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May 31, 2007:
U.S. attorney targeted for firing for
standing up for minority voting rights| |
Excerpt: By the time Heffelfinger resigned last year, his office had collected a string of awards and commendations from the Justice Department. So it came as a surprise - and something of a mystery - when he turned up on a list of U.S. attorneys who had been targeted for firing. Part of the reason, government documents and other evidence suggest, is that he tried to protect voting rights for Native Americans.
Citing requirements in a new state election law, Republican Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer directed that tribal ID cards could not be used for voter identification by Native Americans living off reservations. Heffelfinger and his staff feared that the ruling could result in discrimination against Indian voters. Many do not have driver's licenses or forms of identification other than the tribes' photo IDs.
Comment: Beyond being a scandal about replacing decent attorneys with ultra-partisan hacks, it seems more and more that the underlying plan in replacing specific U.S. attorneys was largely geared towards enabling pro-Republican election fraud.
David Iglesias in New Mexico, Todd Graves in Missouri, and now Tom Heffelfinger in Minnesota were all pushed out for refusing to go along with Republican attempts to disenfranchise Democratic voters. And the replacement U.S. Attorneys in both Missouri (Bradley Schlozman) and Arkansas (Tim Griffin) are now accused of participating in efforts to suppress likely-Democratic votes. |
May 30, 2007:
Facts, not fiction, about Venezuela's silencing of RCTV| |
Excerpt: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists and members of the European Parliament, the U.S. Senate and even Chile's Congress have denounced the closure of RCTV, Venezuela's oldest private television network. Chavez's detractors got more ammunition Tuesday when the president included another opposition network, Globovision, among the "enemies of the homeland."
But the case of RCTV -- like most things involving Chavez -- has been caught up in a web of misinformation. While one side of the story is getting headlines around the world, the other is barely heard.
Comment: The mainstream American press is of course trying to make this sound like the anti-democratic censorship by an out-of-control dictator. But the network being shut down tried to overthrow the democratically elected government in a violent coup. Also, they constantly lie.
The network that was shut down in Venezuela is a little like Fox "News" ... if Fox executives actually tried to assassinate Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Which honestly, I'd hardly put past them.
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May 24, 2007:
Bush prepares to seize absolute power in 'emergency'| |
Excerpt: It's President Bush's newest plans for dealing with a "catastrophic emergency", and in it he entrusts himself with leading not just the Executive Branch, but the entire federal government! ...
The complete text of the plan (it's seven pages long and is written in excruciating legal-ese) is on the White House website. If you think I'm over-reacting, I dare you to read it. |
May 19, 2007:
Crooked cop (now an air marshal)
gets probation in fake cocaine scandal | |
Comment: A police officer who's involved in planting evidence of serious crimes will face no serious punishment, and indeed, can still have a well-paid career as an air marshal... |
May 9, 2007:
Six knucklehead non-terrorists arrested for terrorism in New Jersey| |
Comment: Add the Fort Dix Six to the long list of harmless idiots arrested in high-profile operations that have nothing to do with security and everything to do with selling us the War on Terror. |
May 2, 2007:
Vatican says "It is terrorism" to criticize the Catholic Church| |
Excerpt: "This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks on the Church," it said. "It's terrorism to stoke blind and irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love, love for life and love for man."
Comment: Even more than most of the men who've recently worn the Vatican funny hat, Pope Benedict often seems to confuse himself with God. |
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News in left column;
May 30, 2007:
The scum floating to the top
of both political parties
by Leon Fisher, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Have we become so distracted and dumbed down that we cannot see what is happening before our very eyes -- that we're being turned into so many anonymous worker ants, having to compete with hundreds of millions of low-paid foreign workers for an ever-shrinking piece of the economic pie, while the disloyal and corrupt architects of this Globalist scam become unbelievably wealthy? |
May 29, 2007:
Big changes at very high speeds
by Mr. Chuckles, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: We're seeing the US government dinosaur flailing around right now. When it capitulates to Reality, all that will be left is smoking holes in the ground, of unpayable debts, implacable brown-skinned blood enemies, foreign-owned means of production and 300,000,000 surprised and bitter urban proles. |
May 28, 2007:
On winning through losing
by Herb Ruhs, MD, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: The Army lost on purpose. It had no stomach for the ghoulish, evil plans of the leaders. Not that there was any organized conspiracy, it's just that decent people, which the vast majority of the soldiers were, sense when they are being sent on an evil mission, and they just stop trying. |
May 27, 2007:
One word that can save America
by Helen & Harry Highwater, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Everyone knows they're liars, so just say it already. Say "liars". Say it often, say it everywhere, say it over and over until it spreads from the grassroots to a grass fire. Don't let anyone say Bush or Cheney anywhere, without interrupting to point out that they're liars. Say it loud enough, often enough, and the spell will be broken -- this regime will be effectively toppled. |
May 23, 2007:
Isreali/Palestinian drama queens
by Mr. Chuckles, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: If we wait for peace to "just happen", it never will. A global solution needs to be negotiated and imposed, perhaps in a way similar to the way South Africa was dealt with. |
May 23, 2007:
Medusa and the void between Liberation and Fascism
by Underground Panther in the Sky, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: It is easier for people accustomed to creating gorgons on purpose to manipulate the world with, to think they can control the world without becoming a fount of a river of death drinking the blood from the Neck of the Sacred Feminine themselves. |
May 22, 2007:
Washington is in the grip of corporate fascism
by Leon Fisher, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Once in place there is little the average American citizen can do to oppose the new order of things, lest he be labeled a terrorist and dealt with by some military tribunal. |
May 21, 2007:
The anger over breast- and bottle-feeding
by Herb Ruhs, MD, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: After a few decades of experience trying to convince moms to breast feed, I think I understand some of the subtleties involved. It is often a very complicated and, above all, always a very personal decision. In a humane world moms would be supported in making these decisions rather than pilloried for making "the wrong choice." |
May 21, 2007:
Charmed, I am sure, by the Charm City totalitarian
by Underground Panther in the Sky, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: They harass ANYONE who doesn't look white, "normal," straight enough, businesslike, or yuppie enough on the street as soon as the sun begins going down. They hurry you up if you look different or your skin is a bit darker than condensed milk and you aren't walking fast enough or you look like you might be thinking of socializing. |
May 21, 2007:
It's just you -- the economy is doing great!
