Are we supposed to believe that hijackers armed with only box cutters forced an angry mob to jump from the plane seconds before the crash? Or are we supposed to believe that people simply felt compelled to jump from the plane? If the official story is true then people jumping from the plane is the only way human remains could have been found miles from Flight 93's crash site.

A more logical explanation is that people inside the plane were sucked out because of a sudden depressurisation.

Paper on �Israel Lobby� Poses Threat...

One of the FBI's dirtiest secrets is that Dwayne Fuselier the FBI agent in charge of the Columbine investigation, had at least one son in the Trench Coat Mafia. When a Denver news reporter questioned him, he refused to even discuss it.

For all who claim not to be political. All of you who find democracy and rule of law boring... For all of you who will not openningly express your views, because you think it's bad for business, or think it will alienate your family or friends... You may not have to be bothered anymore.

Stephen Colbert Speaks Truth to Power at the White House Correspondent�s dinner...

No one can prevent cooperation between Iran and China: envoy...

PICTURES OF NYC ANTI-WAR PARADE ON 4/29/06...

US allies behind Iraq�s death squads and ethnic cleansing...

While supporters of the war in Iraq, such as the New York Times' William Safire, have jumped on the Hayes' article as proof of what the administration had been saying, retired intelligence officers have criticized it, both because of the security breach created by the leak itself and because its so-called "evidence" is hardly convincing.

The abuse heaped on two academics by America's Israel lobby only proves the point that we need an honest debate on the topic.

Tens of thousands in New York march against the war in Iraq...

The struggle to create a Democratic Republic in Nepal has surprised the world.

Initially, Israel was expected to arm its submarine fleet with its own short-range Popeye missiles carrying conventional warheads. At least three mainstream publications in the US and Germany, however, have confirmed the vessels have been fitted with US-made Harpoon missiles with nuclear tips. Each Dolphin-class boat can carry 24 missiles.

It didn't take long for the idea of forcing Internet providers to retain records of their users' activities to gain traction in the U.S. Congress.

Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a Republican, gave a speech saying that data retention by Internet service providers is an "issue that must be addressed." Child pornography investigations have been "hampered" because data may be routinely deleted, Gonzales warned.

Hitler: Polish Troops attack German Radio Station...

The judge in Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial admonished jurors not to do their own research after learning that one member of the panel looked up the word ``aggravating'' in a dictionary at home.

Oil 'will hit $100 by winter'...

One former senior CIA official said: �It has long been a dream of a powerful section of the people now driving this administration [of President George W. Bush] and the war in Iraq to safeguard Israel�s energy supply as well as that of the United States. The Haifa pipeline was something that existed, was resurrected as a dream and is now a viable project.�

How long is a sane man expected to sit on his hands while his enemy slaps him in the face? The Palestinian people have endured a prolonged aggression by a pariah state, and yet the world not only expects them to sit on their hands, the world blames them for it.

Europe as a Counterbalance to US Global Hegemony...

Last year, however, the United States unexpectedly provided Israel with an additional thirty long-range F-15s at a cost of $48 million each. The United States has also recently provided Israel with 5000 GBU-27 and GBU-28 weapons, better known as �bunker busters,� warheads guided by lasers or satellites which can penetrate up to ten meters of earth and concrete to destroy suspected underground facilities. Reuters reported a senior Israeli security source as noting, �This is not the sort of ordinance needed for the Palestinian front. Bunker busters could serve Israel against Iran �� Israel also has at least five submarines armed with sea-launched missiles which could easily get within range of Iranian targets.

The Bush administration has quietly -- quietly! -- claimed the authority to disobey more than seven hundred and fifty laws enacted by Congress.

Win back the Congress? What Congress?

What exactly is it you hope to do with a Democratic Congress, given the fact that Bush ignores the existing Republican one at his convenience?

The important point here isn't the shoot down. Most people would agree that under the circumstances, it was the best course of action.

The point is that we are seeing clear evidence of the manipulation of information being fed to the public regarding 9/11.

What else is the government concealing about 9/11?

Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner-- President Not Amused?...

23(and counting) of the 44 people on Flight 93 were not supposed to be on the flight that day. Is this really just a coincidence?

�Ladies and gentlemen, I feel chipper tonight. I survived the White House shake-up,� the president said.

