it would be funny to punch the blind kid and run. So he snuck up on Ben Underwood and hit him in the face. That's when Ben started his clicking thing. "I chased him, clicking until I got to him, then I socked him a good one," says Ben, a skinny 14-year-old. "He didn't reckon on me going after him. But I can hear walls, parked cars, you name it. I'm a master at this game."
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Migraines with aura associated with increased risk for cardiovascular...disease
Women age 45 years or older who experience migraines with aura (associated neurologic symptoms such as temporary visual disturbances) are at a higher risk for heart attack, ischemic stroke, angina and death due to ischemic cardiovascular disease compared to women who do not report a migraine history
FOOD&DRINK:
Puerto Rican Crab
Often found at shacks on the beach in Puerto Rico, this full-flavored crab dish is served in the shell, or with rice and green bananas or plantains. A defining element of the dish is sofrito, a traditional Spanish sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, bell peppers, cilantro, and hot pepper.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Jazz from the Horn of Africa: 'Ethiopiques'
The exotic strains of Ethiopian jazz are not widely heard by American ears. But if you saw the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers -- and if you recall Bill Murray's road music -- then you've heard the work of Mulatu Astatqe.
HUMOR?:
This Modern World: Republicans Advise Dems to Vote Lieberman!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Another Angle 18 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Blacks should avoid companies that ignore them, civil rights group says
"If corporations spend their money on us, we'll spend our money with those corporations, It's real simple", said Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
'fat Nick' Is Sent To Batter's Box
Nicholas "Fat Nick" Minucci was sentenced by a Queens judge yesterday to 15 years in prison for yelling the n-word and then winding up and striking a black man in the head with a baseball bat.
US Charging Evacuees to Get Out of Lebanon
Juan Williams Confronts William Kristol: "You Just Want War, War, War, War, And You Want Us In More War"...
On Fox News Sunday, William Kristol argued that the Bush administration’s “coddling” of Iran had “invited” the latest outbreak of violence, and that the United States should join in the current fighting. Juan Williams pushed back:
You just want war, war, war, and you want us in more war. You wanted us in Iraq. Now you want us in Iran. Now you want us to get into the Middle East. … You’re saying, why doesn’t the United States take this hard, unforgiving line? Well, the hard and unforgiving line has been, we don’t talk to anybody. We don’t talk to Hamas. We don’t talk to Hezbollah. We’re not going to talk to Iran. Where has it gotten us, Bill?
Kristol threw up his hands and didn’t answer. Watch it:
Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’
VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability ‘Grotesque’
Condi finally gets her talking points...
INTERNATIONAL:
It's war by any other name
To them, it is legitimate self-defense. They back this argument by saying that Israel still controls the Sheba Farms, which are part of Lebanon, and still has Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. Also, they add that the Israeli tank destroyed by Hezbollah, and the soldiers captured and killed on July 12, had trespassed into Lebanon's side of the border with Israel.
Russia May Send Navy Ships to Lebanon:Source
Video: Israel kills Lebanese soldiers
Nine Lebanese soldiers were killed when Israeli war planes attacked a Lebanese Army post. The Lebanese Army has made an effort to stay neutral during this conflict.
Israeli children sign their missiles ‘with love’
Never have I witnessed such an appalling display of utter contempt for human life. And they're not even ashamed to beam it across the globe, for all the world to see.
Taleban 'take south Afghan town'
AH-FREE- KA: Combating Whiteness in the Black Imagination: Empowering...
“Thanks to the march of globalisation, our national identity, religion and culture as well as the purity of the white races are threatened with extinction…Why are there so many Muslims in the UK? Why are there so many non-ethnic Russians in Russia? It is all part of a plot by the culturally and intellectually inferior Negroid races to subsume the white nationalities.”
Mandela Celebrates on Eve of 88th Birthday
It took Mandela several attempts to blow out all the candles on the large blue-and-white cake, decorated with strawberries, the highlight of a private party at his Nelson Mandela Foundation. Laughing and applauding, some staff members helped him finish the job.
That's a demonstration: 1.1+ million in Mexico City
IRAQ:
While we are looking at Lebanon...
At least 45 people were killed and 60 others wounded Tuesday morning when a suicide car bomber detonated in a busy Kufa marketplace where day laborers gather, Iraqi police said.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush blocked taps probe personally
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has told a Senate hearing that President Bush blocked the Office of Professional Responsibility from investigating domestic eavesdropping programs.
