Monday's News
IRAQ:
VA:
12,500 troops, or 17% treated for PTSD symptoms; women twice men's rate
Australia:
Medical Assoc for Prevention of War tells DM not to send troops: DU
"Government
has not lifted a finger to get back $50 million Custer Battles defrauded"
Troops
face illegal foreclosures, evictions, repossessions while in Iraq
Sgrena's
rescuer assassinated for knowledge of bush sr., CIA, and saddam
PALESTINE:
Israel
parliament backs Sharon; votes not to have referendum on Gaza withdrawal
Israel
raids Jenin; arrests 8-10
NEOCONS:
Deputy Sec'y State, Armitage,
and CIA Heroin/Cocaine trafficking for Raygun/bush
WORLD:
Caspian
Sea: BP selling more assets after 2002 and 2003 sales of Kashagan Field
Egypt:
3,000 protest govt; 45 Muslim Brotherhood arrested for "possession of
books"
Sudan:
Total's oil monopoly at stake as $400 million development deal signed
US:
VA:
Dallas VA hospital nation's worst; "fully unsatisfactory"; "no effort
to improve"
Second
Hand Smoke linked causally to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Florida:
TV reporter made $100,000 from Jeb contract with state for propaganda
Private schools exempt
from NCLB provision to give military recruiters info on students
COLORADO:
DeGette
Stem Cell bill will go to floor vote in house
Refining
16% of gas cost; crude price is 52%; Fed tax 18.4¢; Colorado state
tax 22¢
Even Allard condemns
Friday news dump memo to absolve all AFA officers of rape
Canada opting
out of Star Wars changes NORAD's options
ELECTIONS:
MNBA,
Wal-Mart, Exxon, Credit Suisse, Wachovia, Bank of America all bought legislation
Pro Israel PACS and 2004
contributions totaling $2,218,405
Zimbabwe:
archbishop calls for peaceful revolution before rigged parliamentary "election"
Zimbabwe:
80% unemployment fuels Mugabe opposition in urban areas
KYRGYSTAN:
Bakiev
recognizes parliament as legitimate in appeasement gesture
Parliament
recognizes Bakiev and PM; old parliament suspends work
Ambassador's policy plan
to interfere in elections to remove Russian influence
ACTIVISM:
People Judge Bush.org; support
war crimes charges
Troops Out Now.org May Day rally
Westboro
flyer says April 30-May 2 rally in Springs; website says not; stay tuned
Topeka newspaper archives
on Phelps and Westboro
Without Delay.org petition
for DeLay to resign immediately from congress
Greg Palast
BBC report on Iraq Oil plan before 9/11 (QT)
National Conference for
Media Reform in St. Louis, May 13-15
Progressive Principles Project.com
HUMOR:
Painting:
GOP recommendation for Terri Schiavo
In rare public appearance,
god tells DeLay, "I'm not taking smiting off the table"
Congress
on a roll: acquits Whacko Jacko; fines coach for putting boy in right
field
Sunday's News
IRAQ:
Peshmerga
will join Iraqi army, but remain under Kurdish control
ACLU:
1,200 docs delayed over proof troops told to "beat the fu*k out of" POWs
Synopsis
of Palast's report on 323 page plan for Iraq's oil before 9/11
PALESTINE:
Sharon reiterates
bush support for expanding "Israeli population centers" in WB
9/11:
New
details on FBI help for 160 Saudis in Vegas, Orlando, LA, R.I. after attacks
Gitmo
POW convicted without evidence; "US has known for 2 years that he's innocent"
Noam
Chomsky lecture at Edinburgh U: "Illegal, but legitimate" (RM)
CIA torture
jet made 600 flights to 40 countries; prisoners given sedative suppositories
WORLD:
Krygystan: secret
memo from US: US destabilized to keep China from hydroelectric power
Kyrgystan:
rival parliaments meet in capital; OSCE: June 26 too early for elections
Iran:
