ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
US plans Iran strikes - report
A government consultant is quoted as saying Mr Bush believes he must do "what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do" and "that saving Iran is going to be his legacy".
Bush: Iran Strike Plans 'Wild Speculation'
UK official: Iran nuke strike 'nuts'
Third Retired General Wants Rumsfeld Out
The three-star Marine Corps general who was the military's top operations officer before the invasion of Iraq expressed regret, in an essay published Sunday, that he did not more energetically question those who had ordered the nation to war. He also urged active-duty officers to speak out now if they had doubts about the war.
The world's biggest prison system
More than 2.1 million people are in jail in the US at any one time; that is about one in 140 Americans, or as many people as live in Namibia, or nearly five Luxembourgs - and it is a number that continues to rise.
Why Jamaicans are over-represented in British Prisons
Positive spring break for Black college students
This year, while college students have been better known for trucking to plush hideaways in Latin America, or on sunny beaches in Florida, many have dedicated themselves to working in the American Gulf to make the people damaged by Hurricane Katrina whole. Because of this desire, MTV and United Way sponsored a special project that attracted students at many universities, and subsequently more than 35,000 students participated—a welcome response by students of all colors.
Slavery and the Black Family
Everyone knows that African Americans have very high rates of single-parent families, but they disagree about why this has occurred. The black people of the West Indies and of the US had one thing in common: Their ancestors were slaves. Kinship connections in much of the world, and certainly in most of Africa, are more important than marital ones. Children in West Africa are often raised by people who are not their parents. And these kinship groups were broken up during the middle passage and by the sale of slaves in the West. In America and the West Indies, slavery created more barriers for any father hoping to play such a parental role.
Another 9/11 to legitimize attack on Iran? -
McKinney tops Bush leak on Fox 2:1
INTERNATIONAL:
Iran shoots down surveillance drone
Iran has shot down an unmanned surveillance plane in the south amid reports that the United States is planning military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a press report said on Sunday. “This plane had taken off from Iraq and was filming border areas,” a report in the hardline Jumhuri Eslami newspaper said. It added the Islamic Republic “officials have obtained information from the plane system and recordings”, without giving any further details.
Official: U.S. Backing Somali Militants
The United States is backing a new coalition of Somali militants fighting Islamic extremists for control of the lawless nation's capital, a U.S. official said, as both sides prepared for a battle that could explode in widespread violence. Residents say both sides have recently received an infusion of cash and weapons as they face off for control of the country, which has had no central government since warlords divided it into clan-based fiefdoms in 1991.
Hamas: Israel made 'declaration of war'
Hamas said it considered Israel's severing of contacts with the new Palestinian government "a declaration of war" and President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Jewish state of breaking international law.
Peace activist feared being shot, inquest told
Tom (Hurndall) had reported being "shot at, gassed and chased" by soldiers during the five days he was in Rafah and read extracts from the email, in which Tom described the danger that both he and the Palestinians were facing.
Ohio gov. faced with ethics charges
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel, an arm of the state Supreme Court, said Monday that Taft also violated Ohio's code of professional conduct for lawyers, which states that a lawyer shall not ``engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness to practice law.''
IRAQ:
What Really Happened In "Falluja April 2004"
WarningThis film contains graphic images. Viewer discretion advised.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush Has Violated 1947 National Security Act
The pertinent text of the 1947 National Security Act reads as follows: SEC. 601. (50 U.S.C. 421) (a) Whoever, having or having had authorized access to classified information that identifies a covert agent, intentionally discloses any information identifying such covert agent to any individual not authorized to receive classified information, knowing that the information disclosed so identifies such covert agent and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such covert agent's intelligence relationship to the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
John W. Dean: The Truth About Lewis "Scooter" Libby's Statements to the Grand Jury
What is apparent, however, based on Fitzgerald's filing, is that no one other than Bush, Cheney, Libby and apparently Addington was aware of this unilateral and selective declassification - if, indeed, the NIE was declassified. The secrecy surely suggests cover-up. For example, Fitzgerald notes that Libby "consciously decided not to make [then Deputy National Security Adviser] Hadley aware of the fact that defendant [Libby] himself had already been disseminating the NIE by leaking it to reporters while Mr. Hadley sought to get it formally declassified." (Also, CIA Director George Tenet apparently was not aware of the partial declassification by Bush.)
ECONOMY:
The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target
In 2005-2006, The Tehran government has a developed a plan to begin competing with New York's NYMEX and London's IPE with respect to international oil trades - using a euro-denominated international oil-trading mechanism. This means that without some form of US intervention, the euro is going to establish a firm foothold in the international oil trade. Given U.S. debt levels and the stated neoconservative project for U.S. global domination, Tehran's objective constitutes an obvious encroachment on U.S. dollar supremacy in the international oil market
OP-ED:
The Lynching Of Cynthia McKinney
First of all, let’s get some facts straight. McKinney was not wearing her optional lapel pin, but according to WXIA-TV in Atlanta, she did show her Congressional ID. It is also not the first time that the Capitol police have failed to recognize McKinney, something that is documented in the new film “American Blackout”. And as Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas told Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, the same thing has happened to her and sometimes the manner in which she has been treated, “is not necessarily accepting.”
Gangster Government
OK, let's accept the White House alibi that releasing Plame's identity was no crime. But if that's true, they've committed a bigger crime: Bush and Cheney knowingly withheld vital information from a grand jury investigation, a multimillion dollar inquiry the perps themselves authorized. That's akin to calling in a false fire alarm or calling the cops for a burglary that never happened - but far, far worse. Let's not forget that in the hunt for the perpetrator of this non-crime, reporter Judith Miller went to jail.
The Blue Pill People
There are none so blind as those who will not look. If you are one of those who will look, take a look around. You are surrounded -- surrounded by millions who will not look. These are the blue pill people. Who are these blue pill people and why won't they look?
The Iran Plans
“This is much more than a nuclear issue,” one high-ranking diplomat told me in Vienna. “That’s just a rallying point, and there is still time to fix it. But the Administration believes it cannot be fixed unless they control the hearts and minds of Iran. The real issue is who is going to control the Middle East and its oil in the next ten years.”
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
A Song from Sumer (2,300 BC)
When we think of ancient civilisations, it tends to be difficult to relate to them as real people with ordinary lives, loves and considerations, instead our attention is usually taken by the better-documented royal and military activities of the day. In many ways this doesn’t tell us much about how ordinary people lived - in the same way that the lifestyles of the rich and famous don’t necessarily directly relate to the man in the street today.
First Knights Templar are discovered
The first bodies of the Knights Templar, the mysterious religious order at the heart of The Da Vinci Code, have been found by archaeologists near the River Jordan in northern Israel.
FOOD&DRINK:
ELEGANT STRAWBERRY PIE
Very easy, but people will think you spent hours on it.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Hit-and-Miss Pop Odyssey
The limits of tender-bellied celebrity journalism go head-to-head with essayistic grace in critic Touré's Never Drank The Kool-Aid. The title means to convey the author's immunity to his subjects' spin; however, a few pieces suggest his bottle of Evian may have been dosed. That said, Kool-Aid's hit-and-miss pop odyssey still makes a most convincing argument for privileging contemplative journalism over glossy-mag wankery.
Remembering Percussionist Don Alias
Percussionist Don Alias died last month at the age of 66. He was known for maintaining his own unique sound while working with artists as diverse as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Joni Mitchell. Felix Contreras, himself a percussionist, looks at the lasting impact of Alias' musical work.
HUMOR?:
Bush's Brain? See Nixon's Guide to Presidential Behavior
Monday, April 10, 2006
Friday, April 07, 2006
Another Angle 7 - April - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Bush Personally Authorized Leaking Classified Info To Make Case For Iraq War..
Bush and Cheney authorized the release of the information regarding the NIE in the summer of 2003, according to court documents, as part of a damage-control effort undertaken only days after former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV alleged in an op-ed in The New York Times that claims by Bush that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger were most likely a hoax.
Bush: "If There Is A Leak Out Of My Administration, I Want To Know Who It Is. And If The Person Has Violated Law, The Person Will Be Taken Care Of"... [Chicago, Illinois, 9/30/03]
Evidence Suggests White House Conspiracy
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald stated in a court filing late Wednesday in the CIA leak case that his investigators have obtained evidence during the course of the two-year-old probe that proves "multiple" White House officials conspired to discredit former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a critic of the administration's pre-war Iraq intelligence.
White House Declines to Counter Leak Claim
Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested on Thursday for the first time that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States.
OpEdNews Editor Warned by Capitol Police For Article
I wrote an article the other day, Black November, in which I expressed my wish that Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell were both losing sleep worrying about people after them for murdering democracy. I gave a detailed description of what they should worry about. Katherine Harris may actually be worrying about it. I know because I got a call from a special agent of the Capitol Police checking with me on my article. She assured me that I hadn't broken any law, that this fell under free speech, that I'd been clear that I didn't want to harm her. But, she added, other people who might read my writing might be incited to action. I assured her that was not my intent. That seemed to reassure her a bit. But then she said that I was in a "grey area."
Charges over Ohio 2004 election, recount
The fix was in at the Cuyahoga elections board.
And where was the protector of the people - J. Kenneth Blackwell - while all of this was going on? And now he wants a promotion.
Alleged Rape by Duke Athletes Stuns N.C. Community
Prosecutors in Durham, N.C., are investigating a woman's claim that several members of Duke's lacrosse team raped her. Duke has canceled its lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has quit. Steve Inskeep talks to Bob Ashley, editor of the Herald-Sun in Durham.
