Monday's News
IRAQ:
Estimate of true
number of US KIA is 7,000-9,000; 6,210 died in Germany or in route
C-SPAN
video of Amnesty call for investigation of Rummy, Gonzales, "Architects
of torture"
11
British soldiers under investigation for war crimes for beating POW
to death
4 convictions
add to 7 on Iraq death row; hangings start next month
Thom
Hartmann interview with George Galloway (text, audio)
37 recruiters
are AWOL; GI Hotline got 32,000 calls from troops trying to avoid Iraq
Dr. McDermott
(D-Wa) introduces bill, with 21 co-sponsors, to study Depleted Uranium
PALESTINE:
National Security
Council: Israel will occupy Gaza towns during withdrawal
NEOCONS:
WH doesn't
release NSA docs cause they show spying on US citizens
AIPAC's Rosen
and Weissman will be indicted for spying under Espionage Act
WORLD:
Romania:
General fired for revealing US will station troops near Black Sea
Kosovo: map and assessment
of 112 sites where Depleted Uranium was used
Sudan:
arrest ordered for head of Doctors Without Borders for report on 500
rapes
Georgia:
Agreement reached to pull out 2 Russian bases by 2008
UK ID
Card scheme costs triple estimate: £300 per card ($546) or £18
Billion
UZBEKISTAN:
Military
flew out dead bodies at night on 18 flights to hide massacre
Dozens more
activists arrested in continuing crack down on dissent
Cotton
farmers can't own land; must sell to govt blow market; strict quotas
McCain
leads Senate delegation in calling for investigation of massacre
US:
IMF:
US deficit threat to global economy; SS piratization is more deficit
Ohio teen
dies after Taser shot for acting "strange" in horse pasture with shirt
off
2
years since Feds decided 16 Illinois elephants were mistreated; activists
fight owners
Atlanta goes with Ethanol
for Clean Air Act regs; $300 million market for farmers
US MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS:
15
F-117, stealth bombers, deployed to Korea follows B-2s in Guam, Aegis
in East Sea
Pentagram
on F117 deployment: "deterrent posture"
COLORADO:
Harpers story
on Haggard, New life Baptist, National Association of Evangelicals,
bush
Chaplain Morton,
AFA, and the "cross-pollination of local evangelical groups"
Rape counselor arrest
warrant not just violation of medical privacy; military/civilian issue
ConAgra will
pay $14 million fine for lies about earnings and sales by Greeley subsidiary
Merrifield
will reintroduce renter's rights bill after slum lord lobby rejects
amendments
Restoration
of Camp Hale, Eagle River forks, and wetlands will cost $2-4 million
ELECTIONS:
France:
56% vote against EU constitution; Chirac shakeup begins; Euro slides
France:
PM, Raffarin, expected to be the first to go in Chirac cabinet shakeup
ACTIVISM:
Cheney
protest Wednesday, June 1 Air Force Academy north gate
Film: "The Corporation"
Penrose Library, June 14, 5:50 pm; Chomsky, Friedman, Moore
Las Vegas: 150 protest immigration summit
Korea:
thousands march though Seoul to US base and US embassy; want military
out
HUMOR:
Bush: "Asleep
at the Wheel" (Flash)
Cartoon: The 800
Pound Gorilla: AIPAC
Landover
Baptist slams "pervert" George Lucas' new Jar Jar Binks candy
Sunday's News
IRAQ:
Bombing
of Iraq in August of 2002 in attempt to goad saddam into starting war
Photo of tank (now
removed) from Marine Corps website, cause of all the yelling
Calendar of 1,730 US dead
in Iraq
PALESTINE:
IOF
kills 2; 1 with stick; 1 unarmed, bled to death after ambulances refused
entrance
PA
recruiting 5,000 more for Gaza security before August "planned" withdrawal
Canada
promises $9.5 million to PA
NEOCONS:
Posada's
roll in Nicaragua supplying Contras for bush/Raygun October Surprise
Even GOP
wants to curb Negroponte's dominion over Pentagram's 80% control of spies
WORLD:
Exxon
predicts Peak Oil of NON-OPEC oil reserves in 5 years (try 10 years ago)
Uzbekistan:
US armed and trained troops that massacred civilians in streets
Saudi
Arabia: power struggle between reformists and old guard after Fahd's death
Spain:
talks between Zapatero and ETA Basques separatists depends on disarming
Nepal: "king"
bans nationwide FM radio
Peru: Activist
priest stops Amazon logging permits with lawsuit
US nukes
UN's Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty meeting
US MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS:
Some
of 5 US warships deployed, going to Med; "not regularly scheduled deployment"
13th MEU
practiced coastal landing in California before "emergency" deployment
Syria:
Assad's younger brother set to be US' fascist despot after regime change
US:
Utah to test state fish
for Mercury after 2 found near Moab with high levels
10
facts why $50 oil destroys Greenspan's theories of economic recovery
Analysis of
Nixon's great default on debt with the gold standard and it's present
effect
"Crystal City 2" address of
CIA, DIA, Carlyle Group, CACI, SAIC, Titan, URS, 300 others
ELECTIONS:
Census Bureau:
125.7 million claim they voted in 2004; ONLY 122.3 million votes tabulated
Illinois: GOP
howls at voter registration bill; claims voter fraud
ACTIVISM:
Films:
TODAY, 4pm, 1st Congregational: "Cost of War", "Operation Dire Distress"
PPJPC Peace Camp Garage Sale TODAY
(last day) 1-6pm; 517 N Nevada
June 1
protest of Cheney at AFA commencement; 7:30 am, north gate
Photos from
Condi protest in San Francisco
Abu Ghraib
torture photo re-enacted for Condi; halts speech
March 24, 2005; Westboro Baptist protest photos
Conyers petition
to force bush to address "Downing Street Memos" on faking war intel
GreenPeace's Project Thin Ice.org
HUMOR:
Cartoon:
Mothers in US and Iraq (caution: rude language)
al-Jazeera claims
saddam underwear photos faked; releases authentic photos
The
Doorman oF Kabul
Saturday's News
IRAQ:
Abu Ghraib POW shot
and killed after being taken to medical facility
OF 6,000 objectors,
150 have fled to Canada (video interview)
Roll Call of who
voted for Woolsey amendment for exit timetable from Iraq
300
Filipinos on strike against Halliburton over working conditions at US base
Waxman
introduces bill to form congressional committee to investigate torture
Latest
documentary on Depleted Uranium: "Poison Dust"
AFGHANISTAN:
Karzai gets
assurances on permanent US bases in country to prop up his regime
Income tax of 10% imposed;
20% on corporations; 20% property tax
PALESTINE:
224,000 unemployed;
less than 50% of men, less than 10% of women 40% 15-24 y.o.
Israel propaganda
training website; speech by Bill Kristol and prez of national press club
NEOCONS:
WH
refuses to give up 10 NSA intercepts Bolton used; Thune wants another nominee
McCain
supports WH turning over NSA docs to break block of Bolton nomination
WORLD:
Darfur:
Annan claims humanitarian situation has improved; $300 million pledged for
AU
Uzbekistan:
HRW calls for investigation of massacre and coverup
Chertoff
wants British and US biometric ID Cards to have same chip; access
HRW
calls on Kyrgystan to protect Uzbek refugees and provide asylum
Iraq
and Philippines most dangerous places for journalists since November
Congo: 6,000 refugees
run after massacre and kidnappings
US
pouring soldiers and money into Algeria and Nigeria to prop up oil despots
US:
15 F-117s,
stealth bombers, deployed to S Korea this week
5 US
warships, 2,800 sailors, deployed on "unexpected" duty to Balkans and middle
east
Kenneth
Trentadue, Oklahoma City bombing, John Doe II, McVeigh, died in custody
Artist
who painted Pope with swastikas gets painting of sodomized bush removed
Appeals
court rules: PGP encryption on a computer is evidence of criminal intent
First
Riggs Bank (Jonathan Bush) arrests for embezzling E Guinea money
PATRIOT ACT:
Draft of
Patriot Act expansion from secret Senate hearings (PDF)
ACLU
denounces secret Senate meeting to expand Patriot Act
COLORADO:
Owens VETOES SB 98 to
protect gay workers from discrimination
Owens
allows hate crimes (HB 1014) to include sexual orientation without his signature
Judge
orders arrests of rape counselor fro protecting client privilege
ELECTIONS:
3,000 pharmaceutical
lobbyists have spent $759 million since 1998 on 1,400 bills
Ohio: $50 million
of state money spent on rare coins; $10 million to bush campaign
France:
Chirac vows to ignore NON vote on EU constitution Sunday
Germany
9th country to vote yes on EU constitution
ACTIVISM:
June 1 protest of Cheney at AFA north gate at 7:30 am
Amnesty
International petition against the use to torture
100
march to protest man's death and hands of cops with Taser
Photos of past actions
posted on CSAction.org (corrections; input; submissions?)
