Sunday
Annals of National Security: Shifting Targets: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Annals of National Security: Shifting Targets: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker: "President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran."
Las Vegas SUN: 125 Nev. farm workers sickened by chemical
Las Vegas SUN: 125 Nev. farm workers sickened by chemical Like industrial poisonings, farm chemical poisonings are reported only when they induce immediate acute effects on a mass scale. Unlike industrial poisonings, even under those circumstances they're not considered news outside their local area.
Saturday
Head of IAEA defies criticism on Iran - Yahoo! News
Head of IAEA defies criticism on Iran - Yahoo! News: "I would hope that everybody would have gotten the lesson after the Iraq situation, where 700,000 innocent civilians have lost their lives on the suspicion that a country has nuclear weapons"
Friday
Thursday
POLITICS-US: Anti-Iran Hawks Win Partial Victory in Congress
POLITICS-US: Anti-Iran Hawks Win Partial Victory in Congress: "Among those voting for the measure was the Democratic front-runner for the 2008 presidential election, Sen. Hillary Clinton." Hillary dances to the Neo Con's tune.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
CLIMATE CHANGE: 'Fifteen Years and C02 Still Rising'
CLIMATE CHANGE: 'Fifteen Years and C02 Still Rising': "Not surprisingly, U.S. President George W. Bush decided not to attend the one-day conference, although his country is known to be the largest polluter of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet. "
Sunday
Israeli Rabbis to Shun Christian Event - Los Angeles Times
Israeli Rabbis to Shun Christian Event - Los Angeles Times: "the chief rabbinate urged Jews to stay away from the event, saying some of the groups want to convert them to Christianity"
"The ICEJ has never conducted any missionary programs in Israel and we clearly instruct our Feast pilgrims against such activity during their stay here." But everywhere else it's OK.
"The ICEJ has never conducted any missionary programs in Israel and we clearly instruct our Feast pilgrims against such activity during their stay here." But everywhere else it's OK.
Police take up assault weapons; some fear an arms race -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Police take up assault weapons; some fear an arms race -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: "The result is an escalating war of weapons one-upmanship, as the men and women of law enforcement try to avoid being outgunned on the street "
SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Generals opposing Iraq war break with military tradition
SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Generals opposing Iraq war break with military tradition: "In op-ed pieces, interviews and TV ads, more than 20 retired U.S. generals have broken ranks with the culture of salute and keep it in the family. Instead, they are criticizing the commander in chief and other top civilian leaders who led the nation into what the generals believe is a misbegotten and tragic war. "
Friday
CJR: A Tale Of Two Scandals
CJR: A Tale Of Two Scandals: "What’s remarkable is that key moments in the two cases have three times arrived on the same day—and that on every one of those days, Hsu’s gotten more play and more ink."
Thursday
180,000 private contractors flood Iraq - Yahoo! News
180,000 private contractors flood Iraq - Yahoo! News Mercenaries outnumber military.
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/22/2007 | Senate tied in knots by filibusters
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/22/2007 | Senate tied in knots by filibusters: "This year Senate Republicans are threatening filibusters to block more legislation than ever before, a pattern that's rooted in — and could increase — the pettiness and dysfunction in Congress."
Wednesday
Diplomatic convoys curtailed in Iraq - Yahoo! News
Diplomatic convoys curtailed in Iraq - Yahoo! News "The United States on Tuesday suspended all land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials throughout Iraq, except in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone." Four years on and they can't leave the Green Zone. What progress?
Tuesday
Monday
Beyond the Beyond - Wired Blogs
Beyond the Beyond - Wired Blogs: "the project tests a more ambitious plan to reduce all shopping to the essential act of money changing hands. 'Whether in an art gallery or a mall, spending is existential,' he says. 'By eliminating the merchandise that nobody really wants anyway, this crucial human activity becomes environmentally sustainable.'"
Think Progress » Fox censors Sally Field’s anti-war speech at Emmy’s.#comment-4079687
Think Progress » Fox censors Sally Field’s anti-war speech at Emmy’s.#comment-4079687 What a set up. Sally Fields knows “god damn” is as good as an f bomb and that’s what pushed the censor's button. Fields has worked in TV a long time and knows exactly what gets bleeped and she knows “god damn” gets bleeped every god damn time.