under Shah, Wolfie, Rummy, Cheney, Westinghouse, GE, supported nukes
Iran: US
closes S American spy shop chasing Iranians to use resources elsewhere
Haiti: soldier
claims he was asked to assassinate Aristide's ex PM, Neptune
Pakistan:
feds uncover US nuke equipment sales laundered through black market
Pakistan: IAEA demands
centrifuge parts for analysis of Pak/Iran nuke connection
Bhutan:
new 34 article constitution makes 2 party democracy from monarchy
US:
DeLay
pulled plug on his braindead father; "wouldn't have wanted to live that
way"
Missouri:
new coal-fired plant will pollute Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
7
fired women sue CIA, for "pillow talk" and "no perceptible underwear"
Bank
of America and Wachovia double minimum payment now that bankruptcy bill
passed
HS probe:
TSA lied to public, congress, media on intel gathered on airline customers
6 energy corps
form new lobby to overturn regulations on pollution and antitrust
COLORADO:
Fort
Carson's 5,200 strong 3rd ACR begins "crossing the berm" into Iraq from
Kuwait
8,000
Safeway workers approve contract 65-35%
Spring's
ballot Issue 200 on council need for voters permission for convention center
CC's
"Race Matters" April symposia start Wednesday
Larry
Randall letter on smoke free workplace bull
ACTIVISM:
"How
Can We End This War" panel with IVAW, GSFP, Naomi Klein, IPS, AIPA (RM);
80,000 march
for democratic reforms in Bahrain
April is month
of action against Coca-Cola for crimes in Columbia and India
Obit
for leading Denver civil rights advocate for Hispanics and LGBT
HUMOR:
Freudians conclude osama attacked
out of fear of large phallic objects
Photo:
God speaks to george "Burning" Bush
Photo:
Bush speaks to the people
Saturday's News
IRAQ:
Sgrena:
not on airport road, shot from behind after passing "Green Zone" security
Autopsy
by family of slain Iraqi scientist shows blunt force trauma; Army investigates
400,000
reservists offered military healthcare for 8 years, IF they stay in reserves
Parliament
will reconvene Tuesday to nominate and/or elect leaders
DU test with rats under
stress: kidney damage, motor dysfunction, low Dopamine levels
35,000 of
100,000 Vets had VA benes delayed 2 months
AFGHANISTAN:
Pentagram:
21 troops could face murder charges in deaths of 27 POWs;
PALESTINE:
EU:
new squat building "contravenes the commitment" to the roadmap for peace
Israel: we'll partially
fulfill 1 contract in 50 years, but US has to pay for it; $500 million
2 of 6 squats in
Samaria will stay
NEOCONS:
Scott Ritter: neocons
are "godless parasites" feeding on GOP
WORLD:
Sudan:
UN finally votes to send 10,700 peacekeepers to Darfur after 180,000 killed
Pakistan:
US arms proliferation to dictators continues with sale of F-16s to Musharraf
Kyrgystan:
acting prez says elections in June; ousted prez says he'll be back
US:
Nutcase
advocates truck bomb for Schiavo hospice; website down while he's "traveling"
California:
3 labor unions sue to stop Governator's state paid propaganda fake news
Junior's
poll numbers slip closer to true representation of support: 43%
IMAX Volcano producer:
10-15 theaters are 20% of documentary market
Jeb sends
state police to remove Schiavo; local cops enforce judge's order
Wal-Mart
board vice chair, 2 others fired for stealing, Enron accounting
Texas
refinery had fire in same area day before blast
SOCIAL SECURITY:
Date
when SS receipts and payments don't match moves back from 2015 to 2017
Exhaustion
date for Medicaid trust fund worse by 6 years due to 2003 changes (PDF)
Vermont:
teachers pension fund votes to stop investment firms and piratization
Texas
state teacher's pension fund $11 Billion short of assets
COLORADO:
Portland,
Oregon's cop watch head takes job for citizen's oversight board
Friday
news dump on Easter: AFA head, Teets' memo: no punishment for rapes
EP County: Bruce wants
developers to pay fees up front for schools, roads, "impact"
Gazette
coverage of 2 after Radford's seat on council
Randall
letter on smoke free workplaces and mixed messages to kids
ELECTIONS:
Complete biography of Bush sr:
Bay of Pigs, Saudis, Nazis, Raygun attempted coup
GAO
will investigate latest cog in state run media, Gallagher; paid by WH
ACTIVISM:
Indiana
Fed court rules "free speech zone" unconstitutional for state visits
Peace Not Poverty.org's March 30
write in action on anniversary of King's Vietnam sermon
Email/call Charleston IMAX on refusal
to play Volcano due to evolution (843-725-4631)
Taipei:
hundreds of thousands march against China's threats on sovereignty
Email
Senators to reject radical judge, Terrance Boyle on 4th circuit bench
10,000
march in opposition to Musharraf
Truth in Labeling.org
CU
activists, SAFER, seek same rules for pot and booze
HUMOR:
Movie Poster:
"George Bush, the Low Wage Empire" starring DeLay and Frist
Movie
Poster: "Soylent Greenspan"
Friday's News
IRAQ:
FOIA
reveals British AG first decided it was "war of aggression" and NOT legal
British
NHS: psych treatment better than drugs or "debriefing" for PTSD
Parliament
will not meet until Monday at earliest; govt may take a another week
PALESTINE:
Documentary
on USS Liberty, attacked for 2 hours during "6 Day War", by Israel (RM)
US
will "allow" Israel to keep some WB squats
NEOCONS:
Larry Franklin back
at work; he and AIPAC spies may cop plea to "transfer of information"
9/11:
Internal
watchdog for HS fired for finding problems, telling truth
WORLD:
HRW: Ethiopian Army
raping, torturing, killing; 425 Anuak dead in attacks
Mosaic TV (QT)
Book: Hitler got citizen's support with
tax cuts, social programs, perks for troops, vanity
Germany:
Cancer Center demands ban on tobacco additives like urea, ammonia, menthol
Canada:
2 cops charged with assault for Tasering woman in her jail cell
Nepal: Army admits
punishing 100 troops for abuse in last 3 years; 11,000 dead
15.5% of scientists
asked by funders to change research to match agenda and products
KYRGYSTAN:
"Tulip
Revolution" frees political prisoners; 1,000 US troops outside capital
Profiles
on leaders of "Tulip Revolution"
Parliament
installs new leadership; looting as cops run
US:
2
groups take credit for "attack" on Texas refinery; FBI says no evidence
Crude inventory 8% above
2004 (excluding SPR); 7.5% more gas; price up 100%
Ohio Edison (First Energy) settles
for $1.1 Billion in Clean Air Act violations
31%
in NSTA survey of 1,050 science teachers feel pressured to teach creationism
Researcher who
claimed 17% of grades 2-5 had ADHD, fired for "scientific misconduct"
Florida:
24 students Tased in 18 months; in cuffs, going to funeral, multiple shots
Junior
signs law to continue investigation of CIA and nazi war criminals
Judge
Greer at center of Schiavo case, is conservative, churchy, republicon
House
will allow floor vote on relaxing regs on Stem Cell research
Student
allowed back in class after publishing photo of principal smoking on net
COLORADO:
Gazette coverage of Westboro
counter protest (photo)
Brazill and Lewis
letters on climate and Westboro
Activist's
letters take on Gazette's stand on smoke free workplace
Long list of unsolved
murders in Colorado Springs