Martin Luther King shooting tapes released online
Thirty-eight years after he was assassinated on a motel balcony, photographs, recordings and police files that describe the death of Martin Luther King Jr. have been placed on the internet.
McKinney apologizes for 'physical contact' with cop...
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who on Tuesday abandoned his re-election bid under a cloud of ethics charges, weighed in on Wednesday, saying McKinney "is a racist." "She has a long history of racism," DeLay, R-Texas, said on Fox News Channel. "Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance that sometimes hits these members of Congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney."
U.S. Will Pass on Rights Council, for Now
The United States was virtually alone in voting against the council when the U.N. General Assembly approved its creation last month. The Human Rights Council will replace the highly politicized and often criticized Human Rights Commission, which was discredited in recent years because some countries with terrible human rights records used their membership to protect one another from condemnation.
911Truth.org ::::: The 9/11 Truth Movement
Although a spattering of mainstream press showed up, the media gallery at Rep. Cynthia McKinney's historic was filled with indie media and C-SPAN taped the whole event for broadcast "sometime in August," according their programming office. See Cynthia's website - http://www.house.gov/mckinney/ - for an online archive of the briefing, which could be up as early as next week.
NOW DO SOME THINGS IN HER SITUATION START TO BECOME CLEAR? HOW BETTER TO OBSCURE HER WORK BY PAINTING HER AS A NUT!
Gospel of Judas Iscariot
To most Christians, Judas is seen as a traitor, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Romans for 40 pieces of silver. But a newly restored papyrus document dating to the 2nd century AD portrays a very different man. Judas is shown as Jesus' best friend, asked by Jesus himself to betray his identity to fulfill the prophecy and liberate his soul to ascend to heaven.
INTERNATIONAL:
Somalia may be proxy US-Islam battleground
Somalia's worst fighting in years suggests the failed Horn of Africa state may become a new proxy battleground for Islamist militants and the United States.
Washington sees Somalia as a terrorist haven and backs the warlords in Mogadishu, which may have galvanised the Islamists against them both, analysts say.
A replay of Iraq beckons in Darfur if we send in troops
Nato is already assisting with logistics for the 7,800 African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. Bush is pushing for a large UN force - perhaps 20,000 troops - to replace the AU, arguing that this would end the fighting there. This sounds good but won't work. Putting white, western, Christian troops in Darfur would unite all those fighting each other - in a holy war against outsiders.
Iranian democrats tell US where to stick its $85m
Air France to fly world’s first aircraft with inflight mobile phone system
This article confirms that cell phones require special equipment to be installed on planes in order to work while in flight.
LET'S ROLL!!
AIPAC Pimps War With Iran
Iran’s persistent refusal to end its illicit nuclear programs is a direct threat to countries around the world. Iranian ballistic missiles are currently capable of delivering a nuclear warhead more than 1,200 miles. The video and maps below are intended to help you better understand the escalating threat that is Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
American Jewish Committee Pimps War With Iran:
Another Angle helping you to recognize propaganda.
Israelis detain Hamas minister
Ahmed Jalajel, a photographer for the Al-Quds daily newspaper who was with Mr Arafa at the time, told the Associated Press: "They asked us for ID, they said: 'Get out.' He said: 'I am not getting out.' They opened the car and pushed him out. "They asked him to sit down on the ground, and then they checked the IDs. They asked him to get into their jeep. He refused, then they pushed him into the jeep."
IRAQ:
Shiite Mosque in Baghdad Is Bombed
Saddam admits to village massacre
When will bushie boy admit to anything?
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
DeLay Implicated In FL Gangland Casino Boat Owner Hit
On April 1, the Miami Herald reported that Moscatiello was a long time informant for the FBI at the time of the murder of Boulis. Moscatiello quit his association with the the FBI shortly after the murder of Boulis. Recently convicted GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his colleague Adam Kidan forced Boulis to sell Sun Cruz Casino Cruises to them in a scheme engineered by Gov. Jeb Bus to establish a GOP money launcering contrivance. The state pressured Boulis, a Greek national, to sell Sun Cruz to Abramoff because of an obscure state requirement that shipping companies be owned by U.S. citizens. Jeb Bush, using Florida's regulatory mechanisms behind the scenes, ensured Boulis was pressured to divest his interests in Sun Cruz to Abramoff.
Bush's Grand Game: A "PNAC Primer" UPDATE
It's time to re-examine The Project for The New American Century, about which still too little is known by the American public.
IFYOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEM, THIS PIECE IS A MUST READ. IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW, THINK AGAIN.
ECONOMY:
Seven Trends Spell A U.S. Financial Crisis
"Right now we face some powerful negative forces that could lead to a dollar panic, a stock market crash, or a banking crisis," said Investment U (http://www.investmentu.com) Chairman Mark Skousen in a lecture recently at Columbia University. "The basis of my remark," says Skousen, "is a warning issued by none other than former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. A year ago he warned that 'The U.S. is skating on increasingly thin ice... The circumstances seem to me as dangerous and intractable as any I can remember, and I can remember a lot.'"
FCC CHAIRMAN WANTS TO REPEAL CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE
In a message that undoubtedly warmed the hearts of large media concerns such as Tribune Co., Gannett Co. and Media General, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin delivered a sharp critique of regulations preventing newspaper publishers from owning TV stations in the same markets, and pleaded with other publishers to lobby more vigorously for its repeal.
OP-ED:
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Black churches filled the void in New Orleans left by agencies and the Red Cross.
"The Black church was the first responder, and the people were prepared to come to the church who knew nothing about FEMA, who knew nothing about the Red Cross, who didn't trust the Red Cross, who certainly didn't trust the federal government." From empathizing with the emotional devastation to assisting with financial needs, food, housing, clothing and counseling, thousands of Black congregations around the nation led the way in carrying out the mission that has been the Black church's legacy in times of crisis - caring for the hurting and left out and fighting for justice.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Battery electrodes self-assembled by viruses
Genetically modified viruses that assemble into electrodes could one day revolutionise battery manufacturing.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.
The simulation is an attempt to map out what might happen with a very uncertain bug: the avian flu virus H5N1 is a particular strain that does not yet easily pass between humans. If it morphs into such a strain, however, human deaths could mount quickly. Meantime, vaccines developed for current strains would likely not be effective against whatever variety ultimately emerges.
FOOD&DRINK:
Stop the Madness: Make Your Own Salad Dressing
Making your own salad dressing is embarrassingly easy -- and cheaper than buying it in the store. There's no end to the dressings you can make. Novices might begin by preparing classic French vinaigrette, which is the mother lode for so many dressings. The key is to strike the proper balance among acid (vinegar, lemon juice), sweetness (olive oil) and spicy (mustard, black pepper, hot pepper). It goes without saying that the better the ingredients, the more flavorful the results.
SALAD BAR COBB
Cobb salad was created at the Brown Derby, which opened in Los Angeles in 1926. Owner Robert Cobb placed diced vegetables, chicken and cheese on a bed of greens, and topped it all with his French dressing. Most of the ingredients for this recipe can be found at supermarket salad bars.
In Barbecue Season, What Are the Risks?
It's getting to be barbecue season. People are starting to think about firing up their backyard grills, slapping on hamburgers patties and hot dogs -- getting ready for warm weather. But a recent news story caught commentator Ed Cullen's eye -- and got him thinking that maybe this barbecue thing isn't such a great idea.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy
Hyphy is a rap style out of the suburbs of San Francisco, defined by its fast pace and intricate wordplay. It's now getting national attention, as rapper E-40 has an album in Billboard's top 100. Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains.
Van Hunt channels Prince at L.A. gig
At times during his 55-minute set, he also channeled Rick James, outrocked Lenny Kravitz and echoed David Bowie, while his six-piece co-ed biracial combo brought back memories of prime Prince & the Revolution. But most of all, the 29-year-old singer-guitarist proved Tuesday that he is a star, albeit one with a grab bag of easily spotted influences.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Bush Personally Authorized Leaking Classified Info To Make Case For Iraq War..
Bush and Cheney authorized the release of the information regarding the NIE in the summer of 2003, according to court documents, as part of a damage-control effort undertaken only days after former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV alleged in an op-ed in The New York Times that claims by Bush that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger were most likely a hoax.
Bush: "If There Is A Leak Out Of My Administration, I Want To Know Who It Is. And If The Person Has Violated Law, The Person Will Be Taken Care Of"... [Chicago, Illinois, 9/30/03]
Evidence Suggests White House Conspiracy
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald stated in a court filing late Wednesday in the CIA leak case that his investigators have obtained evidence during the course of the two-year-old probe that proves "multiple" White House officials conspired to discredit former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a critic of the administration's pre-war Iraq intelligence.
White House Declines to Counter Leak Claim
Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested on Thursday for the first time that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States.
OpEdNews Editor Warned by Capitol Police For Article
I wrote an article the other day, Black November, in which I expressed my wish that Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell were both losing sleep worrying about people after them for murdering democracy. I gave a detailed description of what they should worry about. Katherine Harris may actually be worrying about it. I know because I got a call from a special agent of the Capitol Police checking with me on my article. She assured me that I hadn't broken any law, that this fell under free speech, that I'd been clear that I didn't want to harm her. But, she added, other people who might read my writing might be incited to action. I assured her that was not my intent. That seemed to reassure her a bit. But then she said that I was in a "grey area."
Charges over Ohio 2004 election, recount
The fix was in at the Cuyahoga elections board.
And where was the protector of the people - J. Kenneth Blackwell - while all of this was going on? And now he wants a promotion.
