WATERBOARDING IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. HERE'S A NOVEL IDEA: LET'S WATERBOARD THE WATERBOAD ADVOCATES. THAT'S FAIR, ISN'T IT? TRUE GOV'T TRANSPARENCY...!

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James Bovard: Modest Proposal: Waterboard Congress:

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Man lives to 112 despite junk-food diet

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How travel has changed Rolf Potts

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THEY SHOT THE WRONG LINCOLN Ann Coulter

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The Mayor Who Challenged the President The Nation


The Nation

The night before Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
hosted a crowd of several thousand protestors on the
grounds of City Hall, Anderson's friend and advisor,
the sculptor Steven Goldsmith, told me that the mayor
was about to become "a folk hero of the American West."

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ISLAMO-FASCISM?

Pat Buchanan

"President Likens Dewey to Hitler as Fascist Tool."

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Challenging the Culture of Obedience


The Nation -- A patriot is a person who loves his or
her country. Who among you loves your country so
much that you have come here today to raise your
voice out of deep concern for our nation--and for
our world?

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Goats and Hussars: A British Harbinger of American Defeat

By Chris Floyd

"British forces evacuated the military headquarters
without coordination with the Iraqi forces,"
Dhaffar Jabbar, spokesman for the Maysan
governor, told Reuters on Thursday, as looters
began moving into the camp in the wake of
the British withdrawal. A unit of Iraqi
government troops mutinied when told to
keep order at the base - and instead attacked
a military post of their own army. Continue

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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Speaks Truth to Power

Must watch 7 minute video"The man who sees absolutes,
where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning,
is either a prophet, or a quack. Donald H. Rumsfeld is
not a prophet." Click to watch. Windows Media

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Video: Salt Lake City Mayor, Rocky Anderson,
Blasts President Bush: Entire video.

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Mike Whitney: The Great Housing Crash of ‘07: How low will prices go?

All tolled, the Bush-handouts amounted to roughly
$3 trillion dollars, the largest heist in history, and it
was carried out under the nose of the snoozing American public.

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Corporate Globalization and Middle East Terrorism

By Charles Sullivan

It is ironic that the people who think they are the
freest are the most controlled people on earth. It
is equally odd that those who think they are part
of the greatest democracy the world has ever
known do not participate in a democracy at all;
nor do they recognize one when they see it. These
facts attest to how thoroughly the American
people have been propagandized by the
corporate media. Continue

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Bigotry and Ignorance of Islam

By Charley Reese

President George Bush's ignorance of the Middle East
and its people is well-known. So also is his habit of
parroting words and sentences given to him by
other people. He hit a new low when he referred
to "Islamic fascists." Continue

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Bush Seeks Retroactive Laws to Protect Himself from
War Crimes Prosecution

By Paul Craig Roberts

Today the US and its last remaining non-coerced ally, Israel,
are almost universally regarded as the bad guys over
whom John Wayne would triumph. Today the US and
Israel are seen throughout the world as war criminal
states. Continue

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China's Wealth Woes:

With its dollar hoard rising at $17 billion a month
and about to pass the $1 trillion mark, Beijing is
finding out that it is possible to have too much money.

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The Five Morons Revisited

Paul Craig Roberts

When the neocons launched the Bush administration’s
invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and announced plans
for invading Syria and Iran, I labeled Bush, Cheney,
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Rice “the five Morons.”
With the passage of time I see that I over-estimated
their mental capabilities. Continue

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Rummy’s Reverie: “The Media made me lose the War”

By Mike Whitney

“No offense, Mr. Secretary, but you’re losing the
goddamn war and you’re blaming it on some fictitious
Islamic media which only exists in your fevered
imagination.” Continue

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Return Of People Power

By John Pilger

The Lebanese resistance, armed and unarmed, is
from the same wellspring as other movements
throughout the world. Each has learned to put
aside its sectarian differences in the face of a
common enemy - rampant empire and its proxies.
Continue


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Hizbullah's victory has transformed the Middle East

By George Galloway in Beirut

The defeat of the regional superpower could yet open
the way to a wider settlement of the Israel-Palestine
conflict. Continue

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Gingrich opposed to attacking Iran:

"I am opposed to a military strike on Iran because I don't
think it accomplishes very much in the long run,"
The Washington Times reported.

