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The rhetoric around Iran sounds like 2003 and Iraq all over again (Jay Rockefeller) Same song second verse turns it over and it sounds a bit worse. We have all been here before on the SOTU, heard the same sounds, and listened to the same songs. The applause could be a bit subdued this year and maybe not so many standing ovations, although some of the die hard GOPers will feel it’s their responsibility to drown out the silence of their disillusioned brethren. In spite of the fact that Uranus is coming to a trine to GWB and the US respective Suns, Bush is on the ropes, not sure he even realizes that. A lot of the GOP jumping out to distance themselves from Bush is pre-planned. They all spent a weekend at Camp David trying to figure out with their leader how not to seem tied to him and Iraq for the sake of their own 2008 coming up campaigns. Last year the SOTU was given on January 31, 2006 and George began speaking at 9:12 pm. The Ascendant was at 27 Virgo and the Mid-heaven at 27 Gemini. The Sun was in Aquarius at 12 degrees, followed by Mercury at 15 degrees and Neptune at 17 degrees Aquarius. Uranus and the Moon were 9 and 17 degrees respectively in Pisces. Venus was in Capricorn and Jupiter in Scorpio 17 square Neptune. Mars was 22 Taurus and Saturn 7 Leo, leaving the NN at 5 Aries. This was the stage set last year and the planets in a rough bowl, activating the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th houses with Saturn in the 11th forming a loose handle. We’ve barely moved this year even if it is 8 days earlier. I will have to catch the time tomorrow night and add to this but for now I have 9:00 pm EST. It’s still a Virgo Ascendant and Gemini Mid-heaven. The Sun is 3 degrees Aquarius, conj last year’s Chiron in the 5th house of our children; a bigger spotlight on the wounding and suffering this nation has brought down on our children and the children of Iraqi’s. I promise you as the year goes on we will feel that pain more and more as will the children of Iraq. Mercury is at 14 degrees Aquarius, just one degree behind last year and enough behind to make the conjunction to Neptune a little off. The hubris won’t be so bright and it will be more easily recognized by the public. It is Jupiter in Sagittarius that will sextile Mercury and not Neptune; Mercury sextile from Jupiter is a demand for the truth and Jupiter will punish if He is lied to and the punishment will come when Mercury cozies up to Neptune in a few days. Did you ever see the movie Liar with Jim Carey? He couldn’t stop telling the truth, it’s not that George will be forced into the truth, it’s that he won’t be believed and it won’t matter if what he says is true or not. He has spent his wad and people are finished believing him. This year’s NN conjuncts last years Moon, the people are looking for something different and this group cannot provide it for us, but something new is coming. The most dramatic aspect is Venus in the 6th house opposing Saturn in the 12th. Venus rules the US 6th house and in mundane astrology the 6th house represents the military. This indicates a serious situation for our military and promises a harsh tour this year, as well as something hidden this way comes. Something our neo-cons don’t anticipate. Morgana says “a military loss, a biggie, an unexpected road block and possibly Bush thwarted by an unforeseen force. Possibly stymied in trying to setup Iran since the Ayatolah jerked Ahmadinejad chain is suggesting they play nice with the UN and IAEA” The Sun and Saturn are in Mutual Reception in this chart and relates to the leader or leaders of this country, their hands are tied and cannot stop what is about to happen. More Morgana quotes: “Jupiter square Uranus, whatever force is coming it’s going to send energies flying, incoming monkey wrench.” Also, “the Moon is in a sesquiquadrate with Saturn, the people aren’t biting and no amount of charm will help this administration.” I would like to add that the Jupiter/Uranus square also squares and opposes GWB’s Sun, there is absolutely a monkey wrench headed directly at him this year and he won’t see it coming, no one will see it coming. Coming round the bend with Mars at 5 degrees Capricorn, opposes the US Jupiter and squares Bush Neptune, those that have not been questioning his mental state will before his last State of the Union in 2008. The audience will hear him as a person out of touch and out of control as the Moon also inconjuncts his Mars. The nation will be worried and frightened but we will not know what to do. With Saturn in Mutual Reception to the Sun and the co-ruler of Aquarius and ruler of Mars in Capricorn, Saturn will be the big player this year. Saturn opposes the Sun’s natural home, the 5th house as well as the 6th, no one will be having fun, certainly not here or in Iraq. No fun for GWB either as Saturn retrogrades back and forth over his Venus through the summer, polls keep going down and the hammer on Iraq and the US keep going up and Congress will still be too afraid to remove this psychopath. I watched a program tonight that had Pat Buchanan on it, the panel listed all the people and experts that Bush has blown off and Pat says “yes but he really believes this will work, he has to find a way to leave Iraq with some kind of pride for our country, some kind of victory.” We have all those Iraqi’s, all our soldiers, all the peace workers and healers over there, at the mercy of a psychopath and his friends who don’t want to be blamed for a failure and they would rather be blamed for all the death, and that’s not abject failure? Go figure. The latest time a State of the Union has been delivered by this President is 9:12 but that was a year where it was hard to get through all the back slapping and the year he kissed Joe Lieberman, let me know what time he begins speaking this year and how many people proffers their cheek for a kiss, bet not many. I want to say one word about all the candidates jumping into the swimming pool of 2008, remember they have to get from here to there and there is a long way off, much can happen to change the number in that pool. Just to run down the ones I can remember, Obama, Biden, Dodd, Clinton, Richardson, maybe Al Sharpton (he’s a regular) maybe Kerry, Kucinich, that’s 8 so far and I feel like I’ve forgotten someone, at any rate it will be a vicious marathon and a dark horse could still take the spoils. Maybe Al Gore and if he runs, he wins. It all hinges on Mercury. More after the speech and grab the time if you will as well as the time of Jim Webb’s rebuttal and in anticipation of the State of the Union, may I say “May God Bless America.” Just in case He has had a snoot full of blessing us and is thinking of shifting some of that energy toward people who need saving from us.
Posted by: shylurker on January 23, 2007 05:06 AM
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Thank you, Sally. A lot to mull over - sounds like the tone of the country will be serious and reflective as more & more grasp what we are actually dealing with and facing. Just read a few headlines on DU - the grimmest one was 100 dead and/or wounded in Bagdad today along with 12 troops; Bush approval down to 28 (how low can he go? Only Nixon had this low of a rating going into the SOTU speech); Global Warming repercussions thought to be even worse, and of course, another Al-Qada plot was nipped in the bud - I believe the evidence was found in a safe house in Bagdad - conveniently the day before the SOTU. As for me, I'm beginning to feel the wheels tighten as Pluto approaches it's transit to my 0 Cap Chiron in the 6th house, my 0 Libra Saturn in the 4th, and my 6 deg. Uranus in Cancer in the first (I won't feel that one for a bit). My work life is getting a little more strenuous and require more stamina, but I'm taking good vitamins and my health seems up to it. Posted by: Sharon on January 23, 2007 08:42 AMPS: How do we see Pat's calendar? Posted by: Sharon on January 23, 2007 08:43 AMIt is heart warming to hear such praise, as I sit here in self imposed isolation, with the temp not topping 20o............sneezing my head off, chugging emergency C, & working on a dummy children's picture book to submit to the SCBWI, for a potential grant. And then there is this by Cindy Sheehan...... I, my sister Dede, and another Gold Star Mother, Lynn Braddach, whose son, Travis Nall, was killed in Iraq in 2003, met with Senator Clinton in DC in September of 2005. We poured our hearts and souls out to her. We cried as we told her of our sons and our fear for the people of Iraq and the escalating body count of our brave young people. She sat there stone-faced and walked out and told Sarah Ferguson of the Village Voice, "My bottom line is that I don't want their sons to die in vain.... I don't believe it's smart to set a date for withdrawal.... I don't think it's the right time to withdraw." She may as well have slapped us in the face using Bloody George's line and using our son's sacrifice to justify her war-mongering. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012207A.shtml Margaret Thatcher indeed..........remember her son is in jail for trying to overthrow that African Country! We read it here first on AW! The Sun is 3 degrees Aquarius, conj last year’s Chiron in the 5th house of our children; Sen. Kennedy made an excellant presentation to the Senate yesterday, with charts, on the increase in poverty of our children! Hey Cap'n/Admiral Sally, do you think all of the bad star stuff for DUHbya might indicate his removal from office, as many have predicted? Several "seers" have said the military will take him out, but not sure how. Posted by: Garry on January 23, 2007 02:29 PMI could up load some pics or if Pat has a website we could go to. The Calendar I have I don't think it would do the prints justice if I scanned them onto my computer. If Pat reads this maybe she could let me know of a suggestion. You know Garry Seers, Astrologers, Psychics, etc. we have all been predicting a fall for Bush by the military. It could still happen a number of ways and the potential for that to happen has been there since his first term. I would have thought that by now something would be in the works, but I don't know now. They have gotten rid of nearly every officer who opposed Bush and nothing has been done, soooooooo who knows Posted by: Sally on January 23, 2007 03:15 PMGreat article, Cap'n Sally. In regard to the military, I keep reading about its being so badly weakened over recent years that it may collapse. I am in no position to judge the accuracy of such suggestions, but it could be that deterioration of the military will reach a point where the Administration WILL be held accountable, and perhaps even forced resignations might occur, with no active role by the military in bringing that about. Just a thought, a rumination. Posted by: shyluriker on January 23, 2007 03:54 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sidney_blumenthal/2007/01/the_republican_revolt_against.html When the hopelessly prodigal son mounts the podium to deliver his sixth State of the Union address, seated behind him will be the parents he never had: the good mother, caring yet demanding responsibility, and the bad father, granting license for misadventure. As he evades and rebuffs the speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, President Bush clings to the vice-president, Dick Cheney, as his permissive authority figure. On Monday, the day before his speech, Bush descended to "the weakest point of his presidency, facing deep public dissatisfaction over his Iraq war policies and eroding confidence in his leadership", the Washington Post reported, referring to the ABC News/Washington Post poll that disclosed Bush as the most unpopular president since Richard Nixon on the eve of his resignation. Posted by: wv on January 23, 2007 04:47 PMAnother piece of the puzzle here, Sally, and more fodder for speculation. You write: "The audience will hear him as a person out of touch and out of control as the Moon also inconjuncts his Mars. The nation will be worried and frightened but we will not know what to do." I have had this vision for awhile -- that of Bush losing it in front of the public and during one of his idiotic speeches -- and perhaps today is it. I see and feel people looking at one another in stunned silence, wondering what will happen next. In fact this scenario seems rather inevitable given the "climate." Pat, you need to let us know HOW to order your calendars! I would love one! Posted by: karen on January 23, 2007 05:17 PM
By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor Labour MPs called on Mr Blair to announce the date he intends to quit Downing Street, before the potentially disastrous elections for in Scotland, Wales and local councils in England. A timetable could avoid the embarrassment for Mr Blair of having to quit immediately if one of his staff is charged with criminal offences over the alleged Number 10 cover-up that the police are now investigating. So far, he has said he will quit before the next Labour party conference in September but has not given a date. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2177974.ece Sally, the first thing that will happen to Bush tonight is Jim Webb will finally deliver that symbolic punch Bush has provoked out of him (and us too). Posted by: lunaoscura on January 23, 2007 06:19 PMI don't have a website ,YET. If you e-mail me I can send attachments of some of the pix. ( and written descripton).
