Friday, July 30, 2004
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Islam Online- News Section:
"Depleted uranium (DU) used by the United States and its allies against Iraq has taken its toll on around 120,000 to 140,000 Iraqis, according to the latest estimates released by the Iraqi health ministry."
"Depleted uranium (DU) used by the United States and its allies against Iraq has taken its toll on around 120,000 to 140,000 Iraqis, according to the latest estimates released by the Iraqi health ministry."
Capitol Hill Blue: Sullen, Depressed President Retreats Into Private, Paranoid World:
"A sullen President George W. Bush is withdrawing more and more from aides and senior staff, retreating into a private, paranoid world where only the ardent loyalists are welcome."
"A sullen President George W. Bush is withdrawing more and more from aides and senior staff, retreating into a private, paranoid world where only the ardent loyalists are welcome."
CBS News | Clarke's Take On Terror | March 30, 2004�10:07:27: " We don't have to deal with al Qaeda. Why are we talking about that little guy? We have to talk about Iraqi terrorism against the United States.' "
Political USA - News, Opinion and a Directory of Politics
Not sure about this site. It has an as yet to be confirmed/denied article on a Dem Delegate who has apparent terrorist ties.
http://www.politicalusa.com/columnists/schlussel/schlussel_023.htm
But includes ads for Clinton and Reagan books...
Not sure about this site. It has an as yet to be confirmed/denied article on a Dem Delegate who has apparent terrorist ties.
http://www.politicalusa.com/columnists/schlussel/schlussel_023.htm
But includes ads for Clinton and Reagan books...
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
disinformation | the first native americans are still here
'Covert War Against the Native Americans' by Ward Churchill, "60 percent of all known US uranium reserves lie under Native American Reservation lands, and another 10 to 15 percent lie under contested treaty areas."
"The attitude of treating Native Americans as sub-human, even having genocide preached and practiced upon them, has been exhibited by the least likely people, including even L. Frank Baum, author of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Baum twice demanded the complete extermination of the Sioux Nations in editorials he wrote in his newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota, between 1888, and 1891."
'Covert War Against the Native Americans' by Ward Churchill, "60 percent of all known US uranium reserves lie under Native American Reservation lands, and another 10 to 15 percent lie under contested treaty areas."
"The attitude of treating Native Americans as sub-human, even having genocide preached and practiced upon them, has been exhibited by the least likely people, including even L. Frank Baum, author of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. Baum twice demanded the complete extermination of the Sioux Nations in editorials he wrote in his newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota, between 1888, and 1891."
Shop PBS - The: WEST
Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, this sweeping documentary reveals the American West stripped of its Hollywood mythology, yet filled with intense drama and peopled with a mix of larger-than-life heroes and villains. CD includes variety of music from the American West including: Native American rhythms, California-bound '49ers tunes, Mormon anthems, cowboy songs and other melodies.
Produced by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, this sweeping documentary reveals the American West stripped of its Hollywood mythology, yet filled with intense drama and peopled with a mix of larger-than-life heroes and villains. CD includes variety of music from the American West including: Native American rhythms, California-bound '49ers tunes, Mormon anthems, cowboy songs and other melodies.
Lies and Medicare
"If you watched the news in Baton Rouge on January 23, 2004, you might have seen a report on WBRZ-TV about the new Medicare law. It was a sunny story, featuring reassuring comments from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Medicare chief Leslie Norwalk. And it was a fake."
"If you watched the news in Baton Rouge on January 23, 2004, you might have seen a report on WBRZ-TV about the new Medicare law. It was a sunny story, featuring reassuring comments from Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Medicare chief Leslie Norwalk. And it was a fake."
t r u t h o u t - Doug Ireland | Congress Votes for Torture: "Teaching Torture: Congress Quietly Keeps School of the Americas Alive"
t r u t h o u t - Joe Conason | The President Who Took Bin Laden Seriously
"Republicans are trying to blame 9/11 on Clinton, but the official report shows that he responded to al-Qaida threats far more effectively than Bush."
