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05.Oct.2006
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Java
villages drown in mud lake By Lucy Williamson BBC
News, Surabaya
In
the village of Porong Atas, just outside Indonesia's second city
of Surabaya, people are preparing for a flood.
Using
pickaxes and shovels, labourers dig a narrow canal around the
edge of the village, past the grocery store with its boxes of
biscuits stacked outside and a newly arrived army tent.
This
sleepy place is now on the front-line of a shifting tide, but it
is not water that is approaching, but mud.
Peer
over the canal wall and just metres away the fields and
buildings are covered with the sticky sludge, which has been
streaming from a fissure in the earth since early June.
With
the rains coming, people know how easily they could lose
everything. Some,
like Poiman, already have.
05.Oct.2006
US-Piloten
nach Flugzeugkollision in Brasilien festgenommen
-
sfux AFP -
Fünf
Tage nach dem Absturz eines Passagierflugzeugs mit 155 Toten
haben die brasilianischen Behörden die zwei Piloten des mit
der Boeing 737 kollidierten Business-Jets festgenommen.
Ein
Richter im Bundesstaat Mato Grasso ordnete die Beschlagnahe der
Pässe der Piloten an. Beide wurden von der Polizei in Rio
de Janeiro vernommen.
Die
Ermittler wollen herausfinden, warum das
Anti-Kollisions-Warnsystem des Jets versagte und warum das
Funkgerät des Geschäftsfliegers kurz nach...
05.Oct.2006
Neues
zum Flugzeugabsturz in Brasilien -
sfux Karl
Weiss -
Im
Laufe des Montags und Dienstags gingen ein Reihe weiterer
Meldungen zum Flugzeugabsturz im Amazonasgebiet ein, dem
Flugzeug-Desaster mit der höchsten Zahl von Toten in der
brasilianischen Luftfahrt (155),
die
wenigstens einige der offenen Fragen beantworten. Allerdings
kamen auch neue Fragen auf. Die erste Nachricht war, daß
ein Staatsanwalt in Mato Grosso die Beschlagnahme...
05.Oct.2006
Pajamas
Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley
Victim -
Judd -
An
obscure right-wing blogger, Wild Bill, has outed one of Mark
Foley’s victims,
a former Congressional page. It is a despicable act.
Wild
Bill however, gets almost no traffic, so the damage done to the
victim’s life could have been minimal.
All
that ended, however, when some of the most highly-trafficked
right-wing bloggers decided to direct their readers to Wild
Bill’s site.
First,
Roger L. Simon, co-founder and CEO of Pajamas Media — a
portal and advertising broker for nearly every major right-wing
blog — posted a link to Wild Bill on his personal site.
(The
Pajamas Media portal also linked to Wild Bill.) Glenn Reynolds
of Instapundit — probably the most highly-trafficked
right-wing blog — followed suit by linking to Simon’s
post and the Pajamas Media post.
To
give you an idea of the how Simon and Reynolds provided an
audience for Wild Bill’s egregious post, here’s a
chart from Alexa.com that gives you a rough idea of the relative
traffic of the three sites.
Reynolds
is in green, Simon is in red and Wild Bill is in blue:
There
are other sites, large and small, that have linked to Will Bill
as well — that’s also wrong. We won’t be
providing links to any of these posts. Digg
It!
05.Oct.2006
Hastert
No-Shows Major Interview; Anonymous Hastert
Staffer Falsely Claims Interview Was Never Booked
-
Nico -
House
Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL) was scheduled to be interviewed tonight by Chicago radio
host John
Williams.
His
previous radio appearances had been exclusively with
conservative sympathizers like Rush Limbaugh + Sean Hannity.
Williams is a moderate who planned to ask tough questions.
But
Hastert
never showed.
This
evening, National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez published
this
face-saving post at
The Corner:
A
top source in the speaker’s office tells me: “We
never booked WGN. Am not aware of a call.”
But
according to the show’s producer Matt Bubala, who spoke to
ThinkProgress tonight,
the interview was very much scheduled + Hastert
staffers apparently were not telling the truth about why Hastert
bailed on the show.
Bubala
said the statement by the anonymous Hastert
staffer was a “flat out lie.”
He
says that Hastert’s
deputy press secretary Chris Taylor emailed him midday —
before Kirk Fordham’s revelations were made public —
requesting an interview with Williams for tonight.
As
the scheduled time for the interview approached, Bubala said,
Taylor called several times claiming that Hastert
was on an important call and likely might not be available in
time for the interview.
But
according to Bubala, an employee for WGN’s sister
television station said that while Hastert
was supposedly on a telephone call, a WGN cameraman was filming
Hastert
arriving at + entering his home in Illinois.
05.Oct.2006
The
last refuge of Hastert
supporters. -
Nico -
Blame it all on a gay
cabal.
05.Oct.2006
Poll:
Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Say Military Is Overstretched,
Underequipped -
Faiz -
VoteVets.org,
a political advocacy group founded and funded by veterans,
released the first-ever poll today of Iraq and Afghanistan vets.
Respondents,
most of whom were conservatives, delivered a
shocking assessment of
the equipment
shortages and
other hardships facing soldiers on the battlefield. Here are
some key findings:
– 63
% of all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans believe the Army and
Marine Corps are overextended at this time.
-
67 % of Army + Marine veterans believe their forces are
overextended.
– 53
% of respondents said they “did not always know who the
enemy was” when they were engaged in the battlefields of
Iraq and Afghanistan.
– 42
% of the veterans said their equipment was below the military
standard of being 90 % operational.
-
35 % said their Humvees and trucks were not up-armored when they
arrived in-country.
Click
HERE
to
see a summary of the poll’s findings.
05.Oct.2006
Al
Qaeda Letter Says Prolonging The Iraq War ‘Is In Our
Interest’ -
Payson -
A
newly
translated letter from
al-Qaeda’s leadership to their Iraq organization shows the
Bush
administration’s “stay
the course” Iraq
strategy is exactly what al Qaeda wants:
The
most important thing is that you continue in your jihad in Iraq
+ that you be patient and forbearing, even in weakness + even
with fewer operations; even if each day had half of the number
of current daily operations, that is not a problem, or even less
than that. So, do not be hasty. The most important thing is that
the jihad continues with steadfastness and firm rooting + that
it grows in terms of supporters, strength, clarity of
justification + visible proof each day. Indeed, prolonging the
war is in our interest, with God’s permission.
This
summer, Bush
administration officials repeatedly justified their Iraq policy
by pointing to al Qaeda propaganda. One example of many:
DAN
BARTLETT: So, it doesn’t matter what we say. We should be
taking the - the words of the enemy seriously. They think [Iraq
is] the fight of the war on terror, so, we must as well.
[8/31.2006
]
Will
the White House change its tune now that al Qaeda has endorsed
“stay the course”? (HT:
Abu Aardvark)
Digg
It!
05.Oct.2006
U.S.
Government Caught Red-Handed Releasing Staged Al-Qaeda Videos
-
Paul Joseph Watson -Immediate Congressional investigation
demanded, media oversight of clear and deliberate
05.Oct.2006
Aspirin
'can block tumour growth' Scientists
have discovered aspirin reduces the formation of the blood
vessels that help fuel tumours.
05.Oct.2006
Nato
takes over Afghan security Nato
extends its responsibility for security to the whole of
Afghanistan by taking charge of US troops in the east.
05.Oct.2006
UN
faces Geneva attack threat The
UN boosts security at its European headquarters in Geneva after
authorities warn of a possible threat against it.
05.Oct.2006
Rice
in talks with Israel leaders
The
US secretary of state holds talks with Israeli ministers in
Jerusalem, on the latest leg of her regional tour.
05.Oct.2006
Mixed
outcomes at climate talks Despite
a positive mood at international talks on climate change, key
nations were still dragging their feet, writes Roger Harrabin.
05.Oct.2006
US
'cannot allow' nuclear N Korea The
US issues a strong warning that it will not accept a
nuclear-armed North Korea, amid fears of a nuclear test.
05.Oct.2006
Israel
sacks war critic general A
top Israeli army general is sacked over his criticism of the war
in Lebanon in a series of media interviews.
05.Oct.2006
Met
defends Muslim officer move A
Muslim police officer was excused duty guarding Israel's embassy
for safety reasons, Scotland Yard says.
05.Oct.2006
Eurozone
rates increased to 3.25% The
European Central Bank raises eurozone interest rates by a
quarter point to 3.25%, as widely forecast.
05.Oct.2006
'Monster'
fossil find in Arctic An
unprecedented treasure trove of marine reptile fossils is found
in the Arctic by Norwegian scientists.
05.Oct.2006
Why
Everyone Must Be Screened
Isn't
it logical and more efficient to allow people carrying U.S.
government security clearances to bypass airport screening? You
might think so, but you'd be wrong. Commentary by Bruce
Schneier.
05.Oct.2006
NSA
Spy Program Gets Temporary OK
Hold
the phone: Warrantless surveillance of international calls and
e-mails into and out of the USA
can go ahead while a judge's ruling, which called the intercepts
unconstitutional, works its way through the appeals process.
05.Oct.2006
Google
To Predict Accuracy of Political Statements
-
samzenpus 68 - pestario
writes
"Google
CEO Eric Schmidt talks about a service which can give the
probability of the accuracy of statements made by politicians,
among other things.
From
the Reuters article, Schmidt says: "We (at Google) are not
in charge of truth but we might be able to give a probability."
Can
Google's 'truth predictor' bring an end to sound bites and
one-liners? I'm not holding my breath...""
05.Oct.2006
Making
Computer Memory From a Virus -
samzenpus 120 - An
Ac writes,
"By
coating 30-nanometre-long chunks of tobacco mosaic virus with
platinum nanoparticles, researchers at the University of
California, Los Angeles, have created a transistor with very
fast switching speed.
They
say it could eventually be used to make memory chips for MP3
players and digital cameras. A device fitted with such a
virus-chip would access data much more quickly than one using
flash memory."
05.Oct.2006
New
DNA Test to Solve More Cases -
samzenpus 57 - Krishna
Dagli writes From the BBC,
"Tens
of thousands of unsolved crimes could be cracked with a new
forensic technique, it has been claimed.
The
Forensic Science Service (FSS) is piloting a computer-based
analysis system which can interpret previously unintelligible
DNA samples.
It
claims the technique is a world first which will boost its crime
detection rates by more than 15%.The method is being tested by
the West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Northumbria and Humberside
police forces."
05.Oct.2006
Teleportation
Gets a Boost -
ScuttleMonkey 310 - saavyone
Yahoo! News is reporting that
while
teleportation may not quite be a reality yet a team of Danish
scientists have raised the bar on this line of research. From
the article:
"The
experiment involved for the first time a macroscopic atomic
object containing thousands of billions of atoms. They also
teleported the information a distance of half a meter but
believe it can be extended further.
'Teleportation
between two single atoms had been done two years ago by two
teams but this was done at a distance of a fraction of a
millimeter,' Polzik, of the Danish National Research Foundation
Center for Quantum Optics, explained.
'Our
method allows teleportation to be taken over longer distances
because it involves light as the carrier of entanglement,' he
added."
05.Oct.2006
Vista
to Include Stepped up Anti-Piracy Measures
-
ScuttleMonkey 459 - snuffin
writes to tell us the Washington Post is reporting that
Microsoft
announced stepped up anti-piracy measures being implemented in
their latest operating system, Vista. From the article:
"If
a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will
curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just
the Web browser for an hour at a time, said Thomas Lindeman,
Microsoft senior product manager." Ars Technica also has
coverage available on this new development.
05.Oct.2006
Dispatch
from the BuzzFlash Department of Reality: Bomb attacks in
Baghdad have hit an all-time high
New
Foley IM Conversations
Revealed: The chats seem to make clear that Foley
tried to lure the boys into sexual encounters + certainly
encouraged lurid behavior online. In one conversation, it
appears clear that Foley
met with one boy in San Diego. In another sequence, Foley
suggested that a page meet him at his house a few blocks from
the Capitol. ``I could give you a massage here . . . just a
block and a half,'' he wrote. Later in the online conversation,
Foley asked, ``so you
do see us palyin around''? Often implicit in the chats is an
exchange of professional advancement in exchange for sex that
plays on the allure of power that Foley
used to entice one of the teenagers.
Foley
Sex Scandal is Just Tip of Republican Iceberg of Failure.
Democrats Must Still Focus on the Real Issues to Win -- A
BuzzFlash News Analysis
Cindy
Sheehan and Her Theology of Peace -- A BuzzFlash Interview
Brent
Budowsky -- Washington 2006,
Nixon Redux: Haldemann, Ehrlichman and Kissinger Are Back In
Town
05.Oct.2006
Losing
Busheviks
Report Alleged al-Qaeda Leader in Iraq #1746 is still Alive. Got
to Keep Each New One Around for Propaganda Purposes, Right?
Remember that the Washington Post Recently Reported that 60% of
the Iraqi Population Supports Attacks on Our GIs. That Makes the
Majority of the Iraqi Population Enemey Combatants, According to
the Recently Passed "Bush
Torture and Get Out of Jail Free Card" Legislation. 10/5
Hastert
Says He Would Resign If...But He Won't...But Then Again, He
Might Have to Walk the Plank...But...Oh, Well, Unless Rove Pulls
a Big October Surprise, the GOP is Stepping Deeper Into the Deep
Muddy Everyday. They are Clearly Showing That They Have No Moral
Values. Their Only Interest is to Clinging to Power At All
Costs.
05.Oct.2006
Hastert
Says He Would Resign If...But He Won't...But Then Again, He
Might Have to Walk the Plank...But...Oh, Well, Unless Rove Pulls
a Big October Surprise, the GOP is Stepping Deeper Into the Deep
Muddy Everyday. They are Clearly Showing That They Have No Moral
Values. Their Only Interest is to Clinging to Power At All
Costs.
The
BuzzFlash Mailbag -- Uncensored and Unvarnished Truth from
BuzzFlash Readers.
05.Oct.2006
"Rick
Santorum has spent 12 years in the Senate
? and millions of dollars on TV ads for a third term. Yet a lot
of Pennsylvania voters just plain don't like him." Besides
the Fact That He's an Unctuous, Lying, Hypocritical, "Man
on Dog" Talking Bushevik,
We Can't Imagine Why, Can You? 10/5
02.Oct.2006
ABCNews.com
Item Helped Foley
Story Come Together, & Helped Foley's
Career Fall Apart Source:
www.mediabistro.com -
Mark
Foley 's secrets
"emerged when ABC's
Brian Ross obtained an e-mail to a 16-year-old male page that
asked for a... ...
02.Oct.2006
Candidates
divest themselves of Foley
contributions, GOP committee to keep its Foley
money Source:
www.news4sites.com -
05.Oct.2006
Ex-Foley
Aide Claims He Told Hastert
of Foley
Misconduct 00.000.2003 Source:
feeds.bignewsnetwork.com -
Rep.
Thomas Reynolds , R-N.05.Oct.2006.,
told The Associated Press that when he learned of Foley
's inappropriate behavior toward pages, he had "more than
one conversation with senior staff at the highest level ...
18.Sep.2006
http://www.911truth.org/
Sources:
August Terror Plot is a 'Fiction' Underscoring Police Failures
British
Army expert casts doubt on 'liquid explosives' threat, Al Qaeda
network in UK Identified
Filed
by Nafeez Ahmed rawstory.com
Horror has long been a popular
Hollywood genre and filled theater seats for generations.
Taking
the hint, the Karl Rove crowd in Washington, the other great
mecca of American fantasy, is now working to keep conservative
Congressional seats filled using B movie terror tales.
Their
latest over-hyped production was the 'liquid explosives' plot
that the UK supposedly took down on 10.Aug.2006
.
Like
most made-for-TV thrillers, it's a wee bit light on facts, truth
and reality as "War Against Truth" author Nafeez Ahmed
shows below. - Ed.
Lieutenant-Colonel
(ret.) Nigel Wylde, a former senior British Army Intelligence
Officer, has suggested that the police + government story about
the "terror plot" revealed on
10.Aug.2006
was part of a "pattern of lies and deceit."
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Are
You an 'Unlawful Combatant'? Maybe So...
Antiwar.com's
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frightening breadth of application + potential, with historical
depth, thoroughly linked for perspective and further study.
--Ed.
...It
doesn't say "alien" or "terrorist," although
it specifically includes members of the
Taliban and
al-Qaeda.
It says "person" – any person, including
American
citizens.
As
Bruce Ackerman, professor of law at Yale + author of Before the
Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism,
puts
it:
"Buried
in the complex Senate
compromise on detainee treatment is a real shocker, reaching far
beyond the legal struggles about foreign terrorist suspects in
the Guantanamo Bay fortress.
The
compromise legislation, which is racing toward the White House,
authorizes the president to seize American citizens as enemy
combatants, even if they have never left the USA.
And
once thrown into military prison, they cannot expect a trial by
their peers or any other of the normal protections of the Bill
of Rights."
05.Oct.2006
http://www.911blogger.com/node/2667
The
Double Standard of the Reich Wing The
news today that Prof. Steven Jones has been put on "paid
leave" by BYU, when compared with the current ABC
propaganda piece, illustrates the double standard employed by
the Reich wing in the US with regard to 9/11
.
Let's
start with Prof. Jones, who has fought a tremendous battle to
force America to consider alternate hypotheses to 9/11
+ in the process has pretty much rubbed the official story line
into the dirt:
one
only needs to look at the scholarly glee with which he refuted
the desperate and absurd theory floated by NIST that the orange
color of the ferric material cascading down the side of a WTC
was due to conmingled pieces of carpet. And what is one of the
biggest hypes against Prof. Jones ? It is that this studies have
not been adequately "peer reviewed" !
Just
think about it: the NIST claims it has conducted 8,777,333
interviews, evaluated 832,199,203 photographs + consulted with
6,233,001 experts in publishing it's worthless crap, but as far
as we know, HAVE NOT BEEN PEER REVIEWED.
So
how does the Reich wing make it's case ? In looking at their
success, we must acknowledge how their 9/11
stunt converted an AWOL cokehead who had just stolen the US
Presidency into the most powerful man on the planet + how they
swiftboated John Kerry to keep the POS POTUS in power, we should
understand that they don't have to play by the same rules: THEY
MAKE THE RULES !!! This allows them to farm out their
"dramatization" to 20,000,000 Americans, who won't
have the brains to worry about whether this ABC
hit piece has been "peer reviewed".
