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  • WAR-MONGERING QUAIL HUNTER
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    But He Didn’t Shoot the Deputy
    By Peter Fredson
    February 14, 2006
    I just finished my daily review of news and blogs, and paid special attention to the Dick Cheney shotgun blast incident. Actually there is a ton of news, joking, and commentary on this topic, so I will limit my comments to something I saw which may not have been reported. At least I didn’t see any comments.
    Yesterday, when eating supper and watching TV, I saw a report on the Cheney shooting. On the screen appeared the (…)

  • Abramoff claimed close ties to Bush’s political guru
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    By JOHN SOLOMON and PETE YOST
    Three former associates of Jack Abramoff say the now-convicted lobbyist frequently told them he had strong ties to the White House through presidential confidant Karl Rove.
    The White House said Monday night that Rove remembers meeting Abramoff at a 1990s political meeting and considered the lobbyist a "casual acquaintance" since President Bush took office in 2001.
    New questions have arisen about Abramoff’s ties to the White House since a photo emerged over (…)

  • Hallmark of the Bush administration: screw up and get promoted.
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    February 12, 2006 — Bush homeland security and terrorism adviser’s qualifications: she’s married to Bush’s Yale classmate. Frances Fragos Townsend, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism and the point person for the White House’s newly-released information on "Al Qaeda" terrorist plots (including a 2002 "West Coast plot" to crash an airplane into the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles (formerly the Library Tower, which Bush erroneously referred to as the (…)

  • 9/11 Rescuer Saw Explosions Inside WTC 6 Lobby
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    9/11 Rescuer Saw Explosions Inside WTC 6 Lobby http://killtown.blogspot.com February 10, 2006
    In an exclusive Killtown interview, Ground Zero EMT Patricia Ondrovic talks about her harrowing day at the WTC on 9/11. Within minutes after the South Tower collapses, she witnessed the WTC 5 blowing up, cars exploding, and explosions inside the lobby of the WTC 6, all the while narrowly escaping with her own life. Patricia can be reached at: fieldangel911@yahoo.com
    9/11 Rescuer Saw Explosions (…)

  • Ken Ford and how the patriot act is protecting him
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    February 13, 2006 — Click here to read a letter from the parents of wrongfully-convicted former NSA intern-analyst Kenneth Ford, the author of a signals intelligence report that questioned Iraqi nuclear WMD components, which ultimately brought down the wrath of the neo-con apparatus in the Bush administration.
    This editor will be present at the March 1 sentencing at the US District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland in a show of support for Ken Ford and his parents. How many among the (…)

  • This isnt cheneys first hunting incident
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    February 13, 2006 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot fellow hunter, 78-year old Austin attorney Harry Whittington, while quail hunting on the south Texas ranch of Anne Armstrong, a former U.S. ambassador to Britain and an adviser to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush I. The incident occurred during the late afternoon of February 11 but the news was not revealed until February 12 after being confirmed by the White House after the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported the story. The (…)

  • Stuff to Do to Stop the War
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Stuff to Do to Stop the War STAN GOFF, CounterPunch
    June 18, 2005
    The war in Iraq is degenerating ... a lot. For American troops, Iraqi police, and Iraqi civilians, the last two months have been filled with dread, death, and disfigurement. In spite of around-the-clock spin by the administration and show-dog obedience by the bouzhie-press, the reality of the war is filtering into the public’s consciousness. Certain phrases are haunting us: "weapons of mass destruction"... "yellow-cake (…)

  • Sanctions, the USA we dont just impose them, now we receive them
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    WTO Rules U.S. Tax Breaks Illegal; EU to Retaliate (Update4) Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — The European Union plans to impose new sanctions on as much as $4 billion a year in American goods after the World Trade Organization said the U.S. failed to end illegal tax breaks to exporters such as Boeing Co.
    A three-judge panel rejected a U.S. appeal because Congress ignored a WTO order to scrap the tax breaks. The EU challenged the U.S. law because it phases out the 10-year export benefits over 12 (…)

  • IED Strike Kills Four U.S. Servicemembers in Afghanistan
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    American Forces Press Service
    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2006 - Four U.S. servicemembers were killed today when a suspected improvised explosive device struck their up-armored Humvee north of Deh Rahwod in Uruzgan province, officials here reported today. The servicemembers were on patrol with Afghan National Army forces at the time of the attack. Their unit and service branch information was not released.
    Shortly afterwards, the patrol was engaged with small arms and (…)

  • Cheney Apparently Breaks Key Hunting Rule
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Cheney Apparently Violates Cardinal Rule of Hunting: Make Sure It’s a Safe Shot
    WASHINGTON Feb 13, 2006 (AP)- Vice President Dick Cheney apparently broke the No. 1 rule of hunting: Be sure of what you’re shooting at. He also violated Texas game law by failing to buy a required hunting stamp.
    Cheney wounded fellow hunter Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest Saturday, apparently because he didn’t see Whittington approaching as he fired on a covey of quail in Texas.
    Hunting (…)