Alleged Rape by Duke Athletes Stuns N.C. Community
Prosecutors in Durham, N.C., are investigating a woman's claim that several members of Duke's lacrosse team raped her. Duke has canceled its lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has quit. Steve Inskeep talks to Bob Ashley, editor of the Herald-Sun in Durham.
Martin Luther King shooting tapes released online
Thirty-eight years after he was assassinated on a motel balcony, photographs, recordings and police files that describe the death of Martin Luther King Jr. have been placed on the internet.
McKinney apologizes for 'physical contact' with cop...
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who on Tuesday abandoned his re-election bid under a cloud of ethics charges, weighed in on Wednesday, saying McKinney "is a racist." "She has a long history of racism," DeLay, R-Texas, said on Fox News Channel. "Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance that sometimes hits these members of Congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney."
U.S. Will Pass on Rights Council, for Now
The United States was virtually alone in voting against the council when the U.N. General Assembly approved its creation last month. The Human Rights Council will replace the highly politicized and often criticized Human Rights Commission, which was discredited in recent years because some countries with terrible human rights records used their membership to protect one another from condemnation.
911Truth.org ::::: The 9/11 Truth Movement
Although a spattering of mainstream press showed up, the media gallery at Rep. Cynthia McKinney's historic was filled with indie media and C-SPAN taped the whole event for broadcast "sometime in August," according their programming office. See Cynthia's website - http://www.house.gov/mckinney/ - for an online archive of the briefing, which could be up as early as next week.
NOW DO SOME THINGS IN HER SITUATION START TO BECOME CLEAR? HOW BETTER TO OBSCURE HER WORK BY PAINTING HER AS A NUT!
Gospel of Judas Iscariot
To most Christians, Judas is seen as a traitor, the disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Romans for 40 pieces of silver. But a newly restored papyrus document dating to the 2nd century AD portrays a very different man. Judas is shown as Jesus' best friend, asked by Jesus himself to betray his identity to fulfill the prophecy and liberate his soul to ascend to heaven.
INTERNATIONAL:
Somalia may be proxy US-Islam battleground
Somalia's worst fighting in years suggests the failed Horn of Africa state may become a new proxy battleground for Islamist militants and the United States.
Washington sees Somalia as a terrorist haven and backs the warlords in Mogadishu, which may have galvanised the Islamists against them both, analysts say.
A replay of Iraq beckons in Darfur if we send in troops
Nato is already assisting with logistics for the 7,800 African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. Bush is pushing for a large UN force - perhaps 20,000 troops - to replace the AU, arguing that this would end the fighting there. This sounds good but won't work. Putting white, western, Christian troops in Darfur would unite all those fighting each other - in a holy war against outsiders.
Iranian democrats tell US where to stick its $85m
Air France to fly world’s first aircraft with inflight mobile phone system
This article confirms that cell phones require special equipment to be installed on planes in order to work while in flight.
LET'S ROLL!!
AIPAC Pimps War With Iran
Iran’s persistent refusal to end its illicit nuclear programs is a direct threat to countries around the world. Iranian ballistic missiles are currently capable of delivering a nuclear warhead more than 1,200 miles. The video and maps below are intended to help you better understand the escalating threat that is Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.
American Jewish Committee Pimps War With Iran:
Another Angle helping you to recognize propaganda.
Israelis detain Hamas minister
Ahmed Jalajel, a photographer for the Al-Quds daily newspaper who was with Mr Arafa at the time, told the Associated Press: "They asked us for ID, they said: 'Get out.' He said: 'I am not getting out.' They opened the car and pushed him out. "They asked him to sit down on the ground, and then they checked the IDs. They asked him to get into their jeep. He refused, then they pushed him into the jeep."
IRAQ:
Shiite Mosque in Baghdad Is Bombed
Saddam admits to village massacre
When will bushie boy admit to anything?
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
DeLay Implicated In FL Gangland Casino Boat Owner Hit
On April 1, the Miami Herald reported that Moscatiello was a long time informant for the FBI at the time of the murder of Boulis. Moscatiello quit his association with the the FBI shortly after the murder of Boulis. Recently convicted GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his colleague Adam Kidan forced Boulis to sell Sun Cruz Casino Cruises to them in a scheme engineered by Gov. Jeb Bus to establish a GOP money launcering contrivance. The state pressured Boulis, a Greek national, to sell Sun Cruz to Abramoff because of an obscure state requirement that shipping companies be owned by U.S. citizens. Jeb Bush, using Florida's regulatory mechanisms behind the scenes, ensured Boulis was pressured to divest his interests in Sun Cruz to Abramoff.
Bush's Grand Game: A "PNAC Primer" UPDATE
It's time to re-examine The Project for The New American Century, about which still too little is known by the American public.
IFYOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEM, THIS PIECE IS A MUST READ. IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW, THINK AGAIN.
ECONOMY:
Seven Trends Spell A U.S. Financial Crisis
"Right now we face some powerful negative forces that could lead to a dollar panic, a stock market crash, or a banking crisis," said Investment U (http://www.investmentu.com) Chairman Mark Skousen in a lecture recently at Columbia University. "The basis of my remark," says Skousen, "is a warning issued by none other than former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. A year ago he warned that 'The U.S. is skating on increasingly thin ice... The circumstances seem to me as dangerous and intractable as any I can remember, and I can remember a lot.'"
FCC CHAIRMAN WANTS TO REPEAL CROSS-OWNERSHIP RULE
In a message that undoubtedly warmed the hearts of large media concerns such as Tribune Co., Gannett Co. and Media General, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin delivered a sharp critique of regulations preventing newspaper publishers from owning TV stations in the same markets, and pleaded with other publishers to lobby more vigorously for its repeal.
OP-ED:
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Black churches filled the void in New Orleans left by agencies and the Red Cross.
"The Black church was the first responder, and the people were prepared to come to the church who knew nothing about FEMA, who knew nothing about the Red Cross, who didn't trust the Red Cross, who certainly didn't trust the federal government." From empathizing with the emotional devastation to assisting with financial needs, food, housing, clothing and counseling, thousands of Black congregations around the nation led the way in carrying out the mission that has been the Black church's legacy in times of crisis - caring for the hurting and left out and fighting for justice.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
Battery electrodes self-assembled by viruses
Genetically modified viruses that assemble into electrodes could one day revolutionise battery manufacturing.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.
The simulation is an attempt to map out what might happen with a very uncertain bug: the avian flu virus H5N1 is a particular strain that does not yet easily pass between humans. If it morphs into such a strain, however, human deaths could mount quickly. Meantime, vaccines developed for current strains would likely not be effective against whatever variety ultimately emerges.
FOOD&DRINK:
Stop the Madness: Make Your Own Salad Dressing
Making your own salad dressing is embarrassingly easy -- and cheaper than buying it in the store. There's no end to the dressings you can make. Novices might begin by preparing classic French vinaigrette, which is the mother lode for so many dressings. The key is to strike the proper balance among acid (vinegar, lemon juice), sweetness (olive oil) and spicy (mustard, black pepper, hot pepper). It goes without saying that the better the ingredients, the more flavorful the results.
SALAD BAR COBB
Cobb salad was created at the Brown Derby, which opened in Los Angeles in 1926. Owner Robert Cobb placed diced vegetables, chicken and cheese on a bed of greens, and topped it all with his French dressing. Most of the ingredients for this recipe can be found at supermarket salad bars.
In Barbecue Season, What Are the Risks?
It's getting to be barbecue season. People are starting to think about firing up their backyard grills, slapping on hamburgers patties and hot dogs -- getting ready for warm weather. But a recent news story caught commentator Ed Cullen's eye -- and got him thinking that maybe this barbecue thing isn't such a great idea.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Hip-Hop to the Nth Degree: Hyphy
Hyphy is a rap style out of the suburbs of San Francisco, defined by its fast pace and intricate wordplay. It's now getting national attention, as rapper E-40 has an album in Billboard's top 100. Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains.
Van Hunt channels Prince at L.A. gig
At times during his 55-minute set, he also channeled Rick James, outrocked Lenny Kravitz and echoed David Bowie, while his six-piece co-ed biracial combo brought back memories of prime Prince & the Revolution. But most of all, the 29-year-old singer-guitarist proved Tuesday that he is a star, albeit one with a grab bag of easily spotted influences.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Another Angle 4 - April - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
BREAKING: DeLay Reveals Plan To Have Texas Legislature Oust Ronnie Earle
On an interview this morning on Fox News Radio’s Tony Snow Show, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) revealed a plan to have the Texas legislature oust district attorney Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor who charged DeLay with money laundering.
Cynthia McKinney Accuses Capitol Police of Racial Profiling
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has complained she was the victim of racial profiling that led to a run-in with a Capitol police officer last week. Prosecutors are now reviewing whether to bring charges against her. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee about the incident and we look at when several members of the Georgia General Assembly were denied entry to Coretta Scott King's funeral in February.
Listen to Segment from Democracy Now
GOP: Commend cops who grabbed rep.
Bush Ohio chief had Diebold stock
The state's top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics Commission.
DeLay Announces Resignation From House
Funny how he does all this right after his top aide pleads guilty and promises to help prosecutors.
Chronological Oddity to Hit Digital Clock
Call it a coincidental sign of our digital times or a reason to stay up late and stare at the clock. Either way, early Wednesday morning the time and date will be 01-02-03-04-05-06.
