Hello, and yes indeed. We have agreed to spend billions more in Iraq, we sure know how to invest! Too bad our money isn't worth spit anymore, anywho, on with the news. I'm not standing around any longer.
I hope you like endless war in Iraq, because the US Senate just voted 94-1 to spend billions more fighting there. (thenation.com)
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War: Of the 2008 presidential candidates, only Republican Paul and Democrat Kucinich voted against giving the Bush administration a dramatic infusion of new money for the war (thenation.com)
Bill Maher: New Rule: Stop Saying Iraq is Another Vietnam, it's Another Enron (huffingtonpost.com)
The Mega-Lie Called the "War on Terror": A Masterpiece of Propaganda (alternet.org)
Shocking New Revelations On 9/11 Ground Zero Cover-Up - First responder heard WTC 7 demolition countdown, was warned to "shut up" when he reported secondary explosions (prisonplanet.com)
"I think one of the things the next president has to do is stop fanning people's fears. If we spend all our time feeding the American people fear, and conflic, and division, then they become fearful, and conflicted and divided, and if we feed them hope, and we feed them reason, and tolerance, then they will become tolerant, and reasonable and hopeful." ~Barack Obama (youtube.com)
We're all doomed: Condoleezza Rice says we must fight climate change the way we fight terrorism (cnn.com)
The nuclear warheads illegaly transported to Barksdale Air Force Base were intended for use in the Middle-East. But elements of the Air Force and US intelligence community bravely blew the whistle. (opednews.com)
Bush Invited to Speak at Iranian University (desertpeace.blogspot.com)
Even the Economist thinks ethanol is a crock: "Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong" (economist.com)
A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground. (alternet.org)
Cheney In '92: "How Many Additional American Lives Is Saddam Worth...Not Very Damn Many" (huffingtonpost.com)
Disappointment is not a strong enough word to explain how I feel toward Nancy Pelosi right now. So many people worked so hard so she could be where she is today and what does she do? She spits on us. (democraticunderground.com)
Top 10: Controversial pieces of evidence for extraterrestrial life (space.newscientist.com)
How the world was cheated out of clean electric bus transportation in 1906 (economist.com)
Mining the vasty deep (iii) (unenumerated.blogspot.com)
Mammoth DNA extracted from hair reveals ancient secrets (timesonline.co.uk)
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday for peace
Ah, peaceful Thursday. The true last day of the work week, because who actually cares about work on Fridays? Any who, I'm just going to get right into it.
"Nervous CBS executives capitulated in order to "pacify the [Bush] White House," "appease angry government officials," and "curry favor with the Bush administration." (mediamatters.org)
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Because Americans should know who they are going to bomb in the near future. (news.yahoo.com)
Ahmadinejad met with a group of Jewish rabbis who gave him a silver grail as a sign of friendship, and refered to him as "A pious man who is seeking to restore peace in the world and has humanitarian plans." - Apparently this wasn't covered by main stream media.. (democraticunderground.com)
Why is the US suddenly interested in "democracy" for Burma? Hint: The country "may have the largest natural gas deposits in Southeast Asia". (hrw.org)
Less than a month before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam signaled that he was willing to go into exile as long as he could take with him $1 billion and information on weapons of mass destruction, according to a 2003 report (washingtonpost.com)
Saddam asked Bush $1 billion for exile 1 month before Iraq invasion (kewlreport.com)
Right-wing warriors who crave war with Iran have suddenly developed an extremely profound and sincere concern for gay Iranians and their rights. (salon.com)
ATTENTION Escorts, Strippers, Waiters, Waitresses & Pizza Delivery People! Ron Paul has introduced the Tax Free Tips Act! With this signed into law anyone working in the service industry would no longer have to pay taxes on or declare your tips! (ronpaullibrary.org)
Chomsky on Cold War II (zmag.org)
The reality is we are fast approaching a genuine surveillance society in the United States - a dark future where our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is recorded, compiled, and stored away, ready to be examined and used against us by the authorities whenever they want. (aclu.org)
Van Gogh on how to do good work: "you have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink your coffee in peace." (reuters.com)
Alcohol and cancer: is drinking the new smoking? (eurekalert.org) +
Growth Rates for Algae Biofuel from Power Plants Released (biofuelreview.com)
"Nervous CBS executives capitulated in order to "pacify the [Bush] White House," "appease angry government officials," and "curry favor with the Bush administration." (mediamatters.org)
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Because Americans should know who they are going to bomb in the near future. (news.yahoo.com)
Ahmadinejad met with a group of Jewish rabbis who gave him a silver grail as a sign of friendship, and refered to him as "A pious man who is seeking to restore peace in the world and has humanitarian plans." - Apparently this wasn't covered by main stream media.. (democraticunderground.com)
Why is the US suddenly interested in "democracy" for Burma? Hint: The country "may have the largest natural gas deposits in Southeast Asia". (hrw.org)
Less than a month before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam signaled that he was willing to go into exile as long as he could take with him $1 billion and information on weapons of mass destruction, according to a 2003 report (washingtonpost.com)
