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How Rahm Emanuel Has Rigged a Pro-War Congress
By JOHN WALSH
"In 1964 Barry Goldwater declared: ’Elect me president, and I will bomb the cities of Vietnam, defoliate the jungles, herd the population into concentration camps and turn the country into a wasteland.’ But Lyndon Johnson said: ’No! No! No! Don’t you dare do that. Let ME do it.’"
Characterization (paraphrased) of the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World’s Foremost Authority." (…)

Bush Buys Land in Northern Paraguay
Buenos Aires, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) An Argentine official regarded the intention of the George W. Bush family to settle on the Acuifero Guarani (Paraguay) as surprising, besides being a bad signal for the governments of the region.
Luis D Elia, undersecretary for the Social Habitat in the Argentine Federal Planning Ministry, issued a memo partially reproduced by digital INFOBAE.com, in which he spoke of the purchase by Bush of a 98,842-acre farm in (…)

International Red Cross Compiling War Crimes Charges against US?
October 16, 2005 Sorcha Fall / What Does It Mean.com
Kremlin sources are reporting today that the International Committee of the Red Cross, based in Switzerland, has opened a War Crimes Portfolio charging the US President, Vice President, Defense Secretary, United States Military Commanders and the majority of United States Senators and Congressmen with “Crimes Against Humanity‚” over what the United Nations has declared (…)

by Daniel Patrick Welch
Nancy Pelosi apparently has so much time on her hands, and so few other issues to address, that she saw fit to unload on Hugo Chavez following his appearance before the U.N. in New York. Most readers are familiar by now with Chavez’ provocative swipes at "Devil" Bush and his comment that the titular head of U.S. empire had left the place reeking of sulfur from his earlier appearance.
Is this run-of-the-mill Pablum of the Poor what angered Democratic Party (…)

We are the dead.
We are every man, woman and child who has perished by violence, disease, accident or natural causes since our country was invaded and occupied by the powerful and invinceable Coalition armies of shock and awe.
We’ve been bombed, sniped, beaten and tortured. We’ve suffered from chemical and depleted uranium poisoning...and our progeny,too, who otherwise would have had chances at a meaningful and constructive lives, will also suffer, if in fact they survive.
We are also (…)

Agents say Weldon FBI probe linked to Turkish American Council, secret money laundering accounts
"...this money travels. And you start trying to go to the root of it and it’s getting into somebody’s political campaign, and somebody’s lobbying. And people don’t want to be traced back to this money. Once this issue gets to be investigated, you will be seeing certain [American] people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally." (Sibel Edmonds, (…)

The Mettle of A UN Secretary-General - by Stephen Lendman
UN Secretaries-General aren’t usually made of the kind of mettle that extends beyond their willingness to serve the interests of the dominant country that effectively runs the UN establishment. It’s no secret that the world body is largely a wholly owned subsidiary of the nation where it’s been prominently headquartered on Manhattan’s east side since 1952. It’s also true no candidate gets the top job there without first passing a (…)

I’ve heard a lot of pans of this film by the regular critics and people online who haven’t seen it or just don’t like Robin Williams. (Kind of how I am about Steve Martin, just not my style.)
ON THE OTHER HAND,
From the editor of Op Ed News:
"I saw Robin Williams Man Of The Year last night. It’s excellent. Very satisfying. See it. It’s a blend of comedy, romance and thriller that lives up to its trailers."
From my wife, who is not into the "politics thing" and is very picky about (…)

A series of six bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk has killed at least 10 people and injured dozens of others, police say.
And police found at least 40 corpses in the town of Balad and close to another 30 in Baghdad, in an apparent fresh wave of sectarian killings.
Earlier in Baghdad, two bombs hit the convoy of a senior interior ministry official, killing seven people.
Iraq has seen a surge of violence in the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
In other developments: (…)

“The Republican and Democratic Parties...morph into one corporate party with two heads.” - Ralph Nader
Owings Mills, Maryland - The Maryland Public Television (MPT) station, one of the largest in the state, decided to hold a debate on Oct. 14, 2006, between the candidates running for the office of governor. The general election will be held on November 7th. MPT invited only the incumbent, Robert Ehrlich, a Republican, who has close ties to George Bush’s White House; and one of his (…)