Jan. 22, 2007 As is often the case, I couldn't fully explain my views in the space available. So I'd like to explain at a bit more length why I'm so opposed to the direction Bush is going. Basically, everyone agrees that health care is a messed-up sector. But there are two opposing doctrines about what the problem is. I believe — and the evidence, I think, supports this belief — that the big problem is "adverse selection." An insurance plan offered to everyone at the same rate would be a great deal for relatively sick people, a poor deal for the healthy. So one of two things happens to private insurance. Either plans go into the "adverse selection death spiral," as sick people flock in, driving up rates, driving out more healthy people, and so on. Or insurance companies spend a lot of the money they receive in premiums screening out "high-risk" clients, so that the system has huge overhead and the neediest cases are excluded. http://krugman.page.nytimes.com/ Oh....... psharpart@hotmail.com QOP Posted by: on January 23, 2007 06:47 PMFitzmas season has arrived. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/23/114356/173 Posted by: Morgana on January 23, 2007 07:36 PMWith so many of the military now pushed OUTSIDE the bushaholic castle walls, it seems to me a formidable "army" is now camped HERE waiting to "git 'im" over THERE; however, it IS half of the industrial-MILITARY complex after all. If most of military doesn't like how things are going, well... anyway, it's all nutz. There're precious few cks n' bals in patriarchal govts just like there're next to no cks n' bals in the patriarchal home/church where the incidious training begins for most of us. "Man's HOME is HIS CASTLE!" bellows Mr priestly-Patriarch as he makes the sign of the cross over the next human sacrifice's head & cks out his/her ass. "You DO what I tell you, little wife! ...'specially behind closssssed doorssssss..." hisses Mr industrial-Patriarch's fist & metal zoom-zoom phallus. Overblown?!? Nope. As little world, so the big world. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 23, 2007 07:44 PMHAH! Things will get too hot for drunkie cheney, he'll feign heart attack like kenny-boy lay, go back to his hidey-hole from which he'll continue to direct "his" empire. Something similar could happen with bushaholic as well... except we know where its new place is... or not. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 23, 2007 07:58 PMhttp://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/012307.html In the opening statements at the trial of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, new evidence emerged pointing toward a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of George W. Bush’s White House. According to Wells, Libby then told his boss, “I will not be sacrificed so Karl Rove can be protected,” referring to Bush’s In September 2003, when a criminal investigation was launched into whether administration officials had leaked the name of Wilson’s wife, covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, the White House issued a statement clearing Rove and other officials, but didn’t initially include Libby on the list. Libby’s lament, as described by his lawyer, indicates that the Cheney aide believed the White House was trying to protect some officials involved in leaking Plame’s identity while leaving Libby exposed as “the sacrificial lamb.” What a bunch of comic book characters without being the least bit funny! Unbelievably childish! No kidding JoannaO! Hopefully some kind of justice will be served, esp. since "big daddy" GHWB was the instigator of the law that DUHbya broke. Any other "Aquariums" having a birthday on the 24th besides me? Esp. since it's already past midnight per this site's time..... ;-D Posted by: Garry Todd on January 24, 2007 12:13 AM
Tuesday, 23 January 2007 By Joshua Frank http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/81/2/ Posted by: wv on January 24, 2007 12:52 AM
Monday, 22 January 2007 Like Iraq , some fancy schemes are on the anvil in the Pentagon .To ward off the threats to the world economy if Tehran curtailed oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the US has reportedly made contingency plans for the indefinite takeover of Iranian territory in Chah Bahar, which would deny Tehran its strategic leverage with Hormuz Texan Poker Bluff and Persian Chess Moves. "The arrogance of military power has led to a grave crisis - and to a decline of the United States' role and influence." Mikhail Gorbachev. By K Gajendra Singh http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/66/2/
Monday, 22 January 2007 01/22/07 "ICHBlog" -- --Everyone knows that Bush’s Iraq “surge” will not work. Even the authors of the plan, neoconservatives Frederick Kagan and Jack Keane, have emphasized that the plan cannot work with any less than an addition of 50,000 US troops committed to another three years of combat. Bush is only adding 40% of that number of troops, and Defense Secretary Gates speaks of the operation being over by summer’s end. On January 18 a panel of retired generals testifying on Capitol Hill slammed Bush’s surge plan as “a fool’s errand.” Even the easily bamboozled American public knows the plan will not work. Newsweek’s latest poll released January 20 shows that only 23% of the public support sending more troops to Iraq and that twice as many Americans trust the Democrats in Congress than trust Bush. http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/69/2/ Happy Birthday Garry, To help you get through the SOTU speech tonight: Here's a big cake and many bright candles for you, Garry T. Happy Birthday!!! Posted by: shylurker on January 24, 2007 01:51 AM
Obama: The Democratic Messiah? Monday, 22 January 2007 Is Obama just another example of how our corrupt political system ingeniously creates candidates to keep hope alive? Is the self-professed progressive Obama the real thing? Is he something other than a conventional politician? Obama: The Democratic Messiah? 01/22/07 "ICHBlog" -- -- What a wonderful political distraction is Senator Barack Hussein Obama. Perhaps a good part of his attractiveness is that he is in so many ways the complete opposite of George W. Bush. Yet, what amazes me is how our bipartisan obstacle to true political competition continually creates illusions of change and reform. Thus it keeps a grip on Americans’ hope for the future, and preempts public support for more profound political change. Is Obama just another example of how our corrupt political system ingeniously creates candidates to keep hope alive? Is the self-professed progressive Obama the real thing? Is he something other than a conventional politician? I have read many of his speeches and other statements. I applaud his upbeat rhetoric, but few policy details are given.
Interesting..the CNN reporters/photographers are allowed in the chambers tonight. They're getiing nice back of the ear shots of Bidden, Hagel etc. Symbolic for more transparency? Well, countdown to the SOTU - I wonder what the idiot son of an idiot son will blather on about? Certainly the south node is rising in Virgo - a lot is expected, but not of THIS president! The south node is on Virgo 17: A Volcanic (Vulcanic? ;) ) Eruption Bringing Dust Clouds, Flowing Lava, Earth Rumblings. Being on the ascendant, it could really stir things up. I get the feeling that people are sitting up and taking more notice of this address than they have in recent years. Perhaps the 'volcanic eruption' is waking people up? Jupiter in Sag is on Sag 13: A Widow's Past is Brought to Light... regardless of who's the widow, if there's a widow or whatever, the past is being brought to light!! PLUS, that Jupiter is squaring Uranus on Pisces 13: A Sword in a Museum - time to lay down one's sword - hmmmnnnn? However, I fear the swordmongering is going to continue... old leopards find it hard to change their spots, they just get more gnarly and subversive ways of doing things - particularly with Jupiter on that degree. BUT! Jupiter IS on that degree and the Past Will Be Brought to Light - at least in some measure. I had to laff at the degree of the Moon. Right before the Shrub's address, the Moon is on Aries 9: A Crystal Gazer - perhaps he's staring into space as someone's doing up his tie. What's he thinking? He must be under enormous stress. When the address begins, the Moon will be at Aries 10: A Scholar Creates New Forms for Ancient Symbols... in the hands of Bush? HA! It will be the same old rhetoric, but perhaps tamed down somewhat at the wind has been taken out of his sails. It's always fun to what how many times he says the word terror, terrorist, terrorism... It will be the same old, same old, but probably with some interesting twists. Regarding Cheney - boy lots going on in his chart. Cheney's Venus degree is Cap 22: A General Revealing Nobility of Character By Accepting Defeat Gracefully - I hope we soon get to witness just how gracefully he's gonna have to accept defeat. Chiron is on the karmic condition of Cheney's Sun - this being Aquarius 10: A Man Who Thought For a Time That He Was the Embodiment of An Ideal is Made to Realise That as a Person He is Not This Ideal... yeahhh! Chiron on this degree is waking many people up to seeing through the charades and false faces.... The Resident started his speech at 9:13 PM EST according to the time on my cell phone. Posted by: Barbara on January 24, 2007 02:20 AM* Healthcare, gasoline usage top State of the Union topics -- Trying to regain the public's ear as his position in the polls continues to drop, [rotten-rez] will launch a new domestic program tonight intended to cut the nation's use of gasoline by 20% over ... http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-ex-union23jan24,0,7130845.story?coll=la-home-headlines * Watergate break-in organizer dies - E Howard Hunt--organizer of the Watergate break-in & mystery figure in conspiracy theories on the assassination of President John Kennedy--died on Tue at age 88. ... http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-24T002537Z_01_N23317027_RTRUKOC_0_US-HUNT.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5BFeed%5D-7 Full text here Full text here Being from Oz, I watched the speech on the internet on MSNBC. After Bush left the room, MSNBC went to a break and their transmission went on a break. HOWEVER, there was audio of a male and a female cleaning up a room, sweeping it sounded like, and they were chatting. I couldn't quite hear what they were saying but there was one comment about someone's 'face' - I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Brilliant rebuttal by Webb!!!! Posted by: shylurker on January 24, 2007 03:25 AMYaaHoooooo * House: No More Pensions For Convicted Lawmakers... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/01/23/house-no-more-pensions-f_n_39425.html Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 24, 2007 03:30 AMI loved Sen. Jim Webb's response. Webb started speaking at 10:15 PM EST. Speaking of faces, did anybody notice Cheney's smile during the beginning of Bush's speech? Just looking on approvingly at the snake-oil salesman's pitch. Posted by: Barbara on January 24, 2007 03:33 AMAND NOT ONE DAMN WORD FROM DUMBYA ABOUT NEW ORLEANS! He's already forgotten about rebuilding New Orleans. The rest of SOTU was awful enough, but this omission is utterly appalling. Thank you, Senator Webb, for remembering us down here. And for a wonderful speech. Posted by: Gina on January 24, 2007 03:41 AMFrom what I can gather from the "internets" the media is NOT doing its usual kiss-up act for this SOTU. And Webb's speech? I read the transcript and it was fantastic (but w/o TV I didn't see it) but the bloggers over at Kos are raving, calling him presidential material. Checked around for what polls are coming up on the news sites, and most are decidedly negative on SOTU - after more than 50 years watching (and participating in) politics, I've never seen such a negative response, even to Nixon's speech when he was down at the same poll level before resignation. I could probably go back and post lots of URLs of polls, but this one is best in my opinion, because it's fact-based. Go add your sensible and well-thought-out opinion at Posted by: Baraka on January 24, 2007 04:31 AMBaraka, click on the link above your post. Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 04:36 AMA poster over at Kos had a funny comment: "All Bush is saying, Someone posted this on Salon "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16776157/ Financial Times: Murdoch enters bid battle for Tribune "Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has joined the Chandler family in its bid for Tribune Company, with an eye to taking a stake in New York's Newsday newspaper. . . . . . Murdoch would likely take a minority stake in a consortium owning the Tribune's newspapers . . . . . . In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chandlers said they were in discussions with strategic investors about joining the bid. . . ." = = = = For as long as they could, the mercenary Chandler clan kept their alliance with Murdoch secret. Evidently, all they care about is making as much money as they can from their legacy without paying taxes. Having the huge Tribune company, which includes the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune and several other very important papers besides Newsday, partially owned by Murdoch would be a world tragedy." Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 04:52 AMWebb's response. My eyes are sparkling red white 'n blue! Just went over to Jim Webb's page on Act Blue and made a token contribution. http://www.actblue.com/page/webb Posted by: Barbara on January 24, 2007 05:16 AMHi Pat - I did read Webb's as well and am now following a blog by Senator Durbin (D-IL) on Daily Kos in which even more people are raving about Webb's performance. almost makes me wish I had television (and not just a funky ol' 19" set that I use to watch netflix). Posted by: Baraka on January 24, 2007 05:30 AMRemember when we were posting and speculating about the Valerie Plame outing and Fitzgerald's investigation? The folks over at FireDogLake are covering Scooter Libby's trial. Jury has been selected and opening remarks and first witness was heard today. It is fascinating reading. Posted by: Barbara on January 24, 2007 05:40 AMFascinating! Freudian slip? Jim Webb delivered that punch, right to the chin! And ended his speech by promising him a swift kick out the door! Posted by: lunaoscura on January 24, 2007 09:09 AMBarbara, I totally agree with you the trial coverage at FDL has been fascinating! For anyone that hasn't read - Firedoglake managed a miracle with the help of Arianna Huffington to obtain a rare press pass and are making history having bloggers right there covering the trial in D.C. for the first time, alongside the Old Media. Only two "press people" are allowed in the actual court room at a time, they all take turns swapping out that seating (note taking only allowed in there), the rest are in a Media room with closed circuit TV and their laptops. Christy and emptywheel are doing an outstanding job live blogging it. Christy being an ex prosecutor in answering a reader question how the reporters have been treating them said: Unfortunately Jane Hamsher went through breast cancer surgery last Friday and won't be able to join them in D.C. for a couple of weeks yet. Lots of love and prayers going out to her wishing her a speedy recovery. Don't know if this helps for anything but emptywheel posted that the jury came in at 10:38 am EST (D.C. time) for the first trial day on Tuesday. Oh to see the juror's faces that both Cheney and Rove were thrown under a bus in opening statements... or as someone said they backed it up and ran over them a couple more times while they were at it.
The REZ was right about one thing: I didn't vote for failure......I VOTED FOR GORE! ;-D love y'all Off the Rails: Big Oil, Big Brother Win Big in the State of the Union There was that tongue again. When the President lies he’s got this weird nervous tick: He sticks the tip of his tongue out between his lips. Like a little boy who knows he’s fibbing. Like a snake licking a rat. In his State of the Union tonight the President did his tongue thing 124 times — my kids kept count. But it wasn’t all rat-licking lies. Most pundits concentrated on Iraq and wacky health insurance stuff. But that’s just bubbles and blather. The real agenda is in the small stuff. The little razors in the policy apple, the nasty little pieces of policy shrapnel that whiz by between the appearances of the Presidential tongue. First, there was the announcement the regime will, “give employers the tools to verify the legal status of their workers.” In case you missed that one, the President is talking about creating a federal citizen profile database. There’s a problem with that idea. It’s against the law. The law in question is the United States Constitution. The Founding Fathers thought the government had no right to keep track on a citizen unless there is evidence they have committed, or planned to commit, a crime. But the Founding Fathers didn’t imagine there were millions and billions of dollars to be made by private contractors ready to perform this KGB operation for the Department of Homeland Security, tracking each and every one of us to keep tabs on our “status.” These work databases will tie into “voter verification” databases required by the Help America Vote Act. And these will tie to the databases on citizenship and so on. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 01:14 PMHappy Birthday, Garry! Just know you're going to have a great year. . .so party hearty! Posted by: karen on January 24, 2007 01:16 PMHAPPY BIRTHDAY GARRY!! Many this year be happy, healthy, and prosperous for you! Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 01:47 PMPat C Wayne Masen keeps throwing out little items about ata bases being "stolen" on a very regular basis. He seems to be the only one really concerned about this! I know Pat. I want to post his articles around but the problem is so many people dismiss him as being kooky. There clearly has been a big pattern of data bases being stolen, but connecting the dots is once again dismissed. Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 02:54 PMRemo Conscious - "We Know" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJpCezIsMpk Posted by: wv on January 24, 2007 03:14 PMOutstanding wv. Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 03:32 PM
Wednesday January 24, 2007 4:01 PM
MIAMI (AP) - Former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega hopes to immediately board a plane for Panama when he is released from prison on Sept. 9, and he plans to fight his conviction back home in the slayings of two political opponents, his attorney said. Noriega's eight-year rule over Panama ended after the United States invaded Panama on Dec. 20, 1989, to force him from power. He is being held in the Federal Correctional Institution in Miami on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Noriega was sentenced to a 30-year term for protecting Colombian cocaine shipments through Panama in the 1980s, but received deductions in his punishment for good behavior. Noriega's release in 2007 was first scheduled more than three years ago. The exact date, Sept. 9, was posted on the U.S. Bureau of http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6368302,00.html Note that date 9/9/2007 (9) - numerologists should have fun with that one....
