September 26, 2006

ALERT

The Lethal Science Of Splenda - A Poisonous Chlorocarbon
http://tinyurl.com/ox797

WAR
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The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions: Robert Lynd (1879-1949)
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Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage After Changes, Senate Holdouts Pledge Support
http://tinyurl.com/oa6sb

Why is Pat Roberts suddenly calling for the declassification of the National Intelligence Estimate?
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

The US CIA has paid million to Pakistan to hand over 350+ suspected al-Qaeda terrorists to US
http://tinyurl.com/z9cbt

Army Major General John Batiste, retired says Iraq War Fuels Islamic Radicals
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606M.shtml

Negroponte Tries to Cloud Intelligence Analysis on the War on Terror
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1821

POLITICS
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"Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.": Alexander Meiklejohn - (1872-1964) - Source: Testimony, First Session, 84th Congress, 1955
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Clinton and the pitfalls of faux bipartisanship, Chris Wallace vs Larry King gave all of us very different vibes.
http://tinyurl.com/gv8wo

Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, challenged former President Clinton's claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue Osama bin Laden
http://tinyurl.com/zb468

CONDI LIES to Rebut Clinton
http://tinyurl.com/o2yf5

NOTE: There is a video of Bush dismissing the deaths in Iraq a "Just a Comma"!
BuzzFlash: This guy is a true sociopath. If an ounce oc compassion found it's way to Bush's heart, it would die of loneliness and disuse.

Casey widens lead in Pa. Senate poll
http://tinyurl.com/ma6kl

More accuse Allen of using slurs. The Virginia Republican denies using the "N-word," but two new sources claim he did
http://tinyurl.com/r93pf

Novak: "Republican Money Is Starting To Pour Into" Lieberman's Campaign
http://tinyurl.com/mjv7x

Battling Democrats' indifference blurs the importance of the midterm elections.
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

GOP Trolls on Liberal Blogs
http://tinyurl.com/qlnvz

The religious right is looking to make a comeback just in time for the midterms.
http://the-reaction.blogspot.com/2006/09/bigotry-vote.html

During the 2004 presidential and congressional elections Consultants raked in $1.78 billion via 600 consultants with expertise in every facet of politics,
http://tinyurl.com/kgxml

Pelosi Asks for Closed House Session
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6106864,00.html

ECONOMY

Thom Hartmann Comes to the Defense of the Embattled, and Shrinking, Middle Class
http://buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/034

Many Americans look for political manipulation as gasoline prices plunge
http://tinyurl.com/labmf

Massachusetts. home sales plunge, prices drop
http://tinyurl.com/qt63f

US housing bubble: Economy in denial
http://tinyurl.com/jp8fc

Problem Loans for U.S. Banks Rise as Manufacturers Struggle
http://tinyurl.com/g54vn

911

Bill Clinton did what almost none of us have done in five years. He has spoken the truth about 9/11, and the current presidential administration." - Keith Olbermann
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606Z.shtml

9/11 Truth: Thermite & The Case for Controlled Demolition - confirms that the angled cut on the H beam is the remains of a controlled demolition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1-Dp_-7WI&mode=related&search

CONGRESS

Arlen Specter joins Democrats: Habeas corpus — the phrase in Latin for “you have the body” — has been a centerpiece of Anglo-American jurisprudence since it was first developed over 300 years ago in Britain. It gave defendants the right to have their imprisonment reviewed by a court.
http://susiemadrak.com/2006/09/25/19/38/the-man-of-principle/

Sen. Arlen Specter challenged the constitutionality of the president's practice of adding signing statements to legislation - said the practice "is inappropriate under the Constitution
http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61253

Lott Threatens the Democrats
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606O.shtml

Over 100 Whistleblowers and Organizations Urge the House Chairman against S.494
http://nswbc.org/Press%20Releases/PR-DefAuth-Sep25-06.htm

