ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Unknown&nbsp;News | Helen & Harry's cranky weblog of news and opinion | unknownnews@inbox.com &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</title> <META content="abuse of authority, alternative news, anarchist news, anti-bush news, anti-cheney news, anti-republican news, bad cops, bush news, cheney news, civil rights, corrupt cops news, crooked cops, freedom news, liberal news, libertarian news, maniac cops, minarchist news, police blotter, police brutality, police corruption news, police misconduct, progressive news, rumsfeld news"name=KEYWORDS> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontmicro {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 5px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fonts {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 6px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontz {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font10 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font11 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 9px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font12 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font13 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontx {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font14 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontzz {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontsm {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font15 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fonttnr {font-family: Times New Roman, Bodoni, Garamond, serif;font-size: 14px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fonttnrx {font-family: Times New Roman, Bodoni, Garamond, serif;font-size: 15px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fonty {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fontpq {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.fonta {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;}--></style> <style type="text/css"><!--.font17 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 17px;}--></style> <!-- 1-80% 2-Danger 3-Destroying 4-EBBV 5-HNMB 6-IB 7-ISN'T THERE SOMETHING 8-BHL 9-LJ 10-NSR-H 11-SOT-BTH 12-YR 13-WWJB 14-IC 15-ION 16-ION (2) 17-BHL (2) 18-LJ (2) 19-WWJB (2) 20-unknownnews 21-unknownnews 22-unknownnews 23-unknownnews 24-wwjb 25-wwjb 26-wwjb 27-wwjb 28-wwjb 29-wwjb 30-Bushisaliar 31-Bushisaliar 32-Bushisaliar--> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- Begin // Set up the image files to be used. var theImages = new Array() // do not change this // To add more image files, continue with the // pattern below, adding to the array. theImages[0] = 'stic1.jpg' theImages[1] = 'stic2.jpg' theImages[2] = 'stic3.jpg' theImages[3] = 'stic4.jpg' theImages[4] = 'stic5.jpg' theImages[5] = 'stic6.jpg' theImages[6] = 'stic7.jpg' theImages[7] = 'stic8.jpg' theImages[8] = 'stic9.jpg' theImages[9] = 'stic10.jpg' theImages[10] = 'stic11.jpg' theImages[11] = 'stic12.jpg' theImages[12] = 'stic13.jpg' theImages[13] = 'stic14.jpg' theImages[14] = 'stic15.jpg' theImages[15] = 'stic16.jpg' theImages[16] = 'stic17.jpg' theImages[17] = 'stic18.jpg' theImages[18] = 'stic19.jpg' theImages[19] = 'stic20.jpg' theImages[20] = 'stic21.jpg' theImages[21] = 'stic22.jpg' theImages[22] = 'stic23.jpg' theImages[23] = 'stic24.jpg' theImages[24] = 'stic25.jpg' theImages[25] = 'stic26.jpg' theImages[26] = 'stic27.jpg' theImages[27] = 'stic28.jpg' theImages[28] = 'stic29.jpg' theImages[29] = 'stic30.jpg' theImages[30] = 'stic31.jpg' theImages[31] = 'stic32.jpg' // do not edit anything below this line var j = 0 var p = theImages.length; var preBuffer = new Array() for (i = 0; i < p; i++){ preBuffer[i] = new Image() preBuffer[i].src = theImages[i] } var whichImage = Math.round(Math.random()*(p-1)); function showImage(){ document.write('<img src="'+theImages[whichImage]+'">'); } // End --> </script> </head> <body> <A NAME=top></A><A NAME=hh></A> <table width="980" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td width="272" valign="top" align="left" class="fonty"><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.org/logo.gif" alt="Welcome to UNKNOWN&nbsp;NEWS" width="271" height="56" border="0"></A></td> <td width="536" valign="center" align="center" class="fontsm">"<b><I>News that's not known, or not known enough.</I></b>"<BR> <I>Helen & Harry Highwater's cranky weblog of news and opinion.</I></td> <td width="172" align="center" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fontx"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/stickers.html"><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- Begin showImage(); // End --> </script></A> </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table> <table width="980" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="830" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor=white class="font14"> <TABLE CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" WIDTH="3%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-27.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.org/leftarrowicon.jpg" border="0" alt="Previous day's entries" width="15" height="12"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="26%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"> <B>Thursday, August 28, 2008</B> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" WIDTH="3%" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.org/rightarrowicon.jpg" border="0" alt="Next day's entries" width="15" height="12"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="68%" BGcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty">&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/"><B>Home</B></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/about.html">About us</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/contact.html">Contact us</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/!workfiles.html"><FONT COLOR=black>|</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/faq.html">FAQ</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html">Mystery links</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/stickers.html">Stickers</A> &amp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/forsale.html">stuff</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;|<BR> </TD></TR></TABLE></td><td width="150" align=center valign="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="font15"><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/stickers.