Undo the Coup: Time to Impeach


Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The truth is that Bush just likes to blow things up
-- in Iraq, in the United States and in Congress.
-- U.S. Representative Pete Stark,
18 October 2007

Friday 19 October 2007

Deep End News

Mendocino County
Lu is at least the seventh person to lose his life while hunting abalone off the Mendocino County coast this year.

Abalone diver found dead
Mary Callahan, pressdemocrat

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 local elections.
By the time authorities had figured out the source, Topoff activities at the hotel -- a news briefing and a paper exercise dealing with the aftermath of the mock "dirty bomb" -- had been long since canceled. Chertoff had bailed out.

Portland: Real alert ties up Topoff 4 exercise
Joseph Rose, oregonian

Rep. Pete Stark Blasts GOP on SCHIP, Iraq
youtube, transcript
CNN Poll: 88% say Rep. Stark should not apologize
David Edwards and Muriel Kane, rawstory

Iraq to Cheney: ‘Big fat no’ on bases in Iraq.
thinkprogress

When Mann and Leverett went public with the inside story behind the impending disaster with Iran, the White House dismissed them. Then it imposed prior restraint on them, an extraordinary episode of government censorship. Finally, it threatened them. Now they are afraid of the White House, and watching what they say. But still, they feel they have to speak out.

The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know
John H. Richardson, esquire

Of all the charges that may be leveled at George W. Bush and his Nazi gang, it cannot be said that they didn't plan ahead.

How a Second Terrorist Attack
Will Benefit George W. Bush
existentialistcowboy

Perils of Petroleumism:
Tanker Truck Hijaked in Baltimore


Clinton to hold "Rural Americans for Hillary" lunch and campaign briefing at lobbyist offices of agribusiness giant Monsanto
Jake Tapper, abc
Hillary's Bush Connection realnews


John Edwards for President:
Support the Troops. End the War.
sign up: johnedwards.com
Women for Edwards here

Thursday 18 October 2007

Dissent From the Front Lines
Robert Scheer, truthdig

CodePink at Berkeley recruiting station
Henry K. Lee, sfgate

Retired Vice Admiral Scott Redd

Counterterrorism Chief Suddenly Resigns,
Days After Claiming U.S. Less Safe Due To Iraq War
thinkprogress

Army to keep extending troops' service
Lolita C. Baldor, AP

 . . . food purchases by the military "appear to favor certain companies employing former military food service personnel" . . .

U.S. investigates food prices for troops in Iraq
Eric Schmitt and Andrew Martin, NYT
Glenn R. Simpson, WSJ

b-b-Barksdale . . . B-52s . . .
A colonel commanding one of the Air Force wings is likely to be the highest-ranking officer to be relieved . . . continuing discussions among top officials over whether the disciplinary action should go even higher up the command chain . . .

Loose Nukes: Officers May Lose Commands
Thomas E. Ricks and Joby Warrick, WashPost
CNN

75% not detected at LAX; 60% at O'Hare
(San Francisco International Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of the bombs)
"The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago stunned security experts."

Most fake bombs missed by TSA screeners
Thomas Frank, usatoday

Since 2003, at least 17 Canadians have died in connection with police Taser incidents.

Another Taser killing in Canada:
this time, Montreal
canadian press, ctv

Wednesday 17 October 2007

Blackwater won't allow arrests
Sharon Behn, WashTimes

You know, this administration was seeking a massive expansion of Presidential power and national security powers before 9/11. 9/11 was highly convenient in that sense.

Constitutional scholar: 9/11 'highly convenient'
in allowing Bush to expand power
David Edwards and Nick Juliano, rawstory

North Coast pervert news . . .
Judge Raima Ballinger said the evidence presented by prosecutor Brian Staebell showed [Dr. MauriceWolin wasn't innocently visiting Wine Country.

Trial for sex-sting doc
Lori A. Carter, PressDemocrat

Perils of Petroleumism:
  • In case of emergency,
    many Inland freeways offer no other way out
  • Man kills family with carbon monoxide

  • Slow Loc@l
    Der Decider . . . here

    Tuesday 16 October 2007
    Real public radio:

    Mendocino County Board of Supervisors w/ Govinda
    KMEC online and 105.1 Ukiah,
  • contact page here

  • b-b-Barksdale . . . B-52s . . .

    Top Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide
    Zachary A. Goldfarb, WashPost
    skymutt, dailykos
    Minot Air Force Base Airman 1st Class Todd Blue [and others]
    Died While on Leave
    cryptogon, tailrank

    Deconstructing Democratic "leadership" . . .

    Ms. Pelosi, you are not a leader
    Cindy Sheehan (on indybay)

    Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
    will personally oversee the exercise in Portland

    Nation on Edge: Operation TOPOFF
    [Marine Corps] Major William B. Fox

    Phone Utilities Won’t Give Details About Eavesdropping
    Eric Lichtblau, NYT

    Man tasered to death at Vancouver airport
    CBC


    Teevee Tonight: Cheney's Law, Frontline/PBS
    The latest FRONTLINE documentary, titled Cheney's Law, examines the motives and mission of Vice President Cheney, and the battle for control of the White House, including the now-famous confrontation at the gravely ill Attorney General John  Ashcroft's hospital bedside.
        Cheney's Law Producer Michael Kirk has produced ten documentaries since 9/11 about the war on terror, including his Emmy Award winning documentary "The Lost Year in Iraq."
        Cheney's Law airs on Tuesday, October 16th at 8 or 9 PM on your local PBS station. Following the broadcast, it will be available to view on FRONTLINE's website, www.pbs.org/frontline.

    Sunday 13 October 2007

    Dick Cheney & Vigilant Shield: Will a Missing Nuke from the B-52 Incident be used in a Simulated Terrorist Attack?
    Michael Salla, Ph.D., opednews

    In Depth -- Fidel Castro
    yahoo

    We're All Prisoners Now (Part II)
    Mark Nestmann


    Edwards gets Iowa SEIU endorsement
    Amy Lorentzen, AP


    Slow Loc@l
    Jonestown County "journalism" regurgitates its own tail, again . . . here

    more: October 8 - 14