Friday, March 14
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Christopher Lempa is the guest editor today. |
Hussein's Iraq and Al Qaeda Not Linked, Pentagon Says
Bush Threatens to Veto House Democrats' Surveillance Proposal
“Bush and the House Democratic leadership are at odds over whether or not to grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies for agreeing to participate in a no-warrant wiretapping program after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.”
House Agrees to Rare Secret Session on Spy Bill
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“As much as I would like to agree with Steve Clemons and Chris Nelson, I think Adm. Fallon’s resignation is very bad news, less because it signals war with Iran, as a few analysts have argued (although it certainly makes war more possible), than it suggests rather strongly that the 'realists,' have lost ground in their never-ending war with the hawks in and outside the administration over control of the 'global war on terror'.”
The Deployment of US Troops Inside Canada
“On February 14th, Canada and the US signed an agreement for the deployment of US troops inside Canada.”
Scholar Details the History and Scope of Modern Torture
“Darius Rejali has been described as 'one of the world’s leading thinkers and writers on the subject of torture and the consequences of its use for modern society.' Rejali is a professor of political science at Reed College and author of the new book Torture and Democracy.”
Congress Grapples With Proposed Ban on Earmarks
“Even after years of plumping up the federal budget with pet projects, lawmakers appear reluctant to put themselves on a no-pork diet.” Quitting cold turkey is hard.
“The federal government is the single biggest property owner in the country, particularly in the Western United States. And in many cases, the government owns land that is attractive to private interests for development or other economic purposes. Conversely, private local entities own land that is attractive to the feds, for instance private property within a park boundary. Current law allows the government and other parties to exchange these properties when they are considered to be of equal value.” The real problem should be apparent.
Corporate Media Snowjobs Dollar Crisis
“CNN has echoed the Bush administration's snowjob policy on the dollar crisis by ludicrously citing 'experts' who claim that the unprecedented plunge of the greenback is 'not necessarily a bad thing for the U.S. Economy'."
Republicans and 'Free Market' Zealots Bring Disaster to America
“Each new decision from the insane Bush regime pushes the dollar a little further along to oblivion. The same Fed announcement that boosted the stock market on March 11 sent the dollar reeling and the price of oil up. The Fed’s announcement that it and other central banks are going to deal with the derivative crisis by monetizing $200 billion of the troubled instruments signaled more dollar inflation.”
Texas Sheriff Threatens Reporters With Jail
“When the Duval County sheriff said he would lock up reporters from local newspapers if they kept 'interfering' in his business, no one took the threat lightly.”
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Richman on Independent Thinking
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Celebrity Death Match: Bastiat vs. Proudhon
“In 1849, France’s leading spokesman for libertarian 'capitalism' (Frédéric Bastiat) and France’s leading spokesman for libertarian 'socialism' (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon) exchanged a series of public letters debating the nature and legitimacy of charging interest on loans.”
Study Suggests Most Native Americans Can Trace Some DNA Back 20,000 Years to Just 6 Women
“Nearly
all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace
part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000
years ago, a
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