ECONOMY:
Super scandal may be brewing
It's hard to believe, with Randy "Duke" Cunningham rotting in prison and cash bulging from a Democratic congressman's freezer, but a potentially more serious corruption scandal is quietly percolating in Washington. We're talking about the enormous risk to the world's financial system posed by the executives who run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, abetted by their minions in Congress.
FOOD&DRINK:
CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICHES WITH BLUE CHEESE
Using roast chicken from the grocery store makes this recipe super-easy.Improv: Add sweet and crunchy accents by mixing a few chopped toasted pecans and some dried cranberries into the chicken salad. Instead of rolls, use crusty French bread or thick slices of sourdough bread.
Embracing the Primordial Pull of the Grill
With the summer grilling season in high gear, here are a number of tips for successful cooking.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Mary J. Blige Breaks Through on Tour
People are going to get a show, but as far as what my fans expect from me, that's singing the songs. You're experiencing Mary J. Blige's breakthrough as far as her career and her life.
HUMOR?:
SLOWPOKE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Blacks should avoid companies that ignore them, civil rights group says
"If corporations spend their money on us, we'll spend our money with those corporations, It's real simple", said Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
'fat Nick' Is Sent To Batter's Box
Nicholas "Fat Nick" Minucci was sentenced by a Queens judge yesterday to 15 years in prison for yelling the n-word and then winding up and striking a black man in the head with a baseball bat.
US Charging Evacuees to Get Out of Lebanon
Juan Williams Confronts William Kristol: "You Just Want War, War, War, War, And You Want Us In More War"...
On Fox News Sunday, William Kristol argued that the Bush administration’s “coddling” of Iran had “invited” the latest outbreak of violence, and that the United States should join in the current fighting. Juan Williams pushed back:
You just want war, war, war, and you want us in more war. You wanted us in Iraq. Now you want us in Iran. Now you want us to get into the Middle East. … You’re saying, why doesn’t the United States take this hard, unforgiving line? Well, the hard and unforgiving line has been, we don’t talk to anybody. We don’t talk to Hamas. We don’t talk to Hezbollah. We’re not going to talk to Iran. Where has it gotten us, Bill?
Kristol threw up his hands and didn’t answer. Watch it:
Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’
VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability ‘Grotesque’
Condi finally gets her talking points...
INTERNATIONAL:
It's war by any other name
To them, it is legitimate self-defense. They back this argument by saying that Israel still controls the Sheba Farms, which are part of Lebanon, and still has Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. Also, they add that the Israeli tank destroyed by Hezbollah, and the soldiers captured and killed on July 12, had trespassed into Lebanon's side of the border with Israel.
Russia May Send Navy Ships to Lebanon:Source
Video: Israel kills Lebanese soldiers
Nine Lebanese soldiers were killed when Israeli war planes attacked a Lebanese Army post. The Lebanese Army has made an effort to stay neutral during this conflict.
Israeli children sign their missiles ‘with love’
Never have I witnessed such an appalling display of utter contempt for human life. And they're not even ashamed to beam it across the globe, for all the world to see.
Taleban 'take south Afghan town'
AH-FREE- KA: Combating Whiteness in the Black Imagination: Empowering...
“Thanks to the march of globalisation, our national identity, religion and culture as well as the purity of the white races are threatened with extinction…Why are there so many Muslims in the UK? Why are there so many non-ethnic Russians in Russia? It is all part of a plot by the culturally and intellectually inferior Negroid races to subsume the white nationalities.”
Mandela Celebrates on Eve of 88th Birthday
It took Mandela several attempts to blow out all the candles on the large blue-and-white cake, decorated with strawberries, the highlight of a private party at his Nelson Mandela Foundation. Laughing and applauding, some staff members helped him finish the job.
That's a demonstration: 1.1+ million in Mexico City
IRAQ:
While we are looking at Lebanon...
At least 45 people were killed and 60 others wounded Tuesday morning when a suicide car bomber detonated in a busy Kufa marketplace where day laborers gather, Iraqi police said.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush blocked taps probe personally
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has told a Senate hearing that President Bush blocked the Office of Professional Responsibility from investigating domestic eavesdropping programs.
ECONOMY:
Super scandal may be brewing
It's hard to believe, with Randy "Duke" Cunningham rotting in prison and cash bulging from a Democratic congressman's freezer, but a potentially more serious corruption scandal is quietly percolating in Washington. We're talking about the enormous risk to the world's financial system posed by the executives who run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, abetted by their minions in Congress.