What
can we do to combat this ? First of all, there must be a
tremendous outcry to defend and protect Prof. Jones, who has
done so much to defend and protect all of us.
If
BYU does what Bushitler
wants + ejects Prof. Jones, let us make sure that this will be a
Pyrrhic victory for the Reich wing, a hint of the the death
rattle for them on their path to disgrace and oblivion.
05.Oct.2006
War, Peace + Subversion of
Democracy Stop The Fourth Reich
maebrussell.com
... www. maebrussell.com . www.newsmakingnews.com.
www.nomorefakenews.com ... Bush
& 9/11.
9/11
Press Conference. Time Running Out For Peace ...
www.stopthefourthreich.com/four.htm
05.Oct.2006
Impeach Hell!
Bush
should be tried for treason ASAP and either put away for life or
hung in ...
http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/S.F.%20Attorney%20Says%20
Bush
... www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/04-02-03/discussion.cgi.75.html
08.Dec.2001
It was Hitler's *father* who was a bastard, in the literal
sense, anyway...
The
following Web page contains an excerpt from the book "The
Mind of Adolf Hitler" by Walter C. Langer:
http://www.maebrussell.com/Mae's%20bio/Schicklgruber.html
... www.mrcranky.com/movies/breadandtulips/23/4.html
05.Oct.2006
The
Arrogant, the Misguided and the Cowards
-Out
of Iraq, Out with Bush
-By Sean Penn
We the people of the USA
have a unique opportunity. We can show each other and the world
that what the Bush
administration claims is their mission is not ours.
And,
by leading our country as a citizenry + demanding of our
government an immediate end to our own military and profit
investments in Iraq, display for the entire world that democracy
is a government of the people. Continue
05.Oct.2006
The
March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern
Mediterranean.-By
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The Pentagon has already drawn up
plans for U.S. sponsored attacks on Iran and Syria.3 Despite the
public posturing of diplomacy by the USA
and Britain, just like the Iraq Invasion, Iran and Syria sense
another Anglo-American war in the horizon. Both countries have
been strengthening their defenses for the eventuality of
war with the Anglo-American alliance. Continue
05.Oct.2006
Human
Hell and the Demons of War Branch
Warfare and the Evolution of Aggression -By Manuel
Valenzuela
Wars of religious proclivity are the greatest
example of the malignant human hell that legitimizes the murder
and killing of our fellow ma n. Continue
05.Oct.2006
A
Soul Defying, Tacit Approval Of Torture: How Did We Come To
This? -By
Phil Rockstroh
For most of us, the price we would have to pay
for confronting authority would be far too prohibitive;
hence,
we learn it is acceptable (as well as politically useful to our
power mad leaders) to displace our anger + fear upon outsiders.
Ergo,
the so-called Clash of Civilizations is unloosed + slouches, by
way of the Washington Beltway, to Iraq, Iran and beyond to be
born. Continue
05.Oct.2006
Fatal
Vision: The Deeper Evil Behind the Detainee Bill -By
Chris Floyd
It was a dark hour indeed last Thursday when the
United
States Senate
voted to end the constitutional republic + transform the country
into a "Leader-State," giving the president + his
agents the power to capture, torture + imprison forever anyone -
American citizens included - whom they arbitrarily decide is an
"enemy combatant." Continue
05.Oct.2006
Why
does Thailand have all the Luck? -By
Mike Whitney
Imagine the Abrams tanks and Humvees trundling
down Pennsylvania Ave;
knocking
down the flimsy roadblocks + wrought-iron fencing + plopping
down on the White House lawn waiting for a white flag to emerge
from a window in the Oval Office. Continue
05.Oct.2006
Latin
America Declares Independence -By
Noam Chomsky
Five centuries after the European conquests,
Latin America is reasserting its independence.
In
the southern cone especially, from Venezuela to Argentina,
the
region is rising to overthrow the legacy of external domination
of the past centuries + the cruel and destructive social forms
that they have helped to establish. Continue
05.Oct.2006
Cold War Era
2006
A.D. The Future . Home " ... to foreigners in
exchange for economic goods, without the prospect of buying ...
of the newspaper in which they appear.
http://mirrorh.com/timeline1945.html
01.Jan.1864-31.Dec.1866
Timeline ...
held in San Jose for the completion of the San Francisco + San
Jose Railroad. This marked the birth of Helena, future capital
of Montana. [ see 1863] http://timelines.ws/1864_1866.HTML
05.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,druck-440918,00.html
Unter
dem Titel Google Code Search hat
das Unternehmen eine Suchmaschine speziell für
Programmierer eingerichtet. Mit deren Hilfe soll man sich durch
Millionen Zeilen frei verfügbarer Sourcecodes hangeln
können.
05.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,druck-440918,00.html
Im
Kampf gegen den Büroschlaf führt die
US-Elektronikkette Radio Shack einen neuen Verbündeten ins
Feld: den
Mini- Helikopter "Micro Mosquito".
Dem 15 Zentimeter langen Rotorflügler genügt ein
Post-it als Landefläche.
05.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,druck-440892,00.html
Messing
aber war vor der Ankunft der Europäer in ganz Amerika
unbekannt. AP
12.Okt.1492
Christoph Columbus auf San Salvador: Indios mochten Messing Mit
der Radiokarbonmethode hatten Wissenschaftler die
Begräbnisstätte datiert:
Sie
wurde demnach angelegt wenige Jahrzehnte nach der
00.000.1492
Ankunft von Columbus' Flotte.
Daraus
schlossen die Archäologen, dass das Messing von den
spanischen Eroberern stammte. Sogar Columbus selbst erwähnte
in seinen Tagebüchern den Handel mit den Messinghülsen
der Schnürsenkel.
Mit
Hilfe einer strukturellen und chemischen Analyse des Messings
identifizierten die Forscher schließlich Deutschland als
Ursprungsort für die Legierung aus Kupfer und Zink.
Wahrscheinlich
habe der mittelalterliche Handel in Europa das Metallgemisch
nach Spanien + schließlich in die Karibik gebracht,
schreiben
die Wissenschaftler im Fachblatt "Journal of Archaeological
Science".
Das
aber erklärt noch immer nicht die seltsame Abwesenheit des
Goldes in den Indiogräbern. Martinón-Torres und
seine Kollegen glauben, dass die Ureinwohner eine spezielle
Vorliebe für den Glanz des Messings hatten und es
wertvoller als Gold einschätzten. Frühe Chronisten
hätten berichtet, dass reines Gold bei den Indios als
relativ wertloses Metall galt - ganz im Gegensatz zu
kupferbasierten Legierungen.
05.Oct.2006
São
Paulo: Stadt der Gewalt
05.Oct.2006
Terrorismus:
Saudi- Arabien erwägt Bau von gesicherter Grenzanlage zum
Irak
05.Oct.2006
Machu
Picchu: Die Gralsburg der Inka
05.Oct.2006
Republikaner:
Kongress- Führer gerät wegen Sex- Affäre unter
Druck
05.Oct.2006
Columbus'
Schnürsenkel: Deutsches Messing für Indio- Gold
05.Oct.2006
Anti-
Terror- Kampf: Verwirrung um getöteten irakischen Qaida-
Chef
05.Oct.2006
Opec
will weniger Öl fördern
04.Oct.2006
US-
Heimatschutz: Software soll kritische Zeitungen identifizieren
05.Oct.2006
Heute
in den Feuilletons: "Feuerwerk im Schädel des
Propheten"
04.Oct.2006
Hewlett-
Packard: Anklage gegen Ex- Chefaufseherin Dunn
04.Oct.2006
Aktienoptionsskandal:
SEC ermittelt gegen Apple- Manager
04.Oct.2006
Blutbad
in Amish- Schule: Polizei rätselt über Motiv
04.Oct.2006
Börse:
Dow Jones schafft die nächste Rekordmarke
04.Oct.2006
Neue
Sperranlage: Bush
verstärkt Grenze zu Mexiko
04.Oct.2006
Zeitungsbericht:
Kein Prozess gegen Hewlett- Packard- Chef
04.Oct.2006
Nahost:
Abbas droht Hamas mit Ausnahmezustand
04.Oct.2006
Sensor-
Patent: Handy riecht Pollen und Bomben
04.Oct.2006
BREAKING:
Hastert’s
Senior Staff Asked ‘To Intervene’ Two Years Ago
-
Think
Progress -
Here’s the
AP:
A
senior congressional aide said Wednesday that he alerted House
Speaker Dennis Hastert’s
office two years ago about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark
Foley with teenage
pages.
Kirk
Fordham told The Associated Press that when he was told about
Foley’s
inappropriate behavior toward pages, he had ‘’more
than one conversation with senior staff at the highest level of
the House of Representatives asking them to intervene.'’
The
conversations took place long before the e-mail scandal broke,
Fordham said + at least a year earlier than members of the House
GOP leadership have acknowledged.
We’ll
have more as this story develops.
04.Oct.2006
FACT
CHECK: Bush
Slashed Funding For School Violence Prevention
-
Amanda -
In
the past few weeks, the nation has been stunned by the rash
of school shootings in
Colorado, Wisconsin + at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennyslvania.
President Bush
said he was “saddened and deeply concerned” about
the shootings and plans to convene a summit of education and law
enforcement experts to discuss federal action that can help
communities prevent violence.
Bush’s
rhetoric doesn’t match his record. He has consistently
recommended pulling funding for school violence prevention
programs:
–
00.000.2006,
Bush
proposed a five
% cut for youth and crime prevention programs.
Bush’s
2005 budget proposed a 40 % drop in juvenile-crime prevention ,
following a 44
% cut 00.000.2004.
–
The
Bush
administration has repeatedly
recommended
eliminating federal funding for the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools
and Communities State Grants program , which works on
juvenile-crime prevention.
Since
2001,
Congress has voted to retain the Grants program over the
administration’s objections, but at reduced
levels.
Funding
for the program was $439.2 million 00.000.2001
but fell to $346.5 million this year , with $310 million
recommended for 2007.
–
More
than half the nation’s school districts receive $10,000 or
less per year to fight violence and substance abuse — “too
little to make a difference”
according
to an Education Department official.
04.Oct.2006
Hadley’s
Hypocrisy: “Our Strategy Is Far From ‘Stay the
Course’” -
Faiz -
National
Security Adviser Stephen Hadley pens an op-ed in today’s
USA Today claiming that “stay the course” is not
an accurate description of
Bush’s
strategy for Iraq:
Our
strategy is far from “stay the course.” The
president continually challenges all of us to learn from
experience, adapt to change and improve our performance.
But
in June 2005 on the Charlie Rose Show, Hadley described the Bush
strategy as “stay the course” and urged
the American public to support it:
What
the Americans need to understand and what we need to explain to
them clearly is that we do have a strategy. That strategy is
making progress. But there are still difficult days ahead.
But
if we can stay the course, if we can pursue our support for the
Iraqi people, if they continue to perform the way — the
way they are performing, we will not only build a democratic
Iraq, but
it
will be a democratic Iraq that will send a message of hope to
the region as a whole , to encourage the spread of democracy in
the region as a whole.
It’s
not just Hadley. As ThinkProgress
has documented
on video,
other administration officials have repeatedly used “stay
the course” in the past.
Despite
the White House efforts to “cut
and run” from “stay the course,”
the
truth won’t let them.
04.Oct.2006
Blunt
attacks Hastert’s
mishandling of Foley
scandal. -
Nico -
House
Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) said today “he
would have handled [the Foley
scandal] differently if
he’d known about it.”
“I
think I could have given some good advice here, which is you
have to be curious, you have to ask all the questions you can
think of,” Blunt said.
“You
absolutely can’t decide not to look into activities
because one individual’s parents don’t want you to.”
04.Oct.2006
Reynolds
chief of staff “resigns.” -
Nico -
ABC
News reports that Kirk Fordham, the former chief of staff to
Mark Foley + current
chief of staff to Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), has “resigned
amid questions over whether he supressed information about Foley
emails.”
UPDATE:
ABC
now says Fordham was “fired.”
Also: “People familiar with Fordham’s side of the
story…said Fordham was being used as a scapegoat by
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
They
said Fordham had repeatedly warned Hastert’s
staff about Foley’s
‘problem’ with pages, but little was done.”
04.Oct.2006
John
Walsh Rebuts Conservative Anti-Gay Smears
-
Amanda -
Several
conservatives are using the Mark Foley
scandal to push
vicious anti-gay smears.
Just
today, Human Life International (”pro-life missionaries to
the world”) put out a statement blaming
Foley’s behavior
on his sexual orientation:
Foley’s
actions were that of homosexual predator, not a pedophile.
Homosexuals reproduce sexually by molesting children.
This
creates a cycle of violence and disordered behavior that creates
future generations of abusers and predators.
But
as John Walsh — host of “America’s Most
Wanted” and an advocate of childrens’ safety —
told Larry King last night, the Foley
case is about pedophilia, not
homosexuality.
Watch it: Full
transcript:
KING:
A couple things revealed today, did you know that he was gay?
WALSH:
You know that was always the issue on Capitol Hill + I think
that his response in the past was that “That’s my
business and would you ask President Bush
or would you ask, you know, Chairman Harry Reed if he was
straight?” I think in the 21st century, people have a
right to keep their sexuality, you know, to themselves.
But,
you know, making overt advances to 16-year-old boys from a
52-year-old man is nothing about gay.
It’s
about pedophilia.
04.Oct.2006
Conservatives
Repeat Baseless Claim That Foley
Scandal Was Timed To Affect Elections -
Nico -
Top
conservatives continue to react to the Mark Foley
scandal as political operatives instead of as concerned parents.
To
minimize political fallout, they are spreading the baseless
claim that the release of Foley’s
emails to underage pages was timed to impact November’s
elections:
House
Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL):
[S]omebody
had [Foley’s
emails], and, you know, they’re trying — and they
drop it the last day of the session, you know, before we adjourn
on an election year . [Link]
Rush
Limbaugh:
I’m
just telling you that the — the — the orgy and the
orgasm that has been taking place in the media since Friday and
with the Democrats is — it’s all coordinated + it’s
all — it’s all oriented toward the election .
There’s
no concern about the kid — no concern about the children.
[Link]
Tony
Blankley, Washington
Times editor:
While
I don’t have any proof, I will be amazed if Democratic
operatives and at least a few Democratic congressmen didn’t
know about this and fed it to the media through various obscure
blogs and to ABC
. [Link]
But
the reporters who broke this story have discredited this
conspiracy theory:
ABC
investigative journalist Brian Ross:
Ross
dismissed suggestions by some Republicans that the news was
disseminated as part of a smear campaign against Mr. Foley.
“I
hate to give up sources, but to the extent that I know the
political parties of any of the people who helped us, it would
be the same party,” Mr. Ross said, referring to
Republicans. [Link]
ABC
producer Maddy Sauer:
They
were passed to a colleague of mine from a source, not someone
from a Democratic campaign, a source on the Hill.
And
when we talked to Foley’s
office about those emails, they seemed to know all about them.
“It’s no big deal. He is overly friendly.
He’s
overly engaging. If he’s guilty of anything, that’s
all he’s guilty of. He’s very close with the pages.
He has worked with the page program for some time.”
So
we published that story + then almost immediately we began
receiving emails from former pages, some going back as far as
five years, who said this is the tip of the iceberg.
There
is so much more here. [Link]
Digg
It!
04.Oct.2006
Stephanopoulos:
Hastert
‘hanging by a thread.’ -
Nico -
ABC’s
George Stephanopoulos this morning: “He’s hanging by
a thread. He’s fighting very, very hard. He said he will
not re-sign + most Republicans feel that forcing him out now
would cause chaos + make the problem worse. But with these new
stories that congress Mark Foley’s
attraction to young pages had been known for a long time, I
think the chances that Speaker Hastert
will return next year are almost zero.
I
don’t think his caucus will return him as Speaker.”
04.Oct.2006
Powell:
‘Staying the Course Isn’t Good Enough Because a
Course Has to Have an End’ -
Judd -
In
a speech at the University of Minnesota yesterday, former
Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted
the Bush
administration’s “stay the course” policy
in
Iraq:
“Only
the Iraqi people can resolve this,” Powell said.
U.S.
troops have to stay in Iraq for “some time,” he
said. “But there is a limit to the patience of the
American people .”
…In
Iraq, “ staying the course isn’t good enough because
a course has to have an end ,” Powell said.
The
White House is trying
to distance themselves from the phrase
“stay
the course.” But it aptly describes a strategy that has
not changed in spite of repeated
failures.
Moreover,
President Bush
and top administration officials continue to use it. Here’s
a video retrospective:
Powell’s
objection to the “stay the course” strategy is
grounded in the
Powell doctrine,
which states:
“We
owe it to the men and women who go in harm’s way to make
sure…that their lives are not squandered for unclear
purposes.” Digg
It!
04.Oct.2006
Reynolds
convinced Foley to run
for reelection. -
Judd -
“A
member of the House leadership told me that Foley…
was
considering not seeking a seventh term this year but that Rep.
Tom Reynolds, chairman
of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC),
talked him into running,”
Bob Novak reports.
According
to Novak, this occured after Reynolds knew Foley
sent inappropriate emails to a congressional page.
04.Oct.2006
October
4, 2006
-
Think
Progress -
“Tucked
away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past
year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in
[Baghdad] ‘for commemoration of success’ in Iraq and
Afghanistan ,” the NYT reports.
“Not
surprisingly, the money was not spent.” But in the
spending bill approved last week, conservatives rolled
the $20 million over into 2007.
The
Dow
Jones Industrial average closed
at 11,727.34 yesterday, besting the previous record in January
2000, though “[i]f inflation is taken into account, the
Dow has to rise
another 2,150 points
before it will set an all-time high.”
“Members
of the House ethics committee will return to Washington, D.C. ,
on Thursday and are expected to approve
an investigation” into
the scandal involving Mark Foley.