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/buyabumpersticker.jpg" border="0" width="138" height="23"></A> </td></tr></table><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="980" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="830" BGcolor="#dddddd" class="fonty"> <iframe src="http://www.unknownnews.org/frames-new.html" height="32" width="830" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="center" WIDTH="150" BGcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/donations.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/makeadonation.jpg" border="0" width="138" height="23"></A> </TD></TR></TABLE><!-- end uniform header--> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="980" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="10" BGcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonttnr">&nbsp;</TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="10" BGcolor=white class="fonttnr">&nbsp;</TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="630" BGcolor=white class="fonty"><BR> <! -- **************************************** -- > <! -- **** Change =earlier= before duping **** -- > <! -- **************************************** -- > <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://whynotresist.blogsome.com/2008/08/28/thats-not-speaking-truth-to-power/"><B>Democrats claim to "speak truth to power"</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 ve heard it twice so far this evening. It was absurd coming out of John Kerry s mouth and even more ridiculous from Joe Biden s. Talk about diluting meaning.<BR><BR>It s that amnesia thing again. "Speak truth to power" has been so removed from context and turned into a marketed catchphrase that it is meaningless. So there you have it-that s how capitalist America deals with radicalism-by turning it into a marketable commodity. Fashionable radicalism, but not enough to get you on a watch list or infiltrated by the Feds. It reminds me of a friend s daughter who as a nine year old declared herself an anarchist as an excuse to dress only in black.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#8 --> <A HREF="http://www.politicswest.com/29134/firsthand_testimony_arrested_monday_night_protester"><B>Firsthand testimony from arrested Monday night protester</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 first thing I really noticed was at Civic Center Park when I was in the Food Not Bombs area. The police seemed to be ready for conflict. They walked through the Food Not Bombs crowd, which was a peaceful group, holding their weapons out and looking at people, really intensely, trying to intimidate everyone. It made us all a little worried.<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10301186"><B>Denver police soak protesters with pepper spray</B></A><BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfISlq1gzK8"><B>Police slam CodePink protester to the ground, call her a bitch before arresting her</B></A><BR><BR><!--#8 --> <A HREF="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cindy-Sheehan-Bugged-in-De-by-Rob-Kall-080825-412.html"><B>Sheehan's Denver hotel room bugged</B></A></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=w1100p></A><A HREF="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/on-leno-mccain.html"><B>On Leno, McCain invokes POW history when asked about house controversy</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> Not having to listen to 4 years of McCain's POW story is becoming my #1 reason to vote for somebody else. &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#w1100p"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=t0901a></A><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425142/"><B>New Orleans faces evacuation as Gustav looms</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> It was unclear what would happen to stragglers. Jerry Sneed, the city's emergency preparedness director, said officials are ready to move about 30,000 people.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> New Orleans hasn't come close to recovering from what Katrina and the Bush administration did to it, and now they're in danger of going through it all over again... &nbsp; <nobr><i>Jesus Jones</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#t0901a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=t0705a></A><A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/26/BA2812HVK3.DTL"><B>Woman ponders lawsuit after being hassled by TSA boobs for her bra</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 Constitution bars unreasonable searches and seizures, [Nancy ] Kates reminded the TSA supervisor, and scrutinizing a woman's brassiere is surely unreasonable, she said. The supervisor told her she had the choice of submitting to a pat-down in a private room or not flying. Kates offered a third alternative, to take off her bra and try again, which the TSA accepted.&nbsp;...<BR><BR> So she went to the rest room, then through the security line a second time. Walking through the airport braless can be embarrassing for a large-chested woman, not to mention uncomfortable. The metal detector didn't beep on the second time through, but then officials decided to go through Kates' carry-on luggage, she said.