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Jamming with Geppetto By David Glenn Cox
Recently a Bush supporter asked me “So which is it? Is the President an idiot or a genius.” The idea being to paint the Presidents critic’s into a corner either he’s a genius and we were all wrong before or he’s an idiot and we are all wrong now. But the short answer is the President is neither he’s a psychopath.
A psychopath is mentally ill but believes he is smarter than everyone else, (…)

Gas supplies to Turkey were stopped because of explosion at a natural gas pipeline from Iran, the state-run pipeline company said Monday.
AP
Sep 10, 2007
The explosion late Sunday near the town of Dogubayazit, close to the border with Iran, damaged the pipeline, forcing authorities to cut the gas flow, a statement from the pipeline company, Botas, said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. Separatist Kurdish rebels have attacked pipelines close to the border with (…)

Cindy Sheehan responds to William Kristol’s campaign against the Sept. 15 March on Washington, where he calls to "Kill the Die-In"
Another Dishonorable Chicken-hawk by Cindy Sheehan
I know just a little bit about Mr. William Kristol:
He is the son of one of the founders of the "neo-conservative" movement, Irving Kristol.
He is a commentator on Fox News.
He was Chief of Staff for one of the political "geniuses" of our time: VP Dan Quayle.
He is editor of another Rupert Murdoch (…)

Mexican Rebels Claim Pipeline Attacks
By MIGUEL HERNANDEZ –
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — A shadowy leftist guerrilla group took credit for a string of explosions that ripped apart at least six Mexican oil and gas pipelines Monday, rattling financial markets and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost production.
The six explosions could be seen miles away, and set off fires that sent flames and black smoke shooting high above the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
At least a dozen (…)

Possible U.S. economic downturn draws concern of world’s central bankers By James Kanter Monday, September 10, 2007 PARIS: The European Central Bank president warned Monday of "hectic behavior" in the global economy and urged central bankers to keep a close eye on the United States for signs of an economic slowdown in the wake of a credit crunch that has rocked global financial markets.
"This is no time for complacency," Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB chief, said at a gathering in (…)

Britain’s Coming Credit Crisis
SPIEGEL ONLINE - September 7, 2007, 10:49 AM By Kerry Capell
Steep housing prices and a dependence on financial services make its economy vulnerable. Some predict a blow to credit might even be worse — much worse — than in the US.
Britain might take a major hit if the credit crisis pinches as much as some predict. Could any country be more exposed to the current credit crunch than the U.S.? You bet, and that place is Britain. Unlike most of its (…)

September 11 Attacks: Suspected Self-aggression
Washington, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The US government is somehow involved in the attacks on the September 11, 2001, El Diario-La Prensa daily reads in an editorial, based on suspicions by thousands of US nationals.
According to Zogby polling firm, 51 percent of US nationals believe Bush and his Vice President Richard Cheney orchestrated a self-aggression to justify militarism in the last years.
Journalist Luis Barrios says in his weekly (…)

Ode to Building 7: Remembering the Embers B. Z. Bendigedig, P.I.
Oh mighty Temple of Security in death, Hidden fortress of ultimate deception: Your worms of molten thermite breath, Ashes of twisted evil corruption Beneath the apocalypse gloom, Behind the surge of lies and daily doom— Building 7 is there imploding into infinity On that fateful dark day of deadly destiny When America’s dreams melted into insanity.
Solid and secure center of rich cities Standing witness September 11th in (…)

Recently television’s THE HISTORY CHANNEL aired a special analyzing the various conspiracy theories that have emerged since the events of September 11, 2001 (hereinafter 9/11), when passenger airplanes commandeered by hijackers, allegedly operating under the directions of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, struck the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Although this special initially claimed that it would present “both sides” of the issue, it quickly became (…)

Never Doubt That a Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Neocons Can Destroy the World (If We Let Them)
Posted September 6, 2007 | 11:59 PM (EST) I don’t think this is what Margaret Mead had in mind but I admit it was the first thought that popped into my mind when I saw this composite photograph and read some of the accompanying blog commentary on DownWithTyranny! back on August 9th (a portion of which follows):
Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard (…)