"Republicans are trying to blame 9/11 on Clinton, but the official report shows that he responded to al-Qaida threats far more effectively than Bush."
t r u t h o u t - Kibisu Kabatesi | Oil Driving U.S. Move On Sudan
"Sudan was removed from the list of terrorist countries and sanctions imposed by the Clinton administration lifted. An unlikely candidate because of ongoing systematic human rights violations in Darfur, the Sudan gained membership to the UN Human Rights Commission"
"Sudan was removed from the list of terrorist countries and sanctions imposed by the Clinton administration lifted. An unlikely candidate because of ongoing systematic human rights violations in Darfur, the Sudan gained membership to the UN Human Rights Commission"
The New York Times > Magazine > Wiring the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
The future of progressives in the democratic party...
The future of progressives in the democratic party...
Guardian Unlimited | Archive Search: "War is peace"
Here is a list of the countries that America has been at war with - and bombed - since the second world war: China (1945-46, 1950-53), Korea (1950-53), Guatemala (1954, 1967-69), Indonesia (1958), Cuba (1959-60), the Belgian Congo (1964), Peru (1965), Laos (1964-73), Vietnam (1961-73), Cambodia (1969-70), Grenada (1983), Libya (1986), El Salvador (1980s), Nicaragua (1980s), Panama (1989), Iraq (1991-99), Bosnia (1995), Sudan (1998), Yugoslavia (1999). And now Afghanistan and Iraq.
"This is our calling. This is the calling of the United States of America. The most free nation in the world. A nation built on fundamental values that reject hate, reject violence, rejects murderers and rejects evil. We will not tire." GWB
Here is a list of the countries that America has been at war with - and bombed - since the second world war: China (1945-46, 1950-53), Korea (1950-53), Guatemala (1954, 1967-69), Indonesia (1958), Cuba (1959-60), the Belgian Congo (1964), Peru (1965), Laos (1964-73), Vietnam (1961-73), Cambodia (1969-70), Grenada (1983), Libya (1986), El Salvador (1980s), Nicaragua (1980s), Panama (1989), Iraq (1991-99), Bosnia (1995), Sudan (1998), Yugoslavia (1999). And now Afghanistan and Iraq.
"This is our calling. This is the calling of the United States of America. The most free nation in the world. A nation built on fundamental values that reject hate, reject violence, rejects murderers and rejects evil. We will not tire." GWB
The New Yorker: The Gray Zone
"The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America’s prospects in the war on terror."
"The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America’s prospects in the war on terror."
Monday, July 26, 2004
Boo - FAQ "A wrist friendly langauge for the CLI"
Boo is a new object oriented statically typed programming language for the Common Language Infrastructure with a python inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility.
Boo is a new object oriented statically typed programming language for the Common Language Infrastructure with a python inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility.
Friday, July 23, 2004
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
News Hounds: We watch FOX so you don't have to. I may have linked this before, but it's important not to miss this site.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Monday, July 19, 2004
JibJab.com - This Land very, very funny. "Captures the tone of current political discourse pretty well" - Garrett
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Scoobie Davis Online
Scoobie Davis: LA Surfer, Pundit, and Party Crasher - likes to make prank calls to Right Radio shows.
Scoobie Davis: LA Surfer, Pundit, and Party Crasher - likes to make prank calls to Right Radio shows.
Ann Coulter's Slander: An Analysis
Articles and links that uncover the lies and misrepresentations in Ann Coulter's book, Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right.
Articles and links that uncover the lies and misrepresentations in Ann Coulter's book, Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right.
Friday, July 16, 2004
Most Serious Warning Ever
A secret Department of Justice (DOJ) report recently leaked to the press gives the government's view on its legal duties in this war. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that the US government is superior to the rest of mankind, it's not required to obey any laws. When officials declare a national security emergency, the DOJ report claims, the US government is no longer bound by the Geneva Conventions, which it agreed to, or the Nuremberg decision, which it led and endorsed.
