Sep
23
Here is the original version of the editorial that ran on Op-Ed News. They had an exclusive for at least 48 hours on the pithier version - and it ran five days ago.
Note the current status of the situation:
1. There is now a video that shows that Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians [...]
Nov
07
Great List!
109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress
from The Progress Report Issue 11/07/2006, by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin
We need a new Congress — here’s why:
1. Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked — 218 between the House and Senate combined. [Link]
2. The Senate [...]
Nov
28
This is just one of the reasons you don’t hire private contractors to act like soldiers.
Are private security thugs just killing civilians for the fun of it?
Telegraph | News | ‘Trophy’ video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers
A “trophy” video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked [...]
Aug
30
The Globe and Mail: No jail for Jehovah’s Witness found guilty of abusing daughter
Ontario JW Gower Palmed pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. Although the court found he abused his daughter on at least five occasions, Judge Kruzick thought he had already been punished by the civil suit - and after all, he’ll [...]
Jul
07
Cozy with the Bush administration, Judith Miller may go to jail to protect their leakers (Rove and whoever is intended eventually to take the fall for his action - wherever will they find another Ollie North?). Normally I would be on the side of journalists to protect their anonymous sources, but in this case it [...]
Oct
20
Call to Action - Release CIA Report on 9/11 - Click here to sign at WorkingforChange.com:
“What is the Bush administration afraid of?
Perhaps it is the CIA inspector general’s report on 9/11, completed in June of this year. The CIA will not even release it to the House intelligence committee which requested the study [...]
