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June 14, 2007
Daniel Pipes Details Israeli Attack Against Iran
Earlier this week, warmonger and Israel Firster Joe Lieberman said “I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,” predicating, as neocons are wont, his argument on allegation. Now we have yet another Israel Firster and former United States Institute of Peace as in war is peace board member nominee, Daniel Pipes, calling for an attack against Iran.
American Coup II - 1999-2008
A collection of links on what is now a vast library of articles on U.S. voter fraud.
Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime
Repression in Oaxaca : One Year Anniversary of State’s Bloody Attack on Popular Movements
GATA will demand truth about U.S. gold reserves
Consulting for GATA, using the federal Freedom of Information Act, and retaining a Washington-area law firm, Vieira will seek to compel the U.S. government to disclose records showing how much gold is in the government's custody; who owns it; whether it has been leased or otherwise made available to foreign governments or gold market participants; and whether the policies and practices behind the use of U.S. gold reserves have been meant to influence the price of gold.
It’s Official: The Crash of the U.S. Economy has begun
It’s official. Mark your calendars. The crash of the U.S. economy has begun. It was announced the morning of Wednesday, June 13, 2007, by economic writers Steven Pearlstein and Robert Samuelson in the pages of the Washington Post, one of the foremost house organs of the U.S. monetary elite.
Pearlstein’s column was titled, “The Takeover Boom, About to Go Bust” and concerned the extraordinary amount of debt vs. operating profits of companies currently subject to leveraged buyouts.
Incremental Civilian Disarmament: Strip-Tease of the Liberties
“When the NRA and I agree on legislation,” oozed the incarnate glob of viscous evil known as Senator Chuck Schumer, “you know that it's going to get through, become law, and do some good.”
Schumer was referring to the measure passed in the House yesterday (June 13) -- by an unrecorded voice vote! -- that will expand the scope and funding of a national database used in background checks of prospective gun buyers.
New Farm Bill Database: The Full Monty of Subsidy Disclosure
“It is clearer than ever before that the vast majority of farm subsidy payments goes to a small number of farmers who grow only the five major subsidized crops.”
U.S. Senate leaders revive immigration bill
U.S. Senate leaders agreed on Thursday to revive a stalled immigration overhaul after lawmakers worked out a plan to overcome conservatives' objections to a bill that would legalize millions of immigrants.
Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers
The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a congressional proposal that would shield a broad swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, from revealing their confidential sources.
Afghan minister dismisses U.S. claims
Afghanistan's defense minister on Thursday dismissed claims by a top U.S. State Department official that there was "irrefutable evidence" that the Iranian government was providing arms to Taliban rebels.
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
Whistleblower Declaration and Other Key Documents Released to Public
Federal watchdog agency says GSA administrator violates law on political activity
The head of the main federal contracting agency, a longtime GOP supporter, should be "punished to the fullest extent" for violating a ban on political advocacy on government time, a watchdog agency concluded.
Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
The recently publicized terrorist plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport, like so many of the terrorist plots over the past few years, is a study in alarmism and incompetence: on the part of the terrorists, our government and the press.
Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by using them as an excuse is wrong.
McCarthy Bill Rammed Through The House
Deal between NRA leadership and Democrats leaves most Republicans in the dark
The bill in question, H.R. 2640, is a massive expansion of the Brady Gun Control law, the subject of many previous alerts by Gun Owners of America.
Its passage in the House is a case study in backroom deal making, unholy alliances and deceit. A sausage factory in a third world country with no running water has nothing on today's U.S. Congress.
The Tank Man
On June 5, 1989, one day after the Chinese army's deadly crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, a single, unarmed young man stood his ground before a column of tanks on the Avenue of Eternal Peace. Captured on film and video by Western journalists, this extraordinary confrontation became an icon of the struggle for freedom around the world.
After all others had been silenced, his lonely act of defiance against the Chinese regime amazed the world. What became of him? And 17 years later, has China succeeded in erasing this event from its history?
Abbas dissolves Palestinian government: state of emergency declared
Abbas spokesman Tayeb Abdel Rakhim said a decree dissolving the government had been made by Abbas in the West bank city of Ramallah. Abbas now planned to form an emergency administration.
Judge: No Delay in Libby Prison Term
A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the CIA leak case, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks.