<BR><BR>The whole undertaking took 40 minutes, Kates said, and caused her to miss her flight.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> This woman deserves a pat on the back for standing up for her rights, and then talking to the media about what happened. Our nation's future hangs on the question of whether enough of us are willing to make enough of a ruckus to make enough other people stop and think... &nbsp; <nobr><i>Angry Annie</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#t0705a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=t0501a></A><A HREF="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-02-17/news/haunted-by-spirits/"><B>McCain's politics haunted by spirits</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> John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business.<BR><BR>... But he retired from the military in 1980, divorced his first wife, wed Arizona native Cindy Lou Hensley and moved here to plunge into the world of politics. His first job in Arizona was as a public affairs agent for Hensley & Company, one of the nation's largest beer distributors. He was paid $50,000 in 1982 to travel the state, touting the company's wares. But he was promoting himself as much as he was Budweiser beer. A better job description might have been "candidate."<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> Or more precisely, golddigger. But this should not surprise anyone. I have not come across a Republican who was not a self-serving, money-grubbing, power-hungry bucket of sewage sludge. This is their pattern. Actually McCain's whole story has been played out by so many in his party, that it has become a breathtakingly boring caricature of its self. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#t0501a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=t0527a></A><A HREF="http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/hillary-clinton-is-not-liar-you-can-say.html"><B>Hillary Clinton is not a liar</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> Yes, like Michelle Obama's speech Monday night, Clinton's was, for the most part, directed at idiots and the media. The idiots are the (mostly mythical) Clinton supporters who can't get over the primaries. What she said last night is if they're not voting for Obama, they were never really Clinton supporters in the first place. Much of the rest of the speech was for the media, drunk with power and forced to fill too many hours, creating dissent where little to none exists. Of course Hillary Clinton believes she should be the nominee. She'll believe that until the day she dies. But she's not a destructive egomaniac, as the mainstream media desperately need her to be.<BR><BR><B><i>Comment:</i></B> The Rude one nails it again. Whatever you may think of Hillary, you have to admit the speech was damn good. I can't help thinking of a very different speech that was given many years ago by a former Mayor of NYC under different circumstances. Both of which showed that they were not the entirely the lowlifes people wanted them to be or thought they were. The speech I'm referring to was given by Jimmy Walker when he resigned. And as one reporter was said to have observed. "You just witnessed an man cut his own throat in the middle of Yankee Stadium. And never has it been done with so much finesse." I do not agree with her politics and approach but I must admit that she can show pragmatism and synergy when necessary. Something that you generally do not find in Republicans. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#t0527a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A HREF="http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept353744/files/484096.html"><B>Scientists discover leptin can also aid type 1 diabetics</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 fact that these animals don t die and are restored to normal health despite a total lack of insulin is hard for many researchers and clinicians to believe, said Dr. Roger Unger, professor of internal medicine and senior author of the study.  Many scientists, including us, thought it would be a waste of time to give leptin in the absence of insulin. We ve been brainwashed into thinking that insulin is the only substance that can correct the consequences of insulin deficiency. </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <! -- =nuggets= --> <A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBNG28670420080827"><B>FDIC may need to borrow money from Treasury</B></A><BR><BR> <A NAME=t0552a></A><A HREF="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/fannie-mae-replaces-cfo-chief/story.aspx?guid=%7BA84D6F41%2D5FA8%2D4C56%2DAECF%2D9526D2202855%7D&siteid=bnbt"><B>Fannie Mae replaces CFO & chief business officer</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> I broke my leg!! Somebody hand me a Band-Aid. &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#t0552a"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp; </SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A HREF="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/09/ca_citibank.html"><B>Citibank stole $14 million from its customers</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#8 --> <A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--ciavideotapes-acl0818aug18,0,4947531.story"><B>Judge orders CIA to reveal torture documents</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014428.php"><B>Associated Press continues singing Republican campaign spin</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://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/26/elizabeth.edwards.ap/index.html"><B>Associated