Nation joins Va. Tech in honoring massacre victims - "Four days after the deadliest shooting on a U.S. college campus, Americans prepared to remember victims of the Virginia Tech massacre with candlelight vigils, moments of silence and the tolling of bells. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has declared Friday a day of mourning, and alumni of Virginia Tech have organized a "Hokie Hope" day, asking all alumni, students and friends of the school to wear the university's colors -- orange and maroon."
The Victims - "Remembering the victims who died on April 16, 2007 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute" -- Profiles of the 32 victims.
Vermont Senate: Impeach the president - "Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality.""
Reid Offers Bleak Assessment of Iraq War - "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops. The bleak assessment - the most pointed yet from Reid - came as the House voted 215-199 to uphold legislation ordering troops out of Iraq next year." -- Don't you just love how the Republicans continue to use the troops as pawns?
Dems reluctant to oppose Iraq funding - "Anti-war liberals worried about party unity are reluctant to mount opposition to war spending legislation in the House even if it does not set a firm date for troop withdrawal."
Adult males at 'highest risk of death' - "There is an Iraq surge, but it is a surge in deaths. The year up to March this year has been the worst 12 months for civilian fatalities."
Rove: ‘I Wish The Iraq War Never Existed,’ It Was ‘Osama Bin Laden’s Idea’ - "History shows Rove was exceptionally eager in 2002 for the upcoming Iraq war, anxious to reap what he viewed would be the political gains for conservatives leading another military conflict:"
Bush muses on marriage, chicken-plucking - "When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage and chicken-plucking plants, the agony of death and his Oval Office rug, which resembles a sunburst. About his legacy, Bush said historians are still assessing George Washington, the nation's first leader. "My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it."" -- I would like to apologize to the rest of the world for the behavior of my country's President.
Gonzales Can't Recall Meetings That Led to Attorney Firings - "Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified Thursday before a Senate committee that he could not recall the details of any of the meetings he participated in over the course of two years, in which he and his staff discussed a plan to fire eight US attorneys."
'Devastating' Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq Coming - "The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq will appear next Wednesday, a 90-minute PBS broadcast called “Buying the War,” which marks the return of “Bill Moyers Journal.” E&P was sent a preview DVD and a draft transcript for the program this week. While much of the evidence of the media’s role as cheerleaders for the war presented here is not new, it is skillfully assembled, with many fresh quotes from interviews (with the likes of Tim Russert and Walter Pincus) along with numerous embarrassing examples of past statements by journalists and pundits that proved grossly misleading or wrong. Several prominent media figures, prodded by Moyers, admit the media failed miserably, though few take personal responsibility."
Hypocrite Kucinich Drafts Legislation To Ban Guns - "Dennis Kucinich has shot himself in the foot, pardon the pun, by alienating a huge majority of his most vocal and active online supporters, the 9/11 Truth Movement, in drafting legislation that will completely ban the purchase, sale, transfer, or possession of handguns by civilians. Kucinich has effectively ended any minute chance he had of becoming President in 2008." -- Idiot.
WOW I DID IT...VIDEO PROOF THAT CHO WAS NOT ALONE .... - "this is a portion of the video that NBC was showing of the alleged killer and the "OFFICIAL" story goes that HE MADE IT HIMSELF. Well, guess what? THE CAMERA IS MOVING, AND I CAN HEAR ANOTHER PERSON COUGH IN THE BACKGROUND.... And, at one point the person filming it, bumps the camera and you can HEAR the bump and see the camera shake and CHO does NOT move so there is NO way that he filmed this himself!" -- Check out the video.
Tennessee House vote permits guns in more places - "In a surprise move, a House panel voted Wednesday to repeal a state law that forbids the carrying of handguns on property and buildings owned by state, county and city governments - including parks and playgrounds. "I think the recent Virginia disaster - or catastrophe or nightmare or whatever you want to call it - has woken up a lot of people to the need for having guns available to law-abiding citizens," said Rep. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains. "I hope that is what this vote reflects.""
South Koreans told to fast over massacre - "“Koreans can often view the world through a nationalistic lens and they will feel a sense of responsibility,” said Michael Breen, a Seoul-based analyst and author."
Christian Right Leaders: America Can Only Be 'Reclaimed' by Religious Revival - "If there was an overarching theme to this year's event, it was that America cannot be "reclaimed" from the grip of the evil forces that now engulf it until religious revival sweeps the land. Several speakers seemed to berate the faithful for not being holy enough."
