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| Message to visitors: TheOtherNews.com is currently undergoing a major revamp of the site and will not be publishing news while in development. Please come back in a few weeks to discover the fantastic improvements which will enable up-to-the-minute news capability from a greatly expanded network of trustworthy, non-mainstream news sources....Full Story |
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100,000 March Against Iraq War in Washington. 200 Arrested in Dramatic Mass Die-In |
| Last Saturday, nearly 100,000 people -- led by anti-war Iraq veterans, military families and others -- marched from the White House to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. to demand an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq. The march concluded with a dramatic "die-in" of 5,000 people surrounding the Capitol....Full Story |
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Anti-War Coalition produces Video for March 17 Washington DC Protest |
| A massive multi-day, anti-war protest is being organized to begin March 17th on the 4th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, March 19th, 2003. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the historic Vietnam anti-war “March on the Pentagon” protest of 1967....Full Story |
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Washington DC Anti-War Protest Building Momentum To Be The Most Significant Since Vietnam Era |
| Tens of thousands of protestors are expected to participate in a massive “end-the-war” demonstration on March 17, 2007 in the Capitol. This year is the 40th anniversary of the historic anti-war “March on the Pentagon” protest of 1967....Full Story |
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Unique Trial of Peace Activists Concludes |
| As part of a Declaration of Peace initiative, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance and other groups organized two gatherings, Sept. 26 & 27, 2006, to lobby Congress to end the war and occupation of Iraq. In response, religious and secular peace activists were denied access to their legislators and arrested on Capitol Hill....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION LEADERS CALL FOR BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS ON BUDGET PLAN AND LONG-TERM POLICY |
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Antiwar Movement Launches National Surge of Opposition to War Escalation |
| Emergency Response One Day After Bush’s Announcement
Followed by March on Washington January 27th
NEW YORK -- Under the banner of "America Says NO to More Troops! End the War!" the antiwar movement will launch a national surge of protest within 24 hours of Bush’s announcement of plans to send more troops to Iraq....Full Story |
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Partnership for Civil Justice settles landmark lawsuit against DC police |
| The Partnership for Civil Justice announced today a settlement of its landmark lawsuit against the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department that arose in connection with the demonstrations against the 2001 inauguration of George W Bush....Full Story |
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Milton Friedman (1912-2006) |
| “Milton Friedman is a scholar of first rank whose original contributions to economic science have made him one of the greatest thinkers in modern history.”
—President Ronald Reagan “How grateful I have been over the years for the cogency of Friedman’s ideas which have influenced me....Full Story |
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Approval of Wilson NSA Spying Bill Undermines Constitution, Condones Abuse of Power |
| ACLU Slams House Panels’ Approval of Wilson NSA Spying Bill, Says Measure Undermines Constitution, Condones Abuse of Power WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today strongly rebuked the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as both committees approved H....Full Story |
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Antiwar Marchers to Stand Up to Bush War Agenda |
| Call for Immediate End to Iraq War, No More Wars & Security Through Negotiations and Respect for International Law New York, NY -- Today United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) will march from midtown Manhattan to the UN as President Bush defends his disastrous war in Iraq and his so-called "war on terror....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT SUSTAINED DEFICIT REDUCTION WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN REVENUE SURPRISES |
| WASHINGTON --With today’s budget update by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing the deficit shrinking from $318 billion in 2005 to $260 billion this year, The Concord Coalition warned that the lower deficit -- while certainly welcome -- does not signal a fundamental improvement in the nation’s troublesome fiscal outlook or a decision by politicians to tackle the hard choices needed for sustained deficit reduction....Full Story |
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TAX CUTS AND NEW SPENDING PROGRAMS IN "TRIFECTA" BILL SHOULD NOT BE DEBT-FINANCED |
| WASHINGTON - With the Senate expected to vote this week on the so-called "Trifecta" bill, which includes a permanent reduction in the estate tax, temporary extension of several expiring tax provisions and a new mandatory spending program for mine reclamation along with an increase in the minimum wage, The Concord Coalition reiterated the importance of offsetting the deficit impact of all tax cuts and spending increases....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS AGAINST FISCAL EUPHORIA |
| WASHINGTON -- With the Bush Administration’s Mid-Session Review today projecting that very strong revenue growth will cause a slight decline in the federal budget deficit--from $318 billion last year to $296 billion this year--and also projecting that the deficit will be cut in half by 2008, a year earlier than the President’s goal, The Concord Coalition warned that nothing about these numbers suggests a fundamental improvement in the mid- or long-term fiscal outlook....Full Story |
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUDGET “BLANK CHECK” THREATENS ENVIRONMENT, NATIONAL SECURITY, NON-PROLIFERATION |
| The Bush Administration’s nuclear weapons budget request currently under consideration by Congress, poses significant threats to the environment, national security and non-proliferation, according to a network of groups from communities located downwind and downstream from U.S. weapons facilities....Full Story |
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ADAMS ANGER AT WHITE HOUSE RESTRICTION ON SINN FEIN |
| Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said that the Bush administration is hampering the Northern Ireland’s peace process by restricting his party’s ability to raise funds in the US despite last year’s IRA decommissioning. Mr Adams has been invited to the White House on Friday, a warmer reception than he got last year for St....Full Story |
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“Clean Up Washington” Web Site - Comprehensive Resource on Influence-Peddling in Washington |
| New Side-by-Side Comparison of Democratic and Republican Reform Proposals Will Help in Analyzing Effectiveness of Proposals
WASHINGTON - January 20 - Public Citizen today launched its new "Clean Up Washington" Web site, http://www....Full Story |
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TWO TAX CUTS PRIMARILY BENEFITING MILLIONAIRES WILL START TAKING EFFECT JANUARY 1; |
| Congress Declines to Rethink Tax Cuts as It Proposes to Cut Aid to Low-Income Families Sometime early next year, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the budget reconciliation legislation that the Senate passed on December 21 and the House passed in a slightly different version on December 19....Full Story |
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FOIA Request Filed on Pentagon Spying of the Antiwar Movement |
| Washington, D.C. The Partnership for Civil Justice, a civil rights litigation firm, today filed a Freedom of Information Request, on behalf of the anti-war group ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) and the National Lawyers Guild, after learning that the Department of Defense (DOD) is maintaining a database of identified "threats" that includes information on protests and political activists who oppose the war....Full Story |
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CIA Whitewashing Torture |
| NEW YORK - November 21 - Porter Goss, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has made misleading statements about the CIA’s use of torture and mistreatment of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. Goss was quoted today in USA Today stating that the CIA does not use torture and that the CIA’s interrogation techniques are legal....Full Story |
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Cheney Sidesteps Travel Disclosure Rules |
| WASHINGTON - November 16 - Vice President Dick Cheney and his staff have been declaring themselves exempt from the travel disclosure laws followed by the rest of the White House, a Center for Public Integrity investigation released today found....Full Story |
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New Report Corroborates 'Black Sites'
Provides Details on Torture and Secret Facility Conditions |
| WASHINGTON - November 7 - Amnesty International today released Secret Detention in CIA “Black Sites,” a new report detailing the detention of three Yemeni nationals who had “disappeared” into the labyrinth of U.S.-run secret detention facilities in 2003....Full Story |
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New Poll Shows Majority of Americans Favor Bush's Impeachment If He Lied about Iraq |
| By a margin of 50% to 44%, Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he lied about the war in Iraq, according to a new poll commissioned by AfterDowningStreet.org, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigation of President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003....Full Story |
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Cash-Rich Oil Companies Seek to Profit At Expense of Public Health |
| WASHINGTON - Today, in a shameful abuse of power, the House of Representatives narrowly approved energy legislation that tries to capitalize on a national tragedy to further enrich big oil companies at the expense of public health....Full Story |
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IRAQ VETS AND FAMILY, CLERGY AND ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT TODAY TO PROTEST THE WAR |
| Cody Camacho was a specialist in the U.S. Army for four years and in Iraq from March 2003 to March 2004. He said today: "It’s chaos over there -- the soldiers are not being used for what they are supposed to be used. I pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic....Full Story |
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Massive Anti-War Protest in DC this weekend - “Don’t want another Vietnam” |
| Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq in combat, has arrived in Washington, D.C., with the "Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour," which has traveled around the U.S. the last several weeks. She and other military family members will be participating in major protests in D.C. this weekend....Full Story |
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Prison Sex Slave Trial Set to Begin in Texas |
