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Evil Reigns but None Dare Call it Treason

populist — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:36 EDT

Torture advocated, secret armies and prisons encouraged, ignoring habeas corpus for anyone pointed to and called "enemy combatant." Yet, non dare call it treason.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: treason tyranny mass murder war torture antiwar populist party peace

Medic in famous photo dies after PTSD struggle

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:18:26 EDT

During the first week of the war in Iraq, a Military Times photographer captured the arresting image of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer as he raced through a battle zone clutching a tiny Iraqi boy. But rather than going on to enjoy the public affection for his act of heroism, he was consumed by the demons of combat stress he could not exorcise.

Channel: News Tags: Joseph Patrick Dwyer PTSD War Iraq

Losing "Hearts and Minds" in Afghanistan

populist — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:48:07 EDT

Dropping very expensive "smart bombs" on Afghan civilians and calling the dead "insurgents" doesn't win over the "hearts and minds" of their relatives, but what the heck, as long as General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas get paid, the mission is a success!

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: afghanistan war casualties hearts and minds civilians antiwar populist party peace

McCain plan: Let taxpayers, not employers, subsidize health insurance premiums

DiffeeOnline — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:33:58 EDT

There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?

Channel: Politics Tags: mccain republicans gop president election

The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling

engineer — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:34:02 EDT

The almighty dollar is mighty no more. It has been declining steadily for six years against other major currencies, undercutting its role as the leading international banking currency.

Channel: Money Tags: Dollar decline Euro six years

FBI might use profiling in terror investigations

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:45:57 EDT

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush FBI Justice Department

Pentagon's top investigator to resign

bubba2 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:42:05 EDT

The Pentagon's inspector general, Claude Kicklighter, is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when defense spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.

Channel: Politics Tags: Pentagon inspector general Claude Kicklighter defense contracts fraud Defense Department waste abuse

Romney: Obama Shows 'Frightening Naivete'

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:37 EDT

Barack Obama's approach to the war on terror shows "frightening naivetÃ;Â©. Even the peaceniks of the last decade have recognized that the pre-911 thinking of the early 1990s was wrong," Romney says.

Channel: Politics Tags: Mitt Romney Obama shows frightening naivete

Iran says any attack would provoke fierce reaction

STONERS — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:04:07 EDT

With Middle East tensions building, Iran's oil minister warned Wednesday that an attack on his country would provoke an unimaginably fierce response.

Channel: News Tags: Iran Any Attack Provoke Fierce Reaction

Military Personnel Giving More To Obama

Aidenag — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:39:08 EDT

Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.

Channel: Politics Tags: Military Troops Barack Obama John McCain 2008 election Politics

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11

STONERS — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:13:30 EDT

The head of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial told supporters Tuesday it's "essential" to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project couldn't be finished on time.

Channel: News Tags: Sept. 11th Memorial Head Wants To Open By 10th Anniversary

Coalition troop deaths in Afghanistan surpass Iraq

alphomega — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:44:57 EDT

May and June death tolls for foreign troops were higher in Afghanistan than Iraq 46 U.S. and allied troops died in Afghanistan in June; 31 in Iraq Afghan deaths included troops from U.S., U.K., Canada, Poland, Romania, Hungary Same trend seen with civilian deaths, analysts say

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World Trade Center Rebuilding May Be Scrapped

bigurn — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:23:53 EDT

The World Trade Center's owner is now considering scrapping rebuilding designs, due to budget and logistical problems.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: world trade center rebuild is delayed

Military to seek death penalty for USS Cole suspect

Shannonyork — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:38:04 EDT

The U.S. military will seek the death penalty against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, making him the first person charged in the United States for the attack on the USS Cole, an Air Force general said Monday.

Channel: News Tags: news military death panalty USS Cole

Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan

soniyashrma — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:35 EDT

Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step they had long resisted. They drafted a secret plan to make it easer for the Pentagon's Special Operations forces to launch missions into the snow-capped mountains of Pakistan to capture or kill top leaders of Al Qaeda.

Channel: News Tags: tribesandtribalism terrorism pakistan alqaeda Add tags

US settles with anthrax mailings subject Steven Hatfill for $5.82 ...

techgirl — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:04:52 EDT

The former Army scientist who was the prime suspect in the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings agreed Friday to take $5.82 million from the government to settle his claim that the Justice Department and the FBI invaded his privacy and ruined his career.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: anthrax

Pentagon: Taliban regrouped and 'resilient' in Afghanistan

ybdogsct — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:52:08 EDT

The Taliban have regrouped and have formed a "resilient insurgency," according to a new Pentagon report. The report predicted that the Taliban would be back in 2008. Opium production increased "substantially" in 2007. There are about 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, but only 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Channel: News Tags: Taliban Afghanistan Pentagon

Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder

jovial — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:28:27 EDT

For Vincent Bugliosi, one of America's foremost prosecutors and authors, George W. Bush's purposeful crime of misleading America into war is a vile, despicable and prosecutable act. It angers Bugliosi deeply. So much so that he's written a new book, "The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder."

Channel: Books Tags: Vincent Bugliosi Bush murder case book

Bush Interrogation Policy Authors Defend Their Actions

Beau7890 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:33:32 EDT

The testimony from David S. Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, and John C. Yoo, a former senior Justice Department lawyer, was light on new details but heavy on rhetorical disputes with members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. Both witnesses avoided direct answers to a host of questions about their roles in preparing the legal gr

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Addington Yoo torture terrorism law White House Congress hearings

Kucinich: 'We went to war for the oil companies'

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:01:44 EDT

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced measures to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, said Thursday that oil executives who secretly met with the vice president in 2001 should be held criminally liable for pushing an illegal war.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Iraq Cheney Oil

Credit crunch forcing US middle classes to live in their cars

engineer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:19:27 EDT

Homeless people living in cars and motorhomes across the US are being joined by a new breed: the middle class. As mortgage foreclosures continue to rise, growing numbers of middle-class professionals are losing their homes and downsizing from four bedrooms to four wheels.

