Monday's News
IRAQ:
Kennedy:
Downing St "confirms distorted, misrepresented intel"; "timing linked
to 2002 elections"
UK
diplomat, resigned last year, threatened to keep quiet on "totally
implausible" WMD lies
82
MPs pressure UIC for removal of US troops from country
UK
knew of Abu Ghraib torture in October 2003 from ICRC months before
exposure
AFGHANISTAN:
Goss:
"excellent idea where (osama) is"; can't get him over "international
obligation, fair play"
PALESTINE:
Abbas
and Sharon agree to destroy 1,200 squats in Gaza
Soon
as Condi leaves, Sharon announces 700 new squats to be built next
to E Jerusalem
NEOCONS:
Lt
Col Philip Zack caught on camera in Ft Detrick bioweapons lab before
Anthrax missing
Russia:
with Bolton out of the way, agreement on 8,000 bombs worth of Plutonium
near
9/11:
Patriot
Act: libraries report at least 200 secret probes for info since 2001
WORLD:
Darfur:
first 10 of 51 janjaweed begin trial for rape and robbery
Zimbabwe:
Mugabe's purge leaves 1 million homeless; church ordered not to help
Japan
announces it will more than double it's "research whaling" to 935
Minke per year
US:
L-3
buys Titan in latest IT antitrust crime; becomes 6th largest defense
contractor
U
of Michigan will renew $1.3 million in Coke contracts ONLY if they
probe India/Colombia
NY:
Faux News under OSHA probe for banned insecticide use in employee
lounge
Massachusetts:
cleanup cost of 3,700 barrels of Depleted Uranium spikes to $8.3 Million
inJustice
Dept wonk threatened to remove Harvard Prof if he didn't edit his
Tobacco testimony
163 scientists
write US Fish/Wildlife about destroying Endangered Species Act
COLORADO:
Spring's
Ginter: "more worried about my life from (US) military, than insurgents"
Common
Cause: private prison corp gave $43,000 to candidates that oversaw
lousy prisons
Gale
Norton tied to Abramoff/DeLay corruption with NA gambling money
Denver
Three deliver letter to WH today demanding truth on public rally
Boulder
cop who shot kid in eye with pepper ball gets reprimand, dirty look,
and tsk, tsk
Rape counselor
will hold off on S Court filing until AFA decides on jurisdiction
TOPS in rezoning
battle over strip mall at entrance to Bear Creek Park
ELECTIONS:
Ohio:
DA knew of Noe and CoinGate 3 weeks before 2004 "election"; GOP covered
up
Anti
gambling fundis, Ralf Reed and Norquist, used NA gambling funds to
fight gambling
War of words over Conyers heats
up between Democrats.com and Wash Post's Milbank
Iran:
reichwing candidate says "thank you" to bush for "motivated retaliation"
in vote
Iran:
reichwing Teheran mayor benefits from reformist's split in election
Iran:
Rafsanjani likely to unify reformists in unprecedented runoff Friday
Iran:
2 candidates claim cops intimidated voters which helped hardline mayor
ACTIVISM:
MoveOn.org petition to save PBS/CPB funding
from reichwing
FreePress petition calling for Thomlinson's resignation from CPB/PBS
Call Joel Hefley to support PBS/CPB funding in full 202-225-4422
Email House Reps to save PBS/CPB
funding when the bill comes to the floor vote
PFAW
petition to congress to fund PBS/CPB
HUMOR:
Hospital
diagnoses Frist with "cerebral atrophy"; brain half the size of normal
Bush
will run again; says 22nd amendment doesn't apply: he wasn't elected
first time
Landover
Baptist review of Scooby Doo: not only gay, but d-o-g is g-o-d backwards
Sunday's News
IRAQ:
Soldier charged
with fragging 2 officers
Interview
with saddam's lawyer: caught 2 days before drugged and put into "spider
hole"
Transcript
of Halliburton exec: protecting oil planned for months, feeding troops
wasn't
Army
report admits: 1,200 who got Anthrax vaccine, have "serious illness"
Complete calendar of
ALL 1,800 US deaths in bush's illegal wars
DOWNING STREET MEMO:
Conyers'
hearing on Downing Street Memo in streaming RM
Interview
transcript with reporter who uncovered the Downing Street Memo
The meaning of