INTERNATIONAL:
Venezuela takes back oil fields
The government said it had taken the step after failing to agree a deal with the two firms which would give it a majority stake in new ventures. President Hugo Chavez has been working to strengthen state control over oil production in the country. So far, 16 oil firms have agreed to change their operations into joint ventures with state oil firm PDVSA. US based Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and Spain's Repsol are among the companies that signed the agreement on Friday.
Israel Fires Missiles into Abbas' Compound
"For every action, there's a reaction," ministry spokesman Khaled Abu Hilal said. "The occupation must understand that our people have the ability to be steadfast in confronting acts of occupation."
IRAQ:
Is US Planning More Attacks on Shi'ite Militias?
CIA advisers to the Interior Ministry created a force of "special police commandos" consisting of 5,000 elite troops commanded by a former Ba'athist general, Adnan Thabit. Many of the commandos recruited for the unit were former Hussein security personnel themselves, partly because of their experience in counterinsurgency, and partly because they would be strongly anti-Iran. While still under the Interior Ministry in theory, these commandos will follow the lead of the U.S.-supported Gen. Thabit.
ECONOMY:
Chinese official: Buy less U.S. debt
China should trim its holdings of U.S. debt, a senior Chinese official said, rattling markets on Tuesday in the run-up to a visit by President Hu Jintao to Washington this month. As China is a leading financier of the U.S. current account deficit and holds the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, the comments from Cheng Siwei, a vice chief of the national parliament, sent the dollar and U.S. government bonds lower.
Wal-Mart to Add Jobs in Struggling Areas in U.S.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling communities over the next two years, as part of a goal to create between 15,000 and 25,000 jobs.
Hmm, let's see, 15-25,000 MORE substandard jobs with crappy or no benefits. Sounds like just what we need!
OP-ED:
'Latino Only'
The young black man hesitated as he stood outside the small furniture manufacturing shop in South Los Angeles. He was dressed neatly, and he was well-groomed. He eyed the building warily. The sign on the narrow glass door, in English and Spanish, read "help wanted" and trabajo aqui. After a moment he went in and politely asked for an application. The petite receptionist, a young Latina, handed him an application form, with an airy nonchalance. She curtly suggested that he fill it out and bring it back. When he asked if there would be an interview, she haltingly said only if there was a position open. A couple of hours later two young Latinos came in to apply. One was immediately hired. The other was told that another helper job might open up within the next few days.
The dangers of unintended consequences
Before the Middle East's unfriendly volcano erupts again, it would behoove the National Security team to advise the president that kicking butt in Iran, like kicking Iraq's gluteal region, triggers the law of unintended consequences.
How Massacres Become the Norm
It amazes me that so many people in the US today somehow seriously believe that American soldiers would never kill civilians. Despite the fact that they are in a no-win guerrilla war in Iraq which, like any other guerrilla war, always generates more civilian casualties than combatant casualties on either side.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Future of Glasses: Electronic Bifocals
Don't throw away those bifocals just yet, but scientists have developed prototype spectacles that change prescriptions with the flick of a switch. The new glasses could benefit people suffering from presbyopia, a condition in which faraway objects are in focus but those nearby appear blurry. Presbyopia is a natural, age-associated progressive loss, and scientists estimate that about 90 percent of people over 45 suffer from it.
FOOD&DRINK:
LAYERED TACO SALAD
This was great! Only change I would make is to add a bit of sour cream to the dressing to make it more creamy.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Jackie McLean's Death Ends Decades of Inspired Jazz
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean has died. Coming of age in the shadow of Charlie Parker, McLean mastered that saxophonist's style of bebop and went on to become an early advocate of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. In 2001, McLean was recognized as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. That same year, he was inducted into Downbeat magazine's Jazz Education Hall of Fame. McLean died Friday at his home in Hartford, Conn., after a long illness. He was 73 years old.
HUMOR?:
THIS MODERN WORLD
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
BREAKING: DeLay Reveals Plan To Have Texas Legislature Oust Ronnie Earle
On an interview this morning on Fox News Radio’s Tony Snow Show, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) revealed a plan to have the Texas legislature oust district attorney Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor who charged DeLay with money laundering.
Cynthia McKinney Accuses Capitol Police of Racial Profiling
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has complained she was the victim of racial profiling that led to a run-in with a Capitol police officer last week. Prosecutors are now reviewing whether to bring charges against her. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee about the incident and we look at when several members of the Georgia General Assembly were denied entry to Coretta Scott King's funeral in February.
Listen to Segment from Democracy Now
GOP: Commend cops who grabbed rep.
Bush Ohio chief had Diebold stock
The state's top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics Commission.
DeLay Announces Resignation From House
Funny how he does all this right after his top aide pleads guilty and promises to help prosecutors.
Chronological Oddity to Hit Digital Clock
Call it a coincidental sign of our digital times or a reason to stay up late and stare at the clock. Either way, early Wednesday morning the time and date will be 01-02-03-04-05-06.
INTERNATIONAL:
Venezuela takes back oil fields
The government said it had taken the step after failing to agree a deal with the two firms which would give it a majority stake in new ventures. President Hugo Chavez has been working to strengthen state control over oil production in the country. So far, 16 oil firms have agreed to change their operations into joint ventures with state oil firm PDVSA. US based Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and Spain's Repsol are among the companies that signed the agreement on Friday.
Israel Fires Missiles into Abbas' Compound
"For every action, there's a reaction," ministry spokesman Khaled Abu Hilal said. "The occupation must understand that our people have the ability to be steadfast in confronting acts of occupation."
IRAQ:
Is US Planning More Attacks on Shi'ite Militias?
CIA advisers to the Interior Ministry created a force of "special police commandos" consisting of 5,000 elite troops commanded by a former Ba'athist general, Adnan Thabit. Many of the commandos recruited for the unit were former Hussein security personnel themselves, partly because of their experience in counterinsurgency, and partly because they would be strongly anti-Iran. While still under the Interior Ministry in theory, these commandos will follow the lead of the U.S.-supported Gen. Thabit.
ECONOMY:
Chinese official: Buy less U.S. debt
China should trim its holdings of U.S. debt, a senior Chinese official said, rattling markets on Tuesday in the run-up to a visit by President Hu Jintao to Washington this month. As China is a leading financier of the U.S. current account deficit and holds the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, the comments from Cheng Siwei, a vice chief of the national parliament, sent the dollar and U.S. government bonds lower.
Wal-Mart to Add Jobs in Struggling Areas in U.S.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it plans to build more than 50 stores in struggling communities over the next two years, as part of a goal to create between 15,000 and 25,000 jobs.
Hmm, let's see, 15-25,000 MORE substandard jobs with crappy or no benefits. Sounds like just what we need!
OP-ED:
'Latino Only'
The young black man hesitated as he stood outside the small furniture manufacturing shop in South Los Angeles. He was dressed neatly, and he was well-groomed. He eyed the building warily. The sign on the narrow glass door, in English and Spanish, read "help wanted" and trabajo aqui. After a moment he went in and politely asked for an application. The petite receptionist, a young Latina, handed him an application form, with an airy nonchalance. She curtly suggested that he fill it out and bring it back. When he asked if there would be an interview, she haltingly said only if there was a position open. A couple of hours later two young Latinos came in to apply. One was immediately hired. The other was told that another helper job might open up within the next few days.
The dangers of unintended consequences
Before the Middle East's unfriendly volcano erupts again, it would behoove the National Security team to advise the president that kicking butt in Iran, like kicking Iraq's gluteal region, triggers the law of unintended consequences.
How Massacres Become the Norm
It amazes me that so many people in the US today somehow seriously believe that American soldiers would never kill civilians. Despite the fact that they are in a no-win guerrilla war in Iraq which, like any other guerrilla war, always generates more civilian casualties than combatant casualties on either side.
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
The Future of Glasses: Electronic Bifocals
Don't throw away those bifocals just yet, but scientists have developed prototype spectacles that change prescriptions with the flick of a switch. The new glasses could benefit people suffering from presbyopia, a condition in which faraway objects are in focus but those nearby appear blurry. Presbyopia is a natural, age-associated progressive loss, and scientists estimate that about 90 percent of people over 45 suffer from it.
FOOD&DRINK:
LAYERED TACO SALAD
This was great! Only change I would make is to add a bit of sour cream to the dressing to make it more creamy.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
Jackie McLean's Death Ends Decades of Inspired Jazz
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean has died. Coming of age in the shadow of Charlie Parker, McLean mastered that saxophonist's style of bebop and went on to become an early advocate of the free jazz movement of the 1960s. In 2001, McLean was recognized as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. That same year, he was inducted into Downbeat magazine's Jazz Education Hall of Fame. McLean died Friday at his home in Hartford, Conn., after a long illness. He was 73 years old.
HUMOR?:
THIS MODERN WORLD
Monday, April 03, 2006
Another Angle 3 - April - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Blacks and immigrants call for unity!
In the 1850s the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Act which made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves. Good Americans were required to return runaway “property” to their owners. Now Congress is on the point of passing legislation that would criminalize the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country and levy criminal sanctions against organizations that work with them. The bills are H.R. 4437 and S. 2454.
Boortz: Rep. McKinney "looks like a ghetto slut"
Boortz was commenting on a March 29 incident in which McKinney allegedly struck a police officer at a Capitol Hill security checkpoint. Boortz said that McKinney's "new hair-do" makes her look "like a ghetto slut," like "an explosion at a Brillo pad factory," like "Tina Turner peeing on an electric fence," and like "a shih tzu." McKinney is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Georgia.