| WICHITA FALLS, Texas - September 16 - After enduring 18 months in a Texas prison where gangs bought and sold him as a sexual slave, Roderick Johnson will appear in federal district court Monday for the first day of his civil trial against the prison officials who failed to protect him, the American Civil Liberties Union announced today....Full Story |
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"Disaster Profiteering Act" Debuts - Waives Taxpayer Protections & Competition on Govt. Contracts |
| WASHINGTON - September 16 - Big federal contractors have scored a major victory with yesterday’s news that House Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) and Representative Kenny Marchant (R-TX) introduced legislation that will waive meaningful taxpayer protections and competition in contracting whenever Congress or the President declares a national emergency or there is a disaster....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION CALLS FOR “PORK” RESCISSION AND TAX CUT FREEZE IN RESPONSE TO KATRINA |
| WASHINGTON -- With President Bush promising to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina by launching “one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen,” The Concord Coalition said today that at least a portion of the mounting costs should be offset by rescinding all $24 billion of earmarked projects, or “pork,” approved in this year’s transportation bill....Full Story |
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CLARION LEDGER EXPOSES BUSH ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO SHIFT KATRINA BLAME TO ENVIRONMENTALISTS |
| An article in today’s Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS) by investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell exposes a well-coordinated effort by the Bush administration officials and its allies to reassign blame for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to environmental groups. That article can be found at:
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"FEDERAL COURT RULING ON ‘UNDER GOD’ IN PLEDGE SHOWS RESPECT FOR RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY" |
| Public Schools Should Not Require Students To Affirm Belief In God In Order To Express Patriotism, Says Church-State Watchdog Group A federal district court decision against use of “under God” in public school recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance shows respect for religious diversity, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State....Full Story |
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Scientists Say Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Still Unnecessary, Uneconomic, and Risky |
| (Washington, D.C.): Two leading scientists warn in an "Arms Control Today" article this month against embracing the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel as a solution for dealing with accumulating stockpiles of U.S. nuclear waste....Full Story |
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What Homeland Security? Sept. 7 Mass Protest of Govt. Mishandling of Disaster Contingencies |
| What is taking place today in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is a crisis rarely seen in this country. It has provoked an outpouring of concern for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Millions of people across the United States and around the world are watching in horror at both the scale of suffering and the lack of response by President Bush and the U....Full Story |
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New Orleans Disaster: Where’s the National Guard? |
| Nancy Lessin, (a founder of Military Families Speak Out) said today: "The numbers we have are that there are 11,000 National Guard personnel from Louisiana, of whom about 3,000 are in Iraq with most of the heavy equipment. This included generators and high-water and other vehicles which could assist with the rescue effort....Full Story |
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New Hunger Strike Begins After the Department of Defense Reneges on Promises to Detainees
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| NEW YORK - September 1 - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) cooperating counsel confirmed today that prisoners have begun a new hunger strike at Guantánamo because the Department of Defense (DOD) failed to negotiate with prisoners as it promised to do after the June/July 2005 hunger strike....Full Story |
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Neglected Levees of New Orleans: A Victim of Iraq War Spending |
| It’s not yet clear what effect the shortage of National Guard troops, due to the Iraq war, will have on protecting New Orleans and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. But the disastrous flooding may have been avoided in the first place if money had not been diverted to the Iraq War....Full Story |
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ACLU Urges Senate to Carefully Review Record of John Roberts, Expresses Deep Concern Over Nominee |
WASHINGTON - August 30 - The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a letter to ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing "deep concern" over Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ record and urging the Senate to fully consider his legal and judicial philosophy, his approach to decision-making, and his possible impact on the role of the court in protecting civil liberties....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT 10-YEAR DEFICIT COULD REACH $5.7 TRILLION |
| WASHINGTON -- With today’s budget update by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing the deficit shrinking from $412 billion in 2004 to $331 billion this year, The Concord Coalition urged lawmakers, the public and the media to heed the warnings in the report’s fine print....Full Story |