"fixed" facts? British sources say "real joke" to claim meaning is different
Downing
Street Memo covered in Stars and Stripes eMagazine with quotes from
MFSO
March
8 memo: "no greater threat now than in recent years, saddam will use
WMD"
UK
foreign office legal team: prewar bombing of Iraq "NOT lawful activity"
MI6's "Operation Rockingham"
intentionally spread lies about WMD since 1991
Conyers
responds to Washington Post coverage of hearings (from inside bush's
shorts)
CIA's
McGovern responds to Post's Milbank slam on hearings and Israel's role
in war
AFGHANISTAN:
Pakistan
closes all refugee camps in Waziristan; 63,000 also removed from Balochistan
PALESTINE:
Israel's ambassador
to US, fired in May, investigated for trying to bribe investigator
NEOCONS:
Weapons
in space "means freedom TO attack as well as freedom from attack"
9/11:
"Intelligence
Matters" book: FBI hid agent, housing 2 hijackers, from congress
Gitmo
prison will be expanded by new Halliburton $30 million contract
WORLD:
"The
Coming Trade War and Global Depression" by Henry Lui
Oil
set new record: $58.47 per barrel; old record was $58.28
Darfur:
WFP says 3.5 million need food aid from no harvest, drought, closed
markets
Russia:
363 with Hepatitis A after 78th bioweapons scientists killed
Uzbekistan:
massacre units not only armed and funded by US, but trained IN US
US:
Deficit
reached record of $195.1 Billion last quarter; total will be $780 Billion
for year
Federal
judge ruled Patriot Act "administrative warrants" unconstitutional in
Sept of 2004
Texas:
PFAW joins AU and NCJW in opposing 10 commandments on lawn of state
capitol
MASSPIRG gets
50-75% reduction in NOX and SO2 from power plants after years of battle
Florida:
orders NOT to shoot thin people in chest with Taser after teen's collapsed
lung
PBS/CPB:
Investigation
uncovers emails ordered from Thomlinson to white house; then lied
Sub part D, section
C, F, G of Public Broadcasting Act now being destroyed by reichwing
Thomlinson appointed
2 ombudsmen, in violation of charter, to attack "liberal media"
Org
of News Ombudsmen changed bylaws to keep Thomlinson puppets form voting
Thomlinson
wants former co-chair of RNC as next prez of CPB, in violation of section
C
$29,170 in secret payments
to lobbyists investigated, in violation of section E
One
lobbyist secretly hired is Brian Darling of the infamous Schiavo talking
Points
Thomlinson hired reichwing
pollsters; hid positive results from congress, press, NPR/PBS
House also cut $39.4 mil
for digital transition; $39.6 mil for equipment; $21 mil seed fund
COLORADO:
Canyon City's Vermiculite
mine covered from Asbestos fears (multimedia)
45 Uranium related
corporations meet in Grand Junction to decide fate of state
Gazette
coverage of Juneteenth celebration at CC
ELECTIONS:
DeLay,
main proponent on MTBE suit exception, owns $50-10,000 in EXXON stock
Study showed
Thimerosal (Mercury) in vaccines caused Autism; bush hid it, blocked
suits
Junior
secretly working to wreck G-8 standards for global warming for WB funding
Nagorno-Karabakh:
Azerbaijan and Turkey call Armenian elections fraud in seceded state
ACTIVISM:
MoveOn.org petition to save PBS/CPB funding
from reichwing
FreePress petition calling for Thomlinson's resignation from CPB/PBS
Call Joel Hefley to support PBS/CPB funding in full 202-225-4422
Email House Reps to save PBS/CPB
funding when the bill comes to the floor vote
PFAW
petition to congress to fund PBS/CPB
More photos
of Conyers' rally and presentation of 540,000 petitions to WH
CSAction.org photos
of 1st anniversary march and rally against the war
Suu Kyi
turns 60, still under house arrest in Myanmar
California:
cops crack down on people honking horns in support of antiwar protesters
Electronic Frontier Foundation's
Legal Guide for Bloggers
PETA wins lawsuit
to show undercover video of primate abuse at pharmaceutical lab
HUMOR:
Bush dairy
entry on "Down In Street Memo"
