December 19, 2006

THE THINKING SPOT

By 2040, there will be NO ice left at the North Pole, scientists predict:
http://tinyurl.com/yddvhp

ALERT

Nuclear Weapon Nearly Detonated in the United States: A watchdog group charges a nuclear warhead nearly exploded in Texas when it was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo.
http://tinyurl.com/w7zwb

WAR

Joint Chiefs Oppose Bush Plan to Add Troops - officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the White House review is not public.
http://tinyurl.com/yc8jsw

Bush and Cheney (Two Combat Personal Cowards) Vs. the Pentagon: "The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate."
http://tinyurl.com/ygo8sn

Attacks in Iraq at Record High, Pentagon Says. A report found an average of almost 960 attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets every week from early August to early November. Meanwhile, the Boy in the Bubble Walks Around Oblivious to the Damage of His "Decidering."
http://tinyurl.com/y5uff2

Film: 'French found bin Laden, US never gave order to kill'
http://tinyurl.com/yzaw52

60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002
http://tinyurl.com/r5tgo

Advising the Bush administration on how to deal with the Iraq fiasco, the report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group urges the president to clarify that Washington does not seek to control Iraq's oil. It then gets down to business and sets out exactly how Washington should take control of Iraq's oil.
http://tinyurl.com/yah8wx

POLITICS

Gingrich's Latest Political Ressurection: Corporate Point man for Internet Censorship
http://tinyurl.com/t8y2s

SCANDAL

Former CIA Official Exposes Bush Administration Fraud
http://tinyurl.com/yadzo2

McVeigh Video Destroys OKC Bombing Official Story - A video that shows Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh at a U.S. military base that specializes in explosives and demolition training over a year after he supposedly left the army puts the official story of the April 19 1995 federal building bombing under serious doubt and mandates a re-opening of an investigation into the terror attack that killed 168 people.
http://tinyurl.com/ygr5pq

LEGAL ITEMS

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FILED IN HOUSE/JUDICIARY
http://tinyurl.com/yhpp9n

Vice President Dick Cheney will be called as a defense witness in the CIA leak case, an attorney for Cheney's former chief of staff told a federal judge Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/vtexq

ELECTION ITEMS

How Democrats Can Keep the Youth Vote - A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution
http://tinyurl.com/yhvg9q

Feds reject requirement that e-voting machines produce paper trail:
http://tinyurl.com/ym8ob2

ECONOMY

The Highwaymen - Why you could soon be paying Wall Street investors, Australian bankers, and Spanish builders for the privilege of driving on American roads....American tax payers have payed for the construction of these roads, and now get to pay infinitely more to drive them for the states' "privilege" to privatize them for huge fees.
http://tinyurl.com/wavj8

CONGRESS

With Democrats in Control, Yucca Project May Be Doomed
http://tinyurl.com/yk87lb

Showdown Looms Over Domestic Spying
http://tinyurl.com/yek79h

RELIGIOUS ITEMS

How Did America's Founding Fathers Feel About Christmas?
http://tinyurl.com/y2w3ku

Anti-abortion group wants Pelosi stopped from attending mass
http://tinyurl.com/ynfrr7

ENVIRONMENT

States File Soot Suit Against EPA - More than a dozen states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
http://tinyurl.com/yx8l9t

MILITARY

New Poll of U.S. Troops: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Outdated - 73% of the troops in a new poll say that they are personally comfortable interacting with gays. Clearly, the military has changed over time.
http://tinyurl.com/ylsywh

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Mainstream journalists abandon established newspapers to launch independent political news website:
http://tinyurl.com/yzgo36

HEALTH

Scientists Creating Nasal Spray To Fight Obesity...
http://tinyurl.com/yebvjo

"Fast Food Nation" author pushes for new food safety agency:
http://tinyurl.com/ykykga

Higher activity levels mean lower risk of breast cancer, safer weight loss, say researchers:
http://tinyurl.com/ycwc38

USDA appoints corporate agribusiness reps to Organic Standards Board:
http://tinyurl.com/ylr4tz

Counterfeiting, short supply hamper powerful Chinese herbal malaria drug:
http://tinyurl.com/yfktob

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas
http://tinyurl.com/yjkyyq