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Leading, a story about that giant arrogant bureaucracy that resembles the Pentagon: TxDOT. Their debt problems, and my analysis right below that. Following which is a snip of a story where a bunch of Saudi and OPEC oil officials talk … Continue reading →

Immigration Quandary: A Mother Torn From Her BabyBy JULIA PRESTON, Published: November 17, 2007 Federal immigration agents were searching a house in Ohio last month when they found a young Honduran woman nursing her baby. The woman, Saída Umanzor, is … Continue reading →

U.S. Antiwar Organization Denounces Bush’s Annapolis Conference The Troops Out Now Coalition, a national antiwar organization, released the following statement in response to the Annapolis meting planned for November 27: ********************* Call Off Bush’s phony Annapolis ‘peace meeting’ A Call … Continue reading →

GEORGE BUSH HAS ALWAYS LIKED TORTURE On November 8, 1967 the NY Times recounted a Yale Daily News report that five fraternities had been accused of “sadistic and obscene” initiations. The paper said that Delta Kappa Epsilon had used a … Continue reading →

“Today We Experienced America”: Arresting Indigenous People on the BorderBy BRENDA NORRELL THE GATE, TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION (Arizona). Indigenous delegates to the border on Tohono O’odham Nation land were outraged by the federal agents, hovering customs helicopter, profiteering contractors, federal … Continue reading →

Gonzales Defense Fund Set Up: Former Attorney General’s Legal Fees Mount in ProbeBy Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, November 15, 2007; Page A03 Supporters of former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales have created a trust fund to help pay … Continue reading →

Lest We ForgetBy John Pilger 11/15/07 “ICH” — — On Remembrance Day 2007 – Veterans Day in America – the great and the good bowed their heads at the Cenotaph. Generals, politicians, newsreaders, football managers and stock-market traders wore their … Continue reading →

Blackwater’s Loopholesby Jeremy Scahill Prosecuting private security contractors for shooting Iraqi civilians might be impossible. Federal agents investigating the Sept. 16 killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by operatives of the Blackwater security company have concluded that 14 were victims of … Continue reading →

Sane Bush Hatredby Joel S. Hirschhorn The Wall Street Journal gave the top half of its opinion page yesterday to a long essay by Peter Berkowitz titled “The Insanity of Bush Hatred.” If anything, it deserves a gold medal for … Continue reading →

I thought that you folks would be either humored or outraged (as I currently am) to know that I received a letter today in my regular mail at the Ester, Alaska Post Office, from The Drug Policy Alliance, to whom … Continue reading →

Blackwater: bulging biceps fueled by ideological purityFloyd J. McKay / Guest columnist BLACKWATER, the secretive private army now emerging into public view, is a perfect hinge linking two key elements of the Republican political base: America’s war machine and a … Continue reading →