Iran says Israel, U.S. threaten Mideast - "Mottaki told the world's top disarmament forum that Israel was the only country in the region that refuses to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last year acknowledged that his country had nuclear weapons — which Olmert denies doing."
Confessions of a Torturer - "And there, as an army interrogator, he tortured detainees for information he admits they rarely had. Since leaving Iraq he’s taken this story public, doing battle on national television against the war’s architects for giving him the orders he regrets he obeyed."
Propaganda and the Politics of Perception - "War propaganda glorifies military indoctrination as the highest form of patriotism while simultaneously demonizing the enemies of the state."
Poll: 58 percent want Iraq withdrawal by 2008 or sooner - "Nearly six in 10 Americans want to see U.S. troops leave Iraq either immediately or within a year, and more would rather have Congress running U.S. policy in the conflict than President Bush, according to a CNN poll out Tuesday."
A Horse of a Different Color - "It had to happen sooner or later, and Barack Obama's startling rise to near the top of the Democratic presidential pack made it sooner – I'm talking about his speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It starts out with a riff about his ride in an IDF helicopter and how this made him "truly see how close everything is and why peace through security is the only way for Israel." But of course the Palestinians are just as close to the Israelis as the Israelis are to them – and the Israelis have far more arms (provided by the U.S.) and are surely not averse to using them. So what is "the only way" for the Palestinians? Yet there can be no "peace through security" for the Palestinians, since there is no security from Israeli air strikes and repeated invasions of Palestinian territory."
Calderon tells Bush Mexico needs more - "President Bush, working to rebuild strained U.S.-Mexico relations, promised Tuesday he would do his best to get a deeply divided U.S. Congress to change American immigration policies that are hated south of the border."
Dan Rather: Journalism has 'lost its guts' - ""I do not exclude myself from this criticism...By and large, so many journalists--there are notable exceptions--have adopted the go-along-to-get-along (attitude)," he said."
Americans get an 'F' in religion - "Sometimes dumb sounds cute: Sixty percent of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments, and 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were married." -- I thought Sodom and Gomorrah had something to do with anal sex and an STD. ;-)
Gen. Pace Calls Homosexuality Immoral - "The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported." -- But we sure love to kill them ay-rabs! That's moral! -- Shut up General Pace.
Minister protests same-sex union ban with a halt to all weddings - ""We are called to join the fast that our homosexual brothers and sisters in Christ have had to observe all their lives," said the Rev. Robert Hirschfeld, rector of Grace Episcopal Church."
Guess What Foxman? American's Don't Give a Damn! - "I for one am not at all surprised to read that eighty-percent of Americans still hold Mel Gibson in high regard, and that a mere six percent say they’ll never see a Gibson film again, I’ve been saying it all along, the vast majority of Americans don’t give a damn that Gibson made some anti-Semitic remarks, they don’t care about Jews anymore than anyone else."
Global Warming Replaces 9/11 As Justification To Do Anything - "Invoking September 11 has officially been succeeded by a new mantra and an excuse for the state to unleash a fresh tyranny no matter how offensive and damaging to individual liberty it may be."
Warming Report to Warn of Coming Drought - "The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium."
Biological Basis For Teenage Mood Swings Found - "A new US study has revealed that teenage mood swings may be explained by biological changes in the adolescent brain."
HPV Vaccine Out of Reach for College Students - "College campuses are breeding grounds for HPV, the virus that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. A new vaccine offers protection, but many students can't afford it."
Secret of attraction? It's all due to the wiggle - "It is not simply how you look but how you flaunt it that is the secret of attraction, says a study published today."
Quote of the Day
"I just can't stand it."
~ Charlie Brown
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