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'Dodgy dossier' was 'wrong', its author says - LINK - The government official who wrote the first draft of the "dodgy dossier" that helped propel Britain into war in Iraq today admits, "We were wrong."
Kurds impose limits on where Arabs can live in Iraq's north - LINK - Officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government say they have no choice but to vet people who want to move to the country's northern provinces, where violence has been far less common than it is in other parts of Iraq. If the government weren't so strict, it would run the risk of letting violent militants into the region, said Esmat Argoshi, the head of security in Irbil.
Two US soldiers killed in Iraq - LINK - The latest death brings to 3,962 the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org.
Half of Baghdad without water - LINK - The stoppage has led to the closure of bakeries and restaurants in Rasafa, aggravating the suffering of Baghdad residents. TVNL Comment: All thanks to the actions of the Cheney/Bush/PNAC administration.
Car bomb, gas link blast cut power to north Iraq - LINK - A blast at a gas pipeline feeding a power station on Monday and a car bomb targeting power lines at another station the day before have cut electricity to a quarter of Iraq's roughly 27 million people, officials said. TVNL Comment: We sure did a lot of good for that country.
Government 'breached duty' on Iraq - LINK - The Blair Government breached its duty to the men and women of the armed forces by failing to ensure in advance that the invasion of Iraq was lawful and justified, a powerful committee of nine Law Lords has been told.
U.S. presence in Iraq is destabilising - Mubarak - LINK - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Monday the presence of U.S. and other foreign forces in Iraq was attracting terrorists and threatening security and stability in the region, state news agency MENA reported.
Car bombs strike near Sunni meeting - LINK - Twin car bombs targeted a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni tribal leaders Monday in Baghdad, killing at least 14 people and wounding 45, a military spokesman said.
Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning - LINK - But the study’s wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defense Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals, and the Army has sought to keep the report under lock and key. TVNL Comment: More outright lying, and nobody says a word!
Contractor deaths up 17 percent across Iraq in 2007 - LINK - The number of civilian contractors reported killed in Iraq jumped 17 percent in 2007 and accounted for more than one in four deaths associated with the U.S. occupation last year.
Memo Blasts State Dept. Iraq Effort - LINK - In a confidential memo, a long-time Republican operative who has served in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for the past year says the State Department's efforts in Iraq are so poorly managed they "would be considered willfully negligent if not criminal" if done in the private sector.
Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military - LINK - Thirteen U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq this month, according to icasualties.org, an independent Web site that tracks military deaths in the country.
Bush Admits He Plans to Attack Iran - LINK - Taken from an interview to the israeli channel 2 TVNL Comment: It's Isreal again.
U.S. soldiers help war against rebels in Colombia - LINK - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.
Hearing to be secret in KBR Iraq case - LINK - The hearing at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will center on the events of April 9, 2004 — sometimes called the Good Friday massacre — when Iraqi insurgents attacked a KBR convoy of military supply trucks, killing six civilian truck drivers and injuring 14. TVNL Comment: Secret? Why?
Defeat Without End - LINK - But the truth is that we've already failed in Iraq, and throughout the Middle East and Central Asia -- failed with consequences beyond reckoning.
Germany rejects US troop request for southern Afghanistan - LINK - German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said Friday that Berlin had no plans to deploy combat troops in battle-ravaged southern Afghanistan, after an urgent US request for NATO partners to do more to stabilise the country.
Twin bombs kill scores in Baghdad - LINK - More than 70 people have been killed by two bombs in Baghdad, attached to two mentally disabled women and detonated remotely, says a security official.
Australia Announces Troop Withdrawal From Iraq - LINK - In a severe blow to US efforts to bring about stability in war-torn Iraq, Australia has announced its decision to withdraw its military troops from the country.
U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan - LINK - The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. TVNL Comment: Stealing their oil for the US & Israel...and you want to know why they hate us.
No major improvement in electricity production before 2011, says Iraqi official - LINK - An Iraqi official predicted Monday that the country will not see major improvements in electricity production before 2011, citing poor security and a lack of funds and fuel. TVNL Comment: It should be noted that as was the case with the 1st Gulf War, the Bush administration bombed the electrical supply infrastructure. This is a war crime. They did this so that their friends would get the contracts to rebuild it. This is just a tiny part of the looting of our nation that the invasion was all about.
Bush to ask for $70 billion in partial 2009 war funding - LINK - The funding would be in addition to the administration's request for the regular Pentagon budget which is to be presented next week. TVNL Comment: Gotta make his friends in the war industry as rich as possible before he leaves office.
Insurgents kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq's Mosul - LINK - Five U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb and then came under small arms fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, the U.S. military said.
10 Die in Mistaken Afghan Firefight - LINK - At least nine Afghan police officers and a civilian were killed early Thursday in a firefight between American forces and the officers in Ghazni Province, just south of the capital, local officials said.
Lebanon Shiite cleric calls for Bush trial over Iraq - LINK - US President George W. Bush should go on trial for lying to the world about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion, a leading Lebanese Shiite cleric said on Sunday.
U.S. Cannot Manage Contractors In Wars, Officials Testify on Hill - LINK - With even more U.S. contractors now in Iraq and Afghanistan than U.S. military personnel, government officials told Congress yesterday that the Bush administration is not prepared to manage the contractors' critical involvement in the American war effort. TVNL Comment: This is done on purpose so that the friends of this administration can loot our money. That is why the war on terror was started. That is why they, the Cheney cabal, comitted the attrocitites of 9/11.
U.S. Asking Iraq for Wide Rights on War - LINK - With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government in Baghdad give the United States broad authority to conduct combat operations and guarantee civilian contractors specific legal protections from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.
Bomb At Blast Site Kills Iraq Police Chief - LINK - The attack occurred at the site of a blast that killed at least 34 people and wounded 224 the day before. The toll was raised Thursday from a previous total of 18 killed. TVNL Comment: Did you hear about this on FOX News?