Saddam asked Bush $1 billion for exile 1 month before Iraq invasion (kewlreport.com)
Right-wing warriors who crave war with Iran have suddenly developed an extremely profound and sincere concern for gay Iranians and their rights. (salon.com)
ATTENTION Escorts, Strippers, Waiters, Waitresses & Pizza Delivery People! Ron Paul has introduced the Tax Free Tips Act! With this signed into law anyone working in the service industry would no longer have to pay taxes on or declare your tips! (ronpaullibrary.org)
Court Strikes Down 2 Key Patriot Act Provisions (blog.wired.com)
Giuliani Party Seeks $9.11 Per Person (breitbart.com)Chomsky on Cold War II (zmag.org)
The reality is we are fast approaching a genuine surveillance society in the United States - a dark future where our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is recorded, compiled, and stored away, ready to be examined and used against us by the authorities whenever they want. (aclu.org)
Van Gogh on how to do good work: "you have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink your coffee in peace." (reuters.com)
Alcohol and cancer: is drinking the new smoking? (eurekalert.org) +
Growth Rates for Algae Biofuel from Power Plants Released (biofuelreview.com)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Side notes for the Iran vote passed today
Alright, those of you who cannot spare the time to review the amendment that was signed today 76-22, the Senate passed the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, which threatens to “combat, contain and [stop]” Iran via “military instruments.” Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) called the amendment “Cheney’s fondest pipe dream” and said it could “read as a backdoor method of gaining Congressional validation for military action.”
And here's how the Senators voted. Clinton voted for it. Obama and McCain skipped the vote.
It is the sense of the Senate--
(1) that the manner in which the United States transitions and structures its military presence in Iraq will have critical long-term consequences for the future of the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, in particular with regard to the capability of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to pose a threat to the security of the region, the prospects for democracy for the people of the region, and the health of the global economy;
Translation, to cut through the bullshit:
(1) An observation that America's presence in Iraq will have consequences.
(2) Keep Iran from interfering in Iraq's politics.
(5) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps = Terrorists.
(6) Department of the Treasury should work faster to comply with UN resolutions.
So in conclusion, Obama is skipping lots of votes now a days. I don't support the way Clinton voted on this, but at least she voted. Obama seems to be playing really cynical political games now. He wants to be able to come down on either side of the issue come six months or a year from now. Then he'll just say "I missed the vote but I would have voted the way that all Americans now agree upon, whatever way Americans would be thinking." Obama and McCain were both absent from the vote because their opponents in the presidential race would point to it, and call them "weak on terror".
And here's how the Senators voted. Clinton voted for it. Obama and McCain skipped the vote.
It is the sense of the Senate--
(1) that the manner in which the United States transitions and structures its military presence in Iraq will have critical long-term consequences for the future of the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, in particular with regard to the capability of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to pose a threat to the security of the region, the prospects for democracy for the people of the region, and the health of the global economy;
(2) that it is a critical national interest of the United States to prevent the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran from turning Shi'a militia extremists in Iraq into a Hezbollah-like force that could serve its interests inside Iraq, including by overwhelming, subverting, or co-opting institutions of the legitimate Government of Iraq;
(3), (4) [removed]
(5) that the United States should designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and place the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, as established under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and initiated under Executive Order 13224; and
(6) that the Department of the Treasury should act with all possible expediency to complete the listing of those entities targeted under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747 adopted unanimously on December 23, 2006 and March 24, 2007, respectively.
Translation, to cut through the bullshit:
(1) An observation that America's presence in Iraq will have consequences.
(2) Keep Iran from interfering in Iraq's politics.
(5) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps = Terrorists.
(6) Department of the Treasury should work faster to comply with UN resolutions.
So in conclusion, Obama is skipping lots of votes now a days. I don't support the way Clinton voted on this, but at least she voted. Obama seems to be playing really cynical political games now. He wants to be able to come down on either side of the issue come six months or a year from now. Then he'll just say "I missed the vote but I would have voted the way that all Americans now agree upon, whatever way Americans would be thinking." Obama and McCain were both absent from the vote because their opponents in the presidential race would point to it, and call them "weak on terror".
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