Gipper Values
Six months ago, when Gore campaign adviser Tom Downey received a package containing the Bush campaign material prior to the first debate, he immediately turned it over to the FBI. In sharp contrast, 20...
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Bush Avoids Question On Justifying Torture
This is the title of the Knight-Ridder dispatch from the G8 clusterfuck. I can’t really improve on it… Meanwhile, Orrin Hatch says revealing that the US tortures prisoners apparently endangers US troops. Obviously not...
Taking Care Of The Press
Last August, 2003, while a Reuters journalist called Mazen Dana was filming outside the US torture prison Abu Ghraib, a US tank fired on hin, killing him instantly. His last images are of the...
Sy Hersh – “Frightened”
Seymour Hersh spoke… at the University of Chicago … He said the people most horrified by the way the war was planned were the military commanders responsible for protecting their troops…. He talked about...
Ideal Father’s Day Gifts
What can you get a Dad who has everything? Insects of course! Ladybugs: 9000 Count, $19.95 These beneficial ladybugs are the most popular and widely used beneficial insects for commercial and home use for...
Borg Clubbin’ It!
Two months ago, Baja announced it would be the first nightclub in the world to offer their VIPs something more than a gold-plated entry card. Those who wanted it could have a microchip implanted...
Memo? What Memo?
Attorney General John Ashcroft, whose subordinates have written confidential legal memorandums seemingly approving of torture, told a Senate committee today that President Bush had “made no order that would require or direct the violation”...
All Points Bulletin
An arrest warrant has been issued for Ahmed Chalabi’s right-hand man in Baghdad, the American consultant Francis Brooke … an Iraqi judge said that Mr Brooke had obstructed the Iraqi police. He is believed...
Fact & Fiction
A number of news sources have already proclaimed Mr. Reagan the most popular president of modern times. In fact, though Mr. Reagan was very popular in 1984 and 1985, he spent the latter part...
Divine Right of King Bush
It’s been confirmed: President Bush is above the law, both of the United States and of human decency. Memos from last year confirm that elements within the White House sought, and were “given”, the...