Vonnegut on the Bill of Rights

a 6 minute speech, taped of radio.



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Tony Snow Returns: ‘There Has Been No Attempt To Try To Link Saddam to 911

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow returned to the job this morning and hit the ground running. In his first interview with CBS’s Early Show, Snow declared that the White House never tried to link Iraq and September 11.



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PBS to Air Three-Part Documentary on Atheism: Christians call it demagogic

Conservative Christians are criticizing a plan by Public Broadcasting Service stations to begin showing later this week a three-part television documentary series on atheism, calling it "demagogic and propagandistic."



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Did Rove literally spit on Sheryl Crow?

According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who attended the dinner where the confrontation took place, The answer is yes.



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1+ million people demonstrate to keep religion out of politics

Police said more than 1 million people rallied in Istanbul on Sunday in defense of Turkey's secular system, to keep religion (Islam, in this case) out of politics. If only the US would do such a thing.



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NY Police Report Bomb to Frame Activist as Terrorist (CAUGHT ON VIDEO)

Two persons identifying themselves as New York police officers interrupted a 9/11 Truth demonstration-- on a public sidewalk in front of the new WTC 7 Building-- to intimidate free speech, stating "Larry [Silverstein] doesn't want to hear it," before accusing We Are Change founder Luke Rudkowski of having a bomb and that his cell phone was "a gun."



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EXPOSED: CIA warned Bush of 'ANARCHY' in Iraq if US invades.

The CIA warned the Bush White House seven months before the 2003 Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with "anarchy and the territorial breakup" of the country.



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Im Hillary Clinton, and i approve this message.

Vote http://kucinich.house.gov/ in 2008.



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Steven Hawking's Best Day Ever

The good man went 0 g, he looks happy to me, vote http://kucinich.house.gov/ in 2008... for you and me.



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BREAKING: House Passes Bill Requiring an Iraq Pullout

The House on Wednesday narrowly approved a $124 billion war spending bill that would require American troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq by Oct 1. The House voted 218 to 208 pass a measure that sought the removal of most combat forces by next spring. 2 Republicans Reps. Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland and Walter Jones of North Carolina joined.



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President Bush Dances With African Troupe, Looks Stupid (+ video)

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush showed a few of their dance moves during a White House event on Wednesday. The two attended a ceremony to mark Malaria Awareness Day in the White House Rose Garden.



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United Stated National Debt As A Percentage Of GDP - Historical 1940 to Now

Second Graph down on page but whole page is good information. Are the naysayers right in saying not to be concerned?



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Marijuana Shrinks Tumors, Government Knew In 1974

While trying to prove the opposite, a researcher stumbled onto the fact that marijuana aggressively kills some forms of cancer.The government stepped in, shut down the study, and burned all the research. The study has since been proven to be true.



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The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds

It is difficult to watch these clips from yesterday's House hearings investigating the absolute, deliberate lies regarding Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch fed to the American public by the U.S. military.



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BREAKING: Condy Rice will have her day in court

U.S. Democratic lawmakers voted on Wednesday to subpoena Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about administration justifications for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.On a party-line vote of 21-10, the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee directed Rice to appear before the panel next month.



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House passes Iraq withdrawal timetable

President Bush and the Democratic-controlled Congress lurched toward a veto showdown over Iraq on Wednesday, as the House passed legislation that would order troops to begin coming home by October 1. The bill passed the House by a vote of 218-208. Nine Democrats voted against the bill and two Republicans voted for it.



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Beck: Iraq Withdrawal Would Be Most 'Shameful Act Since Slavery'

VIDEO: CNN Headline News anchor Glenn Beck said tonight that if America withdraws from Iraq, it “would be America’s most shameful act of immorality since slavery,” adding that congressional war opponents are “just plain stupid” and “can’t see the future.”



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Impeachment against Vice President Cheney moving forward

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. ET to announce he is introducing impeachment articles against Vice President Dick Cheney.



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Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment of Cheney now available

Read the actual Articles of Impeachment that Dennis Kucinich proposed earlier today.



