Los Angeles Times: States fund antiabortion advice: "To deal with its 62% budget cut, the Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Austin began charging for services long offered free to low-income women. Since the fees took effect, the clinic has distributed 40% fewer birthcontrol pills and has conducted 50% fewer Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer. Several thousand patients have stopped coming....
[Anti-choice "clinics" sometimes forbid the mere mention of birth control and may include false information in their advice. In Texas,] not counting more than $400,000 in start-up expenses, the counseling has run an average of $450 per client. (By comparison, a year of exams and contraception costs $180.)"
Saturday
Helping Israel Die - by Ray McGovern
Helping Israel Die - by Ray McGovern: "An American and/or Israeli attack on Iran will let slip the dogs of war. Those dogs never went to obedience school. They will not be denied their chance to bite, and Israel's arsenal of nuclear weapons will be powerless to muzzle them."
Pentagon office produced 'alternative' intelligence on Iraq
Pentagon office produced 'alternative' intelligence on Iraq: "Wolfowitz asked Feith's analysts to ignore the intelligence community"
Green Party of the United States
Green Party of the United States EMERGENCY Conference: Impeach Bush for War Crimes!
Saturday & Sunday, February 17 & 18 New York City
Saturday & Sunday, February 17 & 18 New York City
Friday
John V. Walsh: Filibuster to End the War Now!
John V. Walsh: Filibuster to End the War Now!: "it would take only 41 out of 51 who claim to be against the war to actually end the war."
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted - washingtonpost.com
Official's Key Report On Iraq Is Faulted - washingtonpost.com In case you've been watching only Fox News for the past four years.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Haggard Pronounced ‘Completely Heterosexual’ - New York Times
Haggard Pronounced ‘Completely Heterosexual’ - New York Times Thank God for the Church of Men.
Monday
Friday
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns - washingtonpost.com
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns - washingtonpost.com Or as Cheney says, "There's been a lot of success."
Thursday
From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com: "The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactics—alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on W.M.D.—to push for the bombing of Iran. "
AP Wire | 02/01/2007 | Charges near in Calif. bribery case
AP Wire 02/01/2007 Charges near in Calif. bribery case: "Federal prosecutors are preparing to seek indictments against a former top CIA official and a San Diego defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that sent former U.S. Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham to prison"
Jason Leopold and Marc Ash | Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair
Jason Leopold and Marc Ash | Cheney's Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair: "Cheney's notes, which were introduced into evidence Tuesday during Libby's perjury and obstruction-of-justice trial, call into question the truthfulness of President Bush's vehement denials about his prior knowledge of the attacks against Wilson. The revelation that Bush may have known all along that there was an effort by members of his office to discredit the former ambassador begs the question: Was the president also aware that senior members of his administration compromised Valerie Plame's undercover role with the CIA?
Further, the highly explicit nature of Cheney's comments not only hints at a rift between Cheney and Bush over what Cheney felt was the scapegoating of Libby, but also raises serious questions about potentially criminal actions by Bush. If Bush did indeed play an active role in encouraging Libby to take the fall to protect Karl Rove, as Libby's lawyers articulated in their opening statements, then that could be viewed as criminal involvement by Bush."
Further, the highly explicit nature of Cheney's comments not only hints at a rift between Cheney and Bush over what Cheney felt was the scapegoating of Libby, but also raises serious questions about potentially criminal actions by Bush. If Bush did indeed play an active role in encouraging Libby to take the fall to protect Karl Rove, as Libby's lawyers articulated in their opening statements, then that could be viewed as criminal involvement by Bush."
Democracy Now! | As Police Arrest Public Housing Activists in New Orleans, Federal Officials Try to Silence Leading Attorney for Low-Income Residents
Democracy Now! | As Police Arrest Public Housing Activists in New Orleans, Federal Officials Try to Silence Leading Attorney for Low-Income Residents "the tragedy is that they are using the money that Congress gave to the victims of Katrina, and they are what I call like a Robin Hood in reverse."
Wednesday
GOP fears war could help Dems for years
GOP fears war could help Dems for years Search for could & replace with will.
Tuesday
Bush pressure seen on climate experts - Environment - MSNBC.com
Bush pressure seen on climate experts - Environment - MSNBC.com: "Lawmakers received survey results of federal scientists that showed 46 percent felt pressure to eliminate the words “climate change,” “global warming” or similar terms from communications about their work.