Limbaugh called alleged Duke rape victim a "ho[ ]"
Top Scientist Advocates Mass Culling 90% Of Human Population
A top scientist gave a speech to the Texas Academy of Science last month in which he advocated the need to exterminate 90% of the population through the airborne ebola virus. Dr. Eric R. Pianka's chilling comments, and their enthusiastic reception again underscore the elite's agenda to enact horrifying measures of population control.
U.S. to create a bird flu virus mutation
"Coingate" reaches White House
Last week, Greg Weinman, the Mint’s senior counsel and ethics official, told The Blade that the Treasury Department’s inspector general had opened an investigation into Mr. Noe’s role as a member and chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, a panel that advises the Treasury secretary on themes and designs for coins and congressional gold medals. In May, 2003, the White House and House Speaker Dennis Hastert recommended that Mr. Noe get a seat on the influential 11-member committee. Treasury Secretary John Snow appointed Mr. Noe, less than six months after the Toledo-area coin dealer expressed interest in joining a Mint committee to Henrietta Fore, then director of the Mint.
New Christian pro-Israel lobby aims to be stronger than AIPAC
Televangelist John Hagee told Jewish community leaders over the weekend that the 40 million evangelical Christians in the United States support Israel and that he plans to utilize this power to help Israel by launching a Christian pro-Israel lobby. The lobby is slated to launch in July, during a Washington conference in which hundreds of American evangelicals are slated to participate, Hagee said at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which represents 52 national Jewish groups.
America's Israeli Lobby can't handle The Truth :: How Israel's Lobby won & intimidated the West for Israel
The business of staying in business after Hurricane Katrina gets harder
Hezekiah “Hezzie” Watts stood in the glare of the midday sun looking at the shattered remains of his life’s dream, H.W. Marine Repair, a boat repair and service company that he started 15 years before. It was not a large company; it comprised just him and an assistant, but it was his.
“This was a dream of mine and it was going well,” he said. But that was before Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf coast, leaving destruction and mayhem in its wake. Now, H.W. Marine Repair is nothing but a hollow shell.
How the GOP Became God's Own Party
Now that the GOP has been transformed by the rise of the South, the trauma of terrorism and George W. Bush's conviction that God wanted him to be president, a deeper conclusion can be drawn: The Republican Party has become the first religious party in U.S. history.
Agent Orange: the legacy of a weapon of mass destruction
The Vietnamese government estimates 500,000 children have been born with birth defects caused by contamination with Agent Orange and two million suffered cancers and other ill effects - innocent victims of a chemical intended to harm plant life, not humans. But unlike the American soldiers who sprayed the defoliant, they have never received compensation.
NBC affiliates won't air MoveOn oil ads
The $1.3 million ad buy, which MoveOn calls the first in a series, will target four Congresspersons in competitive districts. Representatives Chris Chocola (IN-2), Thelma Drake (VA-2), Nancy Johnson (CT-5) and Deborah Pryce (OH-15) will be the first hit. All four voted against giving the U.S. Department of Justice authority to prosecute oil companies for alleged price gouging.
INTERNATIONAL:
Iran denies Swiss paper's claim in withdrawal of Gold assets
The Central Bank official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Economy Desk at IRNA Head office in Tehran Desk, "The news published in the Thursday edition of the Bern-based daily Der Bund, on Iran's withdrawal of 250 tons of its gold reserves, worth five billion Swiss francs, and transferring them to Tehran is totally baseless." Der Bund had added in its story that apparently Iran has ever since last October withdrawn 700 tons of its gold reserves, worth sixteen billion Swiss franks, from various Western monetary funds and transferred them to other unknown destinations.
Iran Tests Second New Torpedo in Gulf
Fried Rice to go
If British school kids think you’re full of it, just imagine what Iraqi adults think.
When you can’t get a good photo op in England? Our biggest ally?
You’re toast.
Burnt to a crisp.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush cuts ranch visits to avoid protesters
He is more welcome in Cincinnati than on his own ranch???
Bushwhacked
Windows media and Real media.
ECONOMY:
Hot money leaving a cold climate could signal the big freeze
Events in and around the Icelandic economy, culminating last Thursday in a further interest rate rise from its central bank, may be the first sign of problems in global financial markets with unpleasant consequences for all of us.
OP-ED:
Black November; A Terrible Day in American History, or an American Terrorist Group?
It's April 2006. November is a long way off. I find myself thinking about how likely it is that two of the worst criminals in the history of Democracy, Ken Blackwell and Katherine Harris, instead of being executed as traitors to democracy and arch criminals who betrayed the most sacred principles the USA stands for, will very likely win the elections they are not only running in, but through direct and indirect means, corrupting and controlling.
Is it All in My Imagination?
It is supposed to be anti-Semitic to say that the Jews control the American media or exert a powerful influence upon American foreign policy and political life. Yet I see this-
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
U.S. to create a bird flu virus mutation
CDC scientists inside an ultra-secure laboratory have started swapping the genes of the H5N1 avian virus with the genes of an H3N2 virus, the strain behind most recent human flu outbreaks. The goal is to substitute the eight genes of each virus, one by one, with the eight genes from the other virus to see which of more than 250 possible combinations create flu viruses that could spread easily among humans.
Predicting earthquakes from space
The International Space Station has also been long helping collect ionosphere information. Thanks to the ISS's low orbit, some research programs crucial for the future Vulkan disaster forecasting system have been conducted here as part of a broader effort codenamed Uragan (Hurricane).
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Barbecue meats linked with prostate cancer
Their study, presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, may help explain the link between eating meat and a higher risk of prostate cancer. It also fits in with other studies suggesting that cooking meat until it chars might cause cancer. The compound, called PhIP, is formed when meat is cooked at very high temperatures, Dr. Angelo De Marzo and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported.
Loneliness Kills, Study Shows
In a new University of Chicago study of men and women 50 to 68 years old, those who scored highest on measures of loneliness also had higher blood pressure. And high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, the number one killer in many industrialized nations and number two the United States.
FOOD&DRINK:
Lemon-Walnut Biscotti
These sweet-crisp cookies can be baked days ahead and, because the recipe is so generous, you can give some away.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: The Immigration Battle Royal!
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
Blacks and immigrants call for unity!
In the 1850s the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Act which made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves. Good Americans were required to return runaway “property” to their owners. Now Congress is on the point of passing legislation that would criminalize the 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country and levy criminal sanctions against organizations that work with them. The bills are H.R. 4437 and S. 2454.
Boortz: Rep. McKinney "looks like a ghetto slut"
Boortz was commenting on a March 29 incident in which McKinney allegedly struck a police officer at a Capitol Hill security checkpoint. Boortz said that McKinney's "new hair-do" makes her look "like a ghetto slut," like "an explosion at a Brillo pad factory," like "Tina Turner peeing on an electric fence," and like "a shih tzu." McKinney is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Georgia.
Limbaugh called alleged Duke rape victim a "ho[ ]"
Top Scientist Advocates Mass Culling 90% Of Human Population
A top scientist gave a speech to the Texas Academy of Science last month in which he advocated the need to exterminate 90% of the population through the airborne ebola virus. Dr. Eric R. Pianka's chilling comments, and their enthusiastic reception again underscore the elite's agenda to enact horrifying measures of population control.
U.S. to create a bird flu virus mutation
"Coingate" reaches White House
Last week, Greg Weinman, the Mint’s senior counsel and ethics official, told The Blade that the Treasury Department’s inspector general had opened an investigation into Mr. Noe’s role as a member and chairman of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, a panel that advises the Treasury secretary on themes and designs for coins and congressional gold medals. In May, 2003, the White House and House Speaker Dennis Hastert recommended that Mr. Noe get a seat on the influential 11-member committee. Treasury Secretary John Snow appointed Mr. Noe, less than six months after the Toledo-area coin dealer expressed interest in joining a Mint committee to Henrietta Fore, then director of the Mint.
New Christian pro-Israel lobby aims to be stronger than AIPAC
Televangelist John Hagee told Jewish community leaders over the weekend that the 40 million evangelical Christians in the United States support Israel and that he plans to utilize this power to help Israel by launching a Christian pro-Israel lobby. The lobby is slated to launch in July, during a Washington conference in which hundreds of American evangelicals are slated to participate, Hagee said at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which represents 52 national Jewish groups.
America's Israeli Lobby can't handle The Truth :: How Israel's Lobby won & intimidated the West for Israel
The business of staying in business after Hurricane Katrina gets harder
Hezekiah “Hezzie” Watts stood in the glare of the midday sun looking at the shattered remains of his life’s dream, H.W. Marine Repair, a boat repair and service company that he started 15 years before. It was not a large company; it comprised just him and an assistant, but it was his.
“This was a dream of mine and it was going well,” he said. But that was before Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf coast, leaving destruction and mayhem in its wake. Now, H.W. Marine Repair is nothing but a hollow shell.
How the GOP Became God's Own Party
Now that the GOP has been transformed by the rise of the South, the trauma of terrorism and George W. Bush's conviction that God wanted him to be president, a deeper conclusion can be drawn: The Republican Party has become the first religious party in U.S. history.
Agent Orange: the legacy of a weapon of mass destruction
The Vietnamese government estimates 500,000 children have been born with birth defects caused by contamination with Agent Orange and two million suffered cancers and other ill effects - innocent victims of a chemical intended to harm plant life, not humans. But unlike the American soldiers who sprayed the defoliant, they have never received compensation.
NBC affiliates won't air MoveOn oil ads
The $1.3 million ad buy, which MoveOn calls the first in a series, will target four Congresspersons in competitive districts. Representatives Chris Chocola (IN-2), Thelma Drake (VA-2), Nancy Johnson (CT-5) and Deborah Pryce (OH-15) will be the first hit. All four voted against giving the U.S. Department of Justice authority to prosecute oil companies for alleged price gouging.