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Laura Bush on Iraq: "No one suffers more than their President and I do"

Laura told Anne Curry on the Today Show, that the American people need to know that "no one is suffers more than their President and I do." No one? She's as delusional as her husband. Of course, her husband is the person who caused the suffering -- and is the one person who can end it.



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The Experience of Getting High

The cannabis "marijuana" or hash high is different for each person, depending on the particular details of conditions, setting, timing, state of mind, and the variety of cannabis used. Although cannabis is generally pretty benign, nothing is always safe and fun for everyone in every situation.



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An Army Ranger told to conceal Tillman info

An Army Ranger who was with Pat Tillman when he died by friendly fire said Tuesday he was told by a higher-up to conceal that information from Tillman's family.



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Kucinich set to announce Articles of Impeachment for CHENEY today

Rep. Kucinich is presenting his Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney today. Groups around the nation are planning on holding demonstrations in support of his move.



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Rudy Giuliani : Expect another 9/11 if you elect a Democrat

MANCHESTER, N.H. - - Rudy Giuliani said if a Democrat is elected president in 2008, America will be at risk for another terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001. ........ ok I am scared... let me vote Neo-Con all the way... that works right.. I mean it saves us from wars and stuff.. right?



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Fascist America, in 10 easy steps...

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all



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NY Times Graphic shows Breakdown of Gun Deaths by Age, Sex, Age, and Cause

An average of 81 people die by gun every day in the US. The New York Times has a graphic showing the breakdown of those deaths by age, sex, race, and cause



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POLL: Only 3% of Pakistani Muslims Think Al Queda Did 9/11

Large majorities (average 79%) across all four Muslim countries believe the United States seeks to “weaken and divide the Islamic world”, ranging from 73 percent in Indonesia and Pakistan to 92 percent in Egypt. Only 3 percent of Pakistanis think Al Qaeda conducted the September 11 attacks.



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Congressman: "I Hope It’s Your Family That Suffers" From A Terrorist Attack

Video at ThinkProgress. At a hearing last week, audience members groaned at a remark made by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) about torturing alleged terror suspects. Rohrabacher told the audience members, "Well, I hope it's your families, I hope it's your families that suffer the consequences."



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VIDEO: Tom DeLay: Reid And Pelosi Are ‘Very, Very Close To Treason’

Former Rep. Tom Delay accuses Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi of treason for opposing the war in Iraq, ignoring his own past opposition to the war in Kosovo.



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Is the US led War on Terrorism a War with Islam? Muslims believe so

More than 70 percent of Egyptians, Pakistanis, Indonesians and Moroccans believe the United States is trying to weaken and divide the Islamic world. While U.S. leaders may frame the conflict as a war on terrorism, people in the Islamic world clearly perceive the U.S. as being at war with Islam



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Donald Rumsfeld Profits From Bird Flu Scare and Bush's Response To It

There's a pattern in this Administration where members (or former members) of the Administration benefit financially from decisions the Administration makes. In fact it's routine.



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Billions of bees vanish without a trace. (More serious than you think)

Go to work -- and vanish without a trace.Billions of bees have done just that, leaving the crop fields they are supposed to pollinate, and scientists are mystified about why.The phenomenon was first noticed late last year in the United States.....



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Army Sgt. Questions Why American Flags Lowered for VT, but not troops

But I find it ironic that the flags were flown at half-staff for the young men and women who were killed at VT yet it is never lowered for the death of a U.S. servicemember.



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“I Don’t Care What the Judge Said!” Marijuana user found Not Guilty

Juries in the United States have the power to effectively change law. In this case against a man for his 3rd possession of marijuana, a brave jury member stands up for marijuana users everywhere and convinces the jury to give him a 'not guilty' verdict.



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How U.S. farm policy makes us fatter and sicker

Why are Twinkies and sodas cheaper than fruits and vegetables? Commodity farmers get checks based on how many bushels they can grow. The result is a food system awash in added sugars and added fats.



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Bush to terrorists: Here is a map of our troop movements

Using photographs and maps displayed on monitors, President Bush on Friday offered a detailed defense of his strategy to increase the U.S. troop presence in Iraq. The president delved deeper into details of his Iraq strategy than he usually does in such appearances, using the monitors to illustrate troop movements.