Nepal: 10,000
march against king and monarchy
Sign
Conyer's letter to bush to answer "Downing
Street Memo" on faking intel
Council
for the National Interest petition to bush
to hold Israel accountable
HUMOR:
AIPAC given
go ahead to replace US congress and replace constitution with Talmud
Conclusive
test shows bush is a numbskull
Movie poster:
"The Gulag at Guantanamo", starring bush and Bolton and Zsa Zsa
Friday's News
IRAQ:
Military
stretched so thin, after Operation Matador, Marines left no one in area
Lancet: 500 children/day dying
from DU after Gulf War; Uranium Oxide blowing world wide
Judge
rules DofD must release 144 photos of torture at Abu Ghraib as evidence in
trial
US troops
kill child being used as "human shield" in Tal Afar battle
AFGHANISTAN:
344
women and 2,549 men sign up to run for 249 parliamentary seats
PALESTINE:
Israel blocks Sheikh
from attending London conference on the right of return
Junior
pledges $50 million to Abbas at WH meeting
NEOCONS:
Charges from
International War Crimes Tribunal against neocon architects
Bolton nomination
vote delayed after even Frist can't get NSA docs from WH
Bolton
vote extended to 50 minutes to find 60 votes, but Senators already left for
weekend
9/11:
Pentagram
admits 5 cases of Q'ran abuse; says 2 were accidental; mishandled 15 times
FBI
agent's quote: "they flushed a Koran in the toilet"; Pentagram's DeRita lies
again
The ACLU report
on Q'ran abuse the Pentagram story is meant to bury or diffuse
ACLU:
Defense Dept torturers impersonated FBI in order to avoid blame for torture
WORLD:
Uzbekistan:
profile, background, analysis of bush's buddy in Tashkent: Karimov
Iran:
reiterates non nuke pledge; starts WTO membership talks as a reward
UK: by
2013 everyone over 16 will have biometric ID card; foreign nationals first
CAFTA:
"New Democrats" opposition puts trade bill in doubt even more
Azerbaijan:
the activists groups, the issues, the political repression
Darfur:
137 days since junior even mentioned Darfur as 500 die each day
Russia: "seismic
event" in Antarctica, near US base, just before Ross Ice Shelf split
US:
House
passes $491 Billion "Defense" budget; defeats Woolsey amend for exit timetable
CDI: "orbiting 'death
stars' to attack ground targets being considered"
U
of Rochester: 90% of fetuses exposed to estrogenic Phthalates, suffering abnormalities
Chastity
Belt: panties with GPS, temp, heart rate, transmit back to husband's computer
California school
banned from using parody of bush for spoof play
Kansas teacher
fired, 7 quit over principal forcing girl to pick up rocks as punishment
COLORADO:
Qwest gets 8 of 14
states it serves to limit price controls in successful deregulation effort
AAA
Fuel Price Finder of 1,700 Colorado gas stations so popular it crashes
111
of 320 classes rejected from Core curriculum: will not transfer to another
college
Salazar
and Allard agree on "go slow" approach to oil shale development
GreenLands Reserve tries
to keep 1 mile wide area around Arkansas River from developers
Widefield
recalls 100 yearbooks for caption: "Most likely to assassinate President Bush"
Natalie Schlabaugh
LtE on women's rights in the bushes
D11 decision to
ban all student groups to keep Gay/Straight Alliance from school grounds
Woodland Park freezes
money for special elections to stop Wal-Mart opponents
Rev White retires
after 16 years at 1st Congressional
Chief Velez whitewashes
Bison slaughter on West Colorado
ELECTIONS:
Pryor next
judge to get rubber stamp, with his homophobic voting record
Santorum
gets $2,000 donation from Accuweather 2 days before bill to restrict NWS