INTERNATIONAL:
Iran denies Swiss paper's claim in withdrawal of Gold assets
The Central Bank official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Economy Desk at IRNA Head office in Tehran Desk, "The news published in the Thursday edition of the Bern-based daily Der Bund, on Iran's withdrawal of 250 tons of its gold reserves, worth five billion Swiss francs, and transferring them to Tehran is totally baseless." Der Bund had added in its story that apparently Iran has ever since last October withdrawn 700 tons of its gold reserves, worth sixteen billion Swiss franks, from various Western monetary funds and transferred them to other unknown destinations.
Iran Tests Second New Torpedo in Gulf
Fried Rice to go
If British school kids think you’re full of it, just imagine what Iraqi adults think.
When you can’t get a good photo op in England? Our biggest ally?
You’re toast.
Burnt to a crisp.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Bush cuts ranch visits to avoid protesters
He is more welcome in Cincinnati than on his own ranch???
Bushwhacked
Windows media and Real media.
ECONOMY:
Hot money leaving a cold climate could signal the big freeze
Events in and around the Icelandic economy, culminating last Thursday in a further interest rate rise from its central bank, may be the first sign of problems in global financial markets with unpleasant consequences for all of us.
OP-ED:
Black November; A Terrible Day in American History, or an American Terrorist Group?
It's April 2006. November is a long way off. I find myself thinking about how likely it is that two of the worst criminals in the history of Democracy, Ken Blackwell and Katherine Harris, instead of being executed as traitors to democracy and arch criminals who betrayed the most sacred principles the USA stands for, will very likely win the elections they are not only running in, but through direct and indirect means, corrupting and controlling.
Is it All in My Imagination?
It is supposed to be anti-Semitic to say that the Jews control the American media or exert a powerful influence upon American foreign policy and political life. Yet I see this-
SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY:
U.S. to create a bird flu virus mutation
CDC scientists inside an ultra-secure laboratory have started swapping the genes of the H5N1 avian virus with the genes of an H3N2 virus, the strain behind most recent human flu outbreaks. The goal is to substitute the eight genes of each virus, one by one, with the eight genes from the other virus to see which of more than 250 possible combinations create flu viruses that could spread easily among humans.
Predicting earthquakes from space
The International Space Station has also been long helping collect ionosphere information. Thanks to the ISS's low orbit, some research programs crucial for the future Vulkan disaster forecasting system have been conducted here as part of a broader effort codenamed Uragan (Hurricane).
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Barbecue meats linked with prostate cancer
Their study, presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, may help explain the link between eating meat and a higher risk of prostate cancer. It also fits in with other studies suggesting that cooking meat until it chars might cause cancer. The compound, called PhIP, is formed when meat is cooked at very high temperatures, Dr. Angelo De Marzo and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported.
Loneliness Kills, Study Shows
In a new University of Chicago study of men and women 50 to 68 years old, those who scored highest on measures of loneliness also had higher blood pressure. And high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, the number one killer in many industrialized nations and number two the United States.
FOOD&DRINK:
Lemon-Walnut Biscotti
These sweet-crisp cookies can be baked days ahead and, because the recipe is so generous, you can give some away.
HUMOR?:
Sutton Impact: The Immigration Battle Royal!
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Another Angle 2 - April - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
The new face of apartheid: J. Kenneth Hackwell's Ohio
It should come as no surprise that the Free Press is the only newspaper in Ohio willing to out Blackwell for appearing before white supremacists in the secretive Council on National Policy. Blackwell understands power; he understands that there’s plenty of money in putting a black face on the new politics of high-tech Jim Crow.
Ohio to criminalize 'drugged driving'
Ohio's SB 8 prohibits "the operation of a vehicle or vessel if a statutorily specified concentration of amphetamine, cocaine, cocaine metabolite, heroin, heroin metabolite (morphine), heroin metabolite (6-monoacetyl morphine), L.S.D., marihuana, marihuana metabolite, methamphetamine, or phencyclidine is present in the operator's blood or urine, subject to certain exceptions and to extend the time within which a chemical test of an arrested person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine must be taken in order for the results of the test to be admissible as evidence."
Att.: Rep. who hit cop victim of racism
A lawyer for Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, says she was "just a victim of being in Congress while black." McKinney awaited word Friday on whether she would be charged for apparently striking the officer after she entered a House office building this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked.
Airing Uncle Sam’s dirty laundry
Uncle Sam may want to spread democracy around the globe, but human rights violations suffered by Blacks, immigrants and the poor, during and after Hurricane Katrina, are haunting him. “The actual television images that people saw around the world shocked so many people,” said Chandra Bhatnagar, of the ACLU Human Rights Working Group. “Activists from developing countries, poor countries, contacted me or said things to me about, ‘We can’t believe this happened in your country. We can’t believe this is how the U.S. government treats its own citizens or its own residents.’ ”
Marchers Seek to Delay New Orleans Vote
IF we can make it possible for IRAQ to have polling places in ameriKa, we can let these people vote!!!
War Against Iran, April 2006
The key lies in Executive Order 13292, which made information on "weapons of mass destruction" and on "defense against transnational terrorism" classified. If concrete details about Iran's alleged biological weapons programs were made public, they would be subject to public scrutiny and they would be discredited, as the allegations on Iran's "nuclear weapons program" have been.
Video: Chevy contest gets anti-SUV ads
INTERNATIONAL:
Black Victims of the Nazis Exhibition sheds light on chilling experience of Africans under Nazi Germany
A compelling exhibition about the experience of African people in Nazi Germany takes you through Germany's colonial rule in Africa , theories of black inferiority, chilling experiments and the treatment of black POWs. It starts from the colonial territories in Africa where genocide took place in Namibia (which was called German South-West Africa then) of the Herero people, which was carried out by the German colonial powers in that territory.
British Trip A PR Disaster…
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to head back from her trip to northwest England after a visit which shaped up as a public relations nightmare.
Iran Calls Second Missile Test a Success
Leigh Brady : Don't Worry - It's Just Another Palestinian Child's Death
Her name was Akaber Adbelrahman Zaid and she was on her way to a doctor’s clinic to have stitches removed from her chin. Instead she received a barrage of bullets to the head, when an undercover Border Police unit opened fire on the car in which she was travelling with her uncle. Unfortunately, cases like Akaber’s are a dime a dozen.
OP-ED:
The new face of apartheid: J. Kenneth Hackwell's Ohio
Hamilton County Board of Election documents obtained by the Free Press and analyzed by Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips, as part of an ongoing Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism (CICJ) investigation of the 2004 presidential election, indicate that 95.12% of the 3,342 rejected provisional ballots in that county came from the city of Cincinnati. Only 34% of Hamilton County voters, and virtually all African American voters, were from the city.
BETWEEN THE LINES: Race Dialogue Is Back, But … Did Racism Ever ...Go Away
Hurricane Katrina was a revelation for many who came of age in the Post-Civil Rights era, the era where the notion of race-neutrality also came of age. It’s also the age where America came apart—so much so that Colorblindness became the new “Jim Crow.” White flight to the “burbs,” deconstruction of affirmative action, economic boons of the 1980s and 1990s, re-emergence of white privilege, the decline of public education and the 9/11 attacks were all reasons to ignore race over the past 30 years. The separation in wealth, knowledge, geography and the nation’s shift in political ideology allowed us to deflect the race debate on every front.
Gelded Donkeys: Why the Democrats Are Worse Than Useless
The silence is beyond eerie. It is far beyond strange. It is almost surreal, as if we were living in a black and white movie without sound, trains of state plunging silently off of bridges of law into bottomless abysses of war, helpless damsels of the people tied writhing on the rails of justice awaiting ritualistic dismemberment by runaway locomotives of greed while the anxiously awaited hero-on-horseback somehow, inexplicably, fatally, never arrives.
FOOD&DRINK:
APRICOT WALNUT BARS
These buttery fruit-and-nut bars taste like rugelach but are much easier to make.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
'Inside Man' and Beyond:A Visit with Spike Lee
It's not the sort of Spike Lee film cinema observers have come to expect. First off, it's a thriller. And the $45 million budget shows just how far Lee has come since he produced She's Gotta Have It for $175,000 in 1985. That film made $8.5 million, and Lee has never looked back.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
The new face of apartheid: J. Kenneth Hackwell's Ohio
It should come as no surprise that the Free Press is the only newspaper in Ohio willing to out Blackwell for appearing before white supremacists in the secretive Council on National Policy. Blackwell understands power; he understands that there’s plenty of money in putting a black face on the new politics of high-tech Jim Crow.
Ohio to criminalize 'drugged driving'
Ohio's SB 8 prohibits "the operation of a vehicle or vessel if a statutorily specified concentration of amphetamine, cocaine, cocaine metabolite, heroin, heroin metabolite (morphine), heroin metabolite (6-monoacetyl morphine), L.S.D., marihuana, marihuana metabolite, methamphetamine, or phencyclidine is present in the operator's blood or urine, subject to certain exceptions and to extend the time within which a chemical test of an arrested person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine must be taken in order for the results of the test to be admissible as evidence."
Att.: Rep. who hit cop victim of racism
A lawyer for Rep. Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman who had an altercation with a Capitol Police officer, says she was "just a victim of being in Congress while black." McKinney awaited word Friday on whether she would be charged for apparently striking the officer after she entered a House office building this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked.
