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Published on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 by United Press International
WASHINGTON - Facing problems in its efforts to train insects or build robots that can mimic their flying abilities, the U.S. military now wants to develop "insect cyborgs" that can go where its soldiers cannot.
The Pentagon is seeking applications from researchers to help them develop technology that can be implanted into living insects to control their movement and transmit video or other sensory data back to their (…)

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the safety of Palestinian detainees in Jericho Prison. The prison is currently surrounded by Israeli forces who have threatened to kill detainees who refuse to surrender to them.
The detainees most at risk are Ahmad Saadat, leader of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and four other Palestinians who have been detained at Jericho Prison since 2002 despite a court decision ordering their release. While detained under (…)

03/14/06 "ICH"
The Bush administration has run into a rock wall at the Security Council. Neither Russia nor China will agree to any resolution that condemns Iran for “noncompliance” with its treaty obligations. In fact, there is general agreement that Iran has not violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) so the point is moot. This eliminates any chance that punitive action will be taken against Iran or that sanctions will be applied.
So why did the Bush administration take the (…)

03/14/06 "The Progressive" — — On the third anniversary of President Bush’s Iraq debacle, it’s important to consider why the administration so easily fooled so many people into supporting the war.
I believe there are two reasons, which go deep into our national culture.
One is an absence of historical perspective. The other is an inability to think outside the boundaries of nationalism.
If we don’t know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals (…)

In a letter sent to the Democratic members of Congress, in the House of Representatives, I asked the following:
Saturday, March 11, 2006
United States Congress Democratic Members of the House of Representatives
Re: Failure to introduce articles of impeachment
Why is House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opposed to the impeachment of George W. Bush? Instead, she is urging Democratic activists to focus on winning seats in the House this November. As a registered democrat and American (…)

Former NSA Lawyer Jonathan Turley at the NSA Hearing
(C-span) rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter012006_spying.rm
Audio #1 (more to follow): Bush Committed a Crime
Please download this mp3 audio to share with others. Do you work at a business with a sound system... ;) more download options at archive.org Professor Turley (rough transcript):
President Bush has for many years asserted authority that is both absolute and in my view, quite dangerous.
In August 2002, there was the (…)

There are 44 New Billionaires in the US, bringing the total to 374 Americans with a Billion Dollars or more. There are 37 Million Americans living "below the poverty level".
The official Poverty rate in the US has increased for the last for Consecutive Years as has the number of Billionaires. Almost 400 Billionaires, while there are still 750,000 homeless in the US, 250,000 of them Veterans... why won’t the politicians address this glaring atrocity?
Forbes on the rising inequality: (…)

Divide and Conquer is their goal.
Attack in all directions at once is their method.
There are so many issues to fight for these days, there are millions of pissed off Americans fighting the system, but we will never affect change unless we unite to fight the head of the Beast.
Are you concerned about the Navy’s use of sonar and how it affects whales?
Or is there a new commericial pig farm coming to your neighborhood?
Or are you fighting GM Foods, Aspartame, the war in Iraq, (…)

Protests and occupations against the right wing government’s CPE labour law swept France’s universities last week. Danièle Obono, a student at the Sorbonne university in Paris and member of the anti-CPE mobilising committee, writes in a personal capacity about the revolt
Over half of the 82 universities in France are taking part in strike action against the Tory government’s plans. Twenty five universities are in occupation.
The anti-CPE movement at the Sorbonne started a week ago - we (…)

Students clash with riot police protesting first job contract
Dominique de Villepin showed no signs of bending to student and opposition demands that he abandon a hotly contested measure to combat youth unemployment.
Hundreds of students clashed with riot police near the Sorbonne University in Paris on Tuesday. The student protests were presenting French President Jacques Chirac’s supposed preferred successor with one of his sternest tests yet in his nine-month tenure as prime minister. (…)