[pjnews] In defense of Venezuela

2006-05-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/r04q In defense of Venezuela Los Angeles Times Op-Ed May 19, 2006 Ambassador to U.S. says his country is democratic, not terroristic. By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera

[pjnews] The 9/11 Story That Got Away

2006-05-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/36388/ The 9/11 Story That Got Away By Rory O'Connor and William Scott Malone, AlterNet. Posted May 18, 2006 In 2001, an anonymous White House

[pjnews] Photos Indicate Civilians Slain Execution-Style

2006-05-28 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Published on Saturday, May 27, 2006 by the Los Angeles Times Photos Indicate Civilians Slain Execution-Style An official involved in an investigation of Camp Pendleton Marines' actions

[pjnews] US Plans for Iran

2006-05-28 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. US Plans for Iran Go Beyond Halting Nuclear Efforts Regime Change Redux By CHARLES PEÑA At the end of April, U.S. President George W. Bush was asked at a Rose Garden

[pjnews] Lawmakers Suspect Cover Up in Iraqi Civilian Deaths

2006-05-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. See also: http://snipurl.com/r2jj The fallout from the killing of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians by Marines could undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq more than the Abu Ghraib prison

[pjnews] Cheney's Office Calls the Shots

2006-05-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/r2jm Cheney aide is screening legislation Adviser seeks to protect Bush power By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | May 28, 2006 WASHINGTON -- The office of Vice

[pjnews] Bill Moyers Address to College Graduates

2006-05-30 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/25/moyers/ Following is the full text of a speech given by Bill Moyers on May 20 at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.: Thank you for

[pjnews] Harvard Business School Accepts Bush Aide

2006-05-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513563 Bush’s Personal Aide To Enroll at Business School Gottesman, college dropout and former beau to Bush daughter, to begin in the fall

[pjnews] Amnesty Intl. on Private Military Contractors

2006-05-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport/2006/overview.html Amnesty International Annual Report Outsourcing Facilitating Human Rights Violations Overview As the United States engages in

[pjnews] Congress to Vote Next Week on Closing SOA / WHINSEC

2006-06-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. School of the Americas Watch http://www.SOAW.org | 202-234-3440 Special Legislative Update June 1, 2006 Next week, the week of June 5, Congress will vote on an amendment to close the

[pjnews] My husband is on the government's terrorist watch list

2006-06-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. My husband is on the government's terrorist watch list By Sarah O'Brien, Baltimore Sun Originally published May 28, 2006 My husband is not a terrorist. He's not an ex-convict, a felon

[pjnews] Multiply Haditha By Thousands

2006-06-05 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://aaronglantz.com/060206.htm Multiply Haditha By Thousands by Aaron Glantz and Alla Hassan, June 2, 2006 Inter Press News Service BAGHDAD, Jun 2 (IPS) - The Iraqi government has

[pjnews] Bar group will review Bush's legal challenges

2006-06-05 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] 1/4 RFK Jr.: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

2006-06-06 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Also view the charts at: http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/10467024/ - (see http://snipurl.com/r81u for links to all the numbered citations) Was the 2004 Election

[pjnews] 3/4 RFK Jr.: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

2006-06-06 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. (see http://snipurl.com/r81u for links to all the numbered citations) Was the 2004 Election Stolen? BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. (continued) The long lines were not only foreseeable --

[pjnews] 2/4 RFK Jr.: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

2006-06-06 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Nuclear Iran and India

2006-06-06 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. From the World Policy Institute's Arms Trade Resource Center (http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms) I. STEPS TOWARD A SOLUTION: Bill Hartung Offers Five Points on Talks with Iran

[pjnews] Milk Hormones to Blame for Rise in Twin Birth?