And they're unapologetic. They have an 'inalienable right' to charge consumers whatever price the market (they control) will bear. And boy are they exercising it.

"Speaking of suspects, where is the great white hunter?" Bridges said, later adding, "He shot the only trial lawyer in the country who supports me."

More families relying on food pantries for help, survey finds...

Condi makes it very clear...we are going to bomb the crap out of you now matter what.......

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

FBI agents lied about what they wanted from Jack Anderson's papers....

Stephen Colbert spoke tonight at the dinner and lampooned pretty much everything he could think of and Helen Thomas. I used the second half of his performance because it included the Generals, Scalia, the Faux press briefing and as E&P reported:

"As he walked from the podium the president and First Lady gave Colbert quick nods, unsmiling, and left. E&P's Joe Strupp, in the crowd, observed that quite a few felt the material was, perhaps, uncomfortably biting."

On Thursday, the company reported a $323 million first quarter loss, a sharp improvement from recent quarters and an ''important milestone'' in the automaker's turnaround plan, Wagoner said.

But some veteran industry analysts say GM's fundamental problems of high labor costs and falling market share are so severe that there is a serious risk that the auto giant will enter Bankruptcy Court in the next few years. Any number of events could be the tipping point � another surge in oil and gasoline prices, a recession brought on by rising interest rates or a strike by GM's main parts supplier, which already is reorganizing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

The suffering of at least 2 million refugees in Sudan's Darfur region - where a brutal ethnic and political conflict has raged since 2003 - has worsened with the announcement that the United Nations will halve their food rations because of a severe lack of funding, especially from the wealthy nations of Europe and the Middle East.

A single political shock could be enough to send oil markets into panic, said Adam Sieminski, senior energy economist at Deutsche Bank in New York. 'If we have one more big problem we are going to have triple-digit oil prices.' Sieminski points to confrontation with Iran, a worsening of the situation in Iraq or a recurrence of devastating hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico as potential catalysts for a major rise.

The founders of the American Republic were deeply concerned that the President's power to make war might become the vehicle for tyranny. So they crafted a Constitution that included checks and balances on presidential power, among them an independent Congress and judiciary, an executive power subject to laws written by Congress and interpreted by the courts, and an executive power to repel attacks but not to declare or finance war.

But the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war, as laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States and reiterated in 2006, claims for the President the power to attack other countries--like Iran--simply because he asserts they pose a threat. It thereby removes the decision of war and peace from Congress and gives it the President. It is, as Senator Robert Byrd put it, "unconstitutional on its face."

Iran will allow snap inspections of its nuclear facilities if the U.N. Security Council does not get involved in the country's nuclear program, a senior Iranian official has said. But Washington was quick to reject the offer.

"Today's statement does not change our position that the Iranian government must give up its nuclear ambitions, nor does it affect our decision to move forward to the United Nations Security Council," The Associated Press reported White House spokesman Blaine Rethmeier as saying.

Turkey does not intend to allow the United States to launch an attack against Iran from the Inchirlik military base, Turkish news agencies reported Sunday.

Gul said that facilitating an attack against a neighboring country was "not an option," despite the US offer to build Turkey a nuclear reactor as a counterbalance to Iran's expanding nuclear facilities.

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.

It didn't take long for the idea of forcing Internet providers to retain records of their users' activities to gain traction in the U.S. Congress.

The Untold Story of Israel's Bomb...

Bush foresees further 'sacrifice and struggle' in Iraq...

The email concluded like this: "GEORGE W. BUSH is the first President since Herbert Hoover who has no Jews in his cabinet at all. No wonder he screws up so stupendously."

I knew that this was false, because Chertoff is Jewish, as are numerous present and former members of his Administration. But what I learned in refuting this bit of false "trivia" made me worried and conflicted...

The left-wing leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a three-way trade agreement aimed at countering US influence in Latin America.

Why do I get the feeling that the last minutes of Flight 93's CVR are fabricated?

The UN also faces an immediate funding crisis following the 108-50 vote, since, at US insistence, the assembly agreed in December to delay setting a two-year budget until there was progress on reforms. Instead it set a temporary budget that will run out at the end of June.

Although he said America did not intend to cripple the organisation financially, the implication that there would be a financial cost was clear. The US provides 22 per cent of the UN budget, followed by Japan, which pays 19.5 per cent and was also angered by the vote.