U.S. war costs in Iraq up-budget report - LINK - War funding, which averaged about $93 billion a year from 2003 through 2005, rose to $120 billion in 2006 and $171 billion in 2007 and President George W. Bush has asked for $193 billion in 2008, the nonpartisan office wrote. TVNL Comment: That's the money that is not being spent on health care or research into renewable energy. That's your money!
Government ordered to disclose draft Iraq dossier - LINK - A Whitehall spin doctor may have played a greater role in the drafting of the famous dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction than the government admitted at the time, the Information Tribunal said today.
Study: False statements preceded war - LINK - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. TVNL Comment: "False statements?" The word is "LIES!" 100's of LIES!!!
'Ancient civilization . . . broken to pieces' - LINK - Illegal diggers are chipping away at Iraq's heritage at thousands of largely unguarded sites. The artifacts may never be returned.
Surge to Nowhere - LINK - Don't buy the hawks' hype. The war may be off the front pages, but Iraq is broken beyond repair, and we still own it.
Russia Could Use Nuclear Weapons as Preventive Measure to Thwart Major Threat, Official Says - LINK - Putin, who has sought to boost his popularity at home and win support abroad with his vocal criticism of U.S. foreign policy, has said that Russia opposes the use of preventive military attacks but reserves the right to carry them out because other countries do so. TVNL Comment: Thank Bush, Cheney and criminal media for bringing the world to the brink!
Afghanistan war is just beginning: - LINK - THE Taliban has seriously rejoined the fight in Afghanistan, an NGO security group said in a report that concluded the country was at the beginning of a war, not the end of one.
Cheney trying to block video taped depositions in the Denver/Secret Service case - LINK - The office of Vice President Dick Cheney is seeking to block the release of videotaped depositions given by two aides who witnessed a physical encounter between an Iraq war opponent and Cheney.
Dick Cheney: 'Damn right' we'd do it all again - LINK - “When the last chapter is written,’’ Cheney predicted, “it will be said that our nation became more prosperous and more secure because George Bush was the president of the United States.’’ TVNL Comment: What nation is he speaking of? Not mine.
CIA director: Waterboarding necessary, but possibly illegal - LINK - Waterboarding is necessary though probably not legal, CIA Director Michael Hayden told Congress Thursday as Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he would not open a criminal investigation into the CIA's use of the technique. TVNL Comment: 3 criminal branches of government. No legal ways to fix it.
NRCC probe scares GOP - LINK - Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of their campaign committee may have forged an official audit during the contentious 2006 election cycle and that they should brace for the possibility that an unfolding investigation could uncover financial improprieties stretching back several years, according to GOP sources briefed on the members-only discussions.
Hillary Clinton: A Bilderberg Presidency - LINK - While President Bush's approval rating falls to record lows, the torch is being prepared to pass on to Hillary Clinton, with full endorsement from the global elite. TVNL Comment: I was wrong...I thought it was Edwards who was the Bildergerg boy.
3 US workers face investigation over Obama e-mail - LINK - Three federal employees are being investigated for unlawful political activities after they allegedly sent an e-mail falsely accusing Barack Obama of being a "radical Muslim," the Globe has learned.
The Fraud of Bushenomics: They’re Looting the Country - LINK - Wherever possible, they literally sold off the assets. This was called privatization.
Cheney's attorneys trying to prevent VP from testifying in lawsuit - LINK - Dick Cheney's attorneys want to stop an attempt to force him to testify in a lawsuit where a man claims he was arrested after telling the vice president his policies in Iraq were "disgusting."
AG Nixes Special Prosecutor in CIA Case - LINK - Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday he doesn't plan for a special prosecutor to investigate whether the CIA broke the law when it destroyed videotapes of terror interrogations, defying some in Congress who want an independent look at the politically charged case.
Missing White House Emails Match Plame Time Frames - LINK - Gonzales asked the DOJ if he could wait until morning before notifying White House staffers about the probe, thereby delaying the issuance of a directive to preserve emails and other documents related to the leak of Wilson's undercover status federal investigators would need as part of their investigation.
2008 Presidential Charade
Promises Deepening Government
Criminality & Expansion
Of War - LINK - Every election in modern US history has been a criminal manipulation, choreographed and rigged by political elites and performed by hand-picked elite puppets, each backed by their teams of corrupt war criminals, intelligence/security "advisors" and think tank assets. The 2008 affair will be no different.
The Long Fuse to the Iraq War - LINK - t is hard to imagine a title more overdue than They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons. Ever since neoconservatism’s chief contribution to world betterment, the Iraq War, began losing its luster, its adherents have gone into a kind of hiding, and the media has given them cover.
White House Has No Comprehensive E-Mail Archive - LINK - System Used by Clinton Was Scrapped TVNL Comment: Can you smell Cheney at work here?
Email missing from Cheney's office on day White House told to preserve documents in CIA leak - LINK - New report shows archives gone on several key days in Plame investigation TVNL Comment: Cheney is the most criminal individual to ever occupy an American political office.
Denver lawyer seeks to depose Cheney in assault case - LINK - Secret Service agents have given such varied accounts of what led to the 2006 arrest of a Denver man accused of assaulting Vice President Dick Cheney, the man’s attorney says there may be only one way to clear things up — depose the vice president. TVNL Comment: Cheney can lie as well as he can breathe. This won't accomplish anything.
White House Study Found 473 Days of E-Mail Gone - LINK - The White House possesses no archived e-mail messages for many of its component offices, including the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, according to the summary of an internal White House study that was disclosed yesterday by a congressional Democrat. TVNL Comment: The "cover up" administration of Dick Cheney.
Top U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns to retire - LINK - Nicholas Burns, a leading American policymaker on Iran and India, has decided to retire as the No. 3 U.S. diplomat for personal reasons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
Lawyer: Goss Never Objected on CIA Tapes - LINK - His attorney, Robert Bennett, said Goss and Rodriquez met several times to discuss the tapes and Goss was never critical of Rodriquez' decision.
