Majority of Iraqi lawmakers want US out
• AlternetMore than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The US media ignored the story. (But not Freedoms Phoenix)
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Iraqis resist US pressure to enact oil law
• LA TimesIt has not even reached parliament, but the oil law that US officials call vital to ending Iraq's civil war is in serious trouble among Iraqi lawmakers, many of whom see it as a sloppy document rushed forward to satisfy Washington's clock.
Reflexiones Libertarias
¿OTRA VEZ EL IQ?
Ricardo ValenzuelaDurante gran parte de mi vida la he dedicado a la búsqueda de esa ruta que condece a las naciones a su riqueza, o, a otras a la vergonzosa pobreza que siempre las ha abatido.
New French President chooses socialist as Foreign Minister
• IndependentIn a conciliatory gesture to left-wing voters, France's president-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy, has offered the high-profile post of Foreign Minister to the popular Socialist politician, Bernard Kouchner. Mr. Kouchner, 67, one of the founders
The Poverty Business
• Business WeekInside US companies' audacious drive to extract more profits from the nation's working poor. (I know what you're thinking, but read this piece. Makes you're head spin)
Rendition on Trial
• The American ProspectThe American Prospect talks to Armanda Spataro, an Italian prosecutor in the first-ever trial of those involved in America's "extraordinary rendition" policy.
Bloody Monday
• NewsweekIn a blow to the Bush adminstration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties board have resigned.
More than one crisis at World Bank
• Christian Science MonitorWhether Paul Wolfowitz remaines president of the World Bank or not, the furor over his leadership raises questions about the importance of reforming the policies and structure of an institution born more than 60 years ago, at a time of very different
IAEA concludes Iran is increasing nuclear work
• New York TimesInspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded that Iran appears to have solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium on a far larger scale than before, according to agency's top officials
IMF still eyeing gold sales
• The Age(Australia)(Can you say buying opportunity) The IMF is still considering whether to sell 400 tonnes of its gold stocks to help plug a widening income shortfall, the head of the global lender, Rodrigo Rato, says. The IMF announced on Jan. 31 that it was
Ex-Navy lawyer on trial in Gitmo case
• APA Navy lawyer accused of passing secret information about Guantanamo Bay detainees sent a human rights lawyer their names and intelligence about them tucked into a Valentine's Day card, prosecutors said Monday. Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz
Impeach Bush or Get Rid of the Impeachment Clause
• Infromation ClearingHouseWhat is it about impeachment that has the Democratic Party leadership so frightened? Talking with members of Congress, one hears the same refrain: “I know Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable crimes, but impeachment is a bad idea.” The rational
This is how bad the MSM is: They cannot even report accurately on their own event!
• JBSRemember three years ago when the major press organs of the country were all atwitter over the rocketing presidential fortunes of Howard Dean? Dean and his supporters had "mastered the Internet." Their phenomenal work is now a case study o
Folks, this is how bad the corporate media really are. They cannot even report accurately on an even
• News LinkRemember three years ago when the major press organs of the country were all atwitter over the rocketing presidential fortunes of Howard Dean? Dean and his supporters had "mastered the Internet." Their phenomenal work is now a case study on how poli
The biggest threat to humanity, to peace, and to justice it is the belief in "authority."
Thomas Costanzo"Good citizens" don't like to hear this, but its truth should be obvious: The biggest threat to humanity, to peace, and to justice is NOT personal malice. It is the belief in "authority." by Larkin Rose
BREAKING: 4 US Reps for Cheney Impeachment
• ScoopUS Rep. Albert Russell Wynn (D-MD) has become the fourth total co-sponsor of US Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bill to impeach Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. In addition to Kucinich, the other tw
FBI, security officials warn of growing threat from Islamic extremists 'next door'
• USA TodayPlots by American-based Islamic terrorists with no direct ties to international terror networks form a large and growing threat to the American homeland, FBI and other security officials say. "The trend we're seeing is that we are uncover
FBI Whistle-Blowers Urge New Protections
• APTwo FBI whistle-blowers Monday supported protection for intelligence agency employees who expose government wrongdoing. The comments by Colleen Rowley and Michael German came as 40 public-interest organizations urged Congress to include national s
Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast
• APJordan's king warned visiting Vice President Dick Cheney that time was running out to use an Arab peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a royal palace statement. He called for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nu
Thompson Likely Gone From `Law & Order'
• APNBC's top entertainment executive said Monday that he doesn't expect actor and potential Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson back on "Law & Order" next season. NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly claimed no insid
Pentagon blocks MySpace, YouTube, other sites on military computers
• APLt. Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, posts a blog on the Internet every now and then "to basically keep my friends and family up to date" back home. It just got tougher to do that for Zimmerman and a lot of other U.S
LG Philips Launches Bendable E-Paper Color Monitor
• PC WorldLG.Philips LCD on Sunday took the wraps off the world's first A4-sized color "e-paper" display, following up on its black and white display of the same size a year ago. The 14.1-inch, 4,096-color display is paper-thin and flexible, a
Microsoft using patent slam suit to kill Linux
• PC WorldMicrosoft's claims that it will ask distributors and users to pay royalties for up to 235 of its patents included in open-source software, including Linux, is clearly an attempt to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt and make people hesitant to us
#2 AG resigns
• ReutersU.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, second-in-command to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and caught in the firestorm over the firing of federal prosecutors, resigned. McNulty is the latest senior Justice Department official to resign since M
Stop Sign Ticket Cameras Developed
• thenewspaper.comAnother type of automated ticketing machine is being added to the photo enforcement arsenal alongside red light cameras and speed cameras. The stop sign devices are based on red light camera platforms, but differ greatly in use. With the new Redflex
Sneaky Provision Guts Anti-Speed Trap Law
• thenewspaper.comAn Oklahoma legislator snuck a provision into a bill that has rendered the state's anti-speed trap law meaningless. Roan's new law deletes state highways from the definition of a speed trap and makes investigations into violations a discretio
GOP Debate Watching Party Tu. May 15
Dave GallagherJoin us for our second Debate Watching Party!
CONNECTING THE DOTS
TEN REASONS FOR ENFORCING OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS
Frosty WooldridgeWhat are we waiting for? How long can we keep allowing illegal immigration? Do we need another 20 million illegal aliens? Do we want them overrunning our country, schools, hospitals, prisons? No! Here's why!
RON PAUL COVER HIS BACK
• EtherZoneFor those of you who never heard of Ron Paul before the debate, I have known him for more than twenty five years. I have been with him many times in many settings. I recall being with him in fellow physician Larry McDonald’s congressional office in
US Government Forces E-gold Redemptions - Seizes Gold
• MoneyNetIn an unprecedented move on or just before Wednesday May 9th, 2007, the United States of America has forced Omnipay et al E-gold to redeem all the gold backing the 58 previously frozen accounts owned by e-gold, 1mdc, icegold and a handful of other e
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