Bush prods Congress to pass terror
• APPresident Bush prodded Congress to pass two bills that the administration says are essential to fight the war on terrorism and proposes strategies for torturing and trying enemy combatants.
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China Rips U.S. Claims on Weapons Sales
• APChina denounced accusations by top US officials that it was selling weapons to Iran and North Korea amid nuclear tensions with the 2 regimes. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang called the criticism "groundless and irresponsible," the offic
North Korea warns South against joining U.S. sanctions
• ReutersNorth Korea warned the South against joining international moves to apply sanctions against Pyongyang and said ties would suffer and a war could break out if Seoul cooperated with the United States against it.
Karl Rove's "good friend" 'Jeff Gannon'
Ernest HancockThe MainStreamMedia (MSM) will never touch this issue, but I suspect that it will soon come out with a vengeance. A Gay Escort gets a seat in the White House Press Room from a web blog and when outed.... silence. Hummmmmm
10 Lessons from 9/11
• Sheldon Richman8. Terrorism is not an enemy. It's a tactic, one used by many different kinds of people in causes of varying moral hues. Declaring all those people one's enemy is criminally reckless. But it's a damn good way for a government to achiev
Gun 'Microstamping' bill passes Ca. Senate
• Cybercast NewsThe California Senate on Thursday passed a bill tht would require the "microstamping" of semi-automatic handguns -- giving cartridges fired from those guns a unique imprint, which according to gun control advocates, would help police solve
BOB NEY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CRIMINAL CHARGES!
• NY Times via BradblogLead Sponsor, Author of Help America Vote Act to Serve Time
US moves to scuttle Arab plan for international peace conference
• Jerusalem PostThe US is trying to block attempts by Arab countries to turn the UN Security Council into a key player in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the upcoming General Assembly opening next week.
'Alternative' CIA tactics complicate Padilla case
• Christian Science MonitorWhen alleged Al Qaeda sympathizer Jose Padilla landed in Chicago in May 2002, he was met by federal agents armed with a warrant authorizing them to take him into custody. To obtain their warrant, the agents told a federal judge that two weeks earl
CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties
• Washington PostThe CIA learned in late September 2002 from a high-level member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle that Iraq had no past or present contact with Osama bin Laden and that the Iraqi leader considered bin Laden an enemy of the Baghdad regime,
Bush pushing Senate to vote on India nuclear deal
• ReutersPresident George W. Bush has appealed to Republican leaders to ensure the Senate votes on a nuclear cooperation agreement with India before it adjourns this month, senior U.S. officials said.
Ohio Rep. Ney agrees to plead guilty
• ReutersOhio Republican Rep. Bob Ney has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in the political corruption investigation involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a source familiar with the matter said.
Gone-zo
• East Valley TribuneThe Diamondbacks told Luis Gonzalez at a breakfast meeting that he would not return in 2007. The D-Backs had a $10 million option on Gonzalez for the 2007 season, and it was widely understood they would not bring him back at that salary level.
Dubai Ruler Sued in U.S. over Enslaving Small Boys
• ABC NewsThe ruler of Dubai came to Kentucky to buy race horses but ended up being served with a lawsuit alleging he enslaved thousands of small boys as camel jockeys.
Colin Powell Against Bush Anti-Terrorism Bill
• LA TimesPresident Bush's campaign for tougher legislation on terrorists suffered another blow when Colin Powell, who served as secretary of State during Bush's first term, supported efforts to block the plan to reinterpret Geneva Convention restricti
Rocket Racing League: Spreading Its Wings
• Space.comWhen the gates open on the X Prize Cup next month at the Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico, visitors will get a first-hand feel for a new type of super-slick speedster—the rocket racer. The Rocket Racing League is pushing the throttle f
Puffy 'Cork' Planet Would Float on Water
• Space.comA newly discovered planet has one-quarter the density of water and would float if placed in a bathtub large enough to hold it. "It's lighter than a ball of cork," said study team leader Gaspar Bakos of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Senate OKs bill to boost port security
• ReutersThe U.S. Senate voted unanimously to strengthen security at American seaports, but refused to set a deadline for overseas scanning of U.S.-bound cargo for nuclear weapons. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a similar bill in May, and the two
House backs fence along border with Mexico
• ReutersThe U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of building a fence along portions of the border with Mexico and critics said the vote had more to do with election year politics than controlling illegal immigration. The Republican-written bill, a
West Bank: a government in jail
• Christian Science MonitorMohammed Barghouthi was coming home from a late-night meeting when he found himself at a makeshift Israeli army checkpoint. The soldiers were stopping Palestinians, checking their IDs, and telling them to strip. "I said no. I am a Palestinian
Stone writing earliest seen in Americas
• National GeoographicA writing system lost for 3,000 years has been rediscovered on an ancient stone tablet in Mexico. The tablet is the earliest example of writing in the New World, pushing back the origins of writing in the region by several hundred years,
Bush faces Senate rebellion on tribunals
• ReutersA Senate committee rebelled against President George W. Bush on Thursday, passing a bill it said would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and repair a U.S. image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees.
J.K. Rowling challenges airport security
• APBritish author J.K. Rowling says she won an argument with airport security officials in New York to carry the manuscript of the final Harry Potter book as carry-on baggage. Had security agents not relented, she said she might not have flown
Lawyer says FCC ordered study destroyed
• APThe Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.
IAEA accuses US of lying in Iran uranium report
• Reuters (kudos Steve A.)U.N. inspectors have protested to the U.S. government and a Congressional committee about a U.S. report on Iran's nuclear work, calling parts of it "outrageous and dishonest". ['cuz we want a war]
Exodus: Border-Crossers Forge a New America
• MotherJones (kudos Scott R.)Coyotes, pollos, and the promised van.
Germany Imprisons Mum. Dad and Kids Flee to Austria
• Brussels Journal (kudos Butler S.)The German police arrested Katharina Plett, a homeschooling mother of twelve. Yesterday her husband fled to Austria with the children. Homeschooling is illegal in Germany since Hitler banned it in 1938. The Plett family belongs to a homeschooling gro
ALEX JONES TALKS ABOUT 9/11 TRUTH AT GROUND ZERO
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• News LinkPHOENIX (Sept. 14, 2006) – Beginning Monday, Sept. 18, at 12:01 a.m., Valley listeners can get their news talk programming on 92.3 FM. KTAR will simulcast its programming on 92.3 FM and 620 AM. Then, in January 2007, KTAR will offer a 24-hour, all-s
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Ernest HancockTake a journey with me down memory lane and maybe you'll see what I see,... there's something very wrong with this country.
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