[pjnews] The Coming Post-Election Chaos

2004-10-23 Thread parallax
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20041022.html/ Published on Friday, October 22, 2004 by FindLaw.com The Coming Post-Election Chaos A Storm Warning of Things to Come If the Vote Is as Close as Expected by John W. Dean This next presidential election, on November 2, may be followed by

[pjnews] Freedom is on the March

2004-10-23 Thread parallax
Freedom is on the March Eliot Weinberger, 23 October 2004 Among the things the second term of the Bush junta will bring is the New Freedom Initiative. This is a proposal, barely reported in the press, to give all Americans- beginning with school children- a standardized test for mental illness.

[pjnews] Bush vs. Kerry on POWs / Enemy Combatants

2004-10-24 Thread parallax
http://harpers.org/BaghdadYearZero.html Naomi Klein: Baghdad Year Zero- Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia http://snipurl.com/a0ow Insurgents funded by Saudis, U.S. says - THE DAILY MIS-LEAD http://www.Misleader.org BUSH SUPPORTERS MISLED A new study by the Program on

[pjnews] The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration

2004-10-24 Thread parallax
100 Facts and 1 Opinion The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration by Judd Legum From the November 8, 2004 issue of The Nation (see http://snipurl.com/a06w for links to all citations) IRAQ 1. The Bush Administration has spent more than $140 billion on a war of choice in Iraq.

[pjnews] 1/2 Bush's Secret Rewriting of Military Law

2004-10-25 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/a2b4 The New York Times 24 October 2004 After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law By TIM GOLDEN WASHINGTON - In early November 2001, with Americans still staggered by the Sept. 11 attacks, a small group of White House officials worked in great secrecy to devise a

[pjnews] Chaos, murder and mayhem in Iraq

2004-10-27 Thread parallax
check this out: http://www.liegirls.com Together with the Center for American Progress, the National Priorities Project releases today an interactive state-by-state analysis that details the cost of the war in Iraq for each state and for numerous cities across the country. In order to provide

[pjnews] US on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2004-10-27 Thread parallax
Where to Vote/ For NEW VOTERS not sure of their Polling Location: Where's your polling place? The People for the American Way Foundation has provided an invaluable service with their guide to polling places across the country. Find out where to vote, what kind of voting machine will be used, map

[pjnews] Iraq updates

2004-10-28 Thread parallax
From the Arms Trade Resource Center... Iraq UPDATE: William Hartung The recent New York Times/CBS 60 Minutes report on the nearly 380 tons of high- intensity explosives that disappeared from a military facility in Iraq in the wake of the U.S. intervention last year is just the latest example of

[pjnews] Florida Computers Snatch Thousands of Votes from Kerry

2004-10-28 Thread parallax
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT! FLORIDA'S COMPUTERS HAVE ALREADY COUNTED THOUSANDS OF VOTES FOR GEORGE W. BUSH Before one vote was cast in early voting this week in Florida, the new touch-screen computer voting machines of Florida started out with a several-thousand vote lead for George W. Bush.

[pjnews] Tom Hayden on the elections

2004-10-31 Thread parallax
NO STOLEN ELECTIONS! www.Nov3.US http://www.Nov3.US/ 27 October 2004 First Action Notice: As the election closes in there is mounting evidence that the outcome may not be immediately clear. A wide range of voter fraud may emerge that will require intense work at the local level to organize

[pjnews] Voting troubles

2004-10-31 Thread parallax
see also: http://snipurl.com/a76x Voters claim abuse of electoral rolls Students say they were conned into registering twice http://snipurl.com/a772 A shortage of at least 500,000 poll workers nationwide means many voters could face long lines, cranky volunteers, polling places that don't open

[pjnews] Michael Moore: One Day Left

2004-11-01 Thread parallax
(from http://www.truemajority.org) Ralph Nader's Former Advisors as Well as His Former Running Mate Winona LaDuke Urges Support for Kerry Some of us love Ralph Nader. Some hate him. Some voted for him in the last presidential election. Some of us did not. But now let's join together on Tuesday

