Monday's News
IRAQ:
Johns Hopkins study: over 100,000 people have died in invasion, occupation, war (PDF)
Illegality of the war lawsuit presented to the ICC in the Hague
AG, Gonzales, plays semantic games with the definition of torture again
CIA refuses to turn over intel services to Iraqis; docs locked up
CACI gets 50 contracts as "classified domestic contractor" for $100 million

PALESTINE:
Sharon, in typical gesture, changes conditions he already agreed to for prisoner release
Sharon confirms 3 week delay in removing squatters from occupied land in Gaza

NEOCONS:
NSA, Bolton, Hayden, Negroponte and intercepts hidden as "training mission"
Lugar expects Bolton to pass committee on party line vote

9/11:
Gitmo: US flushed Q'ran down toilet to torture POWs

WORLD:
Darfur: video clips from refugee camps (RM)
N Korea: S Korea counters US scare tactics on nuke experiment
Venezuela: Chavez says tax evading oil corps must pay up or get out
BBC refuses to air documentary on Kursk that claims US used MK-48 torpedo to sink sub
England: 20 ton leak of Plutonium/Uranium shuts nuke reprocessing plant

US:
Energy Dept finds bush's Energy Bill will increase foreign oil dependence by 82.9%
Alaska: govt gives unaccredited Christian school, with 37 students, $1 million in 2 years
Material costs for Pharmaceuticals marked up as much as 569,958%
S Carolina: pastor in redneck church told congregation not to vote for Kerry in October
Organic food sales go from $3.57 Billion in 1997 to $14.5 Billion by end of 2005
Corporate welfare: pharmaceuticals get tax break from 35% to 5.25%
Any savings on Medicare pharmaceuticals will be deducted from food stamps
SS: benefits calculator for bush's "progressive indexing" plan

COLORADO:
Grossman needs 18 votes to pass smokefree workplace (SB 207) today; has 15
HB 1122 will make it illegal to have open container in front seat
WH claims exemption from FOIA on identity of fake SS agent who threw out antiwar folks
Independent Media Center website still down after hacking by reichwing
Texas corp wants to drill within 1/2 mile of nuke blast used in stupid 1969 experiment

ELECTIONS:
Bush recount team from Florida in 2000 still owes Abramoff henchmen $314,000
Mexico: Mayor of Mexico City will step down to concentrate on beating Fox for prez

ACTIVISM:
Thursday, May 12 planning meeting for Cheney AFA visit on June 1; J&P, 7PM; 632-6189
May 15 Counting the Cost action nationwide

HUMOR:
Hen's resurrection challenges "Mike, the Headless Chicken" for miracle status
Miss Poppy's anti Hate anointing oil will even keep away the Phelps Klan

Sunday's News
IRAQ:
88 Senators sign Conyers letter demanding answer from bush on secret US/UK deal
9 day death toll reaches 300

AFGHANISTAN:
French intelligence: al-Libbi is "middle level"; not on FBI or State Dept 10 Most Wanted
11 party coalition formed in opposition to Karzai and US occupation

PALESTINE:
Israel intel praises Abbas' security moves in direct opposition to Sharon's tactics
6 arrested as hundreds protest murder of 2 teens for throwing rocks
Greek Orthodox church expels Jerusalem Patriarch over sale of land to zionists

NEOCONS:
32 year veteran of CIA: Bolton interfered over Cuban weapons
War criminals Roger Noriega, Posada, CANF, Foyo, Orlando Bosch, and Cuban policy
Preliminary hearing for Larry Franklin set for May 27
Abramoff was lobbyist for Pakistan while paying for trips there in 1997

WORLD:
20 Marines land in Somalia; other military activity along coast
US military buildup in Pacific continues; B2s and F-15s at Guam, 11 Aegis ships in east Sea;
Colombia hands over 2 US soldiers caught arming reichwing death squads
Sudan: 4,000 run to Uganda to escape LRA after murder of 9

US:
Merck CEO, Gilmartin, resigns after proof he ordered sale team to ignore 55,000 deaths
Eugenics: FDA bars gay men from being sperm donors with excuse of AIDS protection
Governors have 18 months to submit plans to stop mining/logging in 58.5 million acres
Freedom House rates US media 24 of 194 in press freedom
40 quit Baptist church in protest of 9 removed for supporting Kerry and Democrats (RM)
Pat Robertson to Sen. Lautenberg: US judges bigger threat than Afghan "cave dwellers"
Christian Exodus.org moving thousands to SC to establish theocracy 1 state at a time
Idaho: nuke reactor lab has lost 269 computer and disk drives
CIA refuses to release any of Prez Johnson's 1960's PDBs that prove Gulf of Tonkin lies
Transcripts of tapes between Johnson and McNamara proving Gulf of Tonkin BS