Sunday
North Korea-Syria nuclear ties: déjà vu all over again? | FP Passport
North Korea-Syria nuclear ties: déjà vu all over again? | FP Passport: "The real story is how quickly the New York Times and the Washington Post snapped up the bait and ran exactly the story the officials wanted, thereby feeding a mini-media frenzy."
Saturday
Friday
Democracy Now! | From Freedom Watch to Petraeus, A Look at the Bush Administration's Iraq War PR Campaign
Democracy Now! | From Freedom Watch to Petraeus, A Look at the Bush Administration's Iraq War PR Campaign: "Most Americans get most of their news from television. And in April of 2003 and early May of 2003, Americans literally saw the weapons of mass destruction being discovered, because these embedded reporters, whether we’re talking Judith Miller at the New York Times, other major print media, the three networks, PBS, all wanted to be the first to break the story that the troops they were with discovered the weapons of mass destruction. So, as we point out in The Best War Ever, Americans actually saw the weapons discovered. They read about the discovery of the weapons. Of course, every one of those stories was 100% wrong, but Americans were promised by the President, the Vice President, that they were there, the media delivered them, and the media has never corrected or fixed this big lie that’s fixed in the minds of Americans. "
Thursday
Tuesday
BBC NEWS | Middle East | US surge has failed - Iraqi poll
BBC NEWS | Middle East | US surge has failed - Iraqi poll: "nearly 60% see attacks on US-led forces as justified" So much for "greeted as liberators."
San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Censored!
San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Censored!: "The top 10 big stories the US news media missed in the past year "
Congressman Dennis Kucinich To Oppose September 11 Resolution, Says It Is Incomplete
Congressman Dennis Kucinich To Oppose September 11 Resolution, Says It Is Incomplete WASHINGTON - September 10 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) released the following statement in opposition to today’s September 11 resolution:
“I honor the memory of those who died on September 11 and extend sympathies to their family members and to those who lost their lives trying to save lives,” Kucinich said.
“I support the troops. I believe the best way to honor the memory of those who died on September 11 is to tell the truth of what the Administration did in the wake of September 11. The Bush Administration launched a war against Iraq, conflating the true tragedy of September 11 with lies about weapons of mass destruction.
“On this, the sixth anniversary of September 11, it is important that Congress wake up to the truth and exercise its obligation under the Constitution to save our nation from being destroyed from the lies that took us into Iraq, the lies that keep us there, the lies that are being used to set the stage for war against Iran and the lies that have undermined our basic civil liberties here at home. The September 11 resolution that Congress considers today should have made reference to those matters. It does not, so I cannot support it.
“This Administration long ago politicized the September 11 attacks, distorted it and dishonored it. If Congress really wanted to honor the memory of those who died on September 11, we would cause the full truth to be told to the American people. If Congress really supported our troops we would bring them home and not provide more funding for the war.”
“I honor the memory of those who died on September 11 and extend sympathies to their family members and to those who lost their lives trying to save lives,” Kucinich said.
“I support the troops. I believe the best way to honor the memory of those who died on September 11 is to tell the truth of what the Administration did in the wake of September 11. The Bush Administration launched a war against Iraq, conflating the true tragedy of September 11 with lies about weapons of mass destruction.
“On this, the sixth anniversary of September 11, it is important that Congress wake up to the truth and exercise its obligation under the Constitution to save our nation from being destroyed from the lies that took us into Iraq, the lies that keep us there, the lies that are being used to set the stage for war against Iran and the lies that have undermined our basic civil liberties here at home. The September 11 resolution that Congress considers today should have made reference to those matters. It does not, so I cannot support it.
“This Administration long ago politicized the September 11 attacks, distorted it and dishonored it. If Congress really wanted to honor the memory of those who died on September 11, we would cause the full truth to be told to the American people. If Congress really supported our troops we would bring them home and not provide more funding for the war.”
Monday
TNR Online | Feast of the Wingnuts (1 of 3) (print)
TNR Online | Feast of the Wingnuts (1 of 3) (print) "American politics has been hijacked by a tiny coterie of right-wing economic extremists, some of them ideological zealots, others merely greedy, a few of them possibly insane."