January 23, 2007, 6:10 pm Not Your Average Republican Presidential Candidate The other day, I went by to visit Congressman Ron Paul, Republican of Texas. My first “real” job in Washington was working for him when he was initially elected to Congress in 1976, and I wanted to see how he was doing. Little did I realize when I made the appointment that I would be talking to a candidate for president. http://bartlett.blogs.nytimes.com/
Dynastic U.S. Politics a Liability for Clinton By ROGER COHEN NEW YORK Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the race, and says she's "in to win," but a delicate problem confronts her that few people are talking about: almost two decades of dynastic domination of American politics. Bush, Clinton, Bush - and Clinton? Since the 1988 election - that is before the Cold War ended - two families have controlled the White House. If Mrs. Clinton wins in 2008 and becomes the first female president of the United States, that troubling diarchy would stretch close to a quarter-century. The American Revolutionary War was fought and independence from Great Britain declared for many reasons, but one of them was not to reproduce within the republic the dynastic rivalry of, say, the Tudors and the Stuarts. Nor is the United States a banana republic where a couple of families get to lord it over the rest. http://select.nytimes.com/iht/2007/01/24/world/IHT-24globalist.html?pagewanted=print Posted by: wv on January 24, 2007 05:12 PMwv, the Clinton/Bush dynastic rivalry piece helped fill in a missing thought ingredient for me, and why i'm avidly deadset against a Clinton returning to office. Posted by: karen on January 24, 2007 05:35 PMHappy Birthday, Garry!!!!!! Keep selling my books :) A Big Birthday Shoutout to Garry! Party On Bro! Posted by: Cybear on January 24, 2007 06:09 PM
January 24, 2007, 1:09 pm 2008: Kerry Not Running By Adam Nagourney In these days when everyone and their brother seems to be running for president, someone today decided that he was not: Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who lost to President Bush in 2004.
Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Prospects for an increase in the minimum wage suffered a setback today in the Senate, where a majority rejected a move to raise the minimum by $2.10 an hour without tax breaks for small businesses. By a vote of 54 to 43, the chamber rejected an effort to pass a bill that would increase the wage to $7.25 from the current $5.15 in three steps, but without tax breaks. The measure was overwhelmingly approved by the House two weeks ago. The vote came on a motion to shut off debate and go to a “yes or no” vote on the measure itself. Since 60 votes were needed to end debate, supporters of the House-approved bill lost by 17 votes. Today’s vote, while disappointing to those who want to raise the minimum wage at once and with no accompanying tax provisions, was hardly a surprise. A substantial number of senators had indicated they wanted to tie a wage increase to tax breaks for small businesses, to help offset the costs of the increase. Posted by: wv on January 24, 2007 06:49 PMGuys, I guess that means you would have been agains the Adams boys also? You know, from the early years? I don't think anyone can logically put the Clinton 'dynasty' in the same class with the Bush dynasty which goes back a good 100 years and has reached a cresendo of illegalities and immoralities over at least the last 70 of those years... A dynasty denotes more than one generation of power holders...so far, Chelsea just doesn't qualify. Posted by: judiGem on January 24, 2007 09:26 PM
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WV, inthe last month, 3 of the world's oldest people have died...right as Pluto/Mars conjuncts the Galactic Center black hole. Must be good opportunity time....all I know is an awful lot of people are taking their leave, judging from the pages of obits I've been reading. Posted by: judiGem on January 24, 2007 09:50 PMPS..couldn't read the NYTimes piece on the 'dynasty', as it requires registering. I once registered and ended up with tons of phone calls asking me to take the Times, not to mention all the letters. Posted by: judiGem on January 24, 2007 09:52 PMJudi, I agree with your post. .......... http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009246 Class Struggle The most important--and unfortunately the least debated--issue in politics today is our society's steady drift toward a class-based system, the likes of which we have not seen since the 19th century. America's top tier has grown infinitely richer and more removed over the past 25 years. It is not unfair to say that they are literally living in a different country. Few among them send their children to public schools; fewer still send their loved ones to fight our wars. They own most of our stocks, making the stock market an unreliable indicator of the economic health of working people. The top 1% now takes in an astounding 16% of national income, up from 8% in 1980. The tax codes protect them, just as they protect corporate America, through a vast system of loopholes. Incestuous corporate boards regularly approve compensation packages for chief executives and others that are out of logic's range. As this newspaper has reported, the average CEO of a sizeable corporation makes more than $10 million a year, while the minimum wage for workers amounts to about $10,000 a year, and has not been raised in nearly a decade. When I graduated from college in the 1960s, the average CEO made 20 times what the average worker made. Today, that CEO makes 400 times as much. In the age of globalization and outsourcing, and with a vast underground labor pool from illegal immigration, the average American worker is seeing a different life and a troubling future. Trickle-down economics didn't happen. Despite the vaunted all-time highs of the stock market, wages and salaries are at all-time lows as a percentage of the national wealth. At the same time, medical costs have risen 73% in the last six years alone. Half of that increase comes from wage-earners' pockets rather than from insurance, and 47 million Americans have no medical insurance at all. Manufacturing jobs are disappearing. Many earned pension programs have collapsed in the wake of corporate "reorganization." And workers' ability to negotiate their futures has been eviscerated by the twin threats of modern corporate America: If they complain too loudly, their jobs might either be outsourced overseas or given to illegal immigrants. Much more... Posted by: Pat C on January 24, 2007 09:54 PMWhen we use the words "govt," "regime," "authority," "corporation/company," etc., it is good to remember that we're REALLY talking about greedy, amoral, murderous, old male human becomings... not some untouchable disembodied entity like... god. Even the few decent old guys are by no means without faults & personal flaws &, by no means, worthy of worship or worthy of commanding most of our attention most of the time. After all is said/done, he'd probably be most grateful to be relieved of divinehoodship. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 24, 2007 10:35 PMOn the other hand... * Israeli PM Urges President to Resign - HERZLIYA, Israel, Jan. 24 — PM Ehud Olmert called this evening for President Moshe Katsav to resign after the Israeli atty gen announced his intention to indict Mr Katsav on criminal charges incl rape, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, fraud, sexual harassment & breach of trust. “There is no doubt in my mind that the president cannot continue to fulfill his position & he must leave the president’s residence,” Mr Olmert said at the beginning of a policy speech at a security conference here. “This is a sad day for the state of Israel.” ... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/world/middleeast/24cnd-israel.html?hp&ex=1169701200&en=dbfc62e6b5cc6848&ei=5094&partner=homepage Talk about pots calling kettles! Anyway, the old coots are also addicted to High Drama as old drama kings. So gross... so very nauseating & grosss. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 24, 2007 10:41 PMWV, that bit about the key to the 115 year old man's longevity was HILARIOUS!!! Thanks all for the grand birthday wishes--like I say about each one, it was "the best one ever!" So far lots of laughs and fun, and I found a comment I'd IM'ed to a former gf last year: "What can I say? Age makes you a better pervert!" Anyway, I LOOOOOOOOVE all of my e-family here at the bestest forum in all of Cyberia and may we all be friends forever. Love to all and I'll check back in tomorrow! from the Greg Palast article: 'First, there was the announcement the regime will, “give employers the tools to verify the legal status of their workers.” In case you missed that one, the President is talking about creating a federal citizen profile database."' + STOLEN DATABASES (brought up by the 2 Pats) = PLUTO IN CAPRICORN SQUARE URANUS IN ARIES (& Sat. in Libra) = REVOLUTION Happy Birthday to Our Aquarian Brother, Garry, who is a great enhancement to this site. May ALL your days be Sunny, Enlightened & Bright :-) I love Aquarians! (I'm at the other end of the Aquarius/Pisces cusp but am officially sun in Pisces) Posted by: Sharon on January 25, 2007 12:27 AMCyberia, so that's where we are... Posted by: Sharon on January 25, 2007 12:28 AM
Wes Clark just got caught up in the rigged rules for discussing Israel-related issues in America. Retired General Wesley Clark is, like me, concerned that the Bush administration is going to launch a war with Iran. Arianna Huffington spoke to him in early January and asked why he was so worried the administration was headed in this direction. According to Huffington's January 4 recounting of Clark's thoughts, he said this: "You just have to read what's in the Israeli press. The Jewish community is divided but there is so much pressure being channeled from the New York money people to the office seekers." This, of course, is true. I'm Jewish and I don't think the United States should bomb Iran, but Thursday night I was talking to a Jewish friend and she does think the United States should bomb Iran. The Jewish community, in short, is divided on the issue. It's also true that most major American Jewish organizations cater to the views of extremely wealthy major donors whose political views are well to the right of the bulk of American Jews, one of the most liberal ethnic groups in the country. Furthermore, it's true that major Jewish organizations are trying to push the country into war. And, last, it's true that if you read the Israeli press you'll see that right-wing Israeli politicians are anticipating a military confrontation with Iran. (For example, here's an article about the timing of the selection of a new top dog in the Israeli Defense Forces; Benjamin Netanyahu is quoted as saying that the new leader http://www.prospect.org/web/printfriendly-view.ww?id=12394 Check out what Australians think about GWB and his SOTU - http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/global_grabs/009461.html Pretty damning! It's the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, which tends to lean left; it's a newspaper for thinkers. Posted by: Lynda Hill on January 25, 2007 12:55 AM
Wednesday, 24 January 2007 WV...yeh, there was an 112 year old man in the East Bay who died in Nov I think....he was childless and unmarried also.....on the other hand, WHO WANTS TO LIVE THAT LONG ANYWAY¿???? Posted by: judiGem on January 25, 2007 01:45 AMRun Al, Run http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13248532/why_gore_should_run__and_how_he_can_win/1 Posted by: Pat C on January 25, 2007 02:15 AM
Steven Spielberg and David Geffen Invite Hundreds of Stars to Their Big Barack Obama Fundraiser By MARCUS BARAM Jan. 24, 2007 — - Is Hollywood abandoning Hillary? On Wednesday morning, hundreds of Hollywood's movers and shakers received an invitation that they may find hard to refuse.