Conyers demands answers in ousters
On Wednesday, Conyers and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, his counterpart on the Senate Judiciary Committee, raised the stakes in the months-long House investigation significantly by issuing the first subpoenas to two former aides to President George W. Bush. It could set the stage for a legal battle between the president and Congress.
Video: Ron Paul on Colbert Report 6/13/07
Space station could be evacuated after glitch
Computers that control key life-support systems aboard the International Space Station have failed, and in a worst-case scenario could force all crew members to leave.
Ex-U.N. adviser slams U.S. policy in Middle East in leaked report
A retired top U.N. adviser disparaged U.S. policy in the Middle East in a confidential report leaked yesterday, accusing Washington of skewing the work of international mediators in support of Israel.
Alvaro de Soto, who until recently served as the U.N. envoy to the Middle East Quartet and to the Palestinian government, chastised U.N. officials for allowing the Americans to sway the Quartet from a neutral to a pro-Israel posture.
European police get access to your DNA
Police across the European Union are to be given free access to the DNA of four million Britons, a million of whom are innocent, it has emerged.
The Takeover Boom, About to Go Bust
Bank Shot: The President Shafts Enron's Victims
Hamas close to controlling Gaza Strip
Hamas fighters overran one of the rival Fatah movement's most important security installations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, and witnesses said the victors dragged vanquished gunmen from the building and executed them in the street.
Doubts arise over Iraq's ability to meet US benchmarks
Iraq's political leaders have failed to reach agreement on nearly every law that the United States has demanded as a benchmark, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House, and top military commanders. With only three months until reports on progress are due in Washington, the deadlock has reached a point where many Iraqi and US officials now question whether any substantive laws will pass before the end of the year.
Fatah orders Gaza counter-attack
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today ordered his elite presidential guard to strike back at his Islamist rivals, Hamas, as they tightened their grip on Gaza.
Texas Red Light Camera Offenses Require Imagination
Red light cameras in Texas are ticketing motorists who had legally entered intersections.
NKorean executions fail to stem pop culture invasion
North Korea is losing a battle to stem a flood of South Korean pop culture despite public executions of smugglers, a state research group said Thursday.
Hamas battles on in Gaza as worldwide concern mounts
Hamas besieged a Fatah post in Gaza on Thursday as factional clashes entered their second week and the Palestinian presidency was to speak out on the bitter rivals' stricken cabinet partnership.
New attack on mosque sparks wave of revenge bombings
A wave of revenge attacks on Sunni mosques hit Baghdad last night in retaliation for a devastating attack on a revered Shia shrine in Samarra, north of the capital.
Zimbabwe ‘will collapse in 6 months’
Inflation is likely to bring Zimbabwe’s economy to a standstill within six months with the possible paralysis of President Mugabe’s Government and civil unrest, international aid agencies warned their staff yesterday.
Freedom fears in Zimbabwe
The lower house of Zimbabwe's parliament passed a bill yesterday allowing the government to monitor phones, mail and the internet to protect national security.
Sounds Like America
Assassination brings Lebanon closer to brink - By Robert Fisk
Tourist space jet unveiled
European aerospace company EADS unveiled a model of a jet designed to take tourists into space on Wednesday, rocketing paying passengers to weightlessness 100km above the earth's surface.
FBI 'broke rules' on data collection
An internal FBI audit has found the agency reportedly violated rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data on domestic phone calls, emails and financial transactions in recent years.
G.I.s' Guide to Iraq (1943)
NGOs unveils scathing report on impact of US-led war in Iraq
A coalition of non-governmental groups on Wednesday took the UN Security Council to task for its "shocking silence" on alleged violations of international law by US-led forces in Iraq and urged an early end to their mandate
"Keep your eye on that building, it'll be coming down soon."
"It's blowin' boy." ... "Keep your eye on that building, it'll be coming down soon." ... "The building is about to blow up, move it back." ... "Here we are walking back. There's a building, about to blow up..." (WTC 7)
Hundreds march behind coffin of slain Lebanese MP
Hundreds of mourners marched in Beirut on Thursday behind the coffin of an anti-Syrian Lebanese legislator killed in a car bomb attack that increased tension with Damascus and deepened Lebanon's political crisis.
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