Press blasts Elizabeth Edwards for not<BR>telling America that her husband had cheated on her</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/27/beck-neworleans-move/"><B>CNN's Beck says America "shouldn t spend a single dime"<BR>on New Orleans, residents should just "move out"</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uoia-upr082508.php"><B>Uninsured patients receive unpredictable, rationed access to<BR>health care, and hospitals do not adhere to their own policies</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080825-terror-watchlist-upgrade-is-imploding-legislator-charges.html"><B>Terror watchlist "upgrade" is "imploding," legislator says</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/08/grounded_muslim_airline_pilot.html"><B>Grounded pilot, wife sue over ridonculous no-fly list"</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.dailynews.com/ci_10301518?source=email"><B>Woman kicked out of federal building for wearing "lesbian.com" t-shirt</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/scheunemann_lobbied_against_bi.php"><B>Top McCain advisor Scheunemann lobbied against bill to keep guns from terrorists</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><!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014431.php"><B>New McCain ad is just blisteringly dumb, in addition to standard dishonesty</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6315"><B>Alleged Hillary supporter in McCain ad is so ignorant she believes he is pro-choice</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-afghan-women-jailed-for-being-victims-of-rape-900658.html"><B>Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape</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> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.truthout.org/article/un-finds-evidence-90-civilians-dead-us-led-strikes"><B>UN finds evidence 90 civilians dead in US-led strikes in Afghanistan</B></A></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.truthout.org/article/suicide-bomber-kills-28-strike-iraq-recruits"><B>Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6325"><B>Diebold problems affect Florida primary 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><A HREF="http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6318"><B>Candidates nationwide are called upon to challenge suspicious elections</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080827/D92QJ8GO0.htmlhttp://apnews.myway.com/article/20080827/D92QJ8GO0.html"><B>Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/why_didnt_doj_name_cheney_in_s.php"><B>Why didn't DoJ name Cheney in Stevens filing?</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-alaska27-2008aug27,0,7034327.story"><B>Republicans in Alaska still want indicted Stevens as their Senator</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/judge_denies_stay_bolten_and_m.php"><B>Judge denies stay; Miers must appear to answer HJC's subpoena</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/out_of_prison_ney_slams_bush_a.php"><B>Out of slammer, Ney (R-Ohio ret'd) slams Bush administration:<BR>"They've taken bloodsport to a whole new level"</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014433.php"><B>CNN buffoons bring on "body language experts" to<BR>dissect Hillary Clinton's interactions with Obama</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Google_Earth_compliant_with_government_requests_0826.html"><B>Google Earth increasingly compliant with censorship requests</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#4 --> <A HREF="http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Venezuela/10240721.html"><B>Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone to become adviser to Hugo Chavez</B></A><BR> <center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=SirJ></A><BR><BIG><B>It's what we do -- kill things</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>SirJ</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#SirJ"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#JL"><B>Obama's serious black problem</B></A> by Janice Lester<BR><BR> Nancy Pelosi has the same serious black problem. If she says anything that sounds (or can be made to sound) even slightly rude in response to Bush's mountains of lies and smears, Nancy's comments will be played in an endless loop on all the newschat shows...<BR><BR>It's not a black problem. It's a backbone problem!<BR><BR><CENTER><BIG><B><FONT COLOR=gray>*** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ***</FONT></B></BIG></CENTER> <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7582912.stm"><B>Neanderthal tools just as good as human tools</B></A><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html"><B>Mystery link</B></A> or news link, your choice. I wish somebody would come out and hypothesize the obvious: Humans killed the neanderthals. On purpose. It's what we do -- kill things. Sacrifice them to gods and then eat them. Yum! <DIV align="right"><BR><i>SirJ</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Well, someone just came out and said it, and it makes sense to me. Seems awfully naïve to classify the neanderthals' extinction as death by natural causes unless you classify murder as a natural cause... Humans were smarter, and the standard line is that we the people out-competed the neanderthals for food and necessities, but my amateur study of human history is all about killing the people (or less than people) who stand in the way of whatever humans want. </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> Here's the <A HREF="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml"><B>National Hurricane Center</B></A>, and <A HREF="http://www.goes.noaa.gov/g8hu.html"><B>radar images</B></A>. <A HREF="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/024313.shtml?5day"><B>This link</B></A> should take you to a page of graphics for Tropical Storm Gustav: It's headed right for New Orleans. Here's a look at how well the non-planning is going:<BR><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425142/"><B>New Orleans faces evacuation as Gustav looms</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> It was unclear what would happen to stragglers. Jerry Sneed, the city's emergency preparedness director, said officials are ready to move about 30,000 people.