[pjnews] What to Do on Election Day

2004-11-01 Thread parallax
Forward this, print it out and bring it with you to the polls... http://snipurl.com/abpq Today's Editorials: What to Do on Election Day November 1, 2004 NY Times Civics books make voting look like a breeze, but it can be hard work. Voter rolls are inaccurate, ID requirements vary and are

[pjnews] An Election Spoiled Rotten

2004-11-01 Thread parallax
Sorry I've been sending out so much the past couple of days. I've come across a lot of last minute election stuff. Scott http://snipurl.com/a7i8 Deputy tackles, arrests journalist for photographing voters http://snipurl.com/abm5 Complaint Sheets in Hand, Army of Volunteers Watches Over

[pjnews] reflections the morning after

2004-11-03 Thread parallax
Nothing's officially final at the time I'm sending this out, but with a Bush win seeming certain, here are some thoughts... When in despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have always been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem

[pjnews] On expatriation

2004-11-03 Thread parallax
see also: http://snipurl.com/adl9 Unhappy Democrats Need to Wait to Get Into Canada and pretty fascinating and kind of funny article- http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1103-29.htm Electing to Leave: A Readers Guide to Expatriating on November 3rd

[pjnews] Hanging in there / reasons for hope

2004-11-03 Thread parallax
from moveon.org: We'll admit to being heartbroken by the outcome of yesterday's election. It's a dark day. But this afternoon, we received this email: Subject: Running for Congress Eli, In light of what happened yesterday, my friend and I have decided to get personally involved. He wants to

[pjnews] Evidence Mounts That Vote Was Hacked

2004-11-06 Thread parallax
It sounds conspiratorial at first glance, but the article makes a quite convincing argument... -- Congressional Representatives John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Robert Wexler of Florida requested on Friday that the General Accounting Office (GAO) conduct an

[pjnews] New York Times Killed Bush Bulge Story

2004-11-06 Thread parallax
Fairness Accuracy In Reporting Media analysis, critiques and activism http://www.fair.org/press-releases/bush-bulge.html PRESS RELEASE: New York Times Killed Bush Bulge Story November 5, 2004 Five days before the presidential election, the New York Times killed a story about the mysterious

[pjnews] A Brief History of Election Fraud in America

2004-11-07 Thread parallax
Washington Post - In one North Carolina county, more than 4,500 votes were lost because officials misjudged the amount of data that could be stored electronically by a computer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29190-2004Nov5.html Associated Press/ABC - Voters nationwide reported

[pjnews] No Surrender

2004-11-08 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/agdx No Surrender By PAUL KRUGMAN, OP-ED COLUMNIST New York Times November 5, 2004 President Bush isn't a conservative. He's a radical - the leader of a coalition that deeply dislikes America as it is. Part of that coalition wants to tear down the legacy of Franklin

[pjnews] Examining the exit polls

2004-11-09 Thread parallax
The figures in the chart at the end of this e-mail are really quite amazing. If the formatting is screwed up in your e-mail, I encourage all of you to view it at this address: http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=405 [excerpted] Odds of Bush gaining by 4 percent in all exit polling states 1

[pjnews] How Bush Became President

2004-11-09 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/ai3e Warren's vote tally walled off Alone in Ohio, officials cited homeland security By Erica Solvig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Enquirer staff writer Friday, November 5, 2004 LEBANON - Citing concerns about potential terrorism, Warren County officials locked down the county

[pjnews] Situation in Falluja

2004-11-10 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/ak47 Fighting Prevents Falluja Wounded From Getting Help http://snipurl.com/ak49 Red Cross Says Falluja Refugee Situation Dire http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1107-02.htm Holy War: Evangelical Marines Prepare to Battle Barbarians - http://snipurl.com/ak4g

[pjnews] Kerry should be glad he lost

2004-11-10 Thread parallax
worldwide apologies: http://72.3.131.10/gallery/1/ - http://snipurl.com/agds Kerry should be glad he lost ANATOLE KALETSKY The British Times November 04, 2004 FOR THOSE of us who were disappointed, and even horrified, by George W. Bush’s return to power there was one consolation

[pjnews] Mordecai Vanunu re-arrested

2004-11-11 Thread parallax
From Voices in the Wilderness... Dear friends, Mordecai Vanunu was re-arrested in Israel this morning. Immediate Solidarity Actions Required for more information go to the following web site: http://www.nonviolence.org/vanunu/ Mordechai Vanunu was arrested this morning in his room at St.