Developers again
buying Spring's election results and access
Whitworth memorium
for Hide n' Seek
Sec'y
State reveals voter reforms: paper trail, BUT 2010 to upgrade; no re-registration
CU
report: Churchill protested by 1st Amendment; will be investigated for plagiarism
ACLU
claims Denver not keeping promise of deadly force, serious injury reports
Bill to
protect wildlife on highways ends up roadkill in committee
ELECTIONS:
Florida:
FEMA money after hurricane flooded in "like Christmas" to help "re-election"
Guckert: fake
reporter, fake news agency, now: fake Marine; no military record
NewMax caught lying
about CER taking $7.5 million from Soros to fight DeLay
ACTIVISM:
Photos, video,
audio of Ft. Bragg March 19 rally in Fayetteville, NC (MP3, AVI, RM)
United for Peace
and Justice's 20 proposed tactics/strategies for antiwar movement
UFCW Petition to stop
GMA from promoting Wal-Mart lies; 70% of product from overseas
ABC news prez, Westin's email, to
write about Wal-Mart and "Only in America" segment
MoveON.org
letter to editor form to stop GOP from "nuclear option" to fill S Court
Antiwar activist
covertly hangs own antiwar art on major NY galleries
PETA's latest
action against Ringling Brother Circus in font of WH
HUMOR:
Greg Palast
on the impact on Fox News and WH if we unplug braindead Americans
Bush
unveils new program: "No Child Left Behind at Recess"
White House evacuated after Condi
smiles at school tour and children traumatized
Thursday's
News
IRAQ:
Top
3 generals knew of secret "ghost" POWs and CIA secret flights
Tonight, 8PM
(MDT), Talk Star Radio 4 hour show on Depleted Uranium
6,100
more involuntarily called up in IRR after Army misses recruitment goal again
Claim of 85
killed disputed by 30-40 still at camp; no one captured; no one at hospitals
PALESTINE:
Arab League: 1967
borders; E Jerusalem as capital, 1948 UN Res on right of return
Israel rules 31 reactor
workers can't prove cancer was caused by radiation
9/11:
Human
Rights First calls for full investigation of CIA torture "renditions"
Video: "9/11, Fear, and the Selling of the
American Empire" (RM)
Updated docs on FOIA demand for confiscated
videos of Flight 77 at Pentagon
WORLD:
Kyrgystan: "Tulip Revolution":
prez resigns, runs from capitol after activists take HQ
Kyrgystan:
"prez" at Russian airbase outside capital
Annan's
son paid $300,000 secretly by Swiss corp in oil-for-food corruption
48th person
dies of Avian Flu as pandemic worries increase
Russia:
Chechen "warlord" killed in battle was wearing US Marine dogtags; Ricin found
Nicaragua: buyer of SAM-7
was paid $1,000 by CIA; planned in embassy with ambassador
Canada: annual
baby seal slaughter begins: 320,000 for fur coats is year's goal
US:
USA
Next attacks AARP to get membership for competing org: United Seniors Assoc
SB 5113 would allow collection
of rainwater for use on property, is now is illegal
California:
coroner rules Taser and coke and exertion all caused heart attack
TSA sued on behalf
of 20,000 on "no Fly List"
Less
than 3% checked on "No Fly List" when entering US
Captain
and 4 Drill Sergeants charged with abusing recruits
Another
conveniently timed refinery blast kills 14
3rd
largest refinery makes 3.1% of nations gas; gas futures rise 2.26 cents for
April
Dept
of Ag and EPA kept GM corn in US food supply secret for 3 months
Florida: GOP panel
passes bill against "leftist totalitarianism" by "dictator professors"
COLORADO:
122 voters
in 47 counties investigated for voter fraud
Reichwing
GOP slam Owens for budget compromise with Dems
Pentagram