Movie moguls Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg want their Hollywood peers to join them at a Feb. 20 fundraiser the three are throwing for Obama.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=2819848 Posted by: wv on January 25, 2007 02:27 AM
So the presidency is a "prize"... of course, for the gamers & players it's a prize. I detest these people. wv... I never "got" that Gore picked lieberman but that the DLC stuck lieberman to him. I never "got" that Gore was pleased with that. In fact, I always felt that's why he didn't fight wholeheartedly for the presidency that he won. Today, Gore is not associated with the DLC... left them behind a while ago. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 25, 2007 02:46 AMhttp://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/01/habeas-corpus-and-tyranny-gap.html Habeas Corpus and the Tyranny Gap Posted by: Pat C on January 25, 2007 04:08 AMhttp://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=179006 Ohio election workers convicted of rigging ’04 presidential recount Posted by: Pat C on January 25, 2007 04:45 AMSo, what's up with this? Joanna, I agree with you completely, plus it occurrrrrrred to me the other day that: Techumseh's Curse didn't come true in 2000...why? was it because his Chimpiness actually WASN"T elected, therefore annulling the curse; and if Gore had won, would HE have been assassinated? Al Gore has made his mark in a different way, perhaps an even longer lasting and more important way than merely being president. That being said, I wish Techumseh would think up a different one now.... Pat C...wow, that is GREAT about the Ohio convictions....I still like that phraze....the wheels of justice grind very slowly, but exceedingly fine. Posted by: judiGem on January 25, 2007 05:54 AMInteresting that John Kerry would hold off on running again for President, and perhaps in a way, too bad for him. One cannot help but get the sense that a once in a lifetime opportunity for him has passed, and as such, will never return again. Anyone else notice Rupert Murdoch and News Corp growing as fat as frequently overfed hogs? I'm thinking that the time may soon be upon us when oversized corporations and their CEO/bosses go for a ride to the... ahem, "factory" -- which we'll just call "abolition of corporate personhood" and restoration of accountability. And now, Metro Atlanta may be going splitsville. A prelude to boundaries changing under Pluto in Capricorn? I kid you not: ATLANTA - A potentially explosive dispute in the City Too Busy to Hate is taking shape over a proposal to break Fulton County in two and split off Atlanta’s predominantly white, affluent suburbs to the north from some of the metropolitan area’s poorest, black neighborhoods. Legislation that would allow the suburbs to form their own county, to be called Milton County, was introduced by members of the Georgia Legislature’s Republican majority earlier this month. Supporters say it is a quest for more responsive government in a county with a population greater than that of six states. Opponents say the measure is racially motivated and will pit white against black, rich against poor. “If it gets to the floor, there will be blood on the walls,” warned state Sen. Vincent Fort, an Atlanta Democrat and member of the Legislative Black Caucus who bitterly opposes the plan. Fort added: “As much as you would like to think it’s not racial, it’s difficult to draw any other conclusion.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16773267/ Posted by: NEOBuckeye on January 25, 2007 06:59 AMThings, believe it or not are FINALLY starting to move here in Ohio. One of Governor Strickland's first acts after being sworn in was to impose strict limits -- $20 I believe -- on the cash value of gifts that he or any of the officials in his administration could accept. Blackwell, incidentally, awarded his staff all sorts of gifts, perks and promotions when it became obvious even to him that he had no chance of winning last November. So clearly, Ohioans made the better choice. Various ethics reforms have made their way into the State Legislature here as well. Although it's still dominated by Republicans, they aren't playing quite so rough, now that they realize in the wake of 2006, that that their own jobs could be in jeopardy on the next go round. Dems control all State Cabinet level positions now but Auditor, and the Republican won that only by the skin of her teeth. Dems will now have say in apportionment/redistricting after the next census head count, most likely reigning in the GOP Legislative majority. Uranus transiting back and forth over Ohio's natal Pisces Sun has definitely brought forth desperately needed upheaval and a movement for change in this state. Took long enough! Posted by: NEOBuckeye on January 25, 2007 07:18 AM
Trade between Russia and India On the eve of the visit, Russia and India signed two deals on the production and joint development of aircraft and fighter plane engines. Russia is also offering to build four nuclear power reactors in India. The two countries have had close links since Soviet times, with India remaining a top buyer of Russian weaponry. However, the relationship faces new challenges, including competition from the West and the growing economic and military might of China Signing new co-operation agreements with his Indian counterpart on Wednesday, Russia's Defence Minister, Sergei Ivanov, said a close and trusting relationship with India remained a top priority. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6295733.stm Crowd control??? Military officials believe the gun could be used as a non-lethal way of making enemies surrender their weapons. Officials said there was wide-ranging military interest in the technology. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6297149.stm
So CNN is now defending its host, Glenn Beck, and his use of the word "faggot" on the air, AND his suggestion that the word isn't very derogatory. Way to step in it even further, CNN. Faggot is the n-word to gays, and you think it's appropriate? Does CNN permit the n-word on the air? And would they permit their hosts to suggest that it's simply a "naughty name"? CNN has a host who is a loose cannon and who has already slurred Muslims, gays, and more. (Though, interestingly, I doubt CNN would let a host slur blacks or Jews, so apparently free speech has its limits even at CNN.) But rather than apologize, CNN defends their host who thinks the word "faggot" is appropriate for CNN, and who thinks the word "faggot" is simply a "naughty name." I think CNN is about to see just how the gay community feels about TV networks who think the bigoted slurs are no big deal. Why? Because now GLAAD is involved. They're the gay community's largest anti-defamation group. That elevates the CNN controversy to a whole new level. And the fact that CNN is defending their host's use of the word "faggot," and his attempt to belittle the damage the word causes, is not going to sit well with the non-FOX-news crowd that usually watches CNN. http://americablog.blogspot.com/
Obama Versus Fox News As Mark Mellman would say, there are three ways to interpret a memo distributed to reporters this a.m. from Sen. Barack Obama's staff about the libelous claim that he attended a madrassa as a young man. 1. The story still has legs, and Obama's staff are concerned that the madrassa rumor will never be fully put to bed unless it's tucked under the covers by Obama himself. Obama, we're told, was asked about the madrassa story at least six times yesterday. One reporter wasn't aware that CNN had proven the rumor false. 2. They're angling for a hit off the Obama versus Fox News match-up. The memo takes Steve Doocy and John Gibson to task for repeating the charges and documents how CNN (Fox competitor!) thoroughly debunked the story. Bashing Fox -- and in this case, Fox warrants a bit of bashing -- is like throwing a log in a heated fire. Compare this to Sen. John McCain's embrace of MoveOn.org's ads against him. The more liberals attack McCain, the more conservative he seems. 3. Obama will not be swiftboated. Period. Explanations 1 and 3 are more convincing to us than explanation 2, but the side effects will be fun to watch. From the memo: http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/01/obama_versus_fo.html Posted by: wv on January 25, 2007 12:45 PMSteve Bell is on track ...again... http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,,1998068,00.html Posted by: wv on January 25, 2007 01:00 PM
Leader Guardian The back-slapping, the rictus smiles and the standing ovations of the State of the Union speech are integral to the annual ritual. But they could not disguise the hard truth that this was a very different report to Congress than any that George Bush had delivered before. Mr Bush went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday attempting to revive a presidency suffering ongoing collapse. He did so in the face of a buoyant new Democratic majority in Congress, the worst confidence ratings of any White House occupant since Richard Nixon on the eve of his resignation, and a surge of interest in the 2008 election that only emphasises his isolation. Unsurprisingly, Mr Bush's speech was a failure. http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1997772,00.html Posted by: wv on January 25, 2007 01:24 PMhttp://www.buzzflash.com/store/reviews/494 Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed "We discovered that the Chilean government had hired Bob Dole to represent them against U.S. salmon farmers. Dole had served as chair of the Senate Finance Committee, the panel with jurisdiction over trade. After my office alerted the media, Dole angrily demanded to know who that Ohio Congressman was who had outed him." — from Myths of Free Trade Sherrod Brown wrote this cogent book as a congressman, shortly before he became a United States Senator from Ohio by beating a Republican incumbent in 2006. Brown is as progressive as they come on Capitol Hill. He even has the David Sirota "Anti-K Street" seal of approval -- and that isn't easy to come by. In "Myths of Free Trade," Brown exposes the sham of what is called "neo-liberal globalization." Brown argues, and correctly so, that the earth hasn't become flatter; rather "free trade" is a misnomer. It is not free and it brings with it injustice, environmental ruin, economic chaos and the dislocation of American jobs. "Free trade" is just another one of those euphemistic terms that has a far more sinister meaning. In this case, it means laws that enable corporations to have powers that supersede sovereign governments and to enrich themselves and their shareholders with a minimum of regulation by any given state participating in "free trade" agreements. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 25, 2007 03:43 PMwv, about your link to the heat ray to be used by the military for crowd control. What a nifty new torture weapon! How special! (/sarcasm) Posted by: lunaoscura on January 25, 2007 04:12 PMEven start a world war to clear his name? Another nut case in a very high place. There are nuts starting a war to clear his name, some to divert attention from serious economic problems and there are some like humpty dumpty, who can claim war with his/neocons name(the war bearing their names) so that they'll GO down in http://www.dailykos.com:80/story/2007/1/25/121036/158 Joe Wilson Vindicated The Bush/Cheney acolytes keen on smearing Joe Wilson took a couple of gut shots at the Scooter Libby trial today. One of the documents released to the public confirms Wilson’s account of how he came to be sent to Niger, what he found, and what he reported to CIA debriefers. Part of the smear effort, which was led by Kansas Senator Pat Roberts from his perch as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee (SSCI), insisted that Joe’s trip to Niger actually revealed that Iraq was trying to buy uranium. According to p. 46 of the July 2004 SSCI report on Iraq, the Republican’s reported hearsay about what Joe found: More…. Posted by: Pat C on January 25, 2007 10:24 PMI just noticed this story which ran in SF Chronicle...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/18/NSGMKLNB3R1.DTL&hw=obit&sn=002&sc=457 Schou also draws connections between the way the media handled such unruly reporters as Webb and the way the media failed to critique the Bush administration's entry into war in Iraq. "What fueled these mainstream media attacks were government denials," he notes. "This is the same disease that led the media to so highly buy into the story about weapons of mass destruction." Posted by: judiGem on January 25, 2007 11:45 PM
http://www.sfgate.com/comics/fiore/ Posted by: wv on January 26, 2007 01:18 AMWV...he really captures the queasyness of it all....this period in time has GOT to go down in history as being one of the worst as far as vision and fearlessness in the face of mediocrity goes. just got this email: The latest hit song out of idiotic D.C. BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, sung to the tune of BARBARA ANN by The Beach Boys Sad but probably true. Posted by: judiGem on January 26, 2007 01:32 AM
Thursday, 25 January 2007 How many of our troops are lying in Walter Reed with devastating injuries that could have been prevented if a Senate leader like Clinton had taken a moral stance instead of political one? 01/25/07 "ICHBlog" -- -- Twelve people killed in a helicopter crash Saturday in Iraq. Thirteen other service members reported killed in other incidents. Two more on Sunday and two more on Monday. Twenty-nine people dead in the last three days in a war that the senator has supported since she first voted "yea" to give Bloody George carte blanche to invade Iraq and with her continuing support via her "yea" votes on giving the war addict in the White House the key to the treasury. Soon after Camp Casey, in August 2005, I was meeting with some Hollywood people who pretended that they supported me, but really were big money donors and supporters of Hillary. I was told that the senator was really against the war, but she was waiting for the politically correct time to come out against it. I was told that she was the best hope for the Democrats in 2008, and I should give her a break.
Thursday, 25 January 2007 01/25/07 "ICHBlog" --- Stop him before he kills again. That is the judgment of the American people, and indeed of the entire world, as to the performance of our president, and no State of the Union address can erase that dismal verdict. In other words, the almost universal support the United States enjoyed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been completely squandered, as a majority of the world's people now believe that our role in the entire world is negative. This is corpo-government rule http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/25/153210 Thursday, January 25th, 2007 Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration Posted by: Pat C on January 26, 2007 03:08 AMLet it begin! Lawmakers call for Bush impeachment, NM State Sens. John Grubesic of Santa Fe and Gerald Ortiz y Pino of Albuquerque, both Democrats, said the resolution is a serious effort to try to trigger impeachment proceedings. http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20070124_impeach_bush_cheney.16dd6d3a.html Posted by: NEOBuckeye on January 26, 2007 04:07 AM"Interesting that John Kerry would hold off on running again for President, and perhaps in a way, too bad for him. One cannot help but get the sense that a once in a lifetime opportunity for him has passed, and as such, will never return again." NEO-B, I distinctly remember Sally saying something like that would happen. It was his chance to be great and it could be realized or it could completely pass him by. I still think he had it in him to be an excellent president, but there is the Sagittarius (or maybe Gemini, or both) trait to blurt things out before thinking them through. It's really tough because one must think on their feet and have the right come-back but at the same time say just the right think. Maybe he is missing the maturity chip that would enable him to practice more restraint at the right time -- but I really do like his honesty. Another perception is that he comes across as an elitist and the country wants a more populist president. Clinton played the saxophone, Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, GWB is a phony Texas rancher (or maybe it's real for him, who knows). All of them except for the latter were intellectuals who knew how to appeal to the people. I wonder about John Edwards now. I don't think he'll make the cut. I hope we can find someone stronger than Hillary because I fear she will be the strongest candidate we can find from what we see. Posted by: Sharon on January 26, 2007 04:44 AMDrip drip drip: Sally, you may already be planning this, but I think a lot of us would love to hear your analysis on who has the best chance of making the cut in 08 (Dem and Rep), just as you gave us about this time four years ago. As I recall your predictions for the Dem field were pretty accurate. I would love to see what Gore has going on in his chart as well. Posted by: Larry on January 26, 2007 07:31 AMKeith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959 In 1997, Olbermann abruptly left ESPN under a cloud of controversy, apparently burning his bridges with the network's management [1]. Olbermann and ESPN were long to reconcile. The network famously snubbed him when they did not invite him to participate in its 25th Anniversary "Reunion Week". In November 2002, Olbermann published an essay on Salon.com entitled "Mea Culpa" in which he conceded that his own insecurities and neurotic behavior had led to many of his problems at work.[4] In the essay, it imparted an instance of where his former bosses remarked he had "too much backbone," which actually hit on a literal truth. He has six lumbar vertebrae instead of the normal five.[4]
Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) In 1997, Olbermann abruptly left ESPN under a cloud of controversy, apparently burning his bridges with the network's management [1]. Olbermann and ESPN were long to reconcile. The network famously snubbed him when they did not invite him to participate in its 25th Anniversary "Reunion Week". In November 2002, Olbermann published an essay on Salon.com entitled "Mea Culpa" in which he conceded that his own insecurities and neurotic behavior had led to many of his problems at work.[4] In the essay, it imparted an instance of where his former bosses remarked he had "too much backbone," which actually hit on a literal truth. He has six lumbar vertebrae instead of the normal five.[4] I can't get this to post??! Make this website another cup of coffee it's not awake yet!!! I'm awake, QOP... (TaHA! you're so funny). I could hardly wait to get back to the Northern Exposure DVDs... my new coping med. When that TV show was airing, I thot USia was moving along the general lines of self-depreciating humor, wit-wisdom, compassion, etc. As it turns out, we were yanked by our short hairs back into a path of fascistic cruelty... back, back, back into castles of yore... into the dungeons of torture, ecclesiastical bullsh*t, robber-barons, & roach-like toadies. Anyway, G'Morning!! Mebbe something nice will happen today in our politics. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 26, 2007 01:26 PM* Davos 07: Rome before the fall? - The people meeting here at Davos get richer every year. One day, you can see them thinking, their luck will run out. ... http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/julian_glover/2007/01/davos_07_rome_before_the_fall.html Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 26, 2007 01:48 PMHey!, PELOSI FOR PRESIDENT!
