Cheney: Forced To Apologize For His Sick Incest Joke

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:55 PM MST

From: Think Progress
By Matt at 10:17 pm
Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians.»
At the National Press Club today, Vice President Dick Cheney raised the ire of West Virginia lawmakers when he made an offhand incest joke about the state, saying he “had Cheneys on both sides of [...]

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Evening Jukebox… Pride (In The Name Of Love)- Live from 2003-06-21_Dublin

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:45 PM MST

U2- Pride (In The Name Of Love)- Live from 2003-06-21_Dublin

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The NIST Bu$hco & The WTC Investigation

by Geezer Power…11:46 am

National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder, Colorado
We may think that we live in a Democracy, but it is pretty much controlled by the Executive part of the White House. The directors of many of the institutes and foundations that are involved in the shaping of our policies are appointed by the [...]

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Going to war with Iraq was wrong, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd admits

anthony @ 17:46

By Nick Squires in Sydney | London Telegraph | Last Updated: 11:47AM BST 02/06/2008
All the arguments Australia marshalled to justify sending troops to fight in Iraq proved to be wrong, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said today, as the country’s 550 combat soldiers headed home.
In an admission that will make uncomfortable reading in London [...]

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US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships

anthony @ 17:33 BST

An amphibious assault vehicle leaves the USS Peleliu, which was used to detain prisoners, according to the human rights group Reprieve. Photograph: Zack Baddor/AP
Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor | The Guardian | Monday June 2 2008
· Report says 17 boats used
· MPs seek details of UK role
· Europe attacks 42-day plan
The United [...]

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Israeli troops killed 45 Palestinians including five children last month

Sudhan @17:30 CET

Palestinian Information Center, June 1, 2008

GAZA, (PIC)– International Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights reported that the IOF troops killed 45 Palestinian citizens during last May including five children and two women, adding that most of the victims were murdered in the Gaza Strip.
In a monthly report received by the PIC, [...]

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Harriet Christian: DNC Rules Committee Meeting (Jane Hamsher Video 5-31-08)

By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 AM MST
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Jane’s YouTube vid reaches #1, 500,000 views in one day
John Aravosis (DC) · 6/01/2008 08:54:00 PM ET
Most viewed video on YouTube today, taken by Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake at yesterday’s Rules committee meeting. Watch it.

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Exxon Mobil Is Staring At Regime Change, Monumental Changes…

GEF @ 6:08 AM MST
THE MEMORIES OF THE EXXON-VALDEZ DISASTER IN ALASKA ARE STILL VIVID!

Rockefellers Seek Change at Exxon

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
HOUSTON — The Rockefeller family built one of the great American fortunes by supplying the nation with oil. Now history has come full circle: some family members say it is time to start [...]

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More war lies and propaganda

sudhan @10:00 CET

Illustration: Luis Vazquez/Gulf News
By Adel Safty Special to Gulf News
Published: June 01, 2008, 23:35
All governments engage in self-promotion and propaganda to influence public opinion and achieve a measure of thought control – overtly so in authoritarian regimes, and more subtley in democracies.
What distinguishes the Bush administration from other democratic governments, is the aggressiveness [...]

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