Brave New World: Brain wipe worked out for rats
• Reuters"Memory can be erased by applying a drug into a specific part of the brain that stores that memory," he said in a telephone interview. "Long-term memory can be erased."
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Fed adds $17 bln to US banking system to ease credit woes
• AFPThe Federal Reserve flexed its financial muscle again, injecting $17 billion dollars into the US banking system to ease a credit crunch triggered by fears over the ailing mortgage market. Has pumped a total $88 billion dollars into the financial mark
Bush, Harper, Calderon seen discussing market woes
• ReutersU.S. President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon are likely to discuss the current market turmoil when they meet in Quebec next week, a Canadian official said on Thursday.
Legal actions highlight general's power
• APIn recent months, the senior Marine commander on the West Coast has dismissed charges against 3 troops implicated in the deaths of 24 Iraqis and reduced the sentences of three others in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man. Lt. Gen. James Mat
Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers
• News LinkThe owners of C&D Distributors in Lexington, South Carolina exploited a flaw in an automated Defense Department purchasing system: bills for shipping to combat areas or U.S. bases that were labeled ``priority'' were usually paid automatically
Chertoff threatening harassment against those who oppose Real ID
• CNNAmericans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act....
Pentagon Paid $999,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers to Texas
• BloombergA South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over 6 years from the Pentagon for shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, and $455,009 to ship 3 screws costing $1.31 each to Marines
World stock markets dive to new lows
• AFPWorld stock markets plummeted on Thursday as credit crunch fears mounted, sending Wall Street sliding and London into its steepest one-day fall since the run-up to the Iraq war. Share prices across the world skidded lower as investors reacted to m
US home construction dives to 10-year low
• AFPNew home construction in the United States fell to a 10-year low in July, the government said Thursday in a report that signaled a further slowdown in the distressed housing market. The Commerce Department said housing starts plunged 6.1 percent in J
Jury convicts Padilla in terrorism trial
• ReutersJose Padilla, a U.S. convert to Islam once accused by the Bush administration of plotting a radiological "dirty bomb" attack, was convicted on Thursday of unrelated charges he offered his services to terrorists. Padilla, 36, faces a poss
NY police commissioner vilifies internet for terrorism
• CNET News"The Internet is the new Afghanistan," Kelly said, as he released a New York Police Department report on the homegrown threat of attacks by Islamist extremists. "It is the de facto training ground. It's an area of concern."
Gaston County GOP Straw Poll
• Ron Paul OnlineGastonia is not a country in Eastern Europe. It’s actually a North Carolina town just west of Charlotte, and tonight they had a county GOP meeting featuring barbecue at Alfred & Charlie’s BBQ House as well as a presidential straw poll.
First GOP straw poll in Illinois
• Heart of Illinois"You felt the enthusiasm in that room -- here it is, it was pouring rain at the time, and people were literally standing in the rain waiting to vote,” said Illinois State Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna. [results at bottom]
Freedom ... in so many words....
• YoutubeUnusual Ron Paul vid on YouTube -- should appeal to those who like word play. Great music, too!
Countrywide Bets the Farm
• MISH: Global Economic AnalysisCountrywide tapped 11.5 billion of its credit line. When a company draws on its bank lines, it is basically out of options. Typically those bank lines are not meant to be used. Countrywide stopped Alt-A and Subprime. Merrill Lynch is talking about a
Peace & Justice - for Veterans and all of us
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterPeace is not the absence of war. Peace is a dynamic, vital condition where people reject the use of deceit, coercion or violence to achieve their ends. Work for peace and pledge to live it and help others on the path.
MEXAMERICANADA: It's coming
• PBSOur senators should stand strong against a movement to destroy American sovereignty. It is likely you haven't heard about it unless you obtain your news from the internet.The newspapers, radio, and television have chosen to ignore the plan-introd
U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites
• Wall Street JournalThe U.S.'s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to the nation's vast network of spy satellites. Examine how the satellites can aid federal and local law-enforcement agenc
Travelocity fined for Cuba trips
• APIn a first for an online travel company, Travelocity.com has been fined by federal regulators for booking trips between the U.S. and Cuba in violation of a 45-year-old embargo. Travelocity.com earlier this month paid $182,750 to settle a complain
Gen. Petraeus' report is actually being written by the Whitehouse
• Raw StoryAlthough President Bush has long said the report will represent the views of Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of US troops in Iraq, it is actually being prepared by the White House with input from officials throughout the government, according to
Bush Administration Says Warrantless Eavesdropping Cannot Be Questioned
• Wired"The case cannot be litigated in light of the national security interest involved," one official said.
If Republicans wish to save their sorry rears, they had better impeach Cheney
• by Jon Basil Utley (AntiWar)Bush and Cheney have little to lose from spreading the war, but the Republican Party has very much to lose. Its only way out is to impeach Cheney. That would alleviate the main pressure upon Bush to expand the wars.
The State Perpetuates Itself by Failing
• by Ivan Eland (AntiWar)If a business provided inferior goods or shoddy services, it is likely that the concern would go belly-up. Yet when the U.S. government makes a blunder, the more its citizens reward its failure with further money and authority.
US Blames Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
• by Gareth Porter (AntiWar)The obvious reason for the rise in Shi'ite-related U.S. casualties is that the Mahdi Army of Moqtada al-Sadr was defending itself against a rising tempo of attacks by U.S. forces at the same time attacks by al-Qaeda forces had fallen.
Decline and Fall
• by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar)"The U.S. government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices," Walker avers, including "fiscal deficits" and "overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon.*
Prices for key foods are rising sharply
• McClatchy NewsThe Labor Department's most recent inflation data showed that U.S. food prices rose by 4.2% for the 12 months ending in July, but a deeper look reveals the price of milk, eggs and other essentials are actually rising by double digits.
Existing Home Sales Fall in 41 States
• APSales of existing homes fell in 41 states during the April-June quarter while home prices were down in one-third of the metropolitan areas surveyed, underscored the severity of the current housing slump, the worst downturn in 16 years.
Democratic hopefuls seize on housing woes
• RetuersDemocratic presidential hopefuls have seized on the deepening U.S. mortgage crisis and gyrating financial markets as signs they would be better stewards of the economy, but Republicans argue the outlook is strong.
New airport agents check for danger in fliers' facial expressions
• McClatchy NewsNext time you go to the airport, there may be more eyes on you than you notice. Specially trained security personnel are watching body language and facial cues of passengers for signs of bad intentions. The watcher could be the attendant who hands
Truck bombings killed at least 500 Iraqis
• CNNThe death toll in the suicide bombings Tuesday in northern Iraq has risen to at least 500, local officials said. The attacks, targeting Kurdish villages, were attempts to "break the will" of the American people and show the US troop escalat