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U.S.: Pentagon Poised to Resume Production of Antipersonnel Mines |
| The Bush administration appears poised to resume the production of antipersonnel mines, Human Rights Watch said today in a new briefing paper. The United States, which has not manufactured antipersonnel mines since 1997, will make a decision in December whether to begin production of a new antipersonnel mine called Spider....Full Story |
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U.S.: Pentagon Poised to Resume Production of Antipersonnel Mines
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| The Bush administration appears poised to resume the production of antipersonnel mines, Human Rights Watch said today in a new briefing paper. The United States, which has not manufactured antipersonnel mines since 1997, will make a decision in December whether to begin production of a new antipersonnel mine called Spider....Full Story |
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Federal Regulations Ground Air Carriers with Needless Baggage, Taxpayer Group's Study Finds |
| ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Despite billions in taxpayer aid, federal meddling in the aviation industry has booked many U.S. air carriers on a flight to fiscal ruin, according to the latest study from the non-partisan National Taxpayers Union (NTU)....Full Story |
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Senate Should Reject Confirmation Of John G. Roberts To Supreme Court, Says Americans United
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| Watchdog Group Cites Nominee’s Effort To Overturn Decades Of Church-State Safeguards. "Bush administration nominee John G. Roberts is unsuited for a seat on the U.S.Supreme Court and the Senate should refuse to confirm him", says Americans United for Separation of Church and State....Full Story |
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U.S.: Destroy Stockpile of Unsafe Cluster Submunitions. |
| Pentagon’s Outdated Cluster Submunitions Pose Great Risk to Civilians Washington, July 21 - Despite some positive developments in its cluster munition policy, the United States retains-and still is willing to use-at least 728 million old, unreliable and inaccurate cluster submunitions, Human Rights Watch said today in a briefing paper....Full Story |
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New Poll Shows Americans Want More Protection from Terrorists at Home, Not Just Abroad
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Hart Research Poll "Protecting America From Terrorism" Outlines Americans Concerns, Priorities.
Washington, D.C. --- Americans believe the best way to protect our nation
from terrorism is to implement common sense security measures here at home,
not just focus on stopping terrorists abroad before they strike our country
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Abortion Distortions; Senators from both sides make false claims about Roe v. Wade.
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| Summary As President Bush considers exactly whom to nominate to succeed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, Senators Barbara Boxer and Rick Santorum both have distorted some facts about the effect of Roe v.Wade....Full Story |
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Media repeated false GOP talking point on authorization for Wilson trip to Niger |
| Numerous media figures have repeated, or failed to question, a Republican National Committee (RNC) talking point asserting that former ambassador Joseph C....Full Story |
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Rove "...didn't give the actual name" only said "Wilson's wife" |
| ABC News, Wash. Post, Newsweek highlighted Rove claim that he did not actually disclose Valerie Plame’s name, but a quick Google search would have produced it. Following Newsweek’s
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Angry Small Business Owners Confront SBA Panel on Plan to Divert Billions to Big Business |
Small Businesses Oppose SBA Proposals for Size Standard Policies at 11 City Hearings
PETALUMA, Calif., July 11, 2005 -- The Small Business
Administration (SBA) found few supporters last month at a
series of 11 hearings held across the country to discuss
proposed size standard modifications....Full Story |
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Failure of Countries to Deal with the Nuclear Threat Sparks Plans for Major Protests |
| Protests at Nuclear Sites will be on the 60th Anniversary of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki With the failure of countries to make any progress on nuclear disarmament at the recent Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, groups are organizing to demonstrate the growing majority of public opinion to eliminate the nuclear threat once and for all....Full Story |
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Free Press decries House move to defund public broadcasting |
| WASHINGTON - Following Thursday’s vote by the House Appropriations Subcommittee to slash the budget for public television and radio, Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform group, announced a renewed effort to shield public broadcasting from partisan meddling....Full Story |
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"Deep Throat": Then and Now
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| Mike Gravel, (U.S. Senator from 1969-81), said today: "W. Mark Felt, the assistant director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal, has admitted to being ’Deep Throat.’ He was the source of important information for Washington Post investigative reporters Woodward and Bernstein....Full Story |
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Peace Action calls on Senators to vote against torture and Gonzales |
