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Just scroll down... &nbsp; &nbsp; --H&HH</center><BR> <! -- **************************************** -- > <! -- **** Change =earlier= before duping **** -- > <! -- **************************************** -- > <A HREF="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/25/at_t_throws_party_to_support"><B>AT&T throws a party in Denver to support Democrats who<BR>voted to grant telecoms immunity for illegal domestic wiretapping</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> We probably tried to interview twenty-five, thirty people going in, and every last person refused to even give their name, identify themselves, say what they're here for, what the event is for. It's more secretive than like a Dick Cheney energy council meeting. I mean, it's amazing.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=t0711am></A><A HREF="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5961312.html"><B>Texas truants will be fitted with GPS ankle bracelets</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Court authorities will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> Maybe it's the beatings and tauntings school officials effectively condone, or maybe it's just the boredom, but there's a certain subset of kids who just hate school. I was one of them -- the difference between prison and school eluded me when I was a child, and I skipped school <i>a lot</i>. If they'd had the technology to shackle my ankle with something like this, if they'd tracked me down and forced me to attend school five days a week, I can't imagine the fury I would have felt. I wasn't psychotic, just a weird but basically harmless kid, but even years later I know that this kind of enforcement would've made me violent. As such GPS shackles become commonplace, and kids who want nothing but to not be in school are forced to be in school anyway, what do you think those kids are going to do? &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#t0711am"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mo0615pm></A><A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080825/D92PFRFG0.html"><B>Iraqi leader insists foreign soldiers must go</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki dug in his heels Monday on the future of the US military in Iraq, insisting that all foreign soldiers leave the country by a specific date in 2011 and rejecting legal immunity for American troops.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> Sweet jeebers, 2011 is three years from now -- how many Americans and Iraqis will be dead by then? This dang fool attack and occupation of Iraq hasn't accomplished diddlysquat except to make America weaker and more despised world-wide. The American military and mercenaries in Iraq should be brought home as quickly as they can pack their dufflebags and queue up at the airport. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#mo0615pm"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mo0308pm></A><A HREF="http://blogs.tampabay.com/energy/2008/08/nuke-plant-leak.html"><B>Nuke plant leak leads to indefinite shutdown of Miami reactor</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> There are better, easier, and infinitely safer ways to boil water. Nuclear power is unsafe, and shouldn't be allowed within 25,000 miles of civilization, and coincidentally that's the approximate circumference of the Earth. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Cindy B.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#mo0308pm"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://bananafusion.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-pow-excuse.html"><B>For McCain, being a prisoner-of-war explains everything</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> On deflecting criticism about him not being able to remember how many houses he owns: "This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison," And later on explaining he hasn't always had 7 kitchen tables: "I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair..."&nbsp;... Explaining why he couldn't have possibly cheated by hearing the questions at the Saddleback forum beforehand: "The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous"; ... explaining away cheating on his first wife with a woman 18 years younger than him: "John McCain's faith and character were tested and forged in ways few can fathom"; on opposing universal healthcare: [Edwards] noted that he'd always enjoyed government health benefits, McCain responded that he knows what it's like to get inadequate care -- "from another government"...</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/not-clinical-cy.html"><B>Real heroes don't go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on<BR>about their own heroism -- particularly in order to satisfy personal ambition</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. ... In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long <nobr>time."&nbsp;&nbsp;--John McCain</nobr></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mo0316pm></A><A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/25/101630/182/1017/574615"><B>Here's the story that wins Obama Ohio and the election</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <B><i>Comment:</i></B> A story about how bad healthcare in America is ... it can't help Obama if he has no intentions to significantly change the status quo of said industry. And so far as I know, he doesn't. &nbsp; <nobr><i><A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/">JR Mooneyham</A></i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#mo0316pm"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mo0351pm></A><A HREF="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/margaret-thatcher-suffering-from-dementia-907478.html"><B>Margaret Thatcher is suffering from dementia</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <B><i>Comment:</i></B> Too bad she's British. Margaret would make the perfect running mate for John McCain. Since they both now have the same grip on reality and minds like a (rusty, old) steel trap. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#mo0351pm"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014406.php"><B>Billionaire behind 2004 SwiftBoat attacks launches smear campaign against Obama</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><A HREF="http://mediamattersaction.org/swiftboating/"><B>MEDIA MATTERS explains SwiftBoating 2.0</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A HREF="http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/wingnuts_will_fall_in_line_behind_lieberman/"><B>McCain will pick Lieberman for VP, and wingnuts will fall in line</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/24/transit_workers_giving_urine_sample_may_get_audience/"><B>Dept of Transportation wants urine tests to be witnessed</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/348408/clinton_defends_obama_and_counters_mccain_in_denver"><B>Hillary Clinton speaks out against McCain's attempt to wedge out her supporters </B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003842038"><B>MoveOn.org targets AP's Fournier for increasingly obvious pro-McCain bias</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6312"><B>Fox News taunts convention demonstrators; they<BR>respond with on-air chants of 'F*ck Fox News'</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/24/mitcham-olympics/"><B>NBC censors sexual orientation of openly gay gold medallist diver</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/news/2008/08/portfolio_0825"><B>Jay Leno has serious advice for the American auto industry</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/25/hallmark-same-sex-cards/"><B>Some Hallmark stores refuse to sell Hallmark's same-sex marriage cards</B></A><BR><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=LF></A><BR><BIG><B>The West underestimated the Russian response</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Leon Fisher</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#LF"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> The US / Israeli plans to gain control the Caspian Sea oil reserves and the pipelines which deliver the oil to the various marketplaces has failed big time. The planners in Washington and Tel Aviv obviously underestimated the Russian response to the Georgian attempt to seize S. Osettia, the gateway to the Caspian motherload of oil. The US is bankrupt and the only way out is to try and gain control of the world's resources, particularly the existing oil reserves. They have so far failed to do so, thus the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are both doomed to failure. As for the Military Industrial Complex, it will wither on the vine along with the rest of what remains of Americas economy. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Leon Fisher &nbsp;(<A HREF="mailto:leonjfisher@webtv.net"><B>leonjfisher@webtv.net</B></A>)</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <A NAME=MK></A><BR><BIG><B>Just a tiny drop of what Old Salt will need to learn about</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Marie K.</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26MK.html"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> It seems that the hit men among other things bribed and also threatened leaders in order to get them to cooperate with "Uncle Sam and our oil companies." Of course, those who didn't cooperate had to be removed. Then, the CIA turned up to cause coups, rig elections, or assassinate some. The leaders that they "got to" did as they were told and accepted large "development" loans from the World Bank, for example. This money could then be used for the "projects" they were pushed into doing so that the money flowed into US companies. Once the countries were indebted, they had to pay off the loans. This led to such actions as austerity programs, fuel price hikes, and public sector wage freezes. Alternatively, they could raise the money by accepting US military bases or by selling off their oil and other natural resources. <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26MK.html"><B><nobr>&nbsp;...&nbsp;<i>Read the rest</i>&nbsp;...&nbsp;</nobr></B></A> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Marie K.</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <A NAME=DN></A><BR><BIG><B>Life in a bucket</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Don Nash</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#DN"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> <center><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/080826dn.jpg" border="1" width="612" height="792"></center> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Don Nash</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <A NAME=MM></A><BR><BIG><B>Leave the future to people who aren't afraid</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>MonkeyMan</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#MM"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/d0808-23.html#OS"><B>We're #1</B></A> by Old Salt<BR><BR> And those who criticized King George were labeled traitors to the Crown.<BR><BR> History tells us basically that this country came to be because of dissent against a government which abused its' powers by abusing its' citizens. The dissidents of that time are heroes now.<BR><BR>We once again find ourselves under the tyrannical rule of a King George. What you read here are those exercising their rights and responsibilities to speak out against injustice. I suggest you read "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mills. He describes the idea of personal liberty within a democratic society and the responsibility of its' citizens to hold the government to high ideals and codes of conduct.<BR><BR>You are very wrong. We are unhappy because we love the United States so much.