Parsons Corp., the Pasadena engineering firm that won one of the largest rebuilding contracts in postwar Iraq, fell dramatically short of a number of goals, according to interviews and documents that cite shoddy work and negligent government oversight.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly monitor Parsons' performance, stonewalled investigative efforts and exercised "poor cost controls" as Parsons spent $186 million on a contract to build the health clinics, according to a draft copy of an audit obtained by The Times. About $60 million of that was spent by Parsons on management and administration.

The Washington-based advocacy group Americans United for Separation of Church and State charged in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that the Justice Department's Bureau of Prisons has tailored its bidding requirements to fit one particular program: an immersion in evangelical Christianity offered by Charles W. Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries.

All the nuclear material declared by Iran to the Agency is accounted for. Apart from the small quantities previously reported to the Board, the Agency has found no other undeclared nuclear material in Iran. However, gaps remain in the Agency�s knowledge with respect to the scope and content of Iran�s centrifuge programme. Because of this, and other gaps in the Agency�s knowledge, including the role of the military in Iran�s nuclear programme, the Agency is unable to make progress in its efforts to provide assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran.

After more than three years of Agency efforts to seek clarity about all aspects of Iran�s nuclear programme, the existing gaps in knowledge continue to be a matter of concern. '

This ambiguity is being twisted by the Bush administration to make it seem as though Iran has done something illegal. The report can be read to say that there is no evidence that Iran is doing anything illegal. In fact, under the NPT, countries do have the right to do the sort of experiments Iran is doing. Most of the complaints are not about substance but about something else.

Several passengers � perhaps all � put into action an attempt to take back control of the airplane. By 10:03 a.m., they succeeded in fighting their way into the cockpit. It is at this point where the CVR recorded what may be a piercing of the fuselage � a wind or sucking noise.

A Daily News investigation has found a roughly three-minute gap between the time the tape goes silent - according to government-prepared transcripts - and the time that top scientists have pinpointed for the crash.

"I know of two people - I will not mention names - that heard a missile," Stuhl said. "They both live very close, within a couple of hundred yards. . .This one fellow's served in Vietnam and he says he's heard them, and he heard one that day." The mayor adds that based on what he knows about that morning, military F-16 fighter jets were "very, very close."

.a photo of a "few" angry NYC protesters......

China's Reserves Soar: NAM Says The Time Has Come For China To Re-Value Its Currency...

The Bush administration is exploring a more radical measure to protect information it says is vital to national security: the criminal prosecution of reporters under the espionage laws.

Such an approach would signal a thorough revision of the informal rules of engagement that have governed the relationship between the press and the government for many decades. Leaking in Washington is commonplace and typically entails tolerable risks for government officials and, at worst, the possibility of subpoenas to journalists seeking the identities of sources.

So in those terrifying minutes before the first hit, two brave women on the phone inside Flight 11 were calmly telling American Airlines ground officials exactly what was happening.

The airline�s reaction: Nothing. It did absolutely nothing.

The managers could have picked up a phone and told all their pilots what was going on. Indeed they co told all pilots in the air what was happening.

The exit polls were dismissed as being innaccurate. But their accuracy may have depended on the type of voting machine that was used, implying that the machines, not the polls, were inaccurate.

Earlier in the week, an equally devastating article appeared in the New York Times "Criticism of Rumsfeld Widens to Young Officers" echoing that younger officers are just as sick of the glib Rummy as their elders. One anonymous officer noted, "We have not lost a single tactical engagement on the ground in Iraq�.The mistakes have all been at the strategic and political levels." Confidence in the Secretary is deflating more rapidly than the air leaving a punctured tire.

Officer of the deck on the USS Liberty tells the truth about how Zionist Israel tried to murder his entire crew and blame it on somebody else. A clear act of war.

This state of unwitting confession to monstrous crime has been the default mode of the American Establishment for many years now. Government officials routinely detail policies that in a healthy atmosphere would shake the nation to its core, stand out like a gaping wound, a rank betrayal of every hope, ideal and sacrifice of generations past. Yet in the degraded sensibility of these times, such confessions go unnoticed, their evil unrecognized � or even lauded as savvy ploys or noble endeavors. Inured to moral horror by half a century of outrages committed by the "National Security" complex, the Establishment � along with the media and vast swathes of the population � can no longer discern the poison in the air they breathe. It just seems normal.