TASERS:
Canadian man dies after shot with Taser
Another handcuffed Florida man dies after shot with Taser
New Orleans parole violator dies after tied to "restraint chair" and then Tased
Canadian cops testify they needed Taser because 8 cops couldn't arrest man who died

REAL ID ACT:
REAL ID bill embedded in funding bill, so NO debate, amendments, alternatives
REAL ID requires asylum seekers to prove persecution
REAL ID puts burden of proof on accused; redundant protections, bureaucratic nightmare
REAL ID allows Chertoff to waive ALL laws to secure the borders; strips courts of power
REAL ID exempts ALL border regions from any environmental laws

COLORADO:
Legislature in dark over CIAs $20 million move of agents to Denver from Langley

ELECTIONS:
UK: Galloway re-elected to parliament after being thrown out of Labour Party over Iraq

ACTIVISM:
Planning session for Cheney protest at AFA this Thurs, May 12, 7PM, J&P
Email thank yous to Grossman and McGihon for fight on environmental protections
Petition Gov Owens to sign SB 98 and give employment civil rights to LGBT
Vanguard/Fucus community discussion on homosexuality released in MP3 and video
Voucher discussion by Citizen's Project and Alliance for Quality Public schools (PDF)
Pressure works and MicroSoft reverses stance on gay rights bill
Renewable Energy Access.com

HUMOR:
Miss Poppy's "End Times" gift basket: 2 helmets, compasses, binoculars, duct tape
Miss Poppy's "Turn or Burn" gift basket: SPF 30 Sunscreen and Red Hots candy

Friday's News
IRAQ:
Official Pentagram US KIA will pass 1,600 this weekend
General Karpinski demoted to Colonel, but no other punishment
Bulgarian parliament votes to remove all troops from Iraq
Theft of $96.6 million focusing on Hillah office
Senator says VA doesn't have money to pay for 2 years of promised health care for Vets
Georgia: Son suspended for talking to his mom in Iraq during lunch break (action below)
Graner's kids/ex-wife disappointed in short sentence for "Hannibal Lecter"
Unconfirmed reports from the resistance that Allawi has been killed or wounded

AFGHANISTAN:
112 dead in last month as violence increases in warm weather

PALESTINE:
Fatah wins 52 of 84 councils in vote, but Hamas gains with 24

NEOCONS:
Bolton and Negroponte got NSA wiretaps of UN delegates before war
Senate looking at Bolton violations of Arms Export Control Act to Israel
Zoelick and WH working hard to protect puppet from unanimous Darfur Accountability bill
AIPAC spies, Weissman and Rosen, likely to be indicted with Larry Franklin
Israeli embassy political head will resign over Larry Franklin connection

9/11:
Democracy Now interview with translator at Gitmo (text/MP3/RM)

WORLD:
Holland: judge rules when bush visits this weekend he will not be arrested for war crimes
Venezuela: Chavez says 2 US soldiers with 32,000 bullets in Colombia is tip of iceberg
Azerbaijan will double oil through Russian pipeline in 2005

US:
NC Baptist church forces out anyone who voted for Kerry or Dems; repent of get out
FDA tested AIDS drugs on foster kids in 7 states without protections of fed and state laws
US Nuclear weapons; how many and what do they cost; $17.6 Billion/year (Flash)
Spokane: Mayor caught in pedophile scandal, but says he'll stay in office
Biostitutes (biology prostitutes) and their corporate pimps with fuzzy math on pollution
Junior opens 58.5 million acres to roads, drilling, mining, destruction, exploitation

COLORADO:
Junior opens 3.4 million previously protected acres to road building
Progress Now calls for investigation of Fucus political work and tax status violations
Cheney in state Monday to stump for Musgrave; claims he doesn't support homophobia
Bill protecting gay workers from discrimination, SB 28, goes to Gov
State joins 44 others in sending "Preferred Drug List" to Gov to sign
Garfield County could top 1,000 drilling permits in 2005
Wildlife Commission votes to accept migrating Wolves from Yellowstone

ELECTIONS:
England: Blair wins 3rd term, but Tories gain 31 seats and Lib Dems 10
England: 20,000 mail in ballots missing in Birmingham

DELAY CORRUPTION:
Senators Smith and Cole will recuse themselves from DeLay ethics investigation
DeLay pimped for Bacardi in copywrite suit after $40,000 donation
Bill introduced to stop "revolving door" tighter controls on lobbying
Hastert will look at changing rules on lobbyist donation and graft
5 GOP took trip to Ireland paid for by lobbyists; laundered through non-profit NGO
12 in congress have taken 360 trips on 30 corporate jets since 2001