Further, asserts this report, US troops who do as they are told when directed to commit a war crime are protected by the Nazi defense of "just following orders."
What On Earth Were They Thinking?" THE ECONOMIST 19 June 04, p.31.
WALL STREET JOURNAL, 7 June 04, p.1. by Jess Bravin
A secret Department of Justice (DOJ) report recently leaked to the press gives the government's view on its legal duties in this war. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that the US government is superior to the rest of mankind, it's not required to obey any laws. When officials declare a national security emergency, the DOJ report claims, the US government is no longer bound by the Geneva Conventions, which it agreed to, or the Nuremberg decision, which it led and endorsed.
Further, asserts this report, US troops who do as they are told when directed to commit a war crime are protected by the Nazi defense of "just following orders."
What On Earth Were They Thinking?" THE ECONOMIST 19 June 04, p.31.
WALL STREET JOURNAL, 7 June 04, p.1. by Jess Bravin
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
:: paulrieckhoff.com ::
Operation Truth will educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the soldiers who have experienced them first-hand. We will provide returning veterans with national, regional, and local podiums from which they will expose the preventable hardships that they endured as a result of failures at the top levels of leadership. We intend to publicize how poorly-planned policies and approaches have manifested themselves as problems on the front lines and back at home. We will act domestically to protect our troops and to aid them in their fight to protect us.
Operation Truth will educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the soldiers who have experienced them first-hand. We will provide returning veterans with national, regional, and local podiums from which they will expose the preventable hardships that they endured as a result of failures at the top levels of leadership. We intend to publicize how poorly-planned policies and approaches have manifested themselves as problems on the front lines and back at home. We will act domestically to protect our troops and to aid them in their fight to protect us.
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Project for the New American Century
The group states that when diplomacy has failed, military action is an acceptable and necessary resort. PNAC advocates the installation of permanent military bases around the world for the establishment of a United States Global Constabulary. This global police force would have the power to keep law and order around the world in accordance with rules that the United States would establish as being proper and just. It also advocates the United States government should capitalize on its military and economic superiority to gain unchallengeable superiority through all means necessary, including military force.
The group states that when diplomacy has failed, military action is an acceptable and necessary resort. PNAC advocates the installation of permanent military bases around the world for the establishment of a United States Global Constabulary. This global police force would have the power to keep law and order around the world in accordance with rules that the United States would establish as being proper and just. It also advocates the United States government should capitalize on its military and economic superiority to gain unchallengeable superiority through all means necessary, including military force.
Version 1.0 of Mono, the open source implementation of .NET, has been released. Mono allows developers to build cross-platform .NET applications on Linux or other UNIX-like systems.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Operation Mockingbird --> Cato Instititute with Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch (Fox, NY Post, TV Guide) on the Board with ATT/TCI's Malone [10] . Another big contributor to Cato is Viacom, which recently acquired CBS. Consequently, CBS/Viacom is now headed by Sumner Redstone, who is yet another powerful right wing figure with a WWII intelligence background [11] and apparent ties to OSS/CIA figures [12] . Cato serves the purpose of infusing the Media with Right Wing Propaganda, along with such organizations as Accuracy in Media (AIM), the Independent Women's Forum, the Western Journalism Center and -- of course -- the Heritage Foundation (See Main Page for Details).