restores $40 million to start destroying 780,000 chem weapons in Pueblo
COSMIX timeline revealed
Adelphia
will pay $725 million to SEC for cooking books; customers will get screwed
ELECTIONS:
E
St. Louis: 5 Democrats indicted for vote fraud by feds
ACTIVISM:
Email for Fox21 KRXM prez to ask if fake news
reports are carried on station (596-2100)
Email KRDO prez to ask if bush's fake
news reports are accepted by station (575-6234)
Email FCC to demand full investigation
of fake news by bush administration
Email
Senators to demand an exit strategy from Iraq
Email congress to
stop grandstanding and pandering on Schiavo case
Email state legislators to support smoke
free workspaces for all workers in state
HB1162,
Appliance Efficiency, on Owens' desk; call, tell him to sign it (303-866-2471)
CSU
students get signatures for ballot issue: pot penalties same as booze
International Fund for
Animal Welfare.org
Call
for boycott of Canadian seafood products until baby Harp Seal slaughter stopped
HUMOR:
Stocks down after Greenspan
runs out on check at Sizzler; seen as bearish move
Texas
outdoes Colorado "Super Slab" with "Pave Texas" project
McCain
admits selling soul to Satan's Monkey at "Pretending We Give A Shit" rally
Wednesday's
News
IRAQ:
Shia's
and Kurds say they have a deal; Prez Talibani, speaker Sunni, Shia Interior/Finance
Parliament
will convene Saturday to elect Prez, speaker, decide territories
Kurds
get oil ministry and foreign affairs; Allawi role up in the air
Italian cops
barred from examining Sgrena's bullet riddled car by US embassy
PALESTINE:
House passes ONLY $200 million
aid package after DeLay and AIPAC intervene
Greek Orthodox
treasurer that sold Arab land to zionists, charged in Greece with theft
Israeli intel
admits PA stopping militants as Tulkarm is turned over
3-5,000 women sold into
prostitution in 4 years for $8-10,000 in Israel
NEOCONS:
Wolfie at World Bank will add incompetence
to neocon global industrialism
Roger Noriega
outlines US imperialism in Venezuela for the foreseeable future
9/11:
Gitmo
POW claims osama escaped Tora Bora
FBI
report: intel gathered from torturing Gitmo POWs "suspect at best"
Vidcap of smoke
at base of WTC immediately before collapse
Video
(digital zoom) of smoke before WTC collapse (528 kb WMV)
WORLD:
Mosaic TV
England:
4th study finds GM crops harmful to wildlife
Switzerland:
biotech firm admits it "mistakenly" sold GM corn to US; too late now
US:
AARP
launches TV ads in 210 markets to stop "destruction" of Social Security
Schiavo:
poll shows 70% think congress in Persistent Legislative State
Madison,
Wisconsin police chief will reluctantly announce Taser policy changes next week
Kansas: Behind
the flat earthers in the science classes: SpongeBRAIN Dobson
GAO:
46 states used 44% of Tobacco money to shore up budgets; 20% on healthcare
Study
of 70 houses in 7 states finds 35 toxic industrial chemicals in household dust
Inflation
spiral continues; Greenspan raises prime to 2.75; stocks fall again
3rd Circuit
Court rules requiring DNA sample from prisoners on probation is legal
Labor: add "unemployed"
16-65 to "not in labor force" = 21.2% unemployed
IMAX
theaters in Georgia, Texas, and the Carolinas refuse Volcano movie with evolution
ACLU and American
Conservative Union join to fight Patriot Act provisions
COLORADO:
750
activists give lawmakers Super Slap on eminent domain; Slab postponed indefinitely
Senator
Hagedorn (D-Aurora) will only vote for indoor air bill if it's on ballot
Salazar
does not rule out governors race in 2006; no plans, but...
Estes
Park recalls trustee 903-605 for not standing for pledge and saying "under god"
2
women barred from bush rally; "ID'd" somehow; Secret Service claims no involvement
Issue 2A on keeping $1.9
million to repair Prospect Lake in Springs
ELECTIONS:
Sec'y
of Ed, Tori Spelling, hints at some possible flexibility in NCLB; if we clean
our plates
ACTIVISM:
Tom Kertes analyses rhetoric
and tactics of left in press releases, announcements
Petition
congress on nomination of mining lobbyist, anti environmentalist, Myers, to bench
Media analysis on reporting
the March 19 protests, and activist fatigue
Daily DeLay Blog.com for the latest
on this corrupt idiot
Email
oil CEOs to join boycott of any company that drills in ANWR
Tuscon: mother/daughter
arrested for egging bush; "Young Democrat" barred (photo)
1
Billion people lack clean water on UN's World Water Day
IMAX corporate email address for the evolving controversy
over movie bans
HUMOR:
The Truth About
SpongeBob SquarePants animation starring junior fishbait himself
Cartoon: Commander
and Thief signs Schiavo bill
Photo: Bush clarifies
his personal religious beliefs
Krispy Kreme calls congress hearings on doughnut abuse in NBA "Witch Hunt"
Tuesday's
News
IRAQ:
Shia's get 16-17 ministries, Kurds get 7-8 in new government
Video: Greg Palast report on secret
plans to steal Iraqi oil made before 9/11 (RM)
PALESTINE:
PA:
zionist thieves in E Jerusalem will "close door to peace" with 3,500 more squats
PA
saved $30 million/month in clampdown on corruption, kickbacks, graft in 2004
NEOCONS:
Background on Negroponte's war
crimes in Honduras
Budget
has $181 million for new building for Negroponte's new death squad
9/11:
Goss
censors report on intel failure on 9/11 to hide names of guilty
S
Court rules Constitution out: Moussaoui cannot call 3 witnesses to his defense
WORLD:
Kyrgystan:
"Tulip Revolution" continues; cops hide; 15,000 march; 2nd city liberated
Turkey: US ambassador quits/fired
for Syrian remarks
Russia: ex-chief
of foreign intel: US using terrorism as excuse to steal oil in Iraq/Caspian
England: 2,000 Vets sacked
for being too wounded to fight
Haiti:
3 killed as UN and Aristide supporters battle
IMAX in Birmingham, England showing "T-REX, Back
to the Cretaceous" (blasphemers!)
UN:
biggest shakeup in 60 years would add 6 members to Security Council
US:
EPA
hid Harvard study they paid for finding Mercury 100 times more dangerous
$2
million lawsuit over Taser death; charges improper multiple shots
IMAX
theaters in some areas ban nature films with evolution content for fundiNAZIS
Stocks
lower 4th of 5 days on economic reality; gas futures reach record levels
Mystery
continues over 2 labs that confirmed Anthrax at Pentagram, where it wasn't
Secret
commission investigates CIA for spying on Americans in US and lying to FBI
SCHIAVO:
GOP
Schiavo memo: "pro-life base will be excited...tough issue for Democrats"
DeLay rammed through $14.9 Billion
cut in Medicaid and SCHIP that would effect Schiavo
Mr.
Schiavo: DeLay is "little slithering snake" using dead wife to pander for votes
Frist's
medical tort deform would top settlements like Schiavo's
Gov
bush's bill (section 166.039) making parents third in decision to unplug, Drs
1st
Judge refuses
to put feeding tube back in brain dead woman
COLORADO:
State GOP elects reichwing,
Shaffer, for chair; causes infighting immediately
Recall
vote today for Estes Park trustee that won't recite pledge "under god"
Recall
group didn't file donation disclosures; "violated campaign finance laws"
Catholic group
opposes morning after, "Plan B" pill for rape victims
Glenwood
Chamber: "majority of resturants/bars nonsmoking...wouldn't be detrimental"
Springs council whines,
but doesn't censure Gallagher for corrupt conflict of interest
ELECTIONS:
Orlando,
Florida mayor suspended for buying votes, recall elections coming
Indiana passes
toughest voter ID bill in country in attempt to keep people from voting
Kansas: same
sex marriage ban money pours in: KofC: $100,000; Dobson $23,063
ACTIVISM:
Petition
on paper trail voter reform (SB05-198) to Colorado Senators Hanna and Jones
Petition to stop
shrimping in upper California Gulf until resource management plan adopted
Petition to stop
Noranda Corp from building Aluminum smelter in Chile's Patagonia
Campus AntiWar.net coalition of university
groups nationwide
Cinemark/IMAX email for comments
on banning nature shows with evolution content
Email
legislators to support "Clean Indoor Air Act" to protect workers from smoke
HUMOR:
Bush diary: "Eye-talian
jernilist we shot was commie rat"
Senate votes to pull plug on brain dead republicons