FIVE MEN DECIDING FOR 150,000,000 WOMEN. - "Kennedy argued that that it is “self-evident” that “a mother who comes to regret her choice to abort must struggle with grief more anguished and sorrow more profound when she learns, only after the event, what she did not know.” As Sarah explains, "his twisted remedy, though, is not to ensure that a woman has adequate information; it’s to ensure that she has no option. Her moral judgment is completely eviscerated." It is hard, in all of this, not to grow increasingly enraged at the makeup of the Court generally and the conservative bloc specifically."
'No abortions, no exceptions,' in sight - "Georgia group aims for constitutional amendment in 2008."
American Dream Now A Nightmare For Millions - "A 2004 analysis of data by the US Census reports that 60 million Americans now live on less than $7 per day. That's one in five in the U.S. living on less than $2,555 per year. At the same time, the richest 1 per cent now garners about 16 per cent of national income, double what they earned in the 1960s." -- Twenty percent of American's live on less than $7 a day. That's depressing.
Bloggers say EU law will end free speech - "British bloggers said yesterday that free speech on the internet is under threat from draconian new laws, which could see them jailed for up to three years. Europe's justice ministers have agreed genocide denial and race hatred legislation that will outlaw remarks on the internet "carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred"."
Could You End Up on a Sex Offender Registry? - "I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. But it appears that you can do almost anything in California, sexually speaking, if everyone involved is a living, consenting adult -- and it happens in private or online. No wonder the real estate prices are so ridiculously high. I'd move here too if I didn't already live here."
Study: Teens protecting their profiles - "Teens generally don't think twice about including their first names and photos on their personal online profiles, but most refrain from using full names or making their profiles fully public, a new survey finds." -- Seems teens are not as stupid as adults sometimes think they are.
Power lines link to cancer in new alert - "The confidential study, obtained by the Evening Standard, urges ministers to consider banning the building of homes and schools close to overhead high-voltage power cables because of possible health risks."
Cannabis compound slows lung cancer in mice - "The active compound in marijuana, THC, can slow the growth of lung tumours and reduce the spread of the cancer in mice, a preliminary study reveals."
Artifacts With Extraterrestrial Writings Discovered Near Tunguska Site - "The boulders were tested in Krasnoyarsk and Moscow and test results speak for the fact that they are of extraterrestrial origin, he said."
Mysterious Rock Growing 'Hair' Put on Display in Beijing - "On March 16, 2007, an unusual rock went on display in Beijing. This rock has "hair," almost identical to human hair, growing out of its "head."" -- Check out the pic.
The Victims - "Remembering the victims who died on April 16, 2007 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute" -- Profiles of the 32 victims.
Vermont Senate: Impeach the president - "Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality.""
Reid Offers Bleak Assessment of Iraq War - "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops. The bleak assessment - the most pointed yet from Reid - came as the House voted 215-199 to uphold legislation ordering troops out of Iraq next year." -- Don't you just love how the Republicans continue to use the troops as pawns?
Dems reluctant to oppose Iraq funding - "Anti-war liberals worried about party unity are reluctant to mount opposition to war spending legislation in the House even if it does not set a firm date for troop withdrawal."
Adult males at 'highest risk of death' - "There is an Iraq surge, but it is a surge in deaths. The year up to March this year has been the worst 12 months for civilian fatalities."
Rove: ‘I Wish The Iraq War Never Existed,’ It Was ‘Osama Bin Laden’s Idea’ - "History shows Rove was exceptionally eager in 2002 for the upcoming Iraq war, anxious to reap what he viewed would be the political gains for conservatives leading another military conflict:"
Bush muses on marriage, chicken-plucking - "When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage and chicken-plucking plants, the agony of death and his Oval Office rug, which resembles a sunburst. About his legacy, Bush said historians are still assessing George Washington, the nation's first leader. "My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it."" -- I would like to apologize to the rest of the world for the behavior of my country's President.
Gonzales Can't Recall Meetings That Led to Attorney Firings - "Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified Thursday before a Senate committee that he could not recall the details of any of the meetings he participated in over the course of two years, in which he and his staff discussed a plan to fire eight US attorneys."
'Devastating' Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq Coming - "The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq will appear next Wednesday, a 90-minute PBS broadcast called “Buying the War,” which marks the return of “Bill Moyers Journal.” E&P was sent a preview DVD and a draft transcript for the program this week. While much of the evidence of the media’s role as cheerleaders for the war presented here is not new, it is skillfully assembled, with many fresh quotes from interviews (with the likes of Tim Russert and Walter Pincus) along with numerous embarrassing examples of past statements by journalists and pundits that proved grossly misleading or wrong. Several prominent media figures, prodded by Moyers, admit the media failed miserably, though few take personal responsibility."