White House recycles backup e-mail tapes - LINK - Separately, the statement reveals the extent to which the White House is apparently unable to answer how many e-mails are missing from White House servers. TVNL Comment: The most criminal administration in history.
US election to be the most expensive ever - LINK - The cost of the last presidential campaign in 2004, considered a peak for its time, was $693 million. TVNL Comment: Translation: Only the rich establisment can be our leader.
Romney photo-op was with staffer's mom - LINK - A well-publicized weekend photo-op for Mitt Romney turns out to have been missing a piece of information that might have undermined its credibility: the unemployed single mom at the center of the event was the mother of a Romney staffer.
Judge won't inquire into CIA tapes case - LINK - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to delve into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, saying there was no evidence the Bush administration violated a court order and the Justice Department deserved time to conduct its own investigation.
White House told to provide e-mail info - LINK - A federal magistrate ordered the White House on Tuesday to reveal whether copies of possibly millions of missing e-mails are stored on computer backup tapes. TVNL Comment: Let's see if this even gets mentioned on TV and let's see how the media handles it when the White House refuses court orders...AGAIN!
ACLU Florida Calls For Bush/Cheney Impeachment - LINK - The national ACLU recently announced a new motto that many impeachment advocates view as a wish for the impossible (a reference to the current presidential administration): "One More Year, No More Damage."
Anderson calls for inquiry of Bush - LINK - The letter says those violations include kidnapping and torture, warrantless wiretapping, a war of aggression against Iraq and disseminating false propaganda to deceive the American people.
Former US presidential candidate urges Bush's impeachment - LINK - "The case for impeaching Bush and Cheney is far stronger than was the case against Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew after the 1972 election."
Bush may claim privilege in CIA case - LINK - President George W. Bush Thursday ordered White House lawyers to use claims of executive privilege to prevent senior White House aides from cooperating with the Justice Department's criminal investigation into destruction of videotapes that showed CIA interrogators torturing terrorism suspects. TVNL Comment: Executive privilege is now simply a criminal cover up tool.
Padilla Sues Ex-Bush Official Over Memos - LINK - The lawsuit claims that John Yoo, a former senior Justice Department official, wrote several legal memos that led President Bush to designate Padilla as an enemy combatant shortly after the U.S. citizen was arrested in May 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on suspicion of involvement in an al-Qaida plot.
Hillary Clinton Signals Free Pass for Bush - LINK - “Former President Bill Clinton’s comment that his wife’s ‘first thing’ as President would be to send him and former President George H.W. Bush on a worldwide fence-mending tour has a political subtext,” reports investigative journalist Robert Parry. “It signals that a second Clinton administration would give a free pass to the second Bush administration on its abuses.”
Fed, top central banks to flood markets with cash - LINK - The Federal Reserve and other top central banks will flood the financial system with as much as $64 billion in extra cash in the next few weeks in an effort to unblock the jammed credit markets, the Fed announced Wednesday.
Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime - LINK - How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers
US subprime crisis costs global 7.7 trillion dollars: bank - LINK - The meltdown in the US subprime real-estate market has led to a global loss of 7.7 trillion dollars in stock-market value since October, a report by Bank of America showed Thursday.
Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators - LINK - Conservatives have attempted to deflect attention from the crisis, by blaming the media’s negative coverage and insisting the United States is not headed toward a recession, despite what economists are predicting.
The Bush administration’s latest move is to simply hide the data.
High-Interest Lenders
Tap Elderly, Disabled - LINK - As a result, these lenders, which pitch loans with effective annual interest as high as 400% or more, can gain almost total control over Social Security recipients' finances.
Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans - LINK - But now, with prices falling and lenders clamping down, homeowners with solid credit are starting to come under the same financial stress as those with subprime credit.
GM posts biggest annual US auto loss - LINK - General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help. TVNL Comment: Maybe, just maybe, American auto companies should have tried to make a quality product.
Fed's Rate Cuts Bring No Relief For Consumers' Credit Card Bills - LINK - The Federal Reserve's dramatic rate cuts were expected to make it cheaper for consumers to use credit cards. But credit card interest rates remain high and in many cases have even climbed. TVNL Comment: The Fed helped out their partners in crime, the banks, not the victims of those banks.
World bourses lost 5.2 trillion dlrs in January: credit rater - LINK - World stockmarkets lost 5.2 trillion dollars (3.6 trillion euros) in January thanks to the fallout from the US subprime crisis and fears of a global economic slowdown, Standard & Poor's said Saturday.
Job Growth Where Bush Didn’t Want It - LINK - That is not because federal government jobs have risen at an unusually rapid rate over the last seven years — although the increase did reverse a substantial decline under Mr. Bush’s most recent predecessor, Bill Clinton. TVNL Comment: Which party wants smaller government?
Bad sign: Shoppers use gift cards for groceries - LINK - Niemira said January's retail sales performance was the weakest for that month since at least 1970, when comparable records started.
Bush budget would bring record deficits - LINK - The Pentagon would receive a $36 billion, 8 percent boost for the 2009 budget year beginning Oct. 1, even as programs aimed at the poor would be cut back or eliminated. Half of domestic Cabinet departments would see their budgets cut outright.
U.S. recession could be worse than recent downturns - LINK - But heavy consumer debt, a growing federal budget gap, and rising prices could make any recession worse than Americans have experienced over the past two decades.
Banks getting much stricter on loans, Fed says - LINK - Banks are raising their credit standards for mortgages, consumer loans and commercial real estate loans at a pace never seen in the 17-year history of the Fed's quarterly survey of senior bank loan officers, the Fed said.
Intel to invest over $ 1 bn in India - LINK - Global chip maker Intel will invest more than USD one billion in India over the next three years as it seeks to prepare light-weight personal computers in partnership with Indian and foreign hardware firms.
U.S. Economy: Payrolls Fall for First Time Since 2003 - LINK - Payrolls fell by 17,000 in January after an 82,000 gain in December that was larger than initially reported, the Labor Department said today in Washington. None of the 80 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted a decline.