"The difference between the days of Operation Mockingbird and the present situation is that, instead of actually placing network executives, publishers, editors, reporters and pundits on the CIA payroll, their contemporary counterparts are now members of the Right Wing Think Tanks*. In addition to Cato's Murdoch, some high profile examples are MSNBC's Laura Ingraham (a notorious 'Scaifette' from the Independent Women's Forum [13] ) and ABC's John Stossel [14] . CNN's Kate O'Beirne is a Heritage fellow (and previous VP) who is a regular columnist for the National Review. Also, old Bonesman/CIA hand William F. Buckley, Jr. is the Editor of the arch-conservative Review. The National Review's President and Chairman is none other than Thomas Rhodes, who was recently a Heritage Board member. Other right wing journals financed by these sugar-daddies (and mommies) include the American Spectator, Human Events and Murdoch's Weekly Standard
"The difference between the days of Operation Mockingbird and the present situation is that, instead of actually placing network executives, publishers, editors, reporters and pundits on the CIA payroll, their contemporary counterparts are now members of the Right Wing Think Tanks*. In addition to Cato's Murdoch, some high profile examples are MSNBC's Laura Ingraham (a notorious 'Scaifette' from the Independent Women's Forum [13] ) and ABC's John Stossel [14] . CNN's Kate O'Beirne is a Heritage fellow (and previous VP) who is a regular columnist for the National Review. Also, old Bonesman/CIA hand William F. Buckley, Jr. is the Editor of the arch-conservative Review. The National Review's President and Chairman is none other than Thomas Rhodes, who was recently a Heritage Board member. Other right wing journals financed by these sugar-daddies (and mommies) include the American Spectator, Human Events and Murdoch's Weekly Standard
TheyRule.net
They Rule allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top companies in the US in 2004. The data was collected from their websites and SEC filings in early 2004, so it may not be completely accurate - companies merge and disappear and directors shift boards.
They Rule allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top companies in the US in 2004. The data was collected from their websites and SEC filings in early 2004, so it may not be completely accurate - companies merge and disappear and directors shift boards.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
TerraServer.com - Black Rock City, NV aka BurningMan, The Playa, Mecca...
This picture was taken about a week before BM2k3 started.
This picture was taken about a week before BM2k3 started.
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
More Evidence that Bush Is a "Dry Drunk"?
also The Damaged Mind of George W. Bush - The Madness in His Method
Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, PhD, is a professor of social work at the University of Northern Iowa and co-author of 'Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective'.
also The Damaged Mind of George W. Bush - The Madness in His Method
Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, PhD, is a professor of social work at the University of Northern Iowa and co-author of 'Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective'.
CBS News | Poll: Polarization In America | July 6, 2004�10:31:30
Bush’s evaluation on Iraq turned negative as the situation there worsened, but it may also have declined because most Americans think he has been less than forthright about Iraq; only 18 percent believe he has told the public the entire truth. 59 percent think Bush has been mostly telling the truth but also hiding something, and another one in five thinks he has been mostly lying about it.
ON WAR IN IRAQ, BUSH HAS BEEN:
Telling entire truth: 18%
Hiding something: 59%
Mostly lying: 20%
The Bush Administration receives similar criticism for its handling of the events at Abu Ghraib prison. 52 percent think members of the administration have been hiding information about the treatment of prisoners there, and another 27 percent think they are mostly lying. Only 15 percent think they have told the entire truth about the prison abuse.
Bush’s evaluation on Iraq turned negative as the situation there worsened, but it may also have declined because most Americans think he has been less than forthright about Iraq; only 18 percent believe he has told the public the entire truth. 59 percent think Bush has been mostly telling the truth but also hiding something, and another one in five thinks he has been mostly lying about it.
ON WAR IN IRAQ, BUSH HAS BEEN:
Telling entire truth: 18%
Hiding something: 59%
Mostly lying: 20%
The Bush Administration receives similar criticism for its handling of the events at Abu Ghraib prison. 52 percent think members of the administration have been hiding information about the treatment of prisoners there, and another 27 percent think they are mostly lying. Only 15 percent think they have told the entire truth about the prison abuse.
OldVersion.com Looking for that older version of your favorite software? Want a version of RealPlayer that is less EVIL?
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Salon.com News | Hail to the Moon king WTF?!
