January 19, 2007

NEWS ITEMS TO KEEP UP

It came as little surprise that Cheney has known of secret negotiations between the Israelis and Syrians on a peace treaty, while egging Israel on in the ill-fated recent war with Hezbollah. And Cheney, according to the BBC, spurned offers by Iran at reaching a level of peaceful coexistence.

Congress Unleashes Antiwar Proposals - Truth is Speaking….Is Power Listening?

Times/Bloomberg Report: Most Oppose Troop Buildup

The Bush administration is trying to protect itself by purging independent-minded prosecutors Internet as Political Force Grows

Demand Accountability from Gonzales, American Civil Liberties Union Calls on Lawmakers Seeks Torture Memos and Answers on Increased Surveillance

Senate Republicans Trying – Again – to Kill Lobbying and Ethics Reform Bill BUT, BUT, BUT the Senate, responding to voter frustration with corruption and special interest influence in Washington, on Thursday overwhelmingly approved far-reaching ethics and lobbying reform legislation.

House Rolls Back Oil Company Subsidies

Iraqi Budget Loaded With Divisive Expenditures - Most ministries get multimillion-dollar discretionary funds known as "social benefits" with few spending safeguards, Iraqi officials say.

Radical Christian Right Feasts On Suburbanites Lost In Growing Personal And Economic Despair With No Sense Of Community


Pelosi Won't Block Iraq Funding to Stop Troop Surge

Miami Beach Wants to Outlaw Private Parties

Senators Demand Details on New Eavesdropping Rules

China Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon, Unnerving US

'Total Bull' That Congress Can't Stop Bush Iraq Escalation Plan Says John Edwards Campaign


The new rules for military courts in the US allow convicted terrorists to be imprisoned or put to death using hearsay evidence or coerced testimony. So, if Mr. A is tortured into saying he heard Mr. B say something bad about Mr. C, Mr. C can be put to death.

MILITARY DECLARES SOLDERS ARE NOT US CITIZENS

McCain's Popularity "Tanking" In New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada

Gonzales, live: "The Constitution does not say that every citizen has the right to habeas corpus."

Governors lose in power struggle over National Guard - Bush Seizes Control Over State Militias


The cost of the Iraq War in addition to costing thousands of American and Iraqi lives is bleeding the American treasury at dangerous levels.


Auditors Report Billions in Reconstruction Waste and Fraud in Iraq:


Study: Hot chili pepper compound kills cancer without side effects (capsaiin)

Speaking two languages into old age can stave off dementia, study finds

Number of obesity surgery patients in U.S. soared between 1998 and 2004

Las Vegas Review: Host Of This Year’s WH Correspondents Dinner Claiming He Was Told To Go Easy On Bush

DEMS COMPLETE 100 HOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN
42 HOURS, 15 MINUTES....

Pentagon admits spy coins 'never existed'

Congressman Ney was 'hitting the bottle all day long'- sentenced Friday to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a congressional bribery scandal

Pelosi: President Bush 'has to answer for this war'

Ex-aide says Rice ignorant of Mid-East history

Dem compromise may kill min-wage hike

Pacific Lumber Co. files for bankruptcy

CEO: Motorola will cut 3,500 jobs

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's approval rating with Iranians, including with Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei, is deteriorating.

San Francisco will become the first city in the country requiring employers to give their workers paid sick leave.

Oreck Corporation is moving its manufacturing to
Tennessee due to high insurance rates and lack of workers.

Majority believe stronger passport requirements for travelers entering U.S. will help increase security

Sen. Leahy Slams Gonzalez Over Torture

Rogers Says Oil Will Rise to $100 After Correction' said Jim
Rogers, who predicted the start of the commodities rally in 1999.

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Conspiracy of Silence - US Politicians Pedophile Ring
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=359924937663867563&q=conspiracy%20of%20silence

NO WAY OUT: A 50% DOLLAR DEVALUATION
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/mchugh/2007/0114.html

Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers - Tumours in rats deliberately infected with human cancer also shrank drastically when they were fed DCA-laced water for several weeks.DCA attacks a unique feature of cancer cells: the fact that they make their energy throughout the main body of the cell, rather than in distinct organelles called mitochondria. This process, called glycolysis, is inefficient and uses up vast amounts of sugar.
http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Farticle%2Fdn10971-cheap-safe-drug-kills-most-cancers.html

Aficial meat- Technology emerging that will allow scientists to grow artificial meat for human consumption - just like meat at a molecular level, except it won't come from an animal. It will come from a factory where it was grown cell by...
http://www.newstarget.com/021455.html

Human guinea pigs eat "ape diet" for 12 days, experience remarkable health improvements - Nine human beings in Devon, England, aged 36 to 49, agreed to be treated like animals for their health by living in a tent next to the ape house at Paignton Zoo and eating a strict diet akin to what our ancestors consumed. The experiment...
http://www.newstarget.com/021451.html

Professor says America seeks Afghanistan Oil Deal: The mounting U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries may enable Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, UNOCAL, and other giant corporations to lay claim to "the number-one prize in world oil." But the extension of U.S. military power and economic domination into this region comes with very grave risks
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/01/18/01326.html

The Great Democratic Landslide Of 2008
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_brent_bu_070118_the_great_democratic.htm