Egypt:
Mubarak goons attack pro democracy demonstrators/journalists; dozens arrested
Egypt:
secret police, plain clothes cops help mobs suppress election referendum crowds
ACTIVISM:
Films: "Cost of War" and "Operation Dire Distress", Sunday, 23,
4pm, 20 E. St. Vrain
Petition
Senators to vote against William Myers III to Appeals Court
Petition
congress NOT to weaken the Endangered Species Act
Petition congress
to stop BLM land use revisions in southern Utah
Petition
Reps to support bill to give FDA governance over tobacco products
SC:
rally today on anniversary of chained man, held by 6 cops, Tased 5 times to
death
UK:
large department store chain bans fur products from store after activist's
campaign
Darfur Peace and Development.org
After Downing Street.org to investigate
impeachment of bush
HUMOR:
Cartoon:
the truth about the filibuster deal
eBay auction of mysterious
appearance of Bush's face on used toilet paper
Bush outsources the
last 4 remaining Democrats to India
Thursday's News
IRAQ:
Amnesty calls
for international investigation of torture by Rummy, bush, feith, gonzales
Amnesty
International Report introduction (PDF)
Amnesty
International Report A-Z summary by country (PDF)
Halliburton using Cayman
Island subsidiaries to deny workers insurance & unemployment
Troops using
cop's tactics: after murder of man, put gun in his hand
Center
for Defense Information and MIT call DofD budget "train wreck"
PALESTINE:
Amnesty report accuses
Israel of war crimes
PA:
"100% sure incidents are fabricated" about boys carrying explosive belts
Chart of
680 Palestinian children killed during time 118 Israeli children were killed
NEOCONS:
Bolton
nomination confirmation begins in the Senate
9/11:
New
FBI docs from ACLU through FOIA: "flushed a Q'ran in the toilet"
Complete FBI docs
from ACLU, with summaries
1933
"German Enabling Act" and it's parallel in the Patriot Act
WORLD:
Uzbekistan: military
equipment for the massacre came from the UK
Uzbekistan:
border are returns to almost normal
Aceh: 4 from
Free Aceh Movement killed by Indonesian forces
Documentary on Peak Oil from C.J. Campbell
(streaming RM)
US military
aid and arms transfers since 9/11
EU
doubles aid to world's poor to .51% of national income or $80 Billion by 2010
Canada:
Muslim teens sue Home Suckyourity for 6 hour detention at border
Pakistan
wants 75 more F-16s
US:
FBI
ends 3 day cyberterrorism attack war games
Ohio
ACLU convenes groups that call for end to Tasers
Seattle PTA
chair on banning recruiters from schools (MP3, RM, text)
Indiana:
couple fights divorce decree that says they can't expose son to Paganism
COLORADO:
Dobson backs off comparison
of S Court to KKK
Voters
18-24 up 252% in 2004 to 212,000, or 44%
Students in Pueblo stage walk
out to protest district cuts of 72 teachers
Disabled advocates
look outside city for transport after Yellow Cab stops wheelchair cabs
ELECTIONS:
Judge
rules DeLay's PAC must return $200,000 in illegal corporate donations
Junior brags about
how he has to "catapult the propaganda" to the press (MP3)
Owen confirmed
as Appeals Court judge; last to leave democracy, turn out the lights
France will
vote NO on EU constitution and the whole thing will be renegotiated
Egypt
boycotts referendum that will allow Mubarak's party to continue to dominate
ACTIVISM:
"Just Say No to Dick" Cheney June 1st at the AFA;
Email
Reps to support bill to move $80 Billion from missile defense to non-proliferation
Petition
Reps to support Woolsey exit plan bill
Petition
Thomlinson to stop playing politics with PBS, CPB, and NPR
Activists file Fed suit
