November 30, 2006

THE THINKING SPOT

“I BELIEVE that God wants me to be president.” George W. Bush. (That isn't exactly what gives me faith in the Father. As I said yesterday, I think we are going to have to wrestle God back from the Evangelicals.)


ALERT

Threats To Internet Freedom All Too Real - The Internet is the last true unregulated outpost of freedom of speech but moves are afoot to stifle, suffocate and control the world wide web. These threats are not hidden nor are they hard to deduce and yet a significant minority of truth seekers and activists remain naive as to their scope.
http://tinyurl.com/ya8kgh

WAR

94% Say Bush Misled Nation To War
http://tinyurl.com/ydvqzf

Text Of Secret U.S. Security Adviser’s Iraq Memo - classified secret --- Following is the text of a Nov. 8 memorandum prepared for cabinet-level officials by Stephen J. Hadley, the national security adviser, and his aides on the National Security Council. The five-page document, classified secret, was read and transcribed by The New York Times.
http://tinyurl.com/yendwl

LEGAL ITEMS

Government offers $2 million and apology to U.S. Muslim: The government also issued an unusual apology to Brandon Mayfield for the "suffering" caused by his wrongful arrest and imprisonment. It acknowledged that the ordeal was "deeply upsetting" to Mayfield and his family.

ECONOMY

US CONSUMER'S INSOLVENCY DEAD AHEAD
http://tinyurl.com/ymbwu8

Worse Than Holding Dollars Is Holding Bonds; $ 'will keep falling'; Death Knell ...
http://tinyurl.com/ydh73v

CONGRESS

Jim Webb Is The Real Straight Talk Express of the Senate
http://tinyurl.com/yl3ypl

DOMESTIC

FEMA Ordered to Resume Katrina Housing Payments
http://tinyurl.com/yhbvko

INTERNATIONAL

1,245 Secret CIA Flights Revealed by European Parliament: The Parliament's draft report concludes "member states had knowledge of the programme of extraordinary rendition and secret prisons."
http://tinyurl.com/ylsj9q

MILITARY

Mystery surrounds F-16, pilot in Iraq crash - Officials say jet belongs to New Mexico-based fighter wing, but all its pilots are accounted for. Which means a pilot from another country was flying that plane when it was shot down.
http://tinyurl.com/ymqjbp

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Gore takes a swipe at Scalia on 'Jay Leno'
http://tinyurl.com/yjvro2