CONNECTING THE DOTS
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CONNECTING THE DOTS
The Simpson's <i>War of the Worlds</i>
Powell GammillThe end conversation between the martians on the political ramifications of invasion is priceless. (6:20 minutes)
What can libertarians share with the Iraqi people about voting?
Ernest HancockMany of us close to the political process here in America already know the path that has been laid out for the Iraqi people, and where it leads. The Western World has a culture that legitimizes the most horrendous acts of their governments with the r
"V" Goes To DC: <br> WTP Admonishes US Officials
Powell GammillBob Schulz, Chairman of We The People Foundation and "V", will make several stops in the nation's Capital to deliver a communication to Government officials regarding the People's First Amendment Right to Petition.
Report: Prosecutors refusing FBI terror cases
• APThe Justice Department increasingly has refused to prosecute FBI cases targeting suspected terrorists over the past five years, according to private researchers who reviewed department records.
Calif. 'Pot Docs' Put Selves at Risk
• APDr. Mollie Fry never thought telling her patients where to get the medicine she recommended for pain, depression and nausea would be a problem. Federal drug agents who raided her home and office thought otherwise, and she was indicted last year on
The war has cost a lot more than $2 trillion
• Milken Institute (PDF)In January, we estimated that the true cost of the Iraq war could reach $2 trillion, a figure that seemed shockingly high. But since that time, the cost of the war – in both blood and money – has risen even faster than our projections anticipated.
More on soldier who killed herself after protesting torture
• E & PIn the book and in interviews at that time, Williams described how she had been recruited to briefly take part in over-the-line interrogations. Like Peterson, she protested torture techniques -- such as throwing lit cigarettes at prisoners -- and was
The GOP must go
• The American Conservative OpEdThe meaning of this election will be interpreted in one of two ways: the American people endorsed the Bush presidency or they did what they could to repudiate it. Such an interpretation will be simplistic, even unfairly so. Nevertheless, the fact tha
1999 war games foresaw problems in Iraq
• APThe U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an invasion of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue.
Possible Iraq Deployments Would Stretch Reserve Force
• Washington PostThe Army's National Guard and Reserve are bracing for possible new and accelerated call-ups, spurred by high demand for U.S. troops in Iraq, that leaders caution could undermine the citizen-soldier force as it struggles to rebuild.
Army Recruiters Accused of Misleading Students to Get Them to Enlist
• ABC NewsAn ABC News undercover investigation showed Army recruiters telling students that the war in Iraq was over, in an effort to get them to enlist. Equipped students with hidden video cameras before they visited 10 Army recruitment offices in New York,
Anger Joins Grief for Family Feeling Misled by Military
• NY TimesAnd it was before persistent questioning, guided by intimations of a darker explanation from their son’s platoon mates, enabled the Whites to piece together a picture of what had happened at Bagram Air Base when Corporal White, 19, was killed by a si
Pentagon targets Kim’s nuclear sites
• London TimesTHE Pentagon is speeding up plans for possible military strikes on North Korea’s nuclear program as concern mounts that Arab states are also looking to acquire nuclear technology.
Former Defense Secretary William Perry: US may attack Korea
• The Yomiuri ShimbunPerry said if China and South Korea "did not the provide the coercion" by threatening to cut off their supply of food and oil to North Korea if it completed a large nuclear reactor, the US "might destroy the reactor before it could com
U.S. says terror suspect shouldn't talk to civilian lawyer
• APA suspected terrorist who spent years in a secret CIA prison should not be allowed to speak to a civilian attorney, the Bush administration argues, because he could reveal the agency's closely guarded interrogation techniques.
U.S. Wants Filmmaker's Suit Dismissed
• APThe U.S. government filed a motion seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an aspiring American filmmaker who spent two months in an Iraqi prison without being charged.
On Second Thought: Neocons Rethink Iraq War
• Vanity FairA group of powerful neoconservatives who urged the Bush administration to invade Iraq now say the White House has failed disastrously.
Reflexiones Libertarias
EL PLANETA DE LOS CHANGOS ¿OAXAQUEÑOS?
Ricardo ValenzuelaHace ya algunos años, tuve una experiencia que me servía como llamada de atención ante un problema que, en esos momentos, ya mostraba su filosa dentadura, un apetito insaciable y, en especial, el gigantismo de su propietario sin dar señales de haber
Rummy got to go
• Army TimesOne rosy reassurance after another has been handed down by President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld: “mission accomplished,” the insurgency is “in its last throes,” and “back off,” we know what we’re doing, are a few choic
Flashback -- Deja vu again in Iraq
• News Link(With Saddam getting ready to hang, it's interesting that this has happened before, with a different "tyrannt" in Baghdad) 40 years ago, the CIA, under Kennedy conducted its own regime change in Baghdad, carried out in collabration with
FBI willing to go undercover in Congress, if necessary
• McClatchy Newspapers(Hmmm, it will be necessary)The new chief of the FBI's Criminal Division, which is swamped with public corruption cases, says the bureau is ramping up its ability to catch crooked politicians and might run an undercover sting in Congress
Nearly 13,000 dead voters still on voter registry
• News Net 5(Ohio)After watching the 5 on your side investigation on dead voters, Cuyahoga Country prosecutor Bill Mason said he will prosecute anyone who knowingly cast a vote in the place of a dead person. (I'll sleep better knowing this)
UAE considers cutting it's dollar reserves
• Financial Times(Wants to get nuclear technology, and cutting it's dollar reserves. Another country to invade) The United Arab Emirates, the second-largest Arab economy, signalled yesterday that it might cut its holdings of dollars by almost half
And You Are Still Voting for the Incumbent (Part 3)? Battle Stations: The Land Nazis Are Coming For
Dave HodgesIn the past week, the Arizona Republic has led an all-out assault on Proposition 207 with daily editorials, posing as news stories, that are designed to purposely fool the public into not voting on behalf of protecting their personal property rights.
Is this the end of Seafood?
• APClambakes, crabcakes, swordfish steaks and even humble fish sticks could be little more than a fond memory in a few decades. If current trends of overfishing and pollution continue, the populations of just about all seafood face collapse by 2048
Man finds letters to God at sea
• ReutersPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. man who found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean said on Friday he will donate them to a church instead of selling them on eBay following protests from religious people.
Agitprop Capital of the World (the USA) Exports Its Poison to Venezuela
Stephen LendmanHow US dirty tricks are trying to disrupt the Venezuelan electoral process
And You Are Still Voting for the Incumbent? Toss Them All (Part Two): The United States Senate
Dave HodgesWhy would anyone vote for an incumbent (i.e., Jon Kyl-Republican Wing of the Washington Party) who has been instrumental in creating a seven hundred billion dollar trade deficit which has directly led to the loss of quality American jobs?
Thousands of students join sex trade to fund degrees
• MathabaAccording to the SUD-Etudiant union, 40,000 students in France - or nearly 2% - fund their studies through the sex trade. The union says jobs taken by female students include hostess work and freelancing for escort services - as well as
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