DOMESTIC

A new bill on jailing, interrogating, and trying terror suspects that President George W. Bush is trying to ram through the US Congress contains provisions on rape and sexual assault that turn back the clock alarmingly.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606N.shtml

Vermont Congress candidate calls on Pentagon to arrest Bush, Cheney
http://bridgenews.org/news/092006/morrisseau/newsitem_view

Sealing our border - It won't work - Canyons, rivers and shifting sand — plus a multibillion-dollar price tag, more violence and less business
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/146870

Enron's Fastow gets 6-year sentence
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_bi_ge/enron_fastow

Voting in the dark on eavesdropping
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

Why are so many Americans still hoodwinked:
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

Anti-terror funds to protect big California ports decreasing
http://tinyurl.com/s8lk2

Indiana has admitted disabling the straight-party feature on their Infinity machines because of a software error and they told no one in the state about the action.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3529#more-3529

I want to register and vote Republican says Alec Baldwin – they make is so easy???
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/

The purity, fineness and potency of the anthrax -- particularly that mailed to Sens. Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont -- makes it highly unlikely that the sender of the letters made and treated the spores in a makeshift setting, according to officials involved in the massive investigation. (Think Cover Up while reading this.)
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/04/10/inv.anthrax.investigation/index.html.

Problem Loans for U.S. Banks Rise as Manufacturers Struggle
http://tinyurl.com/g54vn

U.S. Relaxes Air Travel Restrictions
http://tinyurl.com/e7op9

HP scandal figure resigns after being subpoenaed
http://tinyurl.com/go8uy

ENVIRONMENT

Global Warming Fear Lights Fire Under Congress
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506EA.shtml

INTERNATIONAL

Cartel forces pose threat on U.S.-Mexican border
Through training and recruiting, the Zetas drug cartel enforcers are growing in strength and extending their Texas ties.
http://tinyurl.com/n5vd7

US Pursues Ties to Oil-Rich Kazakhstan – human rights must not matter
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092506T.shtml

BERLIN - A leading opera house canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" that included a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad
http://tinyurl.com/k88ud

USA falls from 1st to 6th place.- Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are the world’s most competitive economies
http://tinyurl.com/hoj4f

Opec considers drop in output
http://tinyurl.com/s7zke

MILITARY

The Army also is considering accelerating the deployments for some brigades in a move to try to stop sectarian violence among Sunnis and Shi'ites in Baghdad,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060925/pl_nm/iraq_usa_troops_dc

A Broken, De-Humanized Military in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606A.shtml

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
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"It does not require many words to speak the truth."-- Chief Joseph, native American leader (1840-1904)
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Google is again embroiled in a censorship farce after its Google Video sub-division was caught altering viewing statistics for Alex Jones' Terror Storm documentary,
http://tinyurl.com/kgvnl

Nancy falling from Grace over book?
http://tinyurl.com/s7vzr

HUMAN RIGHTS
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Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world: Preamble, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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U.S.: Girls Abused in New York’s Juvenile Prisons
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0925-06.htm

Marjority of Uninsured Children Live in Two-Parent Families
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0925-15.htm

EDITORIALS - OPINIONS

Can’t bring yourself to blame Bush? Slam Rumsfeld
http://www.lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=583

HEALTH

Something's Rotten in Food Oversight
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506HA.shtml

Insurance Horror Stories
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506HC.shtml

Will Brown Seaweed Fight Obesity?
http://tinyurl.com/gubmx

2 dairies to end use of artificial hormones (FINALLY!!!!!)
http://tinyurl.com/o6blp

Chemicals Within Us - National Geographic
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0610/feature4/index.html

Curcumin halts colorectal cancer, breast cancer by inducing death of cancer cells:http://www.newstarget.com/020527.html

CoQ10 improves cardiovascular health of heart patients:
http://www.newstarget.com/020512.html

Vitamin K deficiency found to promote osteoporosis in women:
http://www.newstarget.com/020526.html