Legacy of Deficits
Will Constrain
Bush's Successor - LINK - George W. Bush took office in 2001 with budget surpluses projected to stretch years into the future. But it's almost certain that when he returns to Texas next year, the president will leave behind a trail of deficits and debt that will sharply constrain his successor. TVNL Comment: Mission accomplished. This is the real reason why Clinton was impeached. The bankers needed him out becuase they way they make money is by creating debt. Bush did the job better than any one else in history!
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Profits - LINK - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $40.6 billion - as the world's largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year's end. TVNL Comment: How is it that corporations were given ownership of Earth's resources? How is it that they can set prices regarless of the profit margin?
America’s middle classes are no longer coping - LINK - The fact is, middle-class families have exhausted the coping mechanisms they have used for more than three decades to get by on median wages that are barely higher than they were in 1970, adjusted for inflation. Male wages today are in fact lower than they were then:
Is the Fed Bailing Out the Economy or the Banks? - LINK - That is the question that reporters covering the latest rate reduction should be asking.
Home ownership in record plunge - LINK - Fourth quarter saw biggest one-year drop in since tracking began in 1965 - as mortgage problems and rising foreclosures take their toll. TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.
Home Foreclosures Were 79% Higher Last Year - LINK - More than 1 percent of all U.S. households were in some phase of the foreclosure process last year, up from about half a percent in 2006, RealtyTrac said. TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.
The First Bank Failure of 2008 - LINK - Bad commercial real estate loans sink a small financial institution in Kansas City
NYC sues Countrywide officers, underwriters - LINK - Thompson, in a statement, said executives of Countrywide Financial, one the biggest U.S. mortgage lenders, "cashed out to the tune of almost $700 million" while borrowers lost homes and the value of investors' shares fell sharply.
In Bush’s Legacy, Weak Economy Moves Up Front - LINK - Will George W. Bush be remembered as the president who lost the economy while trying to win a war?
Foreclosures Prompt Cities to Make Plea for Aid - LINK - Facing a collapse in the subprime mortgage market that has pockmarked their cities with vacant houses and crippled their budgets, the nation’s mayors pleaded Wednesday for a huge infusion of federal aid.
IBM riles employees with base pay cuts - LINK - Even as IBM (NYSE:IBM) Corp. reports record profits, thousands of its U.S. employees are staring at pay cuts.
Poor still suffering from last recession - LINK - Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn. TVNL Comment: America the beautiful.
When governments print money, buy gold - LINK - "If you don't trust gold, do you trust the logic of taking a pine tree, worth $4,000-$5,000, cutting it up, turning it into pulp, putting some ink on it and then calling it one billion dollars?"
U.S. says world must improve energy efficiency - LINK - The world's largest energy consumer the United States on Monday called for a global push for increased energy efficiency to help meet rising demand and alleviate the impact of high prices on economic growth. TVNL Comment: Then why do they surpress every energy breaktrough and why did George W. Bush, or should I say Dick Cheney, interfere with California's effort to demand improved mileage for automobiles?
Good Jobs Are Where the Money Is - LINK - They should stop, take a deep breath and acknowledge the obvious: the way to put money into the hands of working people is to make sure they have access to good jobs at good wages.
THE IRS AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE; FRATERNAL TWINS - LINK - Although it would seem that the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Reserve System are unrelated, appearances can be misleading.
GM to offer buyouts to more than half of U.S. hourly workers - LINK - That would allow the company to hire workers in nonassembly jobs at much lower cost under the UAW contract negotiated last summer, saving the company billions.
The private bankers of the Federal Reserve: Creating Wars for Fun and Profit - LINK - The private banking cartels meanwhile can plan the next stage in the great game. The single world currency - reportedly to be called the Phoenix - full spectrum financial dominance, another war perhaps?
Citigroup's $9.8bn sub-prime loss - LINK - It was also announced that Citigroup is going to get a cash injection of $6.88bn from Singapore government investment agency GIC. TVNL Comment: So what exactly is a "cash injection?" Charity?A take over?
PayPal to begin giving the IRS PayPal users account information - LINK -
PayPal has received a summons from the United States Internal Revenue Service requiring us to produce various account records, including data related to your PayPal account.
Macy's Laying Off 271 Workers - LINK - The layoffs take effect in March and affect about 100 in the Chicago area, 70 in Detroit and 100 in the Minneapolis region.
AP Poll: Economy Ties War As Top Issue - LINK - Twenty percent named the economy as the foremost problem in an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Friday, virtually tying the 21 percent who cited the war.
Consumer Confidence Drops to Record Low - LINK - Consumers in the United States did not spend as much in fourth quarter as expected and the reasons were clear: Lack of jobs, high energy costs, and home foreclosures.
Unemployment spreads as Foreclosure storm hits major cities - LINK - The politicians didn’t want to talk about how the high-paid CEOs of the transnational corporations would commit any crime against the workers to increase the profits raked in by their bosses.
Bank of America to buy Countrywide - LINK - Bank of America said it initially plans to operate Countrywide separately under the Countrywide brand, with integration occurring no sooner than 2009. TVNL Comment: More power, less competition, fewer jobs. Welcome to the era of the rich ruling America.
10,000 Apply For A Job
At One New Wal-Mart! - LINK - Ten dollars an hour is not a livable wage in these economic times of escalating prices.
US retailers report weak results for December as gas prices, slumping housing market take toll - LINK - The weak results came from across all retail categories,
Recession in the US 'has arrived' - LINK - The feared recession in the US economy has already arrived, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. TVNL Comment: So who is Bush and his supporters going to blame?
Britons 'richer than Americans' - LINK - The average UK person will this year have a greater income than their US counterpart for the first time since the 19th Century, figures suggest. TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.
Chrysler's Belvidere plant to lay off workers - LINK - The Auburn Hills, Mich.-based automaker announced Nov. 1 that it would lay off up to 12,000 workers and eliminate shifts in five North American plants to combat sagging sales.
Job Woes Deepen Economic Anxiety - LINK - The unemployment rate soared and job growth came to a near-halt in December, the government said yesterday, as the housing downturn rippled through the economy. It is the strongest evidence to date that growth is slowing.
Americans Sold Out to Foreign Firms at Record Quarterly Rate - LINK - Foreign investors exploited the declining U.S. dollar during the past three months to snap up American companies at the fastest pace in at least a decade. TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.
With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Left Out - LINK - The collapse of Levitt, the first big home builder to fail in the current slump, illustrates how the turmoil in real estate is spreading far beyond subprime borrowers who cannot pay their mortgages.
Why the era of cheap food is over - LINK - Food prices worldwide hit record highs in 2006, and all the signs are that they will go on rising this year, and for the foreseeable future.
Plane owners stunned by out-of-state taxes - LINK - In the case of airplanes, tax officials say, the law allows them to collect a 5 percent use tax from people who did not pay sales taxes on their planes if they brought their plane to Maine for more than 20 days, excluding time for maintenance and alterations, in the first year of ownership.
Bush Tries to Assure Families on Economy - LINK - President Bush tried Saturday to assure many families that he knows they are struggling to pay bills, even as he again defended the economy's strength.
Wars Cost $15 Billion a Month, GOP Senator Says - LINK - The latest estimate of the growing costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worldwide battle against terrorism -- nearly $15 billion a month -- came last week from one of the Senate's leading proponents of a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq TVNL Comment: That's your money!
U.S. Ruling Backs Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans - LINK - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that employers could reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. TVNL Comment: What a wonderful country.
Disappointing Sales During Holiday Season - LINK - Luxury purchases rose 7.1 percent, as the nation’s well-heeled splurged on $600 Marc Jacobs trench coats and $800 Christian Louboutin shoes. TVNL Comment: The very rich had a great holiday. That's about it.
Plan Would Let Seniors Work to Pay Taxes - LINK - "People shouldn't have to sell their house, move away to a place with less taxes, leave behind their family and friends," said Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. TVNL Comment: But that's the American way! Let them lose their homes...it's American!
Federal court ruling stems foreclosure cases - LINK - A Cleveland federal court ruling that has the potential to block foreclosures across the country looks as if it is already doing that in the court where the decision was written.
Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe - LINK - The sharp decline of the U.S. dollar since 2000 is affecting a broad swath of the world's population, with its drop on global markets being blamed at least in part for misfortunes as diverse as labor strikes in the Middle East, lost jobs in Europe and the end of an era of globe-trotting rich Americans. TVNL Comment: This is intentional and it was planned. This is one of the reasons Bush was placed in office (not elected). His family is part of the international banking cabal that considers itself the real world government, and in a way they are. This is their plan to take away most of what we have to ensure they stay on top.
Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park' - LINK - As central banks continue to splash their cash over the system, so far to little effect, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues things are rapidly spiralling out of their control
Who Can Afford to Eat Right? - LINK - Eating right, new research shows, is getting so expensive that millions of Americans can't afford it. TVNL Comment: Another Bush legacy.
Money as debt - LINK - One of the last things John F. Kennedy did before he was assassinated was declare his intention to reform the central banking system of the United States.
No connection between these two events?
IRS loses challenge to prove tax liability - LINK - The Internal Revenue Service has lost a lawyer's challenge in front of a jury to prove a constitutional foundation for the nation's income tax, and the victorious attorney now is setting his sights higher.
What if:
The Twin Towers were not hit by commercial airliners?
The WTC was brought down in a controlled demolition?
The Pentagon was not hit by a 757?
Flight 93 was shot down?
What if?
Valerie Plame Wilson Describes Sibel Edmonds Disclosures as 'Stunning' - LINK - Says She Has Been Following Recent Blockbuster Series in British Paper Concerning U.S. Nuclear Secrets Espionage, Allegations That Her Cover Company, Brewster Jennings, Was Exposed by a Former High-Ranking State Department Official as Far Back as 2001...
U.S. Said to Seek Execution for 6 in Sept. 11 Case - LINK - Military prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty for six Guantánamo detainees who are to be charged with central roles in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, government officials who have been briefed on the charges said Sunday. TVNL Comment: Eliminating the last bit of evidnece connecting the patsys to the culprits.
FOX-5 Reports 9/11/01: WTC-7 Collapsed Before Actual Event - LINK - Another clear cut case of the media on 9/11/01 being fed a cover story on WTC-7's collapse before the actual event.
The White House Mole - LINK - Hope Yen writes for the Associated Press: "The Sept. 11 commission's executive director had closer ties with the White House than publicly disclosed and tried to influence the final report in ways that the staff often perceived as limiting the Bush administration's responsibility, a new book says.
Sen Russ Feingold Confronted About 911 - LINK - Sen Russ Feingold Confronted About 911. Watch Feingold squirm when confronted with factual evidence about 9/11
Ex-9/11 Panel Chief Denies Secret White House Ties - LINK - 9/11 Commission co-chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton hired former Condoleezza Rice aide Philip Zelikow to be executive director, Zelikow failed to tell them about his role helping Rice set up President George W. Bush's National Security Council in early 2001 – and that he was "instrumental" in demoting Richard Clarke, the onetime White House counterterrorism czar who was fixated on the threat from Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, according to Holland's version of Shenon's tome. TVNL Comment: This is old news to the 9/11 truthers. This was detailed very well years ago.
Sibel Edmonds: 'Buckle up, there's much more coming.' - LINK - Sibel also has some urgent 'action items' so that we can stop these dangerous nuclear proliferation activities. I urge you to act on her suggestions.
Sick 9/11 responders attend President Bush's final State of Union speech - LINK - "I'm fed up with how we're treated," said Bethea, saying he now takes 12 medications daily and still has trouble getting adequate health care. "They went from calling us heroes to treating us like zeros."
Care for 9/11 Responders Is Piecemeal - LINK - "The president should take care of the workers," Libretti said during a telephone interview in which he frequently coughed and lost his breath. "If he sees me and other first responders, he'll know we're there." TVNL Comment: Where is Rudy when it comes to helping the rescue workers?
President Bush Says Usama Bin Laden May Not Be Captured During His Time in Office - LINK - Bush insists that finding bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding in the Pakistan-Afghan border region, remains a priority. TVNL Comment: He says with a smirk.
What Happened on 9-11? Scott Ritter Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Says, “Absolute Requirement to Know What Happened on 9-11” - LINK - In his usual form, former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter told a packed crowd at the Oriental Theater in Denver to stop whining about corporate media and become their own intelligence operatives. We the people have the same resources and tools that intelligence networks rely heavily on; it’s called “Google” he said.
Firefighter: Giuliani 'ran like a coward on 9/11' - LINK - "We want America to know that [the Giuliani campaign] is lying to America and to the American pubic," said Jim Riches, a deputy chief in the New York Fire Department, "telling all of Florida that the New York City Fire Department backs him, when that's another lie."
Following Zakheim and Pentagon trillions to Israel and 9-11 - LINK - Think of this as part two of Recherche du trillions perdu, my Online Journal article on Dov Zakheim, former Bush appointee as Pentagon Comptroller from May 4, 2001 to March 10, 2004. At that time he was unable to explain the disappearance of $1 trillion dollars. Actually, nearly three years earlier, Donald Rumsfeld announced on September 10, 2001 that an audit discovered $2.3 trillion was also missing from the Pentagon books. That story, as I mentioned, was buried under 9-11’s rubble. The two sums disappeared on Zakheim’s watch.
Bush Doesn't Want Osama Dead: He's Worth More in Fear Value Alive -- At Least in Videotapes - LINK - "Osama bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998 bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world." Notice, not a word about 9/11, the deadly national trauma to which Osama's name is most commonly linked in the minds of Americans.
FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft - LINK - The assertion follows allegations made in The Sunday Times two weeks ago by Sibel Edmonds, an FBI whistleblower, who worked on the agency’s investigation of the network.
Twenty-five U.S. Military Officers Challenge Official Account of 9/11 - LINK - They are among the rapidly growing number of military and intelligence service veterans, scientists, engineers, and architects challenging the government’s story.
KILL THE MESSENGER - DOCUMENTARY - SIBEL EDMONDS - LINK - A Documentary on State Secrets Privilege & U.S. Whistleblowers
Interrogation of Japanese PM for 30 minutes about the truth concerning 9/11 - LINK - Fujita Yukihisa,DPJ,asked the question to the current prime minister Fukuda regarding the truth of 9.11. He was arguing whether Terrorism is crime or war. Some Japanese people were killed, so he believes this was a crime, so Japanese police should investigate the real suspect even though Japanese government assumed that the suspect was Al-Queda since Bush told Koizumi so and sent the self-defense force to Iraq. Can Japanese police arrest president Bush if he was one of the suspects?
9/11 INJURY-FUND OVERSEER QUITS - LINK - Her resignation comes a month after The Post reported that the fund for rescue and recovery workers spent more than $100 million, mainly on high-priced lawyers and consultants, as of Sept. 30. But it paid out just $320,000 to six workers with orthopedic injuries.
Edmonds, 911 Coverup,
Treason & The Bomb - LINK - If a new article just published Saturday in the Times of London based upon information provided by US government whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, is correct, we have not only solid evidence of prior knowledge of 9-11 by high up US government officials, but evidence of treasonous activity by many of those same officials involving efforts to provide US nuclear secrets to America's enemies, even including Al Qaeda.
Nukes, Spooks,
and the Specter of 9/11 - LINK - We're in big trouble if even half of what Sibel Edmonds says is true…
Eight U.S. State Department Veterans Challenge the Official Account of 9/11 - LINK - As the statements of these eight U.S. State Department veterans show, the need for a new thorough and independent investigation of 9/11 is not a matter of partisan politics, nor the demand of irresponsible, deranged, or disloyal Americans. It is instead a matter of the utmost importance for America’s security and the future of the entire world.
WeAreChangeLA confronts Rep. Henry Waxman - LINK - During the question and answer period, Rep. Waxman is bombarded with question after question concerning Sibel Edmonds (the gagged FBI Whistleblower) and other issues related to the treasonous crimes of 9/11.
New 9/11 Truth Film Preview - LINK - Why isn't Israeli involvement mentioned in any of the other films out there?
The NIST Report On The
World Trade Center Collapse
One Year Later -
Still Dead On Arrival - LINK - When NIST released its final report in September 2005, critics charged that the agency had ignored evidence of explosions in the towers.
Stonewalled by the C.I.A. - LINK - The commission did not have a mandate to investigate how detainees were treated; our role was to investigate the history and evolution of Al Qaeda and the 9/11 plot. TVNL Comment: Actually they did not have a mandate to find out who was responsible. They were mandated with documenting the official story as told by the Bush adminstration. In other words they were charged with documenting the cover story.
BBC Censored Benazir Bhutto's Reports that Bin Laden Had Been Murdered - LINK - Are they protecting the regimes that engineered her assassination? TVNL Comment: Yes, because it was the US that had him killed so that he can never tell the world (again) that he had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks.
A tale of three broadcasters - LINK - This is the story of a 47-story building, in a world-famous city, that collapsed several years ago. The collapse was not ‘intended’ - in the sense that this was no listed demolition site. It was a busy office building, occupied by working staff until the previous day. Then, a little more than six years ago, it simply collapsed.
OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD - LINK - Murdered by intelligence agency
supported terrorists TVNL Comment: Killing the patsy.
