US will go for other states after Iran and Iraq, says Margolis
• Daily Times Monitor - PakistanRenowned American journalist Eric Margolis has said that the US will “go for” Pakistan and Saudi Arabia after Iraq and Iran.
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Reflexiones Libertarias
LIBERALISMO, NO NEO, PARA MEXICO
Ricardo ValenzuelaAnte el ágil correr de los días que nos conducen por el pasillo de la confusión hacia el destino de la incertidumbre, los candidatos a la presidencia de la republica continúan enviando señales que ni el gran Maury Wills—quien estableciera record de b
The Beginning of the End of the Petrodollar: What Connects Iraq to Iran (repost - must read article)
• http://mathaba.netA petrodollar is a dollar earned by a country through the sale of oil. In 1972-74 the US government concluded a series of agreements with Saudi Arabia to support the power of the House of Saud in exchange for accepting only US dollars for its oil.
Prosecutor goes before grand jury seeking Rove indictment?
• Associated PressSpecial counsel Patrick Fitzgerald early Wednesday went before a federal grand jury looking into the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame. Fitzgerald's unfinished business includes White House deputy chief of staff Karl
Agriculture warns food a lot more expensive if anti-immigration
• ReutersAgribusiness is warning Americans that the $12 trillion US economy could be forced to go on an expensive diet if immigrant workers are restricted. "To find and deport workers who are in the country right now would throw a wrench into the economy
Jury Convicts Calif. Man in Terrorism Case
• Associated PressThe government had no clear evidence that Hayat had attended a camp, but prosecutors characterized their case as pre-emptive. "Our mission in the post-9/11 context is to prevent that crime from ever happening," US Attorney McGregor Scott sa
Your own death squad in Iraq cheap
• Brocktown NewsIt doesn‘t cost a lot to set up your own death squad in Iraq . Military uniforms, guns and even police vehicles are easily available to all comers in the markets of Baghdad. In a city where gangs of men dressed as police have killed dozens of peop
House Ethics reform a sham
• ReutersCongressional watchdogs blasted an ethics reform bill pending in the House of Representatives as a "scam" that would do little to curb the influence of money in politics.
Senate confident immigration issue postponed until after election
• ReutersSenate leaders said they had won backing from President Bush in their push to pass an immigration law overhaul this election year...full action might not come until the end of the year.
Sen. Schumer wants to breakup oil firms
• Raw StorySen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) proposed considering the breakup of oil firms. “We also have to reexamine whether having only a handful of giant oil companies can coexist with the needs of the American consumer and a rational energy policy in this countr
Elected officials held to a lower standard on leaking
• National Journal3 years ago on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Sen. Roberts was involved in disclosing sensitive intelligence information that, according to 4 former senior intelligence officers, impaired efforts to capture Saddam Hussein and potentially threatened
Poll: Soldiers want to out Rummy
• Army TimesDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has come under fire in recent weeks from a variety of retired generals, who say he should resign for his performance in managing the war in Iraq. Do you think Secretary Rumsfleld should resign?
FDA: Contraception leads to sex cults
• NewsdayDr. Curtis Rosebraugh, an agency medical officer, wrote: "... she stated that we could not anticipate, or prevent extreme promiscuous behaviors ... that would lead adolescents to form sex-based cults centered around the use of Plan B."
At least 7 detainees rendered to torture nations from US care
• Boston GlobeAt least seven US prisoners at Guantanamo Bay say they were transferred to countries known for torture prior to their arrival at the base, according to recently released transcripts from military commission hearings and other court documents.
Abu Ghraib Colonel to be charged
• New York TimesThe Army plans to charge Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the former head of the interrogation center at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, with dereliction of duty, lying to investigators and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Republicans to delay Pre-War reasons hearing until after election
• The HillSen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel’s inquiry into the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would push off its most po
If your government and you don't like the rules you change them
• Associated PressWith an Arab-American rights group threatening mass court filings, a U.S. immigration spokesman said Tuesday that the government would change its naturalization procedures to stave off such legal challenges.
Rice-a-Rummy in Iraq
• Associated PressPresident Bush's top 2 national security officials made a surprise visit to Iraq, showing support for the emerging government as the top US military commander there said some US troops may be able to leave in the months ahead.
Plan to quarantine sick air passengers
• ReutersHealth experts, airlines and civil libertarians are demanding that the government reconsider proposed quarantine rules that would battle an avian flu pandemic by detaining sick airline and ship passengers.
China's uprising
• Christian Science MonitorAs Chinese leaders fret over rising peasant protests, political instability, and a decay of traditional values, the Communist Party is experimenting with multiple new messages - designed to capture the hearts and minds of ordinary people.
God help us, the Moped is back
• Christian Science MonitorThe moped and its bigger, flashier cousin, the scooter, are swarming out of Jimmy Carter's America and into George W. Bush's republic - a movement propelled by soaring gasoline prices surpassing those of the late 1970s and by legions of Ameri
Congress set to continue bribes
• USA TodayCongress still doesn't get it. After more than a year of negative headlines about political corruption and money-soaked alliances with lobbyists, House leaders are weakening their already anemic excuse for reform.
Mexico conservative takes lead in new election poll
• ReutersMexico's conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon has taken the lead for the first time ahead of the July election, a new opinion poll by the Reforma newspaper showed.
Homeland Security: Oooops, our bad
• ReutersBritain said it had freed over 1,000 foreign prisoners, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been considered for deportation at the time of their release.
Gas prices boon for social planners
• Reuters"People are trying to avoid the high cost of gasoline by using public transportation," said William Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association. The higher number of riders on mass transit has persisted since gas
A secret sought by man through the ages: gas-free beans
• ReutersTwo strains of bacteria are the key to making beans flatulence-free, Venezuelan researchers reported. They identified two bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, which can be added to beans so they cause minimal distress to those w
Minimum of 4 years in jail for pirating digital media
• ReutersThe European Commission is set to recommend on Wednesday common European sanctions against counterfeiting and piracy of goods, including at least four years in prison and a 300,000 euro ($372,700) fine.
Democrats to propose suspend gas tax for 60 days
• Raw SotryDemocrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days. [60 days? How generous with our labor. Remember, remember the 7th of November.]
Top Democrat on ethics committee investigated by FBI
• Wall Street Journal (via Raw Story)Twelve-term House Democrat Alan Mollohan (D-WV) -- who just recently stepped down as the ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee -- is now facing scrutiny from the FBI in West Virginia and Washington in a probe seeking to ascertain whether the
HUD: Only government approved should be allowed to return to New Orleans
• New Orleans Times PicyuneUS Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson shed little light on the future of public housing in New Orleans, but said “only the best residents” of the former St. Thomas housing complex should be allowed into the new mixed-income development that replaced
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