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The Sunday Times of London is reporting that it has obtained evidence that the US government is leasing a special Gulfstream Jet to transport detained suspects to other nations that routinely use torture in their prisons. We speak with the reporter who broke the story. [includes rush transcript] The Sunday Times of London has obtained evidence that the US government is leasing a special Gulfstream Jet to transport detained suspects to other nations that routinely use torture in their (…)

by Jane Stillwater
"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I am a low-income working woman about to retire on Social Security benefits. What should I do?"
Under Bush’s proposed new Social Security plan, you can forget about retiring, dear. Just plan to work ’til you’re 80 and die really really poor.
"Dear Uncle Scrooge: I’m a middle-aged man with lots of bucks. What should I do after George Bush bankrupts the country?"
Too late for that. With a 51-trillion-dollar debt and a horrific balance of payments (…)

By ALMA WALZER
It’s taken one year, seven months and 19 days of combat in Iraq for the Lone Star State to lose 100 of its own.
Texas is the second state, after California, to lose 100 service members, according to The Associated Press.
With continuing war in Iraq and U.S. armed forces dispersed to so many other locations around the globe, Americans may be wondering if compulsory military service could begin again for the first time since the Vietnam War era.
The Selective Service (…)

At least five convicted felons secured management positions at a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, according to critics demanding more stringent background checks for people responsible for voting machine software.
Voter advocate Bev Harris alleged Tuesday that managers of a subsidiary of Diebold, one of the country’s largest voting equipment vendors, included a cocaine trafficker, a man who conducted fraudulent stock transactions and a programmer jailed for falsifying computer (…)

Around 120 protesters were arrested here Wednesday after they crashed with police in a rally against globalization and US President George W. Bush, who will arrive here for Saturday’s economic leaders meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Some 500 protesters, most of them from university and middle school, marched along the main Alameda street in downtown Santiago,chanting slogans against globalization and President Bush.
The police used tear gas to disperse (…)

Dear XXXXXX, We are writing to inform you that we have organized another public hearing in Ohio on voting irregularities. We have already put together two of these hearings in Columbus on Saturday, November 13, and on Monday, November 15. Citizens testified under oath about their personal voting experiences. Many of those who testified spoke of standing in long lines, receiving misinformation, or using faulty voting machines. The hearings also revealed problems we’ve heard less about, (…)

by Tony Kevin
I never knew Margaret Hassan. But her decency shines through every photograph I have ever seen of her. Her Iraqi husband’s love and admiration for her was manifest. I grieve for her, her family and her friends.
She was the kind of rare person the world cannot afford to lose: the bridge-builders between cultures and religions, the people who live to break down barriers, the people who believe life is about helping others less lucky than ourselves.
I have known many people (…)

The first Mosh video took MTV by storm, rocketing to the top of the charts, it was a powerful call to the youth to get pissed off and do something about it- namely get out and vote. Now the evildoers have blatantly stolen the election and they expect us to lay down and roll over like the democratic ’leadership’ ? To quote Eminem, "Fuck Bush! - until they bring our troops home, come on!"
Eminem’s new version of the video has a new ending which is relevant to the fake election results. (…)

by Charles Shaw
Featuring: "The Four Horsemen of the Average Fixed Cost"
by Poet-in-Residence Ronnie Pontiac
Throughout the last forty years a legitimate Revolution was taking place in this country. It was quieter and more clandestine than the Socialist revolutions of the 60’s, growing from within, from the grassroots upward. It was by the Right, and they now have control of the nation. Orwell may be spinning in his grave, but Barry Goldwater is cackling like a madman in his.
In (…)

by Harvey Wasserman
Columbus, Ohio---Hour after hour the testimonies are the same: angry Ohioans telling of vicious Republican manipulation and de facto intimidation that disenfranchised tens of thousands and probably cost the Democrats the election.
At an African-American church on Saturday and then at the Franklin County Courthouse Monday night, more than 700 people came to testify and witness to tales of the atrocity that was the November 2 election.
Organized by local ad hoc (…)