2006-06-06 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_512.cfm rBGH to Blame for Rise in Twin Birth? Diet Linked to Twin Births Scientific American, May 22, 2006 Straight to the Source Over the

[pjnews] 1/2 The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

2006-06-08 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] 2/2 The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

2006-06-08 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607/zarqawi The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi The Atlantic Monthly | July/August 2006 (continued) Swaqa prison sits on the southern

[pjnews] GE Crops May Produce Herbicide Inside Our Intestines

2006-06-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Genetically Engineered Crops May Produce Herbicide Inside Our Intestines By Jeffrey M. Smith Spilling the Beans/Institute for Responsible Technology Straight to the Source Pioneer

[pjnews] Billions in States’ Homeland Purchases Kept in the Dark

2006-06-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.cq.com/public/20050622A_homeland.html Billions in States’ Homeland Purchases Kept in the Dark By Eileen Sullivan, Congressional Quarterly About $8 billion in homeland

[pjnews] Keep the Internet neutral, fair and free

2006-06-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Commentary: Keep the Internet neutral, fair and free By Craig Newmark (Special to CNN) Saturday, June 10, 2006; Posted: 12:23 p.m. EDT (16:23 GMT) Editor's note: Craig Newmark is the

[pjnews] US right looks to Bush the younger

2006-06-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/rmge The Sunday Times [of London] June 11, 2006 US right looks to Bush the younger Sarah Baxter in Washington WITH an approval rating of 63%, one Bush is riding

[pjnews] U.S. Willing to Talk, With Conditions, and the Media Bites Once Again

2006-06-12 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Polar bears may be turning to cannibalism

2006-06-12 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Iraq's Pentagon Papers

2006-06-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/rr3g From the Los Angeles Times Iraq's Pentagon Papers This unjustified war is waiting for its whistle-blower, says the leaker of Vietnam's secret history. By

[pjnews] Study: Canadian Healthcare Better than US

2006-06-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/rr1l Canadians Healthier Than Americans - Study By Maggie Fox Reuters, May 31, 2006 Despite complaints about long waits for services, Canadians are healthier than

[pjnews] Bush's Iraq Visit a Lead Balloon

2006-06-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.aaronglantz.com/061406.htm Bush's Iraq Visit a Lead Balloon by Aaron Glantz George Bush's much ballyhooed surprise visit went over like a lead balloon in Iraq. Even before

[pjnews] Kansas GOP Split May Be National Bellwether

2006-06-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/rr3k In Kansas, a Troubling Fissure for GOP By Nicholas Riccardi Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 13, 2006 TOPEKA, Kan. — Mark Parkinson got his start in

[pjnews] Keeping Iraq's Oil In the Ground

2006-06-16 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://alternet.org/waroniraq/37371/ Keeping Iraq's Oil In the Ground By Greg Palast, AlterNet Posted on June 14, 2006 World oil production today stands at more than twice the

[pjnews] Corporate Democrats

2006-06-16 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Corporate Democrats By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman If you wonder why things never change in Washington, look no further than a report released yesterday by Russ Baker's Real

[pjnews] NYT paints Iraq vote as boon for Republicans

2006-06-17 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2907 FAIR Action Alert Warning Dems Against Withdrawal NY Times paints Iraq vote as boon for Republicans 6/16/06 Recent moves by Democrats to

[pjnews] For Arabs Only

2006-06-17 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.counterpunch.org/cook06142006.html For Arabs Only Israeli Law and Order By JONATHAN COOK Imagine the following scenario. A Palestinian gunman boards a bus inside Israel and

[pjnews] Garrison Keillor on GOP Tactics

2006-06-19 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/14794056.htm That baby elephant walk isn't so sprightly these days By GARRISON KEILLOR Tribune Media Services Posted on Mon, Jun. 12, 2006

[pjnews] NYT Corrects the Record

2006-06-19 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2909 FAIR Activism Update New York Times Corrects the Record Anti-war smear unsubstantiated 6/19/06 On June 16, FAIR issued an Action Alert

[pjnews] EPA Scientists Pressured to Allow Dangerous Pesticides

2006-06-19 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Law enforcement bypass legal routes to seek phone records

2006-06-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/s2b8 AP Exclusive: Data brokers get by subpoenas By TED BRIDIS and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers Tue Jun 20, 8:09 PM ET Federal and local police across the

[pjnews] Clowns Disarm Nuclear Warhead

2006-06-21 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Look at the awesome photos at: http://www.jonahhouse.org/ --- WMD Found in North Dakota: Disarmament Begins A Roman Catholic Priest and two Veterans went to a Minuteman

[pjnews] Dan Rather crashes - Bush flies high

2006-06-21 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.gregpalast.com/section/articles Dan crashes - Bush flies high The power and the pay-off By Greg Palast They finally put Dan Rather out of his misery. Today, CBS finally