The scientists also reported 435 instances of political interference in their work over the past five years."
The scientists also reported 435 instances of political interference in their work over the past five years."
With Iran Ascendant, U.S. Is Seen at Fault - washingtonpost.com
With Iran Ascendant, U.S. Is Seen at Fault - washingtonpost.com: "'There is one thing important about the ascendance of Iran here. It does not reflect a real change in Iranian capabilities, economic or political. It's more a reflection of the failures on the part of the U.S. and its Arab allies in the region.'"
Monday
'60s live again, minus the LSD - Los Angeles Times
'60s live again, minus the LSD - Los Angeles Times: "the spirit of Yippie lingers on."
Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: "President’s Actions Could Lead to Impeachment"
Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation - New York Times
Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation - New York Times: "In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee"
Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders World The Observer: "The centrifuges were supposed to have been installed almost a year ago and many experts are extremely doubtful that Iran has yet mastered the skills to install and run it. Instead, they argue, the 'installation' will more probably be about propaganda than reality."
Friday
Sandusky Register Front Poll workers convicted of rigging count
Sandusky Register Front Poll workers convicted of rigging count: "they worked behind closed doors three days before the public Dec. 16, 2004, recount to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies"
Thursday
NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source
NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source Griffin’s appointment last month by U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violates Article II, Section 2, of the U. S. Constitution, which covers presidential appointments. He said it also violates a section of the U. S. Code altered last year during Congressional reauthorization of the USAPATRIOT Act.
Wednesday
Former CIA Official Testifies Against Libby - washingtonpost.com
Former CIA Official Testifies Against Libby - washingtonpost.com: "the CIA official in charge of intelligence for Iraq, told jurors that early on the afternoon of June 11, 2003" he told Libby that Valerie Plame was Joe Wilson's wife. Libby unfortunately lied to the FBI by saying he never heard of Plame until two weeks later.
Jurors were shown a memo from Dick Cheney explaining Libby was being sacrificed "because of the incompetence of others." Hadley? Rice? Tenet?
Jurors were shown a memo from Dick Cheney explaining Libby was being sacrificed "because of the incompetence of others." Hadley? Rice? Tenet?
CJR Daily: A Girl's Got the Gavel! But What's She Wearing?
CJR Daily: A Girl's Got the Gavel! But What's She Wearing? or How to trivialize women in one easy lesson.
Tuesday
KRT Wire | 01/22/2007 | CEOs urge Bush to act on global warming: "The growing consensus to take national action against climate change received a major boost Monday when 10 leading U.S. corporations - including General Electric, Alcoa, DuPont and Pacific Gas & Electric - launched a coalition with four environmental groups to push for mandatory federal emissions controls."
Monday
Burdened U.S. military cuts role in drug war "Internal records show that in the last four years the Pentagon has reduced by more than 62% its surveillance flight-hours over Caribbean and Pacific Ocean routes" Bush regime preparing for another 9/11.
Wednesday
I just received a robo-call: "Hello. I'm calling to invite all the men in your household to the Church for Men. Our first meeting is at the YMCA..."
WTF? Maybe it's some kind of double-secret reverse psychology: "[recipient of call thinking] Well, I know how Republican candidates used robo-calls purporting to be from Democrats, to alienate potential Democratic voters. So this call must be some ultraliberal atheist plot to discredit the Church for Men. If the God-haters are going to these lengths, then the Church for Men must be really great, and they need my support, too!"
If that's not it, then I really don't get it. Maybe it's just because I'm not a man. Maybe this deep, masculine electronically generated voice was painstakingly programmed to overcome men's innate distrust of organized religion. Too bad Keith wasn't home.
WTF? Maybe it's some kind of double-secret reverse psychology: "[recipient of call thinking] Well, I know how Republican candidates used robo-calls purporting to be from Democrats, to alienate potential Democratic voters. So this call must be some ultraliberal atheist plot to discredit the Church for Men. If the God-haters are going to these lengths, then the Church for Men must be really great, and they need my support, too!"
If that's not it, then I really don't get it. Maybe it's just because I'm not a man. Maybe this deep, masculine electronically generated voice was painstakingly programmed to overcome men's innate distrust of organized religion. Too bad Keith wasn't home.