FOOD&DRINK:
CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICHES WITH BLUE CHEESE
Using roast chicken from the grocery store makes this recipe super-easy.Improv: Add sweet and crunchy accents by mixing a few chopped toasted pecans and some dried cranberries into the chicken salad. Instead of rolls, use crusty French bread or thick slices of sourdough bread.
Embracing the Primordial Pull of the Grill
With the summer grilling season in high gear, here are a number of tips for successful cooking.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Mary J. Blige Breaks Through on Tour
People are going to get a show, but as far as what my fans expect from me, that's singing the songs. You're experiencing Mary J. Blige's breakthrough as far as her career and her life.
HUMOR?:
SLOWPOKE
Friday, July 14, 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in Crisis
Commentator Betty Baye says the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is facing a financial crisis after more than 40 years of protecting Americans against discrimination in the workplace.
Democratic Party leadership statements of support for Israel
It is always kosher for a chosen one to murder an Arab.It is even much better when the US taxpaying goyim have to foot the bill.Isn't that reich?
Israel Tells Condi Rice to "Back Off"
PFC Chris Gorman
PFC Chris Gorman out of the 4th ID in Ft. Hood, Texas is preparing to be the next soldier to refuse to return to Iraq this coming Monday. On the 17th of July, Chris plans to report to the rear detachment of his unit, and refuse to board the plane that will be taking soldiers back to the battlefront.
INTERNATIONAL:
Iran warns Israel not to attack Syria
"If the Zionist regime commits another stupid move and attacks Syria, this will be considered like attacking the whole Islamic world and this regime will receive a very fierce response," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Israel didn't start it: Howard
"I mean, killing the Palestinian Chief of police and then shelling that beach full of swimmers in Gaza, I mean, those sorts of things happen all the time and only an anti-Semite commie fag junkie would even notice!"
Living with HIV and AIDS
A series of reports and interviews explores how African-Americans are dealing with the deadly epidemic, and how the death and illness that follows the virus is radically reshaping the continent of Africa, leaving a generation of widows and orphans in its wake.
IRAQ:
US 'kidnapped Iraq detainee families'
American forces in Iraq have been accused of kidnapping the families of detainees as an interrogation tactic.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush jokes, Beirut burns
The president has done so at recent news conferences in the United States. He joked about a reporter's garb in Chicago, and joked about a reporter's sunglasses in Washington. That Rose Garden swipe at a pair of shades proved embarrassing - Bush had been unaware that the sunglass-wearer suffers from a degenerative eye disease, and the president made a personal phone call with apologies afterward.
ECONOMY:
Target threatens to leave if wage rule OK'd
The saber-rattling is intensifying as the clock winds down toward a July 26 showdown vote on plans to make Chicago the nation's first major city to establish a "living wage" for stores with at least 90,000 square feet of space operated by retailers with $1 billion in sales.
Middle East Tensions Keep Oil Prices Pumped Up
The latest fighting in the Middle East pushed oil prices above $78 a barrel overnight. The spike is a reflection of traders' fears that violence in the Middle East could spiral out of control, possibly disrupting oil supplies.
OP-ED:
World War Four: Israel’s “Destructive Enterprise”
How does a small, outlaw nation, unaccustomed to following the norms of civilized behavior and international law, respond to terrorism, or rather resistance to its continual border provocations and occupation of land (the Golan Heights, rightfully known as the Syrian Heights, and Shebaa Farms)? In predictable fashion—by destroying civilian infrastructure, slaughtering innocent civilians, and thumbing its nose at the world.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Asian Carp: Can't Beat Them? Eat Them
In the Midwest, Asian carp are making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The foreign invaders can grow to be 80 to 100 pounds. They're ravenous eaters, consuming up to 40 percent of their own body weight in plankton each day. And they're bullies, pushing out weaker, native species
FOOD&DRINK:
Dive into a Sea of Good Summer Food
Summer is the eating season. There's no better time to eat locally and seasonally, which today is compulsory. Gorgeous fruits and vegetables spill out of the stalls at farmers markets. Crabs and oysters are pulled from the waters. There are barbecues and picnics. Life slows down and it's important to have the right food while you're braking.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
'Still Hungry in America': A Return to Mississippi
Are people still hungry in America? What happened in the places where those photographs were taken?
Cornell South: 'GA'
A self-proclaimed "knomad," Mr. South has gained some valuable insight during his journeys. He uses the paradoxes in his environment to paint contrasting visions of ascension with perserverence: "Out of anything you may encounter; if it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger."