Liz Taylor backs Hillary Clinton in presidential race Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:08pm ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood may be debating who to support in the 2008 presidential election, but Dame Elizabeth Taylor already has her woman -- Hillary Rodham Clinton. In a statement on Thursday, the actress said, "I have contributed to Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign because she has a mind of her own and a very strong one at that. I like the way she thinks. She is very savvy and a smart leader with years of experience in government, diplomacy and politics." A spokesman for the 74-year-old actress said she had contributed $2,100 to the New York Democratic senator, the legal limit an individual can give in a primary campaign. Earlier the spokesman had said Taylor gave $100,000, but said that was an incorrect figure based on misinformation
Article published Jan 26, 2007 Raleigh | Citing the controversy surrounding the Dakota Fanning film Hounddog, the leader of the state Senate Republicans says he wants the government to review scripts before cameras start rolling in North Carolina. http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/NEWS/701260363&template=printart Middle East -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small steps, not giant leaps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1998868,00.html Posted by: wv on January 26, 2007 05:20 PM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Ehud Olmert tells the world that President Bush's invasion of Iraq has made the Middle East safer, at least he can fall back on the excuse that sarcasm is a mainstay of Israeli discourse. But when Olmert says Israel won't talk to Syria as long as President Bush won't, Israelis ought to be worried. More worried, still, when Condi Rice comes hawking fantasies about Israel concluding peace with the Palestinians while Hamas is swept away by Mahmoud Abbas (or is it Mohammed Dahlan?) playing a Palestinian Pinochet, while the likes of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt somehow contrive to reverse the train wreck of Iraq and scare Iran back into its shell. Olmert appears to be outsourcing Israel's strategic decision-making to a White House that has repeatedly demonstrated a catastrophic failure to grasp the realities of the region. Betting Israel's security on the ability of the Bush crowd to transform the strategic landscape in the Middle East is rather like leaving a party in the backseat of an SUV whose driver is cradling a bottle of tequila and slurring his words as he rebuffs offers by more sober friends to take the wheel. OK, is it popcorn time or time to grab the duct tape and plastic wrap? Fitzgerald has rapidly moved up the chain of command to the Veep's doorstep. Rumsfeld (the Veep's good buddy) continues to work as an unpaid consultant or such in the DOD. And, of course, The Decider has his Plan, which seems to include Iran. Please advise. Posted by: shylurker on January 26, 2007 07:07 PMMaybe it is time for the duct tape & plastic wrap: speaking of Davos, this is pretty interesting take by iraqi vp: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25522748.htm Posted by: on January 26, 2007 11:22 PMPrince Bandar Bush was in Tehran, for a meeting with leaders from Iran and Lebanon. ( NOT Amadenijahd) C-span Rtired Gen. Jack Keane. NDecider ddoesn'ytow we are sending 92,000 troops not 21,000????????????? OVER A DECADE? The De4cider doesn't get to decide that far ahead!!!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/tc_nm/japan_explosives_dc Scientists use radio waves to detect explosives Scientists in Japan have developed a new technique for detecting explosives such as TNT in landmines or luggage using radio waves. .............. http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1999968,00.html US answer to global warming: smoke and giant space mirrors Washington urges scientists to develop ways to reflect sunlight as 'insurance' Posted by: Pat C on January 27, 2007 01:41 PMGen. Odom's testimony should be required reading/viewing of all our Senators and Reps.: Pat C, This administration is just too obtuse, obviously, from the article you posted about giant reflective mirrors or creating more dust in the atmosphere to deflect the Sun's rays. What's wrong with this picture? Well, like everything else they advocate they want to fix the symptoms, not the cause. They defend the cause because it makes them richer than god. It's like they want to control the population explosion by killing people in wars, but don't anyone dare use contraceptives or practice birth control because then they aren't in charge. Hey! We can now pollute space with giant mirrors. And if we pollute the atmosphere even more then the Sun's rays will also be deflected. So instead of cutting back on emissions, let's make more! And we thought they would listen to reason?! Posted by: lunaoscura on January 27, 2007 04:32 PMTo add to my last post regarding smoke and mirrors, it takes a particular kind of profound stupidity to say such things and not be even remotely embarrassed by it. Lunkheads comes to mind. And these people managed to get control of power! Obviously anything is possible. Posted by: lunaoscura on January 27, 2007 04:37 PMhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16841070/ War protesters demand U.S. troop withdrawal http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16843076/displaymode/1176/rstry/16841070/ Photos Buy one pair of shoes for yourself and "Tom" gives a pair--FREE--to a child in poverty: West Wing shocked! Rove, Bartlett subpoenaed Bush Leagues | Friday, January 26th, 2007 | Trackback Presidential political guru Karl Rove and White House Communications director Dan Bartlett have been subpoenaed to testify for the defense in the perjury trial of former Vice Presidential chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby. The subpoenas have White House lawyers scrambling to find a way to stop Rove and Bartlett from testifying and are also sending shock waves through the West Wing. From Snowjob to Blowjob Resist Thanatos! Celebrate Eros! By DR. SUSAN BLOCK
http://www.counterpunch.org - CounterPunch: "America's Best Political Newsletter" Hahahahahaha. I never saw this happen, I never heard anyone say they did it or saw others do it or heard of others doing it, etc. There's never been a picture anywhere showing it being done. I am so happy that this lie has now been documented for what it is. Same with "bra-burning" to defame feminists... another corpo-virus thrown into the society-at-large to inflame the jerk-knee minded. Or the "swift-boating" of Jane Fonda to this day... big tough guys losing their balls "because" of a beautiful woman who has not stood idiot to corpo wars. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/01/27/fondas-first-antiwar-de_n_39799.html Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 02:54 AMOh, the bra-burning. What a buncha hooey. But, ya know, JoannaO, one thing that's always fascinated me was that Jane didn't go to Hanoi alone but she's the one who's always villified for it. Now why do you suppose that is? Posted by: shylurker on January 28, 2007 03:06 AMShe's a woman? ...& beautiful? ...& was once Barberella over whom the "studs" drooled n' masterbated? ...then snatched herself away as boy-play-toy for serious award-winning roles like Klute? ...then he felt betrayed that he was sucked-in by boobs n' butt? ...& turns out she has quite a good brain that can run circles around him & he feels dumb? ...something like that? ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 03:27 AMJoannaO, she went to Hanoi with someone named Tom. Tee hee: I think they don't pick on people named Tom, just on those named Jane. Posted by: shylurker on January 28, 2007 03:39 AMIndeed. I do believe you're correct, shy... ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 03:50 AMI love that... "far left," "radical"... not much appears to be far left radical as a real democracy. Certainly not far right radical as on-going fascism & totalitarianism (1 pink guy is big cheese, torture, rape, wholesale thievery, obsession with S&B & pedophilic sexual practices, etc etc) & call THAT "democracy." Har-de-harhar! Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 04:00 AMOren Lyons, 76, is a wisdom carrier, one of the bearers of a variety of human tradition that can’t easily be reduced to a couple of sentences. One reason he—-& the tradition for which he is a spokesperson—-isn’t more widely known is that he doesn’t actively seek forums from which to speak. If someone asks him, however, about the principles behind the particular Native American tradition of which he has, since 1967, been an appointed caretaker, he is glad to respond. He chooses his words carefully, & occasionally, these days, there is a hint of indignation in his voice, as if time were short & people generally willful in their distraction. In an era of self-promotion, Oren Lyons represents the antithesis of celebrity. When he converses about serious issues, no insistent ego comes to the fore, no desire to be seen as an important or wise person. His voice is but one in a long series, as he sees it, & the wisdom belongs not to him but to the tradition for which he speaks. His approach to problems is unusual in modern social commentary because his observations are not compelled by any overriding sense of the importance of the human present. In place of a philosophy of progress, he emphasizes fidelity to a set of spiritual & natural laws that have guided successful human social organization thruout history. The appeal of his particular ethics in the search for solutions to contemporary environmental & social problems can become readily apparent. It is importantly, however, not a wisdom anchored in beliefs about human perfection. It’s grounded in the recognition & acceptance of human responsibility where all forms of life are concerned. Oren is a Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan among the Onondaga people of western NY. He sits on the Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations as they are sometimes known. (In addition to the Onondaga, these would be the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, & Tuscarora.) The people of this “Iroquois Confederacy” share a philosophy of life given to them a 1000 years ago by a spiritual being they call the Peace Maker. (He was named so partly because his instructions & warnings ended a period of warfare among these tribes, but his teachings about peace are understood to refer principally to a state of mind necessary for good living & good governance.) ... http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-1om/Lopez-Lyons.html Oren Lyons, 76, is a wisdom carrier, one of the bearers of a variety of human tradition that can’t easily be reduced to a couple of sentences. One reason he—-& the tradition for which he is a spokesperson—-isn’t more widely known is that he doesn’t actively seek forums from which to speak. If someone asks him, however, about the principles behind the particular Native American tradition of which he has, since 1967, been an appointed caretaker, he is glad to respond. He chooses his words carefully, & occasionally, these days, there is a hint of indignation in his voice, as if time were short & people generally willful in their distraction. In an era of self-promotion, Oren Lyons represents the antithesis of celebrity. When he converses about serious issues, no insistent ego comes to the fore, no desire to be seen as an important or wise person. His voice is but one in a long series, as he sees it, & the wisdom belongs not to him but to the tradition for which he speaks. His approach to problems is unusual in modern social commentary because his observations are not compelled by any overriding sense of the importance of the human present. In place of a philosophy of progress, he emphasizes fidelity to a set of spiritual & natural laws that have guided successful human social organization thruout history. The appeal of his particular ethics in the search for solutions to contemporary environmental & social problems can become readily apparent. It is importantly, however, not a wisdom anchored in beliefs about human perfection. It’s grounded in the recognition & acceptance of human responsibility where all forms of life are concerned. Oren is a Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan among the Onondaga people of western NY. He sits on the Council of Chiefs of the Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations as they are sometimes known. (In addition to the Onondaga, these would be the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, & Tuscarora.) The people of this “Iroquois Confederacy†share a philosophy of life given to them a 1000 years ago by a spiritual being they call the Peace Maker. (He was named so partly because his instructions & warnings ended a period of warfare among these tribes, but his teachings about peace are understood to refer principally to a state of mind necessary for good living & good governance.) ... http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-1om/Lopez-Lyons.html Thank you JoannaO What a beautiful read to start the day! Good morning! I have relatives there. Those there that claim me as a relative, are good and gentle people. Posted by: Pat C on January 28, 2007 12:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovBLFZhQME Posted by: wv on January 28, 2007 12:55 PM
http://folksongsofthefarrightwing.cf.huffingtonpost.com/ Posted by: wv on January 28, 2007 01:04 PMFrom the archives of Jon Stewart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB_NRIojho Bush v. Bush Posted by: Pat C on January 28, 2007 01:33 PMhttp://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/16560149.htm Now we're getting down to the nitty gritty. Chevron holds talks with Iraq to build facility Iraq is in negotiations with San Ramon-based Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. to build a new $3 billion petrochemical facility, and is in talks with several other Western companies over industrial projects. In an interview Thursday, Fowzi Hariri, Iraq's minister for industry and minerals, said the discussions with Chevron and Exxon began this week in Washington and are at an early stage. "It will be one or the other company for this new facility, not both," he said. "We're hoping to have a (Memorandum of Understanding) in place by about July." The minister, who has been in his post since June, said the issue of security was a prominent feature of the discussions, given the sectarian conflict that has come to characterize Iraq over the past year. He said he emphasized to the companies that much of the violence has been in Baghdad. The discussions with the companies have been greatly aided by an Iraq foreign investment law that won final approval last October, he said. Chevron also reported Friday that a deepwater test well off the coast of Angola, Africa's fastest-growing oil producer, showed a "significant" discovery. More than 85 meters of oil was found in the Lucapa-1 well drilled in waters of 3,940 feet to a depth of 10,955 feet, and the output tested at commercial rates, Chevron said Friday in a statement. Further drilling will be conducted to appraise the well and determine potential reserves, the company said. More...
Republican senator Chuck Hagel sounds off on the sorry state of Congress, the president’s lies, and the vote for war that he now regrets Interview by Wil S. Hylton GQ, January 2007 Chuck Hagel came home from Vietnam in 1968 with shrapnel in his chest, scars on his face, and an unyielding certainty that the freedom of men is theirs alone to win. As an infantryman, he had not bombed from above or commanded from behind; he had stood knee-deep in the muck, face-to-face with the enemy, firing on men and watching them die. It’s a hard memory to leave behind. Even after four decades and a lifetime of change—a fortune earned in the investment-banking business; a decade as a senator from Nebraska; and a position as one of the GOP’s conservative torchbearers with a shot at the White House—Hagel has put everything on the line to oppose the war in Iraq, refusing to send a “surge” of new troops into battle, or to forget the lessons he brought home from the killing fields long ago. Sitting in his office on a recent afternoon, Hagel leaned back in his armchair to explain, in a voice reminiscent of sandpaper on rough oak, how he was deceived by the president, and won’t let it happen again.
http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_5326 Posted by: wv on January 28, 2007 01:57 PMPosted on Salon: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/28/ap/politics/mainD8MTUN080.shtml Ex-Cheney Aide Details Media Tactics (AP) ... Libby asked Martin to map a media strategy in case Tenet fell short. A Harvard law school graduate, Martin had succeeded legendary Republican operative Mary Matalin as Cheney's political and public affairs assistant. Matalin had brought Martin to Cheney's office as her deputy and trained her. Martin offered these options in order: _Put Cheney on "Meet the Press." _Leak an exclusive version to a selected reporter or the weekly news magazines. _Have national security adviser Condoleezza Rice or Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hold a news conference. _Persuade a third party or columnist to write an opinion piece that would appear in newspapers on the page opposite the editorials. Not only did Tenet leave unanswered questions about Cheney, his remarks came out late on a Friday, the government's favorite moment to deliver bad news. Why? "Fewer people pay attention to it later on Friday," Martin testified. "And in our view, fewer people are paying attention on Saturday, when it's reported." As Martin rated their options, putting Cheney on "Meet the Press," NBC's Sunday morning talk show, "is our best format." Cheney was their best person for the show and "we control the message a little bit more," according to Martin. The downside was that Cheney could "get pulled into the weeds and specifics. We like to keep him at a pretty high level," she said. Also, it "looks defensive to rush him out on `Meet the Press.'" Next they could give an exclusive or leak to one reporter and she considered David Sanger of The New York Times, Walter Pincus of The Washington Post, or Time or Newsweek. Because reporters are competitive, "if you give it to one reporter, they're more likely to write the story," Martin testified. Plus an official can demand anonymity in return for the favor. "You can give it to them as a senior administration official," she said. "You don't have to say this is coming directly from the White House." The news weeklies offered a focus on the big picture and opinion-editorial writers and columnists could voice opinions. Ultimately, Cheney crafted an on-the-record statement to be attributed to Libby by name along with some anonymous background information. Libby personally called Matt Cooper of Time, who had e-mailed questions to Martin earlier. ... ... Cooper did not use the full quote and Martin called to complain. "I put Scooter on the phone with him, which we didn't do very often on the record with a quote," she testified, "and he took just a piece of it." The result "wasn't helpful" and the story did not fade away. So the following week, two senior Bush aides _ communications director Dan Bartlett and Rice's deputy, Steve Hadley _ briefed White House reporters. Cheney invited a group of conservative columnists to lunch at his residence. Hagel also behind the computer voting that gave us the Bush/Chaney take-over, "In 1996, Hagel became the first elected Republican Nebraska senator in 24 years when he did surprisingly well in an election where the votes were verified by the company he served as chairman and maintained a financial investment. In both the 1996 and 2002 elections, Hagel’s ES&S counted an estimated 80% of his winning votes. Due to the contracting out of services, confidentiality agreements between the State of Nebraska and the company kept this matter out of the public eye. Hagel’s first election victory was described as a “stunning upset” by one Nebraska newspaper. "Hagel’s official biography states, “Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Hagel worked in the private sector as the President of McCarthy and Company, an investment banking firm based in Omaha, Nebraska and served as Chairman of the Board of American Information Systems.” During the first Bush presidency, Hagel served as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations (G-7 Summit)." More here: Most happy to share site for Orion mag, QOP & Pat C: email: e-updates@orionsociety.org Yup... Hagel another ravening humanoid in sheep's wool. TaHA!! Even as a kid I could figure THAT one out. Become a "sheep for xist," & get eaten up. Them shepherds didn't keep sheep so they could munch grass till the end of their natural days... they were tended & intended to be served up (& fleeced) for dinner. Besides which I'm sick to death of seeing pasty-pink lipless mummy male faces everywhere as if they were a majority when they're not. ...not even close. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 03:35 PMPlease forgive the earlier typos.
