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  • All the King’s Media
    13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by William Greider
    Amid the smoke and stench of burning careers, Washington feels a bit like the last days of the ancien régime. As the world’s finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Let the perp walks begin. Whether the public feels reassured is another matter.
    George W. Bush’s plight leads me to thoughts of Louis XV and his royal court in the (…)

  • A Foul Tragedy. Democrats fled in the face of danger
    13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Garrison Keillor
    We Democrats are at our worst when we try to emulate Republicans as we did in signing onto the “war” on drugs that has ruined so many young lives.
    The cruelty of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is stark indeed, as are the sentencing guidelines that impose mandatory minimum sentences for minor drug possession-guidelines in the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act that sailed through Congress without benefit of public hearings, drafted before an election by Democrats afraid to be (…)

  • One. Two. Three. Four---What the hell are we remembering for?
    11 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Greg Felton
    Do we seriously believe that our soldiers, airmen and sailors fought against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan only to bequeath to us a world terrorized by Israel, the U.S. and Great Britain?
    This Remembrance Day, I will show my respect for Canada’s war dead in a different way-I will not wear a poppy.
    The poppy, John McRae’s In Flanders Fields and the commemoration of the two world wars are part of a ritual that has become a perverse anachronism. Simply put, (…)

  • Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jordana Timerman
    Some aspects of George Bush’s travels have become commonplace, including massive protests, sporadic violence and tight security operations. All of these usual elements—notably the imperial-style arrival of the US president with an entourage of 2,000 people and four AWACS surveillance systems—were present at the Fourth Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
    But the opposition to Bush and his proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), as well as (…)

  • The Wal-Mart 22
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jonathan Tasini
    Jonathan Tasini is president of the Economic Future Group and writes his "Working In America" columns for TomPaine.com on an occasional basis. His blog Working Life chronicles the labor movement and other issues affecting American workers.
    Last week, I attended the screening of Robert Greenwald’s new film, “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price.” It is a great piece of investigative work that gives voice to the people and communities Wal-Mart has destroyed. You have to (…)

  • Stop the eviction of the ’Welcome Home’ Kitchen in New Orleans
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The only kitchen serving fresh, nutritious meals to the people of New Orleans east of Canal St. is being threatened with closure by city officials.
    The loose-knit coalition of groups known as ’the Rainbow Family of Living Light’, best known for their yearly 4th of July Rainbow Gatherings at rotating locations throughout the country, have been instrumental in the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina. The mobile kitchen they founded in Waveland, Mississippi, the area hardest hit by the (…)

  • US ’uses incendiary arms’ in Iraq
    9 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
    Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though the bombs are considered incendiary devices.
    Eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers say the weapon was used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city.
    The US military denies this, but admits using white phosphorus bombs in (…)

  • GCHQ - Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    GCHQ- Government Communications HeadQuarters Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency
    by Steve Jones
    GCHQ- Government Communications Headquarters- is the United Kingdom’s (and the European Union’s) counterpart to the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States.
    Commonly referred to as, "her Majesty’s doughnut", GCHQ is Europe’s most powerful intelligence gathering agency. Located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, the massive 176 acre centre, 1.1 million (…)

  • Former US public broadcasting chairman resigns in disgrace
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Walsh
    Right-winger Kenneth Tomlinson resigned from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) November 3, after a report by the agency’s inspector general sharply criticized his performance. Tomlinson has been at the center of efforts to transform public broadcasting into a mouthpiece for the Bush administration.
    Tomlinson, a former director of the Voice of America in the Reagan administration and editor-in-chief or Reader’s Digest, was appointed to the CPB by (…)

  • GAO report upholds Ohio vote fraud claims
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Joe Baker
    As if the indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby wasn’t enough to give the White House some heavy concerns, a report from the Government Accounting Office takes a big bite out of the Bush clique’s pretense of legitimacy.
    This powerful and probing report takes a hard look at the election of 2004 and supports the contention that the election was stolen. The report has received almost no coverage in the national media.
    The GAO is the government’s lead investigative agency, and (…)