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Killing in the Name of Democracy


By James Bovard


The U.S. government’s first experience with forcibly
spreading democracy came in the wake of the
Spanish-American War. When the U.S. government
declared war on Spain in 1898, it pledged it would not
annex foreign territory. But after a swift victory, the
United States annexed all of the Philippines. Continue

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Howard Zinn: War Is Not a Solution for Terrorism

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Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily

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LIFE TODAY IS NOTHING MORE THAN A "SMOKE SCREEN" OF FABRICATION. TRUE REALITY DOES NOT EXIST ANY LONGER. ONLY "MADISON AVENUE" IS REALITY: TV

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"Mass murder on an unbelievable scale"

The timing is political

By Craig Murry

None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb.
None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not have
passports. It could be pretty difficult to convince
a jury that these individuals were about to go
through with suicide bombings, whatever they
bragged about on the net. Continue

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Why Do We Hate Them?

By Jason Miller

Western corporate media shamelessly serve
the Neocons by perpetuating a virtually endless
cycle of hatred and violence. They incite and feed
Islamophobia and they fabricate a plethora of
false justifications for the malevolent actions of
Israel and the United States. But then in a fascist
nation, corporations are wedded with the state,
militarism is the state’s primary focus, scapegoats
and enemies are essential, and the function of
the Fourth Estate is to provide the propaganda
to control the masses. Continue

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Why America Needs Hezbollah

By Ted Rall

Who cares if Hezbollah is a State Department-designated
terrorist organization? Unlike our worthless government,
it gets things done! Continue

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Why Democracies evolve into Dictatorships

By James Cooke

Liberal commentators continue to respond with
hysterics or dumfoundedness at the ability of
Conservatives to destroy civil liberties while
thus far waging three preemptive wars (yes
Lebanon is a U.S. war). It should have been clear
by now— with the media and Democrats suppressing
or supporting the most blatant atrocities engineered
by the Republicans— that larger forces are at play.
Continue

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Ruth Rosen:

Oliver Stone, 9/11,and the Big Lie

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The New York Times:

Ruling for the Law

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Frank Rich:

Five Years After 9/11,Fear Finally Strikes Out

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Ray McGovern

The Constitution:Checking a Would-Be King

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NeoCons Are Busy Covering Their Asse(t)s

By Shelter from the Storm

If the Vice-President's relentless push for a new
war against Iran succeeds, and oil prices skyrocket
to two or three times the previous record, with
a resulting collapse of the dollar, it won't be the
Cheneys who suffer. Continue

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Fade to Black: Another Terror Plot Unravels

By Chris Floyd

George W. Bush single handedly foiled the imminent
death of thousands of people by using his super-president
powers of warrantless wiretapping? (That is how
the story is being pitched by Bush minions like the
cadaverous Michael Chertoff and the chubby-cheeked
enabler of torture Al Gonzales, right?) Continue

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Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor

By Aaron Glantz, A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at
Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for
war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferenccz,
who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work
in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than
1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam
should be tried for starting "aggressive" wars--Saddam
for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003
invasion of Iraq. Continue

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Why Bush will Choose War Against Iran

By Ray Close

This is why I reluctantly believe today that Bush will
indeed launch an attack on Iran before the expiration
of his term of office: Continue

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A Little Poverty Never Hurt Anybody

By Jason Miller

Wage slaves and sweat shop laborers have supplanted
serfs and chattel slaves. Five major corporations
comprise 90% of the mass media in the United States.
What are their specialties? Shaping public opinion
to maintain the illusion that one of the world’s most
rapacious and bellicose nations is a “benevolent
superpower” Continue

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Where Bush's Arrogance Has Taken Us

By Jim Hightower

An illegal war, a long list of eroded rights, and a country
run by and for the benefit of corporate campaign
donors -- all courtesy of the imperial presidency. Continue

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You Call Me “Terrorist”, I Call You Coward

By Manuel Valenzuela

The lunacy that is the so-called “war on terror” has taken us
into a bizarre and alternate world, one that is as dangerous
to the human race as any time in our brief history. We
are on the verge of disaster, of immersing ourselves into
the self-fulfilling prophesy of our most archaic myths.
If we do not put a stop to this madness, then surely it
will put a stop to us. Continue

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Ted Rall: "The Plot":

Attention, citizens of the national community: stay
tuned for a HomeSec alert! A fiendish plot has been
uncovered! Terrorists loyal to the sinister forces of
Eastasia have been apprehended! It is another
glorious victory for the homeland! All hail Oceania!

