September 25, 2006

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"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." – Plato
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WAR
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"The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out."-- Chinese proverb
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Due Process, Bulldozed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506L.shtml

The Supreme Court's decision last June in the Hamdan case held that the Geneva Conventions protect all detainees in the 'war on terrorism,'
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73017

Torture Victim Had No Terror Link, Canada Told U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/jjxop

US President George W. Bush’s own church has called for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and is urging direct action to end the war.
http://tinyurl.com/zg5jt

A leading Afghan official working on women's rights has been shot dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5376968.stm

POLITICS
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The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people: Frank Kent
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Study of Iraq War and Terror Stirs Strong Political Response
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506K.shtml

Very Revealing: Moms tired of president - Days before Hurricane Katrina hit, I wrote that my mom, not Sheehan, was President Bush's biggest problem.
http://tinyurl.com/zzb9v

Jack Abramoff and Imelda Marcos? Yep.
http://tinyurl.com/efvqy

Poll finds Ohio sweep in reach of Democrats
http://dispatch.com/?story=dispatch/2006/09/24/20060924-A1-00.html

Neocons seek maximum chaos and instability in the Middle East in order to justify long-term U.S. occupation of the region. Tell me this isn't about money!!!
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=9743

ECONOMY

Demand in the U.S. economy is slowing as the housing market falters, a development that the International Monetary Fund on Sept. 14 called a key risk to global expansion.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/24/bloomberg/bxecon.php

Medicare Refund Mixup Part of Larger Tangle
http://tinyurl.com/hujlx

Tobacco Lawsuit Given Class Action Status By Brooklyn Judge
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=9&aid=62882

Millions of Seniors Facing Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'
http://tinyurl.com/zwj7b

NOTE:
Forbes says drug prices are rising FASTER than inflation, while the Seattle Times saysprices are rising SLOWER than inflation. Who do you believe?

911

Claim: USCENTCOM Sergeant Blows Whistle On 9/11 Inside Job
http://tinyurl.com/l7mw5

Military Eye Witness says Cheney Ordered Air Force to Stand Down On 9-11
http://tinyurl.com/hfhzk

CONGRESS

The Amnesty-for-Torturers Act? denies the right to a habeas-corpus and Nine retired federal judges have tried to awaken Congress to this constitutional crisis.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/nhentoff.htm

The Supreme Court's decision last June in the Hamdan case held that the Geneva Conventions protect all detainees in the 'war on terrorism,'
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=73017

The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years,
http://tinyurl.com/f8po7

DOMESTIC
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"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.": John Morley - (1838-1923)
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Anti-gay bishops vote to split the evangelical church in two. (Official hatred. How nice!)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2371548,00.html

A consumer advocacy organization says companies and institutions have collectively fumbled roughly 93,754,333 private records in the last two years.
http://tinyurl.com/p9vxm

A leading Afghan official working on women's rights has been shot dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5376968.stm

Universities see sharp drop in computer science majors (Maybe they are too busy learning religion.)
http://tinyurl.com/jgrbe

On Feb. 15, 2005, someone walked into a Connecticut library, sat down at a computer and used the Internet. Five months later, two FBI agents walked into a librarian's Connecticut office and handed him a letter he wasn't allowed to talk about..
http://tinyurl.com/qh5of

Diebold Tells NYTimes Access to Their Voting Machines 'Analogous to Launching a Nuclear Missile'
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3523

Medicare Refund Mixup Part of Larger Tangle
http://tinyurl.com/hujlx

Harper's: Ex-intelligence agents moving at astounding rate into private sector. Meet the counterterrorism-industrial complex.
http://harpers.org/sb-meet-the-counterterrorism-1158675678.html

ENVIRONMENT

The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years,
http://tinyurl.com/f8po7

MILITARY
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"It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile."- Earl Warren, jurist (1891-1974)
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Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506J.shtml

Due Process, Bulldozed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506L.shtml

U.S. Army extends Iraq duty for 4,000
http://tinyurl.com/hn375

Unit Makes Do as Army Strives to Plug Gaps
http://tinyurl.com/nyxxn

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Unit Makes Do as Army Strives to Plug Gaps
http://tinyurl.com/nyxxn

Battle Breaks Out in Media Over Bleak NIE Iraq Assessment
http://tinyurl.com/q9js5

EDITORIALS - OPINIONS

"It should come as no surprise if the Bush administration undertakes a preemptive war against Iran sometime before the November election – Gary Hart - The October Surprise
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506Z.shtml

Due Process, Bulldozed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506L.shtml

Very Revealing:
Moms tired of president - Days before Hurricane Katrina hit, I wrote that my
mom, not Sheehan, was President Bush's biggest problem.
http://tinyurl.com/zzb9v

MORE TO COME:
??Incompetence of Bush Appointees is at Epidemic Levels:??
(I clicked on this and in a flash it was gone. I can only hope that it was not pulled by whomever but just needed a bit more work. When I can refind it you will get it.)

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein
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