“Congress
has set a 2007 termination date for the special inspector
general for Iraq reconstruction ,” Stuart Bowen, “at
the behest of the Bush
administration, removing
the source of
a series of audit reports that have emboldened critics of the
president’s war polices. Bowen has said post-war
reconstruction planning in Iraq was “insufficient
in both scope and implementation.”
“Democrats
are renewing their vow to impede the annual congressional pay
raise until the minimum wage is increased ,” The Hill
reports, “but their options
for a successful block during
the lame-duck session likely depend on the outcome of the Nov. 7
midterm election.”
39
%: President Bush’s
approval rating, a
drop of three points since September,
according to a new NBC/WSJ poll.
“In
the second
month of
a security crackdown” in Baghdad, U.S. military casualties
appear to be rising ,” according to military officials.
“At
least 17 troops have been killed in combat since Saturday,
including eight U.S. soldiers who died in gunbattles and bomb
blasts Monday in Baghdad - the most
killed in a single day in
the capital since July 2005.”
The
Center for Constitutional Rights has filed
the first challenge to
legislation passed last week that stripped detainees of their
centuries-old right to challenge their detention .
CCR’s
habeas petition was filed on behalf of a detainee held in
“secret CIA detention for 3 1/2 years + subjected to
‘alternative interrogation methods’ that amount to
torture.”
“Security
weaknesses have left millions of elderly, disabled and poor
Americans vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure of their medical
and personal records,” according to a federal
investigation of the computer system used by the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Extreme
drought will affect about a third of the planet and spread
across half of the earth’s land surface by 2100 because
of global warming,
according to new predictions from Britain’s leading
climate scientists.
And
finally: Students at Bush
Elementary School in Stockton, CA , were surprised yesterday
when President Bush
stopped by for a visit, after initially sending his regrets. “I
think the president was happy.
He was smiling a lot,” said Brandom Zarate, 8. Richard
Therman, 7, recalls that the President told him “You guys,
read a lot.”
04.Oct.2006
ABC
debunks
claim that Foley
scandal was election trick.
-
Nico -
ABC’s
Brian Ross “dismissed suggestions by some Republicans that
the news was disseminated as part of a smear campaign against
Mr. Foley,” the
New York Times reports. “I hate to give up sources, but to
the extent that I know the political parties of any of the
people who helped us, it
would be the same party,”
Mr. Ross said, referring to Republicans.
04.Oct.2006
The
E-Revolution: Ed Halter -
Paul Joseph Watson -Ed Halter talks to Alex about the
proliferation of free online video content, what it means for
the media monopoly and how the
04.Oct.2006
Shouting
Telescreens Announce United Kingdom Of Fascism
-
Paul Joseph Watson -State launches psychological warfare as
establishment manufactured Clockwork Orange mind control
04.Oct.2006
Scheiss
Rassisten, Nazipack! -
Antifaschist aus DO
02.Oct.2006
wurde e00.000.19-jäähriger
Azubi in Dortmund-Brackel (Dortmunder-Osten) von zwei Faschos
(wie so oft) grundlos angegriffen.
Die Täter wurden
festgenommen (Einer der Täter ist 29 Jahre alt), Anzeige
wurde gestellt. Das Opfer erlitt einen Nasenbruch und 2 blaue
Augen.
04.Oct.2006
Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Interviews with Mr. Bob Woodward /
Part II -
sfux
07.Jul.2006
Interview
-continued on-
LT GEN RENUART:
You know, Mr. Secretary, from the other side of the world those
29 things drove us crazy, because we spent thousands of brain
bytes trying to make sure that as we went through that we
answered all those "what if" questions. And some of
those are a little later in the process, but certainly the vast
majority of them got a considerable amount of effort put to them
as we talked about early on.
04.Oct.2006
Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Interviews with Mr. Bob Woodward /
Part I -
sfux Defenselink:
July 6 and 7, 2006
/ Part I
SEC.
RUMSFELD: You know, I asked Jean Renuart, my incoming senior
military assistant + he was with Franks this whole time. And
Bill Luti was...
04.Oct.2006
Zweiter
Wahlgang in Brasilien: Verliert Lula noch die Wahlen?
-
sfux Karl
Weiss, Rio de Janeiro -
Nun
wird es doch noch spannend bei den Präsidentenwahlen in
Brasilien. Noch vor zwei Wochen nach den Umfragen scheinbar
uneinholbar mit 25 % der Stimm-Intentionen in Führung, sah
Präsident Lula seinen Vorsprung am Wahltag auf etwa 7 %
zusammenschnurzeln. Der Kandidat der (noch rechteren) Rechten,
Alckmin, wird am 29. Oktober mit Lula einen zweiten Wahlgang
absolvieren und dessen Ausgang...
04.Oct.2006
Botswana,
Survival International, Leonardo DiCaprio und die Buschmänner
-
sfux Dr.
Alexander von Paleske -
Wo
viel Licht ist, da ist natürlich auch Schatten, etwas
Schatten im Fall von Botswana: Es handelt sich um die
Buschmänner (Basarwa), ein Stamm, der im Central Kalahari
Game Reserve lebte. Und zwar wie in der Steinzeit und mit Pfeil
und Bogen auf die Jagd ging; fantastische Fährtensucher in
den Zeiten der Satellitennavigation.
04.Oct.2006
Der
Schlüssel für den Sturz von Schüssel - Österreich
vor einer grossen Koalition... -
sfux Malte
Olschewski -
?Österreich
bleibt besser,? hatte die Österreichische Volkspartei ÖVP
geworben, worauf die Wähler den mangelhaften Satzbau
verbessert haben: ?Österreich bleibt besser ohne Schüssel.?
Die Nationalratswahl vom 1.10. hat die Ära Wolfgang
Schüssels beendet. Die ÖVP war nach den Wahlen von
1999 an dritter Stelle gelegen. Schüssel hatte
Verhandlungen mit der stimmstärksten SPÖ...
04.Oct.2006
Mohammed
Atta:
Gelungene Überraschung -
sfux Stephan
Fuchs ?
Die
Oktoberüberraschung ist da ? Karl Rove, das Hirn des
Präsidenten hat es bereits letzten Monat angekündigt
.
Die Überraschung hat...
04.Oct.2006
Treatment
'to neutralise all flu' Scientists
say they are developing an entirely new way of providing instant
protection against flu.
04.Oct.2006
Rice
pledges US support for Abbas
US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
seeks to boost beleaguered Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
04.Oct.2006
Fresh
claims fuel US e-mail row Republicans
struggle to contain the scandal around ex-Congressman Mark
Foley's e-mails amid
new claims.
04.Oct.2006
Putin
fury at Georgia 'blackmail' President
Putin warns Georgia not to use "blackmail" against
Russia amid a bitter spying and sanctions row.
04.Oct.2006
More
signs of US slowdown Growth
in US services - the engine driving the world's biggest economy
- has slowed sharply, a survey suggests.
04.Oct.2006
'Bulge'
yields new planet class Astronomers
discover a new class of planets that take less than a day to
whiz round their parent stars.
04.Oct.2006
DNA
work earns chemistry Nobel The
Nobel Prize for Chemistry is awarded to American Roger Kornberg
for his work on protein synthesis.
04.Oct.2006
Nicaragua
plans Panama Canal rival Nicaragua
proposes a new inter-oceanic waterway that would carry bigger
ships than the Panama Canal.
04.Oct.2006
Amazon
crash pilot passports held A
Brazilian court seizes the passports of two US pilots involved
in a mid-air collision that killed 155 people.
04.Oct.2006
EU
considers visa snub against US Brussels
suggests making US diplomats vet visas, as many EU citizens
still need them to travel to the US.
04.Oct.2006
Europe
to overhaul trade policy The
EU could seek free trade agreements with leading Asian economies
as part of a radically revised trade policy.
04.Oct.2006
EU
warns Iran 'time running out' Time
is running out for Iran to avoid UN sanctions over its nuclear
policy, Europe's foreign policy chief warns.
04.Oct.2006
World
figures urge Mid-East talks More
than 130 former world leaders, politicians and Nobel laureates
call for urgent efforts to find Arab-Israeli peace.
04.Oct.2006
The
Green Room GM
crops are still more of a liability than an asset, argues
GeneWatch UK director Sue Mayer in the Green Room.
04.Oct.2006
India
to share bombings evidence India's
PM vows to share evidence with Pakistan about the devastating
train blasts in Mumbai.
04.Oct.2006
Misery
continues for gaming firms World
Gaming shares plummet a third, after saying it may be "in
default of its loan conditions" as its debt soars.
04.Oct.2006
HP
Insiders Facing Indictments Four
people, including Hewlett-Packard's former chairwoman, Patricia
Dunn, will be charged by California's attorney general for their
role in the recent corporate spying scandal.
04.Oct.2006
Plant
Hybrids to Drive Biofuels The
processes for growing crops as raw material for fuel and
converting it to liquids are in their infancy, so expect ethanol
+ biodiesel to become much more energy efficient.
04.Oct.2006
A
kite that generates 10,000 horsepower
Video:
A kite that generates 10,000 horsepower. CNET News.com's Neha
Tiwari speaks with the CEO of KiteShip, Jeremy Walker, about his
company's football-stadium-size kites that help cut 20 % of fuel
and emissions from commercial ships. The interview took place at
the California Clean Tech Open competition in San Francisco on
Sept. 26, 2006.
04.Oct.2006
Official
Web site: Foley=vacancy
Blog:
Newly resigned Congressman Mark Foley,
R-Fla., no longer has an official congressional Web site. But a
quick visit to the House...
04.Oct.2006
AI
to Monitor Foreign Press for Threats -
ScuttleMonkey 77 -
jefu writes
"According
to the New York Times, the US Department of Homeland Security is
funding AI tools to monitor the foreign press in order to detect
threats to the USA.
While the article says there are restrictions on doing this kind
of monitoring within the US, there are no restrictions on media
outside the US. (No hint is given as to how this would apply to
syndicated articles written in the US and published abroad.)
This is as yet experimental."
04.Oct.2006
HOWTO
Commit Corporate Espionage -
CmdrTaco 74 -
bart_scriv writes
"Worried
about who might be spying at your company? Businessweek looks at
the latest in espionage gadgets and technology in response to
the recent HP boardroom scandal. The article looks at devices
designed for counter-espionage, which range from mundane
confidential email services to sophisticated camera and
listening-device detectors. '...for every method of spying,
there's a counteroffensive. One of them is the eavesdropping
protection kit, manufactured by Dynasound in Norcross, Ga. To
secure a room in an office building, devices are placed on
ceiling plenums, floors, HVAC ducts, doors, walls or windows —
basically anywhere voices can travel.'"
04.Oct.2006
Hubble
Discovers Dark Spot on Uranus -
CmdrTaco 290 - TheDawgLives
writes
"Just
as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic
Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the
atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to
engulf two-thirds of the USA."
04.Oct.2006
US
Population to Top 300 Million -
CmdrTaco 598 -
"The number of Americans will surpass 300 million this
month, a milestone that raises environmental impact questions
for the only major industrial nation whose population is
increasing substantially. The US census buereau says the 300
million mark will be reached 39 years after US population topped
200 million and 91 years after it exceeded 100 million. That
makes US the third most populous country behind china and india.
It is noteworthy that sheer number of human beings do not
necessarily have the heaviest impact on the environment. Instead
environmental impact is a calculation that involves population,
affluence and technology. The US consumes nearly 25% of the
worlds energy though it has only 5 % of the worlds population
and has the highest per capita oil consumption worldwide. Each
american produces about 2.3 kg of trash a day, the current rate
is about 5 times that in developing countries."
04.Oct.2006
Illumninatus!
Author Needs Our Help -
kdawson 438 - Criceratops
writes,
"Almost
every fringe-geek worth their salt has read 'The Illuminatus!
Trilogy,' or at least the 'Principia Discordia,' and much of the
enlightenment therein came from Robert Anton Wilson. On the eve
of 'Xena' being officially named Eris, Douglas Rushkoff's blog
reveals that the extremely ill Mr. Wilson can't make his rent.
Another testimony to how our society refuses to reward those who
enrich it... but not if we can help it!"
04.Oct.2006
Network
Neutrality Threatened In Norway -
kdawson 92 - eirikso
writes, "In
00.Jun.2006
NextGenTel, one of the biggest broadband providers
in Norway, decided to deliberately limit the bandwidth from the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The CEO of NextGenTel,
Morten Ågnes, told the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten
that they will give priority to the content providers who pay
for better bandwidth. The Consumer Council of Norway takes this
as a serious threat to network neutrality in Norway and wants to
call a meeting with the biggest broadband providers in Norway to
find a solution."
04.Oct.2006
Foley
claims abuse by a clergyman Foley's
lawyer, David Roth, stated at a press conference that Foley
was abused between the ages of 13 and 15 by a clergyman and that
Foley, as an adult, has
never had sex with a minor. Apparently, he will reveal the name
of the clergyman at a later date. And finally, "Mark Foley
wants you to know that he is a gay man." We pretty much had
that last one. posted
by Prof. Hex
04.Oct.2006
The century
of drought One
third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100, say climate
experts in the most dire warning yet of the effects of global
warming.
04.Oct.2006
FBI examines
threat to page in Foley
scandal
The
FBI is investigating a possible threat against the north
Louisiana teenager who was on the receiving end of suggestive
e-mails from disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley,
a Louisiana congressman said Tuesday. posted
by Prof. Hex
04.Oct.2006
The
prehistory of prebiotics
Our
plain-dwelling ancestors were big-time eaters of
inulin-containing plants + prebiotic consumption was
significantly higher than today, an archaeologist told attendees
at the 5th Orafti Research Conference in Boston.
Prof.
Hex 04.Oct.2006
Protest
Against Bush
Attack on Iran at Norfolk Naval Base:
Nuclear carrier strike group led by the USS Eisenhower said to
be steaming out of Norfolk on Tuesday, October 3.
04.Oct.2006
Britain
revives threat of sanctions on Iran
:
Renewed tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme emerged on
Tuesday as Britain warned that world powers would return to the
United Nations Security Council to consider targeted sanctions
against Tehran.
04.Oct.2006
Russia
says talks to solve Iran atomic case :
Russia believes a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme should
be resolved by negotiations, the secretary of Russia's Security
Council, Igor Ivanov, said on Tuesday.
04.Oct.2006
Iranian
nuclear official proposes that France enrich Iran's uranium
:
A top Iranian nuclear official proposed Tuesday that France
create a consortium to enrich uranium in Iran, saying that could
satisfy international demands for outside oversight of Tehran's
nuclear program
04.Oct.2006
France
rejects Iran uranium offer :
France has distanced itself from an Iranian proposal for French
investment in Iran's atomic industry, enabling it to supervise
Tehran's nuclear programme
04.Oct.2006
Ted
Koppel : Let 'em have nukes. But...
:
The elimination of American opposition on this issue would open
the way to genuine normalization between our two nations. It
might even convince the Iranians that their country can flourish
without nuclear weapons
04.Oct.2006
War
pimp alert: Rumsfeld:
Venezuela build-up is concern: "I
don't know of anyone threatening Venezuela, anyone in this
hemisphere," said Rumsfeld, who is attending a meeting here
of Western hemisphere military leaders - many of them concerned
about the weapons, jets and helicopters Chavez is buying.
04.Oct.2006
U.S.
General Says Chávez Worries Region:
The
commander of USA
military activities in Latin America said Monday that Venezuela
under President Hugo Chávez had become a destabilizing
force + that other countries in the Western hemisphere shared
that concern.
04.Oct.2006
Putin:
No third party involved in Georgia-Russia spy row :
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation
with his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush,
saying no third party should be involved in the row over
Georgia's arrest of four Russian officers last week, a president
spokesman said on Monday.
04.Oct.2006
Putin's
ultimate weapon – control of worldwide energy sources
:
India, China and Eastern Europe will be soon dependant on energy
from ‘Russian Oil Block’. China is already dependant
on it. The Eastern Europe that rebelled out of Soviet Union
ultimately realizes that in order sustain and achieve prosperity
they need cheap energy resources
04.Oct.2006
Britain
to US: we don't want Guantánamo nine back
:
Documents obtained by the Guardian show US authorities are
demanding that the detainees be kept under 24-hour surveillance
if set free - restrictions that are dismissed by the British as
unnecessary and unworkable.
04.Oct.2006
'I
thought Britain stood for justice, but the British government
has abandoned us' :
At least nine former British residents are being held at
Guantánamo. They include two former public schoolboys and
two political refugees, a one-time MI5 informer and a man with a
history of mental illness. US authorities say they want to send
most back to the UK, but the British say they have no right to
be in this country.
04.Oct.2006
Records
Show Tenet
Briefed Rice
on Al Qaeda Threat :
A review of White House records has determined that George J.
Tenet,
then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza
Rice
+ other top officials 10.Jul.2001
, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State
Department spokesman said Monday.
04.Oct.2006
Video:
Condoleezza Rice
Facing 9 - 11 Commission. :
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
may have committed perjury in her testimony before the 9/11
Commission 00.May 2004 .
04.Oct.2006
Rumsfeld,
Ashcroft received warning of al Qaida attack before 9/11:
Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John
Ashcroft received the same CIA briefing about an imminent
al-Qaida strike on an American target that was given to the
White House two months before the Sept.
11, 2001,
attacks.
04.Oct.2006
North
American Union Escapes Scrutiny:
Judicial Watch uncovered documents that shed new light on the
“Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America,”
announced by President Bush,
former Mexico President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister
Paul Martin on 23.Mar.2005 .
04.Oct.2006
America
is living beyond its means :
China and India will be calling the shots when the US is no
longer top dollar
04.Oct.2006
Reports
Show Economy is Squeezing Most Americans:
Government data suggests that for most Americans, there has been
no economic recovery + financial security is fast becoming a
fantasy, according to recent analyses by public-interest groups.
04.Oct.2006
Are
we rich if we don't feed the poor?:
As it is, the richest 1 % of Americans have seen their incomes
pull away dramatically from the merely rich, the middle class +
the poor. That 1 % 00.000.2004 got 17 % of all income
nationwide. The bottom 90 % got less than 58 %.
04.Oct.2006
The
Health Costs of Wealth Inequality
:
Not that long ago in this country, you could raise a family on a
single paycheck. If you were working, you didn’t have to
worry about an unexpected medical bill making you homeless.
