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The Mediterranean Rim Shot (Not Heard Round the World)
by Don Snowden
Manu Chao may be an anomalous ripple breaking the surface of the Anglo music world, but the Energizer Bunny skankster is riding the crest of a wave that’s been developing for more than a decade in southern Europe-not that anyone outside the Mediterranean rim really got a chance to hear it grow. What goes on musically in France, Spain, and Italy passes undetected on the radar screen of the dominant U.S.-Anglo pop world, (…)

This Congressional Hearing shows just how much oversight USACE really needs. Seems like they have had a long standing love affair with Halliburton..............
Halliburton threatens Army officials who point out contract abuse 16 Sept. 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (HalliburtonWatch.org) — A former contracting officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) told a congressional committee today that Halliburton regularly threatens government officials who complain about contracting (…)

We were there. Bellaciao
By Greg Oxley
A series of very successful meetings were held in solidarity with the revolution in Venezuela at the annual Communist Party festival - la Fête de l’Humanité - which was held in the Paris area last weekend. Overall, more than 400 people heard Jorge Martin speak at the Fête.
A series of very successful meetings were held in solidarity with the revolution in Venezuela at the annual Communist Party festival - la Fête de l’Humanité - which was held in (…)

By Jonathan Scott
It’s not so much that the Emperor has no clothes but that his clothes, under the black sky, are shining white, with many thousands gone, enabled deliberately by his white imperial rule. I believe this to be the only honest, rational conclusion to draw from all the evidence on the ground in New Orleans.
A lot of the shock and awe being expressed in the mainstream media over the Bush administration’s four days of willful indifference toward the suffering of Black people (…)

AMY GOODMAN: Mr. President Hugo Chavez, your assessment of president Bush, of the invasion and occupation of Iraq? And do you think if it weren’t Iraq, it would have been Venezuela?
HUGO CHAVEZ: The imperialist government of Mr. Bush planned. What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They’re looking for oil. This is part of the crisis that is looming in the horizon. You should know that the U.S., I already said this, 5% of the world population lives in (…)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has drafted a revised doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons that envisions commanders requesting presidential approval to pre-empt an attack by a nation or terror group using weapons of mass destruction. The draft also includes the option of using nuclear arms to destroy known enemy stockpiles of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.
The document, written by the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs staff but not yet approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, would (…)

Iran War Clouds On The Harvest Moon [ Post 293980003 ]
Category: News & Opinion (General) Topic: Government Synopsis: Bush/Cheney False Flags Imminent Excuse To Nuke Iran Source: Rense.com Published: September 19, 2005 Author: Webster Griffin Tarpley
Iran War Clouds On The Harvest Moon Rumsfeld 10-12 Is Imminent
By Webster Griffin Tarpley 9-19-5
WASHINGTON, DC — The Bush-Cheney war drive continues unabated, despite hurricane Katrina. The US government continues to (…)

September 19, 2005
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many adults in the United States are losing confidence in their president’s aptitude to make decisions connected with the coalition effort, according to a poll by the New York Times and CBS News. 63 per cent of respondents are uneasy about George W. Bush’s approach to the war in Iraq.
The survey shows a 17-point drop in confidence on the American president since a survey conducted days before the war began.
The coalition effort against (…)

"It’s a strange time to be an American", says Gwyn. (AP) Related articles Gwyn ’tackles’ paparazzi Paltrow a no-show at festival Hopkins praises Paltrow Paltrow’s advice to Brad Superstars join Watergate film Estee Lauder picks Gwyn Gwyn demands secrecy Gwyn’s marriage ’is fine’ print article email a friend London - Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow has said she has no intention of leaving London and returning to the United States "because (…)

SPECIAL REPORT: FEMA’s Failures & Political Mire Bush Regime Set America Up for Destruction
September 12, 2005 The Smirking Chimp
By Walter M. Brasch
EDITOR’S NOTE: We recommend that our readers print out this incisive special report and read it in print. The author is an award-winning syndicated columnist, professor of journalism, and a former emergency management official. This article is an in-depth look at the Bush policies that created the atmosphere not only for an (…)