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> The population of New Orleans is now about 300,000 according to <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aTBNOqCcfDhg&refer=us"><B>this site</B></A>. <center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=CM></A><BR><BIG><B>Obama, Biden, and politics as usual</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Chris M.</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#CM"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> I see quite a few articles on the WEB such as <A HREF="http://www.counterpunch.com/dimaggio08272008.html"><B>this one in Counterpunch</B></A> . They show up in Alternet as well. And of course Sam Smith in his Proreview says much the same. All lamenting how the Democratic Party is not sufficiently progressive to suit them. It in fact never has been.<BR><BR> I can myself only think of one President that has been terribly progressive and that's Teddy Roosevelt. FDR wasn't. Neither was JFK (watch some of his old interviews on YouTube sometime.) Neither was LBJ. Carter was close. And of course the Clintons' were closer to Republicans than Democrats.<BR><BR> So why do people think that Obama or Biden would be any different? This country has been and is still very reactionary. The only time anything close to progressive legislation has ever been passed is when not passing it would have caused all hell to break loose. When the president's and congress's backs were literally against the wall. American politics, be it left of right, has always been politics as usual. And politics as usual has always been a cozy little back rubbing fest with big business.<BR><BR><CENTER><BIG><B><FONT COLOR=gray>*** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ***</FONT></B></BIG></CENTER> When my mother moved our family down to Florida in 1964, after my father died, we were almost immediately introduced to "Hurricane Season". We move down in August -- the peak of the season. Talk about being dumped into the hottest, deepest end of the pool. And on the South West Coast to boot.<BR><BR> Within a couple of weeks we experienced our first storm. Hurricane Cleo. It did not hit Naples, our new home, directly. It went ashore on the east coast near Miami. But we got enough of it to scare the willies out of my mother. Of course us kids thought it was great and exciting.<BR><BR> This was followed by Betsy, to our south, in 1965. Alma to our west and Inez to our south in 1966. Abby to our north and Gladys to our north in 1967.<BR><BR> Well, let's just say that by 1969 we had become either used to the whole routine or maybe just numb. Flooding and wind was what you got in the summer, if you were not satisfied with the oppressive heat and stifling humidity.<BR><BR> We also learned that these things go wherever they darn well please and predicting their behavior -- track, speed, strength -- is akin to picking the next race at Belmont. A lot of waiting and seeing.<BR><BR> Even now, with all their super computers and models, the National Hurricane Center still has trouble and the best they really can do is tell you where it is, how strong it is and it's current direction. Not much different than 1964. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Chris M.</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> My family lived in New Orleans when I was a child, and one of my earliest memories is of being stashed in an interior room of the house along with my parents and siblings when a hurricane passed close to New Orleans. I was a kindergarten kid, and it was pretty dang terrifying -- scary enough that I remember that night quite plainly, and I don't remember much about being five. My parents are dead now so I can't ask if that was the last straw, but we packed and moved north a few months later. </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><center><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=Wig></A><BR><BIG><B>A liberal's version of Ann Coulter</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Wig</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#Wig"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Geez, is "change" the new "cause celebre"? I'm too old to always "change" everything I've become used to. BTW, the more things change the more the seem to stay the same. So, perhaps, I'm just too crotchety in my dotage. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Wig</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Sorry to disappoint. :) Do hope you'll stick with us and get used to the changes... </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> Re <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> by Helen & Harry <BLOCKQUOTE><i>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 actual news as the rest of the mainstream media combined.</i></BLOCKQUOTE> At the risk of your disgust ... I don't find Maddow "terrific". To the contrary, I find her a loudmouth opinionated person who is what I would term a liberal's version of Ann Coulter.<BR><BR> What is it about Maddow that disturbs me so much?<BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/96350/"><B>Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow</B></A> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Wig</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Well, I'm not disgusted with you, Wig, just a little perplexed. I pay no attention at all to Ann Coulter except when she makes news, repeatedly, for remarkably crude insults of anyone she perceives as being to left of, well, Ann Coulter. Rachel Maddow does news and commentary, but she doesn't do insults, so she's not Ann Coulter's left-wing equal. Agree with Maddow or disagree, she's thoughtful where Coulter is ... I guess the appropriate word is "thought-less" or "thought-free".<BR><BR>I wonder, seriously, if you have Rachel Maddow mixed up with someone else? </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> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Wig</i></div> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#HP"><font color=blue><B>Heidi Papademetriou replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#Wig"><font color=blue><B>Wig replies</B></font></A> <!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=TL></A><BR><BIG><B>Convention tedium</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Theo Lipschitz</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#TL"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> On Monday Barney Frank, the main Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae booster among the Dems appeared on CNBC -- the cable TV business show. He claimed that Freddie/Fannie are performing admirably helping to keep the mortgage market functioning. And he claimed that they have done better than many other companies, like Bear Stearns, Lehman, etc.<BR><BR>What he didn't mention is that Freddie and Fannie were prevented from increasing their holdings of mortgage securities in the period just before the peak of the bubble because they were unable to produce audited financial statements for several years. If they had been free to participate in the fun they would undoubtedly have been on the Bankers Gone Wild videos.<BR><BR>In addition, their absence from the market created a void which was filled by investment bankers who created mortgage backed securities and sold them to unsuspecting dupes without going through Freddie/Fannie. So there is no way to say that Freddie and Fannie are helping the country, except in the way of an arsonist firefighter.<BR><BR> Meanwhile, back at the convention, all of the bloviating pigs appeared on television at the convention. I haven't seen such a self-serving orgy of propaganda since the last convention <NOBR>:-)</NOBR> Seriously, these people are just OLD. Really really old, like Barney Frank. They don't seem to have a handle on reality. Out of touch.<BR><BR> For example, this Senator Claire McCaskill was on TV today saying that the main goal now for the Dems is to change course in the US to rebuild the middle class. Two things about that: what about the lower class, and what do you mean by "middle class"? I get the idea that these bloviators regard people making $200,000 a year as middle class and that when they refer to "class" they are not talking economic classes. Their entire way of life, their self-esteem is bound up in them as a higher class of people who deserve to lead and manage the country, and to pass a truckload of laws defining how the lower classes may live their lives. The crumbs that fall from the Democratic Party banquet tables at the convention will nourish us -- we don't need gravy like the upper class enjoys, eh?<BR><BR> /end of rant/<BR><BR><CENTER><BIG><B><FONT COLOR=gray>*** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ***</FONT></B></BIG></CENTER> I tuned in on Monday the first time at 5pm, the Olbermann time slot. There was nothing but political speculation and "gossip" on the various cable news channels for the next 2.5 hours. I left the picture on with sound off for part of the time, switching back and forth to "Scrubs".<BR><BR> The first speaker was Nancy Pelosi, aka Madame Facelift, aka Ms. Botox. Of course I did not turn on the sound for that! Then there was bloviation, followed by a pre-eulogy of Ted Kennedy, followed by empty heads and self-serving politicos jumping in front of the camera. Finally, Michelle Obama got her 20 minutes, which was the only item of any interest, and after 5 minutes of BORING I switched to AMC to watch Clint Eastwood doing spaghetti Westerns (the TV is company while I net-surf...)<BR><BR> I cannot imagine tonight's horror show starring Hillary "Hilldog" Clinton.<BR><BR> Really, these people seem to have waited since the 60's for someone to give them power, and now they're just full of old ideas which they have no way to even implement because the country have mutated so weirdly and become so dysfunctional. They're befuddled by the single issue voters who will gladly elect anyone who is anti-abortion, even though those same people are killers, thieves and liars who pretend to be moral. Oy. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Theo Lipschitz</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> I've been unplugged from the internet against my will for the past couple of days, so I haven't seen much of the convention coverage, but I certainly don't expect much from politicians' speeches. Usually it's just a few minutes before I have to shut 'em off. Anyway, I'm just starting to get to radio podcasts of Monday's convention coverage, but I expect to do a hell of a lot of fast-forwarding. There are so many "star" Democrats whose voices I never want to hear again, whose faces I never want to see. Unfortunately for me, Joe Biden is one of them ... </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>Bill Clinton's speech tonight was great.