[pjnews] The Earth has a fever

2006-06-23 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/s5td Earth hottest it's been in 2,000 years By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer The Earth is running a slight fever from greenhouse gases, after enjoying

[pjnews] Update on criminally mischievous clowns

2006-06-23 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/s5u5 Three activists charged with trespassing, criminal mischief By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minot Daily News [North Dakota], June 22, 2006

[pjnews] Memo from U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

2006-06-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/samk 'Wash Post' Obtains Shocking Memo from U.S. Embassy in Baghdad By Greg Mitchell Published: June 19, 2006 6:20 PM ET NEW YORK The Washington Post has obtained a

[pjnews] FBI: “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11

2006-06-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13664.htm FBI says, it has “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11” By Ed Haas 06/18/06 Muckraker Report - June 6, 2006 – This

[pjnews] Greg Palast: Who’s behind this war?

2006-06-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/scaz Was the Invasion of Iraq A Jewish Conspiracy? by Greg Palast Tikkun Magazine JULY/AUGUST 2006 Did the Jews do it? The US Congress will open hearings this week

[pjnews] Voting Rights Act Nailed To Burning Cross

2006-06-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/sccs Democracy in chains Greg Palast June 23, 2006 05:03 PM Don't kid yourself: the Republican party's decision [last week] to delay the renewal of the Voting Rights

[pjnews] Know What's in Your Food

2006-06-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/n1ek Senate Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food Tell your Senator to vote No on the National Uniformity for Food Act The House of

[pjnews] Senate Judiciary Committee Reviews Bush's Signing Statements

2006-06-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/06/06/ale06076.html Legal Experts to Senate Committee: Bush Signing Statements Unconstitutional, Impeachable In a hearing today [6/27], the Senate

[pjnews] Bush admin criticizing the messenger

2006-06-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/sgp7 Nuke the Messenger By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Tuesday, June 27, 2006; 1:34 PM In accusing the press -- and specifically, the New York Times

[pjnews] NYT Editor on Reporting Issues Sensitive to National Security

2006-06-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/sgp8 June 25, 2006 Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report The following is a letter Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times,

[pjnews] Hunger Strike Set to End War

2006-06-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062706G.shtml Cindy Sheehan, Dick Gregory, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and Hundreds More Launch Hunger Strike to End the Iraq War On July 3, 2006,

[pjnews] Supreme Court clips Bush's war wings

2006-06-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/06/30/hamdan/ The Supreme Court clips Bush's war wings In a major rebuke to the president's draconian tactics, the court rules that secret

[pjnews] Bush Team to Floridize the Mexican Presidential Election

2006-06-30 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.gregpalast.com/stealing-mexico STEALING MEXICO BUSH TEAM HELPS RULING PARTY “FLORIDIZE” MEXICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Published by Greg Palast Friday, June 30 — GEORGE

[pjnews] Mexico's Left Turn

2006-06-30 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.americas.org/item_28269 Mexico's Left Turn By Mark Engler Just a few days remain before Mexican voters go to the polls, and a neck-and-neck presidential race is set to

[pjnews] Mexico's Elections: A Choice for Change

2006-07-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.counterpunch.org/carlsen07012006.html Mexico's Elections A Choice for Change By LAURA CARLSEN Mexico´s three major candidates ended their campaigns Wednesday in emotional

[pjnews] Help Avert a Public Health Disaster in the Gaza Strip

2006-07-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/221 Urgent Appeal for Support to Avert Public Health Disaster in the Gaza Strip Palestinian Medical Relief Society 28 June 2006 Gaza has once again

[pjnews] Stealing the Mexican Election

2006-07-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.gregpalast.com/stealing-it-in-front-of-your-eyes STEALING IT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Matt Pascarella in Mexico City Greg Palast in London Monday, 3 July for The Guardian

[pjnews] Dispatches from Mexico City

2006-07-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.gregpalast.com/dispatches-from-mexico-city-part-1 Dispatches from Mexico City - Part 1 By John Buffalo Mailer and Matt Pascarella Mexico City. 1 July 2006 As a gringo, the

[pjnews] Howard Zinn: Put Away the Flags

2006-07-04 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Published on Monday, July 3, 2006 by the Progressive Put Away the Flags by Howard Zinn On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its