ACTIVISM:
Mothering Mother Earth Fair, Acacia Park, SATURDAY, May 7, 11AM
Petition Colorado Senate to pass SB 207 and protect all workers from smoke
Petition Bacardi and RJR to stop funding DeLay's defense
Petition congress to pass HR 550 for paper trial and open code on eVote machines
Dem's ad on bush, DeLay, and Frist to run in USA Today
Petition Colorado House reps NOT to roll back Clean Air Act protections
Petition Senate to OPPOSE "nuclear option" and stack judiciary with reichwing activists
Online eBay auction to benefit "Tobacco Free Kids" campaign
People for American Way letter of support for Salazar in fight against Fucus/Dobson
Email principal of Spencer HS about suspending boy for talking to mom in Iraq
Spencer HS website is down from traffic overload, but here's the emails for staff

HUMOR:
Fred-X offers to fly congress anywhere they deliver (with some restrictions)
Miss Poppy's car air freshener for dyslexic Christians "DOG is My Co-pilot"

Thursday's News
IRAQ:
Judge throws out Lynndie's guilty plea, declares mistrial after Graner's intervention
Army produced "how to" manual on IEDs in 1987, in Arabic, with message from saddam
Italian minister: US whitewash of attempted murder of Sgrena: "clearly a lie"
Turkey massing 10,000 commando troops on border with Iraq
No charges against Marine who murdered unarmed, wounded man, 2 others
Missing reconstruction cash reaches $96.6 million

AFGHANISTAN:
al-Libbi, claimed to be #3 in al-qaeda, captured in Pakistan
Tillman "gross negligence" friendly fire known and kept from family

PALESTINE:
2 more boys murdered for throwing rocks at tanks
IOF soldier sentenced to 4 months of unpaid service for infanticide of 3 year old
Documentary on British colonial crap in WWI that led to present Palestinian war (RM)
84 municipals elections today are referendum on Fatah vs Hamas

NEOCONS:
Larry Franklin faces 10 years for spying; 83 classified docs found in search
Criminal complaint and arrest warrant for Larry Franklin (PDF)
CIA weapons analyst: "jarred" by Bolton wanting man fired for NOT lying about Cuba

9/11:
Griffin speech on conspiracy of attack replayed Sat. May 7, 12:30 PM (WMV)

WORLD:
Ethiopia: UN warns 300,000 children will die from malnutrition this year
Exxon/Mobil funds 40 "public policy" groups claiming global warming is bad science
Latest ocean measurements: sea level has risen 1.25 inches in last 10 years
Georgia: bush will visit May 10 to announce regime changes in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Colombia: nationals also busted with 2 US soldiers in arms deal for reichwing death squads

US:
Army misses April recruiting goal by 42%
NSA agent that uncovered Chinese spy at DIA, fired after urging congress to protect him
Rocky Mountain INDY Media website among those hacked around the world

HEALTH INSURANCE:
US spends $1.7 Trillion/year, or 15.5% of GDP in health insurance, but 45 million without
Real cost of lack of health insurance for 45 million in US (Flash)
In 39 states, 10% are uninsured; in another 8 states 20%

COLORADO:
Smoke free workplace (SB 207) goes back to Senate battle on 37-28 vote
SEC investigating Qwest stock trades in middle of antitrust criminal purchase of MCI
GOP cries foul as hate crimes expanded to include LGBT and disabled
GOP scuttles "Ward Churchill" academic freedom bill 35-30
Durango paper subpoenaed for murder scene photos after cops fail to take any
1,100 acres up for oil/gas auction outside Dinosaur Monument on May 12
Telluride "oil and gas 101" is standing room only after town learns it's 7 of 63 for drilling

ELECTIONS:
Abramoff paid expenses for 2 Dems along with 2 DeLay staffers
Complete list and resources on all Abramoff's corrupt influence from JackInTheHouse.org
England: lapdog, Blair: document has "nothing new"; same old conspiracy, lies, corruption

ACTIVISM:
Mothering Mother Earth Fair Saturday, May 7, Acacia park, 11AM
Cheney will give Air Force commencement address June 1
Coverage of "1500 Lies" counter recruitment march (photos)
Call/email Governor Owens to support SB 207 smokefree workplace (303-866-2885)
Latest memo leak is impeachable offense, says Greg Palast
Cover the Uninsured Week.org
3 of 5 corps targeted with email action will stop funding DeLay defense fund
Petition Frist/DeLay to oppose Robertson statement that judges worse than hijackers
Petition Hastert to appoint a special council to investigate DeLay
Eavesdropping on fiber optic cable is possible and so is quantum cryptography
Petition Exxon/Mobile to reveal payments to Indonesia protection racket
18,000 in annual "March of the Living" from Auschwitz to Birkinau

HUMOR:
Fair and Balanced report on the media this week
Bush announces he will have his head examined