Hypocrite Kucinich Drafts Legislation To Ban Guns - "Dennis Kucinich has shot himself in the foot, pardon the pun, by alienating a huge majority of his most vocal and active online supporters, the 9/11 Truth Movement, in drafting legislation that will completely ban the purchase, sale, transfer, or possession of handguns by civilians. Kucinich has effectively ended any minute chance he had of becoming President in 2008." -- Idiot.
WOW I DID IT...VIDEO PROOF THAT CHO WAS NOT ALONE .... - "this is a portion of the video that NBC was showing of the alleged killer and the "OFFICIAL" story goes that HE MADE IT HIMSELF. Well, guess what? THE CAMERA IS MOVING, AND I CAN HEAR ANOTHER PERSON COUGH IN THE BACKGROUND.... And, at one point the person filming it, bumps the camera and you can HEAR the bump and see the camera shake and CHO does NOT move so there is NO way that he filmed this himself!" -- Check out the video.
Tennessee House vote permits guns in more places - "In a surprise move, a House panel voted Wednesday to repeal a state law that forbids the carrying of handguns on property and buildings owned by state, county and city governments - including parks and playgrounds. "I think the recent Virginia disaster - or catastrophe or nightmare or whatever you want to call it - has woken up a lot of people to the need for having guns available to law-abiding citizens," said Rep. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains. "I hope that is what this vote reflects.""
South Koreans told to fast over massacre - "“Koreans can often view the world through a nationalistic lens and they will feel a sense of responsibility,” said Michael Breen, a Seoul-based analyst and author."
Christian Right Leaders: America Can Only Be 'Reclaimed' by Religious Revival - "If there was an overarching theme to this year's event, it was that America cannot be "reclaimed" from the grip of the evil forces that now engulf it until religious revival sweeps the land. Several speakers seemed to berate the faithful for not being holy enough."
FIVE MEN DECIDING FOR 150,000,000 WOMEN. - "Kennedy argued that that it is “self-evident” that “a mother who comes to regret her choice to abort must struggle with grief more anguished and sorrow more profound when she learns, only after the event, what she did not know.” As Sarah explains, "his twisted remedy, though, is not to ensure that a woman has adequate information; it’s to ensure that she has no option. Her moral judgment is completely eviscerated." It is hard, in all of this, not to grow increasingly enraged at the makeup of the Court generally and the conservative bloc specifically."
'No abortions, no exceptions,' in sight - "Georgia group aims for constitutional amendment in 2008."
American Dream Now A Nightmare For Millions - "A 2004 analysis of data by the US Census reports that 60 million Americans now live on less than $7 per day. That's one in five in the U.S. living on less than $2,555 per year. At the same time, the richest 1 per cent now garners about 16 per cent of national income, double what they earned in the 1960s." -- Twenty percent of American's live on less than $7 a day. That's depressing.
Bloggers say EU law will end free speech - "British bloggers said yesterday that free speech on the internet is under threat from draconian new laws, which could see them jailed for up to three years. Europe's justice ministers have agreed genocide denial and race hatred legislation that will outlaw remarks on the internet "carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred"."
Could You End Up on a Sex Offender Registry? - "I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. But it appears that you can do almost anything in California, sexually speaking, if everyone involved is a living, consenting adult -- and it happens in private or online. No wonder the real estate prices are so ridiculously high. I'd move here too if I didn't already live here."
Study: Teens protecting their profiles - "Teens generally don't think twice about including their first names and photos on their personal online profiles, but most refrain from using full names or making their profiles fully public, a new survey finds." -- Seems teens are not as stupid as adults sometimes think they are.
Power lines link to cancer in new alert - "The confidential study, obtained by the Evening Standard, urges ministers to consider banning the building of homes and schools close to overhead high-voltage power cables because of possible health risks."
Cannabis compound slows lung cancer in mice - "The active compound in marijuana, THC, can slow the growth of lung tumours and reduce the spread of the cancer in mice, a preliminary study reveals."
Artifacts With Extraterrestrial Writings Discovered Near Tunguska Site - "The boulders were tested in Krasnoyarsk and Moscow and test results speak for the fact that they are of extraterrestrial origin, he said."
Mysterious Rock Growing 'Hair' Put on Display in Beijing - "On March 16, 2007, an unusual rock went on display in Beijing. This rock has "hair," almost identical to human hair, growing out of its "head."" -- Check out the pic.
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