Woman's crusade against bar spawns free speech case
• LA TimesAnne Lemen just wants to say what she pleases about a Balboa Island restaurant and bar. A court has forbidden her to, and that sets up a dispute over prior restraint.
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Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
• NY TimesIran’s ambassador to Baghdad outlined an ambitious plan to greatly expand its economic and military ties with Iraq — including an Iranian national bank branch in the heart of the capital — just as the Bush administration has been warning the Iranians
Necessary Evil
Ledeen - Still Brazen After All These Years
Dave Gallagher"When they saw a good excuse (they) went to war. And good excuses aren’t all that hard to find if you really want one."
CONNECTING THE DOTS
TURNING THE HORSES
Frosty Wooldridge
McCain will be forced to ‘Embrace The Suck’ in Arizona - by Ernest Hancock
Ernest HancockThe Suck: (US) The field, bad conditions, rotten duty, used to describe the military as a whole. One might say "embrace the suck" to tell someone to stop complaining and accept the situation.
How to Create a Tortilla Crisis
• Washington PostNafta, Corn Lobby, Subsidized Ethanol, Price Controls ... All that's missing is for someone to declare "Let them eat cake"
Navalert System Warns of Speed Cameras
• Navalert web siteThe NavAlert is a small and simple to install unit which offers the best defense against speed cameras, red light cameras and police speed traps.
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You are undie surveillance
• By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON for The SunAs part of the most shocking extension of Big Brother powers ever planned here, lenses in lampposts would snap “naked” pictures of passers-by to trap terror suspects.
Pictures of Iran before we invade
• The InternetCat Stevens shares.
Parents seek exemption to newborn tests
• APTo the Spierings, Nebraska's requirement that newborn babies undergo blood screening within 48 hours of birth is an infringement on their religious beliefs and their right to decide what's best for their four children. [your children?]
N.Y. scanners spark union cries of "geoslavery"
• ReutersEvery morning Dennis Colson, a surveyor at New York City's Department of Design and Construction, begins his work day by placing his hand on a scanner to log his time and attendance at the office.
Complexity of Teardrops Revealed
• LiveScience.comTears can signal everything from sorrow to joy, but until recently little was known about the composition of the tear itself. So little in fact that scientists discovered an entirely new class of lipids—a type of fat—while researching the tear’s desi
China’s Hu seeks to ‘purify’ internet
• Financial TimesHu Jintao, the Chinese president, has called for tighter controls on the internet, ordering government and Communist party cadres to “purify” the web and tap into new technology to guide and manage online opinion more closely.
Officer to Be Court-Martialed in Abu Ghraib Case
• NY TimesThe only US military officer charged with a crime in the Abu Ghraib scandal will be court-martialed on 8 charges, including cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners, the Army said. Jordan said he had no operational control over interrogations and
Our mercenaries in Iraq
• LA TimesThe president relies on thousands of private soldiers with little oversight, a disturbing example of the military-industrial complex. The president mentioned a Civilian Reserve Corps. "Such a corps would function much like our military Reserve.
Fitzgerald reveals immunity gamble in CIA leak case
• APAs Fitzgerald's inquiry was heating up into who revealed CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to reporters, Fleischer stepped forward with an offer: Give me immunity from prosecution and I'll give you information that might help your case.
Window Into Pre-War Planning
• by Gordon Prather (AntiWar)It is obvious from their stories that most of the "reporters" covering the trial of Lewis Libby – charged with perjury and obstruction of justice – have either never bothered to read the 5 count indictment or are too stupid to comprehend wh
Another Dark Era Threatens Lebanon
• by Antoun Issa (AntiWar)The "peaceful" general strike called by Hezbollah and its Christian allies has turned into a three-day violent sprawl that has left 10 dead and over 100 wounded. The latest four casualties being students caught up in Sunni-Shi'ite clash
World ignores signs of civil war in Lebanon
• The IndependentThis is how the 1975-90 conflict began in Lebanon. Outbreaks of sectarian hatred, appeals for restraint, promises of aid from Western and Arab nations and a total refusal to understand that this is how civil wars begin.
Thinking on Spinal Cord Function Turned on its Head
• LiveScience.comThe spinal cord seethes with a tug of war between electrical signals, overturning thinking on how it works. These conflicting signals could help animals respond more rapidly, and could shed light on how our brains evolved, researchers said.
Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders
• The ObserverBoasts of a nuclear program are just propaganda, say Iranian insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war. Iran's uranium enrichment program has been plagued by constant technical problems, lack of access to outside technology
Intel Takes Wraps Off 45 nm Penryn computer chip
• ExtremeTechIntel unveiled details of its next-generation Core 2 processors, code-named "Penryn." Just as AMD catches up with Intel by moving to a 65 nm process technology, Intel is poised to push ahead to 45 nm. Slated to begin production in 2007. The
Moore's Law seen extended in chip breakthrough
• ReutersIntel Corp. and IBM have announced one of the biggest advances in transistors in four decades, overcoming a frustrating obstacle by ensuring microchips can get even smaller and more powerful.
Dirty Harry's - Buy Your Legislation Here
• LA TimesA deal in the desert for Sen. Reid? A bill he wrote could have affected the friend who sold him the land well under market price.
Childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space.
• USA TodayThen reality struck. After some number-crunching, Emmett realized he would have to report the $138,000 galactic joy ride as income and owe $25,000 in taxes. The 31-year-old software consultant from the San Francisco Bay area gave up his seat.
National Guard abandon post when armed gunmen from Mexico approach (Orders?)
• By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press WriterAdvocates for tougher immigration enforcement plan to confront the commander of the Arizona National Guard about why troops backed off recently as gunmen approached their post near the Mexican border.
Bush-Cheney Are About To Attack Iran
• by Paul Craig Roberts for LewRockwell.comRather than winding down one war, Bush is starting another. The entire world knows this and is discussing Bush’s planned attack on Iran in many forums. It is only Americans who haven’t caught on.
"Brain Switch" makes heavy smoker quit
• Will Dunham - ReutersBut after a stroke left the man's insula damaged, Bechara says "it was like a switch went off" and he never wanted a cigarette again. The researchers say the man told them his "body forgot the urge to smoke" and that he even f
Iraqis: Oil law won't favor Americans
• AP[never happen] Iraqi officials say a hotly debated proposed oil law will not favor Americans but acknowledge that foreign companies will be allowed to take their profits out of the country an incentive to draw foreign investment.
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