Monday
Dennis Kucinich's speech to Jesse Jackson's Wall Street Project Conference | Kucinich for President 2008: "policies of unilateralism, first strike, and preemption are dead ends"
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01/14/2007 | Administration leaving out important details on Iraq: "President Bush and his aides, explaining their reasons for sending more American troops to Iraq, are offering an incomplete, oversimplified and possibly untrue version of events there that raises new questions about the accuracy of the administration's statements about Iraq. "
Sunday
Secrecy News: "Some foreign officials question what appears to them as a new emphasis by the United States on military approaches to problems that are not seen as lending themselves to military solutions."
Rice Visit Leaves Palestinians Gloomy -- Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007 -- Page 1 -- TIME: "They're not interested in solving the conflict in any meaningful way — just uttering nice slogans, that's it."
Cheney admits expanded military spying role inside US - Yahoo! News: "The US military and the CIA have long been restricted in their spying activities inside the United States and are barred from conducting traditional domestic law enforcement work in the country." Until now.
Saturday
Lam stays silent about losing job | The San Diego Union-Tribune: "What do you expect her to do? Let corruption exist?" The question answers itself.
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
New York Daily News - Home - W pushes envelope on U.S. spying "Gentlemen don't read each other's mail." Stinson '29 "They do now." Bush '06.
Sunday
Healthy? Insurers don't buy it - Los Angeles Times: "A consumer survey this year found that 1 in 5 people who applied for individual coverage was turned away or charged a higher premium because of preexisting conditions. ...In a letter to an otherwise healthy recent college graduate, for instance, Blue Cross listed among the reasons it denied coverage a past bout of jock itch, 'successfully treated with cream.'"
Saturday
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: News Releases: "Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees" Just in case there was any doubt of the quality of US leadership.
Military Times Polls: "Barely one-third of service members approve of the way the president is handling the war, according to the 2006 Military Times Poll."
Friday
Many soldiers say troop surge a bad idea - Yahoo! News: "In dozens of interviews with soldiers of the Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment as they patrolled the streets of eastern Baghdad, many said the Iraqi capital is embroiled in civil warfare between majority Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs that no number of American troops can stop"
Thursday
CounterPunch: "America's Best Political Newsletter": "Unlike George W. Bush, Ford was of humane temper and could mostly hold in check his bloodthirsty counselors"
Emirates narrowing dollar reserves - Yahoo! News: "the implications of a cash-rich friend of Washington selling off its dollars is a sign that central banks elsewhere may be looking to cut losses from a dollar widely expected to slip further in 2007"
Monday
Thursday
Wednesday
'I have no future' -- Jeb Bush tells reporters - Yahoo! News Dear Brother George, Happy Holidays, love Jeb.
Tuesday
Safety issues probed at Texas nuclear plant - Los Angeles Times The high level of activity at the Pantex plant apparently reflects the increasing amount of work to maintain aging U.S. nuclear weapons that must be overhauled, as well as to decommission weapons under the 2002 Moscow Treaty. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to reduce deployed strategic warheads to about 2,000 each by 2012, a two-thirds reduction for the U.S.
The American Muslim (TAM): "It’s a sad commentary on our so-called "information society" that our most powerful broadcasting companies have made people like Beck filthy rich for spewing this sort of garbage."
- toledoblade.com -: "Senator Voinovich has avoided the fallout from the Noe scandal despite the accusations and convictions of some of his closest political allies in Columbus."
Friday
Prince Bandar and Some Saudis Cheerleading for a Bombing Campaign Against Iran? | TPMCafe: "Ambassador Turki's decision to resign not only had to do with his refusal to tolerate the unprofessionalism of Bandar and Massoud -- but with the signals that Bandar and Massoud have sent to Cheney, David Addington and others on Cheney's national security staff that Saudi Arabia would 'acquiesce to, accept, and not interfere with' American military action against Iran."
Wednesday
USNews.com: Inside Washington: Cheney Burrows as Bush Ponders Iraq: "Iraq is now Bush's baby, and Cheney doesn't want to be tarred with it in the eyes of historians."
Tuesday
Sunday
Top Air Force Lawyer Had Been Disbarred - washingtonpost.com: "A top Air Force lawyer who served at the White House and in a senior position in Iraq turns out to have been practicing law for 23 years without a license"
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