Planes were ordered to the rescue of the Liberty on two occasions. In the second attempt the USS America also launched aircraft. Both time the Secretary of Defense MacNamara ordered the planes back. There was a challenge from the fleet when ordered back the second time. President Johnson came on the line and confirmed the order saying, "We will not embarrass an ally."

The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by U.S.-led coalition forces has been responsible for the death of at least 150,000 civilians (not including certain of Iraq), reveals a compilitation of scientific studies and corroborated eyewitness testimonies

Death Made In America...

No one can deny that we now live in a country in which the ruler has the omnipotent power to send the entire nation into war on his own initiative. To use the president�s words, when it comes to declaring and waging war against another country, he�s the �decider.�

It wasn�t always that way. The Constitution brought into existence a government in which the powers to declare war and wage war were vested in two separate branches of the government. While the president had the power to wage war, he was prohibited from exercising it without a declaration of war from Congress.

THREE years after its invasion of Iraq the US Administration acknowledged yesterday that the war has become �a cause� for Islamic extremists worldwide and there is a risk of the country becoming a safe haven for terrorists hoping to launch fresh attacks on America.

The only real solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program is a diplomatic one. For example, Iran has called for the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone for the entire Middle East in which all nations in the region would be required to give up their nuclear weapons and open up their programs to strict international inspections. Iran has been joined in its proposal by Syria, by U.S. allies Jordan and Egypt, and by other Middle Eastern states. Such nuclear weapons-free zones have already been successfully established for Latin America, the South Pacific, Antarctica, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Bush guaranteed Aliyev the solving of the Iranian problem in diplomatic and peaceful ways, as Aliyev said Azerbaijan will not join a possible strike against Iran.,P.Bush guaranteed Aliyev the solving of the Iranian problem in diplomatic and peaceful ways, as Aliyev said Azerbaijan will not join a possible strike against Iran.

The first energy dialogue between China and the Opec was held on Thursday at the Opec secretariat in Vienna. The Chinese delegation frankly exchanged views with the acting Opec secretary general, Mohammed S Barkindo and other representatives from the Opec member countries, Xinhua news agency reported.

Analysts are concerned that an overall hardening of US policy towards Moscow could drive Russia and Iran, which together hold nearly half the world's gas reserves, into an energy-based alliance.

The Franklin Coverup Scandal...

118 photos on War Protest (NY to Minn)...

The often controversial republican senator from Arizona tells a Brussels conference that Iran's nuclear program posed the greatest security threat to the world alongside terrorism, saying the U.N. Security Council should impose sanctions including an investment ban, a travel ban and asset freezes on government leaders and nuclear scientists.

The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.

Citing 'liberal' immigration laws, U.S. blasts Canada on terrorism...

Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers, sources familiar with the probe said yesterday.

Rep. Barbara Lee on the Bogus WMD...

John Stone, the Sheriff of Jefferson county at the time, believed there were others involved, but he was constantly blocked by an FBI agent named Wayne Fuselier. To make matters worse, Fuselier had two sons in the Trench Coat Mafia, and the FBI saw no conflict of interest.

Central to the official USDA Choice story of Flight 93 is that the aircraft was crashed into the Earth during a struggle between the hijackers and the passengers.

But this story is directly contradicted by a report of a mid-air explosion, BEFORE the plane crashed!

United Flight 93's Rightwing ad campaign...

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton Lies, Insists the U.S. Didn't Violate the UN Charter...

It's true, they do hate us for our freedoms. But we have been fooled, through a coordinated propaganda campaign, into looking in the wrong direction! Our enemy isn't over in some distant land, most people couldn't find on a map. No, the enemy is at our doorstep.

"[T]he fact that the United States will assert the state secrets privilege should not be construed as a confirmation or denial of any of Plaintiffs� allegations, either about AT&T or the alleged surveillance activities," the filing reads. "When allegations are made about purported classified government activities or relationships, regardless of whether those allegations are accurate, the existence or non-existence of the activity or relationship is potentially a state secret."

As Marine Gen. Gregory Newbold said, the "decision to invade Iraq was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who never had to execute these missions or bury the results."

Report Sets Stage For Action on Iran...

The Canadian dollar jumped to its highest level in nearly three decades on Friday, taking advantage of a weakening U.S. currency as oil prices rose while solid data firmed expectations that Canadian interest rates will keep rising.

