A version of the situation in Congo you won’t hear in the corporate news

How We Fuel Africa’s Bloodiest War
What is rarely mentioned is the great global heist of Congo’s resources
By Johann Hari
October 30, 2008 “The Independent” — The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again – and you are almost certainly carrying a blood-soaked chunk of the slaughter in your pocket. When we glance [...]

Torture, it’s the new black!

CIA Can Hide Torture Allegations, Court Rules
By Ryan Singel EmailOctober 29, 2008
The CIA can hide statements from imprisoned suspected terrorists that the agency tortured them in its set of secret prisons, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the Washington D.C. Circuit Court declined to review the government’s assertions that the allegations of [...]

The other side of the coin…

Israel Bars Visit to Father’s Grave
By Jonathan Cook
Six decades on from his death, she has never been allowed to visit his grave in Galilee and lay a wreath for the father she never met. This month, after more than 10 years of requests to the Israeli authorities, she learnt that officials are unlikely ever [...]

Hello, Fatty. Why are you telling lies that are so easy to fact check?

Hello, Mr. Fatter. Why are you telling half-truths?
The AMERICAN CONSTITUTION states:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: “That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
The first point quoted is Equality, not the pursuit [...]

Let greed rule…

American Hegemony Bites The Dust
The Defanging of America: Reality-Based Community Overthrows History’s Actors
By Paul Craig Roberts
October 28, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse”
– “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you [...]

There are many solid science based questions…

When are Americans going to demand solid science based answers?

Acorns of Truth

If the GOP Had Listened to ACORN’s Advice, the Mortgage Industry Wouldn’t Be in Meltdown
By Peter Dreier and John Atlas, The Nation. Posted October 27, 2008.
Desperate Republicans are scapegoating the respected community advocacy group for Wall Street’s disastrous lending spree.

An increasingly desperate Republican attack machine has recently identified the community organizing group ACORN as [...]

Pray to Goddess, Willy is wrong…

Troubled Times Ahead
Posted by Scott Creighton
John McCain guaranteed victory today on Meet the Press and what he described sounds eerily like what we saw in Ohio 2004 and Florida 2000.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he can “guarantee” a win on Nov. 4 in a [...]

No comments necessary…

Bono: “Let’s Put Humanity Back on Earth”
By Bono, AlterNet. Posted October 25, 2008.

In a recent speech, the pop star makes an impassioned call for Americans to resist the urge to turn inward during our troubled times.
Bono addressed 14,000 women in Long Beach, Calif., this week at The Women’s Conference 2008. The following is an excerpt [...]

What’s been done in your name and with your tax dollars…

At least we know who the war criminals are. The only hope is that they are treated better than they treated the Iraqi people.