Channel: Money Tags: homes cars middle class living foreclosures professionals

McCain: World War III Would Justify Draft

Aidenag — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:46:57 EDT

McCain in 2006: "...We're in the early stages of what I would consider the Third World War..."

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Draft World War 2008 election Politics

Surveillance video grows despite lack of evidence

SunnyDays — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:35:02 EDT

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, local governments across the country set aside concerns over privacy and installed surveillance cameras in public streets and plazas.

Channel: News Tags: surveillance video grows despite lack evidence

Appeals Court Rules for Guantanamo Detainee

Neophile — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:38:35 EDT

A federal appeals court announced Monday that it has overturned the Pentagon's classification of a Guantanamo Bay detainee as an enemy combatant.

Channel: News Tags: court appeal guantanamo gitmo detainee overturned enemy combatant

Hate Groups' Newest Target

Spadecaller — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:58:47 EDT

White Supremacists Report an Increase in Visits to Their Web Sites. Barack Obama's historic victory in the Democratic primaries, celebrated in America and across much of the world as a symbol of racial progress and cultural unity, has also sparked an increase in racist and white supremacist activity, mainly on the Internet...

Channel: Politics Tags: White Supremacists NeoNazis Hate Groups Barack Obama Internet

New Egyptian ruling orders oil revenues for the poor

expursuit — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:20:34 EDT

A new fatwa issued by the Islamic Research Center of Cairo's Al-Azhar University says 20% of oil, mineral and gas revenues should be given to the poor as alms or zakat.

Channel: News Tags: Egypt oil Islam Muslim donation

Teen 'pregnancy pact' has 17 girls expecting

pagey — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:56:26 EDT

A Massachusetts city is investigating an apparent teenage "pregnancy pact" that has at least 17 high-school girls expecting babies, four times more than last year, including many aged 16 or younger.

Channel: Family Tags: Pregnancy pact teen 17 girls expecting propeller weird news

UN classifies rape a 'war tactic'

SunnyDays — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:22:44 EDT

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war.

Channel: News Tags: rape classifies UN war tactic

Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack

STONERS — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:02:47 EDT

Royal Dutch Shell said it shut down production from an offshore oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after the most powerful militant group in Nigeria launched an attack on an installation there Thursday.

Channel: News Tags: Shell Shuts Down Nigerian Oil Field After Attack

Fuel protests spread, China to increase prices

STONERS — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:31:21 EDT

Spanish farmers marched, Israeli truckers slowed rush-hour traffic and Nepali students stoned cars on Thursday in anger at rising fuel prices and inflation that they say are crippling their economies.

Channel: Money Tags: Fuel Protests Spread China Increase Prices Crippling Economies

Gored: Obama could win vote, lose election

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:14:58 EDT

Eight years after Al Gore's bitter pill, observers warn that Obama could face his own case of the popular-vote-winners blues.

Channel: Politics Tags: Gored obama win popular vote lose election

'Sensitive' 219-page US military manual leaked

Aidenag — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:41:36 EDT

The US manual directly advocates training paramilitaries, pervasive surveillance, censorship, press control and restrictions on unions & political parties. It directly advocates warrantless searches, detainment without charge, the suspension of habeas corpus. And directly advocates employing terrorists, and running false flag operations.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: U.S. Military Manual Terrorism False Flag Geneva Conventions Death Squads

Oil Giants Ready to Sign No-Bid Contracts in Iraq

Neophile — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:03:00 EDT

Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.

Channel: Money Tags: iraq oil no bid exxon shell total bp

US Military Officers Challenge "official Bush version".

expursuit — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:26:36 EDT

The Pakistan newspaper "Pakistan Daily" has recently published a powerful article entitled "USA Military Officers Challenge Official Account of September 11" . This article succinctly presents the views of 25 outstanding, courageous, US military officers who have spoken out against the Bush Administration lies about the 9/11 at

Channel: News Tags: 9 11 Bush Administration

House leaders reach deal on war funding bill

STONERS — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:16:01 EDT

Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives struck a deal on Wednesday on legislation to provide $162 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ending a long standoff with the White House.

Channel: Politics Tags: House Leaders Reach Deal War Funding Bill

Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir

JohnQPublic — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:20:16 EDT

The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq War KBR US Army Graft Corruption

Feud Between Soldiers Ends With 2 Dead and One Accused

engineer — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:07:14 EDT

Capt. Phillip Esposito and Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez went to war together, two very different soldiers from the same New York National Guard unit. After five months in Iraq, a bombing sent both men back home, one in a coffin, the other in handcuffs, a suspect in his murder.

Channel: News Tags: Esposito Martinez Iraq National Guard dead coffin handcuffs 5 months

Governments Step Up Blogger Arrests

cactushair — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:49:40 EDT

More bloggers than ever are being arrested around the world, highlighting the dangers of citizen journalism, according to a new report from the University of Washington.

Channel: News Tags: bloggers blogger arrests

100 years to recover from Bush

jovial — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:40:16 EDT

It will take the United States a century to recover from the damage wreaked by President George. W Bush, US writer Gore Vidal said in an interview published on Saturday.

Channel: Politics Tags: Vidal interview Bush 100 years damage

Why won't Congress consider impeaching Pres. Bush?

TechnologyExpert — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:29 EDT

"Here's my question to you: What does it mean when Congress refuses to even consider 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush?"

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Impeachment Poll