[pjnews] Our Nation Needs Fewer Secrets

2006-07-04 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0704-31.htm Published on Tuesday, July 4, 2006 by the Miami Herald Our Nation Needs Fewer Secrets by Jimmy Carter The U.S. Freedom of Information

[pjnews] Superimposing a Solution on Israel / Palestine Conflict

2006-07-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/sll0 Superimposing a Solution By Mathias Mossberg Posted June 27, 2006 What if Israelis and Palestinians forgot about borders and security fences? What if the long

[pjnews] Some See Army Pitch in Preteen Magazine

2006-07-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0703-02.htm Published on Monday, July 3, 2006 by the Boston Globe Some See Army Pitch in Preteen Magazine Editors of Cobblestone say that wasn't

[pjnews] SPLC: Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military

2006-07-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/t3qr New York Times July 7, 2006 Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts By JOHN KIFNER A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy

[pjnews] Attacking Iran: A Bipartisan Bad Policy

2006-07-11 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Israel has Crossed a Moral Boundary

2006-07-12 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/t5l9 Israel has Crossed a Moral Boundary by Rabbi Michael Lerner In 2003 I was prevented from speaking at a large demonstration protesting the impending war in Iraq

[pjnews] Still Drilling

2006-07-12 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Still Drilling By George Monbiot For a company that claims to have moved beyond petroleum, BP has managed to spill an awful lot of it onto the tundra in Alaska. Last week, after the

[pjnews] Joseph, Valerie Wilson Sue Cheney, Rove, Libby

2006-07-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/t7lv The Wilsons Launch Civil Suit Against Cheney, Rove, Libby By EP Staff Published: July 13, 2006 4:15 PM ET NEW YORK Valerie Plame Wilson, her husband Ambassador

[pjnews] Starving for Attention

2006-07-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/070506A.shtml Starving for Attention Troops Home Fast: Day One By Cindy Sheehan t r u t h o u t | Perspective Wednesday 05 July

[pjnews] CBS' Schieffer ignores context in Mideast crisis

2006-07-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2921 FAIR Action Alert 'Because This Is the Middle East' CBS' Schieffer ignores context in Mideast crisis 7/19/06 On July 16, CBS Face the Nation

[pjnews] 1/2 The Mind Behind the War on Terror

2006-07-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. THE HIDDEN POWER by JANE MAYER, The New Yorker The legal mind behind the White House’s war on terror. Issue of 2006-07-03 Posted 2006-06-26 On December 18th, Colin Powell, the former

[pjnews] 2/2 The Mind Behind the War on Terror

2006-07-20 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Florida’s fear of history

2006-07-22 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=21100 Florida’s fear of history Robert Jensen - workingforchange.com 07.17.06 - One way to measure the fears of people in power is by

[pjnews] Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon

2006-07-22 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. To understand the current situation, read this primer: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/article_663.shtml http://snipurl.com/tmd8 Dazed Refugees Flood Beirut:

[pjnews] U.S. Arms Transfers Help Fuel Lebanon Conflict

2006-07-23 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms U.S. Military Assistance and Arms Transfers to Israel: U.S. Aid, Companies Fuel Israeli Military A World Policy Institute Issue Brief By Frida

[pjnews] FEMA a Disaster for Freedom of the Press

2006-07-23 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2924 Fairness Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Action Alert FEMA a Disaster for Freedom of the Press Katrina victims “not allowed” to talk to media,

[pjnews] Arlen Specter prepping bill to sue Bush

2006-07-24 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/ttpx Specter prepping bill to sue Bush By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President

[pjnews] 1/2 The military’s problem with Bush’ s Iran policy

2006-07-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/th6q LAST STAND by SEYMOUR M. HERSH The military’s problem with the President’s Iran policy. The New Yorker | 2006-07-10 On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza

[pjnews] 2/2 The military’s problem with Bush ’s Iran policy

2006-07-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/th6q LAST STAND by SEYMOUR M. HERSH The military’s problem with the President’s Iran policy. The New Yorker | 2006-07-10 continued... Bombing may not work against

[pjnews] Blood in Beirut: $75.05 a Barrel

2006-07-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Blood in Beirut: $75.05 a Barrel The failure to stop the bloodletting in the Middle East, Exxon’s record second-quarter profits and Iran’s nuclear cat-and-mouse game have something in

[pjnews] Corporate Criminals

2006-07-26 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. RALPHS -- A CRIMINAL By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman If you listen long enough to the arguments of the corporate lobbyists and the white collar criminal defense bar, you could

[pjnews] IMF measures wreak havoc on Iraqi people

2006-07-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/tzu5 IMF measures wreak havoc on Iraqi people By James Cogan 21 February 2006 The disastrous social conditions that exist for the Iraqi people after decades of war

[pjnews] A New Way for Drug Development?

2006-07-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. A NEW WAY FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT? By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Whether you think the pharmaceutical industry is a success or failure depends crucially on how you measure

[pjnews] Poll Suggests GOP Control of House Is Tenuous

2006-07-28 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5585086 Poll Suggests GOP Control of House Is Tenuous by Mara Liasson, NPR July 27, 2006 · With Election Day just a little more

[pjnews] U.S. Jews and Arabs Alike Swing Into Action

2006-07-28 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] Signs of the Times

2006-07-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. SIGNS OF THE TIMES By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Using a statistical lens, two just-released books shed light on the ravages of corporate globalization. Vital Signs 2006-2007

[pjnews] Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time

2006-07-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/u3bj July 23, 2006 Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time By CLIVE THOMPSON | New York Times LAST week, in an effort to solve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, I

[pjnews] Evangelical Pastor Disowns Conservative Politics

2006-07-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/u2q7 July 30, 2006 Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, New York Times MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Like most pastors who

[pjnews] Spanish Lessons for Israel

2006-07-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/u6zp Spanish Lessons for Israel by Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times | July 23, 2006 In 1982, many friends of Israel vigorously supported its invasion of Lebanon,

[pjnews] Mining for Kids

2006-08-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0117-12.htm Mining for Kids: Children Can’t “Opt Out” of Pentagon Recruitment Database by Kathryn Casa, Vermont Guardian Parents cannot remove

[pjnews] Conflict of Interest at the FDA

2006-08-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Comment on this and other corp-focus columns at: http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/ DR. GOTTLIEB IS NOT HAPPY By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman It was an

[pjnews] Bush's Heir Cut

2006-08-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. BUSH'S HEIR CUT: AWARDS TAX BREAK TO SON OF AN ASTOR by Greg Palast For The Guardian, Comment Is Free Monday, July 31, 2006 East Hampton, New York -- Anthony Marshall, the tabloids

[pjnews] Hot Enough Yet?

2006-08-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Hot Enough Yet? By BOB HERBERT The heat wave burned its way east from California, where it killed more than 100 people. It moved relentlessly across the nation’s midsection, sparking

[pjnews] Greg Palast: Why Saddam Had to Go

2006-08-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. THE JERK: WHY SADDAM HAD TO GO by Greg Palast Excerpt from 'Armed Madhouse' The 323-page multi-volume Options for Iraqi Oil begins with the expected dungeons-and-dragons warning: The

[pjnews] Mideast Weapons Deserve Scrutiny

2006-08-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2931 Mideast Weapons Deserve Scrutiny Israel’s cluster bombs and alleged phosphorus use have escaped attention 8/2/06 On July 24, Human Rights Watch

[pjnews] 9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon

2006-08-04 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/u9d6 9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon Allegations Brought to Inspectors General By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 2, 2006; A03

[pjnews] Tobacco Industry Awards

2006-08-04 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY ACADEMY AWARDS By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Everywhere you look, Big Tobacco is proclaiming, We've changed. Number two global seller British American

[pjnews] Hiroshima, Nagasaki and North Dakota: WMD Here

2006-08-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.jonahhouse.org Hiroshima, Nagasaki and North Dakota: WMD Here By Bill Quigley On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima . Three days later, the

[pjnews] Lesson's from Mexico's Election

2006-08-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' RECOUNT Mexico's Lesson In The Dangers Of The Paper Ballot By Greg Palast for The Guardian, Comment is Free Monday August 7, 2006 In the six years since I

[pjnews] Journalists Pressured to Reveal Sources

2006-08-08 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Journalists in San Francisco protest growing pressure to reveal sources SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Journalism groups decried the jailing of a video journalist and other recent court rulings

[pjnews] BP's Brilliantly Profitable Timing

2006-08-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. BRITISH PETROLEUM'S SMART PIG The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown by Greg Palast For The Guardian (UK) Tuesday, August 9, 2006 Is the Alaska Pipeline

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