Rummy and Wolfie
are actually vampires and "W" Ketchup is 50% blood
Fourth
Little Piggy sues Arby's over Roast Beef Sandwich
Friday's News
IRAQ:
Iraqi
and US claim mortars and small arms fire coming from Iran; threaten to
attack
US massing
troops on Syrian border again; claims of US crossing into Syria
Vermont
rejects DU testing for troops after Louisiana and Connecticut pass legislation
England
"discovers" US lied about using MK77 Napalm weapons
PALESTINE:
Sharon snubs
Condi on joint press conference during state visit
Methodist's
resolution would divest US/Israeli contracts; 340,000 members
NEOCONS:
4 of 5 top US newspapers
still have no comment on Downing St Memo
Dept
of inJustice using child porn to get ISPs to spy on customers
9/11:
Answer
to close Gitmo calls: Halliburton gets $30 million contract for construction
WORLD:
Mexico
arrests 4 buying US anti aircraft missiles; 1 claims to be Iran/Contra
agent
Colombia:
HRW opposes bill that leaves reichwing paramilitaries intact, limits probe
time
Colombia:
AUC and other's selling coke off before disarmament and Uribe's bill hides
it
Uzbekistan:
OSCE calls for govt to stop harassing journalists
OAS passes
8 of 9 Venezuelan proposals in snub to Condi; Noriega has "temper tantrum"
Chile:
arms cache found at religious colony that helped Pinochet; leader indicted
pedophile
Brazil
threatens to stop intellectual property protections over US cotton subsidies
Brazil
only bidder in $234.5 million contract for trainer planes
Uzbekistan:
US and Russia working together to remove nuclear waste from reactor
London:
Sunday Telegraph editor fired after caught as MI6 and Mossad spy/propagandist
Germany
puts Turkey's 1 million Armenian genocide on table over EU membership
US:
ARW
report: 10,000 workers retaliated against or fired for union activities
House bill
would remove whistleblower protections for all working in intel/HS
EPA
releases half-assed rules for pollution control; power plants can ignore
worst days
10%
renewable fuels by 2020 passes Senate; House GOP will reject
Lawyers give potato
chip manufacturers notice to follow Prop 65 and list Acrylamide
Oil:
$57.60 per barrel
House
committee cuts 50 programs and $2.3 Billion, including $100 million from
PBS/CPB
COLORADO:
10th
Circuit Court allows arrest of rape therapist; emergency hearing before
S Court
Amendment
passes to stop AFA "coercive religious intimidation and proselytizing"
GOCO
adds $8.2 million to $07 million for year to protect another 7,000 acres
Hefley,
Musgrave, Salazar reject bill to stop funding for fed prosecution of state
pot laws
Anti
abortion lawyer sues Woodland Park library for not allowing prayer meeting
AFA
Muslim cadets charge schedules rearranged for other religions, not for
them
Study: "Super Slab"
"unlikely to have significant impact relieving congestion"
Mount Herman
gas drilling "will happen" according to ranger
Caleb Caldwell
LtoE on milk; Jeremy Van Hoy on PBS; Owen's vetoes
ELECTIONS:
Conyers
delivers 540,000 petitions to investigate Downing St Memo to White House
(photo)
BBC coverage
of Conyers delivering 540,000 petitions to white house
Conyer's comments
on yesterday's Downing Street Memo hearings
C-SPAN2 replays
Conyer's Downing Street hearings tonight at 6PM (Adelphia 67)
Even
Busheviks not happy with Hyde measure for withholding UN dues
Junior rejects
1 million barrel per day reduction in Energy Bill; would need mileage
increase
California:
House GOP ALSO lives on defense contractor's boat at Washington Yacht
Club
House
GOP blocking "Freedom Fries" Jones' bill to start withdrawal in October
2006
"CoinGate"
not only loss for Ohio: $5.2 million lost to firm under SEC investigation
ACTIVISM:
Discussion of
Alexis de Toqueville's "Democracy in America";
Penrose library, June 19;
JuneTeenth celebration Saturday at CC
Petition Junior to support worker's
rights under Employee Free Choice Act