[pjnews] Going Down the Stolen Election Road?

2004-11-11 Thread parallax
http://www.alternet.org/story/20458/ The Nation 10 November 2004 Going Down the Stolen Election Road? By David Corn Before the vote-counting was done, the e-mails started arriving. The election's been stolen! Fraud! John Kerry won! In the following days, these charges flew over the

[pjnews] Fallujah and the Reality of War

2004-11-12 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/alyo Odds heavily against US counter-attack succeeding - http://www.counterpunch.org/mahajan11062004.html Will the Anti-War Movement Stand Up This Time? Fallujah and the Reality of War By RAHUL MAHAJAN The assault on Fallujah has started. It is being sold as

[pjnews] The New GOP: No Policy is Too Right-Wing

2004-11-13 Thread parallax
see also: http://www.bju.edu/letter Bob Jones University's Congratulatory Letter to Bush --- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=580547 Published on Monday, November 8, 2004 by the lndependent/UK The New Republican Reality: No Policy is Too Right-Wing

[pjnews] A Distant Mirror of Holy War

2004-11-13 Thread parallax
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/110904A.shtml Aggressive War: Supreme International Crime -- http://www.commondreams.org/views04/-32.htm A Distant Mirror of Holy War by Norman Solomon The conflict in Iraq has become a holy war. In both directions. On the surface, the most

[pjnews] Exit Iraq

2004-11-14 Thread parallax
The Washington Post 7 November 2004 Exit Iraq By Robert Kuttner President Bush should enjoy his victory celebration while he can. He will soon face the most determined antiwar movement since the 1960s. The Iraq situation is becoming more and more reminiscent of the Vietnam disaster. American

[pjnews] Unseen Wounds of War Cut Deep

2004-11-15 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/ao0q These Unseen Wounds Cut Deep A mental health crisis is emerging, with one in six returning soldiers afflicted, experts say. By Esther Schrader Times Staff Writer November 14, 2004 WASHINGTON — Matt LaBranche got the tattoos at a seedy place down the street from the Army

[pjnews] Numerous Insiders Have Opposed Bush's Iraq Policy

2004-11-15 Thread parallax
http://snipurl.com/ao0g Colin Powell, 3 others resign posts in Cabinet Total of 6 won't return for second term of Bush administration While none of the most recent officials to resign cited policy differences as reasons for their departure, here is a list of former insiders and Republican allies

[pjnews] Are Afghans Being Poisoned by Anti-Drug Effort?

2004-12-08 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/b7c3 Institute for War and Peace Reporting 4 December 2004 Are Afghans Being Poisoned by Anti-Drug Effort? Residents of Kunar and Nangarhar blame aerial

[pjnews] Rich kids go to college, poor ones to Baghdad

2004-12-08 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/b4dq Rich kids go to college, poor ones to Baghdad By Tom Woodward Monday 6th December 2004 The New Statesman You're a 14-year-old high school student in the United

[pjnews] kidnapping in Iraq

2004-12-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. From Donna Mulhearn, an Australian woman in Iraq. To receive her updates, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friends, There’s a family in Leith’s neighbourhood that is selling

[pjnews] Fallujah Refugees Tell of Life and Death in the Kill Zone

2004-12-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/b99a December 03, 2004 The NewStandard Fallujah Refugees Tell of Life and Death in the Kill Zone by Dahr Jamail Journalists and residents who have fled Fallujah

[pjnews] Ex-CIA officer claims he was fired for not falsifying WMD data

2004-12-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/ba9o The Seattle Times 9 December 2004 Ex-CIA officer alleges agency retaliated after he didn't falsify WMD report By Dana Priest WASHINGTON — A senior CIA

[pjnews] Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters

2004-12-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/b81d Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters By Mark Benjamin UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washington, DC, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are

[pjnews] No Escape from Oil Dependency

2004-12-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/basg No Escape from Dependency Looming Energy Crisis Overshadows Bush's Second Term By Michael Klare When George W. Bush entered the White House in early 2001, the

