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by Robert Scheer
Who lost Iraq? Someday, as a fragmented Iraq spirals further into religious madness, terrorism and civil war, there will be a bipartisan inquiry into this blundering intrusion into another people’s history.
The crucial question will be why a "preemptive" American invasion - which has led to the deaths of nearly 2,000 Americans, roughly 10 times as many Iraqis, the expenditure of about $200 billion and incalculable damage to the United States’ global reputation - has had (…)

By Les Kennedy, Samantha Selinger-Morris and Matt Wade
Four protesters railing against a gathering of international business leaders were arrested last night after they breached the security barrier outside the entrance to the Opera House forecourt.
Police quickly secured the gap as about 500 people converged on the Opera House protesting against the Forbes Global CEO Conference.
Protest organisers had hoped to marshall thousands of supporters to disrupt the conference attended by the (…)

by Catherine Tymkiw
New York University graduate students got help from national organized labor at a protest today over their working conditions.
The graduate students, who are members of the United Auto Workers union, say they want a new contract to replace the one that expires today. They made the point with a protest that attracted more than 1,100 people, including students, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, actress Morgan Fairchild and politicians. The university says the union lost (…)

By JOE HENDRY
For bike couriers, navigating the smog-filled concrete corridors of downtown T.O. is no easy ride. The hours are long, the pay is low, and the sweaty working conditions can literally be hazardous to your health.
Tired of riding on the beaten path and after what they describe as years of government neglect of their health and safety concerns, smog chief among them, Toronto’s 500-plus bike messengers are talking about joining thousands of others across the country in a (…)

A Poor Day To Die...
In the terrible currents of fear and wind and rain, Left with nothing but their feet and maybe not even that, No dime no nickel no car no gas, Maybe no job if they left - I guess now it’s too hard to laugh, The stench and the heat and the waters full of death and disgust, Six days with nothing but bullets and broken promises, Thirst and pain and confusion comprise everything, Bodies plugging the bathtub drains, Call it looting or scavenging to survive, When the world (…)

The Chicago Tribune reported in section 1 on page 5 Friday that 14 members of the Waveland, Miss. Police Department survived the hurricane surge waters by clinging to an eight foot tall bush in the yard for dear life. They plan to transplant it to a memorial site when the new police station is built. Somehow, I doubt they will be singing "Hail To The Chief" in remembrance.
Dan Stafford

The world has seen the cataclysmic aftermath of Katrina. There has been an outpouring of support throughout the world. Many countries have offered immediate, life-saving resources. But the jackals and hyenas in the current hub of power in d.c. (comics) refuse all offers to help, saying that this is an "internal affair".
The "white" house is glad to see the devastation. More reconstruction $$$ into Halliburton’s (etc.) pockets. There’s only one thing money can’t buy, and that’s poverty. (…)

Establishment charities have history of withholding disaster funds
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones | September 1 2005
As the aftermath of hurricane Katrina continues to wreak mayhem and havoc amid reports of mass looting, shooting at rescue helicopters, rapes and murders, establishment media organs are promoting the Red Cross as a worthy organization to give donations to.
The biggest website in the world, Yahoo.com, displays a Red Cross donation link prominently on its front page. (…)

Nov. 19, 1863 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who died here that the nation might live. This we (…)

9/11/2001 - planes crash into World Trade Center twin towers. Later, the Towers collapse in the only known collapse of steel framed buildings EVER. Some skeptics claim they were purposely imploded.
George Bush, Condi Rice and others government officials say they never imagined planes being used as weapons.
8/29/2005 - Hurricane Katrina slams into the southern shore of the US. Especially hard hit is New Orleans. Late in the day, levies, holding back the waters of Lake Ponchartrain, break, (…)