Petition congress to oppose piratization of Social Security
PETA becomes Taser stockholder to introduce resolutions to stop animal
testing
Virtual
march and phone action June 23 against Tobacco Settlement
scam
HUMOR:
Mark Fiore´animation:
"Packin' Heat" on various political arms (Flash)
Propaganda
posters from the Busheviks' "Great Leap Forward"
Cartoon:
"Doctor" Frist comments of Terri Schiavo autopsy report
Thursday's News
IRAQ:
Retired
Air Force Colonel, Gardiner, lists 50 lies by WH propaganda machine
DOWNING STREET MEMO:
Amy Goodman
interview with Conyers on Downing Street Memo (text, audio, video)
Conyers
has 122 Dems signed on; Downing Street Memo hearings start today
Sensenbrenner
bans Conyers from using capitol rooms for hearings on Downing St Memo
Webcast
of C-SPAN3 Conyer's hearings from 12:30 -2:30 MDT
Scheduled
witnesses today: Ambassador Wilson and CIA analyst under Raygun
AFGHANISTAN:
Doctor
and 6 medics killed near Pakistan border in Khost
PALESTINE:
Junior puts halt
on moving US embassy to Jerusalem for 5 months
NEOCONS:
Cubana flight
455, James Baker, CIA, bush senior, Posada, Bosch, Ollie North, Pinochet
9/11:
FBI report:
"August, 1998, advised FBI of plan to fly explosive ladened aircraft into
WTC"
WORLD:
Darfur
genocide all about oil discovery
Uzbekistan;
restricts US airbase after call for inquiry, and after stopping NATO probe
Mexico:
ex prez, Echeverria, can be charged with genocide in 1971 massacre of protesters
Tajikistan:
signs agreement with US NOT to turn over people to ICC without permission
Iran: 2 congress
members suggest pre Pearl Harbor tactic of gasoline embargo of Iran
India:
US condemed for threat of sanctions against Pakistan for pipeline from Iran
E Timor: Australia
coroner will investigate 1975 murder of journalists by Indonesia
E
Timor: Prez Gusmao urges methodical approach to new oil wealth
Tajikistan
removes ALL regulation of foreign banks operating in country
Caspian Sea:
university estimates 243 Billion barrels of oil; 10 Billion proven already
Saudi
Arabia: deal with IAEA exempts "kingdom" from nuclear inspections
Water
Vapor over the oceans has increased 2% since 1988; hurricanes stronger
Nepal:
US, UK, Indian weapons fueling murder of 11,000 in anti monarchy rebellion
US:
Virginia:
Dept of Ed grants state some waivers for certain sections of NCLB regs
Physician's,
Nurse's, Pediatrician's groups sue EPA over Mercury toxicity in children
House
votes 238-187 to restrict Patriot Act on library
and bookstore searches
inJustice
Dept, ONLY a month ago, argued the validity of $130 Billion fine for Tobacco
GAO: 33,000 private contractors
owe govt $3.3 Billion in taxes
Pfizer
buys Vicuron for $1.9 Billion in latest pharmaceutical antitrust crime
WH/EXXON STOOGE, COONEY:
Cooney,
now hired by EXXON, deleted: "warming will cause reductions in glaciers"
From
American Petroleum Institute to White House to EXXON
API
and Cooney were part of the secret Cheney Energy Policy meetings at WH
EXXON/Mobil
spent $22,872,478 lobbying since bush took White House
EXXON/Mobil
one of main reasons bush didn't sign Kyoto Treaty
COLORADO:
Dobson,
Perkins, Bauer, etc will interview possible GOP candidates for 2008
AF
argues rape counselor should be allowed to use civilian courts
GOP hillbilly, Alexander,
wants to limit incentives for wind power
List of
road projects covered under $1.2 Billion bond Referendum D on November ballot
Statewide
smoke free workplaces initiative will be back in 2006
Denver
council threatens to cut all funding for community access TV
Forest
Service can't keep up with regulation of gas/oil drilling in national forests
Owens
appointed board puts off stream temperature regulations until 2008
ELECTIONS:
Senate
confirms Griffith to appeals court as part of centrist filibuster "deal"
Pelosi
puts rider on military spending requiring timetable for Iraq withdrawal
GOP wants
to cut funding for Red Cross for telling truth about Gitmo