[pjnews] R.I.P. Gary Webb

2004-12-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1213-31.htm Published on Monday, December 13, 2004 by CommonDreams.org R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter by Jeff Cohen Gary Webb, a courageous

[pjnews] Staggering National Debt Worries Economists

2004-12-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5832.shtml Staggering National Debt Worries Economists By BILL STRAUB Dec 9, 2004 America's decadent ways and its desire to party

[pjnews] Ex-Military Recruiter Speaks Out

2004-12-15 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ferner.php?articleid=3996 Sign Here, Kid by Mike Ferner He trolled for teenagers in North Carolina high schools, barked orders at recruits in boot camp, and

[pjnews] The P.U.-litzer Prizes For 2004

2004-12-16 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20714/ The P.U.-litzer Prizes For 2004 By Norman Solomon, AlterNet December 10, 2004. There are media awards of all kinds, but none so foul and

[pjnews] One-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture

2004-12-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Here is the partial transcript of an interview between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and CNN's Wolf Blitzer (Late Edition, 12/5/04, 12:19PM). Blitzer: Is the world safer today

[pjnews] U.S. media still hiding bad news from Americans

2004-12-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bbh0 9 December 2004 The Toronto Star U.S. media still hiding bad news from Americans ANTONIA ZERBISIAS And now the good news from America's accomplished

[pjnews] Fiddling as Iraq Burns

2004-12-17 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bg9t The New York Times 17 December 2004 Fiddling as Iraq Burns By BOB HERBERT The White House seems to have slipped the bonds of simple denial and escaped into

[pjnews] fwd: my family in Iraq

2004-12-18 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1217-28.htm Iraq: A Silenced Majority From Interviews With My Family by Stephan Smith http://www.stephansmith.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since my return

[pjnews] Guard Reports Serious Drop in Enlistment

2004-12-18 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bg9n The New York Times 17 December 2004 Guard Reports Serious Drop in Enlistment By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - In the latest signs of strains on the

[pjnews] Iraq Torture Begins at the Top

2004-12-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bhi4 Salon 17 December 2004 Torture Begins at the Top By Joe Conason A recently disclosed FBI memo indicates that marching orders to abandon traditional

[pjnews] Bush Disgraced by Silence

2004-12-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://207.44.245.159/article7510.htm Nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim-Americans, according to a nationwide poll.

[pjnews] America's Sinister Plan for Falluja

2004-12-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6732484/site/newsweek/ 2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers: A Justice Department lawyer may have been laying the groundwork for the Iraq

[pjnews] Social Security: It's Not Broken, So Don't Fix It

2004-12-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. -- If you pass this comment along to others -- periodically but not repeatedly -- please explain that Commentaries are a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet and that to learn more

[pjnews] New revelations about election

2004-12-21 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/985 Startling new revelations highlight rare Congressional hearings on Ohio vote by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey

[pjnews] Torture's Path in Iraq

2004-12-21 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6733213/site/newsweek/ Torture's Path: The paper trail is long, and it isn't pretty. But it's sure to produce some tough Senate questions for

[pjnews] Bush May Have Ordered Iraq Torture

2004-12-22 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17216c=206 20 December 2004 FBI E-Mail Refers to Presidential Order Authorizing Inhumane Interrogation Techniques Newly Obtained FBI

[pjnews] Desperately Seeking Senators

2004-12-22 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. see also: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/senatorsnocertify fwd... Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:31:57 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[pjnews] Prosecuting US Torture

2004-12-24 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bklv The Nation 3 January 2005 Prosecuting US Torture Editorial Did anyone in the Bush White House cast an uneasy eye over the new indictment of Gen. Augusto

[pjnews] Losing A War, Dismantling An Empire

2004-12-24 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] When peace broke out at Christmas

2004-12-24 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bl1q When peace broke out: British and German soldiers made history in 1914 when they stopped shooting and started to sing carols and play football together. by

[pjnews] Further Detainee Abuse Alleged

2004-12-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/blvk U.S.: Did President Bush Order Torture? White House must explain Executive Order cited in F.B.I. e-mail -- http://snipurl.com/blvm Further Detainee

