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To all People,
In order to complete the NeoCon-Corporate take over of the World by the psychologically ill and mentally depraved Military Industrial Complex an attack of a particular nature, type, and geographical structure will be carried out with a simultaneous attack in possible Northern Ireland and Europe to paralyze any social political opposition to military take over and the creation of a world military slave system run by corporations making children into worker slaves with no (…)

It is disturbing to see our daughter played on stage, but it drives home the impact she has had since her killing in Gaza
by Cindy and Craig Corrie
When our daughter Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza strip on March 16 2003, an immediate impulse was to get her words out to the world. She had been working in Rafah with a nonviolent resistance organisation, the International Solidarity Movement, trying to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes and wells. Her (…)

Factions on the Left have called for "Support for the Iraqi Resistance" and criticized those who don’t endorse the call. For example, at this year’s Left Forum, Anthony Arnove and Tariq Ali debated Stephen Shalom and Joanne Landy on this issue, with the first two arguing for supporting the resistance. Some commentators even refer to this resistance as "freedom fighters in Iraq." My sympathies are with the other side. While one might argue for some abstract "right to resist occupation," what (…)

Driverless vehicles prepare to rumble in Mojave Desert PRIMM, Nev. (AP) - A customized Volkswagen SUV created by Stanford University became the first driverless vehicle to cross the finish line Saturday of a $2-million, Pentagon-sponsored robot race across the rugged Mojave Desert.
A customized red Hummer built by Carnegie Mellon University, dubbed H1ghlander races through the Mojave desert in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 2005 Grand Challenge robot (…)

A SPEECH BUSH COULD HAVE GIVEN INSTEAD OF THE ONE HE GAVE ON OCTOBER 5, 2005
By Peter Fredson
October 8, 2005
Political Satire for True Believers
Here is the premise. On the eve of one of his speeches, Bush hears from God, who says, “George you must tell the truth.”
For Immediate Release Office of the Press Propaganda Secretary
October 6, 2005
President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (…)

When the Senate voted this week to bring America’s chain of military prison camps under the rule of law, President Bush threatened a veto. The White House explained his objections by saying the measure would bind the government’s hands. Yes, exactly. The rules would finally bind military prisons to democratic values and the standards of behavior recognized by every other civilized nation. They would bind the government to a code of conduct that will help protect those in the nation’s (…)

by Michael Sniffen WASHINGTON - Some of the nation’s most powerful business groups are splitting with the Bush administration over whether to restrict the anti-terror USA Patriot Act.
The business groups complained to Congress on Wednesday that the Patriot Act makes it too easy for the government to get confidential business records. That put them at odds with one of President Bush’s top priorities - the unfettered extension of the law passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
In the (…)

An interview with progressive sports writer Dave Zirin on Muhammad Ali, the ’indentured servitude’ of the NCAA, and why politics and sports can’t be separated.
By Elana Berkowitz
In 1960, at the tender age of 18, Cassius Clay tossed his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River. He had just been denied service at a restaurant in Louisville when he tried to order a hamburger only weeks after winning boxing gold in Athens.
The rest of the story has become a classic, as Clay, now Muhammad (…)

by Paul R. Epstein
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch dropped six feet of rain on Central America in three days. In its wake, the incidence of malaria, dengue fever, cholera, and leptospirosis soared. In 2000, rain and three cyclones inundated Mozambique for six weeks, and the incidence of malaria rose fivefold. In 2003, a summer heat wave in Europe killed tens of thousands of people, wilted crops, set forests ablaze, and melted 10 percent of the Alpine glacial mass.
This summer’s blistering heat (…)

By LIBBY QUAID
Under orders to whittle agriculture spending by $3 billion, Republicans in Congress propose to slash food programs for the poor by $574 million and subsidies and conservation programs by $1 billion each, The Associated Press has learned.
The plan by Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., would reduce farmers’ payments by 2.5 percent across the board, slashing spending by $1.145 billion over five years. That’s half the 5 percent the Bush (…)