Wednesday has given permission

And there you have it. Peaceful protesters are beaten, and Lieberman-Kyl’s Iran amendment passes. Sigh, it is a sad day for all of us. Are we completely insane? Our senators have GIVEN PERMISSION to use military force against Iran. Welcome to part 3 of the lame, lame, lame 9/11 saga. We began in Afghanistan and couldn't find Osama. Then we took a trip over to Iraq to kill Saddam. Now that he's gone we need to spread our forces over Iran. This is insane and we have just given our govt permission to find a scape goat for the entrance of Iran. Gah! How far does it have to go before we can change the political course of a nation? Even peaceful protesters get beaten, tased, and arrested. There is no answer. Good luck to everyone on surviving another day in this hell hole.


BREAKING: Lieberman-Kyl’s Iran amendment passes. (thinkprogress.org)

Riot police 'beat' Burmese monks (news.bbc.co.uk)

Bed-wetter Nation - America's response to Ahmadinejad compared to Khrushchev's visit (commonsense.ourfuture.org)

'A Coup Has Occurred': the former Defense Department analyst who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War, offered insights into the looming war with Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States (consortiumnews.com)

House Slams Iran - 12 Dems, 4 GOPers Vote for Peace (antiwar.com)

ACLU presentations on prisoner abuse by U.S. military troops keep evolving — and revealing more disturbing facts — as government documents continue to surface about how prisoners have been treated in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay (deseretnews.com)

Smartest Man in the Room: How Ahmadinejad tricked us, and we fell for it. (huffingtonpost.com)

Hypocrisy Surrounding Ahmadinejad's Visit Was Stunning (alternet.org)

House Panel Says Condi Rice Is Hindering Its Work - Blackwater, Corruption in Iraq at Issue (washingtonpost.com)

An Iraq War veteran said Tuesday he is returning his military medals in what anti-war groups are calling a rare and powerful protest (armytimes.com)

Pelosi Claims She Has No Power to End Occupation, Promises CNN She'll Never Impeach (afterdowningstreet.org)

Generals are Revolting at an Alarming Rate - Never in History Have Generals Revolted Against a War Like They are About IRAQ. (governmentdirt.com)

Army Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock: "The laws of land warfare do not include engaging someone simply for picking something up on the battlefield" (washingtonpost.com)

This is the military organization "founded by ultra-right-wing Christian conservatives." And, at least 90% of its revenue comes from government contracts; two-thirds of which are no-bid contracts. (populistamerica.com)

College Students Fight for Their Right to Say "F**k Bush" (alternet.org)

Rupert Murdoch and William Kristol: Using the Press to Advance Israel's Interests (wrmea.com)

Countdown: Bush Used Bogus Terror Threat To Scare Votes For FISA Bill (crooksandliars.com)

Scary New Study: Cell Phones Linked to TWO types of Brain Cancer. (blog.cancermonthly.com)

Biofuels Release More GreenHouse Gases Than Fossil Fuels (spiegel.de)


From Scotland to the Channel Islands the cry goes up: 'Banish the plastic bag' (guardian.co.uk)


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How did every big galaxy in the universe end up with a giant black hole in the middle? (ponderabout.com)


Demonoid shut down by the canadians (torrentfreak.com)