<BR><BR>I am sure that during the time those we now call American heroes were making a new country there were people just like you, afraid to call the leaders to task. Afraid to hope and work for a better country. Afraid to speak out against lies and corruption, injustice. Afraid to fight for freedom. Be afraid. There are other pages for people like you. Go there and be comfortable. Leave the future to people who aren't afraid. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>MonkeyMan</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Absolutely excellent, and dang... makes me feel like we're doing something worthwhile ... Large hug. </B></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV align="right"><b><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></b><BR><A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A></DIV><BR> I know I shouldn't respond to those guys, they aren't likely to listen. But it really rubs me the wrong way. You guys are the modern day Boston Tea Partyers and I am glad to know you! <NOBR>:)</NOBR> What is left of Fay is dumping much needed rain on us. Foggy mornings and rainy afternoons, I'm loving it!<BR><BR> Hug right back. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>MonkeyMan</i></div><!-- REPLY --> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#SB"><font color=blue><B>Sherri B. replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#Rock"><font color=blue><B>Rock replies</B></font></A> <BR><BR> <A NAME=SirJ></A><BR><BIG><B>Spaghetti citizenship</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>SirJ</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#SirJ"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/d0808-25.html#JSM"><B>Seeds of doubt</B></A> by JS Magruder<BR><BR> The suit filed by Philip Berg cites the Nationality Act of 1940 as the standard to go by in judging how Obama may have lost his citizenship. See paragraph 27 of <A HREF="http://www.obamacrimes.com/attachments/001_ObamaComplaint.pdf"><B>the complaint</B> [pdf]</A>. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_v._Terrazas"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> describes a Supreme Court case which clarified the conditions under which a citizen might lose citizenship. Essentially the ruling is you must do something to indicate you intended to relinquish your citizenship. Having done something which would automatically revoke your citizenship without you realizing it wouldn't be sufficient. According to the Vance v. Terrazas case, this argument of Berg's case would be nullified. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>SirJ</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> This guy's claim is bonkers, but of course, you know that. </B></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV align="right"><b><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></b><BR><A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A></DIV><BR>So does he.<BR><BR>If you throw enough spaghetti onto a wall, some of it will stick.<BR><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20089295&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6"><B>Born in the U.S.A.?</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> The civil suit filed by Berg will be reviewed by the US Federal Election Commission, according to Patty Hartman, a spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.</TD></TR></TABLE><DIV align="right"><BR><i>SirJ</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <A NAME=Siskiyousis></A><BR><BIG><B>Bartersville</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Siskiyousis</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#Siskiyousis"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/d0808-25LL.html"><B>Dr. Doom's warning</B></A> by Lucy Lindblad<BR><BR> I have a strong feeling that the way things are going now, it will be impossible to use anything but dollars as legal currency in the US, regardless of their value at the time.<BR><BR>To be able to use a preferred or strong currency, one would have to be able to move to the nation that uses it. That would be more expensive as time goes on. If US citizens were even permitted to leave at that time... except for the greedy bastards who caused this mess; I am sure they already have plans in hand to leave the country.<BR><BR>A lot of us will be living in Bartersville ere long. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Siskiyousis</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <A NAME=JL></A><BR><BIG><B>Obama's serious black problem</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Janice Lester</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday, August 26, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#JL"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/d0808-23.html#SirJ"><B>Too many mansions to count</B></A> by SirJ<BR><BR> SirJ says Obama's ad is "tame and limp" and of course he's right. It's frustrating as hell, but Obama's got a serious black problem nobody's willing to talk about out loud: He pretty much <i>has to</i> play it cool, cuz if he responds in any way but "tame and limp" they'll make him out to be Shaft, or the "angry black man". If he says anything that sounds (or can be made to sound) even slightly rude in response to McCain's mountains of lies and smears, Obama's comments will be played in an endless loop on all the newschat shows like Dukakis in a tank. Witness how strongly the bastards are already tagging him with every possibly synonym for uppity -- and it's working, nobody's calling McCain or the media on what they're doing.<BR><BR>Obama's blackness is a disadvantage that's almost as severe as the media's strong tilt in McCain's favor. Even disregarding for the moment the way Republicans suppress the vote and manipulate the count to win elections, if Obama can even come close to winning it'll be a miracle. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Janice Lester</i></div><!