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Archive for the Month of October, 2005.
Viewing ALL NEWS articles 451 through 516 of 516.
- It’s all part of a classified military exercise slated to begin November 1, an exercise that, with the inclusion of North Korea and a terrorist attack in the United States, suggests up-to-the-minute relevance - Another month, another nuclear drill. Will it go live? - How much longer can the imbalances in the world economy continue to grow before they give rise to a major crisis? - Q: What do they call n*ggers in Canada? A: Indians. - "Casino Jack", the "Headless Hammer" & The Republican War Cabal - It doesn't appear that the fake shots were harmful, but steps were being taken to ensure workers' safety...
- Imagine if a criminal broke into your house and made off with your television, stereo, camera, and the gold coins you hid under the mattress. Imagine the cops caught him speeding away. But instead of arresting him for stealing your goods, they simply issued him a ticket for speeding. - The so-called Oil for Food scandal obfuscates the real issue—the sanctions imposed against Iraq by a maidservant United Nations (and enforced by US and British warplanes) were responsible for killing more than a million people, half of them defenseless children. - During the president's speech on terrorism, a heckler yelled: "Mr. President, what is terrorism? What is terrorism? Step down now." - American workers expect and deserve fair pay for hard work and clean noses, not pay for pulse, pretenses, or pilfering. If workers performed as badly as CEOs, they’d be fired or "outsourced"—not enticed with stock options, country club memberships, and cash bonuses just to grace the executive suite with their presence. - Towards an even more dangerous international security apparatus - While you were, ah, distracted, Congress was quietly renewing every major provision of the Patriot Act. - Please take sensible precautions on Saturday the 5th November 2005 - The previous high in US force levels was reached in January, when the number of US troops in the country rose to 159,000 during national elections. - The House Agriculture Committee approved budget cuts Friday that would take food stamps away from an estimated 300,000 people and could cut off school lunches and breakfasts for 40,000 children - ...in the quest for national security, Americans are subjected to ubiquitous surveillance, the loss of our right to privacy, and the abridgement of personal liberties, who is going to protect us from our own government? - The rulers of the United States rule over far more than you and me. They control and strongly influence many foreign rulers of dependent satellite countries. This extended rule makes our Presidents the powerful emperors of a vast Empire. - With inattentiveness of the corporate media and non-presence of the left-wing media, the American public continues to suffer from news neglect. We have 24 hours of news availability on hundreds of television stations in hundreds of markets, but we do not get our necessary ration of truth and facts to allow our democracy to stay healthy. When the government and the complicit media completely control the content of the news, the public only hears what it is supposed to hear, and this favors the status quo, not the real public interest. - Following 9/11 everything from the giant street signs at doughnut shops to blinking signs on gas pumps insisted that Americans must never forget. There were even sweatshirts being sold in supermarkets and gardening centers. It was all one huge, confused, and dangerous reaction spurred on by an incompetent man at the top muttering about "with us or against us." - Shortly after Desert Storm, the U.S., along with other accomplices, flooded Iraq with billions of dollars of counterfeit dinars and dollars. The results were staggering, taking down further the worth of the already weak dinar. - Woodward is so deeply embedded with Bush, Cheney, Rove and the rest of the gang that their interests are now completely his. All of his books, all his past and future reporting, should be read in that light. - The Senate decided yesterday the money was not there for a substantial spending boost for the federal home heating program, deflecting arguments that soaring energy prices could force the poor to choose between heat and food this winter. - Congress Rams Through OTA Sneak Attack On Organic Standards Despite Massive Consumer Opposition - An anthrax treatment under development by the U.S. government could cause serious and even fatal complications... - U.S. senators -- who draw salaries of $162,100 a year and enjoy a raft of perks -- have rejected a minimum wage hike from $5.15 an hour to $6.25 for blue-collar workers. - Tony Blair delivered his strongest warning to Iran last night, saying Teheran would not be allowed to become a "threat to our world security".