| Peace Action, the country’s largest peace organization with over 100,000 members nationwide, today expressed regret at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote in favor of Alberto Gonzales to be the next U.S. Attorney General, and urged the full Senate to reject Gonzales....Full Story |
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Inaugural Protest Reminiscent of Vietnam Era Anti War Demonstrations |
| Over 10,000 protestors from around the country converged on John Marshall Park in Washington DC January 20 bringing a powerful antiwar message to the presidential inauguration of George Bush. Demonstrators filled the sidewalks in front of the park between 3rd and 4th Streets....Full Story |
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The EPA and Industry Team Up to Protect Profits in Florida Study, Leaving Children Behind
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| They call it CHEERS. The "Children’s Environmental Exposure Research Study" is a cooperative agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the American Chemical Council. The Chemical Council will provide $2.1 million of the $9 million dollar study—the rest coming from our federal government....Full Story |
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Networks Bar Ad Promoting Tolerance
A church's acceptance of gays is deemed "too controversial" |
| Three broadcast networks have rejected an advertisement from the United Church of Christ, deeming the ad’s message of tolerance to be too controversial. Citing the Bush administration’s proposal of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, CBS and UPN have refused to run a UCC commercial that advertises the church’s acceptance of all people, including gays and lesbians....Full Story |
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CONGRESS SAYS NO TO NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS |
| It is not often that we are able to report a significant victory in the effort to chart a new course for US nuclear policy, but we can do so today. Since the Bush administration began pursuing research on new and more usable nuclear weapons, we have said that this sends the wrong message to the world and violates US obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty....Full Story |
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Defining Bush's "Mandate" |
| Winning 51 percent of the popular vote in Tuesday’s election, Bush administration officials were quick to declare that the results constitute a "mandate" for Bush’s second term. This interpretation of the election caught hold in the mainstream media-- a sign perhaps that White House spin was triumphing over the actual numbers recorded on Election Day....Full Story |
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A Draft or Merely Hot Air? |
| In the presidential campaign, there has been talk of returning to the draft after the election: Kerry has predicted that President Bush will reinstate the draft if reelected and Bush has denied it. Any such reinstatement would be disastrous for the republic....Full Story |
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Government Documents Reveal Confusion and Absence of Policy in Implementing No-Fly Lists |
| SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to a federal court order, the Department of Justice today released to the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California some 300 pages of documents that indicate that the government's controversial "No Fly" watch lists were implemented and enforced long before there was a coordinated policy in place....Full Story |
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Endgame for the tobacco industry?
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| In Washington the government continues to pursue its civil case against the tobacco industry who it has accused of systematically defrauding and misleading the American public with regard to the health risks of cigarette smoking. The industry vigorously denies the charges and the stage is set for an epic courtroom battle....Full Story |
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DUBIOUS DEBATES - DUBIOUS POLLS |
| GEORGE FARAH, founder and executive director of Open Debates, said today: "Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush promised the American people a series of engaging presidential debates, but the major party candidates' lawyers have drafted a binding contract that virtually eliminates spontaneity and confrontation from these public forums and excludes all third-party voices....Full Story |
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THE MYSTERIOIUS CASE OF THE CBS MEMOS |
| The secretary of George W. Bush's National Guard commander, coming forward to describe memos supposedly written by her boss as "correct" but "not real" (Dallas Morning News, 9/14/04), has deepened the mystery about the disputed documents....Full Story |
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS CONGRESS AND CANDIDATES THAT ACTION IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIT
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| WASHINGTON — The Concord Coalition warned policymakers and political candidates, including President Bush and Senator Kerry, that today’s new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirm the need for tough policy choices to bring the budget back into balance....Full Story |
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OVER 250,000 ANTI-BUSH DEMONSTRATORS MARCH IN NEW YORK
“WEEK OF RESISTANCE” SCHEDULED
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35 years later, the ghost of Viet Nam revisits both political parties with vengeance. Iraq leads the way but social and economic issues are important partners in the anti-RNC coalition.