Bin Laden Killed Bhutto? How Blind Can We Be? - LINK - Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence officials are trying to verify the claim, via an Italian website, that al-Qaeda was behind the killing. Mustafa Abu al Yazid, al-Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan, allegedly told a reporter: "We have terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [the] mujahedin." The website reported that the call to assassinate Bhutto came from al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman Zawahiri.
Britain Drops 'War on Terror' Label - LINK - Sir Ken Macdonald said terrorist fanatics were not soldiers fighting a war but simply members of an aimless "death cult."
9/11 Commission Chairman: ‘No Question’ CIA Attempted ‘To Impede Our Investigation’ - LINK - I mean, no question that we again and again and again asked for everything, and we needed it, and we weren’t given it. And so, the only conclusion we can draw is it was withheld from us. And that can only be seen to me as an attempt to impede our investigation.
Former Italian President - ITALIAN SAYS 9-11 SOLVED - LINK - Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who revealed the existence of Operation Gladio, has told Italy’s oldest and most widely read newspaper that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were run by the CIA and Mossad, and that this was common knowledge among global intelligence agencies. In what translates awkwardly into English
9/11 Panel Study Finds That C.I.A. Withheld Tapes - LINK - A review of classified documents by former members of the Sept. 11 commission shows that the panel made repeated and detailed requests to the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 and 2004 for documents and other information about the interrogation of operatives of Al Qaeda, and were told by a top C.I.A. official that the agency had “produced or made available for review” everything that had been requested.
They are Not Hiding Torture Evidence, They are Hiding 9/11 Evidence! - LINK - hese guys are not hiding torture, they are hiding 9/11 evidence, and that is a fact! They are hiding the information that was derived by the torture.
No evidence airport security make planes safer-study - LINK - Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. TVNL Comment: Duh. it is meant to keep you scared, not safe.
PEARL HARBOR, PROVES 9-11 FRAUD - LINK - Even today, all these years later, even after Robert Stinnett’s vacuum cleaner research, a host of documents are still sequestered. Maybe as many people kept the secret of Pearl as so far have kept the secret of Nine Eleven.
Co-Chair of Congressional 9/11 Inquiry and Former Head of Senate Intelligence Committee Confirms White House Cover Up - LINK - The Co-Chair of the Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 and former Head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Bob Graham, revealed that the White House refused to let the 9/11 inquiry interview one of the most important witnesses imaginable:
The CIA's Gift to Conspiracy Theorists - LINK - I would find it very difficult to believe the CIA would deliberately destroy evidence material to the 9/11 investigation, evidence that would cover up a core truth, such as who really was behind 9/11.
Eight Senior Republican Appointees Challenge Official Account of 9/11 - "Not Possible", "a Whitewash", "False" - LINK - Eight former senior Republican administration appointees have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and several have called for a new investigation.
Rudy Giuliani and Ehud Olmert - Terrorist Partners - LINK - Ehud Olmert's Pre-9/11 Visit to NYC
Ex-Canadian PM Next 9/11 Truther? - LINK - Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien could turn out to be the next high profile 9/11 truth advocate if he follows up on a promise to watch a copy of the Loose Change Final Cut DVD that was handed to him at a recent book signing in Vancouver.
Feds probe Sept. 11 insurance fund - LINK - Federal officials said Monday they will investigate why a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund created by Congress to cover claims of sick ground zero workers is fighting the cases in court rather than distributing money.
"Seven is Exploding" - LINK - In April 2007, Italian TV broadcasted a definite proof that Building 7 was demolished by explosives.
9/11 Bombshell !!! - LINK - Why divulge details to the Syrians but not the Americans? Why, if he were a trusted Al Qaeda operative, did he work with the CIA at all?
The New Inquisition Against 9/11 Truth - LINK - This event generated quite an uproar in the 9/11 Truth and civil liberties communities because of testimony by panelists conflating two very distinct and unconnected groups -- the 9/11 truth movement with jihadi terrorists.
CIA erred and had tapes in September 11 conspirator case - LINK - The CIA erred in twice telling a court in the case of September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui that it did not have any recordings of interrogations of "enemy combatants," when in fact it had three video or audio tapes, according to a letter released on Tuesday. TVNL Comment: Gee, do you think that the CIA had something to hide?
9/11, Iraq & PNAC - The Connection is Clear & Undeniable - LINK - THE COMMON SENSE CONNECTION: THESE MEN LIED IN ORDER TO START A WAR AND IN THE PROCESS THEY SACRIFICED THE LIVES OF OVER 2000 AMERICN SOLDIERS. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THEY DID NOT SACRIFICE 3000 TOTAL STRANGERS ON 9/11/2001 FOR THE SAME PURPOSE?
Dispute over guns threatens Senate vote - LINK - An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast.
House holds Bush confidants in contempt - LINK - The House has voted to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether federal prosecutors were ousted for political reasons.
House Defies Bush on Wiretaps - LINK - The House of Representatives defied the White House yesterday by refusing to make an expiring surveillance law permanent, prompting a harsh exchange between Republicans and Democrats as they prepared for an extended, election-year battle over national security.
Rice 'Falsely Testified' Today on Pre-War WMD Intel, Says Wexler - LINK - Video Shows Heated Exchange Between Congressman and Secretary of State During This Morning's Hearing on Iraq in the U.S. House…
Conyers Introduces Contempt Resolution, Call for Lawsuit against White House - LINK - As expected, things are finally moving forward in the House today to bring contempt resolutions against White House officials for ignoring Congressional subpoenas as part of the U.S. attorney firings investigation.
Webb Suggests Legal Action Against Bush On Iraq - LINK - Sen. Jim Webb thinks legal action against the Bush administration may be needed if the president pursues a long-term military presence in Iraq without Congress' approval.
Senate Votes to Give Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms - LINK - Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) took to the floor last night to give a speech asking, "This is our defining question, the question that confronts every generation: The rule of law, or the rule of men?" The resounding answer: the rule of men.
Rep. Tom Lantos Passed Away - LINK - Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress, died early Monday morning, his spokeswoman said.