Airing Uncle Sam’s dirty laundry
Uncle Sam may want to spread democracy around the globe, but human rights violations suffered by Blacks, immigrants and the poor, during and after Hurricane Katrina, are haunting him. “The actual television images that people saw around the world shocked so many people,” said Chandra Bhatnagar, of the ACLU Human Rights Working Group. “Activists from developing countries, poor countries, contacted me or said things to me about, ‘We can’t believe this happened in your country. We can’t believe this is how the U.S. government treats its own citizens or its own residents.’ ”
Marchers Seek to Delay New Orleans Vote
IF we can make it possible for IRAQ to have polling places in ameriKa, we can let these people vote!!!
War Against Iran, April 2006
The key lies in Executive Order 13292, which made information on "weapons of mass destruction" and on "defense against transnational terrorism" classified. If concrete details about Iran's alleged biological weapons programs were made public, they would be subject to public scrutiny and they would be discredited, as the allegations on Iran's "nuclear weapons program" have been.
Video: Chevy contest gets anti-SUV ads
INTERNATIONAL:
Black Victims of the Nazis Exhibition sheds light on chilling experience of Africans under Nazi Germany
A compelling exhibition about the experience of African people in Nazi Germany takes you through Germany's colonial rule in Africa , theories of black inferiority, chilling experiments and the treatment of black POWs. It starts from the colonial territories in Africa where genocide took place in Namibia (which was called German South-West Africa then) of the Herero people, which was carried out by the German colonial powers in that territory.
British Trip A PR Disaster…
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to head back from her trip to northwest England after a visit which shaped up as a public relations nightmare.
Iran Calls Second Missile Test a Success
Leigh Brady : Don't Worry - It's Just Another Palestinian Child's Death
Her name was Akaber Adbelrahman Zaid and she was on her way to a doctor’s clinic to have stitches removed from her chin. Instead she received a barrage of bullets to the head, when an undercover Border Police unit opened fire on the car in which she was travelling with her uncle. Unfortunately, cases like Akaber’s are a dime a dozen.
OP-ED:
The new face of apartheid: J. Kenneth Hackwell's Ohio
Hamilton County Board of Election documents obtained by the Free Press and analyzed by Dr. Richard Hayes Phillips, as part of an ongoing Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism (CICJ) investigation of the 2004 presidential election, indicate that 95.12% of the 3,342 rejected provisional ballots in that county came from the city of Cincinnati. Only 34% of Hamilton County voters, and virtually all African American voters, were from the city.
BETWEEN THE LINES: Race Dialogue Is Back, But … Did Racism Ever ...Go Away
Hurricane Katrina was a revelation for many who came of age in the Post-Civil Rights era, the era where the notion of race-neutrality also came of age. It’s also the age where America came apart—so much so that Colorblindness became the new “Jim Crow.” White flight to the “burbs,” deconstruction of affirmative action, economic boons of the 1980s and 1990s, re-emergence of white privilege, the decline of public education and the 9/11 attacks were all reasons to ignore race over the past 30 years. The separation in wealth, knowledge, geography and the nation’s shift in political ideology allowed us to deflect the race debate on every front.
Gelded Donkeys: Why the Democrats Are Worse Than Useless
The silence is beyond eerie. It is far beyond strange. It is almost surreal, as if we were living in a black and white movie without sound, trains of state plunging silently off of bridges of law into bottomless abysses of war, helpless damsels of the people tied writhing on the rails of justice awaiting ritualistic dismemberment by runaway locomotives of greed while the anxiously awaited hero-on-horseback somehow, inexplicably, fatally, never arrives.
FOOD&DRINK:
APRICOT WALNUT BARS
These buttery fruit-and-nut bars taste like rugelach but are much easier to make.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
'Inside Man' and Beyond:A Visit with Spike Lee
It's not the sort of Spike Lee film cinema observers have come to expect. First off, it's a thriller. And the $45 million budget shows just how far Lee has come since he produced She's Gotta Have It for $175,000 in 1985. That film made $8.5 million, and Lee has never looked back.
HUMOR?:
Boondocks
Friday, March 31, 2006
Another Angle 31 - March - 2006
ANOTHER ANGLE
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Farrakhan Calls for U.S. 'Regime Change'
Watergate Figure to Attend Censure Hearing
Nixon White House counselor John Dean, testifying in behalf of a Democratic resolution to censure President Bush, asserted Friday that Bush's conduct in connection with domestic spying exceeds the wrongdoing that toppled his former boss from power.
Ex-New Orleans Cops Indicted in Taped Beating
NAACP: Florida Boot Camp Withheld Details
Black Panther's son lashes out at Daley
“We are here to further expose whether we are dealing with a democracy or a Daley dictatorship,” Hampton said at City Hall. “It’s bigger than a street sign. They do not want to talk about Chairman Fred and the assassination that Daley Sr., under his tenure, this went down.
Nick Berg's father runs for Congress
Almost two years after the videotaped beheading of U.S. contractor Nick Berg in Iraq, his father is running a third-party race for the U.S. Congress on a platform seeking a complete withdrawal of American troops. "Other than stopping this war, I have no political ambitions," Berg said. "Let's face it, I would not be running if my son had not died in Iraq. People would not have known my name, and the Green Party would not have asked me to run."
"White House Memo" Drives a Stake into the Heart of White House Lies
Why is the truth finally breaking through? Because of us - all of us.
Rice Concedes Errors in Iraq, Elsewhere
The U.S. diplomat met loud anti-war protests in the streets and skeptical questions about U.S. involvement in Iraq at a foreign policy salon Friday, including one about whether Washington had learned from its ``mistakes over the past three years.''
Army Bans Use of Privately Bought Armor
Just six months after the Pentagon agreed to reimburse soldiers who bought their own protective gear, the Army has banned the use of any body armor that is not issued by the military.
US to test 700-tonne explosive -
9/11 -- Eliminating the Impossible
"All you gotta remember is ... if something is something, it can't be anything else but that something. No matter how they dress it up, no matter how much lipstick they smear on it, it's still that something. It ain't never something else. Everything that's happened in the last five years, and everything that'll happen in the next five," Bernie said, "is a result of that one day Bush keeps throwing in our faces -- September the 11th -- September the 11th, September the 11th, September the 11th, Septem"
9/11 Truth Calling Oprah
If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?
Becoming a peace activist, he says, has been a "cleansing" experience. "I'll never be normal again. I'll always have a sense of guilt." He tells us that he witnessed civilian Iraqis being killed indiscriminately. It would not be the most startling admission by the soldiers on the march.
INTERNATIONAL:
Hamas says Israel's has declared war on Palestinians
“The initial results show that the Israelis voted for Olmert’s plan, which is a declaration of war on the Palestinians and the liquidation of Palestinian rights. The occupation is pushing the area towards greater escalation.”
US severs all ties with Hamas
US's Rice: US Might Back Israeli Border Plans -BBC
The U.S. may be open to backing Israel's Kadima party in plans to draw the country's borders without Palestinian input, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying on its Web site Thursday. The BBC added that Rice said a negotiated deal with the Palestinians was preferable, but seemed unlikely after the militant group Hamas won Palestinian elections.
Iran: Just-Tested Missile Can Avoid Radar
Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military said Friday.
Blackburn mosque cancels Rice invitation
Muslim leaders yesterday withdrew an invitation to the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to visit a mosque in the Blackburn constituency of the home secretary, Jack Straw. Ms Rice was due to go to the Masjid al- Hidayah mosque tomorrow.
Exxon Mobil not welcome in Venezuela anymore
Venezuela's oil minister said today that Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's second-largest integrated oil company, was no longer welcome in this oil-producing nation. Exxon Mobil has resisted tax increases and contract changes that are part of a policy by President Hugo Chavez's government to "re-nationalize" the oil industry.
Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation
IRAQ:
US envoy 'calls for new Iraqi PM'
Zalmay Khalilzad said President George W Bush "doesn't want, doesn't support, doesn't accept" the retention of Mr Jaafari, Rida Jawad al-Takki said. Mr Jaafari's spokesman accused the US of trying to subvert Iraqi sovereignty.
US Raid on Shi'ite Shrine Was 'Warning'
The U.S. military has long contemplated taking tougher steps against Sadr and his troublesome militia but has held off in the past because it did not want to antagonize his many fervent supporters. This raid, officials say, was intended as a reminder to Sadr of the U.S. military's reach in Iraq.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Weinberger, Bushes & Iran-Contra
Christmas Eve Day 1992, At the center of that historic moment was former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who died on March 28 at the age of 88. In 1992, he was one of six defendants in the Iran-Contra scandal who received Christmas Eve pardons from President George H.W. Bush less than a month before Bush left office.
If Bush had not granted those pardons, Weinberger would have gone on trial in early 1993 facing perjury and obstruction charges, a courtroom drama that could have changed how Americans perceived key figures from the Reagan administration, including Colin Powell and President Bush himself.
Bush, Blair had ‘no evidence’ of Iraq WMDs
Repairing Rumsfeld's Damage
ECONOMY:
Private contractor could provide troops
Stepping into a potential political minefield, Blackwater USA is offering itself up as an army for hire to police the world's trouble spots. Cofer Black, vice chairman of the Moyock, N.C.-based private military company, told an international conference in Amman, Jordan, this week that Blackwater stands ready to help keep or restore the peace anywhere it is needed.
Delphi Seeks to Cancel Labor Contracts
Auto parts maker Delphi wants to cancel existing labor contracts. The United Auto Workers union is calling the idea an insult. The former General Motors subsidiary is expected to ask a federal judge for permission to cancel the labor agreements. Delphi is in bankruptcy, and says it needs to cut its wages and benefits to survive.