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Bill Simpich

Wiretapping in America:The Moment of Decision Is Near

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Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily

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A CONVENIENT (I HOPE) TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
F. SCOTT SINCLAIR'S NOVELS

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A COUNTDOWN TO SHOW TIME... A WHAT? THE FORTHCOMING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER SURPRISES: IRAN & THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

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Brutal Chain of Command

Harsh light from the Supreme Court on White House
war crimes against detainees everywhere.

By Nat Hentoff

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As the 6am ceasefire takes effect... the real war begins

By Robert Fisk

If the ceasefire collapses, as seems certain, neither the
Israelis nor the Americans appear to have any plans
to escape the consequences. The US saw this war as
an opportunity to humble Hizbollah's Iranian and Syrian
sponsors but already it seems as if the tables have been
turned. Continue

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Washington’s Interests In Israel’s war.

By Seymour M. Hersh

The Bush Administration, was closely involved in the
planning of Israel’s retaliatory attacks. President Bush
and Vice-President Dick Cheney were convinced, current
and former intelligence and diplomatic officials told me,
that a successful Israeli Air Force bombing campaign
against Hezbollah’s heavily fortified underground-missile
and command-and-control complexes in Lebanon could
ease Israel’s security concerns and also serve as a
prelude to a potential American preëmptive attack to
destroy Iran’s nuclear installations. Continue

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Bush links Hezbollah and 'plot'
at BBC, Aug 13

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President says plot validates his priorities
at San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 12

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Why Bush embraces Israel's hard line
at Christian Science Monitor, Aug 15

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Analysis: Politics of the war on terror
AP via Yahoo! News, Aug 11

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Bush says Israel defeated Hezbollah

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Ceasefire or Trojan Horse?

By Mike Whitney

If Sheik Nasrallah chooses to disarm and put his faith
in Israel’s assurances of non aggression, that’s his
choice. But he should pay close attention to the
treatment of the Palestinians in Gaza before he
sets his rifle down. Continue

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Seymour Hersh: U.S. Helped Plan Israeli Attack
Video and transcript
Cheney "Convinced" Assault on Lebanon Could
Serve as Prelude to Preemptive Attack on Iran.
Click here to view

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Gullible Americans

Paul Craig Roberts

The two co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission Report,
Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, have just released a
new book, “Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the
9/11 Commission.” Kean and Hamilton reveal that
the commission suppressed the fact that Muslim ire
toward the US is due to US support for Israel’s
persecution and dispossession of the Palestinians, not
to our “freedom and democracy” as Bush
propagandistically claims. Continue

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U.S. Pressured UK To Arrest Alleged Terror Suspects

By Aram Roston, Lisa Myers, and the NBC News Investigative Unit

The official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying
the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets.
In fact, some did not even have passports. Continue

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What the Hell Has Happened To The Israeli Army?

By UriAvnery

On the 32nd day of the war, Hizbullah is still standing
and fighting. That by itself is a stunning feat: a small
guerilla organization, with a few thousand fighters,
is standing up to one of the strongest armies in the
world and has not been broken after a month of
"pulverizing". Continue

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Castro's 80th birthday, an essay by Alexandre Trudeau:

From the very start, the United States never gave
Castro's Cuba a choice. Either Castro had to submit
himself and his people to America's will or he had to
hold his ground against them.

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Charles Sullivan: Nation of Fools

America's Best Political Newsletter. ...

Age of Reason in Ecllipse.

By CHARLES SULLIVAN.

My entire family is being played for fools by the
power brokers in Washington ... Charles Sullivan
is a furniture maker, photographer and free lance writer living ...www.counterpunch.org/sullivan08292005.html -

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London Fog

Doubts Hang Over Terror Plot

By CHRISTOPHER REED

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New York Times: Rewriting the Geneva Conventions

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Paul Krugman: Nonsense and Sensibility

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Edward M. Kennedy: Demeaning Democracy

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Byron Calame Eavesdropping and the Election:The Question of Timing

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Daniel Ellsberg: Times Call forNew Pentagon Papers

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David Swanson: Bush Versus the Constitution

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Missy Comley Beattie

Wanted: Terrorists toResuscitate Republican Party

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Bernard Weiner John Dean Book Review:The Fast Lane to Fascism

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The murder of American values in Lebanon

The Christian Science Monitor

LOS ANGELES - 'America is murdering the values it
taught us," my former fellow classmate from the
American University of Beirut (AUB) cried out
when I visited her in Amman this spring.

