91% parents wish FCC would mind own business
• Hollywood ReporterAmericans overwhelmingly want Big Brother to butt out of their TV watching, according to a new study of U.S. viewing habits set for release Tuesday.
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Rice defends prisoner tactics
• USA TodaySecretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects as part of an unprecedented war to prevent massive attacks on civilians.
Bush says congressman taking bribes 'outrageous'
• Reuters"The idea of a congressman taking money is outrageous," said President Bush as he prepared to fly to Arizona's for its largest fund raising event ever, to help US Sen. Kyl (R-AZ).
Diebold says it may pull out voting machines after software disclosure ruling
• News LinkRALEIGH, N.C. - One of the nation's leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined Monday to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose softwa
The World's Most Dangerous Man
• by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar.com)As a groggy and very hung-over American hegemon wakes from a dream of imperial dominion and faces the harsh light of morning in war-torn Iraq, the cruel reality of what General Odom calls "the greatest strategic disaster" in our history is
Government going to "fix" cable TV again
• ReutersLetting consumers choose their subscription television channels would help shield children from inappropriate content and not necessarily lead to higher prices, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said.
The folks on our side
• Los Angeles TimesShiite Muslim militia members have infiltrated Iraq's police force and are carrying out sectarian killings under the color of law. Undermining the U.S. effort to stabilize the nation, and train and equip Iraq's security forces — prerequisite
Cheney should face war crimes trial
• Agence France PresseA senior aide to former US Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated his attacks against US Vice-President Dick Cheney, appearing to suggest he should face war crimes charges.
Miami Police Emulate <i>Stasi</i>
• Associated Press"People are definitely going to notice it," he said. "We want that shock. We want that awe. But at the same time, we don't want people to feel their rights are being threatened. We need them to be our eyes and ears."
US to hold 1,000<sup>th</sup> execution
• ReutersThe US is scheduled this week to witness its 1,000th execution since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, but even as it reaches this milestone opponents said capital punishment may be falling out of favor.
EU clinches terror code with Israel and Arabs
• ReutersThe European Union salvaged a face-saving agreement with Israel and its Arab neighbours on Monday on a joint code of conduct to fight terrorism, at the end of a lackluster summit from which most Arab leaders stayed away.
Investigations involving members of Congress
• Associated PressTom Delay, Will Jefferson, Duke Cunningham, Bob Ney, Bill Frist. 530 to go.
Alito backed tougher civil rights penalty
• ReutersAs a top U.S. Justice Department lawyer two decades ago, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito backed tougher punishment for certain civil rights violations as well as keeping fingerprint records of Iranian and Afghan refugees.
Truth Commission East Timor Massacre Report to be Classified
• The GuardianThe East Timorese president presented to parliament the long-awaited report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission but recommended that the 2,500-page document not be made public, implying that it would not be in the national interest to do so.
U.S. Defends Decision Not to Sign Kyoto Treaty
• Associated PressThe United States defended its decision not to sign the Kyoto Protocol on Monday, saying during the opening of a global summit on climate change that it is doing more than most countries to protect the earth's atmosphere.
Thanks for having a cow, man!
• AnanovaMrr Smykov wanted to have The Simpsons taken off the air in Russia, or at least shown at a later time, claiming it promoted drugs, violence and homosexuality claiming the show had morally damaged his nine-year-old son.
China coal mine blast kills 134
• ReutersAn explosion ripped through a state-owned colliery in northeast China, killing 134 miners and trapping 15 underground, just days after Chinese leaders called for vigilance to prevent major accidents.
Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War
• The GuardianFor misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached, removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president*
President Bush Urges Two Part Immigration Plan
• ReutersPresident Bush tried to balance differences in his own Republican Party over illegal immigration by rejecting amnesty and calling for a hardened Mexico border but also vowing the United States would remain "a welcoming society."
Inner Cities Continue to Hemorrhage Jobs
• Associated PressMany of America's inner cities continue to hemorrhage jobs despite years of federal programs designed to improve their economies. Most inner cities targeted by the federal government's primary urban economic programs lost jobs as well.
Secret Government Communities in Ameríka
• First Coast NewsIt looks like your normal neighborhood, but you won't find this place on any map. The county property appraiser doesn't even have a record of it. In this secret community, some streets have names, others do not. When we plugged in one street
China central bank reiterates no timetable for yuan convertibility
• Agence France PresseChina's central bank has reiterated its lack of a timetable for full convertibility of the yuan, a day after the US Treasury stopped just short of naming Beijing a currency manipulator.
Bill Moyers on being forced out by Neocons
• Broadcasting & Cable BlogI thought at the time that I was dealing with people who cared about this institution. I didn't realize they had gone over to the dark side.
Author incurs U.S. backlash with wake-up call book
• ReutersBritish journalist and think-tank fellow Anatol Lieven wrote his book "America Right or Wrong" as a wake-up call for the United States to curb its nationalism or face the consequences.
A Week Later Blair Denies Bombing Al Jazerra Proposed
• The GuardianPrime Minister Tony Blair said Monday he had received no information suggesting the United States planned to bomb the Al-Jazeera television network. [Just Bush's suggestion]
N.C. Judge Declines Protection for Diebold
• Associated PressOne of the nation's leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose software code as required by
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort
• Associated PressA top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva C
U.S. reports guided bomb shortage in Iraq
• UPIThe increased use of Joint Direct Attack Munitions against the Iraqi insurgency is creating a shortage of such precision-guided weaponry for the U.S. military.
Rice to seek to defuse prison scandal in Europe
• ReutersFaced with European demands that the US explain secret detention centers to interrogate terrorism suspects were located in two unnamed east European countries, Rice intends to remind the Europeans that they are in a joint fight against an enemy that
Bush's safer nuclear bombing run put on hold
• San Francisco ChronicleLawmakers killed the widely criticized nuclear "bunker buster" concept, which critics regarded as too aggressive, and instead appropriated $25 million for research on what is called the reliable replacement warhead, or RRW.
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