Rates on 30-Year Mortgages Rise
Blacks Left Out in Cold
DO YOU realize that the average white American family has $67,000 net worth, while a typical black household has just $6,166 in assets - less than one-tenth as much? Did you know that more black U.S. men are in prison (791,600) than in college (603,000)? Or that the jobless rate for blacks (10 percent) is more than double the white rate (4.4 percent)? Or that blacks depend on public transportation four times more than whites do? Or that the black infant mortality rate is double that of white babies?
OP-ED:
JAMES CLINGMAN: First Things First
Economics does not have to be shrouded in confusing terms nor be as complicated as many would have us believe. For our purposes, economics must be lowered from the lofty heights of academia to the 'street talk' with which we are all familiar. It, too, must become a part of our vernacular, because at that level we can deal with our concerns, our complaints, and our problems with the only ammunition that is effective: Our Dollars.
Will The U.S. Nuke Iran?
In the new video produced with the support of volunteers of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), the UC San Diego Physicist and signatory to the petition Dr Jeorge Hirsch outlines the devastating consequences that are certain to follow if the U.S. pursues a policy of deploying nuclear weapons.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Surprising Expiration Dates
FOOD&DRINK:
Georgia Bill Puts Fried-Pie Lady Back in Business
Willie Watts has been making fried pie in her Powder Springs, Ga., kitchen and selling it for about 20 years. State regulators forced Watts to move to a commercial kitchen last week. But the Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow Watts to return to her home kitchen.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Cacophonous Affair: Images From Contemporary Africa
"Africa," the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote, "is a 'multiple existence.' " So it's fitting that "Snap Judgments" is a wildly diverse, cacophonous affair. This sprawling show presents the work of 35 photographers, from locales as varied as Egypt, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa, and whose approaches to the medium range from the austerely documentary to the resolutely fabulist.
HUMOR?:
Today's Preemptive Apology
News others won't tell you
NATIONAL:
Farrakhan Calls for U.S. 'Regime Change'
Watergate Figure to Attend Censure Hearing
Nixon White House counselor John Dean, testifying in behalf of a Democratic resolution to censure President Bush, asserted Friday that Bush's conduct in connection with domestic spying exceeds the wrongdoing that toppled his former boss from power.
Ex-New Orleans Cops Indicted in Taped Beating
NAACP: Florida Boot Camp Withheld Details
Black Panther's son lashes out at Daley
“We are here to further expose whether we are dealing with a democracy or a Daley dictatorship,” Hampton said at City Hall. “It’s bigger than a street sign. They do not want to talk about Chairman Fred and the assassination that Daley Sr., under his tenure, this went down.
Nick Berg's father runs for Congress
Almost two years after the videotaped beheading of U.S. contractor Nick Berg in Iraq, his father is running a third-party race for the U.S. Congress on a platform seeking a complete withdrawal of American troops. "Other than stopping this war, I have no political ambitions," Berg said. "Let's face it, I would not be running if my son had not died in Iraq. People would not have known my name, and the Green Party would not have asked me to run."
"White House Memo" Drives a Stake into the Heart of White House Lies
Why is the truth finally breaking through? Because of us - all of us.
Rice Concedes Errors in Iraq, Elsewhere
The U.S. diplomat met loud anti-war protests in the streets and skeptical questions about U.S. involvement in Iraq at a foreign policy salon Friday, including one about whether Washington had learned from its ``mistakes over the past three years.''
Army Bans Use of Privately Bought Armor
Just six months after the Pentagon agreed to reimburse soldiers who bought their own protective gear, the Army has banned the use of any body armor that is not issued by the military.
US to test 700-tonne explosive -
9/11 -- Eliminating the Impossible
"All you gotta remember is ... if something is something, it can't be anything else but that something. No matter how they dress it up, no matter how much lipstick they smear on it, it's still that something. It ain't never something else. Everything that's happened in the last five years, and everything that'll happen in the next five," Bernie said, "is a result of that one day Bush keeps throwing in our faces -- September the 11th -- September the 11th, September the 11th, September the 11th, Septem"
9/11 Truth Calling Oprah
If you start looking at them as humans, then how are you gonna kill them?
Becoming a peace activist, he says, has been a "cleansing" experience. "I'll never be normal again. I'll always have a sense of guilt." He tells us that he witnessed civilian Iraqis being killed indiscriminately. It would not be the most startling admission by the soldiers on the march.
INTERNATIONAL:
Hamas says Israel's has declared war on Palestinians
“The initial results show that the Israelis voted for Olmert’s plan, which is a declaration of war on the Palestinians and the liquidation of Palestinian rights. The occupation is pushing the area towards greater escalation.”
US severs all ties with Hamas
US's Rice: US Might Back Israeli Border Plans -BBC
The U.S. may be open to backing Israel's Kadima party in plans to draw the country's borders without Palestinian input, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying on its Web site Thursday. The BBC added that Rice said a negotiated deal with the Palestinians was preferable, but seemed unlikely after the militant group Hamas won Palestinian elections.
Iran: Just-Tested Missile Can Avoid Radar
Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military said Friday.
Blackburn mosque cancels Rice invitation
Muslim leaders yesterday withdrew an invitation to the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, to visit a mosque in the Blackburn constituency of the home secretary, Jack Straw. Ms Rice was due to go to the Masjid al- Hidayah mosque tomorrow.
Exxon Mobil not welcome in Venezuela anymore
Venezuela's oil minister said today that Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's second-largest integrated oil company, was no longer welcome in this oil-producing nation. Exxon Mobil has resisted tax increases and contract changes that are part of a policy by President Hugo Chavez's government to "re-nationalize" the oil industry.
Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation
IRAQ:
US envoy 'calls for new Iraqi PM'
Zalmay Khalilzad said President George W Bush "doesn't want, doesn't support, doesn't accept" the retention of Mr Jaafari, Rida Jawad al-Takki said. Mr Jaafari's spokesman accused the US of trying to subvert Iraqi sovereignty.
US Raid on Shi'ite Shrine Was 'Warning'
The U.S. military has long contemplated taking tougher steps against Sadr and his troublesome militia but has held off in the past because it did not want to antagonize his many fervent supporters. This raid, officials say, was intended as a reminder to Sadr of the U.S. military's reach in Iraq.
BUSH CRIME FAMILY:
Weinberger, Bushes & Iran-Contra
Christmas Eve Day 1992, At the center of that historic moment was former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who died on March 28 at the age of 88. In 1992, he was one of six defendants in the Iran-Contra scandal who received Christmas Eve pardons from President George H.W. Bush less than a month before Bush left office.
If Bush had not granted those pardons, Weinberger would have gone on trial in early 1993 facing perjury and obstruction charges, a courtroom drama that could have changed how Americans perceived key figures from the Reagan administration, including Colin Powell and President Bush himself.
Bush, Blair had ‘no evidence’ of Iraq WMDs
Repairing Rumsfeld's Damage
ECONOMY:
Private contractor could provide troops
Stepping into a potential political minefield, Blackwater USA is offering itself up as an army for hire to police the world's trouble spots. Cofer Black, vice chairman of the Moyock, N.C.-based private military company, told an international conference in Amman, Jordan, this week that Blackwater stands ready to help keep or restore the peace anywhere it is needed.
Delphi Seeks to Cancel Labor Contracts
Auto parts maker Delphi wants to cancel existing labor contracts. The United Auto Workers union is calling the idea an insult. The former General Motors subsidiary is expected to ask a federal judge for permission to cancel the labor agreements. Delphi is in bankruptcy, and says it needs to cut its wages and benefits to survive.
Rates on 30-Year Mortgages Rise
Blacks Left Out in Cold
DO YOU realize that the average white American family has $67,000 net worth, while a typical black household has just $6,166 in assets - less than one-tenth as much? Did you know that more black U.S. men are in prison (791,600) than in college (603,000)? Or that the jobless rate for blacks (10 percent) is more than double the white rate (4.4 percent)? Or that blacks depend on public transportation four times more than whites do? Or that the black infant mortality rate is double that of white babies?
OP-ED:
JAMES CLINGMAN: First Things First
Economics does not have to be shrouded in confusing terms nor be as complicated as many would have us believe. For our purposes, economics must be lowered from the lofty heights of academia to the 'street talk' with which we are all familiar. It, too, must become a part of our vernacular, because at that level we can deal with our concerns, our complaints, and our problems with the only ammunition that is effective: Our Dollars.
Will The U.S. Nuke Iran?
In the new video produced with the support of volunteers of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), the UC San Diego Physicist and signatory to the petition Dr Jeorge Hirsch outlines the devastating consequences that are certain to follow if the U.S. pursues a policy of deploying nuclear weapons.
HEALTH&FITNESS:
Surprising Expiration Dates
FOOD&DRINK:
Georgia Bill Puts Fried-Pie Lady Back in Business
Willie Watts has been making fried pie in her Powder Springs, Ga., kitchen and selling it for about 20 years. State regulators forced Watts to move to a commercial kitchen last week. But the Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow Watts to return to her home kitchen.
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS:
A Cacophonous Affair: Images From Contemporary Africa
"Africa," the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote, "is a 'multiple existence.' " So it's fitting that "Snap Judgments" is a wildly diverse, cacophonous affair. This sprawling show presents the work of 35 photographers, from locales as varied as Egypt, Uganda, Mozambique, and South Africa, and whose approaches to the medium range from the austerely documentary to the resolutely fabulist.
HUMOR?:
Today's Preemptive Apology
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