04.Oct.2006
A
Wealth of Advice: Nearly
$2 billion paid to consultants 00.000.2003-2004 federal
elections
04.Oct.2006
Man
Says He Was Arrested After Criticizing Cheney
:
A Colorado man accused a Secret Service agent Tuesday of
arresting him on trumped-up allegations of assaulting Vice
President Dick Cheney after he told Cheney the administration's
policies in Iraq were "reprehensible."
04.Oct.2006
The
threat of civil war in Palestine :
This is the most dangerous stage in the history of the
Palestinian nation’s struggle because
the
USA,
Israel + the European Union are making serious efforts to spark
a civil war in Palestine.
04.Oct.2006
Musharraf
U-turn on Taliban: Retired
Pakistani intelligence officers could be running the Taliban
insurgency against coalition forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan's
president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has said.
04.Oct.2006
Afghanistan:
Nato is Now US-ATO:
The pre-planned war in Afghanistan will be 5 years old on
07.Oct.2006
.
The
PNAC gang had their eyes on Afghanistan + its oil prior to 9/11,
as seen in R. M. Gerecht’s (
00.Mar.2001
) NY Times article, reprinted on the PNAC website.
04.Oct.2006
US
eyes Latin America's help in Iraq, Afghanistan:
The
USA
is pressing some Latin American countries to send troops to
Afghanistan and Iraq for non-combat missions as the Pentagon
struggles to transition those operations from war to
reconstruction.
04.Oct.2006
Wanted:
a world leader :
The U.S. collapse couldn't come at a worse time, says former
Canadian diplomat
04.Oct.2006
American
Narcissism and Iraq:
The Iraq War Isn't a Quagmire. It's Just Wrong.
04.Oct.2006
Allan
Weisbecker: Reading Bob Woodward to steep myself in lies:
A question for Bob: What State of Denial were you living in that
you could claim that a car bombing that slaughters scores and
maims hundreds is rule breaking? - You want a list of laws,
international and domestic – plus supreme laws of the
land, this land, the U.S. of A.– that were broken in this
collusion between the President and CIA Director?
04.Oct.2006
North
Korea Vows First Nuclear Test -By
CHOE SANG-HUN and JOHN O’NEIL
A statement released by
the North Korean state-run news agency declared that “the
U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war and sanctions and pressure”
compel the country “to conduct a nuclear test, an
essential process for bolstering nuclear deterrent, as a
corresponding measure for defense.” Continue
04.Oct.2006
The
October Surprise -By
Gary Hart
For a divinely guided president who imagines
himself to be a latter day Winston Churchill (albeit lacking the
ability to formulate intelligent sentences) + who professedly
does not care about public opinion at home or abroad, anything
is possible + dwindling days in power may be seen as making the
most apocalyptic actions necessary. Continue
04.Oct.2006
Lincoln
Weeps -By
Bill Moyers
Once upon a time the House of Representatives was
known as "the people's house." No more. It belongs to
K Street now. That's the address of the lobbyists who swarm all
over Capitol Hill.
There
are 65 lobbyists for every member of Congress. They spend $200
million per month wining, dining and seducing federal officials.
Per month! Continue
04.Oct.2006
America
the Tyranny-
The Road to Authoritarianism -By Manuel Valenzuela
The red,
white and blue, sadly enough, has become the symbol of what we
most hate, of what we swore to never become. It has become a
flag hijacked by tyrants, with the American People unconcerned
and unwilling, to the point of embarrassment, to free it from
its dungeon, with most too lazy or apathetic to care, most too
ignorant to know. Continue
04.Oct.2006
A
Libby Pardon for Christmas?:
Maybe you are thinking that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's
case against Scooter Libby is yesterday's news, or, worse, in
its last throes. Think again.
04.Oct.2006
“World
Can’t Wait…Drive Out the Bush
Regime!”:
Help stop the Iran attack - Be There on 05.Oct.2006
.
04.Oct.2006
"79
% of Gazan Households are Living in Poverty":
According to the World Bank, Palestinians are currently
experiencing the worst economic depression in modern history.
04.Oct.2006
Here's
why Chávez is so mad: A
quick glance at recent U.S. policy and posture toward Venezuela
gives us some clues as to why people in Venezuela are getting
set to reelect a president who calls the USA
an empire.
04.Oct.2006
Chavez
says he has White House informant:
Citing what he said were warnings from an alleged White House
informant, Chavez told thousands of supporters at a campaign
rally that President Bush
has ordered him to be killed before he leaves office
00.000.2008.
04.Oct.2006
U.S.
must be more relevant in Latin America: experts:
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has had sway over Latin America's
smaller economies but could now eclipse the USA'
influence over the third-largest economy, Argentina, two top
former U.S. diplomats said on Tuesday.
04.Oct.2006
US
drops tourism bombshell: Passport decision akin to a 'category 6
hurricane' -
Stewart said it appeared that the region's flirtation with
Venezuela's Chavez had triggered the US decision
04.Oct.2006
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich on the Military Commissions Act:
"Wake up America!" A Must Listen - INN Interview:
04.Oct.2006
General:
U.S. Army in danger:
The
Iraq war has left the U.S. military in critical condition,
stretched beyond its limits in manpower + equipment and in
danger of "breaking," retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey
said Tuesday.
04.Oct.2006
Iraqi
police unit linked to militias:
Iraqi authorities have taken a brigade of up to 700 policemen
out of service and put members under investigation for "possible
complicity" with death squads following a mass kidnapping
earlier this week, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
04.Oct.2006
The
Arrogant, the Misguided and the Cowards-Out
of Iraq, Out with Bush
-By Sean Penn
We the people of the USA
have a unique opportunity. We can show each other and the world
that what the Bush
administration claims is their mission is not ours. And, by
leading our country as a citizenry and demanding of our
government an immediate end to our own military and profit
investments in Iraq, display for the entire world that democracy
is a government of the people. Continue
04.Oct.2006
The
March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern
Mediterranean. By
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The Pentagon has already drawn up
plans for U.S. sponsored attacks on Iran and Syria.3 Despite the
public posturing of diplomacy by the USA
and Britain, just like the Iraq Invasion, Iran and Syria sense
another Anglo-American war in the horizon. Both countries have
been strengthening their defenses for the eventuality of
war with the Anglo-American alliance. Continue
04.Oct.2006
Human
Hell and the Demons of War
-Branch
Warfare and the Evolution of Aggression -By Manuel
Valenzuela
Wars of religious proclivity are the greatest
example of the malignant human hell that legitimizes the murder
and killing of our fellow ma n. Continue
04.Oct.2006
A
Soul Defying, Tacit Approval Of Torture: How Did We Come To
This? -By
Phil Rockstroh
For most of us, the price we would have to pay
for confronting authority would be far too prohibitive; hence,
we learn it is acceptable (as well as politically useful to our
power mad leaders) to displace our anger and fear upon
outsiders. Ergo, the so-called Clash of Civilizations is
unloosed and slouches, by way of the Washington Beltway, to
Iraq, Iran and beyond to be born. Continue
04.Oct.2006
Fatal
Vision: The Deeper Evil Behind the Detainee Bill -By
Chris Floyd
It was a dark hour indeed last Thursday when the
USA
Senate
voted to end the constitutional republic and transform the
country into a "Leader-State," giving the president
and his agents the power to capture, torture and imprison
forever anyone - American citizens included - whom they
arbitrarily decide is an "enemy combatant." Continue
04.Oct.2006
Why
does Thailand have all the Luck? -By
Mike Whitney
Imagine the Abrams tanks and Humvees trundling
down Pennsylvania Ave; knocking down the flimsy roadblocks and
wrought-iron fencing + plopping down on the White House lawn
waiting for a white flag to emerge from a window in the Oval
Office. Continue
04.Oct.2006
Latin
America Declares Independence -By
Noam Chomsky
Five centuries after the European conquests,
Latin America is reasserting its independence. In the southern
cone especially, from Venezuela to Argentina, the region is
rising to overthrow the legacy of external domination of the
past centuries and the cruel and destructive social forms that
they have helped to establish. Continue
04.Oct.2006
Men
And Women Of Faith: Sweep Out Morally Corrupted Republican
Congress - A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution from Brent Budowsky
Special
Early Edition of the GOP Hypocrite of the Week. The Chairman of
the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus
simultaneously Exploiting Children. We give you Mark Foley.
Really. Take Him.
Third
congressman says Hastert
knew; Speaker Hastert
continues to deny he knew of Foley?s
lewd emails to pages. The knives are getting closer. Activist
Richard A. Viguerie was among those who called for Hastert
to step down. "The fact that they just walked away from
this, it sounds like they were trying to protect one of their
own members rather than these young boys," Viguerie said on
Fox News. Limbaugh, Who Sought Sex in the Dominican Republic and
Did Drug Shopping in Pal Beach, Stands by Hastert.
These Men Value Power Over Protecting Youth from Perverts. 10/5
04.Oct.2006
Bill
Clinton had enough of the right-wing effort to shift blame for
Bush's
failed policies and negligent governance and stood his ground
for the truth. That's why he's this week's Wings of Justice
Award Winner.
Cindy
Sheehan has become, in a short period of time, an important
voice in the peace movement. Read "Peace Mom" to
understand her journey from Mom to Peace Mom.
04.Oct.2006
Poll:
Iraq, sex scandal halt GOP momentum 10/5
Conservative
icon Richard Viguerie calls on House Republican leadership to
resign 10/5
Iraqi
police unit linked to militias 10/4
04.Oct.2006
Success
in Iraq! Party 00.000.2006,
Um . . . I Mean 2007? No, 200 . . . ? Republicans provide $20
Mil for Bush's
War Success Celebration, only to have nothing to celebrate. Move
cash to next year. Really. 10/4
Woulda.
Coulda. Shoulda? The more the House Republican leaders try to
defend themselves on the Congressional page scandal, the worse
it looks. 10/4
04.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
From
BradBlog.
When Dems regain control of congress, this should be reason
enough to revoke dear old Rupert's broadcast license. The
bastards deserve NO MERCY.
04.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
Stay
awake; even the Foley
fiasco can lull us into ignoring what's really important ahead
of us. Permalink
04.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
New
definition of terrorism Now, members of the ASPCA -- I'm not
kidding: The ASPCA -- may stand
accused of terrorism.
H.R. 4239, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), is a bill
that could make it a crime punishable by imprisonment to cause
any business classified as an "animal enterprise" to
suffer a loss of profit—even if the company's financial
decline is the result of legal activities, such as peaceful
protests, consumer boycotts or media campaigns. The term “animal
enterprise” would include manufacturers, distributors and
sellers of animals or animal products, research facilities, pet
stores, breeders, zoos, rodeos, circuses + animal shelters and
the like.
While the ASPCA strongly opposes acts of violence,
including vandalism, property damage and trespass, this bill
threatens to criminalize as “terrorism” otherwise
lawful, constitutionally protected acts often utilized by
citizens and organizations to effect change. Lawful and peaceful
protests that, for example, urge a consumer boycott of a company
that does not use humane procedures, could be the target of this
provision if the activity resulted in economic damage to the
company.
The bill would also make it illegal to expose cruel
conditions at facilities such as puppy mills and research labs,
if exposure of such conditions—even if done lawfully—would
result in economic damage to the animal enterprise. There is no
exemption in the bill to exclude “economic damage”
that results from the disclosure of information about a
company’s treatment of animals, which is disclosed through
public information. Permalink
04.Oct.2006
Nahost:
Abbas droht Hamas mit Ausnahmezustand
04.Oct.2006
Genreis-
Skandal: EU will alle Reis- Importe aus USA kontrollieren
04.Oct.2006
Georgien-
Krise: Russland droht mit Militärschlag
04.Oct.2006
Sommer
2006:
Rekordozonloch über der Antarktis
04.Oct.2006
Misshandlungs-
Vorwürfe: Verteidigungsministerium ordnet Untersuchung im
Fall Kurnaz an
04.Oct.2006
Nordkoreas
Atomtest- Pläne: Kim will USA Deal aufzwingen
04.Oct.2006
US-
Wahlkampf: Jeder Fehltritt landet im Netz
04.Oct.2006
Islamreformer
Tibi: "Rassismusvorwurf ist in Deutschland eine starke
Waffe"
04.Oct.2006
Buchmesse-
Eröffnung: Bücher, die Berge versetzen
04.Oct.2006
Schweden:
Alleiniger Chemie- Nobelpreis für US- Forscher
04.Oct.2006
Dokumentation:
Der Sex- Chat mit dem 16- jährigen Büroboten
04.Oct.2006
Uran-
Streit: Iran will Touristen in Atomanlagen lassen
04.Oct.2006
Feueralarm:
Mamas Geschrei weckt Kinder besser als Feuersirenen
04.Oct.2006
Schweiz:
Frauen machen gegen Waffentradition mobil
04.Oct.2006
USA:
Bush
von Sex- Affäre "angeekelt"
04.Oct.2006
E-
Mail- Affäre: Sex- Skandal erschüttert US- Wahlkampf
04.Oct.2006
Schwere
Stürme: Chaos im Südwesten
04.Oct.2006
"Volltextsuche
online": Verlage machen Google Konkurrenz
04.Oct.2006
Konflikte:
USA verurteilen Nordkoreas Pläne für Atomwaffentest
04.Oct.2006
Antikes
Rezept: Römer kaschierten mit Nano- Paste ihre grauen Haare
04.Oct.2006
Report:
Bush
plans Bolton recess appointment. -
Nico -
Human Events Online reports,
“According
to an administration source who requested anonymity, if the
Senate
does not vote on Bolton before his current recess appointment
expires December 18, the President will
again name Bolton to the post during
Congress’ post-election recess.”
04.Oct.2006
ABC:
‘Foley bombshell
coming.’
-
Nico -
“Foley
bombshell coming … Former Congressman’s attorney to
hold news conference in West Palm Beach, FLA.”
UPDATE:
Attorney says Foley was
molested by a member of the clergy between the ages of 13-15.
04.Oct.2006
58
%. -
Amanda - Number
of Americans who believe the Bush
administration has deliberately misled the American public about
the war in Iraq, according to a new CNN poll.
04.Oct.2006
Hastert:
Foley Scandal Is A
Liberal Conspiracy To ‘Get To Me’ And ‘Affect
Our Election’
-
Nico -
Interviewed
by Rush Limbaugh today, House Speaker Hastert
said Mark Foley’s
inappropriate behavior was “a political issue” and
promised Rush that “we are going on offense.”
The
“offense” is an effort to portray the scandal as a
conspiracy specifically timed by liberals to affect the
elections. “We are the insulation to protect this
country,” Hastert
declared, “and if they get to me it looks like they could
affect our election as well”:
SPEAKER
HASTERT:
There were two pieces of paper out there, one that we knew about
and we acted on; one that happened 00.000.2003 we didn’t
know about, but somebody had it, and, you know, they’re
trying — and they drop it the last day of the session, you
know, before we adjourn on an election year. Now, we took care
of Mr. Foley. We found
out about it, asked him to resign. He did resign. He’s
gone. We asked for an investigation. We’ve done that.
We’re trying to build better protections for these page
programs.
But,
you know, this is a political issue in itself , too + what we’ve
tried to do as the Republican Party is make a better economy,
protect this country against terrorism — and we’ve
worked at it ever since 9/11,
worked with the president on it — and there are some
people that try to tear us down.
We
are the insulation to protect this country + if they get to me
it looks like they could affect our election as well. CLICK
HERE FOR AUDIO Digg
It! Full
transcript here.
04.Oct.2006
Conservatives
Respond To Foley
Scandal With Anti-Gay Smears -
Nico -
Some
conservative commentators are using the Mark Foley
scandal to push vicious anti-gay smears. A few notable comments:
Ben
Stein, American Spectator:
On
the one hand, we have a poor misguided Republican man who had a
romantic thing for young boys. He sent them suggestive e-mail.
I
agree, that’s not great. … I hope it won’t
come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual
behavior is interest in young boys. [Link]
Linda
Harvey, WorldNetDaily:
Open
or suspected homosexuals should never be elected. The problem
with homosexuals is that they frequently don’t have common
sense and don’t acknowledge appropriate boundaries.
Weird
sex, public displays of “affection” and nudity + sex
with youth are built into the “gay” sub-culture .
Jonah
Goldberg, National Review:
The
funny thing is that you would think the left —
particularly the gay left — would be a bit more interested
in not having 16 + 17 year old teenagers classified as young
children for legal/sexual/political purposes .
If
that were the case, then a whole lot of dirty old men would need
to be prosecuted for felonies when they pick up street hustlers.
[Link]
Wall
Street Journal, editorial:
But
in today’s politically correct culture, it’s easy to
understand how senior Republicans might well have decided they
had no grounds to doubt Mr. Foley
merely because he was gay and a little too friendly in emails .
Some
of those liberals now shouting the loudest for Mr. Hastert’s
head are the same voices who tell us that the larger society
must be tolerant of private lifestyle choices + certainly must
never leap to conclusions about gay men and young boys. [Link]
Tammy
Bruce, political analyst:
All
I want, frankly, is a gay person in office who is not a sexual
compulsive. I mean, is that too much to ask for? [Fox
News]
Cliff
Kincaid, Accuracy In Meda:
In
fact, the entire scandal might have been avoided if Foley’s
homosexuality had been exposed and confronted , rather than
protected, over the last several years. [Link]
The
Foley scandal is not
about homosexuality. As ABC
News’ Maddy Sauer, who broke the Foley
story, said today: “This is an issue about minors and
congressional pages that have gone to the Hill to learn about
how our country works and, you know, are aspiring to work there
themselves one day. It’s just — the story is not
about whether the congressman is gay or straight.”
04.Oct.2006
Bush
praises
Hastert.
-
Nico -
President
Bush
told reporters he was “shocked and dismayed” at
Foley’s behavior
+ said: “I know Denny Hastert.
I meet with him a lot.
He
is a father, teacher, coach who cares about the children of this
country. I
know that he wants all the facts to come out.”
04.Oct.2006
Hannity
Insists Liberal Conspiracy Behind Timing of Foley
Email Release -
Payson -
Last
night on Fox News, Sean Hannity devoted a large part of his show
to the Foley scandal.
