How Low Will The Dollar Go?
• Aljazeera.com via Rense.comNow Iran, the 2nd largest OPEC producer, is getting ready to open a new oil bourse that will trade in euros. And Venezuela is said to be actively discussing the same move.
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Legality of car seat checks challenged
• Boulder City NewsBoulder City, Nevada recently began setting up illegal suspicionless car seat checkpoints around the city. Luckily, not everyone in Boulder City is ready to roll over to unconstitutional demands on their person and property however...
9/11 Whistleblower Richard Andrew Grove Transcript
• FreewebsHere's the transcript of the previous audio link. Might be better to read this, and to check what he has to say. Thought I'd put both options up for those who'd rather read than listen.
9/11 Whistleblower Richard Andrew Grove
• Meria Heller(Audio Link)Here's a lengthy audio discussion of events described by Mr. Grove concerning 9/11, and a great deal more topics that I hadn't heard of previously. When I heard it, all I could think of was "state secret privilege". Also, have a p
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King: I'll Probe CIA 'Orgies'
• Newsmax.comThe New York GOP member then threatened: "So I am going to be investigating them from top to bottom and one clear example is this whole scandal with [ex-]Congressman Duke Cunningham, which has now unfolded to include orgies at the Watergate hote
VIDEO - Robert Kennedy Explains 2004 Stolen Election to Tucker Carlson
• BradBlog.comTucker Carlson hosted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last night on MSNBC's The Situation. Kennedy to discuss his extensive new Rolling Stone exposé explaining how the the Republicans planned, coordinated and executed Election Fraud
Static for Sirius and XM
• CNN MoneyLook up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane! Nope. It's the two satellite radio stocks plunging from orbit! Share XM satellite Radio and its smaller rival Sirius Satellite Radio have both take huge hits so far this year. Sirius st
FBI, Justice Dept wants web use info saved
• APThe head of the FBI says Internet companies should retain customer records for 2 years to help the federal government investigate not only porn but also terrorism. Law enforcers and industry representatives were expected to meet Friday
Gonzales is doing it "for the children"
• US NewswireA Chatsworth, California film production company and a Tempe, Arizona video distributor and retailer, along with three owners of the businesses, have been charged by a federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, with operating an obscenity distribution b
Welcome greetings for those people in black suits with guns
• Target StoresCame across this, and thought it was rather humorous, and to the point. Maybe I'll go and get on myself.
Judge to let spy case hearing to continue
• Detroit NewsA federal judge in Detroit said she will proceed with hearings in a suit that challenges a domestic spying program by the NSA, despite assertions from the Bush Adminstration that doing so would reveal "state secrets" that affect national se
Troops in Iraq to get Special Ethics Training
• www.wistv.comThe US military has ordered coalition troops in Iraq to get special ethics training with an emphasis on "the values that separate us from our enemies."
County subpoenaed in probe of lawmaker
• Associated pressSan Bernardino County, Calif., has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury for records connected to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis and a lobbying firm with strong ties to Lewis, a county official said.
Sen. Bill Frist violated the law; gets a day's graft docked
• Raw StoryEarlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics received notice from the Federal Election Commission indicating the FEC found that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's 2000 Senate campaign committee violated federal campaign finance laws.
Was the 2004 election stolen?
• by Robert Kennedy (Rolling Stone magazine)Like many Americans, I spent the evening of the 2004 election watching the returns on television and wondering how the exit polls, which predicted an overwhelming victory for John Kerry, had gotten it so wrong. By midnight, the official tallies showe
In Egypt, a rare and surprising find
• USA TodayArchaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings were skeptical there was any more to find beyond the ancient workers' quarters they had been excavating for years. Then they unexpectedly found a shaft. The archaeologists discovered 7 coffins; th
Asteroid visit results detailed
• ReutersA Japanese spacecraft that landed on an asteroid found a ball of rubble held loosely together by its own gravity, unlike other asteroids that have been visited. Taking several measurements before landing briefly on the orbiting gravel pile.
Giant Crater Found: Tied to Worst Mass Extinction Ever
• LiveScience.comAn apparent crater as big as Ohio has been found in Antarctica. Scientists think it was carved by a space rock that caused the greatest mass extinction on Earth, 250 million years ago. The crater, buried beneath a half-mile of ice and discovered b
Burnt ancient scroll studied with modern forensics
• Associated pressThe burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman may help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religion using new digital technology. The enigmatic Derveni papyrus is Europe's oldest surviving manuscript.
Kentucky Lt. Governor refuses to resign
• Associated PressKentucky's governor, under indictment in a state hiring scandal, asked Lt. Gov. Steve Pence to resign after Pence announced he would not run for re-election with the governor next year. Pence said he had declined the request to step down.
Investigator: Safavian changed his story
• Associated PressBush administration executive David Safavian told a Senate investigator last year he accepted free travel from lobbyist Jack Abramoff for a golf trip to Scotland but claimed later he had paid his share of the chartered jet flight, the congressional a
Middle East rethinking its security arrangements with the US
• AntiWar.comAmid increasing tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program, the Bush administration is courting the Persian/Arab Gulf monarchies with the same proposal it offered them 15 years ago after the first Gulf War – purchase U.S.
New Army documents reveal US knew of and approved torture before Abu Ghraib scandal
• Raw Story (ACLU)Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez ordered interrogators to "go to the outer limits" to get information from detainees. Documents show senior government officials were aware of abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan before the Abu Ghraib scandal bro
New video showing another war atrocity in Iraq in which 11 people are murdered
• BBC NewsA video challenges the US military's account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March. The US said at the time 4 people died during a military operation, but Iraqi police claimed that US troops had deliberately shot 11 people.
Banks cashing forged checks, and making their customers pay
• Washington PostTrying to sell his 1968 Mustang online, John Schaefer received what appeared to be a firm offer from an overseas classic-car dealer. The buyer sent Schaefer a check for $14,000 even though Schaefer was asking only $8,000. The buyer said the extra mon
Chicago's Potemkin village
• Chicago Sun-TimesA former city personnel director testified in federal court that he was told by his supervisor to make sure there were always enough toll collectors on the Chicago Skyway to avoid any backups that could ensnare the mayor when he was traveling.
Insurgent attacks in Iraq at highest level in 2 years
• Boston GlobeThe Pentagon reported that the frequency of insurgent attacks against troops and civilians is at its highest level since American commanders began tracking such figures 2 years ago, an ominous sign that, despite 3 years of combat, the US-led coalitio
86% agree with FBI searching corrupt Congressmen' offices
• ABC NewsIn the rift between Congress and the Justice Department, Americans side overwhelmingly with law enforcement: Regardless of precedent and the separation of powers, 86% say the FBI should search a Congressman's office if it has a warrant. That v
Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal
• CNET[And failing that, no doubt it will then be to save the children.] Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that requiring Internet service providers to save records of their customers' online activities is necessary in the fight against terror
Enron's last question: Why didn't the advising lawyers face charges?
• BusinessWeekAmid the carnage that surrounded Enron's collapse, 1 player in the drama remained remarkably unscathed: Vinson & Elkins, the giant Houston law firm that played a central role advising the company throughout its spectacular rise and fall.
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