By Joe Conason
Editor’s note: In this column, Conason points out that the Connecticut senator who would lecture us on ethics drafted a bill in 2005 that made generous giveaways to pharmaceutical companies-one month after his wife went to work in the pharmaceuticals division of a major lobbying and PR firm.
Whenever Sen. Joseph Lieberman complains that he is the target of a “single-issue” challenge by upstart millionaire Ned Lamont, the three-term incumbent proves he doesn’t quite get (…)
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Sen. Lieberman Literally in Bed With Drug Lobby
15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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When Civilians Become Targets: The Israeli Destruction of Lebanon and Gaza
15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Remi Kanazi
In the last two weeks, Israel has sent a chilling message to the Palestinian and Lebanese people: civilians and infrastructure are legitimate targets in their war of aggression. The Geneva Conventions have been fragrantly violated and humanitarian law has been thrown into the garbage can. The Israeli government would have us believe that the killing of civilians is the “necessary consequence” of holding one Israeli prisoner in Gaza and two Israeli prisoners in Lebanon.
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Serpent’s Egg By Chris Floyd
14 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commenthttp://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/07/14/120.html
Over and over, the Bush regime and its media apologists have peddled the same mendacious line in defense of their war crime in Iraq: "We’re fighting the terrorists over there so we don’t have to fight them over here." But in fact the occupation is breeding a cadre of vicious terrorists intent on bringing death and destruction back home to America’s streets, using the deadly skills they’ve learned — in the U.S. military. (…) -
US Policy In Lebanon
14 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentUS Policy In Lebanon By Ray Close || a former CIA analyst in the Near East division || Member, Steering Group, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (sent via Larry Johnson, and posted by SusanUnPC) Thursday, July 13, 2006 Dear Friends:
Not surprisingly, some (not all) of my Israeli and American Jewish friends have objected strenuously to my characterization of Israel’s response to recent Hamas and Hizballah actions as disproportionate and counterproductive.
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IRAN in the crosshairs..again?
14 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsAs the result of Israel’s overreactive attack on Gaza and then on Lebanon, already causing many inncocent’s deaths (accidents, of course!), the absurd war on Hezbellah and Hamas has seriously escalated and brought out a hoard of political pundits for their erudite pronouncements.
Not the least of these theories is that IRAN is guilty of supplying weapons and cash to terrorists (true), but they may well, according to some Right wingers, enter into Lebanon, then cross the border into Israel, (…) -
Israeli Aggression Raises Tensions
13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe Israelis have launched a series of punitive raids in Lebanon following the kidnapping of two Israelis soldiers along a contested portion of its border.
Hezbullah fighters apparently found the soldiers more or less alone and unsupported, which raises suspicions about the willingness of the Israelis to expose their soldiers to danger.
The Israelis have lashed out at Beirut and the Lebanese government for failing to police their southern border; escalation involves destruction of the (…) -
PLO-U.S. Connection: Time to Make or Break
13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
PLO-U.S. Connection: Time to Make or Break
By Nicola Nasser*
Several indicators have shown recently how fragile has been the “connection” between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the United States. And because Washington could deliver but won’t and the Palestinian people could not be held forever hostage to waiting for the American Godot, time seems ripe to make or break this futile connection.
To the disappointment of the PLO leaders the “connection” never developed to (…) -
Atrocities...
13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#115264752348608248
It promises to be a long summer. We’re almost at the mid-way point, but it feels like the days are just crawling by. It’s a combination of the heat, the flies, the hours upon hours of no electricity and the corpses which keep appearing everywhere.
The day before yesterday was catastrophic. The day began with news of the killings in Jihad Quarter. According to people who live there, black-clad (…) -
The Rev. Billy Graham is No Phil Berrigan!
13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 comment“Phil Berrigan took the Gospel...personally!” - Martin Sheen
Baltimore, MD - The Rev. Billy Graham, now 87 years old and once a crony of the disgraced President, Richard M. Nixon, was in town recently doing his evangelical thing. He rallied the faithful at Camden Yards, located near Harborplace, over a three day period. Graham’ call, according to his PR flacks, brought crowds estimated at 83,000 to the baseball facility, including about 3,200, who made the big decision to “dedicate their (…) -
Look on the Bright Side!
13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsTake a deep breath, back off cool down, and look at the world the way a Zen philosopher does.
Good Stuff is happening, or should I say Bad Stuff is NOT happening...sort of.
Afghanistan isn’t yet back in the hands of the Taliban, and Karzai is still asking for foreign investment and promising to stop the drug trade.
Israel hasn’t nuked Lebanon or Palestine yet. AND, that soldier may yet be alive!
Iran has quieted down for a spell. No threats to bomb Israel or attack the USA.
North (…)