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Man kept of flight because of book he was reading

A guy was kept off his flight to Disneyland with his family because of the cover of a book he was reading.



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Tillman killed by friendly fire - Army's immediate response: Cut off phones

Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform.



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University VP of Information Services Uses Patriot Act Against Students

University of Portland VP of Information Services has used the Patriot Act against several students. One student wrote a program to bypass Cisco Clean Access and distributed it to a select few. The programmer was suspended for a year and essentially told he was a terrorist. The VP of IS wasn't even able to recognize the code used. It was C++.



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Vermont Senate: Impeach the President

Vermont Senate Adopts Resolution Seeking Impeachment of Bush, Cheney. The non-binding resolution was approved 16-9 without debate all six Republicans in the chamber at the time and three Democrats voted against it.



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Pentagon Confirms: Bush Hyped False Iraq Deadline

The Associated Press has a major story out confirming that President Bush has been hyping a false Iraq spending deadline.



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(Video) Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) Tells Gonzales To Resign To His Face

A intense moment from the Senate hearing today, where Coburn tells Gonzales that he should suffer the same fate as the U.S. Attorneys he fired.



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Exclusive: Cheney impeachment articles due Wednesday, April 25th

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the former mayor of Cleveland who is seeking the 2008 Democratic nomination for president for the second time, has selected a date to introduce articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. A source who asked to remain anonymous told RAW STORY that the articles of impeachment would be introduced next week.



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Wave farms are the hot new alternative energy source

After sputtering along for nearly a decade, marine power appears poised to join the alternative energy juggernaut, though the technologies are still in the early stages and have no guarantee of success.



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McCain sings 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'

Sen. John McCain, in a "what was he thinking?" moment threatens Iran to the tune of "Barbara Ann." Is McCain is becoming the Sanjaya of this Presidential race?



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The history of cannabis and 4/20

Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug. The actual story shows a much different picture. Those who voted on the legal fate of this plant never had the facts, but were de



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Noninterference vs Mass Broadcast

--We live in sad times. After two students are shot in the face and no one was caught for it, VA Tech decided it was best to send out emails to warn the students instead of a using the Public Address system to warn of the danger.
--Pre 9/11 there was a ton of information on Bin Laden using our planes against us, USA waited till after the attack then went to war with a different country, instead of making our airlines more secure. It cant be too difficult to make sure everyone going on a flight has proper identification and no metal objects.
--Thailand's tsunami is another example. A huge earthquake hit at 07:58:53 local time. Sensors around the world knew it hit 22 minutes after the huge quake. The first waves started hitting at around 10:00:00 local time. Between the 2 hours, there could have been MASS broadcasting to all coastal areas to get to higher grounds.

Why doesn't this occur? I have a few thoughts on it.

Leaders would rather have dead people on their hands then to be wrong, cause a mass panic, and be sued by everyone. Also, even though we can transfer data at light speeds around the world, the peoples airwaves have been stolen from them from the "leaders" who set up the system. And since the system has been divided up unequally between too few, nothing works together and at its no way near its full potential. The people on this planet need an awakening and it will never happen, we love competition, being better then other people, and having power over others. That's why when these events happen, it makes me angry at society for being so secretive. To exist in society (my job, my health, my food...not my private life), there should be NO encryption, which doesn't bother anyone other then the people in charge who have secret corporations, and money under the desk deals. We as a people should outlaw EVERY PRIVATE SECTOR and have a free and equal society. Every closed circuit, every government deal, every bandwidth should be out in the open for the world to see.

Please comment on how you feel, how you can improve this society, or why I am a total jackass.

"Plan to hijack an aircraft by Islamic radical" pre 9/11 report by France

French secret services produced nine reports between September 2000 and August 2001 looking at the al Qaeda threat to the United States, and knew it planned to hijack an aircraft, the French daily Le Monde said on Monday. One document prepared in January 2001 was entitled "Plan to hijack an aircraft by Islamic radicals",



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Bush rejects any Iraq pull-out deadline

US President George W. Bush, ahead of talks with lawmakers pushing for an Iraq withdrawal timetable, warned Monday that he would reject a pending war-funding bill if it comes with a deadline. Bush accused Democrats of trying to "legislate defeat in this vital war."



