Gov't Study Criticizes Bush Administration's Iraq Progress
• The New York TimesThe Government Accounting Office released a report monday that gave a blistering assessment of the Bush Administration's measurements of the progress made in Iraq.
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Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week (AIPAC supported)
• Antiwar.comResolution 362 has already gained 170 co-sponsors, or nearly 40 percent of the House. It has been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, which has 49 members, 24 of whom, including the ranking Republican, are co-sponsors.
Economic Poll: 75% Blame Bush for the state of the economy
• CalculatedRisk.blogspot.comNine percent of respondents said the country's economic condition has become better off since Bush became president, compared with 75% who said conditions had worsened.
Netroots feel jilted by Obama's FISA stand
• Rawstory.com“It angers the blogosphere to its core,” said Jane Hamsher, founder of the popular blog Firedoglake.com. “We want to be able to know: What did you do?
How Copper Cards Began
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterYou can have freedom, you can get it for yourself using the tools Clive made for you. Go to Copper Cards and find out about how much the Federal Reserve Bank dislikes those who threaten them with a system that will make you wealthy instead of them.
Domestic Spying bill clears test in US Senate 80-15
• ReutersA White House-backed spy bill to protect telecommunication companies from billions of dollars in possible privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday and headed toward final congressional approval.
The Pentagon's Stealth Corporations - by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse
• www.lewrockwell.comCenter for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments: at least $34 Billion for Pentagon's "black budget" for fiscal year 2009 – money for, among other things, "classified weapons purchases and development," money for which the Penta
Drugs, phones wing their way to prisoners
• Yahoo NewsRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones found inside a Brazilian prison mystified officials -- until guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne.
Statement on FISA
• Ron Paul on LewRockwell.comStatement on HR 6304, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments before the US House of Representatives, June 20, 2008
FAIR Finally Plays it Straight
• fairus.orgThe Federation for American Immigration Reform [unwittingly?] reveals its nature in its 2006 annual report (which didn't actually come out until March 2008). The title of their annual report is "Crime Study". [link to .pdf from FAIR]
Water4Gas (we're starting to see a lot of these systems being promoted - Video)
• zedomax.com/blogBasically this little device produces HHO and feeds it into your fuel line in your car. The HHO is produced by distilled water and baking soda. The only drawback is that you much keep adding the distilled water and baking soda once a week.
Communities suffer as foreclosure rate rises
• MSNBC.msn.com“It has been horrible,” said Earlinda, a Realtor in Reno, Nev. “We now have a ‘tent city’ because the homeless shelters are overloaded."
New Big Brother London Underground Signs Stir Controversy
• PrisonPlanet.comUpon entering the London underground I was hit with a sudden reminder that I was entering back into big brother control central when I encountered rows and rows of advertising boards plastered with the same stark posters reading "I THINK I'M
And what good things do the Republicans have lined up?
• GovTrack (h/t Angela)Ah, those wacky minority Republicans, just can't wait until Dick Cheney is out of the way so they can assist their esteemed good fellows from across the aisle in banning, confiscating, registering your useful weapons.
Leaked NIST Docs: "Unusual" Event Before Collapse Of WTC 7
• PrisonPlanet.comLeaked confidential NIST documents concerning the investigation into the collapse of WTC 7, the 47-storey skyscraper that was not hit by a plane but imploded in under seven seconds on 9/11, reveal that an "unusual" event preceded the collap
George Carlin - March 10th 2004 - Daily Show with John Stewart
• The Daily Show5 Minutes and 58 seconds - Big Government - Corporate Media - Religion - Corporate America... all BAD!!!
Books the Government Would Like to Ban
• A FriendWhere many of the urban guerilla and dirty deeds type of publications are available in their entirety for FREE!!!! EXAMPLE
New Home Sales: The Worst Selling Season Ever
• CalculatedRisk.blogspot.comUsually sales increase in the spring - but not this year. The previous worst spring on record was 1982 - in the midst of a severe recession, with 30 year fixed mortgage rates at 17%, and close to double digit unemployment.
Dubai plans 80 story condo that constantly changes shape
• News.BBC.co.ukThe 420-metre (1,378-foot) building's apartments would spin a full 360 degrees, at voice command, around a central column by means of 79 giant power-generating wind turbines located between each floor.
Nevada Ron Paul Supporters Stage Rogue GOP Convention
• Huffington PostPaul backers, spearheaded by Sparks dentist Wayne Terhune, are renting out the Grand Sierra casino in Reno this weekend to complete unfinished business from the party's April 26 convention, which was cut short under controversial circumstances.
Barack Obama: The Peace Candidate? by Sheldon Richman
• Future of Freedom Foundation"Why would anyone think that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is the peace candidate?..."
China says lessons learned from U.S. economic woes
• Reuters...the head of China's central bank said the United States used to be a model for how to manage an economy, but was of interest now because of mistakes it made that caused the subprime mortgage crisis.
Lebanese leader: country nearing self-destruction
• RawStory.comLebanon has 17 different religious sects and at least a dozen armed groups that exert some degree of military control over various parts of the country and the capital.
Heinz pulls ad showing men kissing
• www.guardian.co.ukHeinz has withdrawn its Deli Mayo TV ad that featured two men sharing a kiss and apologised to viewers after the advertising regulator received about 200 complaints that it was offensive and inappropriate.
Obama Has 15-Point Lead as Voters Reject Republicans (Update1)
• Bloomberg.comDemocrat Barack Obama has opened a 15-point lead in the presidential race, and most of the political trends -- voter enthusiasm, views of President George W. Bush, the Republicans, the economy and the direction of the country -- point to even greater
How Boris Johnson Became a War Criminal
• Telegraph / Boris JohnsonFinally, someone in the western world will be held responsible for war crimes in Iraq. London's libertarian-leaning Mayor explains why it will be him.
Alien army (the UFO kind)
• The SunA SHAKEN soldier told last night how he saw THIRTEEN UFOs spinning in the skies above his military barracks.
Life on the fringes of U.S. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs
• International Herald TribuneBoyle and his wife must drive nearly an hour to their jobs in the high-tech corridor of southern Denver. Boyle recently paid $121 to fill his pickup truck with diesel. The price of propane to heat their spacious house has more than doubled in recent
Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning
• My Way NewsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is meeting to issue opinions in some of the seven cases it has yet to decide. Major cases still unresolved include the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C.
Shaq Rap Dissing Kobe Bryant .. Freestyle Diss (Sheriff Arpaio Rap coming soon)
• YouTubeShaquille ONeal (aka Shaq) disses Kobe Bryant while rapping/freestyling at the club. Video presented by blacksportsonline.com you can check out Kobe's reply there.
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