Disinformation set up missile theory is bull...

Susan Sarandon today said death threats and attacks by the American public and the media after she spoke out against the Iraq war had left her very scared.

Is Israel Our Friend?...

Reports are coming in of a Trojan that demands a ransom from users and threatens to delete data if payment is not made.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he expects the US will be able to continue to cut its troop numbers in Iraq.

It's official: The Bush administration formally said Friday that it will try to halt a lawsuit that accuses AT&T of helping the National Security Agency spy on Americans illegally.

Olmert compares Ahmadinejad to Hitler...

Chevron Earnings Soar 49 Percent to $4 Billion...

The Justice Department said Friday it was moving to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program.

April Deadliest This Year for GIs in Iraq...

Scathing nuclear report as US brands Iran enemy No 1...

Rush Limbaugh Arrested On Drug Charges...

LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF THE CROWDS AT THE ANTI-WAR PROTESTS. COUNT THEIR NUMBERS. SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES THE MEDIA LIE OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE INVASION OF IRAQ LAID BARE BEFORE THE WORLD....

'Peace grannies' part of growing anti-war network Elderly women tried to enlist in place of young

The former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration is under federal investigation amid accusations of financial improprieties and making false statements to Congress, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Former Oregon Prosecutor Claims Americans Need To Fight Judicial Corruption Or Freedom Will Turn Into Slavery...

How dumb does Big Oil think you are?...

Searching for energy supplies and allies against Iran , the Bush administration is reaching out to leaders who rule countries that are rich in oil and gas but accused of authoritarian rule and human rights violations.

MicroVote officials have acknowledged installing uncertified software on machines in 47 counties, a violation of state law. It wasn't until this week that the company completed all the paperwork and provided verification that the machines worked so the commission could certify the systems.

The Bush administration has pushed hard for limitless powers to spy on, imprison and torture American citizens in the name of 'security.' Is this really what America stands for?

Did Flight 93 really happen as We were Told?...

Another booga booga tape released...

Universal Studio's Flight 93 movie online forum has been completely infiltrated by people opposing the official government 9/11 fable and its moderators are having to delete entire threads in real time deeming them, "inappropriate."

CIA's Goss at Cunningham's Hooker Parties?...

Juror in Hamid Hayat terrorism trial claims she was pressured to change vote; defense will ask for new trial in light of declaration

Pakistan's president says he thinks Osama bin Laden is most likely dead because the suspected terrorist has been unable to get treatment for his kidney disease.

Federal prosecutors are reviewing records of two Washington, D.C., hotels where Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes rented suites as part of their investigation into whether prostitutes were involved as he tried to curry favor with lawmakers and CIA officials.

So... where does the mainstream media find these 32% of Americans who think Bush is a swell guy whose feces are not odoriferous?...

FLASHBACK: Do you believe President Bush misled the nation in order to go to war with Iraq?...

Is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi himself a manipulation? As we discussed in a recent post, the Washington Post revealed that the "threat" posed by this alleged Al Qaeda leader was largely the creation of a military PSYOPS unit. The propaganda campaign targeted both the foreign press and the U.S. "home audience." Also targeted were our troops: When they unleashed "Whiskey Pete" on civilians in Fallujah, they did so in the belief that they were fighting Zarqawi.

On the same day the Post story appeared, Bush -- in a speech -- cited as genuine a Zarqawi letter now known to be fake.

Speaking during an interview which was published in Jerusalem Friday, Professor Martin Van Crevel said Israel had the capability of hitting most European capitals with nuclear weapons.

"We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force."

Book 'em, Dan-o!...

Bush Rejects Calls for Tax on Oil Profits...

A leading U.S. senator warned Russia and China on Friday of damage to their relationship with the United States if they refused to go along with sanctions against Iran.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, has turned himself in to the Palm Beach County Jail for fraud -- concealing information to obtain a prescription. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office online booking blotter, he was booked this afternoon around 4:25.

A Day Without Meskins...

Don't do it Mr. Bush!!...

In a history-making moment, President George W. Bush is expected next week to proclaim May of every year as Jewish American Heritage Month.

Mexico proposes decriminalizing pot and cocaine...