HUMOR?:
uComics.com: The Boondocks
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in Crisis
Commentator Betty Baye says the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is facing a financial crisis after more than 40 years of protecting Americans against discrimination in the workplace.
Democratic Party leadership statements of support for Israel
It is always kosher for a chosen one to murder an Arab.It is even much better when the US taxpaying goyim have to foot the bill.Isn't that reich?
Israel Tells Condi Rice to "Back Off"
PFC Chris Gorman
PFC Chris Gorman out of the 4th ID in Ft. Hood, Texas is preparing to be the next soldier to refuse to return to Iraq this coming Monday. On the 17th of July, Chris plans to report to the rear detachment of his unit, and refuse to board the plane that will be taking soldiers back to the battlefront.
INTERNATIONAL:
Iran warns Israel not to attack Syria
"If the Zionist regime commits another stupid move and attacks Syria, this will be considered like attacking the whole Islamic world and this regime will receive a very fierce response," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Israel didn't start it: Howard
"I mean, killing the Palestinian Chief of police and then shelling that beach full of swimmers in Gaza, I mean, those sorts of things happen all the time and only an anti-Semite commie fag junkie would even notice!"
Living with HIV and AIDS
A series of reports and interviews explores how African-Americans are dealing with the deadly epidemic, and how the death and illness that follows the virus is radically reshaping the continent of Africa, leaving a generation of widows and orphans in its wake.
IRAQ:
US 'kidnapped Iraq detainee families'
American forces in Iraq have been accused of kidnapping the families of detainees as an interrogation tactic.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush jokes, Beirut burns
The president has done so at recent news conferences in the United States. He joked about a reporter's garb in Chicago, and joked about a reporter's sunglasses in Washington. That Rose Garden swipe at a pair of shades proved embarrassing - Bush had been unaware that the sunglass-wearer suffers from a degenerative eye disease, and the president made a personal phone call with apologies afterward.
ECONOMY:
Target threatens to leave if wage rule OK'd
The saber-rattling is intensifying as the clock winds down toward a July 26 showdown vote on plans to make Chicago the nation's first major city to establish a "living wage" for stores with at least 90,000 square feet of space operated by retailers with $1 billion in sales.
Middle East Tensions Keep Oil Prices Pumped Up
The latest fighting in the Middle East pushed oil prices above $78 a barrel overnight. The spike is a reflection of traders' fears that violence in the Middle East could spiral out of control, possibly disrupting oil supplies.
OP-ED:
World War Four: Israel’s “Destructive Enterprise”
How does a small, outlaw nation, unaccustomed to following the norms of civilized behavior and international law, respond to terrorism, or rather resistance to its continual border provocations and occupation of land (the Golan Heights, rightfully known as the Syrian Heights, and Shebaa Farms)? In predictable fashion—by destroying civilian infrastructure, slaughtering innocent civilians, and thumbing its nose at the world.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Asian Carp: Can't Beat Them? Eat Them
In the Midwest, Asian carp are making their way up the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The foreign invaders can grow to be 80 to 100 pounds. They're ravenous eaters, consuming up to 40 percent of their own body weight in plankton each day. And they're bullies, pushing out weaker, native species
FOOD&DRINK:
Dive into a Sea of Good Summer Food
Summer is the eating season. There's no better time to eat locally and seasonally, which today is compulsory. Gorgeous fruits and vegetables spill out of the stalls at farmers markets. Crabs and oysters are pulled from the waters. There are barbecues and picnics. Life slows down and it's important to have the right food while you're braking.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
'Still Hungry in America': A Return to Mississippi
Are people still hungry in America? What happened in the places where those photographs were taken?
Cornell South: 'GA'
A self-proclaimed "knomad," Mr. South has gained some valuable insight during his journeys. He uses the paradoxes in his environment to paint contrasting visions of ascension with perserverence: "Out of anything you may encounter; if it doesn't kill you, it can only make you stronger."
HUMOR?:
uComics.com: The Boondocks
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Another Angle 13 - July - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
We've got the 'complaint' in the Joe Wilson suit, all 23 pages of it.
NATIONAL:
Reed, Abramoff floated 'mortgaging black people'
We know how this scheme would have gone, because Abramoff pitched something similar to a cash-strapped Texas tribe, the Tigua. Basically, since the tribe couldn't pay Abramoff, he offered to arrange "a life-insurance policy for every Tigua 75 or older." When those elders died, the death benefits would have gone to Abramoff through one of his non-profits. The Tigua didn't take Abramoff up on the offer, but it was too good of an idea to let go.