House Republicans approach record departures - LINK - In the last week of January, five members of Congress joined the hottest demographic group on Capitol Hill: Republicans who are heading for the exits.
Congress Moves To Seize
Control Of All US Water - LINK - From Bathtubs To Baptismal Fonts, Congress Moves
To Give the Corps of Engineers Control Of All U.S. Waters
Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese - LINK - Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.
Bush to charge lawmakers $200 for budget hard copy - LINK - President Bush’s budget proposal has never been popular on Capitol Hill, but this year’s request comes with an added layer of insult: a price tag of $200. TVNL Comment: Actually, this may just save a few trees!
Rep. Ron Lewis will not seek reelection - LINK - The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is confident that a new recruit would help keep the seat securely in GOP hands.
House Republicans Kill Children’s Health Bill - LINK - President Bush got his wish today to deny health care coverage to millions of uninsured children when the House failed to override (260-152) his veto of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). A two-thirds majority is needed to override a veto; today’s vote fell about 15 votes short.
Jerrold Nadler Is Blocking Impeachment - LINK - I guess that would be sort of like a dozen police officers paying a non-arresting visit to the home of a mass murderer. Seriously? An "imperial" president, and you don't impeach him, and you don't retire or commit suicide? This baffles me.
Democratic Leaders Delay Contempt Again - LINK - Nearly seven months after the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Bush administration officials in contempt of Congress, the Democratic leadership has again delayed action on the matter. TVNL Comment: Still think that that Dems are better than the Republs?
Kucinich Starts New Impeachment Drive - LINK - Accusing the administration of lying about the need for the war in Iraq, Mr. Kucinich said he did not need to hear the president’s
assessment. “We know the State of the Union,” he declared. “It’s a lie.”
Pelosi greeted with “Impeach” Bush and Cheney buttons - LINK - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s drawing heat from fellow Democratic lawmakers as well as people across the nation for refusing to move to impeach President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney.
Waxman wants Fielding to testify on missing White House e-mails - LINK - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has invited - the key word here - White House Counsel Fred Fielding to appear before his panel on Feb. 15 to explain whether the White House is missing millions of e-mails, and if so, what happened to them.
Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy - LINK - The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.
Mortgage bankers urged to oppose Dodd bill - LINK - Members of the Houston Mortgage Bankers Association got a pep talk in Houston today and an update from its state and national presidents about why they need to organize against legislation that will limit their ability to do business. TVNL Comment: This probably means that it is a good bill.
Wexler Calls For Cheney's Impeachment - LINK - Wexler, who first gained national attention for defending former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment in 1998, said Cheney has to be ousted in order to restore the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches, which in his view, has been eroded by an ever-expanding claim of authority under Cheney and President Bush. TVNL Comment: So he'll get Cheney out by 2012 maybe? Cheney needs to be arrested, not impeached. We need to find out about the extent of his crimes.
Doolittle announces retirement - LINK - Congressman John Doolittle (R-Roseville), announced Thursday his retirement in the following letter on his webpage, doolittle.house.gov.
Members of Congress get $4,000 pay raise - LINK - Fortunately their pay isn't tied to their approval ratings
Rep. Michaud seeks to impeach Cheney - LINK - Michaud said that serious allegations had been raised against the vice president regarding his role in providing "mischaracterizing information" in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq five years ago as well as the nuclear weapons capabilities of Iran. TVNL Comment: What about his links to 9/11 and the war games taking place that day?
Doolittle Won't Seek Reelection - LINK - The California Majority Report reports that Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA), one of the long-time subjects of the Jack Abramoff investigation, "will announce that he will not seek re-election." That could come as soon as this week, reports John Bresnahan of The Politico. Back in September, Doolittle proclaimed "I am running again. Period."
Lawmaker warned CIA not to destroy tapes - LINK - The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned in a 2003 letter that destroying videotapes of terrorist interrogations would put the CIA under a cloud of suspicion, according to a newly declassified copy of the letter.
Move to Impeach Cheney Gains Support in Congress - LINK - "There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unnecessary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings" TVNL Comment: Gee, really?
Cheney Impeachment - LINK - The charges are too serious to ignore.
Richardson says congress shares blame for Iraq war - LINK - “Washington itself is broken,” he said. “Congress, which was elected to end this war, has not done so. They have not merely failed the Democratic Party, they have failed our country. And they have failed the brave men and women in Iraq who deserve to come home.”
OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE USS LIBERTY - LINK - I have been writing letters to our elected officials for the past 20 years, trying to get a congressional investigation into the deliberate attack on the USS LIBERTY on June 8, 1967 by the government of Israel.
Rep. Wexler calls for Cheney's impeachment - LINK - A South Florida congressman called for impeachment hearings on the vice president. TVNL Comment: A little late, wouldn't you say?
Senate stays in session over holiday to thwart Bush - LINK - His sole reason for doing so was to block President Bush from naming controversial "recess appointments" -- a constitutional mechanism that allows the president, during congressional recesses, to fill top government posts for up to one year and avoid Senate confirmation.
Congress Subpoenas Ex - CIA Official - LINK - The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena Thursday for Jose Rodriguez, the former CIA official who directed that secret interrogation videotapes of two suspected terrorists be destroyed. TVNL Comment: This will either go nowhere or simply serve to interfere with criminal investigations.
Congress Quits Without Action,
Leaves Foreclosure Tsunami
Rising Everywhere - LINK - The U.S. Congress will adjourn this week until January, taking no effective action to stop the biggest home-foreclosure wave in U.S. history.
DOJ Shuns Hearing on Halliburton/KBR Rape Cases - LINK - The Department of Justice refused to send a representative to answer questions from Congress today on the investigations into allegations of rape and sexual assault on female American contractors.
By an Overwhelming Majority
Congress Brings You…Thought Control on the Internet - LINK - The overwhelming bipartisan support makes it no surprise that the legislation presents a significant danger to citizens and the nation. This sentence is the new heart of darkness for free speech.
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