"...members of Congress hosted a crowning ritual for an ex-convict and multibillionaire who dressed up in maroon robes and declared himself the Second Coming"
"Moon told his bipartisan audience of Washington power players he would save everyone on Earth as he had saved the souls of Hitler and Stalin"
"Moon preaches that gays are "dung-eating dogs," Jews brought on the Holocaust by betraying Jesus, and the U.S. Constitution should be scrapped in favor of a system he calls "Godism" -- with him in charge"
"By the Unification Church's estimate, 81 congressmen attended, although that number is probably high"
"Moonification tour, intended to remove Christian crosses from almost 300 churches in poor neighborhoods -- the idea being that the cross was an obstacle to uniting religions under Moon. Yet the Dirksen ceremony was sold as a celebration of world peace. "
Moon owns the Washington Times and UPI. (Helen Thomas quit after the purchase)
"...members of Congress hosted a crowning ritual for an ex-convict and multibillionaire who dressed up in maroon robes and declared himself the Second Coming"
"Moon told his bipartisan audience of Washington power players he would save everyone on Earth as he had saved the souls of Hitler and Stalin"
"Moon preaches that gays are "dung-eating dogs," Jews brought on the Holocaust by betraying Jesus, and the U.S. Constitution should be scrapped in favor of a system he calls "Godism" -- with him in charge"
"By the Unification Church's estimate, 81 congressmen attended, although that number is probably high"
"Moonification tour, intended to remove Christian crosses from almost 300 churches in poor neighborhoods -- the idea being that the cross was an obstacle to uniting religions under Moon. Yet the Dirksen ceremony was sold as a celebration of world peace. "
Moon owns the Washington Times and UPI. (Helen Thomas quit after the purchase)
Fifty-nine Deceits in Fahrenheit 911, Dave Kopel, Independence Institute
This is the best write-up I've seen to date that attempts to refute F9/11.
It's full of the classic "out of context" complaints and "Whether you agree with the staff report or the critics, there is no dispute that Saddam Hussein had a relationship with al Qaeda" conjecture.
One of the deceits is having the wrong toll-free number listed...
If you read the whole thing, you'll see about 1/3 of the way down that deceits include using images of people reacting to the attacks on the WTC. This is considered deceitful because it "involves the contradiction between Moore's purported feelings about a topic in the movie and what appear to be his actual feelings about that topic."
The very same tactics that Kopel finds deceitful about Moore are found throughout the article.
Since "this is a preliminary version of an article to be published", I'll be curious to read the final, and read the response from Moore's war room. As it stands, I read nothing here that makes me think that the fundamental premise of the movie is off.
The Bush Administration was predetermined to fight a war with Iraq. The justification for this war came from the events of 9/11 combined with a systematic use of fear, uncertainty and doubt to build it's case. And that Osama bin Laden was not then, nor is he now, a priority.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- George W. Bush, 3/13/02
This is the best write-up I've seen to date that attempts to refute F9/11.
It's full of the classic "out of context" complaints and "Whether you agree with the staff report or the critics, there is no dispute that Saddam Hussein had a relationship with al Qaeda" conjecture.
One of the deceits is having the wrong toll-free number listed...
If you read the whole thing, you'll see about 1/3 of the way down that deceits include using images of people reacting to the attacks on the WTC. This is considered deceitful because it "involves the contradiction between Moore's purported feelings about a topic in the movie and what appear to be his actual feelings about that topic."
The very same tactics that Kopel finds deceitful about Moore are found throughout the article.
Since "this is a preliminary version of an article to be published", I'll be curious to read the final, and read the response from Moore's war room. As it stands, I read nothing here that makes me think that the fundamental premise of the movie is off.
The Bush Administration was predetermined to fight a war with Iraq. The justification for this war came from the events of 9/11 combined with a systematic use of fear, uncertainty and doubt to build it's case. And that Osama bin Laden was not then, nor is he now, a priority.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- George W. Bush, 3/13/02
Thursday, July 01, 2004
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