Must read article re: Supreme Court's terror tribunal ruling

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/do_mess_with_texas/ superb. Read it before the mainstream media try to squish the facts.

Must Read

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen

Pretty much everything you need to know that the guy was not only a thief in 2000 but also in 2004. The Mainstream Media wilfully ignore not only the massive corruption in the Whitehouse (and the Bush family) but also the pretty blatant destruction of democracy the Republicans have been responsible for. If the GOP does "much better than expected" in this year's elections you can bet your life it won't be down to the public vote.

Chron.com | Katrina funds earmarked to pay for Neil Bush's software program

Chron.com Katrina funds earmarked to pay for Neil Bush's software program

Surprised? You shouldn't be. How dark and deep can this Bush family slide? It really is stunning how twisted and taudry their activities are throughout the generations.

American Bar Association - barely reported

American Bar Association accuses Bush of violating constitution and law. Who else is gonna jump ship this year?

This is a pretty damn conservative group: http://www.abanet.org/

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US official admits Iraq aid theft

BBC NEWS World Middle East US official admits Iraq aid theft

The words "tip" and "iceburg" spring to mind.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US 'selected' Iraq intelligence

BBC NEWS World Americas US 'selected' Iraq intelligence

Now, if he doesn't know what really went down, then no one does. Case closed, in my opinion. Any doubters out there who read this?

KRT Wire | 02/07/2006 | State Department sees exodus of weapons experts

KRT Wire 02/07/2006 State Department sees exodus of weapons experts

Take note. Bush wants war and there are ever fewer dissenting voices in government that might be able to do anything about it. America is in big big trouble. And the world is going to suffer it as well.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

BBC NEWS World Americas US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

Hey, sit back. Relax. The US is only looking out for us!

Unbelievable.

Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib Damn good page summarising some startlingly blatant lies from Rumsfeld et al. Plus a a summary of the whole issue.

WAR IS FOR SUCKERS

http://warisforsuckers.com/clip.php?id=890&p=0 - watch and learn something you may not know.

Yet another "coincidence"

Investing - The Tamiflu Tug of War - FORTUNE - Page: "Among the beneficiaries of the run on Tamiflu is Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who was chairman of Gilead from 1997 to 2001 and owns at least $5 million of the stock, which has jumped from $35 in April to $47. Former Secretary of State George Shultz, who is on Gilead's board, has sold more than $7 million worth of Gilead in 2005. As the bird-flu issue heated up earlier this year, according to a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld considered unloading his entire Gilead stake to avoid any perceived conflict of interest. He sought the advice of the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the federal Office of Government Ethics. When those agencies didn't offer an opinion, Rumsfeld consulted a private securities lawyer, who advised him to hold on to the stock and be vocal about his earlier recusal from all matters involving Gilead, rather than sell and run the risk of being accused of insider trading. Holding on has paid off; it's made the Pentagon chief, already one of the wealthiest members of the Bush cabinet, at least $1 million richer."

Well, well. Another obscure company gets rich, which makes a current government member rich and this is all just sheer happenstance. The simple fact that Bird Flu is scarcely more than a fairy story similar to that of Saddam's weapons is neither here nor there, of course.

Why America can't cope

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10214.htm

A simply fantastic article from The New Statesman which articulates much of my sentiments about the situation. The nation has been let down by decades of erosion and governmental stagnation. Not to mention the slow starving of government of liquid cash to pour into vital projects like levees.

Katrina has taught America some valuable lessons but it's anybodies guess if the country will actually realise what they are.

Busy

For the 0 readers out there salivating for more posts, I'm incredibly busy at the mo. So hang tight and I will return!

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MI5 links Iraq to terror motivations

Guardian Unlimited Special reports MI5 links Iraq to extremists in UK

Blair et al should admit how wrong they are, wouldn't you say? Ah, but then they'd have to change their rhetoric...

Former Bush aide turns critic as Iraq inspector

Former Bush aide turns critic as Iraq inspector

The tip of the iceburg. Just the tip. And the US government and its political minions tries to claim the UN is hopelessly corrupt or incompetant!

I name the four powers who are behind the al-Qaeda conspiracy

I name the four powers who are behind the al-Qaeda conspiracy

This article by former Tory MP Matthew Parris perfectly encapsulates and explains my motivations for my approach to the entire phenomenon of the war on terror.

This describes the situation perfectly in why I have felt uneasy from the very beginning - and by that I mean 9/11 and the reporting of that onwards.

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | World 'ignores' Niger food crisis

Not one word in G8 about this. Just shows how full of rhetoric and bluster 1st world politicians really are.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Conflict 'kills 25,000 Iraqis'

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Conflict 'kills 25,000 Iraqis'
This is, if anything, an underestimation of deaths and, believe me, all insurgent deaths known to anyone at all will be reported (it serves the authorities to report them, to show how lethal and to be combatted they are) so what are we left with?

We have most deaths by disenfranchised/greedy criminals and occupation forces killing most Iraqis. And more than ever.

And, meanwhile, our leaders walk around in some deluded stupor.

We have another famine, this time in Niger, which had been warned about for months. Guess what, nothing was done and so yet more poor people are dying of nothing but hunger. Angry is not the word...

Newsday.com: 18 Killed in Clashes Near Afghan Border

Newsday.com: 18 Killed in Clashes Near Afghan Border: "Pakistani soldiers fought militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, the military said Sunday. Eighteen people, including one soldier, died in the clash.

A military statement said some of the dead were women and children, while a military official told The AP that a majority of those killed were women and children who were believed to be members of the militants' families. "

We are really gonna burn if so many of our allies (nevermind the US) are so "clumsy" as to kill women and children of Muslim/taleban/militant fighters. This is so counterproductive.

Hunting of terrorists - whoever they may be - is entirely necessary but it's gotta be done properly. A bit less bulldozing, rocketing please and massacring has got to be avoided.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iran-Iraq talks heal old wounds

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iran-Iraq talks heal old wounds

Please god this sort of, as the Americans will see it, entanglement with Iran will make it politically impossible for the US to support invasion or even Israeli bombing - which the Israelis have all but threatened on more than one occasion and, in fact, performed already once.