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Free ride is over: IRS taxing online sales

As if there wasn't enough to complain about with the IRS, add this to the list. The US Treasury Department is making a charge at forcing Internet auction sites to turn over the identities and social insurance numbers of their users to the IRS so they can keep tabs on income made through these types of sales.



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FIFTY PERCENT of CIA hired since 9/11

CIA Director Michael V. Hayden, after nearly a year as head of the nation's premier intelligence agency, says his biggest challenge is absorbing all the newly hired analysts and the case officers who have been hired since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.



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Bush OKed the Firing of US Atty Iglesias, per Sen Domenici's Request

Gonzales told Domenici he would fire Iglesias only on orders from the president. Domenici called Rove, and told him he wanted Iglesias out and asked Rove to take his request directly to the president. Domenici and Bush subsequently had a telephone conversation about the issue. The conversation occurred sometime before Iglesias firing.



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Is Depleted Uranium Killing our Troops?

Dustin Brim went into the Army a healthy man. A year later, he returned home. His body was riddled with incurable cancer. Could his own weapons and armor — made with a byproduct of enriched uranium — have been the cause



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AMAZING eisenhower speech - Bush presidency is unamerican!

"Any nation's attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.""Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those"



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Stem Cell Bill Approved by Senate

A stubborn Senate voted Wednesday to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, ignoring President Bush's threat of a second veto on legislation designed to lead to new medical treatments.



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Bush's Sudan Ambassador: There Is No Genocide in Darfur (Video)

In an extremely heated exchange with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing yesterday, President Bush's ambassador to Sudan Adrew Natsios defiantly refused to characterize the violence there as genocide.



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Jon Stewart Evaluates the ‘08 Republican Field

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart ran through the GOP frontrunners and evaluated their electoral prospects. The jab at Senator Kerry at the end is hysterical.



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Senate Panel Wants Those Missing White House e-Mails -- Let e-Gate Begin!

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy challenged the White House assertion, saying, "It's not a question of e-mails being lost, it's e-mails they don't want to retrieve."



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Presidential Candidate: U.S. In Danger of Dictatorship

Congressman Ron Paul warns elite believe they own us and are “always prepared” to take our liberties. The US is now at a crisis point because the people have been so neglectful of protecting their liberties and big government has been so effective in eroding them.



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New Royal Dutch Shell Patent Could Mean Oil For $30 A Barrel, US #1 Source

Royal Dutch Shell is patenting a technique to convert shale to petroleum at a cost of only about $30/barrel. If it works, the world's single largest source of oil would be... the United States. What would the world be like if all the oil in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Iraq, Nigeria, and elsewhere was suddenly nearly worthless?



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Bush wants to create new "War Czar?"

The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies, but it has had trouble finding anyone able and willing to take the job, according to people close to the situation.



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Fox News: If not for Clinton, Americans would be afraid of Black president

Dick Morris: "MORRIS: But you know, back to your question of scared. You have to ask yourself, the first black man is running for president and nobody's afraid of him, because everybody's afraid of Hillary."



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Black is White. War is Peace. It's just another White House press briefing.

WH Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino said Bush's "surge" strategy is a response to polls showing that most Americans disapproved of Bush's bungling of the war . "The American people have wanted change in Iraq " Perino said. "The president announced a new policy on January 10th that was quite different and divergent from where we were before."



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Right Wing Uses Cropped Photo To Downplay Size Of Iraq Protest

"After thousands of demonstrators gathered in Najaf, Iraq, yesterday to protest the U.S. occupation, the Bush administration was quick to downplay the size of the gathering. State Department official David Satterfield said, “I think the small size of those demonstrations is an indication of the limited appeal of Muqtada al-Sadr’s.."



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Bush's New Spy Chief Wants More Agressive Powers

Surveillance could include planting listening devices and hidden cameras, searching luggage and breaking into homes to make copies of computer hard drives.