The Case for Impeachment--Now on YouTube By Dave Lindorff The largely unstated word at the massive anti-war demonstration and march in Washington on Saturday was "impeachment." The march, organized by United for Peace and Justice, was deliberately focused narrowly on the issue of ending the war in Iraq and preventing an invasion of Iran. But clearly, behind that was the sense that the US government is in the hands of a cabal of warmongers and anti-democratic usurpers who are intent on broadening the war in the Middle East, not ending it , and that the Democrats in the 110th Congress haven't got the spine to stop them (a group from Seattle actually addressed this with a giant white spine float emblazoned with the words "investigate, impeach, indict"). Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the new head of the House Judiciary Committee, was a late addition to the roster of speakers at the rally on the National Mall. He told the cheering throng that while Bush may have been "firing the generals who tell him that we're losing the war in Iraq," he "can't fire you." Then he added, in a none-too-veiled hint that impeachment may be coming, "But we can fire him!" Posted by: wv on January 28, 2007 06:15 PMWednesday 01/31/2007 - 10:15 AM
His war story - a bomber pilot shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, held prisoner for five years and tortured - is the basis of his legend as morally courageous, authentic, unwavering in his convictions, an independent reformer willing to take on the reactionaries of his own party, an "American maverick" as he calls himself in his campaign autobiography. The titles of his books reflect the image: Character Is Destiny, Why Courage Matters, and Faith of My Fathers. Defeat at the hands of George Bush in the battle for the Republican nomination in 2000, in which he was subjected to dirty tricks, completed his canonisation. The press corps so venerated him that he called them "my base". http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0127-21.htm Joanna, I forgot to thank you. Thank you! I bookmarked it! ............. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012807B.shtml Pirates Stick By Whales Every winter, the Japanese whaling fleet heads to the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica on a mission to kill a thousand whales. Ever since the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling in 1986, Japan has used a curious rationale for its whaling. It does not kill a thousand whales for commercial purposes. It kills them for scientific research. The major whaling nations, Japan, Iceland and Norway, have been persistent in their efforts to reinstate commercial whaling. They say that the IWC is supposed to be a marine resources management agency and that the stocks of certain whales, even endangered species like humpbacks and finned whales, have recovered enough to allow for regulated commercial whaling. At last summer's IWC meeting, Japan scored a symbolic victory by pressuring enough member nations to achieve a one-vote majority in favor of lifting the ban. However, the ban remains in place, because IWC rules require a supermajority to overturn it, and so Japan is back to hunting whales under the rubric of science. As the Japanese whaling fleet combs the Southern Ocean, harvesting its self-imposed quota of 935 minke whales, 50 humpback whales and 10 finned whales, members of the Sea Shepherd Society are hunting the whalers, intent on intercepting the Japanese fleet and placing their own bodies between the harpoons and the victims, the sentient cetaceans. I spoke with Captain Paul Watson by satellite phone this week about the Sea Shepherd's campaign. Watson is aboard the Robert Hunter, a fast-pursuit vessel that is one of two ships and a helicopter now deployed by the Sea Shepherd Society in the Southern Ocean. Watson criticized Australia and other anti-whaling nations for not taking action against Japan. "Japan is killing whales in Australian territorial waters in violation of Australian law," Watson said. "It's ridiculous that Australia won't enforce the law against Japanese whalers. They don't hesitate to pursue Chilean fishers who poach toothfish in Australian waters." The bottom line, Watson says, is that Australia will enforce the law against a poor country like Chile, but Japan has too much economic clout. More... Posted by: Pat C on January 28, 2007 09:11 PMhttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20041004/dreyfuss FBI investigates whether Israel tried covertly to force US war in Iraq Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go to war in Iraq? The FBI wants to know. That's the story behind the latest Washington spy scandal, involving Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and a mid-level civilian Pentagon employee allegedly caught red-handed trying to deliver US secrets to the Israelis. It's not a routine spy case. According to sources familiar with the investigation, the FBI is looking at a group of neoconservatives who have occupied senior posts at the White House, the Pentagon and in Vice President Cheney's office. It's not that they are supporters of Israel -- no crime there -- but that some of them might be conspirators in a clandestine operation launched by Sharon's Likud Party. They make up the very network of ideologues -- from civilians at the Defense Department to fellow travelers at right- wing think tanks -- who have been accused of pushing George W. Bush into war. The point of the probe, sources believe, is not to examine the push to war but rather to ascertain whether Sharon recruited or helped place in office people who knowingly, and secretly, worked with him to affect the direction of US policy in the Middle East. The most likely targets of the inquiry are Douglas Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Harold Rhode of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment. It's an explosive inquiry and one that raises the most sensitive hackles, since it involves the possibility that US officials (most, but not all, Jews) are working on Sharon's behalf. They include Feith and a handful of other officials, including those in the inner circle of his policy office who formed the core of the Office of Special Plans (OSP). The probe faces stiff political resistance. Yet it may have legs. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 28, 2007 09:16 PM"...The press corps so venerated him that he called them "my base". ..." (bleah) "... It's an explosive inquiry and one that raises the most sensitive hackles, since it involves the possibility that US officials (most, but not all, Jews) are working on Sharon's behalf. ..." However, it's perfectly all right to vilify & to practice genocide on... oh, say, palestinians/muslims. Where do these stinkin' old wargeezers get off anyway!?! ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 28, 2007 09:28 PMWell, this is good news! It's an old article, but I liked it. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1219/p01s03-ussc.html Sustainability' gains status on US campuses University programs are focusing research and resources on environmental and social responsibility. By Ron Scherer | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New message on What's Up On Planet Earth http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/latest.htm Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 29, 2007 01:17 AMSteve Judd... So what’s this week hold? With Mercury retrograde imminent, the Sun conjuncting both Chiron & Neptune & Jupiter still squaring Uranus, the words frazzled & frenetic spring to mind. But underlying the temporary manicness of the week lies a deeper truth. It seems that there’s a growing divide between the empowered & the disempowered, & that this time is likely to bring further evidence of contradiction – in parliament, congress, in Baghdad – even the Iranian president can’t rely on his mullahs any more. Power bases are crumbling, & the headless chicken brigades are in the ascendancy. The wise person steps back & detaches from what’s going on. http://www.stevejudd.com/home.html Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 29, 2007 01:21 AMOh my! Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 02:57 AMArab League envoy to Iraq quits In an eight-page handwritten letter dated January 22, Mokhtar Lamani said he had decided to quit at the end of February, due to the widening divisions among the Iraqi people and the lack of a regional consensus on how to end the conflict. "In the face of the bitter and painful events as well as the inability to achieve anything serious or positive, in my opinion, I am obliged to inform you that I have decided to leave my mission at the end of February," he said in his letter to the league's secretary-general, Amr Mussa. Mr Lamani, a Moroccan, was one of the few Arab diplomats working in Baghdad, with most ambassadors from other nations performing their duties from the Jordanian capital of Amman. He refused to comment when contacted from Cairo. The resignation comes as blow to the Iraqi government, which has long argued for increased Arab diplomatic representation. In a stark admission of helplessness, Mr Lamani detailed the reasons he believed his mission was "impossible", including internal factors. "The Iraqis do not agree on a united approach to their problems," he wrote. "Their relations are characterised by a total lack of trust, and the people of Iraq are blindly sticking to deeply entrenched positions. "What I see from inside is that Iraq is more and more being used as a battlefield for different organisations, movements and countries in the region," he said. Even in the face of the looming crisis, however, Arab countries do not seem ready to address the problem, he said. "There is a complete absence of a steadfast and serious Arab vision to address this situation; indeed there is not even a consciousness of the necessity to find this vision," he said. An Arab League national reconciliation conference following up on a similar meeting held in Cairo in November 2005 has been continuously delayed. Arab diplomats in Baghdad have been repeatedly targeted by insurgents, with the Egyptian ambassador-designate kidnapped and murdered in July 2005 and an Emirati diplomat kidnapped last May. Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 03:05 AMAs a 60's man. Therefore I've never bought into the lastest media generated myth Ray Merriman at Star IQ sums it up sooooooooo well. "How often have we heard this assessment in the past three years? To an astrologer, the similarities of celestial patterns today are remarkably similar to those present during the days of the Viet Nam War. To anyone who lived in the United States during that time, there are many parallels.." Posted by: Stan on January 29, 2007 03:42 AMWhere do they even FIND these people? B-movie central casting rejects? Frank Rich: Hillary Clinton’s Mission Unaccomplished
First Criminal Convictions From Ohio's Stolen 2004 Election Confirm Recount Was Rigged by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman The first felony convictions of two Cleveland poll workers stemming from Ohio's stolen 2004 election confirm that the official recount in that contested vote was, in the words of county prosecutors, "rigged." The question now is whether further prosecutions will reach higher up in the ranks of officials who may have been involved in illegalities throughout the rest of the state. . .... ..The convictions have come down in Cuyahoga County, where Democratic candidates traditionally run up huge majorities. Suspicious vote counts and other irregularities cut deeply into John Kerry's margins in 2004. Official vote counts gave the state---and thus the presidency---to George W. Bush by about 118,000 votes out of 5.5 million counted. A statewide recount, paid for by the Green and Libertarian Parties, was marred in 87 of the state's 88 counties by the types of illegalities that led to this week's convictions. Only in Coshocton County was a full, manual recount performed. Throughout the rest of the state, under the direction of Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, mandatory random sampling was not done, as prescribed by law. Instead, poll workers illegally chose sample precincts for recounting where they knew there would be no problems, and then routinely recounted the rest of the ballots by machine, rendering the recount meaningless. more Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 12:01 PMCan a permenant Warfare state exist within a democracy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sstDwKTCpM Posted by: Jase on January 29, 2007 12:19 PMhttp://salon.com/politics/war_room/ Where is the love? Number of standing ovations George W. Bush received during Tuesday night's State of the Union address: 26. Number of standing ovations Bush received during a speech to members of the House Republican Conference Friday: 0. -- Tim Grieve What was the plan again? At a press conference on Jan. 11, Defense Secretary Robert Gates tried to assure the public that additional U.S. troops would be "phased in" to Iraq so that there would be "ample opportunity early on" to evaluate the progress of the escalation and test the commitments the Nouri al-Maliki government has made. "Before very many American soldiers have been sent to Iraq," Gates said, "we'll have pretty good early indications" of the Iraqi government's "performance." At a press conference today, however, Gates said that he's doing what he can to get the additional troops to Iraq as soon as possible. "There [are] some simply logistical constraints that make it difficult to do a lot" of acceleration, he said. "But I have asked people to look at it and see to what extent they could be -- or some portion of it -- accelerated." -- Tim Grieve Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 12:57 PMBob Herbert: More Than Antiwar It was a few minutes after 11 a.m. when the scattered crowd began moving slowly toward the stage at the end of the Mall. The sky was a beautiful sunlit blue and the Capitol building, huge and white and majestic, offered the protesters an emotional backdrop that seemed almost close enough to touch. “It’s so big,” said a woman from Milwaukee, who was there with her husband and two children. “It’s lovely. Makes you want to cry.” You can say what you want about the people opposed to this wretched war in Iraq, try to stereotype them any way you can. But you couldn’t walk among them for more than a few minutes on Saturday without realizing that they love their country as much as anyone ever has. They love it enough to try to save it. By 11:15 I thought there was a chance that the march against the war would be a bust. There just weren’t that many people moving toward the stage to join the rally that preceded the march. But the crowd kept building, slowly, steadily. It was a good-natured crowd. Everyone was bad-mouthing the Bush administration and the war, but everybody seemed to be smiling. There were gray-haired women with digital cameras and young girls with braces. There were guys trying to look cool in knit caps and shades and balding baby boomers trading stories about Vietnam. And many ordinary families. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 01:28 PM"Can a permenant Warfare state exist within a democracy?" No. That Gates yammering about "Oh, let us do it one more time... we'll do it..." what? Correctly? Esthetically? Cooly? Rightly? Great logisticsly? For what reason? Why? That's it's simply great for the pink stinkin' slobs to squat/steal/kill in a country that's not theirs in which to squat? Reminds me of Lucy ripping away the football from Charlie Brown at the last second so that he kicked nothin' & went down AGAIN for the count. He fell for it every single freakin' time. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 29, 2007 04:01 PMIn fact, war shows that democracy is limping along... on life-support. Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 29, 2007 04:07 PM29 Jan http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/01/tnsWounded070119/ Sources say case workers for wounded laid off ............... http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20070125/wl_oneworld/45361453951169684424 U.S. Military Spied on Hundreds of Antiwar Demos Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 07:05 PMIf you have a boring evening and nice bottle of red vine, you could read through all of the following links
http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/2007/010807.html http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3346275,00.html http://ralph-kutza.de/Armageddon_ahoi_/armageddon_ahoi_.html http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16169.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1990962,00.html http://de.rian.ru/safety/20070116/59187919.html http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16197.htm http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3355144,00.html http://www.rense.com/general75/impc.htm http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19257 http://www.bloglines.com/blog/JNS?id=1585 http://debka.com/headline.php?hid=3757 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/20/washington/20intel.html?_r=1&ref=washington&oref=slogin http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Kissinger_hails_Bushs_bold_troop_surge_0119.html http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060919-091310-2934r.htm http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2004/10/27/scherer-christian/ http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/robertson.predictions.ap/index.html http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16218.htm Muhammad al-Mahdi, reappearance 2007!
http://www.rickross.com/reference/lubavitch/lubavitch6.html http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn03252003.html http://jewsagainstzionism.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_jewsagainstzionism_archive.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=2125 http://www.sichosinenglish.org/cgi-bin/calendar?holiday=auto
Hagel Interview More Anti-War Than Most Dems Scott Ritter | Stop the Iran War Before It Starts US "Poised to Strike at Iran's Nuclear Sites" From Bulgaria and Romania Frank Rich | Hillary Clinton's Mission Unaccomplished Women and Children Joined Battle in Najaf Mandela Calls for Gandhi's Non-Violence Approach How the Moon rules your life At last, scientists claim to have found a link between our satellite and human behaviour - like how it governs the size of your dinner By Roger Dobson For eons, folklore has blamed the Moon for everything from lunacy to bad luck. And, for the last few centuries, scientists have scoffed. Now, according to new research they're not so sure. The Moon may not be made of cheese, but it seems to influence a lot more down on Earth than we previously thought. According to new research, the Moon affects not only the tides of the oceans but also people, producing a range of symptoms from flare-ups of gout to bladder problems. It may even lie behind the causes of car crashes and affect people's hormonal balances. Having carried out new research and reviewed 50 other studies, scientists suggest that doctors and the police even need to prepare for how their work rate will increase at different points in the lunar cycle. Among the findings examined by the researchers were studies that showed GP consultations go up during a full moon, according to Leeds University. Appointments rise by 3.6 per cent, which works out at around three extra patients for each surgery. The researchers did not speculate on the nature of the moon-related problems or why they happened, but said that "it does not seem to be related to anxiety and depression". http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2171687.ece Posted by: wv on January 29, 2007 08:13 PMC-span 2
New Life members welcome Jones Just about every person who offered him a handshake said the same thing: Welcome, thank you and God bless. About 14,000 people pour into New Life Church in Colorado Springs each Sunday, so anonymity is not difficult to achieve. One exception is when you are Mike Jones, the former male prostitute whose allegations of a three-year sexual liaison with church founder Ted Haggard triggered national scandal and led to Haggard's fall. Jones attended services Sunday at New Life Church on a reconnaissance mission for his forthcoming book and said he was greeted warmly. Haggard, in an apology to the church, had urged members to forgive and thank Jones for exposing deceit. "I had read a lot about the church, but there's nothing like seeing it for yourself," Jones said. "It wasn't to rub anyone's face in it by any means. I was wanting to get some perspective, to see where they are coming from, what the magnet is." Jones had been invited to New Life several times by church members since Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and was fired from the church after admitting in November to "sexual immorality." Jones was accompanied Sunday by members of a New York- based theater troupe, the Civilians, who are in Colorado Springs researching a project on evangelicals. Church leaders were told in advance of the visit. "A couple of ladies cried when they were touching me," Jones said. "I was thanked for exposing the church, for helping Ted Haggard. A couple of them said they hoped I get God into my life. And they all said 'God bless you,' every one of them." But Jones - who came forward out of anger toward Haggard's political stances against homosexuality - said he wasn't impressed on the whole. If the Gospel message is enough, he said, why the loud music and MTV-quality production? "There seems to be something missing, some realism, in my opinion, because it's so vast, like some kind of self-contained city," said Jones, who said he was raised Methodist but is estranged from organized religion. When associate pastor Rob Brendle encountered Jones in the foyer, he commented, "The last time I saw you was on the other side of a split screen" during TV interviews. Brendle characterized Jones' presence as a reminder of both grief and God's faithfulness. "I told Mike, 'I don't want to impose my religious beliefs on you, but I believe God used you to correct us, and I appreciate that,"' Brendle said. "The church's response to him was overwhelmingly warm. One of the wonderful and enduring truths of Christianity is to love people the world sets up to be your enemies." Haggard and his wife, Gayle, have completed a counseling program at an Arizona treatment center and are back in Colorado Springs awaiting direction from a panel overseeing what has been termed Haggard's "restoration," Brendle said. Staff writer Eric Gorski can be reached at 303-954-1698 or egorski@denverpost.com. Posted by: wv on January 29, 2007 09:03 PM Analyzing the President http://nymag.com/news/politics/Bush/26993/index14.html This is an excellent site with several sources. Scroll down. Posted by: Pat C on January 29, 2007 09:27 PMI created a chart for Inauguration day on January 20, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST. Here are the Sabian Symbols for most of the planets and the angles. I left out the explanations because it helps to free up the intuition and I'm hoping people jump in to give their interpretations. I don't think my own abilities are all that good all by themselves, but I love seeing others interpret the symbols. Saturn at 21degrees 24 Virgo in the 5th House Pluto at 01 degree 56 Capricorn in the 8th House Chiron at 19 degrees 40 Aquarius in the 10th House Neptune at 23 degrees 05 Aquarius in the 11th House Uranus at 19 degrees 55 Pisces in the 11th House Moon at 29 degrees 45 Scorpio in the 7th House Mars at 18 degrees 29 Capricorn in the 9th House North Node - 09 degrees 20 in Aquarius ********** ASC - 14 degrees 03 Taurus IC 26 degrees 11 Cancer Desc - 14 degrees 45 Scorpio Ya know, at one time I'd have thought this kind of thing was just plain nuts - conspiracy theory, tin foil hat. These days I'm not so sure. Opinions? Rockefeller Admitted Elite Goal Of Microchipped Population Paul Joseph Watson Hollywood director and documentary film maker Aaron Russo has gone in-depth on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, who personally told him that the elite's ultimate goal was to create a microchipped population and that the war on terror was a hoax, Rockefeller having predicted an "event" that would trigger the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan eleven months before 9/11. Rockefeller also told Russo that his family's foundation had created and bankrolled the women's liberation movement in order to destroy the family and that population reduction was a fundamental aim of the global elite. Russo is perhaps best known for directing Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy but was more recently in the spotlight for his exposé of the criminal run for profit federal reserve system, the documentary America From Freedom to Fascism. more http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/290107rockefellergoal.htm Posted by: Shadowhawk on January 30, 2007 12:20 AMWho is giving this man all this power??!! The last thing this country needs is more power in the idiot-in-chief's hands! NY Times: Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over federal agencies RAW STORY President George W. Bush has given his administration a boost in how the government regulates key issues such as civil rights and the environment, The New York Times will report on its Tuesday front page, RAW STORY has learned. The story has not yet moved on the front page of the site. The President "signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules that the federal government develops to regulate public health, safety," privacy and other issues, writes Robert Pear for the Times. Pear reports that "in an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Bush said that each federal agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee" who will monitor the creation of process and procedures and the associated documentation. more http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/NY_Times_Bush_gives_White_House_0129.html Posted by: Shadowhawk on January 30, 2007 03:03 AMwhy is it tin-foil hat to finally recognize the truth of what's going on? Posted by: Peg on January 30, 2007 03:21 AMThe world is just bursting with 'cheery' news tonight. Think I'm going to crack open that bottle of wine! The Power of One "The authority to kill U.S. citizens is granted under a secret finding signed by the President,,," I don't want to be an alarmist but you realize what this means right? It means that you or I or any citizen of this country can be snuffed out like a birthday candle on the say so of the CIA, or the FBI, or I presume anyone who can convince the President that someone is a member of Al Qaeda. Wow, if Nixon had thought of this one his enemies list could have been a lot shorter. That Canadian bureaucrat who called Bush a moron was wrong. He may talk like a moron but he knows what he wants and he won't let a little thing like our Constitution stand in his way. Under his gentle guidance a man named Jose Padilla, an American citizen, has been held in a military jail for the past seven months without being allowed to see a lawyer. The CIA dropped a bomb on the head of an American in Yemen recently. He wasn't the target but he was hanging with a suspected Al Qaeda leader so tough souvlaki for him, I guess. There is a very famous quotation by a survivor of Nazi prison camps named Reverend Martin Neimueller. He said: First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats - but I was not a Social Democrat, so I did nothing. Then they arrested the trade unionists - and I did nothing because I was not one. And then they came for the Jews and then the Catholics, but I was neither a Jew nor a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me - and there was no one left to do anything about it. more http://www.ichblog.eu/content/view/192/52/ Posted by: Shadowhawk on January 30, 2007 03:34 AMPeg - I'd really rather it be a'tin foil hat' than the truth. Posted by: Shadowhawk on January 30, 2007 03:35 AM
Only the US hawks can save the Iranian president now www.Guardian.co.uk
1989 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor Today's Birthdays
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6792 Posted by: wv on January 30, 2007 10:59 AMAmazing that Cheney & Roosevelt share the same B day! Very interesting Sabian Symbols, lunaoscura - I am particularly taken by Pluto on the degree of Mars on 9/11 - Three Stained Glass Windows in a Cathedral, One is Damaged by Bombardment... Interesting that Trinity Church is right next to the World Trade towers and it wasn't damaged at all... The north node, Mars, all of the Symbols imply a time of difficulty... very interesting, thanks for posting them! Posted by: Lynda Hill on January 30, 2007 12:54 PMLynda Hill, I was hoping you would say something about the Sabian Symbols, but thought it might be too presumptuous to ask you to comment. thank you. And is there more? I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but it seems to me that the North Node in the 10th House is very intense because the sabian symbol says that our next President needs to work hard to prove him/herself to the people. In reading the symbols from Marc Edmund Jones it seems that ALL the negative manifestations of the symbols that I posted fit Bush to a tee! The same North Node explanation for the negative use of that particular symbol is someone who only acts for themselves and uses his/her popularity for self-gain. Posted by: lunaoscura on January 30, 2007 03:03 PMhttp://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/01/fair-balanced-weather-friends.php Fair, Balanced, Moonie SIBLING RIVALRY Reverend Moon, Pruden (above), and Kuhner (below) "Interesting that Trinity Church is right next to the World Trade towers and it wasn't damaged at all..." Carefully controled demolition has a way of doing that. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 30, 2007 03:59 PM"Interesting that Trinity Church is right next to the World Trade towers and it wasn't damaged at all..." Carefully controled demolition has a way of doing that. ;O) Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 30, 2007 04:07 PMIt is interesting isn't is Joanna? Posted by: Pat C on January 30, 2007 04:39 PMhttp://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/01/30/dems_get_the_message_on_trade.php Dems: Get The Message On Trade http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/01/30/the_shape_of_unions_to_come.php The Shape Of Unions To Come Posted by: Pat C on January 30, 2007 05:38 PMRevealing things about this two-faced bastard. Posted by: wv on January 30, 2007 06:47 PMIt's because my ancestors were instrumental in getting Trinity built (arm twisting the farmer that owned the land and collecting funds to build it.) Some of them are buried there. PS (((((((PatQOP)))))))))))xoxoxoxoxoxox That's your story! It's your family and it's historical. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christy-hardin-smith/the-publics-dilemma_b_40033.html The Public's Dilemma One of the issues that Frontline is tackling is that of reporter privilege, or the ability for a reporter to provide cover for a source with regard to a leak or whistleblower action, among other factual revelations, when that source divulges information in confidence to the reporter. The Libby case has brought this issue to the fore -- not, however, because there was a need to protect a confidential source by reporters in the case but, in a bizarre twist, because the journalists to whom the secrets of Valerie Plame Wilson's work identity at the CIA were divulged were, in effect, being used as mechanisms to disseminate classified national security information for political payback purposes -- actions which led to a substantial criminal investigation and proceedings before a federal grand jury and, currently, a jury in a federal criminal trial. In this particular case, then, the question is not one of reporter privilege but, rather, a question of reporters as tools for a criminal action disguised as political payback for a critic of Vice President Cheney and the Bush Administration' Iraq policies. Not exactly the stuff of which martyrs are made, is it? Especially not when the folks trying to dine out on the martyr's bill of fare and two martini lunch menu were, in fact, willing carriers. (See The Miller's Tale Part I, Part II, and Part III for more.) More... Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 12:25 AMWoot! Woot! The Waxman will no doubt de-throne this one--for starters. This 'toon is lovely... http://www.bartcop.com/gywo_fiftymilliontroops.gif Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 31, 2007 12:55 AMOh, Go Nancy Go! All those Congress people who have gone to IRAQ and she goes and returns with the problem NAILED! "We have to expand THEIR constitution"! she said. I am so happy with what is finally happening, I can't help but be optimistic! It's all spilling out like a person with a bad case of the flue!!!!! Lunaoscura, I would post more, but I'm busier than a one leggged man in a bottom kicking competition ;) and I've got to keep going!! However, yes, all those Symbols. The north node degree is particularly interesting - and it's the degree that Chiron is rearranging right now... falls from grace, revealing one's self... all that. And Neptune's been doing a job of TRYING to reveal what's going on as it's been on the Man Unmasked at a Masquerade degree for some time now... JoannaOregon - yep controlled demolition - the sound of that phrase sounds so much like something that has to happen to this administration. PatQOP - wow, Trinity Church? That's amazing. Do you have anything at 1+ of cardinal in your chart? or is it a family degree or anything? Please, please, don't think that talking about these things is like boasting - we need to hear about these things - I reckon!!! I just noticed that Chiron (and the Sun) have just both moved off the degree of the north node in the 2008 inauguration - so, yesterday, when you posted the Symbols, lunaoscura, the Sun and Chiron were on that degree.... Aquarius 10: A Man Who Had For a Time Thought He Was the Embodiment of an Ideal is Made to Realise That, as a Person, He is Not that Ideal (this is Rudhyar's version of the degree). A wow of a Symbol...falls from grace, clinging to false feelings of fame, not accepting that things have moved on or changed, projections of personality, disillusionment and disappointment. Not clearly seeing people, falling off the pederstal... It can be 'waking up just in time'.... Amerika and Ozstralia have been in a long sleep, let's hope they wake up!!