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CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT "PAPA" HEMINGWAY WOULD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE 'USDA' TRYING TO INCARCERATE HIS BELOVED CATS...?! I CAN IMAGINE PIERCED VIRGIN EARS

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Hemingway estate fights to save six-toed cats


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Iraqi woman's blog taken on stage

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US evangelist leads the millions seeking a battle with Islam:

Anyone who wants to understand why Israel has
such unwavering support from the United States
should speak to one man.

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Juan Cole: One Ring to Rule Them:

A Peak Oil Theory of the US-Israeli war on Lebanon
(and by proxy on Iran). I say, "consider" the "theory"

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Junkies of War

By Uri Avnery

Every day on their TV screens tens of millions of
Arabs and hundred of millions of Muslims see the
atrocious pictures of crushed babies, the sights of
the horrible destruction. These are deeply imprinted
in the consciousness of the masses and will leave
behind them an accumulation of anger and hatred
that is far more dangerous than an arsenal of missiles.
Continue

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Osama Has Won

Hatred of the US is Now Universal

By Brian Cloughley

Israel is supported root and branch by the
President and Congress of United States of
America. They unconditionally endorse the
actions, no matter how barbaric or bizarre,
of a racist, nuclear-armed country that willfully
ignores UN resolutions and assassinates people
as a matter of national policy. Continue

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TED RALL HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY...

Comment: Pay close attention, we all may learn
something. Unfortunately, it may not be what
we want to hear: which is usually the case,
isn't it? Maybe that's why history repeats itself.
Playing deaf and dumb does have its downside.

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Huge Buffer Zone Protects Us From Islamohordes

Comment: A must read...!

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Jimmy Breslin: Americans Are Still Dyingin Iraq

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HERE ARE NAIL-BITING AND TRANSFIXING REAL TIME AUDIO TAPES OF TRANSMISSIONS TO & FROM NEADS--NORAD'S NORTHEAST HEADQUARTERS. A CHILLING ACCOUNT...!

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9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes:

How did the U.S. Air Force respond on 9/11? Could it have
shot down United 93, as conspiracy theorists claim? Obtaining
30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room
of NORAD's Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs
the chaotic military history of that day—and the Pentagon's
apparent attempt to cover it up.

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Fetch, Heel, Stall

By Maureen Dowd

The president told technicians to make sure his real
thoughts would not be overheard this time, but somehow
someone forgot to turn off the feed to my office. As a
public service, I'd like to reprint the candid
under-their-breath mutterings they exchanged in
between their public utterances. Continue

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Panic in Detroit

By Kurt Nimmo

In Dearborn, Michigan, Arab demonstrators are
holding up portraits of Sheik Hassan Nasralla,
“chanting his name and Hezbollah,” according to
the Detroit Free Press. “We find any support for
murderous terrorist organizations like al-Qaida
or Hezbollah very disappointing, if not disturbing,”
Eric Straus, chief of the counterterrorism unit at
the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit, told the
newspaper. Continue

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A terrible thought occurs to me - that there will be another 9/11

By Robert Fisk

How many civilians can you make homeless before
you start a revolution? And what is next? Are the
Israelis to bomb the centre of Beirut? The Corniche?
Is this why all the foreign warships came and took
their citizens away, to make Beirut safe to destroy?
Continue

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Why doesn't Israel work for peace?:

Holocaust victims would decry the slaughter of
innocent children during attacks on Hezbollah.

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Bombing is backed by most American voters

From Tom Baldwin in Washington

ISRAEL’s military campaign in southern Lebanon is still
being backed by most American voters, according to
a survey published yesterday that shows public opinion
in the US once again sharply at odds with views in Europe.
Continue

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THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS BEEN WHAT...?

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Bush Postpones 2008 Election

The Nation -- Cites Constitutional Power to
Protect Nation's Security

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The coming financial collapse of the U.S. government:
Fed papers reveal what's in store for Americans

By Mike Adams

The bankruptcy of the United States government
has been talked about for years by independent
observers. If you've read the book, "Empire of Debt,"
then you know where the U.S. is headed financially.
But most people have no idea about the ultimate
financial consequences of decades of borrowing
and spending...

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A Woman President

There are more women than men in the
United States, yet America has never had a
female commander-in-chief. Why is that?
Andy Rooney ponders that question. More...

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Diet Guidelines Get Andy Salty

Andy Rooney is taking his doctor's advice
on a low-sodium diet with a grain of salt. More...

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