GOP
in House passes oil corp exclusion for liability for MTBE cleanup
Iran:
Rafsanjani slipping in polls and reformists surge before Friday's elections
ACTIVISM:
Complete list of
cyber petitions on CSAction.org
Email Guv Owens on his vetoes of SB22, HB1245, SB169 healthcare
bills
Call Salazar today to reject Bolton confirmation; 202-224-5852
7
arrested, including Veterans for Peace, at Army birthday march
Petition Senate to stop oil drilling
off coastline of US
UFPJ march
on Washington September 24-26
Petition House Rep to support timetable resolution for
withdrawal from Iraq
HUMOR:
Katherine Harris
Queen of Diamonds in W's house of cards
Cheney offers to house
Gitmo POWs at his undisclosed location
saddam hires Michael Jackson's lawyer
Wednesday's News
IRAQ:
Pentagram
makes it official: study costs of fixing pipeline from Kirkuk to Haifa, Israel
AFGHANISTAN:
18 more
taliban disarm and surrender under Karzai's amnesty
2,000
sick and 8 dead from Cholera outbreak in Kabul; threatening epidemic
PALESTINE:
Sharon
get 3 censure votes from parliament over corruption, then 43-30 vote against
govt
NEOCONS:
Reichwing,
Weldon: osama in Iran, source is connected to Raygun/Bush Iran/Contra
Franklin: passed
Pentagram Iran docs to Rosen, Weissman, and embassy over 2 years
9/11:
Chief in Labor
Dept: official story is "bogus"; WTC 1,2, and 7: " professional demolition"
Flash music video
of WTC collapses
10
smoking guns from the attack on 9/11
WORLD:
Uzbekistan:
US stopped NATO investigation of massacre
Kyrgystan:
UN sends human rights investigators to probe Uzbekistan massacre
Belarus:
EU slams "growing oppression" of opposition, unions, journalists
Belarus:
Amnesty Int calls for immediate release of arrested protest organizers
Venezuela;
Chavez fires National Guard in Bolivar state, increases protection of rainforest
British
Colombia: after 4 Taser deaths, policy changed to ONLY for physical threat
North
Sea oil production farthest past Peak Oil in world; falls 10% in 1 year
Kazakhstan:
dictator to investors: "not ready for democracy"; send lawyers, guns, money
Aceh:
Red Cross starts distributing $70 million directly to families to avoid corruption
Oil
up to $55.54 even after OPEC vows to increase pumping output limits
Bolivia: 7,000 march
for nationalization of oil/gas and early elections
US:
Wealthiest
20% rose 44-50% of US income; lowest 20% fell 4.2-3.5%; 1973-2002
Texas: another man
dies in Waco after 4 Taser shocks
Miami:
cop shoots partner with Taser, then kills auto theft suspect with gun
Bush
wonk, Cooney; changed environmental data on report and fired; hired by EXXON
CAFTA:
Junior
tells CAFTA holdouts, trust me, we'll take care of the workers
Citizen's Trade
Campaign overview of CAFTA, with resources
Senator Harkin:
projected farm exports under CAFTA for 2024 ONLY 1.5%
All
6 CAFTA nations have combined trade of Hartford, Conn. or ONLY 1.5% of US
(PDF)
CAFTA
winners: telecom, pharmaceuticals, National Pork Producers, Proctor/Gamble
COLORADO:
ACLU
files suit to get internal investigation report on cops in "Spy Files" case
Report: Ozone and Haze
pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park increasing
BancWest
buys Commercial Federal in antitrust crime to become #4 with $3.2 Billion
Lakewood:
activists pressure council to vote 8-2 against Sam's Club (Wal-Mart) rezoning
NorthGlen
ignores Owen's veto; implements tenants rights that has slumlords howling
RMN
fined $375,000 for racial slurs by redneck while management did nothing
Salazar
and CEC charge BLM's rush to oil/gas drilling went around notification policy
Arkansas drainage
at 92% of average; South Platte at 84%
Spring's
Utilities chief, Phil Tollefson, resigns
ELECTIONS:
6 Senators
that did NOT vote for lynching apology: Lott, Hutchinson, Shelby, Alexander
List of all
20 that wouldn't cosponsor lynching apology; no roll call so they could hide