Republicans: Mortgaging Old Black People
'White supremacists' face death penalty for US prison murders
The group named itself the Aryan Brotherhood, thus formalising its espousal of racism and white supremacy. Its chilling and self-explanatory motto reads: "Kill to get in; die to get out".
Citgo to cut off 1,800 U.S. gas stations
The Houston-based company has decided to sell to retailers only the 750,000 barrels a day that it produces at three U.S. refineries in Corpus Christi, Lake Charles, La., and Lemont, Ill.
Abuse of US criminal suspects 'mirrors Ghraib torture'
The techniques detailed in the Chicago torture cases included “electrically shocking men’s genitals, ears and lips with a cattle prod or an electric shock box, suffocating individuals with plastic bags, mock executions, and beatings with telephone books and rubber hoses,” according to court documents.
Petting zoo make nonsense of US terror target list
The worst thing that usually happens at Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, in Alabama, involves the resident emu who, visitors are warned, has been known to deliver a "hard peck". Yet the zoo is listed as a critical potential target for terrorists.
INTERNATIONAL:
Somali Islamists extend control
The Islamic Courts Union now controls almost all of the country's capital and much of southern Somalia after seizing Mogadishu's main port on Wednesday.
Factfile: Hezbollah
Hezbollah was founded in the early 1980s by Lebanese Shia who wanted to fight the Israeli army, which since 1982 had occupied a large area of southern Lebanon.
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
West African black rhinos feared extinct
The western black rhino sub-species, Diceros bicornis longipes, had declined precipitously in the past 20 years largely as a result of poaching. In 2002 there were only 10 remaining. The few left were distributed over a wide area, making breeding more difficult.
IRAQ:
At least 20 killed as bloody occupation Of Iraq continues
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
VHeadline.com - Secrets of Dallas: the role of George Bush in the JFK assassination-cum-coup!
Did you know by the way, that the best friend of Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas was one George Demohrenschildt? Maybe you knew this because our fellow Dutchman Willem Oltmans has been dealing with him in the seventies. Demohrenschildt was at the verge of sharing his knowledge with Willem before he committed suicide ... allegedly. But what you certainly don't know, is that this Demohrenschildt had been a spy for the Nazi's and was a personal friend of George Bush. This can be documented with their correspondence.
ECONOMY:
Syria Will End Dollar Peg, Moves Reserves to Euros
OP-ED:
Condoleezza Bush – What’s up with this Sister?
With an arrogance only equaled by her “husband,” the Babe of Birmingham struts her stuff around the world, wagging her finger at heads of state like they are her children. In her latest threat, oops, I mean peace mission, she tells Iran that the U.S. will only sit down to talk if Iran stops all production of nuclear materials. That’s real cute, Condi.
WRH: Dubya Dubya Three
Israel starts provocations, like assassinating the Palestinian Chief of Police and shelling the beach at Gaza, actions intended to provoke a response. Then, it is claimed a soldier is "kidnapped", and even though nobody knows who kidnapped him or where he is, Israel launches a "rescue mission" into Gaza which is later revealed to have been planned long before any soldier was captured, and was intended to bring down the Democratically elected government of Palestine.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Stones are living creatures that breathe and move
French geologists Arnold Rheshar and Pierre Escollet have long studied rock specimens collected in different parts of the world. They arrived at quite an amazing conclusion in the end. They believed that stones have some kind of a vital activity though a very slow one. The geologists maintain the structure of stones is subject to changes, and stones can grow old. Moreover, the French claim stones can breathe, to a certain extent. Taking one “breath” takes them from three days to two weeks. And each of their “heartbeats” lasts about three days.
FOOD&DRINK:
WATERMELON WITH FENNEL SALT
Something different to do with watermelon. I found it surprisingly nice; an earthy, sophisticated yet subtle twist.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Spike Lee's Katrina Documentary To Debut In New Orleans
New Orleanians will have a front row seat to next month’s premiere of director Spike Lee's HBO documentary “When The Levees Broke.” The world premiere of the four-part documentary will take place on Aug. 16 at the New Orleans Arena.
Hip-Hop Jesus
"The goal, my brother, is to pull people out of the church into the street, and people just on the street into the church," Poppa T explains. "As the old Anglican priests said, 'If you don't have both, you have neither.' "
Behind the Wheel: Dodge Charger Police Package: Whatcha Gonna Do if It Comes for You?
The shapely muscle cars that won stoplight showdowns and Nascar championships four decades ago have gone straight and joined the police force.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: Look! America! It's Britney Spears!!
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