“Study: Surroundings Play Key Role in Diet
By MALCOLM RITTER
The Associated Press
Monday, July 31, 2006; 7:38 AM
NEW YORK — How many M&MS are enough? It depends on how big the candy scoop is. At least that’s a key factor, says a study that offers new evidence that people take cues from their surroundings in deciding how […]
“Key Democrats unite for troop pullout
By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago
Key Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have united to call on President Bush to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of the year, citing an overtaxed military, billions of dollars spent and ongoing sectarian violence.
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“Recycling medical devices raises concerns
By LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Business Writer
Mon Jul 31, 3:33 AM ET
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The family alleged the injury occurred because the plastic breathing tube’s tip had been bent during “reprocessing” — cleaning and heat sterilization — done at an Orlando hospital even though the tube was labeled for single use only. They won […]
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July 30, 2006
Op-Ed Columnist
The Peculiar Disappearance of the War in Iraq
By FRANK RICH
AS America fell into the quagmire of Vietnam, the comedian Milton Berle joked that the fastest way to end the war would be to put it on the last-place network, ABC, where it was certain to be canceled. Berle’s gallows […]
“UN Council “strongly deplores” deaths in Lebanon
31 Jul 2006 01:15:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a statement deploring Israel’s deadly attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana but rejected U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for an immediate truce.”
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“Roberts and Alito Misled Us
By Edward M. Kennedy
Sunday, July 30, 2006; B01
I have had the honor of serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 43 years, during which I’ve participated in confirmation hearings for all the justices who now sit on the Supreme Court. Over that time, my colleagues and I have asked probing questions […]
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“New maximum-security jail to open at Guantanamo Bay
Far from winding down, the controversial US detention centre is expanding
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 30 July 2006
The controversy over the US-run detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is to erupt […]
“Bush submits new terror detainee bill
By Anne Plummer Flaherty, Associated Press Writer | July 28, 2006
WASHINGTON –U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.”
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Of the most familiar faces in W’s regime, I must confess to a grudging admiration for Donald Rumsfeld. Certainly this feeling is not based on his logistical, tactical and strategic war planning. Those issues may lead only to opprobrium.
Rather, it is Secretary Rumsfeld’s refusal to become part of the fetid morality hothouse which this administration […]
“July 30, 2006, 4:13AM
Lebanon asks Rice not to visit Lebanon
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese government asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday to put off a visit to Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike that killed more than 50 people.”
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Thanks to the writers of the Rocky […]
Two bad-ass crabs argue over who started the war.
A crab covered in oil struggles towards the sea polluted with heavy fuel oil in Beirut. The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel’s bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the […]
“House approves minimum wage increase
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer
Sat Jul 29, 8:35 AM ET
Republicans muscled the first minimum wage increase in a decade through the House early Saturday after pairing it with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.”
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“Boehner: Big Tobacco’s Personal Western Union
John Boehner In Rep. […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad screams in agony when his ‘majestic life-giving addendum’ becomes caught in the ‘mechanized conveyance of enigmatic metal teeth’ as he stands in front of the ‘hanging porcelain vessel of torrential relief’ in Dushanbe,
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Iranian leader bans usage of foreign words
27 minutes ago
Iranian President […]
A pro-Hezbollah demonstration in Amman, Jordan reflects popular sentiment throughout the Middle East. Voice of America News.com
“Support for Hezbollah growing in Mideast
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago
Rising Arab anger over the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah appears to have pushed conservative rulers in the region to refocus their criticism away from the Shiite […]
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Thursday, July 27, 2006 · Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Congressman, ex-FEMA chief Brown squabble
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
In this Feb. 24, 2006, file photo, some of more than 10,000 mobile homes are shown at the Hope, Ark., airport. Sen. Mark Pryor and Rep. Mike Ross, both D-Ark., said Thursday, July 27, 2006, that […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- July 28, 2006
Contact: Sibel Edmonds, National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, sedmonds@nswbc.org
NSA WHISTLEBLOWER IS SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY BEFORE FEDERAL GRAND JURY
On Wednesday, July 26, Russell Tice, former National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence analyst and a member of National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), was approached outside his home by two FBI agents […]
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“John Bolton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington July 27, 2006.
Revoltin’ Bolton
Returned to face the Senate that failed to confirm him the first time, U.N. ambassador John Bolton could barely contain his contempt.
By Michael Scherer
Jul. 28, 2006 | After a year as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton […]
“Rep. Harris demands Howard Dean apologize
43 minutes ago
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) demanded an apology Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a speech this week likened the senatorial candidate to former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin.”
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“Kucinich Introduces Legislation to Abolish All Nuclear Weapons
t r u t h o u t | Press Release
Thursday 27 July 2006
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) gave the following floor speech today on legislation he is introducing to abolish all nuclear weapons:
“In the Hindu religion Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Siva, the destroyer, exist […]
The Atlanta Braves and the rest of what was once baseball had better be careful. In Somalia, radical Muslims shot some people for watching the World Cup. There will be a time when our own religious police decide they no longer want Catholics or Jews to come to the ballpark or they call for a […]
Listed seats for a October 9 concert at Madison Square Garden range in price from $170 to the astronomical number shown below. The site mentions that “The price you see is the price you pay–There are NO hidden fees or charges.” I should hope not. This brings me to another question? Barbra Streisand still sings […]
“Poll: World Doesn’t Respect Bush
NEW YORK, July 26, 2006(CBS) Americans generally approve of President Bush’s handling of the current Mideast crisis, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll, but six in 10 say the president is not respected by foreign leaders.”
