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Archive for the Month of October, 2005.
Viewing ALL NEWS articles 451 through 516 of 516.


October 28, 2005

Nuclear War in ... Alabama: Code Name of the Week: Global Lightning - 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
(1575 views)

Vigilant Warrior: Will Mobile 'drill' go live? - Another month, another nuclear drill. Will it go live?
(1512 views)

The financial imbalances of a "bizarre world" - How much longer can the imbalances in the world economy continue to grow before they give rise to a major crisis?
(1629 views)

The disaster of Canadian colonialism - Q: What do they call n*ggers in Canada? A: Indians.
(1145 views)

Top Ten Things You Never Knew About Jack Abramoff - "Casino Jack", the "Headless Hammer" & The Republican War Cabal
(2520 views)

Exxon-Mobil employees got fake flu shots - It doesn't appear that the fake shots were harmful, but steps were being taken to ensure workers' safety...
(1718 views)


October 29, 2005

Scooter is Indicted. Yawn. Now Will Somebody Please Change the Channel? - 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.
(1881 views)

Oil for Food My Foot - 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.
(1495 views)

Bush calls Iran and Syria "outlaw regimes" - During the president's speech on terrorism, a heckler yelled: "Mr. President, what is terrorism? What is terrorism? Step down now."
(1694 views)

Pay for Performance - 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.
(1777 views)

The new National Intelligence Strategy of the United States: - Towards an even more dangerous international security apparatus
(1923 views)

Endless sunset - While you were, ah, distracted, Congress was quietly renewing every major provision of the Patriot Act.
(1805 views)

Another "False Flag" 7/7 Looming? - Please take sensible precautions on Saturday the 5th November 2005
(2559 views)

US forces in Iraq reach 161,000, highest level of the war - 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.
(1227 views)

US poor set to lose food stamps- school lunch funding - 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
(2036 views)

Bush Administration Pushing Domestic Surveillance Envelope - ...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?
(1231 views)

Malevolent Hegemony - 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.
(1802 views)

What Patrick Fitzgerald didn't say and the Media didn't ask - 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.
(1619 views)

Bushspeak: Dark and Garbled words - 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."
(2075 views)

Dirty Tricks With Money - 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.
(1590 views)

“Embedded Crony”: Bob Woodward Shows His True Colors - 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.
(1883 views)

Bid for More Home Heating Aid Fails in Senate - 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.
(1597 views)

Organic Food Standard Ruined By Congress - Congress Rams Through OTA Sneak Attack On Organic Standards Despite Massive Consumer Opposition
(1652 views)

Anthrax drug could be dangerous - An anthrax treatment under development by the U.S. government could cause serious and even fatal complications...
(1824 views)

Rich Senators Defeat Minimum-Wage Hike - 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.
(2274 views)

We will use force, Blair warns Iranians - Tony Blair delivered his strongest warning to Iran last night, saying Teheran would not be allowed to become a "threat to our world security".
(1125 views)


October 30, 2005

Kent State Threatens Counter-Recruiter With Expulsion - Kent State Administration Threatens Iraq Veteran with Expulsion for Counter-Recruitment Protest
(1265 views)

Fiction Genre Fits Big Pharma - 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.
(1673 views)

As Scooter Fades, Syria takes Front and Center - 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.
(1263 views)

Navy denies Tasmania whale deaths - Environmentalists want to know if the navy's sonar equipment can actually disrupt the navigation systems of whales and dolphins.
(1805 views)

Hundreds of Howard U. Students Greet Laura Bush With Protest - Threatened With Arrest, Students Refuse to Back Down
(1343 views)

Cheney-staffer-turned-reporter now covering Libby indictment for NBC News' - In 1986, Williams "joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant.
(1842 views)

The Deadliness Below - Weapons of mass destruction thrown into the sea years ago present danger now - and the Army doesn't know where they all are
(1679 views)

Let Us Honor Rosa Parks—By Shattering the Myths About Her - 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.
(3368 views)

Seeds of Leak Scandal Sown in Italian Intelligence Agency - 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...
(1143 views)

Is Avian Flu another Pentagon Hoax? - "Rummy Flu"
(1298 views)

"Wiped off the Map": Iranian President Ahmadinejad's statement regarding Israel has caused a political storm - 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.
(1280 views)

The Friendly Face of US Imperialism - USAID and Haiti
(1172 views)

Remote control rifles for military? - Skills acquired playing video games put to use with real weapons
(1875 views)

Aziz denies naming British MP in oil probe - "It is part of a media campaign aimed at smearing Galloway's reputation."
(1313 views)

No-fly listing flies against Human Rights - "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."
(1900 views)

UK Pays Soldiers to Recruit Family, Friends - 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.
(1157 views)

Watergate-style money laundering indictments stoke Ohio's stolen election fires - ...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.
(3438 views)

RITALIN - THE COVER-UP OF SUICIDES - 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?
(2191 views)

Judge assigned to Libby case has links to Republican Right. - Walton was the judge who...placed a gag order on former FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.
(1884 views)

Venezuela's Chavez Says He Expects "beautiful" Debate With U.S. President Bush at Summit - 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.
(1332 views)


October 31, 2005

Antiwar Protesters March on Common - Mother of slain US soldier addresses crowd of 2,000
(1323 views)

One million Iranians in anti-Israel protest - 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.
(1298 views)

We Have Been Warned - 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.
(1180 views)

Finally Medical Journal Admits the Truth - 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.
(1755 views)

Unhappy Fitzmas - 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...
(1959 views)

Many Iraqis feared dead in US attacks - US warplanes have continued bombarding the west of Iraq and hospital sources say at least 40 people were killed in the latest offensive.
(1256 views)

Violence in Iraq leads to brain drain - 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.
(1360 views)

Atoll still scarred by tests - 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.
(1768 views)

Samuel Alito’s America - ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE...ALITO SUPPORTS UNAUTHORIZED STRIP SEARCHES...
(1957 views)

US "had no policy" in place to rebuild Iraq - 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.
(1384 views)

Belgium hit by second mass strike - 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.
(1261 views)

Ohio Bush donors richly rewarded - "Pioneers and Rangers" handed access to contracts, policymakers
(3655 views)

Nun Jailed Over Protest Says She Has No Regrets - The school she was protesting -- originally called the School of the Americas -- is now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
(1198 views)

Syria accuses US of launching lethal raids over its borders - 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.
(1653 views)

Housing Bubble Update: The Hidden Drop in Home Prices to Shock Owners - They don't know about it yet, but they'll soon find out!
(1671 views)

US unveils new prison in northern Iraq - The US military has opened a new prison with capacity for more than 1,700 detainees near the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah.
(1509 views)

Demand for grave diggers and coffins soars in Baghdad - Baghdad grave diggers and coffin makers say they have never been as busy as they are now.
(1314 views)

Med School Profs Attack Consumer Drug Marketing - 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.
(1747 views)

Sprawl & Crawl - Big Brother calling - 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.
(1717 views)

Chávez Restyles Venezuela With "21st-Century Socialism" - The populist government is reorganizing the country's colossal oil industry, taking a bigger share from private multinationals.
(1311 views)


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