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Obama challenges McCain on Iraq stroll

Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Republican White House rival John McCain for using a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market as evidence thatIraq's security is improving.



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ARMY Proposes Extending Tours for Everyone in Iraq

A decision that effects tens of thousands of American families . . .



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Cheney Sticks to His Delusions

"Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein." -- Cheney still doesn't. That's the Veep for ya: living in his own political fantasy world where facts have no merit.



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Video: Tom Delay compares himself to the 6 million jews of the Holocaust

"it doesn't matter if it's 6 million jews or one man getting investigated, it's the exact same thing. " no Tom, no it isn't. shame on you.



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Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities

As of today, when the 200 million users of Google Earth log onto the site, they will be able to view the horrific details of what's happening in Darfur for themselves.



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Spiderman 3 star Kristen Dunst likes Cannabis

Carl Sagan, the astronomer, was the biggest pot smoker in the world and he was a genius. I've never been a major smoker, but I think America's view on weed is ridiculous. I mean - are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.



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NYPD Intelligence Op Targets Dot-Matrix Graffiti Bike

Joshua Kinberg's internet-connected, sidewalk-printing graffiti bike got him a lot of attention ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention. Though he didn't know it at the time, his gadget also landed him a spot in secret files being compiled by the New York Police Department's intelligence arm against protest groups across the country.



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New York City Is Hell for Pot Smokers

If you toke in the Big Apple, chances are you've had a run-in with one of New York's "finest." If you're African-American or Hispanic, chances are you and the NYPD are on a first-name basis. "The New York State legislature should [also] be encouraged to consider making smoking marijuana in public a violation and not a misdemeanor."



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Obama declines Fox News debate

Barack Obama has chosen not to attend September's presidential debate co-sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Fox News, effectively dooming the debate.



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How Many in U.S. Military Begged Bush Administration to Stop Torture

"No. 1, it’s not going to work," said Col. Brittain P. Mallow. "No. 2, if it does work, it’s not reliable. No. 3, it may not be legal, ethical or moral. No. 4, it’s going to hurt you when you have to prosecute these guys. No. 5, sooner or later, all of this stuff is going to come to light, and you're going to be embarrassed."



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Pope: 'Nothing Positive' From Iraq

In an Easter litany of the world's suffering, Pope Benedict XVI lamented that "nothing positive" is happening in Iraq and decried the unrest in Afghanistan and bloodshed in Africa and Asia.



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U.N. Blasphemy Ban Called Threat to Free Speech, Church-State Separation

An Atheist civil rights group condemned Friday's passage at the United Nations of a proposal for a global ban on "defaming" religion. "This proposal amounts to an international 'blasphemy' statute, and punishes those exercising a right to question and criticize religious superstition," said Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists



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Why do U.S. presidential candidates need so much money?

The recent fund raising totals by candidates point to what many expect will be the first-ever billion-dollar election. While the figures are astounding, the mostly private campaign finance system currently in place virtually demands that candidates raise vast amounts early and never let up.



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Bush Pisses Off Senate Dems: Appoints Ambassador While They Vacation

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation in the Foreign Relations Committee, Bush withdrew the nomination last week. On Wednesday, with the Senate on a one-week break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.



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Is there any truth to 'the enemy would follow us here?'

It’s become President Bush’s mantra, his main explanation for why he won’t withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq anytime soon. In speech after speech, in statement after statement, Bush insists that “this is a war in which, if we were to leave before the job is done, the enemy would follow us here.” But is it true?



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Cheney Still Insists Iraq/Al-Queda Link Before 9/11

This has been debunked about a million times, hasn't it? Saddam had no meaningful relationship and provided no meaningful support for Al-Queda. Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 . . .



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Gonzales Aide Resigns Without Testifying Before Congress

CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer is reporting that the Justice Department's White House Liaison Monica Goodling will resign. But RAW STORY has learned that the move won't assure Goodling will shake the congressional investigators who are on her trail.



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FAA Warned 52 Times Before 9/11

The FAA's security branch generated 105 so-called daily summaries between April 1 and September 10, 2001, the report said. Fifty-two of those summaries mentioned bin Laden or al Qaeda, and five discussed hijacking "as a capability al Qaeda was training for or possessed." With 52 warnings, why [wasn't security increased] in 2001?