But rather than discuss Foley’s
behavior and the possible
cover-up by
the House leadership, Hannity focused on the timing of the
release of Foley’s
inappropriate emails and IMs + wondered if they were “held
back to maximize the political impact before an election.”
Watch
it:
The
House leadership, not those who released Foley’s
inappropriate conduct to the public, should be questioned about
the timing of their actions.
ABC
News reported, “Foley’s
obsession with 16- and 17-year-old male pages has been known
to Republicans on Capitol Hill for at least five years,
but, other than issue a warning, little else seems to have been
done about the congressman.” Among those informed were
House Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL), House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) + Rep. John
Shimkus (R-IL), who chairs the three-member House page board.
None of these officials apparently ever contacted law
enforcement about the emails. None of them informed the
Democratic member of the page board. Foley
was permitted to retain his position as a member of House
leadership and as the co-chair of the congressional caucus on
exploited children. Digg
It!
Transcript:
HANNITY:
Do you find it a little more than curious that some of these
instant messages that went back and forth are, you know, several
years old + were only released after the Republican primary
election was finished, which makes it difficult to replace him
on the ballot? Do you find the timing, the fact that they’ve
had — some people have known about these for years + that
they’re only released at this point? Is that curious to
you? [Snip]
HANNITY:
Who knew? Why did they leak it now, 30- some-odd days out of an
election, when they had this for three years? That’s a big
question in my mind. [Snip]
HANNITY:
But do you suspect that this is — do you suspect that
there is some funny business going on? Do you suspect politics
may be involved here? [Snip]
NEGRON:
The reality is that what he did was wrong and he needs to pay
the consequences.
HANNITY:
I got that part.
NEGRON:
I’m asking voters to give me a chance.
HANNITY:
But do you think politics is involved in the timing of the
release of this, after the Republican primary in Florida, which
makes it difficult to replace his name on the ballot, which you
can’t do, in other words, to replace the candidate? [Snip]
HANNITY:
We see a lot of things unfolding just before an election. You
see that this is just pure politics. Is there any principle
left? [Snip]
HANNITY:
Apparently some of these instant messages are three years old.
So I think we all have to have a question raised here. I want to
know why these instant messages were held back until now. Who
knew about them? Why did they hold them back? Did they do it for
political reasons? In other words, were they held back to
maximize the political impact before an election?
04.Oct.2006
More
Foley instant messages.
-
Nico -
ABC
News reports that Foley
had
internet sex with a page while
awaiting a House vote on the 2003 Iraq supplemental.
04.Oct.2006
Sen.
Trent Lott: ‘Iraqis Look Like Iraqis And Americans Look
Like Americans’ -
Faiz -
Appearing
on the Daily Show last night, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) was asked
about his recent comments expressing confusion
over the ongoing sectarian violence in
Iraq. “Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the
difference? They all look the same to me,” he said
previously.
Last
night, Lott explained, “Iraqis look like Iraqis and
Americans look like Americans.” In Sen. Lott’s view,
all Americans apparently look
like him.
Lott added, “Methodist, Baptists + Catholics live in my
hometown. They all look the same to me, they all look like
Americans.” Watch it: Full
transcript:
STEWART:
There was one other thing that you mentioned after your meeting
with President Bush
that I wanted you to have a chance to address.
You
mentioned Sunnis and Shiites are fighting each other and we
don’t know why they are doing that. And why should they
fight each other + who the hell knows the difference, or
something along those lines.
Do
you want to address that quote in some way. I was trying to be
delicate about this.
LOTT:
I certainly didn’t mean to offend Muslims, but one of the
points that I’ve made –
STEWART:
You better not.
LOTT:
I never have understood why people kill each other over
religion, number one.
STEWART:
Nice, I appreciate that, that’s nice.
LOTT:
I always had trouble understanding — Iraqis look like
Iraqis + Americans look like Americans. Now I can’t tell –
STEWART:
You mean that as unity, not as what the hell, they all look
alike to me.
LOTT:
Methodist, Baptists + Catholics live in my hometown. They all
look the same to me, they all look like Americans.
STEWART:
Methodists have a little mole here.
04.Oct.2006
Tony
Perkins: ‘Tolerance And Diversity’ Are To Blame For
‘Congressmen Chasing 16-Year-Olds’
-
Amanda -
Yesterday
on CNN, Tony Perkins, President of the conservative Family
Research Council, blamed the Foley
scandal on America’s belief in “tolerance and
diversity.”
He
also excused the House leadership’s neglect of the issue,
saying they may have been “fearful of acting because they
would be seen as homophobic or gay bashing.” Watch it:
This
scandal has nothing to do with Foley’s
sexual orientation. Preying on children — of any gender —
is unacceptable. Digg
It! Full
transcript below:
JOHN
KING: As we speak sir, John Shimkas is still the chairman of the
Page Board. Would you send your child to Washington to be a
page?
TONY
PERKINS: There’s no defense of this behavior. It’s
outrageous. It’s shocking. But it shouldn’t be
totally surprising. When we told up tolerance and diversity as
the guideposts for public life, this is what you end up getting.
You get congressmen chasing 16-year-olds down the halls of
Congress. It’s a shame. It’s a tragedy and it does
need to be addressed. But not just the symptoms here. We need to
go to the source of the problem. And if the leadership was
negligent, it should be dealt with and should be dealt with in
the most severe way possible. But what prevented the leadership
from acting? Were they fearful of acting because they would be
seen as homophobic or gay bashing?
04.Oct.2006
Boehner
throws Hastert
under the bus. -
Nico -
House
Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) this morning: “I
believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken
care of,” said Boehner. “And + + my
position is it’s in his corner, it’s his
responsibility.
The
Clerk of the House who runs the page program, the Page Board–all
report to the Speaker. And I believe it had been dealt with.”
04.Oct.2006
CBS
Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on
Teaching Evolution and Abortion -
Judd -
Last
night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man
named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine
massacre.
Mr.
Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on:
1)
the teaching of evolution +
2)
abortion. Watch it: Mr.
Rohrbough suffered a great loss and is certainly entitled to his
opinion. But CBS does not have to broadcast his extreme views to
millions of people.
04.Oct.2006
Intel
Officials: Rice’s
July 2001
Briefing Described Urgent Threat, ‘10 On a Scale of 1 to
10' -
Judd -
Condoleezza
Rice
describes her briefing with CIA officials George Tenet
and Cofer Black on
10.Jul.2001
as relatively unremarkable. Here’s how her spokesman Sean
McCormack described
it yesterday:
State
Department spokesman Sean McCormack [said]… the
information Rice
got “was not new'’ and didn’t amount to an
urgent warning. “Rather, it was a good summary from the
threat-reporting from the previous several weeks ,'’
McCormack said in a statement from Saudi Arabia where Rice
is traveling.
Earlier
in the day, Rice
questioned whether the meeting even happened and said that it
was “incomprehensible”
the
meeting included a warning that U.S. interests faced an imminent
threat from al-Qaeda.
Here’s
how the briefing was described by the officials who prepared it,
according
to McClatchy:
One
official who helped to prepare the briefing, which included a
PowerPoint presentation, described it as a “10 on a scale
of 1 to 10? that “connected the dots” in earlier
intelligence reports to present a stark warning that al-Qaida,
which had already killed Americans in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and
East Africa, was poised to strike again…
“The
briefing was intended to `connect the dots’ contained in
other intelligence reports and paint a very clear picture of the
threat posed by bin Laden,” said the official, who
described the tone of the report as “scary.”
Rice
also considered the August 6 President’s Daily Brief,
entitled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike US,” an
historical
document.
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04.Oct.2006
Speaker
Hastert
will not resign, -
Nico -
a spokesperson tells MSNBC.
03.Oct.2006
October
3, 2006
-
Think
Progress -
“
Would
have, could have, should have ,” Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL) said yesterday, “responding to questions about
whether Republicans should
have done more” about
Mark Foley.
Donald
Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft “received the same CIA briefing
about an imminent al-Qaida strike on an American target that was
given to the White House two months before the Sept.
11, 2001,
attacks.” The presentation was described as a “10
on a scale of 1 to 10” warning
that al Qaeda “was poised to strike again.”
“Flanked
by about 30
children of supporters,”
Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY) yesterday defended his decision to not
inform authorities when he learned of Mark Foley’s
inappropriate emails last spring. “When a reporter
suggested to Reynolds that the children step outside in order to
have a frank discussion of the sexually charged case, Reynolds
declined.”
“North
Korea said Tuesday that it will conduct a nuclear test to
bolster
its self-defense capability amid
what it calls increasing U.S. hostility toward the communist
regime,” the AP reports. World leaders “acted
with alarm.”
While
the stock market and corporate profits have rebounded, many
Americans’ paychecks haven’t grown fast enough to
keep up with rising prices. A recent WSJ/NBC poll found the “gap
between rich and poor” ranked
as the No. 2 economic issue — after gas prices and energy
costs.
Senate
Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) wants to put the Taliban back
in power in Afghanistan. Frist yesterday urged support for
efforts to bring “people
who call themselves Taliban” and
their allies into the government.
“The
US, Russia, the UK, France and Germany remain the world’s
top arms exporters , accounting for about 82%
of the market 00.000.2005,”
a new report shows.
The
weapons fuel conflicts around the world, including in Darfur and
Uganda.
South
Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is close to being named the
U.N.’s next secretary-general , after winning the support
of all five permanent Security Council members in an informal
poll Monday.
Ban
said in an interview last week that he wanted “to make
the U.N. relevant again.”
New
census figures show the “ burden of housing costs in
nearly every part of the country grew sharply from 2000 to
2005.”
“The
numbers vividly illustrate the impact, often distributed
unevenly, of the crushing
combination of
escalating real estate prices and largely stagnant incomes.”
And
finally: Don’t blame me, I voted for the other clown. “A
real clown is running for mayor of Alameda (CA) + even his
sister won’t vote for him.” Kenneth Kahn, aka “Kenny
the Clown,” “admits he’s running a long-shot
campaign” for mayor. “People ask me, ‘Do we
really want to elect a clown for mayor of the city,’”
Kahn said. “I say, ‘That’s
an excellent question.’”
04.Oct.2006
Atta's
Father Says Video Fake, Credibility of 'Hijackers Tape'
-
Paul Joseph Watson ' Crumbles Islamic Terror Expert: "Was
this a video by al-Qa'ida or by a security agency?" "New"
04.Oct.2006
Will
Americans Seek Repeal Of Constitution Killing Enabling Act?
-
Paul Joseph Watson Or are Mark Foley's
perverted e mails of more importance to the existence of freedom
in the
04.Oct.2006
Father
of Mohammed Atta
says Video a Fake -
sfux AKI -
The
father of Mohammed Atta,
the leader of the September 11 hijackers, says a video published
by the British daily The Sunday Times, showing Atta
20 months before the Twin Towers attacks, is false. "The
video-testament of my son is false and I continue to believe he
is innocent" Muhammad al-Amir al-Sayd...
04.Oct.2006
Weldon
rejects DOD report on able danger & harassment of military
officer -
sfux Washington -
U.S.
Rep. Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services and
Homeland Security Committees, today released the following
statement about the Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD
IG) report on
04.Oct.2006
N
Korea warned over nuclear test A
North Korean nuclear test would be a "provocative act",
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
says.
04.Oct.2006
Key
powers seek Iran sanctions The
US and the UK say key world powers will seek UN sanctions
against Iran over the nuclear stand-off.
04.Oct.2006
Dow
Jones closes at record high The
Dow Jones hits an all-time closing high, beating its record set
six years ago as oil prices continue to slide.
04.Oct.2006
Q&A:
EU passenger data row Why
EU-US talks on renewing a deal on the transfer of air passenger
data collapsed.
04.Oct.2006
India
calls for calm over dengue Indian
officials tell people not to panic as an outbreak of dengue
fever claims at least 28 lives.
04.Oct.2006
'Ancient
light' takes Nobel Prize Discoveries
about the "oldest light" in the Universe earn John
Mather and George Smoot a Nobel Prize for physics.
04.Oct.2006
EU
urges Russia to end blockade The
EU calls on Russia to lift economic sanctions it imposed on
Georgia amid a bitter spying row.
04.Oct.2006
Misery
continues for gaming firms World
Gaming shares plummet a third, after saying it may be "in
default of its loan conditions" as its debt soars.
04.Oct.2006
Rice
plea on Palestinian clashes
The
US secretary of state calls for an end to the violence in the
Palestinian territories, during a regional tour.
04.Oct.2006
Shoelace
tag valued above gold Simple
tags to prevent shoelaces from fraying tell a tidy tale about
Christopher Columbus in Cuba.
04.Oct.2006
Iran
pushes France nuclear deal Iran
suggests France could monitor Iran's nuclear programme, as
powers move to consider sanctions.
04.Oct.2006
Big
Bang Brings Big Prize
The
work of two Americans didn't prove the "big bang"
theory but certainly advanced the argument for it, prompting the
chairman of the Nobel committee for physics to declare it "one
of the greatest discoveries of the century." It also
brought them the Nobel Prize for physics.
04.Oct.2006
HP
investigator twice raised objections After
his first caution, Vince Nye sent a second e-mail warning that
obtaining outsiders' phone records didn't pass smell test.
04.Oct.2006
Graphite
that can absorb oil Video:
A-Z Comp CEO Alisher Abdul demonstrates how nanocarbon graphene
can absorb oil spills regardless of size and scale. The
demonstration took place at the California Clean Tech Open
competition in San Francisco on September 26, 2006.
04.Oct.2006
HP's
boardroom drama Internal
investigation into media leaks at tech giant blows up into
full-fledged media event.
04.Oct.2006
Google's
Schmidt meets the Tories CEO
pops into a Conservative party conference to insist the Internet
can help combat repressive societies.
04.Oct.2006
Mark
Foley: Scandalized, but
still logged on to AIM Blog:
Even a sex scandal over communicating with underage boys can't
make newly-ex Rep. Mark Foley
sign off of AIM, according to liberal...
04.Oct.2006
Dead
man's hand for online gambling? Blog:
Online gambling has just gone bust in the USA.A
bill approved by Congress over the weekend essentially outlaws
most...
04.Oct.2006
In
Washington, a Net protector or predator?
Mark
Foley, who resigned
from Congress over sex-chat allegations, touted himself as its
leading defender of children on the Net.
03.Oct.2006
Abgeschmackt – Religion- Da
könnte sich die Vatikanbank mal ein Beispiel nehmen ...
Dörfert, Hasenhüttl + ... die Skandale der
katholischen Kirche in Trier nehmen kein Ende ...
abgeschmackt.blog.intrinet.de/religion
03.Oct.2006
Bernays,
Edward L. impact - public relations in America ... problems in
America . go back much further than public relations does. One
... alfatomega.com/noname21.html
03.Oct.2006
Tory-
Parteitag: Krückstock und eine Tasse Tee
03.Oct.2006
Protest
gegen Papstbesuch: Flugzeugentführer geben auf
03.Oct.2006
Tschechien:
Parlament lehnt neues Kabinett ab
03.Oct.2006
Börse:
Dow Jones klettert auf neues Allzeithoch
03.Oct.2006
EADS:
A380- Krise wird zum Debakel für Airbus
03.Oct.2006
Idomeneo-
Debatte: "Das Abschlagen von Köpfen ist nicht trivial"
03.Oct.2006
Massaker
in Pennsylvania: Den Amokläufer trieben Schuldgefühle
03.Oct.2006
Athen:
Türkisches Flugzeug nach Italien entführt - Protest
gegen Papst
03.Oct.2006
Leipzig:
Massenfestnahme bei Anti- Nazi- Demo
03.Oct.2006
Spionage-
Affäre: Kalter Krieg am Kaukasus
03.Oct.2006
Nahost:
Fatah- Gruppe droht Hamas- Chef mit dem Tod
03.Oct.2006
Monopole:
Microsoft klagt gegen EU- Bußgeld
03.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,druck-440559,00.html
Die
europäische Raumfahrtbehörde will Anfang 2008 ein
Weltraumteleskop ins All schießen, von dem Forscher sich
weitere Details über die Kindertage des Universums
erhoffen.
Es
trägt den Namen "Planck" - nach dem Physiker,
ohne dessen Vorarbeit heutige Wissenschaftler das kosmische
Rauschen wohlmöglich nicht einmal richtig hätten
deuten können.
Seine
geistigen Enkel Mather und Smoot werden am 10. Dezember vom
schwedischen König Carl Gustav XVI. die Medaillen mit dem
Konterfei Alfred Nobels überreicht bekommen. Mit
Material von AP/dpa
03.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,druck-440559,00.html
Kosmologie:
Von Spekulation zur harten Wissenschaft
In
der Realität jedoch ist kein solcher Körper bekannt -
und nach den Vorstellungen der Physik auch nicht möglich.
Das ist der Grund, warum die Entdeckung der Radiotechniker
Penzias und Wilson die theoretischen Physiker Robert Dicke und
James Peebles von der Princeton University so sehr erregte:
Ihnen war sofort klar, dass es sich bei den Mikrowellensignalen
um Reste der Strahlung vom Anbeginn der Welt handeln konnte.
Gemessen
hatte dieses Echo bis dahin noch niemand - geschweige denn die
Milliarden Jahre alten Signale charakterisiert. Die gesamte
Kosmologie, die Wissenschaft von der Entstehung des Universums,
war lange Zeit eine höchst theoretische Angelegenheit
gewesen - notgedrungen. Weil Forscher weder auf der Erde noch am
Himmel Aufzeichnungen oder auch nur Spuren aus der fernen
kosmischen Vergangenheit finden konnten, beschäftigten sie
sich mit abstrakten Spekulationen: Wie könnte es gewesen
sein? Doch nun endlich gab es Daten, mit denen man forschen
konnte. 1978 erhielten Penzias und Wilson den Physik-Nobelpreis
für ihre Entdeckung.
03.Oct.2006
Pastors
charged over £4.6m hole in collection plate
The
weakness of two pastors at the church in Palm Beach, Florida
left
an $8.6m (£4.6m) hole in its collection plate.
03.Oct.2006
Republican
in sex email scandal White
House fights to contain damage to Republican electoral prospects
from Florida
congressman
under FBI
investigation.