- Kent State Administration Threatens Iraq Veteran with Expulsion for Counter-Recruitment Protest - Drug companies aren't known for their devotion to the Platonic ideal of truth. Just look at their TV ad campaign on behalf of the self-serving prescription discount plan they've placed on next month's ballot (Proposition 78), which they represent as a selfless contribution to the public weal. - Bush is simply recycling the threadbare lies and fabrications used against Iraq...and Bush will use likewise lies against Syria and down the road Iran. Congress has no choice but to go along. And the American people have no choice but to sit back and watch the horror unfold on Fox News. - Environmentalists want to know if the navy's sonar equipment can actually disrupt the navigation systems of whales and dolphins. - Threatened With Arrest, Students Refuse to Back Down - In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. - Weapons of mass destruction thrown into the sea years ago present danger now - and the Army doesn't know where they all are - Perhaps the most damaging myth about Rosa is that she acted alone. In fact, she worked for years with other social justice and civil rights activists prior to her famous action. - The allegations in La Repubblica's articles lead far into the murky depths of Italy's intelligence agencies, a realm of conspiracy claims and counterclaims. In Italy this netherworld is called dietrologia -- a word that loosely translates as the widespread belief that political, security and criminal forces are constantly engaged in secret plots and maneuvers... - "Rummy Flu" - Does calling for the elimination of a state constitute "a crime against humanity", as Shimon Peres contends? If so, then Ahmadinejad would be joined in the dock by every Israeli official who has not only advocated but effected the policy of expansionism that continues to prevent a Palestinian nation state from emerging. - USAID and Haiti - Skills acquired playing video games put to use with real weapons - "It is part of a media campaign aimed at smearing Galloway's reputation." - "Canadians must "stand together shoulder to shoulder to fight intolerance and injustice in society" as the recent non-Muslim victim of no-fly listing in Canada wrote above. Hopefully, this will happen before more Canadians are victimized by our elected government." - Facing a "catastrophic decline" in recruiting people for the army over fierce resistance attacks in Iraq, the British government plans to offer a £500 bounty to soldiers who recruit friends or family members. - ...Noe has long been known as northwest Ohio's "Mr. Republican." He has also been at the heart of speculation on how huge numbers of votes in the Toledo area may have wrongly found their way into the Bush column, helping the GOP again take the presidency in 2004. - TREATMENT WITH RITALIN HAS CAUSED SUICIDES AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN CHILDREN. "21 CASES OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND SIX SUICIDES" - SWEDISH MEDICAL AGENCY APPROVED RITALIN ANYWAY. FDA HAS WARNED ABOUT "SUICIDE IDEATION" IN CONNECTION WITH RITALIN TREATMENT - DIDN'T FDA KNOW ABOUT THE SUICIDES? - Walton was the judge who...placed a gag order on former FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. - Chavez has said he looks forward to sitting at the same table with his archrival Bush during the summit at the seaside resort of Mar del Plata.
- Mother of slain US soldier addresses crowd of 2,000 - Marching alongside protesters in downtown Tehran, the 47-year-old former mayor of Tehran and one-time Republican Guard commander, renewed his criticism of the West. - This plan for remaking the Middle East has been around for a long time. Just as 9/11 served the interests of those who longed for changes in Iraq, the sensationalism surrounding Hariri’s death is being used to advance plans to remove Assad. - The lack of sustained human-to-human transmission suggests that this AH5N1 avian virus does not currently have the capacity to cause a human pandemic. - 60 years? Libby won't do 60 minutes...The lesson from all this for the American left?: stop putting all your political hopes on a Republican prosecutor appointed by John Ashcroft, get the crooked voting machine problem fixed... - US warplanes have continued bombarding the west of Iraq and hospital sources say at least 40 people were killed in the latest offensive. - An increasing number of skilled Iraqis have been prompted by the continuing spiral of violence to leave their war-torn homes for security and stability in neighbouring Arab countries. - Up to five people a day are being sent to private hospitals in Auckland for diagnosis and treatment for what may be radiation-related illnesses, officials say. - ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE...ALITO SUPPORTS UNAUTHORIZED STRIP SEARCHES... - The US government had "no comprehensive policy or regulatory guidelines" in place for staffing the management of postwar Iraq, according to the top government watchdog overseeing the country’s reconstruction. - Belgian workers have caused widespread disruption with a 24-hour national strike in protest at government plans to up the retirement age from 58 to 60. - "Pioneers and Rangers" handed access to contracts, policymakers - The school she was protesting -- originally called the School of the Americas -- is now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. - Syria has accused the United States of launching lethal military raids into its territory from Iraq, escalating the diplomatic crisis between the two countries as the Bush administration seeks to step up pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime. - They don't know about it yet, but they'll soon find out! - The US military has opened a new prison with capacity for more than 1,700 detainees near the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah. - Baghdad grave diggers and coffin makers say they have never been as busy as they are now. - A week away from federal hearings on drug-marketing practices, more than 200 prominent medical academics signed on to a call for an end to pharmaceutical industry advertising practices aimed directly at consumers. - If you've had your cell phone on while driving around Baltimore over the past six months, you've probably been part of an experiment. - The populist government is reorganizing the country's colossal oil industry, taking a bigger share from private multinationals.
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