-- REPLY --> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#SB"><font color=blue><B>Sherri B. replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#SirJ"><font color=blue><B>SirJ replies</B></font></A> <BR><BR> <A NAME=mo1130a></A><BR><BIG><B>Memo from Housekeeping</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Helen & Harry</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Monday, August 25, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#mo1130a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Drum roll, please: Beginning tomorrow, the <I>Unknown News</i> website will start looking a little different. The gigantic once-weekly news round-ups on our home page will end, and instead we'll have smaller but more frequent updates, with the newest material at the top of the page and older news and comments sliding downward. Of course, that's the format used by most other amateur weblogs, including probably all your favorites and virtually all <i>my</i> favorites. Most weblogs use that format because (duh) it's much easier for readers to navigate, and less time-intensive to create. Picture me slapping my forehead.<BR><BR>Our goal is a site that makes more sense for visitors, and not coincidentally requires less webwork for your humble editors. And we're also going to give the joint a fresh coat of paint, so say goodbye to the rather garish mustard color scheme.<BR><BR>Give us a few days to shake out the bugs, and we're hoping you'll agree that these changes are for the better. Please let us know what you think, and holler if you find any glitches or can't find what you're looking for.<BR><BR><DIV align="right"><b><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></b><BR><A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A></DIV><!-- REPLY --><BR><BR> <blockquote><hr noshade><hr noshade></blockquote> <!--=1010101010--> <!--=9999999999--> <A NAME=belchingbarneywednesday></A><A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080820/D92LVJPG0.html"><B>Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to deploy part of a US missile shield on Polish territory in the face of deep Russian anger.<BR><BR>"This will help us to deal with the new threats of the 21st century, of long-range missile threats from countries like Iran or from North Korea," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said before she signed the accord with Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.<BR><BR>The signing comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and NATO, and Russia over the conflict with pro-Western Georgia."<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> I can't see what Russia has to be angry about. Surely the US would be ecstatic if Russia planted ten missiles in Ontario, to defend against the threat of incoming long-range missiles from Zimbawe. And make no mistake, Zimbabwe's long-range missiles are only slightly less imaginary than Iran's or North Korea's. Seriously, the danger of a missile attack from Iran, North Korea, or Zimbabwe cannot be underestimated, and the only purpose this serves is infuriating Russia and keeping the cash flowing to America's military-industrial complex. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Belching Barney</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#belchingbarneywednesday"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr><BR><BR> <A NAME=intuesday></A><A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/49125.html"><B>Rice warns Moscow about its bomber runs off Alaska</B></A><BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> A new cold war is only half what loonies like Rice want. She wants a hot war on Russia, to go with America's war on terror, war on drugs, war on Afghanistan and Iraq and soon Iran. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Intellectual Nudist</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080818-mn.html#belchingbarneywednesday"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> Yes, and isn't it interesting that Rice, a former Soviet expert who is about five months from the unemployment line, seems to be doing everything she can to re-ignite the Cold War in the time she has left? &nbsp; <nobr><i>Madeline Zane</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#belchingbarneywednesday"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> <BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2605909.ece"><B>Russia cancels all military cooperation with NATO</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/2008820143346769471.html"><B>Russia builds Ossetia buffer area with "no-fly zone"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/noticias/noticias/713985/08/08/US-demands-Russia-leave-Georgia-now.html"><B>US demands Russia leave Georgia "now"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080823/D92NVT5O0.html"><B>Russia aims to keep control of Georgian port city</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24219963-2703,00.html"><B>Death toll in South Ossetia a tenth of initial Russian claims</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/20080821/cm_ucru/13daysinaugust;_ylt=AqXytZfenencEjXYODrWf6X9wxIF"><B>The Polish missile crisis: Bush's last war?</B></A></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--=8888888888--> <A NAME=mon0945am></A><A HREF="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/21/headlines"><B>Obama's "move to the center" moves him way down in the polls</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> In campaign news, the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain has taken his first lead over Democratic Senator Barack Obama in the Reuters/Zogby national poll. 44 percent of voters polled backed McCain; 39 percent backed Obama. Libertarian candidate Bob Barr polled at three percent, and independent candidate Ralph Nader was at two percent. Pollster John Zogby said Obama's support among Democrats fell by nine percent over the past month.<BR><BR>John Zogby: "What's happened, number one, young people, liberals, a solid core of Obama's base just raising some questions about him. For liberals, maybe the perception that he's flip-flopped on some key issues like FISA and a sense that for young people, I think, especially, that maybe he's not the unique different sort of political persona that they expected.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> I heard that Obama was losing in the polls a dozen times ... and that was it. None of the usual ultra-specific parsing about how he was doing against left-handed albinos in the Pacific Northwest. That should have set off my B.S. detector right there. But it didn't, until DEMOCRACY NOW happened to mention that the reason Obama fell in the polls is that the Democratic base is not pleased with Obama selling us out on the FISA bill, and offshore drilling, and hiring Wal-Mart flacks as economic advisors.<BR><BR>Exactly how many more damn elections do we have to lose because of the ridiculous common wisdom that Democrats can only win general elections by turning into Republicans? News flash to Democrats: Everyone HATES Republicans right now. Stop imitating them. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Madeline Zane</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#mon0945am"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/all-those-federal-funds-w_b_120477.html"><B>Bush's destruction of New Orleans continues</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> "Road Home" [reconstruction] grants were based on pre-Katrina property values, so houses in poorer areas of town, like the lower 9th Ward, had greater disparities between Road Home grants and the cost of replacement. That's a nice touch. But there's more...<BR><BR>The program to help rebuild rental housing -- essential to the return of working-class families to the city -- is stuck in the preliminary stage, after almost three years. One key reason:<BR><BR>Because of federal requirements, it is a reimbursement program, so most landlords have to get private financing and then recoup their investment, a substantial hardship for those who are paying mortgages on their property without any rental income<BR><BR>Doesn't look like corruption, or Democratic state officials, or any of the other bogeymen usually cited by outsiders have much role in this slow-motion disaster. Looks like President Bush, who claimed victory yesterday at Jackson Barracks then skedaddled out of town, really didn't mean his promise three years ago at Jackson Square to do whatever was needed to help the city return, revive, and rebuild. Imagine that.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--=7777777777--> <A NAME=mon0957></A><A HREF="http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/2008/08/an_insider_me.html"><B>Is there a level of dishonesty that would embarrass Nancy Pelosi? It appears not.</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Asked whether she classified herself as a "Washington insider" at a briefing sponsored by the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Pelosi answered, "Oh, absolutely not. No."<BR><BR>Who could possibly imagine that a mere 22 years in Congress made the daughter of a "prominent Maryland political family" part of the system? Just because she's spent her time as Speaker of the House making sure Bush and Cheney get everything they want?<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> I'm not sure calling Nancy Pelosi "dishonest" is fair. It's much too specific. I think "unprincipled" might be a better word. That covers not only the lying, but also her betrayal of every Democratic position, from funding the war in Iraq to (this week) supporting pointless, destructive offshore drilling. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Madeline Zane</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#mon0957"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mon0955></A><A HREF="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990823.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562"><B>Maddow's prime time MSNBC show debuts on September 8</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> For those unfamiliar with Rachel Maddow, take my word for it -- this is terrific news. She's smart, funny, and spends about as much time on <i>actual</i> news as <A HREF="#lies-box"><FONT COLOR=blue><B>the rest of the mainstream media</B></FONT></A> combined. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#mon0955"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--=6666666666--> <!--=5555555555--> <!--=4444444444--> <!--=3333333333--> <!--=2222222222--> <!--=1111111111--> <!--=XxXxXxXxX--> <A NAME=lies-box></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#cccccc" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" class="font14"><BIG><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><i>Liars and scum in mainstream media</i></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></SPAN></BIG><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16598.html"><B>Parade of Bush cronies getting big-time media jobs continues</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808230003?f=h_latest"><B>Media outlets immediately revived allegations that Biden plagiarized<BR>British politician Kinnock, but not that he had previously credited him</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220019?f=h_latest"><B>Media repeat Limbaugh's baseless charge that claimed<BR>Obama got "sweetheart deals" from Rezko without noting rebuttal</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210078?f=h_latest"><B>Mainstream media outlets cite complete anti-abortion<BR>lunatic and Obama critic Stanek as though she's credible</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2586490/John-McCain-let-off-the-hook-over-blunders.html"><B>McCain's many blunders all but ignored by corporate media</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/mccain-media-rich/"><B>Media leaps to McCain's defense: It's not 'a huge deal'<BR>that he doesn't know how many houses he owns</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/21/media-mccain-draft/"><B>Media gives McCain 'the benefit of the doubt' on endorsement of military draft</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220018?f=h_latest"><B>Media echoes but doesn't debunk false charge that Obama attacked Cindy McCain</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190003?f=h_latest"><B>ABC's Tapper reports that McCain "has attacked Obama<BR>for being ... anti-troops" without noting that it's nonsense</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/22/charlie_gibsons_lore/index.php"><B>ABC's Gibson oddly and inaccurately reports McCain not knowing how many<BR>homes he owns and Obama's response as "a dispute about which of them is richer"</B></A> <!