[pjnews] war is the greatest failure of the human race

2004-12-27 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Dr. Robin Meyers Oklahoma University Peace Rally November 14, 2004 As some of you know, I am minister of Mayflower Congregational Church in Oklahoma City, an Open and Affirming, Peace

[pjnews] Pink-ish, Blue-ish States R Us

2004-12-28 Thread parallax
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[pjnews] More on Alleged Ohio Election Fraud

2004-12-28 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1222-05.htm Leading Democrat Asking for Exit Poll Data http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1228-01.htm Ohio GOP Election Officials Ducking

[pjnews] Tsunami relief is not a priority for Bush

2004-12-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Democracy Now! - Tsunami relief is not a priority for Bush http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/29/161210 While the Bush administration has pledged to play a major role in

[pjnews] Tsunami relief followup

2004-12-29 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. You can make a contribution to UNICEF for cleanup and humanitarian assistance by going to: http://snipurl.com/bo39 _ Note: This message comes from the

[pjnews] A New Course in Iraq

2004-12-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.fpif.org/pdf/gac/0412iraq.pdf A New Course in Iraq by Erik Leaver, Foreign Policy in Focus December 10th, 2004 As many members of Congress and President George W. Bush’s

[pjnews] The Emperor-in-Chief

2004-12-31 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/122704A.shtml The Emperor-in-Chief By Marjorie Cohn t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 27 December 2004 Rumor has it that George

[pjnews] Molly Ivins on 2004

2005-01-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1231-05.htm Published on Friday, December 31, 2004 by the Boulder Daily Camera (Colorado) Oh, What a Year it Was by Molly Ivins AUSTIN, Texas — Oh

[pjnews] 2004: Things to Forget

2005-01-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1230-09.htm Published on Thursday, December 30, 2004 2004: Things to Forget by Arianna Huffington While so many year-end publications focus on what

[pjnews] An Open Letter to Senator John Kerry

2005-01-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://democrats.com/kerry-letter Stolen Election 2004: An Open Letter to Senator John Kerry on Leading the Challenge to Ohio's Electors on January 6 by Bob Fertik on 12/28/2004

[pjnews] Rage of Fallujah residents boils over

2005-01-01 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/news/news14.htm The Jordan Times 31 December 2004 Rage of Fallujah residents boils over FALLUJAH (AFP) — Three-year-old Mustapha stands at the door of

[pjnews] Action: Challenge Gonzales Nomination as Attorney General

2005-01-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=6757941 FCNL Action Alert: Challenge Gonzales Nomination as Attorney General! The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on

[pjnews] New Torture Allegations from Guantánamo

2005-01-02 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bqds Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists whom they do not want to set free or turn over to

[pjnews] Ted Glick on Hope in the New Year

2005-01-03 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Future Hope column, January 1, 2005 Happy New Year, 2005 By Ted Glick It's hard to even write the words, much less say them. The staggering toll of dead, injured and devastation

[pjnews] The Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004

2005-01-04 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/010205X.shtml The Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004 The Center for Corporate Policy Friday 31 December 2004 1. AEGIS: In June, the

[pjnews] Legal tide turning on detainee issue

2005-01-05 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bt5g The Chicago Tribune 3 January 2005 Legal tide turning on detainee issue Shifting opinion threatens nominee By Andrew Zajac WASHINGTON -- In the spring

[pjnews] Questions Over Torture Memo Threaten Gonzales' Nomination

2005-01-05 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bt5c A dozen high-ranking retired military officers took the unusual step yesterday of signing a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing deep concern over

[pjnews] Redefining Torture

2005-01-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/010305A.shtml Redefining Torture By Marjorie Cohn t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 03 January 2005 The election's over, but the

[pjnews] Victims Of Tsunami Pay The Price Of War On Iraq

2005-01-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-01/01raptis.cfm Tsunamis And People http://coreykoberg.com/Tsunami/ photos from tsunami hitting Thailand's coast

[pjnews] Iraq's Kurds Enjoy Self-Rule

2005-01-07 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bpug The New York Times 31 December 2004 Iraq's Kurds Enjoy Self-Rule and Are Trying to Keep It By Richard A. Oppel Jr. ERBIL, Iraq - Even at night, on a busy