03.Oct.2006
Big
five line up behind South Korean for Annan's job
The
next secretary general of the United
Nations is
almost certain to be South
Korea's
foreign minister, Ban Ki-Moon.
03.Oct.2006
Russia
escalates Georgia row despite release of 'spies'
·
Moscow
cuts
trade links vital for smaller neighbour · Putin
warns
Bush
not to intervene in dispute
03.Oct.2006
Arms
firms duck controls with 'flat-pack' weapons
·
Spending to surpass Cold
War heights,
says report· Shipping components avoid embargoes and bans
03.Oct.2006
UK
rejects Guantánamo nine Britain
rejects
US offer to return nine detained UK residents.
03.Oct.2006
North
Korea nuclear test claim North
Korea to
conduct test due to 'increased US hostility'.
03.Oct.2006
Physik-
Nobelpreis: Spuren vom Anbeginn der Welt gelesen
03.Oct.2006
Italien-
Skandal: Vieri verklagt Telefongesellschaft, neuer Verdacht
gegen Lazio
03.Oct.2006
Schriftsteller
Salman Rushdie: "Indien ist reifer, als viele glauben"
03.Oct.2006
Tag
der Deutschen Einheit: Merkel warnt vor Substanzverbrauch
03.Oct.2006
Physik-
Nobelpreis: Die Laureaten der letzten zehn Jahre
03.Oct.2006
Deutsche
Einheit: Jammern auf höchstem Niveau
03.Oct.2006
Schweden:
Nobelpreis für zwei US- Astrophysiker
03.Oct.2006
Study:
Four Israeli companies join global top 100 arms list:
Four Israeli companies appear in a list of the top 100 arms
dealers in the world, according to a report published Monday by
Amnesty International. The companies are Israel Aircraft
Industries, Rafael Arms Development Authority and Israel
Military Industries.
03.Oct.2006
Jordan's
King Risks Shah's Fate, Critics Warn
:
A politically inexperienced king takes control of a Middle
Eastern monarchy from his powerful father, surrounds himself
with U.S. military hardware and spies, loses touch with his
people and is finally ejected in a popular uprising.
03.Oct.2006
State
Of Denial Video
-Bob Woodward 60 Minute Interview. Click
to view
03.Oct.2006
Woodward’s
60 Minutes bloodbath -By
Mike Whitney
Veteran journalist Bob Woodward can always be
counted on to tell the truth… after all the other options
have been exhausted. His new book doesn’t veer too far
from the pattern he’s followed his entire career; one
minute he’s the “kingmaker” dishing up
hearty-helpings of literary tripe like “Bush
at War” and “Plan of Attack” and the next
minute he’s ramming a scimitar into the lower lumbar
region of his prey. Continue
03.Oct.2006
9/11
Panel Members Weren’t Told of Meeting -By
PHILIP SHENON
Members of the Sept.
11 commission said today that they were alarmed
that they were told nothing about a White House meeting in July
2001
at which George J. Tenet,
then the director of central intelligence, is reported to have
warned Condoleezza Rice,
then the national security adviser, about an imminent Al Qaeda
attack and failed to persuade her to take action. Continue
03.Oct.2006
War
is Peace-By
Irene Rheinwald
Israel and the USA,
as self-styled purveyors of democracy and freedom, have
ironically fallen into their own propaganda trap. In seeking to
rationalize aggressions towards Arabs and Muslims, collectively
termed “terrorists”, both nations employ techniques
reminiscent of totalitarian regimes + decry the “enemy”
as fascist, irrational “evildoers” naturally bent
upon violence. Continue
03.Oct.2006
The
Axis of Powers; Nazi Tactics by Israel and America in the Phony
War On Terror -By
Joel Fischer
Terror bombing, illegal invasion of other
countries using trumped up excuses, dehumanization of the enemy
as inferior, widespread use of torture; these are exactly the
same tactics the Nazis used. But these tactics will never
produce either the peace or victory the Axis of Powers claim
they want. Remember WWII. The Nazis lost! Continue
03.Oct.2006
British
documentary alleges pope linked to "child abuse cover-up"
BBC
- Panorama Investigates
A British documentary claimed that
Pope Benedict XVI was implicated in the systematic cover-up of
child sex abuse allegations against Catholic priests. Click
to watch -
Real Video
03.Oct.2006
Battlefield
Foley Has
Mark Foley checked
himself in to a $cientology "rehab" center?
posted
by Prof. Hex at 9:44
PM
03.Oct.2006
Records
Show Tenet
Briefed Rice
on Al Qaeda Threat review
of White House records has determined that George J. Tenet,
then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza
Rice
and other top officials on July 10, 2001,
about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State Department
spokesman said Monday. posted
by Prof. Hex at 9:24
PM
Republicans
knew about Foley
00.000.2001
Despite
repeated warning signs going back at least five years, almost
nothing was done in Congress to stop Foley's
suspect behavior with pages. I
am shocked ! Shocked I tell you!
See also: Cong.
Tom Reynolds'(R-NY) chief of staff tried to get ABC
to cover-up evidence of Foley
predatory sex chat posted
by Prof. Hex at 7:46
PM
E-mails
Show Foley Sought to
Rendezvous with Page
In
addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark
Foley's Internet
messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage
recipient to rendezvous with him at night.
From
the text of the message it seems clear that Foley
had at least one person-to-person encounter with the boy. posted
by Prof. Hex at 3:29
PM
When
did Jack Abramoff find out about the Iraq war? Before
you did, it seems. posted
by Prof. Hex at 1:44
PM
03.Oct.2006
Pro-Bush,
Moonie-Owned, Washington
Times Calls for Resignation of Hastert
Bush
Could Declare You an Enemy Combatant, Under Legislation Passed
by Congress
03.Oct.2006
"Republican
strategists said yesterday that public revulsion over the
sexually graphic online conversations between Rep. Mark Foley
(R-Fla.) and former House pages could compound the party's
problems enough to tip the House to the Democrats in November --
and could jeopardize the party's hold on the Senate
as well. As House GOP leaders defended their role in handling
revelations that forced Foley
on Friday to give up his House seat, party strategists said the
scandal threatens to depress turnout among Christian
conservatives and could hamper efforts to convince undecided and
swing voters that Republicans deserve to remain in the
majority." Like, We Can Handle That. 10/3
Yes,
There is a Plan for Withdrawal from Iraq. Read it Now. "Out
of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal," By George
McGovern and William Polk.
Jeff
Cohen's 'Cable News Confidential' Gives an Eyewitness Account
From Inside the News Room -- A BuzzFlash News Interview
03.Oct.2006
NYT
Editorial: "That House leaders knew Representative Mark
Foley had been sending
inappropriate e-mail to Capitol pages and did little about it is
terrible. It is also the latest in a long, depressing pattern:
When there is a choice between the right thing to do and the
easiest route to perpetuation of power, top Republicans always
pick wrong." 10/3
03.Oct.2006
Confirmation:
C.I.A. Chief Warned Rice
on Al Qaeda. There's a Simple Response to Condi's Assertions
that She Did Take the Threats of Terrorism Seriously Before
9/11.
It's Quite Simple: Condi, Tell Us What You Did Before 9/11
to Prevent a Terrorist Attack, Particularly Considering that You
Received an Intelligence Document that Said bin Laden Was
Determined to Attack in the USA
AND a Four-Alarm Meeting with the Head of the CIA. What Did You
Do Condi? Tell Us, Please. 10/3
Hastert:
Foley Misconduct Was
Presented As Something That ?Might Have Affected Campaigns?
03.Oct.2006
In
addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark
Foley's Internet
messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage
recipient to meet him for drinking, dancing and more. Foley
was trolling for sex. There's no doubt about it.
03.Oct.2006
Bush
Could
Declare You an Enemy Combatant, Under Legislation Passed by
Congress
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
Omar
Saeed Sheikh Xymphora has directed our attention to this
story,
in
which Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf reveals (or
should I say "claims"?) that Omar Saeed Sheikh is or
was an agent of British
intelligence.
Are
you asking yourself "Omar who?" I should hope not --
he's one of the most important and fascinating characters in the
9/11
mystery, a figure intimately connected with the former head of
Pakistani intelligence, Mehmood Ahmad Mehmood + with Khaled
Sheik Muhammed, the accused mastermind of the World Trade Center
attack. Omar Saeed Sheikh is said to have helped train the
hijackers. He's in prison now, convicted of murdering Daniel
Pearl.
From Wikipedia: On
06.Oct.2001
a senior-level U.S. government official told CNN
that U.S. investigators had discovered Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
(Sheik Syed), using the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad"
had sent about $100,000 from the United Arab Emirates to
Mohammed Atta.
"Investigators
said Atta
then distributed the funds to conspirators in Florida in the
weeks before the deadliest acts of terrorism on U.S. soil that
destroyed the World Trade Center, heavily damaged the Pentagon
and left thousands dead. In addition, sources have said Atta
sent thousands of dollars -- believed to be excess funds from
the operation -- back to Saeed in the United Arab Emirates in
the days before September 11. CNN later confirmed this. If this
guy worked for the Brits...well. I wonder what arch-Anglophobe
Lyndon LaRouche will have to say about that .
The more you
look into the Saeed Sheikh affair, the stranger it gets. The
best place to start is this
bio derived
from the timeline prepared by the Center for Cooperative
Research. He studied in London + was, by all accounts, quite
brilliant -- just the sort of person an intelligence agency
would try to recruit.
But were the Brits the only ones to
approach him? In the late 1990s, Saeed Sheikh was doing time in
an Indian prison for terrorism.
By
his own admission, he “lived practically like a Mafia
don.” [London Times, 21.Oct.2002 ] It has been claimed
that 00.000.1999,
British intelligence secretly offered Saeed an amnesty and the
ability to “live in London a free man” if he would
reveal his links to al-Qaeda.
He
apparently refused. [Daily Mail, 16.Jul.2002 , London Times,
16.Jul.2002 ]
Even
more curiously, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review suggested
00.Mar.2002 , “There are many in Musharraf’s
government who believe that Saeed Sheikh’s power comes not
from the ISI, but from his connections with our own CIA. The
theory is that ... Saeed Sheikh was bought and paid for.”
[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 03.Mar.2002 ]
Even
more telling: In his roughly two years of freedom before
11.Sep.2001
,
Saeed
was a very busy terrorist.
According
to Newsweek, once in Pakistan, Saeed “lived openly—and
opulently—in a wealthy Lahore neighborhood.
US
sources say he did little to hide his connections to terrorist
organizations + even attended swanky parties attended by senior
Pakistani government officials.”
The
US government inferred that he was a “protected asset”
of the ISI. [Newsweek, 13.Mar.2002 ]
In
fact, his house was given to him by the ISI. [Vanity Fair,
00.Aug.2002 ]
Even
more remarkably, the media reported that Saeed was freely able
to return to Britain [Press Trust of India, 01.Mar.2000 ], just
as if he had accepted Britain’s secret amnesty offer.
He
visited his parents in Britain 00.000.2000 + again in early
00.000.2001
.
Obviously,
this guy's spookier than Caspar + evidence links him to Atta.
If you want to formulate a real 9/11
conspiracy theory, start here. Permalink
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
Foleygate:
Arrogance, spying and...Scientology? Not only did the Republican
leadership keep Foley's
creepy behavior secret from Democratic members of the House page
program, the pattern of partisanship continues.
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
in
order to log IMs using AIM, one must download and install a
special program. Did all the boys go to such trouble?
(Joe
Scarborough makes
much the same point: "Someone had these IM's and held on to
them for a year so to inflict maximum damage on Mark Foley
and the Republican Party.")
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cannonfire.blogspot.com/
A
Feeney connection? Another Florida Republican congressman, Tom
Feeney -- now in a tightening race with vote fraud whistleblower
Clint Curtis -- is a staunch opponent of internet predators. So
was Foley, until the
world learned that he had become what he opposed. As BradBlog
points
out, Feeney is a Deputy Whip as well as a fellow Republican; he
may thus have had inside knowledge of Foley's
problem. Foley has
contributed money to Feeney. More conspiratorial minds than mine
may detect the subtle, lingering odor of blackmail; I jump to no
such conclusions + merely note the sequence of events.
A
Scientology connection? Justin Rood (citing Wonkette) has found
an interesting
tidbit:
Foley
had a relationship
with
the Scientology community in Florida; the Scientologists have a
detox center in Clearwater, Fla.; Foley's
attorney David Roth faxed
news
of his client's treatment to a Florida TV station from a fax
machine in Clearwater, Fla.; Roth's office,
however, isn't in Clearwater. The relationship was one of long
standing.
00.000.1999
Foley condemned
Germany's
crackdown on
Scientology.
00.000.2001
Foley
was present at a Scientology event in Los Angeles;
00.000.2003
Scientologists held a benefit for Foley's
abortive plans to run for Senate.
00.000.2003
The Clearwater Business Association - a Hubbardian front group -
held a brunch for Foley;
if
you go here,
you can see a shot of Foley
holding a copy of Dianetics . Since most politicians shun the
sect, this embrace seems very odd.
Clearwater is the home of
the Narconon center -- another Scientology front organization.
This,
some suspect, is the "hotel" where the congressman has
checked in, although we should quickly note that there are eight
other drug
rehab centers in that city.
A Foley/Scientology
connection would be ironic, given Hubbard's intolerant view of
homosexuality.Permalink
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
Moray
also realized the potential of his devise as a weapon. He was
fully aware that the only difference between a controlled energy
device and an explosion is the rate of release of the energy.
00.000.1938
his father received an offer to go to Japan because he had built
a deathray which operated off the device -According to John
Moray.
According
to John, a representative of the Japanese government came to the
laboratory and offered a position to Moray, but he refused.
Allegedly
Moray had managed to rig the device so that it projected a ray
of energy in a beam + could kill mice instantly at over fifty
feet. When radiated by the beam, the mice were carbonized
immediately.
They
appeared frozen, but nothing was left except their shells + they
simply fell apart when touched.
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
One
of his: greatest fears was that big interests would take up his
invention and simply shelve it to keep it from benefiting the
public.
When
large companies made him offers, he always demanded written
guarantees that the device would be put into production and sold
to everyone, once it was developed
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
Today
we know that one cubic centimeter of pure vacuum contains enough
energy to condense into 10 80 – 10 120 grams of matter!
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
02.Dec.1941
-Quotes
from the Salt Lake Tribune of- attributed
to Representative Thomas D. Winter, imply that Moray's
suspicions of the R.E.A. were well founded, since Representative
Winter called for a full-scale investigation of the R.E.A. on
the grounds of Communist infiltration.
02.Mar.1940
-Indeed, Moray was wounded by gunshot in his own laboratory,
which seems to suggest that his fears and suspicions were based
on fact.
00.Feb.1941
Moray severed his association with the R.E.A..
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
One
of Moray's efforts to develop the machine involved an
association with the Rural Electrification Agency for a short
time before WWII.
At
that time, the R.E.A. was apparently infiltrated by Communist
sympathizers and high level officials of a decidedly pinkish
tinge.
These
officials continually urged Moray to turn over all details of
his device to the Soviet Union + even arranged the visit of
high-level Soviet scientists to the Moray laboratory to see the
device in operation On the initiative of the
Communist-infiltrated R.E.A., one person—let us call him
"Z"—spent about two months in Moray's laboratory
+ succeeded in worming his way into Moray's full confidence.
Moray
eventually disclosed most of the details of the construction of
his special valve to ''Z"—the only person in whom
Moray ever completely confided.
There
is strong reason to believe that "Z" was a Soviet
agent + that this is where the Soviets first obtained the
impetus to develop the hyperspace
amplifiers later used in their psychotronic weapons.
03.Oct.2006
http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/moray.htm
In
test after test Moray demonstrated his radiant energy device to
electrical engineering professors, congressmen, dignitaries + a
host of other visitors to his laboratory. Once he even took the
device several miles out in the country, away from all power
lines, to prove that he was not simply tuning in to energy being
clandestinely radiated from some other part of his laboratory.
Several times he allowed independent investigators to completely
disassemble his device and reassemble it, then reactivate it
themselves. In all tests, he was successful in demonstrating
that the device could produce energy output without any
appreciable energy input. According to exhaustive documentation,
no one was ever able to prove that the device was fraudulent or
that Moray had not accomplished exactly what he claimed. On the
other hand, the records are full of signed statements from
physicists, electrical engineers + scientists who came to the
Moray laboratory as doubting Thomases and left with the complete
conviction that Moray had indeed succeeded in tapping a
universal source of energy that could produce free electrical
power.
But
in the face of all of this, the U.S. Patent Office refused to
grant Moray a patent, first, because his device used a cold
cathode in the tubes (the patent examiner asserted it was common
knowledge that a heated cathode v as necessary to obtain
electrons) and, second, because he failed to identify the source
of the energy. All sorts of irrelevant patents and devices were
also presented as being infringed upon or duplicated by Moray's
work. Each of these objections was patiently answered and
nullified by Moray; nonetheless, the patent has still not been
issued to this day, although the Morays still keep the patent
application current.
03.Oct.2006
Perpetual
motion at AllExperts A
perpetual motion machine of the second kind is one which
converts heat completely into other forms of energy . Such a
device would violate the second law ...
experts.about.com/e/p/pe/Perpetual_motion.htm
03.Oct.2006
Thomas
Henry Moray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In
the 1920s, Thomas Henry Moray demonstrated a " radiant
energy device " to many people who were unable to find a
hidden power supply. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Henry_Moray
Moray
Valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Moray Valve, housed in the Moray Radiant Energy device , was a
device created by Thomas Henry Moray , patent filed 13.Jul.1931
. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray_Valve
03.Oct.2006
Free
Energy and Free Thinking Tesla
realized the immense danger of AC electricity + by
00.000.1892
he had discovered a means of broadcasting safe radiant energy to
any point on our planet.
www.vortexpluswater.com/free_thinking_and_free_energy.htm
03.Oct.2006
History
of Scalar Weapons & Quantuum Potential Weapons
Moray
’s radiant energy device weighed 55 pounds and produced 50
kilowatts of power without conventional input. Numerous
demonstrations are documented by ...
lazylizard.gnn.tv/blogs/7367/History_of_Scalar_Weapons_Quantuum_Potential_Weapons
03.Oct.2006
0018-8670/00/$5.00
(C) 2000 IBM Things that talk: Using sound for ...