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Something is wrong. It is a shame a former oil boss were not still in charge. His expanding, amorphous face was a perfect canvas for a Herblock drawing of unrestrained greed.
While W loves to hand out corporate welfare as if he were a practicing National Socialist, he would not think of doing what […]
“Simmering Rage Within the GOP
By David S. Broder
Thursday, July 27, 2006; A25
My weekend visitor was one of the founders of the postwar Republican Party in the South, one of those stubborn men who challenged the Democratic rule in his one-party state. He was conservative enough that in the great struggle for the 1952 nomination, his […]
“Pandemic Flu Vaccine Seems Better Than Most Rivals’
Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today
26 Jul 2006
A new pandemic flu vaccine is effective in protecting 80% of people who receive it, says its maker, GlaxoSmithkline. A new additive was used to boost the vaccine’s effectiveness, this means only a small dose is needed. Sanofi-Aventis, another company […]
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over phone records
MIKE ROBINSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO - Citing national security, a federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&T Inc. from giving telephone records to the government for use in the war on terror.”
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“Issue Date: www.insightmag.com - July 25-31, 2006, Posted On: 7/25/2006
Dump Condi: Foreign policy conservatives charge State Dept. has hijacked Bush agenda
Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration’s national security and foreign policy agenda.”
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“Could U.S. Troops End Up in Lebanon?
Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.
Sources
There’s much discussion of putting a multinational, NATO-led force in southern Lebanon as part of a ceasefire agreement in the Israel–Lebanon conflict, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a story in the Washington Post, has said that she does […]
“Ohio’s high court backs property owners
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 57 minutes ago
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that economic development isn’t a sufficient reason under the state constitution to justify taking homes, putting a halt to a $125 million project of offices, shops and restaurants in a Cincinnati suburb […]
“Well dig yields centuries-old artifacts
By DIONNE WALKER,
Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 25, 9:47 PM ET
Sometime around 1610, archaeologists figure, a thirsty colonist in Jamestown set his brass pistol on the side of a well as he pulled up some water and accidentally knocked the weapon in.
It’s one explanation for a cache of rare finds the archaeologists […]
“Steele Admits Criticizing GOP In Interview
Unnamed Candidate Quoted
By John Wagner and Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 26, 2006; B01
Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele’s Senate campaign acknowledged yesterday that he was the anonymous candidate quoted by a Washington Post political reporter as saying that being a Republican was like wearing a “scarlet letter” and […]
“Feds eliminate 157 auditors of rich taxpayers
Move cuts ranks of IRS lawyers who inspect returns that include estate and gift taxes
- David Cay Johnston, New York Times
Sunday, July 23, 2006
The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some […]
“Nancy Pelosi statement regarding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s address to Congress
RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday July 25, 2006
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has blasted a joint meeting of Congress tomorrow, set to be addressed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.”
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“Jane Hamsher in The Huffington Post
07.25.2006
Welcome to the Bush/Lieberman Police State, Wherein I Am Ejected From Bill Clinton’s Speech”
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“Books of The Times |
‘Fiasco’
From Planning to Warfare to Occupation, How Iraq Went Wrong
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
The title of this devastating new book about the American war in Iraq says it all: “Fiasco.” That is the judgment that Thomas E. Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Post, passes on the Bush administration’s decision to invade […]
The first thing noticed in any video of parading Hezbollah troops is the intricate nature of their marching style. In one clip, In a sixteen bar sequence(Western drum cadences are in 4/4 time and consume sixteen bars for a total of 64 beats.), I counted the following styles:1. Gilbert & Sullivan chorus line2. Riverdance3. Mussolini […]
Does that mean ‘just in restaurants or at ballparks, farms and bars?’ How are farmers going to know what the geese do at night or when they’re at a bus station waiting to migrate?
“Surveillance We Can Live With
By Arlen Specter
Monday, July 24, 2006; A19
President Bush’s electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December. Civil libertarians, myself included, have insisted that the program must be subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with the Fourth Amendment.”
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“Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’
Sen. James Inhofe Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is the nation’s most prominent global warming denier. He famously declared that global warming is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Now, he’s taken the argument a step further. In an interview with […]
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* Video: Air Marshals Say SDR Quota Puts Pressure To Label People As ‘Suspicious’
Marshals: Innocent People Placed On ‘Watch List’ To Meet Quota
Marshals Say They Must File One Surveillance Detection Report, Or SDR, Per Month
POSTED: 9:49 pm MDT July 21, 2006
UPDATED: 10:56 pm MDT July 21, 2006
DENVER — You could be on a secret government […]
“Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed
Bar Association Panel Criticizes President’s Many Challenges to Legislation
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 24, 2006; A05
A panel of legal scholars and lawyers assembled by the American Bar Association is sharply criticizing the use of “signing statements” by President Bush that assert his right to ignore or not […]