Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
GEF @ 8:08 PM ET
Senate Reacts To Court Ruling With New Call For Testimony From Rove And Bolton
By TPM
Just hours after a federal judge shot down the White House’s claim to sweeping immunity from Congressional oversight, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) fired off a round of letters renewing his demand for testimony from Karl Rove and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »
GEF @ 6:58 PM ET
Watchdog: Bush turning intelligence agencies on Americans
President Bush seems to be slowly turning the nation’s massive surveillance apparatus upon its citizens, and some worry that administration assurances to protect civil liberties are nothing but empty promises.
With his update to a decades-old executive order governing the Intelligence Community, Bush is giving the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
GEF @ 6:18 PM ET
Report: N.Y. Jobs Lost To China
By RACHEL SHANNON-SOLOMON
America’s trade deficit with China is hitting close to home, with New York State losing 127,000 jobs to China between 2001 and 2007, a study released today by the Economic Policy Institute and the Alliance for American Manufacturing found.
Since the Chinese entrance into the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By- Suzie-Q @ 1:45 PM MST
Scahill: Blackwater now in the private intelligence business
Raw Story- David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Thursday July 31, 2008
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, is worried about the giant mercenary firm’s latest foray into private intelligence. “They’re marketing their services to not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By- Suzie-Q @ 12:15 PM MST
Absolute Power, No Responsibility: White House reaction to the Department of Justice hiring scandal
Raw Story- Eric Brewer
Published: Thursday July 31, 2008
It had been two days since the Department of Justice released a report accusing itself of illegally discriminating against political enemies in its hiring of supposedly independent judges and prosecutors, [...]
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anthony @ 20:00 BST
Louise Barnett and John Ingham | Daily Express | Wednesday July 30,2008
PETROL companies faced growing demands to cut prices last night after the full scale of their profiteering from the soaring cost of crude oil emerged.
BP announced half-yearly profits of £6.75billion – with £4.3billion coming in the past three months alone.
That amounts [...]
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By- Suzie-Q @ 11:50 AM MST
Rove & Miers- (Photo- Huffington Post)
Judge rejects ‘absolute immunity’ claim, says White House aides can be subpoenaed
CarpetBagger Report- Posted July 31st, 2008 at 12:30 pm
White House attorneys are quite capable of coming up with creative legal arguments. The problem, though, is that judges aren’t willing to reward their creativity.
President Bush’s [...]
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anthony @ 17:45 BST
George Washington’s Blog | Wednesday July 30, 2008
The White House suspended the Constitution and implemented Continuity of Government Plans on 9/11, based upon a declared state of national emergency. Bush has continually renewed the declared state of emergency up to and including today. See this.
The White House has done everything it could [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By- JollyRoger @ 12:10 EDT
It’s an issue that doesn’t get much press traction anymore (and never DID get any traction in the national MSM.) But, as you will see, it’s an issue that hasn’t gone away. As a matter of fact, it seems worse than ever, at least where the Army is concerned.
My oldest son [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By- Suzie-Q @ 9:00 AM MST
Oil Profits Shatter Records
JOHN PORRETTO | July 31, 2008 11:18 AM EST |
HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest profit from operations ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results were well short of Wall Street expectations and its shares fell.
The [...]
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Sudhan @11:20 CET
By Naomi Spencer | WSWS, 31 July 2008
Five years of bloody US occupation have seen numerous crimes against humanity unfold in Iraq. Millions of Iraqi civilians have been killed and wounded, with millions more made into refugees. Ancient, once-vibrant cities have been destroyed by air raids and chemical weapons. Thousands of Iraqis have [...]
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Sudhan @10:47 CET
Eugene Robinson | Truthdig, posted July 28, 2008
I still find it hard to believe that George W. Bush, to his eternal shame and our nation’s great discredit, made torture a matter of hair-splitting, legalistic debate at the highest levels of the United States government. But that’s precisely what he did.
Three previously classified administration [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
GEF @ 8:18 PM ET
Bush Administration Wants To Block ACLU From Wiretapping Law Litigation
By TPM
Should federal judges interpreting the new U.S. wiretapping law be able to hear and consider legal arguments from outside parties like the American Civil Liberties Union?
The Bush administration says no.
The Department of Justice filed court papers yesterday seeking to block the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
GEF @ 7:48 PM ET
Olmert resignation throws Israel’s politics into turmoil
Israel’s beleaguered prime minister, Ehud Olmert, threw his country and the Middle East into political turmoil last night when he announced he was resigning after months of mounting pressure over corruption allegations.
Olmert said he would step down in September after his Kadima party has chosen [...]
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