In addition to the below list, many other protests, demonstrations and events are scheduled in opposition to the RNC platform, current administration and President Bush in particular....Full Story |
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Bush Fails to Cut Record High Oil Prices; Surging Prices Expected to Reach $50 a Barrel This Week |
| Washington, D.C. -- Oil prices are expected to hit a record high $50 a barrel this week, underscoring the need for a sound, forward-looking energy policy for the United States. Spurred on by the escalating conflict in Iraq, supply disruptions in Russia, and rising world demand, oil prices are now 49 percent higher than they were a year ago....Full Story |
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AIR POLLUTION & DECEPTION AT GROUND ZERO |
New Report Examines How 9/11 Cleanup Mistakes Continue to Put New Yorkers, Nation at Risk
New York, NY: On the steps of City Hall, the Sierra Club today released a new, hard-hitting report titled, "Air Pollution and Deception at Ground Zero: How the Bush Administration's Reckless Disregard of 9/11 Toxic Hazards Poses Long-Term Threats for New York City and the Nation....Full Story |
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Lawsuit Filed to Overturn Denial of Civil Rights, Anti-War Protest During Republican Nat. Convention |
| The lawsuit filed to overturn Mayor Bloomberg and the City of New York's denial of free speech rights in Central Park for opponents of Bush's domestic and foreign policies during the Republican National Convention has been scheduled for an emergency hearing in Federal District Court in Manhattan....Full Story |
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Ever More Understanding of the Stalking Horse Wesley Clark |
| This article is less polemical than others regarding Wesley Clark but remains accusatory; it is less a stray from what I would normally write; I think it needs to be said, you do not have to agree nor even like it. It troubles me enough to have written it. It is written at the request of editor Les Blough of the axisoflogic....Full Story |
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The Great American Problematic: The Youth and Imperial Justification: The Youth and Immigrants are Sitting Ducks! |
| There are a collection of problems facing this newest form of empire, American-led though it may be. The problems facing the nation-state of America are just those that impair the empire’s ability to grow. It shall grow at the expense of the American people, their prosperity, their future and their children’s future’s....Full Story |
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The Cheney/Baker Strategic Energy Plan: History and Illusion. We already have the names of nearly everyone Cheney sought advice from for the Strategic Energy Plan!
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| In fear and trembling, have they finally realized of what man is capable-and this is indeed the precondition of any modern political thinking. Such persons will not serve very well as functionaries of vengeance....Full Story |
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Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General, responds to Bush's Television Address
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| On September 7, President Bush told the American public and the world to expect more of the same from his administration. More crimes against peace and humanity, more deaths and destruction, more debts and poverty. He wants everyone to help....Full Story |
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Universal fascism, freedom betrayed: What is Mr. Bush doing in your name? |
| Like it or not, left or right, free or bond, this is the language of the new world order. The language based upon specific ways of viewing the world; of beliefs and ideology; of irrational power and infantile perspective. This is the language of permanent wars; preemptive and gratuitous slaughter....Full Story |
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What are Bush’s political objectives? It is more about Iran. |
| Target is Iran: Bush, inextricably tied to western oil interests, wants to run their pipelines through Afghanistan into Pakistan as the counter weight on the Eastern front. Then pipelines through Iraq, an Iraq controlled by the U.S., is the counterweight on the Western front. Iran's encirclement a decade's old strategic objective....Full Story |
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It’s not about Oil; it’s not about Corporatism; Really!
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The US Government is setting up Iraq’s oil industry to run much like an American corporation, with a chief executive and management team vetted by US officials who would answer to a multinational board of advisers.
The single company, very soon to be known as ExxonMobilConocoPhillipsChevronTexacoBP/Shell will extract the oil and distribute it. The proceeds going to these same corporations for their trouble....Full Story |
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American-led empire’s military operations planned global with Pentagon reshuffle eminent. Targets to include Azerbaijan, all of Central and South Asia, the middle east and South Korea.
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| The last defense vestiges of the Cold, Korean and Iraq wars, the U.S. military “footprint” now is heaviest in Germany, South Korea and the Persian Gulf region. But with the Soviet Union finished, South Korea more able to defend itself and Saddam Hussein’s antagonistic regime supposedly crushed in Iraq, the U.S. military presence in all three regions has largely become an anachronism,...wholesale changes in the American-led empire''s military global presence are now under consideration. “We are re-analyzing our footprint,” Gen. James Jones, commander of U.S. troops in Europe. The entire globe is the strategic agenda now....Full Story |
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