Friday

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Towards a unified Arab vision of Israel

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Towards a unified Arab vision of Israel

blackagendareport.com - New Orleans: The Right to Return Eighteen Months after Katrina

blackagendareport.com - New Orleans: The Right to Return Eighteen Months after Katrina Since W. saw fit to mention the Gulf Coast today.

CBO doubts estimates in Bush budget - Yahoo! News

CBO doubts estimates in Bush budget - Yahoo! News: "Bush's February budget plan would produce a $9 billion deficit by 2012"

Boston bomb squad still at it... - The Boston Globe

Boston bomb squad still at it... - The Boston Globe Squidbillies plant traffic counting device? Bonston Globe ignores story that makes Bostonians look foolish; leaves it to bloggers and Fox TV.

US post-Iraq invasion policies 'incompetent': US diplomat - Yahoo! News

US post-Iraq invasion policies 'incompetent': US diplomat - Yahoo! News: "Ambassador Timothy Carney told NPR radio that the US policy to exclude Iraqis from governing the country in the two years following the invasion was 'an enormous foolishness' which contributed to the deterioration of security and lengthened the conflict in the country." There's that success Cheney was talking about.

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 03/01/2007 | Sources: GOP lawmakers tried to influence federal investigation

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 03/01/2007 | Sources: GOP lawmakers tried to influence federal investigation: "There's a general ethical principle that members should not unduly interfere in adjudicative proceedings in front of courts or agencies,' he said. 'This happens to be a criminal prosecution. There would seem to be a special concern about reaching out to a U.S. attorney and asking about a pending case."

US now uncertain about North Korean uranium program - Yahoo! News

US now uncertain about North Korean uranium program - Yahoo! News: "there are some who are saying that the intelligence -- even with North Korea -- has been manipulated"

Thursday

The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Prepare for the Great Arab Unraveling

The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Prepare for the Great Arab Unraveling: "Short-term panic, medium-term confusion, and a long-term absence of direction have long defined the policies of all actors in the Middle East. These characteristics have only become more obvious as confrontation, defiance, and war in the region interact to signal the end of an era and the start of a new one."

LA Weekly - Truth? Dem Candidates Can't Handle the Truth

LA Weekly - Truth? Dem Candidates Can't Handle the Truth: "Anti-war candidate and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich showed up and trashed all the other candidates on their carefully and cautiously crafted halfway positions on Iraq. “It must be hard for these politicians to say they were misled, tricked and deceived by George W. Bush,” he said. “Here’s one who wasn’t. I organized 125 Democrats in Congress to oppose the war, and I saw all the same information these other candidates did.”"

Ask a Lobbyist: Sea Breeze - Wonkette

Ask a Lobbyist: Sea Breeze - Wonkette This week: Constructive criticism! And vodka

BlackintheCity.net - black news and entertainment - Feds can eavesdrop with cell phone off

BlackintheCity.net - black news and entertainment - Feds can eavesdrop with cell phone off: "FOX News report that says the FBI can eavesdrop on conversations through someone's cell phone... even if it is off."

Interview of a Senior Administration Official by the Traveling Press

Interview of a Senior Administration Official by the Traveling Press Transcript by a soon-to-be-jobless staffer.

Douglas Feith, Dumb Fucker

Douglas Feith, Dumb Fucker

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/28/2007 | Political interference alleged in sacking of a U.S. attorney

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/28/2007 | Political interference alleged in sacking of a U.S. attorney: "Iglesias said that two members of Congress called separately in mid-October to inquire about the timing of a federal probe of a kickback scheme. They appeared eager, he said, for an indictment to be issued before the elections in order to benefit the Republicans. He refused to name the members of Congress because, he said, he feared retaliation.
Two months later, on Dec. 7, Iglesias became one of six U.S. attorneys who've been ordered to step down "

Secrecy News

Secrecy News: "Senate Proposal to Criminalize Leaks Sparks OppositionSenate Proposal to Criminalize Leaks Sparks Opposition"

Wednesday

A Recession That Arrived on Cats’ Paws - New York Times

A Recession That Arrived on Cats’ Paws - New York Times

Collision Course With Iran

Collision Course With Iran

From Shanghai, Tremors Heard Around the World - New York Times

From Shanghai, Tremors Heard Around the World - New York Times: "None of the world’s major stock markets have been as volatile as that of China, where people refer to the stock market as “dubo ji,” or the slot machine."

SCOTUSblog

SCOTUSblog: "briefs in the case have elevated it to a possible reexamination, going back to the Founding era, of the separation of powers of the national government, and what the original generation meant in barring government from 'esatblishment' of religion as part of the First Amendment."

Tom Barry: America's Crusaders

Tom Barry: America's Crusaders "Ironically, while the ideology and faith-based politics of "America's enemies" routinely come under attack by U.S. social conservatives and neoconservatives as dangerous manifestations of radicalism, the ideology and faith-based politics of America's would-be defenders are presented as redemptive forces in world affairs."

IRAQ: New Oil Law Seen as Cover for Privatisation

IRAQ: New Oil Law Seen as Cover for Privatisation