Category: Politics

Thanks to Matthew for sending me this…click on the link to hear the NPR story…. cd NPR : ‘Hungry Planet: What the World Eats’ All Things Considered, November 9, 2005 · Imagine inviting yourself to dinner with 30 different families… in 24 countries. Imagine shopping, farming, cooking and eating with those families… taking note of…

Yes, he actually came out and said it. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Former President Clinton told Arab students Wednesday the United States made a “big mistake” when it invaded Iraq, stoking the partisan debate back home over the war. Clinton cited the lack of planning for what would happen after Saddam Hussein was overthrown….

The U.S. military is defending its use of white phosphorus as a conventional weopon and claims to have not inflicted death upon any civilian or ‘innocent’ victims with it. White phosphorus is nasty stuff…look what it did to this Iraqi below….. “It’s part of our conventional-weapons inventory and we use it like we use any…

(This is not good. Weah supporters are chanting “No George, no peace” – ironic, given that in this country we could take out one of those negatives. See former posts on the Liberian election for background.) MONROVIA, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Former Finance Minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf took a strong lead on Wednesday in Liberia’s presidential…

Anyone out there following the Liberian elections like I told you to?? Why, you ask? OK, I’ll break it down – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast are all on edge… some areas are more stable than others, but it wouldn’t take much to put a spark in the hayloft. There are a lot…

Thanks to Mark Whittaker for forwarding this article from Portland IndyMedia. WHY FRANCE IS BURNING author: doug ireland Saturday night was the 10th day of the spreading youth riots that have much of France in flames — and it was the worst night ever since the first riot erupted in a suburban Paris ghetto of…

France has always been a indicator of social change. From the support of the fledgling U.S. against the tyranny of the British to the burning of the Bastille, she has always been a sort of harbinger of what is to come. As riots take her streets and her leaders show thier impotence by being unable…

You know, sometimes I have hope for the US. But not as long as we can continue to put such buffoons in power. Chairman href=”http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051104/ts_nm/bush_poll_dc”>Bush ratings drop to new lows in poll – Yahoo! News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time in his presidency, a majority of Americans questioned President George W. Bush’s personal…

President George W. Bush announced his New Year’s resolution early today, unveiling his new fiscal plan for 2006. It consists of spending every dollar in circulation.
“I know how to solve problems,” the president said, “and problems, it’s solved with money. (Snort.)”

All this talk of Karl Rove and Louis Libby in the press sparked a damn interesting profile of Valerie Plame…the CIA operative who was leaked to the press and sparked the whole shebang. The Observer | International | The ‘dumb blonde’ who excelled as a spy The ‘dumb blonde’ who excelled as a spy Helena…