<DIV align="right"><BR><i>Theo Lipschitz</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Well, I don't doubt it, but that's one speech I'll have to miss. At this point Bill Clinton's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me, and when it's anything longer than a few seconds' soundbite I reflexively click it off if it's live or skip ahead if it's Memorex. </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><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=DN></A><BR><BIG><B>The king of Kabul</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Don Nash</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#DN"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> <center><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/080828dn.jpg" border="1" width="612" height="792"></center> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Don Nash</i></div><!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=SB></A><BR><BIG><B>Get in their faces</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Sherri B.</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#SB"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#JL"><B>Obama's serious black problem</B></A> by Janice Lester<BR><BR> You've got two choices right now: Obama and McCain. Which of these two teams do you want handling your social security, 401K's, rest home care, medical insurance, foreign policies, mortgages, banks, and personal security? Obama may be new to the game but people are acting like he's a complete idiot and incapable of learning. I'm sure Biden has been telling him how the game is played from second one of his joining the team.<BR><BR> So do you want racism or do you want the type of rich, old boy network that doesn't give a crap about you-no matter what your color.<BR><BR> I guess you might as well sit on your hands and cry.<BR><BR> Grow a spine for craps sake. It's not the first time someone with lack of experience has tried something and succeeded. It's also not the first time people hid behind their racism to absolve themselves of action.<BR><BR> I am seriously beginning to believe that America is going to deserve every single harsh thing that is coming its way.<BR><BR><CENTER><BIG><B><FONT COLOR=gray>*** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *** &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ***</FONT></B></BIG></CENTER> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#MM"><B>Leave the future to people who aren't afraid</B></A> by MonkeyMan<BR><BR> Monkeyman had an interesting perspective on our future: leave it to those that aren't afraid. I thank you and love you madly for informing us of everything that we need in order to act BUT if you are between the ages of 30 and (You can pick the highest number) since when do you get to "Leave it to those that aren't afraid?"<BR><BR> WE are the generation that is supposed to make the big changes. WE are the generation that is supposed to right the wrongs.<BR><BR> Crying, getting mad while doing nothing, wringing the hands, and placing blame elsewhere because it's oh-so-convenient has placed this country in the toilet.<BR><BR> Every respect to you Unknownnews -- you are awesome but to enact critical change we need to LEAVE the keyboard behind and get in the faces of those that seek to destroy us. Am I going to stop writing letters? No. Am I going to stop protesting? No. Will I probably get arrested for not listening to a cop? Yes. Am I going to stop joining groups that I think help serve the planet? No. Am I gonna stop going out in the world and arguing or uniting with my neighbors to try to reach common ground? No.<BR><BR> Leave it to those that aren't afraid... incredible. I'll just go watch CNN now and cry because what else can I do?<BR><BR> Ugh. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Sherri B.</i></div> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#JL"><font color=blue><B>Janice Lester replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#MM"><font color=blue><B>MonkeyMan replies</B></font></A> <!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=JRM></A><BR><BIG><B>Malware invasion</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>JR Mooneyham</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#JRM"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://nicelol.com/viewpic/111420?p=44054&n=09438503476923847"><B>Nice poster</B></A> of a metaphorical situation I've personally been in more than once! Ha, ha.<BR><BR> Below is a detailed presentation about the latest malware invasion trend which assaulted me personally several times over past weeks. You almost can't go deep anywhere on the net right now without encountering it. And once, I ran into it on only the 2nd hot links page of either Reddit or Digg (can't recall which).<BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/22/anatomy_of_a_hack/print.html"><B>Anatomy of a malware scam</B></A> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>JR Mooneyham &nbsp;(<A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/"><B>www.jrmooneyham.com/</B></A>)</i></div><!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=MM></A><BR><BIG><B>What if McCain 'wins'?</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>MonkeyMan</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#MM"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> I was thinking... what if McCain "wins" the election? I think there would need to be nationwide protests, demonstrations, yadda yadda. The blog pages are a great way to coordinate. You own the printing press that prints the pamphlets, so to speak.<BR><BR>I am doing voter registration again this afternoon, wish me luck. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>MonkeyMan</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> This is a situation I don't enjoy contemplating, because I think it's increasingly likely. The Republican election theft machine was caught a little short in the 2006 Congressional elections, as the Democratic turnout was a bit bigger than the Republican vote-rigging and vote suppression efforts, but I don't think the Republican criminals will make that mistake again. Basically, in any state with electronic voting machines, Barack Obama needs to win by at least 6-7 points to win by even a fraction of a percentage point. And as the media continues soft-pedaling McCain's frequent mis-statements, stupid statements, gaffes, and colossally fooling policy positions, it's becoming more and more difficult for Obama to build the lead he'll neat to beat the cheats.<BR><BR>If McCain "wins", though, there won't be protests in the street, because the media simply won't cover election theft. We've seen it be not at all covered in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, and I understand there were early but obvious election irregularities in 1998. So I'm pretty close to certain that if this election is stolen too, it won't be covered in the media, and if it isn't mentioned in the media we can't seriously expect to see protests in the street. </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> OK, consider my balloon thoroughly popped. Then we can't say that democracy works, because it isn't. Idealists like me will die broken and disillusioned and plutocracy, then eventually fascism will come to be and the idea of a true democracy will go the way of the 45 record and the AMC Pacer. Anne Frank will be proven wrong, that people aren't basically good and puppies will no longer be cute. By then I'll be like Grandpa, I'll be ready to leave and be glad of it. But optimism also bubbles up in me, I can't help it. I can't help but to hope.<DIV align="right"><BR><i>MonkeyMan</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Hey, I appreciate your optimism, and sometimes some of it unavoidable gets absorbed into my outlook. I laughed out loud at "puppies will no longer be cute".<BR><BR>Without hope we might as well slit our own throats, and as cynical as I am and as disastrous as the future looks to me, I've never yet put a blade anywhere near my neck. So I've got some hope, too. As the cliché goes, nothing's over 'till it's over. </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 likes the new look! Yellow is my least favorite color and was only tolerating because I liked everything else.<DIV align="right"><BR><i>MonkeyMan</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> Well, thank you kindly. We barely got it on-line on Tuesday morning before our ISP pulled our plug. Argh. </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> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#MM"><font color=blue><B>MonkeyMan replies</B></font></A><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=Rock></A><BR><BIG><B>Articles with errors</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Rock</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#Rock"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-26.html#MM"><B>Leave the future to people who aren't afraid</B></A> by MonkeyMan<BR><BR> The article included this error-laden section:<BLOCKQUOTE><i>History tells us basically that this country came to be because of dissent against a government which abused its' powers by abusing its' citizens.</i></BLOCKQUOTE> If you can't write the English language, please go away.<BR><BR> Where in the world did you learn to write?<BR><BR> Contraction of it is is written it's.<BR><BR> A possesive pronoun is written its.<BR><BR> Where in HELL did you learn to write the possessive pronoun its'?<BR><BR> You need to review 5th grade. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Rock (<A HREF="http://www.rockyfrisco.com/"><B>www.rockyfrisco.com</B></A>)</i></div><!-- REPLY --><BLOCKQUOTE><B> I'm a pretty good editor when I'm being paid to pay attention to such things -- so pay me, dear stranger, and you'll rarely find another misplaced apostrophe on our website. Until we receive your check, though, the blight of misplaced apostrophes is not high on our list of the world's problems. Also: There are four s's, not three, in possessive. </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> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#MM"><font color=blue><B>MonkeyMan replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#LP"><font color=blue><B>Laurie P. replies</B></font></A>, <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-29.html#SirJ"><font color=blue><B>SirJ replies</B></font></A> <center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=BB></A><BR><BIG><B>Scarlet letter</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Blue Bunting</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday, August 28, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-28.html#BB"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Everyone who voted for Bu$h should have to wear a "I AM $TUPID" sign ... especially those who voted for him twice. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Blue Bunting</i></div><!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center> <A NAME=hh></A><BIG><B>Please stand by</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Helen & Harry</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wednesday, August 27, 2008 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0808-27.html#hh"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR><BR> Does Charter Communications suck? Like a Hoover upright, baby. No updates today, thanks to 30+ straight hours of down time ... <DIV align="right"><BR><i><b><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></b><BR><A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A></i></div><!-- REPLY --><center><BR><hr noshade width="100"></center><BR> <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 coopera