In
this paper, we explore the possibility of using the existing
audio capability found in many commonplace devices .
About
sound. Sound is radiant energy
www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part1/gerasimov.txt
03.Oct.2006
Aufrüstung:
Nordkorea kündigt Atomtest an
03.Oct.2006
Atomstreit:
Frankreich soll Irans Urananreicherung kontrollieren
03.Oct.2006
Bob
Woodward: Mit Bush-
Bashing auf Tour
03.Oct.2006
Uno-
Generalsekretär: Sicherheitsrat einig über Nachfolger
von Kofi Annan
03.Oct.2006
Internnetverwaltung
Icann: EU begrüßt Rückzug der US- Regierung
03.Oct.2006
Pennsylvania:
Massaker an Zwergschule erschüttert USA
03.Oct.2006
Nahost:
Erneut blutige Gefechte zwischen Fatah und Hamas
03.Oct.2006
Washington
Times
to
call for Hastert’s
resignation,
-
Judd -
according to Drudge. From the
10/3/06
edition: “House Speaker Dennis Hastert
must do the only right thing + resign his speakership at once…
Mr. Hastert
has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party + he
cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an
investigation that must examine his own inept performance…”
03.Oct.2006
State
Department admits Rice-Tenet
meeting. -
Nico -
White
House records show George Tenet
“did brief Condoleezza Rice
and other top officials on
10.Jul.2001
, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State
Department spokesman said Monday.
The
account by Sean McCormack came hours after Ms. Rice…said
it
was ‘incomprehensible’ she ignored dire terrorist
threats two
months before the 11.Sep.2001
attacks.”
03.Oct.2006
ABC
News:
Pages ‘Sending All Sorts of Messages About Possible Other
Members’
-
Nico -
Tonight
on ABC,
investigative journalist Brian Ross suggested there may be other
members of Congress who engaged in inappropriate behavior
towards congressional pages:
BRIAN
ROSS: So far, Foley is
the only member whose overt sexual approaches have been
documented. Charlie?
CHARLES
GIBSON: The only one to be documented, but are there other shoes
to drop?
ROSS:
We’re hearing quite a bit from former pages. They’re
sending us all sorts of messages about possible other members.
Digg
It!
03.Oct.2006
Neues
Schweizer Strategie-Institut -
sfux SDA -
In
Wädenswil entsteht ein neues Institut für Strategische
Studien. Unter der Leitung von Albert A. Stahel werden Experten
Konfliktherde auf der ganzen Welt analysieren.
Unter der
Leitung von Albert A. Stahel hat am 1. Oktober das Institut für
Strategische Studien in Wädenswil seinen Betrieb
aufgenommen. Das Institut und sein Leiter seien einer objektiven
und sachlichen Beurteilung der jeweiligen Lage verpflichtet,
heisst es in einer Mitteilung des...
03.Oct.2006
Pentagons
?Blutgrenzen? in Nahost (Teil 2)- Umstrittene US-Pläne
-
sfux Malte
Olschewski -
Der
vom Pentagon geleitete Militärtheoretiker Ralph Peters
lässt in seinem umstrittenen Artikel ?Blood Borders? (Armed
Forces Journal? 2006/06)
den bisherige Verbündete Pakistan nicht ungeschoren. Der
grossteils von Paschtunen besiedelte Norden soll zur Gänze
Afghanistan zugeschlagen werden. Und im Westen würde mit
dem ?Freien Belutschistan? ein ethnisch reiner Staat des...
03.Oct.2006
Mysterium
um den Flugzeugabsturz in Brasilien - Mehr offene Fragen als
Passagiere... -
sfux Karl
Weiss, Rio de Janeiro -
Eine
Boeing 737 der brasilianischen Billig-Fluglinie Gol, Flug Gol
1907, fast fabrikneu, stürzte am 29. September, etwa um 5
Uhr nachmittags örtlicher Zeit, auf dem Weg von Manaus nach
Brasilia über dem Gebiet des Amazonas-Regenwaldes ab. Alle
155 Insassen kamen ums Leben. Gleich nach dem Bekannt werden der
Meldungen über den Absturz begannen sich widersprechende
Aussagen von offiziellen...
03.Oct.2006
N
Korea 'to conduct nuclear test' North
Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry says in
a statement.
03.Oct.2006
New
Iraqi plan to curb violence Sunni
and Shia leaders in Iraq agree to a four-point plan aimed at
cutting sectarian violence in the country.
03.Oct.2006
Moscow
keeps Georgia blockade Russia
keeps up a freeze on vital links with Georgia, despite the
release of four alleged Russian spies.
03.Oct.2006
Iron
ore deal 'bad for Liberia' A
deal between Liberia and the world's largest steel company is
unfair and bad for the country, campaigners say.
03.Oct.2006
People-trafficking
centre to open Europe's
first centre dedicated to fighting human trafficking is due to
be opened in Sheffield.
03.Oct.2006
Rice
on new Mid-East tour
The
US secretary of state begins a regional tour to try to revive
Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
03.Oct.2006
India
to hold dengue crisis talks The
Indian government is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss an
outbreak of dengue fever in the country.
03.Oct.2006
Overeating
'like drug addiction' Scientists
show the same areas of the brain involved in drug addiction
control appetite.
03.Oct.2006
My
Big Bet on Biofuels The
road to energy independence starts in a cornfield in Nebraska.
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla explains why he believes in
biofuels.
03.Oct.2006
The
Best: Public Domain Movies Wired's
list of must-see movies you don't have to pay a cent for.
03.Oct.2006
Report
shows HP sought expert to help find leak
Hewlett-Packard
sought the advice of an intelligence specialist, Brian Jenkins
of the RAND Corporation, according to the report. The New York
Times
03.Oct.2006
UK
Firm to Release 'Screaming' Cell Phone -
ScuttleMonkey 54 - rubberbando
writes
"Yahoo
news is running a story about a plan by a UK cell phone company
to help reduce cell theft. Apparently, this new cell phone can
be sent a signal after its owner has realized that it has been
lost or stolen. The signal tell the phone to wipe all of its
data and begin emitting a very loud and obnoxious sound. The
sound will only stop if the battery runs out or is removed, but
it will begin again as soon as the battery is replaced or
charged. Even replacing the sim card will not help."
03.Oct.2006
Intellectual
Property Manifesto for the UK -
ScuttleMonkey 60 - feepcreature
writes
"Ars
Technica is reporting that the British Library has published a
Manifesto calling for a balance in Intellectual Property rights
between the interests of users, creators and publishers. There
are 6 key recommendations, including: DRM should not override
users' statutory rights; analogue rights should apply to digital
media; and copyright terms should not be extended without
evidence that this would be good for society. There is also part
of the debate on the UK Government's Gowers review of
Intellectual Property, due to report in the Autumn."
03.Oct.2006
RNA
Interference Leads To Nobel Prize -
ScuttleMonkey 48 - gollum123
writes
"The
Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to two US scientists
who discovered a phenomenon called RNA interference, which
regulates the expression of genes. From the article: 'The
breakthrough has also given scientists the ability to
systematically test the functions of all human genes. [...] The
Nobel citation, issued by Sweden's Karolinska Institute, said:
"This year's Nobel Laureates have discovered a fundamental
mechanism for controlling the flow of genetic information."'"
03.Oct.2006
Surprise
Surprise, It's Another Al Qaeda Blockbuster Release
-
Paul Joseph Watson -Media reports on Atta/Bin
Laden video fail to Mention the Fact that Atta
was under CIA
03.Oct.2006
Rabbit
Hole Of Elitist Perversion Far Deeper Than Foley
-
Paul Joseph Watson -Media obsession with E Mails of sicko
Republican congressman overshadowed by ignored White House child
03.Oct.2006
Hastert:
Foley Misconduct Was
Presented As Something That ‘Might Have Affected
Campaigns’
-
Payson -
Rep.
Tom Reynolds (R-NY), chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee, says
he told Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL)
of Mark Foley’s
inappropriate emails in late 2005.
In
an interview today with CNN, Hastert
said that Reynolds presented him with information about Foley’s
behavior in the context of “other things that might have
affected campaigns”:
REPORTER:
Congressman Reynolds put out a statement on Saturday saying that
he told you in the spring. Do you think he’s lying?
HASTERT:
No, I’m not saying. I just don’t recall him telling
me that. If he would have told me that, he would have told me
that in the context of maybe a half a dozen or a dozen other
things . I don’t remember that.
REPORTER:
Other allegations of improper e-mails?
HASTERT:
No, just other things that might have affected campaigns.
Watch it:
Transcript:
REPORTER:
Just a few moments ago when I sat down with Speaker Hastert,
I asked him the question on the minds of many: what did he know
+ when did he know it?
(Video)
HASTERT:
First I was really aware of this was last Friday when it
happened + all of a sudden the press came out and said that
there were these e-mails that were from 2003, I guess +
congressman Foley
resigned. That’s when I learned of it at that point.
REPORTER:
All right, but I thought that you were also notified - I mean,
Tom Reynolds said that he spoke with you about it last spring.
HASTERT:
You know, I don’t recall Reynolds talking to me about
that. If he did, he brought it in with a whole stack of things +
I think if he would have had that discussion, he would have said
it was also resolved because my understanding now that it was
resolved at that point. The family had gotten what it wanted to
get.
REPORTER:
I mean, Congressman Reynolds put out a statement on Saturday
saying that he told you in the spring. Do you think he’s
lying?
HASTERT:
No, I’m not saying. I just don’t recall him telling
me that. If he would have told me that, he would have told me
that in the context of maybe a half a dozen or a dozen other
things. I don’t remember that.
REPORTER:
Other allegations of improper e-mails?
HASTERT:
No, just other things that might have affected campaigns.
REPORTER:
Ok. This is the kind of thing, I gotta tell you, if somebody
told me that a senior congressman was sending, perhaps,
over-friendly e-mails to a 16-year-old page, I’d remember.
HASTERT:
I’m just saying that I don’t remember him telling me
that.
03.Oct.2006
Bay
Buchanan: Email Hastert
Calls ‘Overly Friendly’ Had ‘Predator Stamped
All Over It’ -
Judd -
Prominent
conservative pundit Bay Buchanan appeared on CNN this afternoon
and lit into Speaker Dennis Hastert
(R-IL) and the rest of the House leadership.
Buchanan
said that the email that Hastert
was informed about — and described as “overly
friendly” — “had predator stamped all over it.
No one in the country can suggest otherwise.”
Buchanan
said that Hastert
and others “failed the parent of this country.”
Watch it: Digg
It! Transcript:
KING:
Bay Buchanan, a member of the leadership team came to the
speaker months ago, says he told him about this questionable one
e-mail exchange. not a sexual one of nature but a questionable
e-mail exchange in which then Congressman Foley
asked a 16-year-old to send him a picture. That is red flag for
pedophilia and inappropriate conduct. The Speaker says he
doesn’t dispute Mr. Reynolds told him that but he can’t
recall that conversation. What does that say about the speaker?
BUCHANAN:
I tell you what, I don’t know who knew what when and who
is remembering correctly. I know one thing: that e-mail they
call an “overly friendly e-mail” that had predator
stamped all over it. No one in this country can suggest
otherwise. You’re in a leadership position. You have a
colleague you know is at least a potential predator and we have
the pages coming through his office every day? They had an
obligation, that same day, to investigate him further, to call
in the FBI, if that was an appropriate action and also to call
in those pages and make certain every one of them was
interviewed to see if there is any problems here that goes
deeper than what they already knew. They failed the parents of
this country is what they did.
03.Oct.2006
FACT
CHECK: Excuses About The Foley
Cover-Up Debunked -
Amanda -
Some
leading conservatives have tried to excuse, justify, or downplay
the scandal surrounding Rep. Mark Foley’s
(R-FL) predatory behavior towards underage pages. We debunk
their claims below:
EXCUSE
#1: Foley’s
initial e-mails seemed harmless, “over friendly”.
Rep.
John Shimkus (R-IL) said he dropped the matter when Foley
told them, “When I was a young person, an adult (who)
became my mentor inspired me to be a congressman + that’s
all I’m doing.” Foley
said if he was guilty of anything, Shimkus said, it was of being
“overly friendly.” [St. Louis Tribune, 10/1.2006
]
“[T]he
actual notes were relatively innocuous — there was nothing
sexual in those notes.” [Newt Gingrich, Fox News Sunday,
10/1.2006
]
FACT:
At
least 11 House members and staff,
all Republicans, knew of the inappropriate emails sent by Foley
to a page 00.000.2005. In the e-mails, Foley
asked the page to “send me a pic of you” and said
about another young page, “he’s in really good
shape.” The boy told House officials that Foley’s
messages “freaked
him out” and were “sick, sick, sick, sick, sick.”
Dr.
Timothy M. Osberg, a psychologist and professor of psychology at
Niagara University, said that the e-mail, coupled with the boy’s
reaction to it, “should
send up red flags.”
……
EXCUSE
#2: The parents didn’t want the matter pursued.
Rep.
Tom Reynolds (R-NY) said Rep. Lamar Alexander (R-LA) “told
him that he had spoken with the page’s parents. They
didn’t want the matter pursued, he said, ’so I
thought it had to be pretty well satisfied.’”
[Buffalo News, 10/1.2006
]
FACT
: The House leadership had an obligation to protect the dozens
of pages who are under their care. At the very least, Foley’s
emails should have been passed on law authorities + the full
House page board should have been informed. ……
EXCUSE
#3: Democrats are exploiting this issue for political gain right
before the November elections.
Reynolds
called his critics’ reactions to his negligence in the
Foley case “as
crass as anything I have seen.”
“I’m
certainly not going to react to some campaign rhetoric…on
a tragic incident of a page,” he said. [Buffalo News,
10/1.2006
]
“I
don’t believe in coincidence + apparently neither does
Hastert.
The timing of this revelation has more to do about helping Nancy
Pelosi and the House Democrats than protecting teenagers with
whom Foley was
communicating.” [Mark Levin, National Review, 10/1.2006
]
FACT:
The House leadership consistently hid this case from the public
for partisan purposes. In late 2005, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL),
chairman of the House Page Board, “was notified by the
then Clerk of the House, who manages the Page Program, that he
had been told by Congressman Rodney Alexander (R-LA) about an
email exchange between Congressman Foley
and a former House Page.” Shimkus interviewed Foley
and told him “to cease all contact with this former house
page.” But Shimkus
never informed Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI),
the only Democrat on the House page board. Today, Hastert
held a meeting “to review ways to protect pages,”
but once again, Kildee was not invited. ……
EXCUSE
#4: Former President Bill Clinton wasn’t harshly penalized
for his relations with Monica Lewinsky.
“Nor
did inappropriate behavior toward a subordinate even cost Bill
Clinton his standing within the Democratic Party, even though
indirectly he was impeached for it.” [Fox News host Brit
Hume, 10/1.2006
]
FACT
: Foley made unwanted
advances toward underage boys, which one page described as
“sick”
and
reported to authorities. Clinton had a consensual relationship
with an adult. The fact that it was an extramarital affair was
virtually unanimously condemned by members of both parties. ……
EXCUSE
#5: This scandal is minor compared to other scandals on Capitol
Hill.
“I
hate to tell you, but it’s not always pretty up there on
Capitol Hill.
And
there have been other scandals, as you know, that have been more
than simply naughty e-mails.” [White House Press Secretary
Tony Snow, 10/2.2006
]
FACT
: The emails were not “simply naughty.” They were
predatory, extremely inappropriate + potentially in violation of
federal law. ……
EXCUSE
#6: House leaders would have been accused of “gay bashing”
if they had pursued the case.
“Well,
you could have second thoughts about it, but I think had they
overly aggressively reacted to the initial round, they would
have also been accused of gay bashing.” [Former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich, 10/1.2006
]
FACT
: The issue here is not homosexuality. The issue is sexual
harrassment of minors.
03.Oct.2006
Foley
speaks to House pages 00.000.2002.
-
Nico -
From Fox News:
According
to ABC
News, pages
in the 2001-2002
class were warned about Foley
by
a supervisor in the House Clerk’s office. Digg
It!
03.Oct.2006
Conservative
Activists Call on Hastert
To Resign -
Nico -
Conservative
talk show host Michael
Reagan and
Citizens
United President
David Bossie have called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert
to resign immediately over his role in covering up Mark Foley’s
inappropriate behavior. Reagan, the eldest son of President
Reagan, was molested at age 8 by a camp counselor.
From
a release:
“ Speaker
Hastert
had knowledge of Congressman Foley’s
inappropriate behavior and chose to protect a potential
pedophile and powerful colleague over a congressional page ,”
said David Bossie, president of conservative advocacy group
Citizens United.
“This
inaction demonstrates a lack of leadership on Speaker Hastert’s
part + calls into question both his judgment and character. If
Speaker Hastert
was willing to sacrifice a child to protect Rep. Foley’s
seat and his own leadership position, then he surely does not
share our American and conservative values,” says Mr.
Bossie. …
Michael
Reagan, nationally syndicated radio show host and chairman of
Citizens United’s Faith and Family Project, is also
calling for resignations. “ Any member of Congress who was
aware of the sexual emails and protected the congressman should
also resign effective immediately. I was sexually abused by a
day camp counselor at age eight and also made to be part of
child pornography,” Mr. Reagan stated. Digg
It!
03.Oct.2006
Hastert
Holds Meeting On Foley
Scandal, Democratic Member of Page Board Excluded
-
Nico -
The
House leadership continues to treat Foley’s
predatory advances towards underage pages as a partisan issue.
The
Note reports that Speaker Dennis Hastert
held a meeting today “to
review ways to protect pages” but
did not include Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI), the Democratic member
of the three-person House Page Board:
The
Speaker will continue his effort to rid the GOP majority of
Foley’s taint by
meeting with the Clerk of the House, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) +
his staff today to review ways to protect pages while they are
serving in the nation’s Capitol. The Speaker will also
discuss how Congress can protect pages after their program
concludes.
The
Clerk of the House, Karen Haas, is a former
aide of Hastert’s.