-- A.P. --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" bgcolor=white WIDTH="112" class="fonty"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/AP-LOGO.jpg" border="0" width="112" height="82"><BR> <B>Associated Press</B> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" width="15" VALIGN="top" class="fonty">&nbsp; </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"><BR> <A HREF="http://pol.moveon.org/emails/ap_fournier.html"><B>ASSOCIATED PRESS 'analysis' parrots Republican line,<BR>says Biden pick shows Obama's "lack of confidence"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014391.php"><B>ASSOCIATED PRESS runs flattering profile<BR>of McCain that glosses over his dozens of<BR>position switches on issues as he runs for President</B></A><BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190004?f=h_latest"><B>ASSOCIATED PRESS uncritically parrots McCain's assertion that Obama<BR>"tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220011?f=h_latest"><B>ASSOCIATED PRESS and WASHINGTON POST report attack on Obama<BR>without mentioning attacker's ties to 2004 Swift Boat Veterans</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200005?f=h_latest"><B>Radio hatemonger Boortz compares single<BR>mothers receiving public assistance" to horses</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220013?f=h_latest"><B>CHICAGO TRIBUNE inexplicably provides "senior<BR>McCain adviser" anonymity to attack Obama</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180006?f=h_latest"><B>CNN pundits Kurtz and Mason falsely suggest it's "new information"<BR>that McCain "acknowledged" his responsibility for failed first marriage</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210008?f=h_latest"><B>CNN baselessly suggests Obamas got special deal on house</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/18/stewart-colbert-oreilly-dobbs/"><B>Colbert, Stewart viewers more well-informed<BR>than those watching CNN's O'Reilly and Dobbs</B></A><BR><BR> <!--=FOX= --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="85%" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6291"><B>Fox News perpetuates McCain's false<BR>claim that he supported GI Bill</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/mccain-cameron-gi-bill/"><B>Fox's Cameron lies, gives McCain<BR>credit for fictitious GI Bill provision</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220020?f=h_latest"><B>Fox's Hannity paraphrased passage from SwiftBoat liar<BR>Corsi's book that gets Obama's speech on abortion bill wrong</B></A><BR><BR> </TD><TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/foxnewslogo.jpg" border="1" width="132" height="99"> </TD></TR></TABLE> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/22/dick-morris-iraq-stumped/"><B>Fox's Morris says US "went into Iraq at the invitation<BR>of the government, not as an invasion'</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/22/fox-news-%e2%80%9cis-obama-bashing-%e2%80%98american-dream%e2%80%99-by-bashing-mccain%e2%80%99s-7-homes%e2%80%9d/"><B>Fox News: "Is Obama bashing the American Dream<BR>by bashing McCain's seven homes?"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/22/fox-ayers-ad/"><B>Fox News accidentally airs controversial, possibly illegal<BR>right-wing smear ad that it had declined to run</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190006?f=h_latest"><B>Fox's Carlson echoes obvious canard that McCain<BR>"doesn't like to talk about when he was a POW"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/95810/o%27reilly_attacks_woman_who_connects_dots_between_hate_speech_and_violence/"><B>Fox's O'Reilly attacks woman who connects dots between hate speech and violence</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180009?f=h_latest"><B>Fox's Sammon dismisses "nature of" SwiftBoat <nobr>liar Corsi's falsehoods as "relatively innocuous"</nobr></B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190009?f=h_latest"><B>On Fox News, pollster Luntz falsely claims McCain had "never really talked<BR>about" decision to refuse early release as a POW prior to Saddleback forum</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/gallagher-lesbian-pedophiles/"><B>Arch right-wing radio host Gallagher says protection of<BR>gay rights could lead to pedophiles adopting young children</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200002?f=h_latest"><B>Limbaugh on Obama's nomination: "Affirmative action has reared its ugly head"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200009?f=h_latest"><B>Discussing Obama, Limbaugh suggests Democrats, media<BR>believe "you can't criticize the little black man-child"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200007?f=h_latest"><B>Limbaugh, Coulter smear Obama with false claim that he<BR>"believes it is proper to kill a baby that has survived an abortion"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200001?f=h_latest"><B>McClatchy uncritically repeats McCain falsehood that<BR>Obama "tried to prevent funding for the troops"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.motherjones.com/arts/film/2008/08/uncounted.html"><B>MOTHER JONES runs utterly dismissive review<BR>of documentary on Republican election thefts</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190010?f=h_latest"><B>MSNBC's Buchanan has appeared at least twice on<BR>"pro-White" radio show, once with streaming on Nazi website</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/21/tnr/index.html"><B>As Maddow becomes second liberal to compete with TV conservatives<BR>Beck, Grace, Hannity, Hume, O'Reilly, Savage, Scarborough, et al,<BR>NEW REPUBLIC is suddenly concerned about proliferation of partisan shows</B></A><BR><BR> <!