Saturday
Friday
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.
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 "
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
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."
Monday
Sunday
The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
The New Yorker: PRINTABLES: The Bush regime is "bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda."
White House Disaster Drill Supposes 10-City IED Strike - washingtonpost.com
White House Disaster Drill Supposes 10-City IED Strike - washingtonpost.com: "President Bush went on a bike ride yesterday morning and did not take part in the test."
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