Both Hastert
+ Shimkus are part of the problem. They were both told about
Foley’s
inappropriate behavior in
late 2005 and
did virtually nothing to stop it.
This
meeting will not “rid the…majority of Foley’s
taint.” It simply reinforces the notion that the House
leadership is more interested in protecting themselves
politically than protecting the children under their care.
03.Oct.2006
Foley
sought rendezvous with page.
-
Judd -
ABC
has the
details,
including new IMs.
03.Oct.2006
When
did Jack Abramoff find out about the Iraq war?
-
Amanda -
“It
seems that the President was very sad to have to come out
negatively regarding Israel, but that they needed to mollify the
Arabs for the upcoming war on Iraq,” Abramoff wrote in a
March
2002 e-mail,
a year before the USA
went to war in Iraq.
03.Oct.2006
Hastert
Yanks Press Releases On Efforts To ‘Keep Kids Safe in
Cyberspace’ From His Website
-
Amanda -
House
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert
first claimed he was made aware of Foley’s
emails to a young congressional page by media
reports on Thursday.
He
has now admitted he was actually
informed last fall.
Up
until this morning, the top of Hastert’s
website
highlighted
the congressman’s efforts to “Keep Kids Safe
In
Cyberspace,” with press releases from 8/29
+
8/22,
as well as a link
to an 8/29 event:
Those
documents are now gone. Hastert
has removed the three links, with the top
news reading,
“Hastert
Applauds Federal Funding To Stop Emerald Ash Borer” (7/22
press release):
UPDATE:
TPM Muckraker has posted a copy of the August 29, 2006
press release, “Hastert
Drives Effort To ‘Keep Kids Safe In Cyberspace,’”
here.
UPDATE
II: Salon’s Tim Grieve notes that the press
releases are back up on
Hastert’s
site, “albeit right under breaking news about Indian
gaming in Shabbona, Illinois.”
The
information on the 8/29 event has not returned. Digg
It!
03.Oct.2006
Snow
on Foley Scandal:
‘Simply Naughty Emails’ -
Judd -
This
morning on CNN, Soledad O’Brien asked Tony Snow why “any
communication between a 16-year-old and a congressman”
didn’t “raise red flags — major, massive red
flags” with Speaker Dennis Hastert
+ others
who
have known
about the communications for months.
Snow
responded, “I hate to tell you, but it’s not always
pretty up there on Capitol Hill. And there have been other
scandals, as you know, that have been more than simply naughty
e-mails .” Watch it:
Americablog,
which first noticed the segment, has more.
Digg
It! Transcript:
O’BRIEN:
I would assume everybody would want to know, including the
president. I mean, we’re not talking about any old person.
We’re talking about the leadership of the Republicans in
Congress.
Why
would he not hear something that’s disturbing, or his
office — over-friendly — when I see that word as a
parent — and I think any parent would say, Whoa,
over-friendly? Any communication between a 16-year-old and a
congressman, why doesn’t that raise red flags —
major, massive red flags?
SNOW:
Yes, look, I hate to tell you, but it’s not always pretty
up there on Capitol Hill. And there have been other scandals, as
you know, that have been more than simply naughty e-mails.
You
know, look, again, I reiterate my point. I think it’s
important to protect these kids and make sure that they have a
good experience. And look, like you (inaudible) want to find out
what happened. But before we prosecute, let’s figure out
what all the facts are. That’s probably the most important
thing to do is to be fair to all parties.
03.Oct.2006
Snow
on Foley Coverup: Even
If Congressional Leaders Knew, White House Won’t Call For
Resignations -
Judd -
Appearing
today on ABC’s
“Good Morning America” White House Press Secretary
Tony Snow was asked, “If it turns out that the leadership
knew or had reason to know about what Congressman Foley
was doing in those e-mails should they be forced to resign?”
He
responded, “I don’t get into the calls for
resignation, especially when it comes to members of the House.”
Watch it:
Yesterday,
White House counselor Dan Bartlett announced his opposition
to an independent investigation of
the Foley coverup.Digg
It! Transcript:
CUOMO:
Congressman Foley, a
lot of letters going around now by Republicans and their
leadership calling for investigations and accountability.
Let
me ask you this simple question: If it turns out that the
leadership knew or had reason to know about what Congressman
Foley was doing in
those e-mails should they be forced to resign?
SNOW:
I don’t get into the calls for resignation, especially
when it comes to members of the House.
People
got to figure out what happened here. Members of the leadership
as well as Representative Foley
— or former Representative Foley
— look, it’s a terrible story and I think people
deserve to figure out what went on.
On
the other hand, I think what you’re seeing also are a lot
of people trying to figure out, OK, can I get political
advantage out of this?
Let’s
figure out what the facts are. Let’s take it one step at a
time. There will always be time for people to call for
investigations and so on. Frankly, I think we just need to get
to the facts.
CUOMO:
But we do know, Tony, that many of the calls for investigations
are coming from Republicans. And we do know that as long as five
years ago there were warnings to pages about Congressman Foley.
Where’s
the accountability here on the part of the Republicans? Doesn’t
someone have to step down if they knew about this?
SNOW:
Well, again, Chris, you’re assuming that I know what’s
been going on for the last five years. You and I are just trying
to figure it out.
CUOMO:
You are aware that five years ago they were giving warnings to
pages about this congressman, though, right Tony?
SNOW:
Yes, I am aware of it. But, again, I’m telling you, Chris,
you got to figure out what’s going on.
What
would you do? What would you do?
CUOMO:
It’s not for me to decide, Tony. It’s just for me to
ask the questions.
SNOW:
OK.
02.Oct.2006
October
2, 2006
-
Think
Progress -
The
Supreme Court begins its term today , with abortion and race
dominating the agenda.
“Conservatives
want the court to uphold a 2003 federal law banning the
procedure opponents call ‘partial-birth’ abortion +
to strike
down local integration policies that
distribute students by race.”
Bob
Woodward’s new book paints a devastating picture of
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld “as an arrogant,
indecisive bumbler who won’t
take responsibility for his mistakes —
or
even admit any.”
Asked
if Bush
still supports him, Rumsfeld said, “Oh,
my Lord, yes.”
Former
Attorney General John Ashcroft is set to publish a memoir of his
time in office, “lashing critics of the Bush
administration’s strategy in the war on terror.”
The
book reportedly has particularly harsh
words for some of the members of the 9/11
Commission.
3,000:
Aug. 2006
total of Iraqi
civilian deaths from violence,
up from 2,000 a year ago. Five thousand Iraqis have been
displaced.
“[T]his
year’s violence was the worst since liberation + probably
the worst over all since 1991,” concludes the Brookings
Institution.
Texans
are unhappy about the border fence. “From Laredo to
Brownsville, a meandering 200-mile stretch of the Rio Grande
that would be walled off if President Bush
signs, as expected, the bill to fence 700 miles of the border,
reaction was overwhelmingly
negative.”
Wal-Mart
“is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force
by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling
more workers on nights and weekends.”
A
2005 company memo noted the benefits of this switch, saying it
would “ lower Wal-Mart’s health-care enrollment .”
In
the worst fighting since a peace deal was signed in May, “
[f]ierce clashes between rival African groups in south Darfur
have left up to 40 people dead and prompted
most foreign aid workers to abandon Greida,
one of the world’s largest camps for displaced people.”
Softer
Voices, a conservative political group, is “shelling out
nearly $1 million to soften the image” of Sen. Rick
Santorum (R-PA) in the hopes of boosting
his popularity with female voters.
The
group has received funding from John Templeton, who has been an
outspoken
advocate for intelligence design.
And
finally: Tony Blair meets Kaiser Soze. Before his speech last
week to the speech to the Labour Party Conference, the Prime
Minister received speaking tips from actor Kevin Spacey .
“He
got Blair to pause a lot more than he usually does and did some
work on his posture. He also wanted
Blair to use his eyes to a much greater effect.”
03.Oct.2006
Drug
firm's tactics reprimanded A
major drugs firm has been named and shamed over "serious
breaches" of the industry's code of conduct.
03.Oct.2006
Scandal-hit
US lawmaker in rehab Former
US Congressman Mark Foley,
embroiled in an e-mail sex scandal, says he is being treated for
alcoholism.
03.Oct.2006
Musharraf
nuclear claims attacked The
daughter of Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan criticises
claims in President Musharraf's new book.
03.Oct.2006
Top
20 polluters gather in Mexico Ministers
from the world's top 20 polluting nations gather in Mexico for
talks on tackling climate change.
03.Oct.2006
Hungary
PM calls confidence vote Hungary's
PM calls a vote of confidence after heavy defeats at regional
polls follow his admission of lying.
03.Oct.2006
Pakistan
seeks Mumbai bomb proof Pakistan
says it will take action if India proves it is connected to
devastating train blasts in Mumbai.
03.Oct.2006
Delhi
raises dengue fever alert Health
officials in the Indian capital launch a drive against dengue
fever after 11 deaths in two weeks.
03.Oct.2006
UN
studies Lebanon environment The
UN sends experts to study Lebanon's environment following the
conflict with Israel.
03.Oct.2006
Powered
by Mother Nature Forget
hybrids. The Venturi Eclectic urban buggy doesn't use natural
energy reserves at all. In Gear Factor.
03.Oct.2006
Clones
in One Easy Step A
University of Connecticut scientist may have discovered a new
and efficient way to clone animals. In Bodyhack.
03.Oct.2006
Invisible
Unmanned Aircraft -
kdawson 179 -
MattSparkes writes,
"A
Minnesota company, VeraTech, has applied for a patent on an
unmanned drone that is nearly invisible to the naked eye. The
Phantom Sentinel takes advantage of the phenomenon where fast
moving objects appear as only a blur, so it fades out of view
once it speeds up. This is achieved by rotating the entire
craft. The center of gravity is in open air between two of the
blade-like wings. There are some videos of a prototype in action
on the VeraTech site." The company says you could get
usable video of the terrain by processing the images from a
spinning camera. One version of the drone is small enough to
launch by throwing it like a boomerang.
And
it folds for travel.
03.Oct.2006
US
Outlaws Online Gambling -
kdawson 422 - imaginaryelf writes,
"As
reported earlier on Slashdot, in the closing hours of the US
Congressional session on Friday, September 29, the Unlawful
Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
(H.R.4411.RH) was attached to the Safe Port Act of
2006
H.R.4954.EAS. To the surprise of many, the bill
passed both the House and the Senate
+ Bush
is expected to sign it into law this week. This effectively
outlaws online gambling in the US, by way of making it illegal
for credit-card companies to collect payments for bets. The
financial markets punished the stock of online gambling
companies as some prepared to pull out of the US entirely."
03.Oct.2006
Two
Tiny Gas Turbines -
kdawson 173 -
Turbines
are in the news this morning. bobtheimpossible writes to point
out a BBC
article on a Swiss turbine that runs at half a million RPM +
generates 100 watts.
It's
the size of a matchbook. And af_robot alerts us to an even more
diminuitive gas turbine on a chip, developed at MIT, that
generates 10 watts — plenty for portable electronics —
+ should run 10 times as long as a battery of comparable weight
and cost. A commercial version is 3 to 5 years away.
03.Oct.2006
Videogames
Used to Train Terrorists? -
Zonk 214 - kalpatin writes
"Reuters
reports that videogames are being used to train terrorists. The
title Counter-Strike is apparently being used as a tool to
prepare individuals for a mission: blowing up an oil tanker.
The
ultimate goal is to 'make the strait of Hormuz impassable, the
Jomhouri-ye Eslami daily reported. About two-fifths of globally
traded oil passes through the channel.
The
game illustrates a warning by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, who said in June that oil exports in the Gulf
region could be seriously endangered if the USA
made a wrong move on Iran.'"
02.Oct.2006
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,druck-440454,00.html
"Kupferminen,
etwa in den Anden, zerstören die Landschaft, vertreiben
Eingeborene und stellen die ganze Gesellschaft der Region auf
den Kopf", sagt der Australier.
Der
marine Kupferbergbau hingegen sei lokal, der Staub beim Abbau
werde von den Pumpen weitgehend eingefangen + wenn die Bagger
abgezogen seien, kehrten schon bald die Lebewesen zurück.
Den
Optimismus des Nautilus-Chefs teilen Umweltorganisationen nicht.
Sie erklären den Meeresboden zum gemeinsamen Erbe der
Menschheit, das es vor den Begehrlichkeiten der Industrie zu
schützen gelte.
Bedenken
gibt es auch von Seiten vieler Wissenschaftler. Ihre Sorge gilt
weniger dem Abbau von inaktiven Schwarzen Rauchern, sondern den
Manganknollen.
Diese
kokosnussgroßen Gebilde liegen in großen Tiefen des
Atlantiks und Pazifiks im Schlick und enthalten neben Mangan
auch Metalle wie Kupfer, Zink oder Nickel. Sie lassen sich zwar
mit einer Art Rechen auflesen.
Das
allerdings wirbelt gewaltige Staubwolken auf, die sich wegen der
Tiefenströmung aus den kalten Regionen der Antarktis nur
sehr langsam wieder absetzen.
00.000.1989
-Bei einem Versuchwurden die meisten Bewohner am Meeresgrund,
darunter Borstenwürmer und Kleinkrebse, durch das Gepflüge
nahezu ausgerottet.
Davon
unbeirrt hat das Bundesamt für Geowissenschaften und
Rohstoffe (BGR) in Hannover in diesem Juli die Schürflizenz
für ein 75.000 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet im
östlichen Pazifik erstanden.
Vergeben
hat dieses Recht die International Seabed Authority, eine
Uno-Behörde mit Sitz in Kingston/Jamaika. Der Preis der
Konzession für ein Terrain von der Größe
Bayerns: 250.000 Dollar.
02.Oct.2006
Most
Canadians Believe Afghan Mission A Lost Cause: Survey:
A clear majority of Canadians consider the mission in
Afghanistan a lost cause, according to an extensive survey that
hints at deep public skepticism about the war on terror.
02.Oct.2006
American
in Torture Case Freed From Afghan Jail
:
Bennett was one of three Americans convicted of torturing Afghan
suspects in a vigilante counter-terrorism operation.
02.Oct.2006
'US
paying Pak $70-80 million a month':
A British analyst has stirred a hornet's nest by revealing that
the USA
is bankrolling Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf to the
extent of $70-80 million a month, adding fuel to the dictator's
incendiary visit to the West this month.
02.Oct.2006
Eric
Margolis: How Pakistan became an ally:
Musharraf says he “war gamed” a U.S. attack and
concluded his nation would lose. But many Pakistanis believe
Musharraf was far too eager to comply with Washington’s
diktat and to turn against Pakistan’s old friends and
allies in return for $4 billion of U.S. aid and secret CIA
stipends distributed to Pakistan’s ruling elite.
02.Oct.2006
Analysis:
War on Iran started a year ago:
A strategic thinker who called all the correct diplomatic +
military plays preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom now sees
diplomatic failure + air strikes against Iran's nuclear
facilities.
02.Oct.2006
Turkey
rejects PKK ceasefire offer:
Turkey's
most senior general has rejected a unilateral ceasefire offer by
the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
02.Oct.2006
Gingrich
urges overriding Supreme Court:
Supreme
Court decisions that are "so clearly at variance with the
national will" should be overridden by the other branches
of government,
former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich says.
02.Oct.2006
Training
children to die for God: Christian camp
:
It scooped the "Scariest Movie" award at Michael
Moore's liberal film festival.
But
this is no Hollywood slasher flick - "Jesus Camp" is a
documentary about an evangelical retreat that teaches children
they should prepare to die for God.
02.Oct.2006
Rice
to propose 'creative means' to bolster Abbas, weaken
domocraticaly elected Hamas government:
The
U.S. administration wants to shore up Abbas' position + weaken
Hamas by "creative" means, one of which would be the
moving of funds to the PA through Abbas.
02.Oct.2006
9/11
Panel Members Weren’t Told of Meeting -By
PHILIP SHENON
Members of the Sept.
11 commission said today that they were alarmed
that they were told nothing about a White House meeting
00.Jul.2001
at which George J. Tenet,
then the director of central intelligence, is reported to have
warned Condoleezza Rice,
then the national security adviser, about an imminent Al Qaeda
attack + failed to persuade her to take action. Continue
02.Oct.2006
War
is Peace-By
Irene Rheinwald
Israel + the USA,
as self-styled purveyors of democracy + freedom, have ironically
fallen into their own propaganda trap.
In
seeking to rationalize aggressions towards Arabs + Muslims,
collectively termed “terrorists”, both nations
employ techniques reminiscent of totalitarian regimes + decry
the “enemy” as fascist, irrational “evildoers”
naturally bent upon violence. Continue
02.Oct.2006
The
Axis of Powers; Nazi Tactics by Israel and America in the Phony
War On Terror -By
Joel Fischer
Terror bombing, illegal invasion of other
countries using trumped up excuses, dehumanization of the enemy
as inferior, widespread use of torture; these are exactly the
same tactics the Nazis used.
But
these tactics will never produce either the peace or victory the
Axis of Powers claim they want. Remember WWII. The Nazis lost!
Continue
02.Oct.2006
British
documentary alleges pope linked to "child abuse cover-up"
BBC
- Panorama Investigates
A British documentary claimed that
Pope Benedict XVI was implicated in the systematic cover-up of
child sex abuse allegations against Catholic priests. Click
to watch -
Real Video
02.Oct.2006
Windenergie:
Start für Offshore- Park in der Nordsee
02.Oct.2006
Atomstreit:
Solana warnt Iran vor Spiel auf Zeit
02.Oct.2006
Rohstoff-
Knappheit: Ingenieure greifen nach Schätzen der Tiefsee
02.Oct.2006
Spionage-
Streit: Russland droht Georgien mit Sanktionen
02.Oct.2006
Sexualität:
Kleiner Unterschied der Erregung
02.Oct.2006
Wahlen
in Österreich: Brauner Sumpf breitet sich wieder
aus
02.Oct.2006
Medizin-
Nobelpreis: Strickleiter als Stummschalter
02.Oct.2006
Nachlass-
Streitereien: Schlampige Vorbereitung bedrohte Nobelpreis
02.Oct.2006
Kurscrash:
US- Verbot lässt Internet- Wettanbieter abstürzen
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