A Senate inquiry into the government's Hurricane Katrina failures ripped the Bush administration anew Thursday and urged the scrapping of the nation's disaster response agency. But with a new hurricane season just weeks away, senators conceded that few if any of their proposals could become reality in time.

The message below is from the official web site of "Voz De Aztlan" (The Voice of Aztlan). Their confidential subscriber e-mail list received the communique below on Thursday, April 27.

The leaders of the group are telling Mexicans to take up arms!!!!

"Flight 93" gets blasted on Universal's own blog....

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The Amnesty report reviews several cases where U.S. detainees held in Afghanistan and Iraq have died as a result of torture. The group also lambasts U.S. use of electro-shock weapons, inhuman and degrading conditions of isolation in "super-max" security prisons and abuses against women in the prison system -- including sexual abuse by male guards, shackling while pregnant and even in labor.

As of now, the U.S. has yet to prosecute a single official, military officer or private contractor for "torture" or "war crimes" related to its occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, or the "war on terror." The report argues that these cases are not isolated incidents, but part of an overall pattern condoned by U.S. officials.

Open any Western newspaper and you are struck by the abundant use of the word "diplomacy." It is the second most used word after "democracy." However, careful analysis shows that U.S. version of diplomacy has become the favourite smokescreen of U.S. wars of aggression. Iraq and Iran provide the best cases.

The Israelis have made no secret of their efforts to get Uncle Sam to launch an attack. If you guys don't, a number of Israeli officials have implied, then we will. This last, however, is an empty threat, as the Israelis don't have the military capacity to wipe out Iran's widely dispersed nuclear research facilities in a single blow, and, in any case, are more than likely to wait until the last possible moment before they take the unusual step of fighting their own war. After all, why should they, when the U.S. is perfectly willing to sacrifice American troops and treasure on the altar of Israel's alleged national security interests?

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former Republican Party chairman, arranged the startup financing for a GOP telemarketing company implicated in two criminal cases involving election dirty tricks.

If you take a minute to visit the F.B.I. website and check out their most wanted list you will run across a familiar face; Osama bin Laden. Of course we know that Osama is wanted by the F.B.I. but did you know he is NOT wanted in connection to the events of September 11th 2001?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there is enough evidence of a lobbyist-sponsored prostitution ring that investigators are scurrying across D.C., trying to figure out exactly which lawmakers were involved:

As some of you may be aware, according to the President and Congressional Republicans, a bill does not have to pass both the Senate and the House to become a law. Forget your sixth grade civics lesson, forget the book they give you when you visit Congress - "How Our Laws Are Made," and forget Schoolhouse Rock.

Among others, Google has expressed concern that firms such as AT&T might start charging extra fees on heavy bandwidth users. Bloggers have complained they, too, might end up having to spend money to maintain sites if a two-tiered system is implemented.

How wonderfully thoughtful of the hijackers to leave what Flagg termed this �Rosetta stone� behind so everything could be figured out so quickly and with such ease. You have to admit that was white of those dusky Mid-Easterners. One of the pieces of luggage was said to include �Arab-language papers amounting to Atta�s last will and testament, along with instructions to the other hijackers to prepare themselves physically and spiritually for death.� Boy, this Atta guy thought of everything. But why go blabbing it all in two suitcases? He was supposed to be a terrorist not a PR man.

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I mean, did Dillinger leave his home address in a bank safe he busted into? Did Al Capone leave a box of chocolates with a card with his name on it at the �Valentine Day� massacre in Chicago? Did John Gotti leave a calling card on Paul Castellano�s bullet riddled body after the dapper don and buddy popped the Gambino crime family boss and chauffeur in front of Spark�s Steak House in Manhattan? C�mon, you�re pulling my leg.

Americas" href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article360657.ece" target="_blank"> Iraq war set to be more expensive than Vietnam...

Mr. Bush was led up the garden path. And the returns from his mid-life conversion to neoconservatism are now in:

� A guerrilla war in Iraq is dividing and bleeding America with no end in sight. It carries the potential for chaos, civil war, and the dissolution of that country.

� Balkanization of America and the looming bankruptcy of California as poverty and crime rates soar from an annual invasion of indigent illegals is forcing native-born Californians to flee the state for the first time since gold was found at Sutter�s Mill.

� A fiscal deficit of 4 percent of GDP and merchandise trade deficit of 6 percent of GDP have produced a falling dollar, the highest level of foreign indebtedness in U.S. history, and the loss of one of every six manufacturing jobs since Bush took office.

