Regarding the undisclosed media depicting torture in Abu Ghraib

"The primary reason why Obama is now blocking the release of the photos is that some of the pictures, as well as video recordings, show prison guards sodomizing young boys in front of their mothers, both with objects as well as physical rape." **** “Some of the worst things that happened you don’t know about, okay?” said Hersh. “Videos, there are women there. Some of you may have read that ...

The Roxana Saberi Diplomacy

The case of Roxana Saberi has dominated international news during the past week. After being arrested for purchasing a bottle of wine in January this year, Roxana Saberi has been charged for spying by Iran and sentenced for eight years imprisonment. Saberi’s fate is being viewed as determining the future course of U.S. - Iranian relations. Critics of President Obama’s goodwill policy have raised ...

Saudi Freak and International Silence

Saudi Monster and International Silence By Huda Jawad Feb 04, 2009 `` Information Clearinghouse `` - For the past several hebdomads, twelves of house members hold been gaining dead set the Iraqi regime in a frail gesture intended to relieve the lives of their boys. In January 2009, Saudi judicatures convicted 25 immature Iraki workforces of trespassing into Kingdom of saudi arabia. ...

Canada confused

... humanitarian aid last week to Gaza's Hamas government, which Canada deems a terrorist organization. But the 54-year-old Scottish MP's real sin was that he couldn't resist rubbing it in. Others have taken aid into Hamas-controlled Gaza, including a delegation of Canadians and Americans who crossed into the Palestinian territory on March 8 http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22268.htm

... issuing IOUs instead of dollars, because they're broke. That goes for tax refunds, too. Here's a couple articles: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28448852/ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21867.htm http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1371885/california_to_issue_ious_for_income.html Now, here's the funny thing: there's no difference between the IOUs that they'd send out, ...

Americans iz stupid

... graduates, along with 42 percent of college graduates, never read a book after they finish school. Eighty percent of the families in the United States last year did not buy a book. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21239.htm *********** This kind of info makes me want to scream! No wonder people are so damn dumb these days! Not to READ a book? WTF? It's one of life's greatest ...

Saturday 12.27.2008 --

I awoke in the morning and got online for a bit.. but then I eventually watched the Doctor Who Christmas Special (pretty good, already looking forward to the next special.. Easter, I see.. wonder if Torchwood would've aired by then, since its one-week five-episode season is set for "Spring").. followed by the first episode of Gundam 00 (hmm, not bad really..). My dad returned home from ...

Slaughter In Gaza

...women and children on Gaza streets. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21541.htm   ===   Eyewitness: Chaos in Gaza  ...She called the bombings a "massacre." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21547.htm   ===   Gaza Massacres Must Spur Us... were broadcast around the world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21545.htm   ===   Gaza Massacre Israel's Cynicism...

Reality is never an impediment to our advancement.

America the Illiterate During the 2000 debates, George W. Bush spoke at a sixth-grade level (6.7) and Al Gore at a seventh-grade level (7.6). In the 1992 debates, Bill Clinton spoke at a seventh-grade level (7.6), while George H.W. Bush spoke at a sixth-grade level (6.8), as did H. Ross Perot (6.3). In the debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, the candidates spoke in language ...

Okay, *now* I understand the Republican fascination with ACORN

It's to legitimize massive voter suppression efforts.  I hate the way my own government is making me feel like a paranoid conspiracy nut but... Scary excerpts from a _Rolling Stone_ article here. Short version. We don't just have to win, we have to win big. Because the Republicans have apparently been quietly disenfranchising Democratic voters with both hands, for quite some time. Some quotes...