http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001392393
Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court - "Minority Democrats signaled a potentially bruising confirmation battle ahead. Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) of Nevada, the party's leader, asked whether Alito was "too radical for the American people" and wondered aloud "why those who want to pack the court with judicial activists are so much more enthusiastic about him than" Harriet Miers."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051031/ap_on_go_su_co/bush_scotus_52&printer=1
Rumsfeld says no U.N. access to Guantanamo inmates - "Spurning a request by U.N. human rights investigators, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday the United States will not allow them to meet with detainees at the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects." -- Actions speak much louder than words.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_dc;_ylt=AhH.20MwkvQmocW0QqmejUGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY
Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu - "The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it's proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that's now the most-sought after drug in the world." -- And how convenient for them.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/
SENATE BILL 1873: PRESCRIPTION FOR TYRANNY - "The National Vaccine Information Center, the country’s largest and oldest consumer-led vaccine safety organization, has issued a “Code Red Alert” against S 1873, the “Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005” -- a newly introduced congressional bill that would allow rapid development of certain drugs and vaccines, at the same time shielding the manufacturers from liability, even if their products turn out to be lethal."
http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking37.htm
Despite Leader's Harsh Words, Iran Is No Danger to Israel - "Ahmadinejad's pronouncement was both naive and unwise when measured in terms of international politics. However, it is something quite different than the credible threat it was portrayed to be in the international press. Moreover, the statement does nothing to increase any actual danger to Israel from Iran, despite the extreme reaction shown around the world."
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=61100748ad61e19603d225c8940d2638
What is "Zionism"? - "And why are some Jews complaining about it?"
http://www.iamthewitness.com/DarylBradfordSmith_Pike.html
Washington hid damaging Vietnam finding - "The US National Security Agency has kept secret a 2001 finding by its own historian that its officers deliberately distorted critical intelligence during the Tonkin Gulf episode that helped precipitate the Vietnam War. The historian's conclusion was the first serious accusation that the agency's intercepts were falsified to support the belief North Vietnamese ships attacked US destroyers on August 4, 1964, two days after a previous clash. Most historians have concluded in recent years there was no second attack, but they have assumed the agency's intercepts were unintentionally misread, not purposely altered. The research by Robert Hanyok, the agency's historian, was detailed four years ago in an in-house article that remains secret, in part because agency officials feared its release might prompt uncomfortable comparisons with the flawed intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq, according to an intelligence official." -- Yes, my friends, there are conspiracies.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/washington-hid-damaging-vietnam-finding/2005/10/31/1130720481924.html
Bush: Treaty Outlawing Torture Doesn't Apply Beyond US Soil - "Echoing recent comments by White House officials, a U.S. government report submitted to the United Nations last Friday bears a message that the brutal treatment of people held in U.S. military custody abroad is and should be legal."
http://www.antiwar.com/ips/kyriakou.php?articleid=7842
Cheney-Staffer-Turned-Reporter Now Covering Libby Indictment for NBC News - "How can NBC's Pete Williams be allowed to cover the Scooter Libby story for the network, considering Williams was a longtime former staffer for Dick Cheney?"
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1031-02.htm
Anti-war Protesters May Face 7 Years In Jail Under Australian Patriot Act - "ANTI-war demonstrators could be jailed for seven years under the Federal Government's proposed anti-terror laws, a doctors' body said today."
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/october2005/311005patriotact.htm
Ultraviolent atrocities saturate pop culture - "Greetings from the slaughterhouse that is pop culture. ... You might think that you've already gotten a bellyful of Hollywood violence, from Psycho to Pulp Fiction. But many pop-culture experts agree that the lavish intensity of today's carnage makes previous eras look dainty."
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/entertainment/13017831.htm
Rich Senators Defeat Minimum-Wage Hike - "U.S. senators -- who draw salaries of $162,100 a year and enjoy a raft of perks -- have rejected a minimum wage hike from $5.15 an hour to $6.25 for blue-collar workers. Can you believe it? The proposed increase was sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and turned down in the Senate by a vote of 51 against the boost and 49 in favor. Under a Senate agreement, it needed 60 votes to pass. All the Democrats voted for the wage boost. All the negative votes were cast by Republicans. ... The minimum wage was last increased in 1997."
http://www.wesh.com/helenthomas/5183628/detail.html
Screw the poor - "This past week in the in the Senate while everyone was fixated on the indictment of Libby, a vote took place which reminded me of a scene from a Mel Brook movie. That movie of course was History of the World Part I, and the scene was during the Roman era and the Senate was in session deciding what to do with revenues. The choice was, “shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich, or give to the needy and the poor”, where by then the Senate stood up in unison and said in a most vulgar manner “F*ck the poor!”"
http://flippedoutdotcom.blogspot.com/
Texas Probes 15 Cases for Dengue Fever - "Health officials are investigating 15 cases in Brownsville for dengue fever, one of which they believe was contracted from a mosquito in the United States."
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/94-10282005-561652.html
'View Tax' Triggers Revolt in Rural N.H. - "The one-room cabin David Bischoff built in a cow pasture three years ago has no electricity, no running water, no phone service and no driveway. What it does have is a wide-open view of nearby hills and distant mountains _ which makes it seven times more valuable than if it had no view, according to the latest townwide property assessment. He expects his property taxes to shoot up accordingly. Bischoff and other Orford residents bitterly call that a "view tax," and they are leading a revolt against it that has gained support in many rural towns in New Hampshire. State officials say there is no such thing as a "view tax" _ it is a "view factor," and it has always been a part of property assessments. The only change is that views have become so valuable in some towns that assessors are giving them a separate line on appraisal records."
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/31/D8DJADN01.html
Quote of the Day
"Comfort is what the American people want - not truth."
~ J. R. Nyquist
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