Sunday
Saturday
Melting ice cap triggering earthquakes | Environment | The Guardian
Melting ice cap triggering earthquakes | Environment | The Guardian: "predictions this February by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change far too low. "
Friday
Trying to Glimpse the Future of Iraq
Trying to Glimpse the Future of Iraq: "one of the dirty little secrets about Iraq is that Iraq has increasingly been ethnically cleansed. It's sad to say, but the American Army has presided over the largest ethnic cleansing in the world since the Balkans"
POLITICS: U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat"
POLITICS: U.S. Viewed as Turkey's "Greatest Threat": "Nearly two-thirds of the Turkish public named the United States as their country's greatest future threat, a recent Pew Global Attitudes Project survey has revealed -- the highest percentage of any Middle Eastern or Islamic country polled."
Thursday
Madeleine K. Albright - How To Change Iraq - washingtonpost.com
Madeleine K. Albright - How To Change Iraq - washingtonpost.com: "President Bush could do his part by admitting what the world knows -- that many prewar criticisms of the invasion were on target. Such an admission would be just the shock a serious diplomatic project would need. It would make it easier for European and Arab leaders to help, as their constituents are reluctant to bail out a president who still insists that he was right and they were wrong. Our troops face death every day; the least the president can do is face the truth."
Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq - washingtonpost.com
Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq - washingtonpost.com Have you any idea why they're lying to you?
Wednesday
Nuclear bombs mistakenly flown over US - Yahoo! News
Nuclear bombs mistakenly flown over US - Yahoo! News: "The plane was carrying advanced cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force Base, La." where they are now in position to be launched against Iran.
POLITICS-US: Bush Appointee Campaigns for Evangelicals
POLITICS-US: Bush Appointee Campaigns for Evangelicals: "Evangelicals have been working through the military and government agencies since the Cold War as part of the fight against 'Godless Communism', but they tried to follow certain boundaries' said Chip Berlet, a senior analyst of Political Research Associates in Boston. 'With the Bush administration we've seen many egregious examples of officials stepping way out of line of any kind of boundary, of which this promotional video is a particularly notable example"
Tuesday
In Chertoff's record, shades of politics - Los Angeles Times
In Chertoff's record, shades of politics - Los Angeles Times: If the nominee "is political in nature and susceptible to the importuning of the White House," said Senate Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), "you can be sure that individual would not be confirmed."
Envoy’s Letters Counter Bush on Dismantling of Iraq Army - New York Times "President Bush was told in advance by his top envoy in May 2003 of a plan to “dissolve Saddam’s military and intelligence structures,” a plan that the envoy, Mr. Bremer, said referred to dismantling the Iraqi Army.
Mr. Bremer provided the letters to The New York Times on Monday after reading that Mr. Bush was quoted in a new book as saying that American policy had been “to keep the army intact” but that it “didn’t happen.”
Mr. Bremer provided the letters to The New York Times on Monday after reading that Mr. Bush was quoted in a new book as saying that American policy had been “to keep the army intact” but that it “didn’t happen.”
Sunday
Friday
Lawmakers Describe 'Being Slimed in the Green Zone' - washingtonpost.com
Lawmakers Describe 'Being Slimed in the Green Zone' - washingtonpost.com: "At one point, the three were trying to discuss the state of Iraqi security forces with Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, but the large, flat-panel television set facing the official proved to be a distraction. Rubaie was watching children's cartoons. When Moran asked him to turn it off, Rubaie protested with a laugh and said, 'But this is my favorite television show"
Food demand and climate straining soils - Yahoo! News
Food demand and climate straining soils - Yahoo! News "Sustainable agriculture" isn't just a catchword - it's a reminder to think about what it means that so much of modern agriculture is unsustainable.
Wednesday
The Gavel » Blog Archive » The Cost of the Iraq War So Far…
The Gavel » Blog Archive » The Cost of the Iraq War So Far… The Democrats making believe they had nothing to do with it.
Tuesday
Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen - washingtonpost.com
Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen - washingtonpost.com A little video to go with the audio.
Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations - New York Times
Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations - New York Times: " the largest ring of fraud and kickbacks "
Monday
Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom
Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom Any US Senator that pleads guilty without consulting an attorney earns lifetime membership into the Kakistocracy.
GIs' morale dips as Iraq war drags on - Los Angeles Times
GIs' morale dips as Iraq war drags on - Los Angeles Times: "they feel leaders are out of touch with reality"
Sunday
Thursday
Think Progress » Gen. Batiste’s Op-Ed That The WSJ And The Washington Times Didn’t Want You To See
Think Progress » Gen. Batiste’s Op-Ed That The WSJ And The Washington Times Didn’t Want You To See: "It is disappointing that so many elected representatives of my party continue to blindly support the administration rather than doing what is in the best interests of our country."
Bush to cite Vietnam in defense of Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Bush to cite Vietnam in defense of Iraq - Los Angeles Times: "the disaster is the consequence of going in, not getting out"
Friday
Thursday
Judges Skeptical of State-Secrets Claim - washingtonpost.com
Judges Skeptical of State-Secrets Claim - washingtonpost.com: "At one point, Garre argued that courts are not the right forum for complaints about government surveillance, and that 'other avenues' are available. 'What is that? Impeachment?' Pregerson shot back."
Wednesday
Los Angeles Times: How lawyer navigates sea of secrecy in bizarre case How he navigates? Try blindfolded, without a rudder. Fulminate all you will about our elitist system of justice and its biased decisionmakers - and they are those things - but these Star Chamber proceedings are a qualitative change, and a real threat.
Monday
Jeremy Scahill: The Mercenary Revolution
Jeremy Scahill: The Mercenary Revolution: "the Bush administration has created a shadow army that can be used to wage wars unpopular with the American public but extremely profitable for a few unaccountable private companies"
In Fundraising's Murky Corners - washingtonpost.com
In Fundraising's Murky Corners - washingtonpost.com: "donors who remain largely unaware of where their money goes"
Sunday
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years - New York Times
Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years - New York Times The Cheney-Bush regime wanted all war all the time so whoever comes next will be stuck with the mess.
Human Space Flight (HSF) - Sightings
The Perseid meteor shower will happen early Monday morning.
Here's NASA's Perseid page.
This "Your Sky" application shows what's overhead on a clear night, where to look for constellations & planets. Either select a nearby city or use Google Earth to find your coordinates. Make sure they are in the correct format: Degrees, Minutes & Seconds. Decimal degrees don't work.
Since the Space Shuttle is in orbit, when it's docked to the Space Station it is easy to see. Here is NASA's Java realtime tracking page.
From this link you can find out when to look up & see it.
Click through from state to nearest city. Look in the duration column. The longer the duration, the more likely it is you can see the shuttle.
Keep looking! Keep watching the skies!
Here's NASA's Perseid page.
This "Your Sky" application shows what's overhead on a clear night, where to look for constellations & planets. Either select a nearby city or use Google Earth to find your coordinates. Make sure they are in the correct format: Degrees, Minutes & Seconds. Decimal degrees don't work.
Since the Space Shuttle is in orbit, when it's docked to the Space Station it is easy to see. Here is NASA's Java realtime tracking page.
From this link you can find out when to look up & see it.
Click through from state to nearest city. Look in the duration column. The longer the duration, the more likely it is you can see the shuttle.
Keep looking! Keep watching the skies!
Saturday
Cheney urging strikes on Iran - Yahoo! News One dumb, disastrous, lost war isn't enough for the Cheney-Bush regime.
Think Progress » Right-Wing Media Give Favorable Platform To ‘Another 9/11′ Columnist
Think Progress » Right-Wing Media Give Favorable Platform To ‘Another 9/11′ Columnist Republicans continue praying for another 9/11.
Friday
FT.com / In depth - Republicans ‘caught in a bind’ over Bush
FT.com / In depth - Republicans ‘caught in a bind’ over Bush: "We are caught in a bind,” says a senior staffer on one of the campaigns. “We cannot attack George Bush because we would be punished for disloyalty by the party base. And we cannot endorse him because that would be suicide. So we tip-toe around."
Wednesday
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