[pjnews] What Went Wrong in Ohio

2005-01-08 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=528 Ohio Republican Secretary of State brags about delivering Ohio for Bush in gubernatorial fundraising letter

[pjnews] Iraq: The Devastation

2005-01-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/ ‘The Salvador Option:’ The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination or kidnapping teams in Iraq -

[pjnews] Robert Fisk: A Routine Tale of Our Times

2005-01-09 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/printer_010905F.shtml#2 A Routine Tale of Our Times: Abuse, Beatings, Imprisonment and Injustice By Robert Fisk The Independent U.K.

[pjnews] Defining Victory Down in Iraq

2005-01-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60832-2005Jan9.html In another significant blow to Iraq's upcoming elections, the entire 13-member electoral commission in the volatile

[pjnews] Economic Rally for Argentines Defies Forecasts

2005-01-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/bvjy Economic Rally for Argentines Defies Forecasts *By LARRY ROHTER * New York Times December 26, 2004 BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23 - When the Argentine economy collapsed

[pjnews] Letter to Alberto Gonzales

2005-01-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011005A.shtml Dear Mr. Gonzales By Marjorie Cohn t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 10 January 2005 Dear Mr. Gonzales, You

[pjnews] Greg Palast on CBS Purge

2005-01-11 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. CBS' COWARDICE AND CONFLICTS BEHIND PURGE Network's Craven Back-Down on Bush Draft Dodge Report Sure to Get a Standing Rove-ation at White House Tuesday, January 11, 2005 By Greg Palast

[pjnews] Tsunami, Mangroves and Market Economy

2005-01-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. fwd... From: Shana Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some people I met a couple years ago from an amazingly strong network of fishing communities based in Maine have set up a fund for tsunami

[pjnews] Congress passes `doomsday' plan

2005-01-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=62564 Congress passes `doomsday' plan By Noelle Straub Sunday, January 9, 2005 WASHINGTON - With no fanfare, the U.S. House has

[pjnews] America's War with Itself

2005-01-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/c02l America's War with Itself By George Monbiot I have a persistant mental image of US foreign policy, which haunts me even in my sleep. The vanguard of a vast army

[pjnews] Iraq WMD Search is Over

2005-01-13 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0112-01.htm Published on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 by Agence France Presse US Search for WMD in Iraq is Over: Report WASHINGTON - The search

[pjnews] Bush Plans to Build Worldwide Guantanamos

2005-01-14 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1390096,00.html A global gulag to hide the war on terror's dirty secrets Bush is now thinking of building jails abroad to hold suspects for

[pjnews] Record Opium Crop in Afghanistan

2005-01-15 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/c1ri An Afghan Quandary for the U.S. Bush administration is split over a response to a likely record opium poppy crop: push for aerial eradication or let local

[pjnews] MLK's words still relevant

2005-01-16 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. Beyond Vietnam by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Address delivered to the Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, at Riverside Church, New York City, 4 April 1967 (excerpted)

[pjnews] Look what they're doing to the land of freedom

2005-01-16 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1383205,00.html Grannie, look what they're doing to the land of freedom Guardian (London) 3 Jan 05 by Sara Paretsky My grandmother

[pjnews] Account of Iraqi Torture

2005-01-19 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://snipurl.com/c1ra Graner Gets 10 Years in Iraq Prison Abuse -- http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=2687 'They put a hood on me, tied my hands and took me

[pjnews] 1/3 What I Heard About Iraq

2005-01-19 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. What I Heard About Iraq Eliot Weinberger, 11 January 2005 In 1991, during the first Gulf War, I heard Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense, say that the U.S. would not invade

[pjnews] The Next Bush Administration

2005-01-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/updates.html The Next Bush Administration: While many Democrats are fleeing DC this week - too sad, depressed, and or aggravated to witness the

[pjnews] The 55th Presidential Inauguration

2005-01-20 Thread parallax
Info about subscribing or unsubscribing from this list is at the bottom of this message. http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/updates.html The 55th Presidential Inauguration: Costly but Secure As Ralph Basham, the Secret Service chief told the Associated Press, We

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