News (Page 2) -- July 19, 2006

US orders nine warships to waters off Lebanon - "The United States ordered nine warships to waters off the Lebanese coast amid fears of possible terrorist attacks on ships evacuating US nationals, officials said."

Israel's on wrong course - "But no genuine friend of Israel can be happy with what is being done in that country's name by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his misguided followers."

In Iraq, Civil War All but Declared - "U.S. and Iraqi government leaders have argued that the 150,000-strong foreign troop presence has kept the country from descending into full-scale civil war. But many Iraqi officials fear the threshold has been crossed. "What is happening in Iraq is a disaster and a tragedy," Adnan Dulaimi, a Sunni Arab leader, said in an interview."It's bloodshed and killing of the innocents, killing the elderly and women and children. It's mass killings. It's nothing less than an undeclared civil war."" -- And it's America's fault. No, I won't sugar coat it.

Iraqis: U.S. shares blame for death toll - "Iraqi officials said Wednesday that U.S. and coalition forces as well as an increase in sectarian violence were behind the surge in civilian casualties cited in a U.N. report. ... However, deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubaie blamed U.S. and other coalition forces for much of the violence, saying their troops were responsible for about half the deaths due to "raids, shootings and clashes with insurgents.""

Bush vetoes stem cell bill as promised - "President Bush cast the first veto of his 5 1/2-year presidency Wednesday, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary" and is wrong." -- And he hasn't crossed any moral boundaries? Please.

Bush - Stoned? Drunk? Medicated? Retarded? Presidential Tester for the Pharmaceutical Industry? You Decide........ - "Watch his gibberish at the G8, especially the bizarre stuff about how long the plane flights to various countries are. If you take out the comments of the other leaders (because they actually sound intelligent and not like drunken bar talk) and just read what Bush says, he sounds just like someone who is more than half looped."

Directed Energy Weapons Killing People Through Guise Of Insanity - "It's no secret the Arctic Beacon and the Investigative Journal Radio Show are two of the only media outlets taking seriously the use of directed energy weapons on the people of the world."

New records on UCSC protests show deeper spying conspiracy - "New details emerged Tuesday about the government intelligence-gathering at UC Santa Cruz that prompted anti-war protesters there to be designated as a "credible threat" in a secret Defense Department database."

America's most wanted: The man with eighty wives - "It is astonishing how much a cult leader can get done while he is on the run from the FBI."

Getting Pissed up in Here - "Why the goddamn do you all still think that your penis entitles you to keep your name for the rest of your life? Why do you think it gives you the great, almighty power to brand whatever woman you want with it? Does it have magical powers? If you beat us over the head with it in the middle of the night, will your name show up tattooed on our foreheads? What about my vagina makes you think I'm just dying to give up my name, my name for shit's sake, and take yours in its stead?"

Greek woman to give birth to own grandchild - "A 52-year-old Greek woman is to give birth to her own grandchild after being granted legal permission to act as a surrogate mother for her daughter."

Vegetables to get Olympic identity codes - "As if China didn't have its hands full keeping tabs on its 1.3 billion people, the country will now begin tracking its vegetables. In an attempt to ensure food safety during the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is to give every cabbage, carrot and pea pod its own identity number and file, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday."