http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/23/bushs_false_choices/
What Are We Waiting For? Christmas? - "Today we again face such somber judgment and must be prepared as a nation to confront the reality that these same words apply to George W. Bush and, like Richard Nixon, Bush’s conduct as president “warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office.”"
http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-are-we-waiting-for-christmas.html
More Americans growing weary of civil liberties sacrifices - "But more than four years after the attacks, many Americans appear less willing to give up their civil liberties in the search for terrorists. ... But others are sounding a different warning: that the United States, with its fast-paced news cycles and Internet-time attention spans, may be forgetting the trauma of Sept. 11 and the threat that still lurks. "None of your civil liberties matter much,'' Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said last week, "after you're dead.''" -- Stay scared, people!
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13482242.htm
Shoot the Moon and Forget About the Bell Curve - "In short, Representative Woolsey has, against all odds and the measured opinions of her doubting or dismissive colleagues, persistently focused on reality -- just the facts; and it is reality that most powerfully counteracts the mass anesthetic that the Bush administration has used to keep people from questioning the war. ... The truth is that the closer you get to the reality of the war against Iraq and the lies that brought us there -- and these are quite literally matters of life and death -- the easier it is to know what to do: Shoot the moon and forget about the bell curve."
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1223-25.htm
Report: Spying Broader Than Acknowledged - "The National Security Agency has conducted much broader surveillance of e-mails and phone calls — without court orders — than the Bush administration has acknowledged, The New York Times reported on its Web site."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/domestic_spying
Meet Osama's niece - "And her pictures in next month's issue of GQ magazine are seemingly calculated to outrage Islamic traditionalists."
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,99348,00.html
Majority in U.S. believes in God - "Overall, 82 percent of Americans believe in God, according to a recent Harris poll, which also revealed that 73 percent also believe in miracles, 70 percent in life after death, 70 percent in the existence of heaven, and 70 percent that Jesus is the Son of God. In addition, 68 percent believe in angels and 66 percent in the Resurrection of Christ. Six out of 10 believe in the devil and the existence of hell."
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051224-095506-7720r.htm
Is the US State Department still keeping April Glaspie under wraps? - "It is now more than fifteen years since that fateful meeting on July 25, 1990 between then-US Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie and President Saddam Hussein that the Iraqi leader interpreted as a green light from Washington for his invasion of Kuwait eight days later. The US State Department, which is said to have placed a gag order on Glaspie in August 1990 prohibiting her from talking to the media about what had transpired at that meeting, is apparently still keeping her under wraps despite the fact that she retired from the American Foreign Service in 2002. In all the years since her meeting with Saddam Hussein, Glaspie has never spoken about it to the media, never appeared as a guest on a TV talk show, never written an article or a book about her time as the US’s top diplomat in Baghdad. The question is: why? What has she got to hide?"
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2005-daily/25-12-2005/world/w2.htm
E-tracking, coming to a DMV near you - "Trust federal bureaucrats to take a good idea and transform it into a frightening proposal to track Americans wherever they drive. The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these "mileage-based road user fees." Now electronic tracking and taxing may be coming to a DMV near you. ... The problem, though, is that these "road user fee" systems are being designed and built in a way that strips drivers of their privacy and invites constant surveillance by police, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. ... The problem, though, is that no privacy protections exist. No restrictions prevent police from continually monitoring, without a court order, the whereabouts of every vehicle on the road."
http://news.com.com/E-tracking,%20coming%20to%20a%20DMV%20near%20you/2010-1071_3-5980979.html
Man mistakenly left in jail for 15 months - "Time in jail nine months longer than maximum penalty for crime."
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/12/23/mann.jail.ap/index.html
Electric light thought to spur breast cancer - "The same federally funded study also showed that extended periods of nighttime darkness dramatically slowed the growth of these tumors. Apparently, artificial light depletes levels of the hormone melatonin."
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051224-094456-2045r.htm
Those in 20s Join Quest to Retain Looks - "Now even twentysomethings are joining the quest for eternal youth by using anti-aging products and wrinkle treatments. Some young adults say they want to reverse the effects the sun has already had on their skin. Others already are feeling social pressure to retain their fresh-faced looks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051224/ap_on_re_us/anti_aging_youth_1
Attack on professor is linked to grade - "''A failing grade shouldn't be the end of the world," Prasad said. ''Usually I find the students may argue but they accept it.""
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/24/attack_on_professor_is_linked_to_grade?mode=PF
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"Merry f*cking Christmas, to you!"
~ Mr. Garrison, South Park
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