over "free speech zone" at LA Zoo for protesting Elephant pen
Bill of Rights Defense
Committee actions/events July 2-8, 2005
HUMOR:
Photos prove saddam posses
BVDs, not WMDs
Bush twins cut short middle
east Spring Break diplomatic trip
Laura Bush takes part
in ceremonial bombing of Palestinians; only kills 1
Wednesday's
News
IRAQ:
Syria "severed
all links" to US military and CIA over accusations
Dem Now interview:
Wash Post, LA Times. NY Times, St. Louis PD sanitized the war
Class
action suit for military retirement home sues Rummy for "substandard medical care"
1,000 US soldiers near border in
Operation Accidentally Start a War With Syria
NC
rep who started the French Fries xenophobia, pulls head from butt: "no justification"
House
subcommittee passes $45 Billion more for Halliburton; total reaches $300 Billion
Cholera outbreak
in Baghdad from infrastructure destruction and lack of reconstruction
PALESTINE:
Amnesty
International annual Human Rights Report on Israel (take a wild guess)
Abbas in Washington:
wants "clear political position for implementation of roadmap"
Sharon
tells AIPAC he'll release other 400 prisoners promised months ago
Sharon to AIPAC: "will
not negotiate Jerusalem" as divided capital of Palestinian state
12 churches
rescind the authority of patriarch who sold E Jerusalem land to Israelis
NEOCONS:
Voinovich writes
to all Senators: vote against Bolton "ineffectual ambassador"
9/11:
Amnesty
International annual report: Gitmo is "gulag; human rights failure"
WORLD:
Inuit
and 40 peoples appeal to EU to stop global warming destroying the Arctic
Moscow:
criminal investigation of energy monopoly after power outage in city
India:
500 protesters arrested after PM dissolves state legislature
Nepal: S Court rules
release student leader and minister protesting King's coup
Kyrgystan:
holds talks with Russia about 2nd military base; 1st is 20 miles from US base
US:
US cuts
reserves 1.6 mil/brl again to get per barrel price back above $50
WH
counsel: law doesn't cover gays; discrimination ban can't be enforced (bush shocked)
NC: HB 671 and
SB 631 would ban towns from regulating GM foods; "Monsanto Law"
US arming 18 of
25 wars; $2.7 Billion to "undemocratic" govt in 2003; $177 Bil since 1992
STEM CELLS:
Stem Cell bill passes
house 238-194; not enough to override promised veto
Letter from 112 academians
and 80 Nobel laureates that ADULT stem cells won't do
Poll: 69% of registered
GOP think research: significant advances; 55% support embryonic
WORLD:
Bolivia: activists
close roads to capital to protest plunder of gas by oil corps
Caspian: first
pipeline opened: $3.2 Billion; 1,100 miles; Azerbaijan to Georgia, to Turkey
COLORADO:
Denver man sues
cops over Chucky Cheese salad bar Taser incident
Salazar
gains political cache´ with compromise vote on filibuster (not with me)
Immigration
control supporters thrown out of restaurant, then city park
Sister Robin
released after 33 months for painting bloody cross on missile silo
ELECTIONS:
Frist
still threatens to use nuclear option
Lindsey
Graham: "if 1 of the 7 Dems (vote with filibuster) all bets are off"
Graham further rewrites the deal:
"5 nominees will get an up of down vote"; deal: ONLY 3
Pentagram investigating
AFA chaplain fired for criticizing the "christian" taliban
Germany: Social Democrats
distance themselves from Green coalition after election loss
ACTIVISM:
June 1
Opt Out events to stop military recruitment
June 1 "Jut Say No to Dick" Cheney at the AFA; 7:30 am
Petition
Salazar to support gas mileage regs for SUVs and light trucks in line with cars
Activist pleads
not guilty to domestic "terrorism" for freeing 7,000 Mink in 3 states
UFPJ Washington action September 24-26
Give public input for
the Denver Northwest Corridor Environmental Impact Study
Photos/coverage from
AIPAC annual conference protest
Film: "Cost of
War; May 29, 4pm; 1st Congregational; documentary
by Iraq War Vet;
Film: June 7: "The Mission"; 5:50, Penrose Library; De Niro,
Jeremy Irons
Film, June 14: "The Corporation"; Penrose Library, 5:50; Friedman,
Chomsky, Klein, Moore
HUMOR:
Cartoon:
religious reichwing taliban reacts to filibuster deal
Laura Bush converts
to Islam, joins harem owned by House of Saud in Riyadh
Group wants Kansas school
board to ban any and all references to the 20th Century
Tuesday's
News
IRAQ:
Purple Hearts Book.com
Bradbury's documentary
on DU, "Blowin' in the Wind" premieres in Australia
AFGHANISTAN:
Junior cuts Karzai
down on control of US troops and punishment for torturers
Democracy Now
broadcast of "Convoy of Death" on Dostum's greatest war crime
Karzai
and Junior sign "strategic partnership" for long-term (read permanent) presence
PALESTINE:
TV crew: IOF used blindfolded
teen as human shield to shoot at rock throwing teens
NEOCONS:
Prosecutor:
Posada also at meeting to plan DC car bomb murder of Allende's FM
NSA
awards Computer Sciences Corp 10 year/$2 Billion contract: Groundbreaker
Larry
Franklin charged with keeping secret docs at home
Jefferson on banks being "more
dangerous to our liberties than standing armies"
9/11:
Salman Rushdie
was banned from flying to the US on September 3, 2001
WORLD:
Bolivia:
124 mile march reaches capital; daily protest to nationalize gas reserves/profits
UZBEKISTAN:
Kyrgystan
opens 2 border crossings
HRW says human
rights activist, who gave media details, arrested
Local
activists say 1,000 dead, 3,000 missing
US:
DeLay
will take the lead against stem cell research bill today (media will ignore)
Amnesty blasts
Taser: employees, partners, and clients involved in "independent" study
California:
burglary suspect dies after Taser shot
Backdoor
dairy subsidy: powdered milk, used for poor, will run out Sep 30
North
Carolina: "christian" taliban redneck church's sign: "Q'ran needs to be flushed"
Loring
Wirbel on White Sands' ability to blind satellites from earth with mid-infrared
laser
NRC
study: nuke "bunker buster" could kill "more than a million"
COLORADO:
Wind
farm east of DIA gets thumbs up; 47 turbines, 70 megawatts, 21,000 homes
ELECTIONS:
Spineless
Dems sign deal to ONLY use filibuster in "extraordinary circumstances"
11 judicial nominees
still in play; bios, backgrounds, voting records
Text of agreement
between 14 "centrist" legislators on "nuclear option" (PDF)
Harry Reid's
statement on filibuster deal
Side
deal will block 2 judges: Kavanuagh and Haynes
Dobson feigns
defeat and calls it "betrayal by CABAL of Republicons"
ACTIVISM:
Call Owens and tell him to sign SB198 to ensure a paper
trail for each vote: 303-866-2417
Film: "The Elder
Brother's Message" on the Kogi tribe; 5:50 TODAY at the library;
"Just Say No
to Dick" Cheney protest Wednesday, June 1 at AFA
north gate
Email
House rep to support HR 810 Stem Cell Research
Seattle
protests at recruitment center by several colleges and highschools
120 protest
at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Alabama's
rep Bachus wants Bill Maher "off the air"; comedy "borders on treason"
200
rally in Denver to protest bush's cuts in jobs program for challenged
HUMOR:
"Store Wars" flash animation
on organic food starring Obi Wan Cannoli
Patriot Act clause
used: Senate Democrat's tongues surgically removed
Junior unveils
his design for the World Trade Center