--=NYT= --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="147" class="fonty"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/nyt-logo.jpg" border="1" width="132" height="99"> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-york-times-fact-check-distorts.html"><B>NEW YORK TIMES "fact check" distorts economic facts</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16611.html"><B>Relax, McCain -- NEW YORK TIMES' Brooks has your backside</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/19/kristol-floats-musharraf-as-obamas-vp/"><B>NEW YORK TIMES' Kristol suggests<BR>Musharraf as Obama's running mate</B></A><BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014393.php"><B>NEW YORK TIMES' arch-conservative Kristol finds his inner feminist</B></A><BR><BR><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/18/kristol-mistake-column/"><B>Kristol makes fourth factual error since joining NEW YORK TIMES in January</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180005?f=h_latest"><B>NEW YORK TIMES misrepresents Obama op-ed on Social Security</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002505.html"><B>NEW YORK TIMES reviewer is factually wrong<BR>on criticism of Thomas Frank's new book</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180008?f=h_latest"><B>POLITICO mischaracterizes as "new" McCain's<BR>willingness to discuss his prison "biography"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808210003?f=h_latest"><B>POLITICO uncritically quotes McCain's laughable<BR>assertion that "lobbyists don't come to my office"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180003?f=h_latest"><B>Disney's hatemonger Savage says "America is<BR>being overrun by an invasion force from Mexico"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/24/halperin-obama-houses-worst/"><B>TIME's Halperin says McCain's not knowing how many houses he<BR>owns was 'one of the worst moments' of the campaign ... for Obama</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/22/mark-halperin-blows-obama_n_120543.html"><B>TIME's Halperin blows Obama VP story, then covers it up</B></A><BR><BR> <!-- =WP= --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="135" class="fonty"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/WPlogo.jpg" border="1" width="120" height="108"><BR> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200008?f=h_latest"><B>WASHINGTON POST offers half a "fact-check"<BR>on abortion smear against Obama</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808170001?f=h_latest"><B>WASHINGTON POST recaps McCain's strong stand against<BR>charlatan "agents of intolerance," without mentioning his<BR>subsequent flip-flop and pursuit of charlatan endorsements</B></A><BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE> <A HREF="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003840152"><B>WASHINGTON POST's Shales accuses Helen Thomas of "anti-Israeli rhetoric"</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808220007?f=h_latest"><B>WASHINGTON POST uncritically reports McCain ad's false suggestion that<BR>Obama wrote letters for Rezko's project in 1998 "in return" for help ... in 2005</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808190002?f=h_latest"><B>WASHINGTON TIMES repeats McCain campaign's false<BR>assertion that Obama "opposes ... tax cuts for small businesses"</B></A><BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=corsi></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#cccccc" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" class="font14"><BIG><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><i>SwiftBoat liar, pants on fire</i></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></BIG></SPAN><BR><BR> <!-- =Corsi et al= --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" width="155" class="fonty"> <img src="http://unknownnews.org/pantsonfire.jpg" border="1" width="140" height="93"> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/mainstreaming-crazy-by-digby-jerome.html"><B>SwiftBoat liar Corsi is a nutball of staggering<BR>magnitude, but he's perfectly acceptable to<BR>right-wing partisans and mainstream media</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> [Anti-Obama smear author Jerome] Corsi is not just a right wing ideologue. He's a full fledged nutcase, and yet he was hired by a major publisher, "edited" by a star GOP villager, to write</TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty">an incendiary book of lies about the Democratic presidential candidate. They aren't even trying to keep their fingerprints off this thing.<BR><BR>In fact, the default position among Democrats, Republicans and the media is that the only kooks in the country with whom it is unacceptable to be professionally or financially involved are on the left. And "the left" is defined so broadly that it includes groups like MoveOn and Vote Vets. The right, in contrast, has fully integrated even their extremist fringe into the mainstream and everyone accepts it.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A HREF="http://pssht.com/biography/jerome_corsi.html"><B>SwiftBoat smear writer Jerome Corsi bought his way out<BR>of prison for his child-porn distribution conviction</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808180001?f=h_latest"><B>Publicity forces SwiftBoat liar Corsi to cancel<BR>appearance on "pro-White" radio program</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200808200003?f=h_latest"><B>Smear-book author Freddoso misrepresents facts to<BR>accuse Obama of lying about "born alive" legislation</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/SANFRANCISCO-CA/KKGN-AM/hartmann%208-22%20hr%202.mp3"><B>Air America's Thom Hartmann interviews SwiftBoat<BR>liar Jerome Corsi, and it's quite amusing</B></A> [mp3]<BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=olympics></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#cccccc" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" class="font14"><BIG><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><i>Totalitarian Olympics</i></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></BIG></SPAN><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4540907.ece"><B>China's show of "ethnic diversity" in opening ceremony was a sham</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> As they paraded cheerfully into the Bird's Nest stadium in their brightly colored cultural costumes, the 56 smiling children were described as coming from China's 56 ethnic groups.