Considering that "drills" were taking place the morning of 9/11 and 7/7 there is always the remote possibility that this is cover for another "inside job". We pray to God that it is not.

As a people who praise humanity; as a human race we have a despicable history. Since the beginning of time we, as a people, have abolished those with whom we didn't like or agree with, or those who had what we wanted: like land or rich resources. We haven't changed much. It appears we haven't learned from our past and as the acts of genocide pile high, clearly, we're doomed to keep repeating these atrocious acts.

President Bush was right Tuesday to call for a federal inquiry into possible illegal gas price manipulation and to ask Congress to make tax credits available to anyone who buys a hybrid or clean diesel vehicle this year.

But lawmakers in Washington also should heed the call of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-Hoboken, and suspend the federal gas tax. Menendez has suggested a 60-day "holiday" from the tax, which adds 18.4 cents to the price of every gallon.

Such a suspension could lower the average price of regular gas in South Jersey from about $2.88 per gallon to about $2.70 per gallon.

Does Anybody in the Press Care About Lori Klausutis?...

The chief of the Israeli army's military intelligence unit, Brigadier General Amos Yadlin, said Iran has already received the first shipment of surface-to-surface missiles that were purchased as part of a comprehensive deal with North Korea. The range of the BM-25 Korean missiles is 1,550 miles, and they are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to Ha'aretz, which first reported on General Yadlin's warning.

"Anyone who criticises Israel's actions or argues that pro-Israel groups have significant influence over US Middle East policy," the authors have written, "...stands a good chance of being labelled an anti-Semite. Indeed, anyone who merely claims that there is an Israeli lobby runs the risk of being charged with anti-Semitism ... Anti-Semitism is something no-one wants to be accused of." This is strong stuff in a country where - to quote the late Edward Said - the "last taboo" (now that anyone can talk about blacks, gays and lesbians) is any serious discussion of America's relationship with Israel.

A 50-year-old woman has been arrested by detectives who discovered a stockpile of postal voting forms at a house in Birmingham.

West Midlands Police said that the woman was being questioned by officers investigating allegations of vote-rigging in the run-up to the May 4 local elections. A quantity of ballot papers were discovered following a raid on two homes in Bordesley Green.

It was Earth Day weekend. The president talked about how mountain biking helped him "settle his soul" and "burn off excess energy when you're living life to its fullest," which apparently means blindly running your nation into a bloody flaming wall at full speed like a drunk NASCAR driver on Ambien. He talked about how he enjoyed mountain biking because it had such minimal impact on the pristine, wild surroundings. Shockingly, lightning did not strike him dead on the spot.

Ambassador Javad Zarif accused Israel of "violating every single Security Council resolution that has been adopted about the Middle East."

He also lashed out at Israeli criticism of Iran's own election as a vice-chair of the commission, noting the Jewish state has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty but "has the audacity to talk about another country having a seat."

Memo to any members of Congress reading this blog......

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He is pockmarked by scandal, buffeted by storms of disapproval and infighting and nascent impeachment. He authorized the leak of classified security information merely to smear an Iraq war critic, he lied about WMD and lied about Saddam and lied about making the United States safer and lied about, well, just about everything, on top of launching the worst and most violent and most expensive, unwinnable war since Vietnam.

The assumption of a popular uprising against the Islamic Republic once the US and/or Israel attack Iran is delusional and dangerous. Quite to the contrary. The issue of nuclear energy (and potentially nuclear arms) has already become a matter of national pride for Iranians, and people across a wide range of the political divide vociferously endorse it.

The deeply fragmented class divisions within the Islamic Republic also indicate that should the US attack Iran, it is the poorest and most disfranchised, the 15 million militarized poor who voted for Ahmadinejad - namely the Pasdars, the Basijis and the Hezbollah - who will be immediately mobilized for the protracted guerrilla warfare that will ensue, while the middle-class audience of expatriate, mostly Los Angeles-based, propaganda against the Islamic Republic will all run for cover.

As if Iraq isn�t a big enough mess, the House of Representatives has just voted to �hold Iran accountable and support a transition to democracy�. Sound Familiar? Only this time Iran is a democracy. They just held an election where their president was actually elected by the people. How refreshing.