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 CountyLu is at least the seventh person to lose his life while hunting abalone off the Mendocino County coast this year.
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
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
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
Retired Vice Admiral Scott Redd
Counterterrorism Chief Suddenly Resigns,
Days After Claiming U.S. Less Safe Due To Iraq War
thinkprogress
. . . food purchases by the military "appear to favor certain companies employing former military food service personnel" . . .
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 . . .
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."
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
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. Maurice]
Wolin wasn't innocently visiting Wine Country.
Perils of Petroleumism:
In case of emergency,
many Inland freeways offer no other way outMan kills family with carbon monoxide
Slow Loc@l
Der Decider . . . here
Tuesday
16 October 2007
Real public radio:contact page here
b-b-Barksdale . . . B-52s . . .
Deconstructing Democratic "leadership" . . .Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
will personally oversee the exercise in Portland 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