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Bush Bypasses Senate to Name Ambassador

President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.



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BREAKING NEWS: Iran 'to release British sailors'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says 15 British naval personnel captured in the Gulf will be freed. Tony Blair looked like a bitch apologizing! Was great.



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Blackwater seeks to build 800+ Acre Military Training Site in California

Residents in California are trying to fight attempts by military contractor Blackwater USA to build an 842-acre military training facility.



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UK deploying "talking" CCTV security cameras

The world's most monitored society is about to get talked to as well - with 20 regions getting trials of CCTV cameras that allow operators to talk to offenders via loudspeakers. The aim is to publicly humiliate people into behaving "correctly".



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Under the Influence: How Lobbyists Wrote and Bought the Rx Drug Bill -VIDEO

60 Minutes tells the story of how pharmaceutical industry lobbyists literally wrote the historic Medicare Prescription Drug Bill and twisted arms to get the necessary votes to have it passed in the middle of the night.



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Extraordinary move to legalize poppy crops in Afghanistan

Tony Blair is considering calls to legalize poppy production in the Taliban's backyard. The plan could cut medical shortages of opiates worldwide, curb smuggling - and hit the insurgents. Under this pilot program, farmers in Afghanistan, which currently produces 80% of the world's opium, would produce and sell their crop legally to drug companies.



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Bush just lied in his press conference about Iraq

Bush just spoke to the nation, trying to convince the public to support his Iraq quagmire, and he claimed again that the surge, the escalation, was the idea of his commanders in the field, and he's just following their advice. In fact, all of the Joint Chiefs, the heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, ALL opposed the surge. He lied, again



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Only 35% of Americans now identify as Republicans

Down from 43% just five years ago. The GOP balloon continues to deflate.



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Breaking: Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo Bay detainees' appeal

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration's legal strategy in its fight against terrorism.



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Detainee says he confessed to stop torture

The terrorism suspect contends he was forced to admit to a role in the Cole bombing. A military law expert isn't surprised.



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Chance gives Tango STDs, brought to you by NY!

Her nickname in high school was "D-Breath"—as in, D-I-C-K Breath. And now Tiffany Pollard is back to to whoring it up on VH1s I LOVE NY. Contestant "Chance" Kamal Givens
has given NY and competing contestant "Tango" Patrick Hunter more then they wanted! Chance, during Episode 11: "The Final Adios" (airs April 2, 2007) allegedly gave NY genital warts, which she then passed onto Tango. Patrick Hunter has filed a lawsuit against VH1 and Pollard. No one involved in the case has released a statement.

Henry Kissinger: "Military victory no longer possible"

FORMER US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who helped engineer the US withdrawal from Vietnam, said yesterday the problems in Iraq are more complex than in the Vietnam War, and military victory was no longer possible.



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New Bill in Congress Would Improve Science Outreach

The US Congress moves to help the National Science Foundation teach scientists to communicate what science is all about, while a visit to England suggests that the US has a long way to go in terms of science outreach.



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Homeland Security wants master Key for the Internet

The US Department of Homeland Security is insisting that Verisign hand over the master keys of the Internet. If it succeeds, the US will be able to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec) all the way back to the servers that represent the name system's root zone on the Internet. Effectively it would mean that US spooks could snoop on anyone.



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Dems to Close Guantanamo, Restore Privacy Rights, Civil Liberties, and More

Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues -- such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders -- with even more dramatic showdowns coming soon.



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McCain Strolls Through Baghdad, Accompanied By 100, 3 Blackhawks, and More

Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq. McCain recently claimed that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.”



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20 Computers Missing From US Counter-Nuke Intelligence Office

Office involved in this breach has a special responsibility, tracking and countering efforts to steal bomb information. Its computers would have material on what the department knew about foreign operatives and efforts to steal sensitive information.



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Politics and Risk

Some interesting fatality statistics. Most of these are from 2000, but I used 2001 statistics where I could find them. These are the number of deaths in the U.S. for various causes per year.



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