by Kevin Good, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: It's just you experiencing inflation. The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Indexes, using "Old Series" pre-1998 weight and item structure excluding food, clothing, shelter and energy, announced inflation is at all time record lows. |
May 20, 2007:
The end of the American Empire
by Zebra, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: The end game for America/China will be delayed as long as possible by China, and by the feeble minds in the US Congress. But at the rate of $200 billion more a year in trade deficits with China, it won't take too many years for America to be literally owned, lock, stock and barrel by Communist China! That's right. And guess who calls the shots, the owner or the renters? |
May 20, 2007:
Shake and rule:
President Sarkozy is on a roll
by Nadine Sellers, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Promises, the tools of illusion. Sarko seems certain he single-handedly (with the help of ambitious reformers) will turn the double digit unemployment numbers down to full employ, within five years. The din of doubt grows by the hour, despite much to rejoice. |
May 16, 2007:
Why I cry
by Ann in the UK, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Our mothers are just as ignorant about the effects of formula on their children -- or the effects of not breastfeeding on their children and themselves -- as mothers in the Third World. I'm not joking. Ask them. Ask any mother you know, whether breastmilk and formula are virtually the same substance. Ask whether, thanks to modern technologies and advancements, formula is 'close' to breastmilk. Ask whether formula does the same job as breastmilk -- whether, for example, it protects mothers and their children against a variety of often life threatening and/or debilitating conditions. I'll bet you a fortune neither of us have, the majority of mothers even in Western nations say 'yes' to each question when the answer, of course, is no. |
May 15, 2007:
Hakia: A search engine that's not searching you
by Zebra, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Personally speaking, Google is "OK" but I don't advise joining their cult. One reason is that they accumulate information about their users and "all your Gmail are belong to us!" ...
I just spent an hour test-driving Hakia, and I'm impressed. It includes breaking news headlines in normal search results, in a way that makes sense and will make my work more efficient. ... |
May 14, 2007:
Is Wayne Madsen a reliable source? No.
by CatAngelo and Helen & Harry, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: The only evidence that Cheney was a hooker's customer is Wayne Madsen's say-so. But based on Madsen's track record, we don't believe he's a credible source.
It's just a rumor -- and our website rarely traffic in rumors. |
May 14, 2007:
I have nothing to add
by Kevin Good, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: After faulting the Palestinians for using Mickey Mouse to recruit terrorists the Bush administration and FOX news announces the latest new action figure doll, Sgt. Tommy Rieman complete with his own G.I. Joe type action figure and video game in a field of
poppies. |
May 13, 2007:
Rich beyond all limits
by HappySysiphus, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: It is our birthright, all of us, to be rich beyond all limits. The pioneering adventure of making this a reality is the only thing that can fill the thirsting of our 21st Century souls. It is our destiny and it is being denied by the pettiness of tiny, evil minds. |
May 11, 2007:
Words are necessary, but actions even more so
by Sherri B., Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Yes, the drama is here. But you know what? Your ancestors survived (by fair means or foul) and you will too. Get ready... the madness is here. |
May 9, 2007:
-- BROADSPECTRUM MEDIA ANALYSIS --
!SYSTEM ALERT!
by HappySysiphus, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: We're talking about a full blown military base vs. a few pizza-delivering immigrants who WANTED to get some guns and HOPED that if they managed to acquire them they would THEN be able to create a devastating effect on A MILITARY BASE. Not exactly a bomb in the center of a shopping mall. |
May 7, 2007:
A case of Sarkosis:
How soon France forgot
by Nadine Sellers, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: With the election of Sarkozy, France will be sold out piecemeal to corporate Bush-buddies. 'Tis the end of France as you've loved it! (or not) |
May 7, 2007:
Different kinds of American "citizens"
by Mr. Chuckles, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: The question of wealth is very interesting in the context of the
corruption in D.C. -- in both parties. There are many things happening, legally and economically, and illegally and uneconomically, including new classes of "citizens" ... |
May 5, 2007:
Who has gained from the failed US policy?
by The Canadian, Unknown News
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Excerpt: Eventually the US will experience more terror on its soil, but I think Al Qaeda's immediate goal is to remove US influence from the Middle East, thereby allowing Al Qaeda to focus its efforts on destabilizing moderate Arab States and attacking Israel via Palestine, Hez b'Allah and Hamas. Thereafter, assuming their efforts are successful, the US will become Target #1. |
May 4, 2007:
The ethics of whistleblowing
by Coleen Rowley, Unknown News| |
Excerpt: Hundreds, if not thousands of government and military whistleblowers have been fired, lost everything, including their families and even their mental balance. The gross politicization has resulted in larger numbers of whistleblowers than ever. You just aren't hearing about it because they're being mostly squashed. |
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