Meanwhile, the circus continues, continues, continues while the slaughter goes on, on, on... Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 31, 2007 01:40 AMSo, what do you think? Is he or isn't he?
Francis Fukuyama
Article continues http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2002290,00.html Posted by: wv on January 31, 2007 03:30 AMClosest to 1o cardinal is my 10o aries venus....... I'm not getting the SAME Iran warmongeringspeak from the ME TV stations, that they're pumping up on CNN & MSNBC! Rather they are all trying very hard to solve the situation politically, ( with out our help) Shylurker, Steve Judd commented today Something stinks in the highest echelons of western politics… Teflon Tony’s closest advisor, Lord Levy (11 July 1944), is arrested again, this time for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The great untouchable Cheney’s closest advisor, Lewis Libby (22 Aug 1950), is on trial for perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements, although an initial examination of his chart suggest that he is just the fall guy. What’s the betting that at least one of these gets a convenient bout of Alzheimer’s?... l Apropo Alzheimer. After having had to research fCJD and TSE because of possible family occurense I came to the conclusion, that this is a very "interesting" desease. If one could order a gene test or liquor from the spinal fluid an its sugar concentration, we all would know more. Is there hope on the horizon! "The president repeatedly makes reference to the fact that he is the decider," Specter said during a Senate hearing on war powers. "I would suggest ... to the president, that he is not the sole decider. That the decider is a shared and joint responsibility." Mercury Retrograde Astrology in February-March 2007 Part 1 and Part 2 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070128_christianists_on_the_march/ Christianists on the March Chris Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School and worked for many years as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, warns that the Christian Right is the most dangerous mass movement in American history. After two years reporting on the movement for his new book “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America”, he writes that its engine is profound personal and economic despair caused by mounting social and economic inequities that fuel the creation of an American oligarchy. This despair, he said, has led tens of millions of Americans into the arms of demogogues who offer a world of miracles and magic, who sanctify and fuel the rage of America’s dispossessed and who plot the destruction the democratic state. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 01:13 PMhttp://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20070116_susan_mcdougal_the_woman_who_wouldnt_talk/ Susan McDougal: The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 01:40 PMYo Alberto! by Steve Soto Yes, Judy Miller is now on the stand at the Libby trial, and she has already blown up Scooter's story. But look who the Vice President's office dragged into the muck today: Libby’s attorneys have accused White House officials of sacrificing Libby to protect President Bush’s top political adviser, Karl Rove. During cross-examination Tuesday, attorney Theodore Wells suggested that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was counsel to the president in 2003, may have been involved in that effort. Wells has described Rove as crucial to the Republican Party and said Tuesday that Gonzales was tasked with protecting Bush’s interests. Addington corrected him, saying White House counselors protect the interest of the office and the Constitution. http://www.theleftcoaster.com:80/archives/009733.php Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 01:53 PMToll Road Giant Buys Newspapers to Silence Critics Australian toll road giant Macquarie agreed Wednesday to purchase forty local newspapers, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, for $80 million. Macquarie Bank is Australia's largest capital raising firm and has invested billions in purchasing roads in the US, Canada and UK. Most recently the company joined with Cintra Concesiones of Spain in a controversial 75-year lease of the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road. Sal Costello, the leading opponent of toll road projects as head of the Texas Toll Party, says the move is directly related to a 4000-mile toll road project known as the Trans-Texas Corridor. It will cost between $145 and $183 billion to construct the road, expected to be up to 1200 feet wide, requiring the acquisition of 9000 square miles of land in the areas through which it will pass. "The newspapers are the main communication tool for many of the rural Texan communities, with many citizens at risk of losing their homes and farms through eminent domain," Costello wrote. Many of the small papers purchased, most have a circulation of 5000 or less, have been critical of the Trans-Texas Corridor. An article in the Bonham Journal for example, states, "The toll roads will be under control of foreign investors, which more than frustrates Texans." http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/15/1570.asp Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 01:55 PMEvery once in a while a person does something that defines them in a way that is more telling than usual. This little article shows Bush as the brutish self absorbed entitled bully he is. Posted January 30, 2007 2:10:10 PM Does President Bush have it in for the press corps? Touring a Caterpillar factory in Peoria, Ill., the Commander in Chief got behind the wheel of a giant tractor and played chicken with a few wayward reporters. Wearing a pair of stylish safety glasses--at least more stylish than most safety glasses--Bush got a mini-tour of the factory before delivering remarks on the economy. "I would suggest moving back," Bush said as he climbed into the cab of a massive D-10 tractor. "I'm about to crank this sucker up." As the engine roared to life, White House staffers tried to steer the press corps to safety, but when the tractor lurched forward, they too were forced to scramble for safety."Get out of the way!" a news photographer yelled. "I think he might run us over!" said another. White House aides tried to herd the reporters the right way without getting run over themselves. Even the Secret Service got involved, as one agent began yelling at reporters to get clear of the tractor. Watching the chaos below, Bush looked out the tractor's window and laughed, steering the massive machine into the spot where most of the press corps had been positioned. The episode lasted about a minute, and Bush was still laughing when he pulled to a stop. He gave reporters a thumbs-up. "If you've never driven a D-10, it's the coolest experience," Bush said afterward. Yeah, almost as much fun as seeing your life flash before your eyes. http://bailey.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=464251 Posted by: lunaoscura on January 31, 2007 03:03 PM
Joe Biden will announce for president tomorrow. He will be on CNN at 6:40 AM, then he will go back to chair the hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee --- which will showcase the depth of his long international experience. He will finish off the night on the The Daily Show, which he says is "one of the most dangerous things I will do." He is not a favorite. In a private interview Tuesday night in New York City, this articulate, attractive candidate told me that he is counting on the early primaries and expecting that Hillary and Obama will implode. "We are all in love with the idea of a black or woman president. I never thought I would live to see the day. But their support is thin, even if it is widespread." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blake-fleetwood/exclusive-the-white-male_b_40054.html Posted by: wv on January 31, 2007 04:50 PMEXCLUSIVE: The White Male Candidate Joe Biden, the Only Adult In The Room: "We all love the idea of a Black or Woman President!" (20 comments ) Joe Biden will announce for president tomorrow. He will be on CNN at 6:40 AM, then he will go back to chair the hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee --- which will showcase the depth of his long international experience. He will finish off the night on the The Daily Show, which he says is "one of the most dangerous things I will do." He is not a favorite. In a private interview Tuesday night in New York City, this articulate, attractive candidate told me that he is counting on the early primaries and expecting that Hillary and Obama will implode. "We are all in love with the idea of a black or woman president. I never thought I would live to see the day. But their support is thin, even if it is widespread." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blake-fleetwood/exclusive-the-white-male_b_40054.html Posted by: wv on January 31, 2007 04:50 PMMolly Ivins has been sent home on life support. sobs http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=62 Harvey Wasserman, a longtime friend of Molly’s, asked us to post this message. We are happy to do so. All readers are welcome to use the comment section of this blog to send in messages. We Love You Molly Our beloved sister Molly Ivins is fighting for her life against cancer, and all we can do is try to send her even a fraction of the brillliance, joy and love she has given us for so many incomparable years. More.... Posted by: Pat C on January 31, 2007 05:03 PMHo Lynda, re that 10th degree aquarius sun/chiron conjunction....yesterday was the birthday of our favorite dweller of the secret bunker Cheney. Timely? Meant to be? It makes me bittersweet to report that Molly Ivins has passed on. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2711230 In such a dark period of our history, she has been a genuine candle. She leaves all of us better for having known her wit, humor and inspiration. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2007 12:25 AMSo sad. RIP Molly. Posted by: bhakti on February 1, 2007 12:45 AMhttp://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins.html?columnsName=miv "For me, Molly's greatest words of wisdom came with three children's books she gave my son when he was born. In her inimitable way, she captured the spirit of each in one-sentence inscriptions. In "Alice in Wonderland," she offered, "Here's to six impossible things before breakfast." For "The Wind in the Willows," it was, "May you have Toad's zest for life." And in "The Little Prince," she wrote, "May your heart always see clearly." The really good ones are so quick to go. The evil ones hang on & on & on. But there's logic in that I suppose. Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 1, 2007 02:23 AMRIP dear one. Last week, Friday I was driving home from work and something bothered me while I was driving and I said to myself :"I am in the midst of death". I was a little shaken and confused for such a thought to just flutter down like that. After I got home I read on the internet that Molly Ivans was sick unto death and then I understood the thought. I sometimes have this bizarre connection to public figures. Wherever Molly Ivins is, I hope she will be aware of Bush's fall from the heights of Empire and dictatorship. She always warned us to watch what he did and not what he said. She had his number long before he stole the election in 2000. She reminded me a little of Mark Twain. Posted by: lunaoscura on February 1, 2007 03:13 AMSo true, Joanna. So very true. I couldn't help but pull Molly's birth chart out of curiosity. (August 30, 1944, Monterey, CA). No birth time available, so I assume Noon. The very first thing that stood out to me was her Sun-Jupiter conjunction at 7 Virgo. That aspect alone says a great deal for her well-known boundless resilience and optimism, even in the doomy and gloomy wake of 9/11, and Bush's ongoing theft and abuses of power. But it also speaks towards her kindness and generosity, as Pat C posted above. Among other aspects, she had her natal Mercury conjunct Chiron in Virgo, trined by her Moon in Capricorn. She very much possessed the ability to think and communicate both clearly and sharply, from an uncommon, higher level of insight. We sure did lose a fine lady tonight. But I don't think for a minute that she would want anyone to grieve for her passing. I think she'd want us to poke fun at Bush and Cheney, have a good laugh, and then get out and work doing whatever we can to impeach their asses! Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2007 03:33 AMBefore the 2004 convention in Boston, Molly Ivans made a trip up to this neck of the woods before she went there. She wrote about H O M E a self sufficient community of farmers, crafters created to restore poor and homeless people to pride. She also came up to our Tunk lake behind me, and wrote about it's beauty. She will be sorely missed! Molly Ivins reminded me, along with Ann Richards and Jim Hightower, that there really were -- and still are -- good, sane Texans out there. That's nice to know, given the insane amount of trouble that has come out of that state since 2000. Of course, we all know now that Bush, the so-called Texan, is really just a CONNECTICUT transplant! Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 1, 2007 03:47 AMThe Texas Observer has set up a very lovely tribute to her: NeoB, thanks so much for posting that link to the Texas Observer. I tried and was rejected. Oh, well. I have noticed that all the leftie sites state that she has died. Only when I got to MSNBC did I see she had "succumbed" to cancer. Hooray for the lefties. They won't have her succumbing to anything!!! Oh, and in her last column, I believe, she urged us all to take to the streets banging on pots and pans. Yessum! In her honor and splendid memory!! Posted by: shylurker on February 1, 2007 04:15 AMAlsalam-O-Alaykum From: Mrs Fatima Mohd I am the above named person but now undergoing medical treatment in London, England. I am married to AKBAR. MOHD SAADALLAH Who worked with British Railway Commission in Chelsea England for over a decade before he died on 5th of July in the year 2005. We were married for fifteen years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for two weeks. Before his death he made a vow to use his wealth for the down trodden and the less privileged in the society. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of £5 Million (Five Million US Dollars) with one bank over here. Presently, this money is still with the bank here in UK. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have lesser days to live due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an individual or better still an Allah fearing person who will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want an individual that will use this to fund and provide succor to poor and indigent islamic persons,orphanages, and widows and for spreading and preaching pace in the universe. I understand that blessed is the hand that giveth and that Allah will embrace me when i get to the kingdom when i am finally dead. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and i donnnot want this fund to be taken or consficated by the Mangament of the Bank. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death beacause i believe Allah Gives and takes, hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Almighty Allah. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, and because of the presence of the ungodly staff who pretends to be taking care of me, because of the money they are getting from me weekly. They are around me always. I do not want them to know about this development. With Allah all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank were the fund is. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Whosoever that wants to serve the Almighty must serve him with all his heart and mind and always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for an individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act according to specification herein. Hoping to hear from you. Thank you and may the Almighty Allah bless you. Yours sincerely, Please you have to reach me back via my personnal email address: fatima_msa@excite.com Posted by: on March 21, 2007 12:46 AMhttp://www.mundoweblog.com/palomino/?p=20 Post a comment
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