Sounds of Saturn: Cassini Mission Sends Back Audio
• Mondoreb & GinnThe Cassini space probe exploring the Saturn system, sends back audio. Does it sound "eerie" or "alien" as some scientists claim? Listen and decide.
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Iran: Wearing Lipstick Lands Thousands of Women in Jail
• GinnWearing lipstick, having a beer or watching the "Simpsons" lands thousands in jail in the latest "moral vices" crackdown in the Islamic Republic.
Tancredo's Ad: Only Alarmist If It Never Happens
• MondorebTom Tancredo's newest Iowa ad talks about terrorists coming across the border. Some are calling him "alarmist"--and worse. History recalls another famous alarmist. Watch the commercial and make up your own mind.
The dark side of Mike Huckabee
• SalonThe national media seems to have a crush on our ex-governor, but here in Arkansas, we know better.
Nat'l Right to Life to endorse Thompson
• PoliticoFred Thompson will pick up the support of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) tomorrow, according to two Republicans familiar with the decision. While his voting record is pure, Thompson indicated he supported abortion rights when he ran for
A Vote of No Confidence
• US News & World ReportMore than half of Americans—56 percent—say they're not proud of the country's leaders. Two thirds and more say the country is in a leadership crisis. Nearly three quarters say the nation will decline without better leadership.
Is a Vote for Rudy a Vote for War?
• by Pat BuchananWhy should the United States commit to war for India, which has territorial conflicts and has fought wars with China and Pakistan? What vital interest is it of ours who holds Kashmir? As for Israel, are American boys now to fight Hezbollah and Hamas?
Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran NIE
• Gareth PorterA National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has been held up for more than a year in an effort to force the intelligence community to remove dissenting judgments on the Iranian nuclear program, and more supportive of Vice President Cheney's mi
Ron Paul distortions and smears
• by Glenn GreenwaldI'm not trying to be Ron Paul's advocate but, still, outright distortions and smears are distortions and smears. In an otherwise informative and legitimate (and widely-cited) post today about Paul's record in Congress, Dave Neiwert claims
Thompson Site Traffic Plummets, Paul and Clinton Regain Top Spots
• ClickZIf traffic to presidential campaign sites influenced national polls of Republican candidates, media coverage might pay more attention to Web phenom Congressman Ron Paul and folksy social conservative Mike Huckabee. Traffic to their sites surpassed Fr
Newspapers Continue to Excel, and Broadcast Media Fail, in Fair Coverage of Ron Paul
• Paul LevisonSuperb video of mainstream media pundits smirking and disinforming the public about Ron Paul and his supporters...
Chocolate beer: The original shake
• ReutersThe chocolate enjoyed around the world today had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as the sweet treat people now crave but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol. Researchers identified residue of a chemical c
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush
• Vanity FairThe next president will have to deal with yet another crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy. A Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, sees a generation-long struggle to recoup.
Hannity's PD Tries Arresting Me Over A Question
• DailyKosLast night at Book Revue in Huntington, Sean Hannity's program director Phil Boyce tried to have me arrested because he didn't like the question he thought I was going to ask Hannity. Boyce called the cops on his cell phone, two policemen sh
Parents, activists rip school board
• APAnti-war and free-speech advocates joined angry parents and students in their battle with school district officials who may expel a group of students who took part in an Iraq war protest at a school. The protest was viewed as "gross disobedience
Teacher told peace banner not appropriate
• FOX NewsA color guard and patriotic drumming is usually enough excitement for most elementary schools [on Veteran's Day], but this year, Bay Haven's celebration included protesters. The issue is whether kids should also learn about alternatives to
McCain Campaign To Take Out $3M Loan
• APRepublican John McCain, climbing in polls but lagging in money, is negotiating a $3 million loan while some of his backers launch an independent advertising effort seemingly at odds with his years of fighting outside influence in campaigns. The ad
Prehistoric women had passion for fashion
• ReutersIf the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years. Recent excavations at the site -- part of the Vinca culture which was Europe's biggest prehistoric civilizati
With the Stroke of a Pen
Barbara PetersonWith the stroke of a pen, nations are formed, and with the stroke of a pen, they are destroyed. With the stroke of a pen, ideas are also given birth, and hope reborn.
Cop falsifies DUI Report to justify stopping and searching a vehicle
• The NewspaperA Wyoming State Trooper called in a false tip to an anonymous driving under the influence (DUI) hotline so that he would have an excuse to pull over and search a vehicle known to be carrying a large amount of cash.
The Last Sonuvabitch of Klepton, Part 1
• by Scott Bieser (cartoonist extraordinaire)A futuristic world that couldn't possibly resemble anyone or anything in our reality. ;-)
Smoke Regulators Go After Private Apartments
• MondorebSmoke regulators are targeting private apartments and vehicles next. People cheering on smoke regulators might quiet down when the focus switches to other areas of private life.
CNN Reviews Minuteman "Gauntlet of Deterrent"
• CNNMinuteman Defense Corps' Chris Simcox has redefined "high-tech, double-layered gauntlet of deterrent" to mean 5-strand cow fence. MCDC volunteers and donors are not amused.
Paying for the Wars' Wounded
• AntiWarAs the extent of the deficiencies became clearer, as more and more members of Congress visited hospitals they learned of the extensive treatments that would have to last a lifetime, they at last began to fathom the woeful under funding of veteran
Memo to Media: I Witnessed 'Waterboarding' -- And, Yes, It is Torture
• E & PFour decades ago, as a reporter in Vietnam, I saw what it was like. When you hog-tie a human being, tilt him head down, stuff a rag in his mouth and over his nostrils and pour water onto the rag slowly and steadily to the point where his lungs start
Who Is ‘John Doe #7?’: Giuliani, Kerik, and the Selling of America’s National Security
• Taki MagazineThe idea that the indictment of Bernie Kerik on 14 counts of fraud, tax evasion, and influence-peddling is “old news” – which is how Team Giuliani is somewhat pathetically trying to spin it – is ridiculous to anyone who has actually read the text of
"This problem will not be discussed in public"
• The Next HurrahThe threat that Al Qaeda could get nukes was the single most important driving force behind the Iraq war. And now with Cheney in charge there is a very real possibility that our "ally" Pakistan will provide nukes to the guys that hit us on
White House frustrated with Brown over Iran
• Daily TelegraphThe Bush administration is losing patience with Gordon Brown over Iran, with senior American diplomats frustrated by his reluctance to declare bluntly that the Islamic state must never be allowed nuclear weapons.
Hollywood is casualty of war as movie-goers shun Iraq films
• AFPThe wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news headlines when they go to the movies. Almost without exception the crop of movies have struggled to tur
Clinton aides plant student's question
• Scarlett & BlackWhile no campaigns admit to this practice, at a recent Hillary Clinton campaign event in Newton, Iowa, some of the questions posed to the New York Senator were planned in advance, planting some audience members in the crowd. [FEMA II?]