<BR><BR>Their different hats, dresses and robes may indeed have represented the diversity of the world's most populous nation. But an official from the children's dance troupe revealed yesterday that the youngsters did not.<BR><BR>There were no Uighurs, no Zhuangs, no Huis, no Tujias, no Mongols and definitely no Tibetans. Indeed, in the latest in a series of manipulations that have soured memories of the spectacular opening ceremony, all 56 were revealed to be Han Chinese, who make up more than 90 per cent of the country's 1.3 billion people.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/848472.html"><B>Elderly Chinese women are ordered to labor camp<BR>for asking permission to protest during Olympics</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday.<BR><BR>The women were still at home three days after being officially notified that they would have to serve a yearlong term of re-education through labor, but were under surveillance by a government-backed neighborhood group, said Li Xuehui, the son of one of the women.<BR><BR>Li said no cause was given for the order to imprison his 79-year-old mother, Wu Dianyuan, and her neighbor Wang Xiuying, 77.<BR><BR>"Wang Xiuying is almost blind and disabled. What sort of re-education through labor can she serve?" Li said. "But they can also be taken away at any time."</TD></TR></TABLE> <!-- =olympics= --><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="center" WIDTH="285" class="fonty"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/totalitarianolympics.jpg" border="1" width="270" height="180"><BR> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" class="fonty"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/20/beijing-update-new-p.html"><B>New protests and detentions,<BR>6 US protesters still missing,<BR>protesters in Tibet shot dead</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/19/beijing-activists-de.html"><B>Five US activists detained after<BR>lighting up "Free Tibet" LED<BR>throwies banner near Olympics site</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.naturalnews.com/023862.html"><B>Are you enjoying the fake Olympics?</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/china/beijing-fake-buildings-3128.html"><B>Beijing's list of Olympic<BR>fakes keeps on 'building'</B></A></TD></TR></TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=stooges-box></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#cccccc" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="1" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #CCCCCC" class="font14"><BIG><nobr>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><i>Election 2008</i></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</nobr></BIG></span> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="62%" class="fonty"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014373.php"><B>McCain campaign's consistent response to gaffes, criticism, and controversy: A verb, a noun, and POW</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> After the McCain campaign responded to</TD></TR></TABLE> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%" class="fonty"> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="37%" class="fonty"> <!-- PULLQUOTE --><TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH=100% border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=100% BGcolor="#BBBBBB" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH=100% border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=100% BGcolor="#CCCCCC" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH=100% border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=100% BGcolor="#DDDDDD" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH=100% border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=100% BGcolor="#EEEEEE" class="fonty"><B> <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obama.asp"><B>Debunking the latest lies about&nbsp;Barack&nbsp;Obama</B></A> </B></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty">yesterday's flap over the senator's untold number of homes by emphasizing his background as a former prisoner of war, I started wondering just how often Team McCain plays this card.<BR><BR>Perusing the last couple of weeks, I found four examples: 1) in response to questions about McCain's marital infidelities; 2) in response to criticism of McCain's healthcare plan; 3) in response to a question about the first thing that comes to his mind when he thinks of Pittsburgh; and 4) in response to allegations he may have heard the questions in advance of Rick Warren's recent candidate forum.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> Yeah, and wasn't new VP candidate Biden the one who took Giuliani down a few pegs by pointing out that every one of his sentences consisted of a noun, a verb, and 9/11? I smell an opportunity for a sequel. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Madeline Zane</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/080825-mn.html#stooges-box"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=mon0950></A><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/03/AR2008080301969.html?hpid=topnews"><B>McCain way behind among prized working-class white voters</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I><B>Excerpt:</b></I> Democratic Sen. Barack Obama holds a 2 to 1 edge over Republican Sen. John McCain among the nation's low-wage workers, but many are unconvinced that eit