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Inflation on the rise, foreclosures at records levels and the dollar’s in the toilet; have fun running on Republican fiscal responsibility, St. John! From our international banker this morning:
Heavy and continuing dollar sales for euro. Reportedly the dollar sales are coming from Chinese, Korean and Middle East names. The sales drove the US [...]

Commerce Dept docs: Cheney and oil execs decided to take Iraq’s oil in spring 2001

The Commerce Department has been forced by Judicial Watch to turn over records of spring, 2001 meetings held between Dick Cheney and execs from global oil giants, records that suggest that the group decided months before September 11th that the US energy policy would center on taking control of Iraq’s oil:
In [...]

the great game’s latest victim

Photos defy state’s version of events
THE official version of how Benazir Bhutto was killed lay in tatters last night as the Pakistani Government faced mounting demands, led by the US, for a full investigation.
The Government’s claims that she died from massive brain damage sustained when she smashed her head against the sunroof of the Toyota [...]

one less chance

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — The Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated near the capital, Islamabad, on Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto, who was appearing at a political rally, was fired upon by a gunman at close range, quickly followed by a blast that the government said was caused by a suicide attacker.
Ms. Bhutto, a former [...]

there are no good choices

Either Bush really is Cheney’s puppet, told what to say when and kept in the dark until the last moment; or, he’s a craven, power-mad asshole:
The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) took U.S. friends and foes by surprise after years of strident rhetoric from Washington accusing Iran of pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program.
Bush warned [...]

Local Probst pens op-ed w McDermott on Bush’s broken budget

Tim Probst, CEO of the Washington Workforce Association based in Vancouver, along with Rep. Jim McDermott published an article in yesterday’s Seattle Times entitled “Invest in American workers”.
The article points out Bush’s gross fiscal irresponsibility:
The president is casting himself as the defender of fiscal responsibility, when his record shows the opposite: He is increasing spending [...]

what a great time for more free trade agreements

“Investors seem to be moving money outside of the U.S. which leads us to believe they are planning for a continual U.S. dollar decline,” said Mark Meadows, currency strategist at Tempus Consulting in Washington.
But BushCo sez we need more Free Trade Agreements. Now.
Last week President Bush launched a campaign to win support for four [...]

the bad:

Georgie’s radio address on Saturday (I can’t listen to the moron without getting nauseous, but I do read the transcripts):
…Last week, we learned that September was America’s 49th consecutive month of job creation — the longest uninterrupted period of job growth on record.
As usual, Chimpy is full of shit. From the Bureau of Labor [...]

jimmy & johnny

Unlike most white folks from the South, Burma has been a part of my consciousness since I was in kindergarten.
My education began in the first kindergarten class of a new, progressive-minded Episcopal school. St. Stephens back then was tiny: fewer than 200 students in 13 grades, and six of those students were Newhalls.
And two [...]

Where is the Congress vote to admonish Limbaugh?

This is disgusting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56s9jInwoIU

Let’s have an “Admonishment of the Week” vote every Thursday in Congress. That will give them something to do since nothing else they do amounts to anything anyway. And then the media will have something new every week to spin to make the D.C. politicians all look good. This is [...]

i second that emotion

from Jon at A Tiny Revolution:
The horrible Kyl-Lieberman Amendment on Iran may be voted on in the Senate as soon as today. Call your senator right now (Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121) to tell them to oppose it.
I don’t have any hope this will fail, but it would be nice for it not to be a shut [...]

Henry Rollins interviews Vidal

Thanks to Be-Think.org
Part 1 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQe1yrKtIRE

 
Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKQ0cZrtoGc

 
If this isn't enough of this old wise guy, there is a seven part interview of Gore Vidal at The Real News Network.

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