Ohio:
first fundinazi casualty of filibuster "deal": Sen DeWine's son defeated in
primary
CoinGate: Noe tried
(failed) to collect $200,000 on "stolen" coins on 2 month old policy
ACTIVISM:
IndyMEDIA NewsREAL
brown bag lunch; J&P, noon, Thursday;
LtoE
form on tobacco settlement gutted to 8% of original
$120 Billion
Petition Colorado PUC to get off their ass on applying
Amendment 37 to Xcel
Prez of Gold
Star Families for Peace takes it to junior over son's death in Iraq
Ohio cops
and secret service violate constitution with "free speech zone" away from
junior
Free Speech
TV
MoveOn.org's petition
to FCC to save funding for PBS, NPR before Thursday vote
Feds
will prosecute 4 NY activists for blood in recruiting center; face 6 years
and $250,000
Make trade Fair.com petitions
from Oxfam
Common
Cause petition to Guv of Ohio to investigate CoinGate
HUMOR:
Cartoon: Bush's
revision to the Great Seal of the United States
Porn
queen invited to Prez' dinner with junior and Karl Rove (true)
Bush's diary entry:
"I always thought 'Deep Throat' was Robert Redford"
Tuesday's News
IRAQ:
Commanders
wake up: "insurgency is not going to be solved through military operations"
Wisconsin
Dem convention passes resolution for IMPEACHMENT
of bush, rummy, cheney
List
of 14 charges saddam will be tried for
NEOCONS:
Franklin
indicted on 6 counts; leaking classified military info to AIPAC and embassy
spies
6 new "Downing
St Memos" in HTML form
9/11:
Still
6 POWs captured before 18th birthday at Gitmo
WORLD:
Uzbekistan:
EU threatens sanctions unless massacre investigation allowed by Karimov
Uzbekistan:
US and Russia both block investigation to protect military bases
el-Baradei
in for 3rd term as head of IAEA as US drops opposition
Nepal:
100 more journalists arrested at free press march after 53 arrested last week
China:
MicroSoft bans words "freedom" and "democracy" from Chinese portal website
Saudi Arabia: interior
minister rejects lifting ban on women driving
Ethiopia: 3,000 arrested
and 36 killed since BS "election"
China: GreenPeace
finds GM Rice for sale in southern city
US:
inJustice Dept
will investigate Tobacco settlement over malpractice by lawyers
Kansas
state board of Education member: "age old fairy tale of evolution"
4
doctors and nurses orgs join 13 states in EPA lawsuit over Mercury poisoning
TASERS:
Florida: another
man dies after 3 shots with Taser
Florida: widow of
man killed with Taser, sues manufacturer
Ohio:
cops shoot teen hiding under porch with Taser in second teen shooting in a week
COLORADO:
Auditors:
5 private prisons voided contracts with security, hiring, healthcare, food
Denver
council passes 2 new laws after getting butt kicked in court over parade protests
Lockheed/Martin
and Northrop/Grumman get contract from NASA for Moon/Mars shot
ELECTIONS:
Emails
prove DeLay lied about personal access for contributions and direct oversight
Defense
contractor, giant contracts pending, buys lawmaker's house for $700,000 loss
ACTIVISM:
Film, "The
Corporation" and discussion, 5:50 TODAY at library, with Noam Chomsky;
National call
in to save PBS from $100 million cuts and
no federal funding in 2 years
Email
chair and vice chair of committee deciding to cut ALL funding from PBS in 2 years
Petition chair of Corp for Public Broadcasting, Thomlinson, to stop reichwing
coup
Common
Cause petition to chair/vice chair of committee deciding fate of PBS
Petition
FCC to stop cell phone telecoms from using false
advertising
Petition
House for independent investigation of Tom DeLay
Petition junior to explain
the Downing Street Memo
Scottish
cops visit G8 protesters, before summit, quote their emails to them
Petition Senators to oppose Energy Bill
MoveOn.org
Petition to congress to save PBS and NPR funding
HUMOR:
Cartoon:
Joe Biden weighs in on Howard Dean's statements
Movie
poster: "I Was a Teenage NEOCON! "
Landover Baptist's
"Vacation Bible Gun Camp"
