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Alito Confirmation Threatens Fairness Proving Need to Look Toward 2006 Elections
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement as the Senate confirmed Judge Samuel Alito's
nomination to the Supreme Court....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:24pm PST
Gore Vidal Delivers State of the Union
In advance of President Bush’s state of the union address later tonight, author Gore Vidal delivers his own traditional state of the union address. We hear Vidal speak about patriotism, the NSA domestic surveillance programs, corporate America, Presidential powers and more....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:26am PST
Listen Closely (State of the Union)
So when you’re listening to President Bush speak, think about what his previous proposals have really meant to working people like us...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 9:46pm PST
Miner's Day: Appreciate, Honor and Remember
Miner's Day: Appreciate, Honor and Remember...A petition to the Legislature of the State of West Virginia...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2006 5:08pm PST
How to Build a Police State Based on National Security
Caught spying on Americans, the Bush administration has begun a propaganda "blitz" to justify a secret program that we are told is for our own security. Of course, the program is so secret that Bush won't reveal any details and will only give a brief overview to a few loyal Congressional insiders.
After a failed invasion of Iraq, botched rescue operations in New Orleans, and a Medicare drug program in total disarray, Bush officials want us to trust them to listen to our phone cal...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 7:58pm PST
Bush's High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Bush can be impeached.
Can Sen. Conyers ever get a room out of the basement?...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 2:34pm PST
The New York Times and Alito: Journalistic Schizophrenia
By LAWRENCE R. VELVEL...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 8:39am PST
NOW Applauds Kerry, Kennedy for Leading Filibuster Effort
NOW Applauds Kerry and Kennedy for Leading Filibuster,
Calls on Women's Rights Supporters in Senate to Join Effort...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 9:41pm PST
Protect Your Rights - Stop Alito's Confirmation: Senator's numbers to call
complete listing of phone numbers:...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 5:25pm PST
BTL:Former CIA Field Agent Asserts U.S. Intelligence Agencies Broken
Interview with Robert Baer, former CIA agent and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 7:37am PST
Saving Our Access TV Shows
Summary: FCC enters the debate on “local franchising” and could play role in shaping the future of Public, Educational and Governmental TV. Around the country Community Access TV advocates are vocal in opposition to legislation that would harm Access TV....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 6:12pm PST
Tell your senator (i.e. Feinstein) to filibuster on Alito, says NOW (Nat'l Org for Women)
Without a Filibuster, A No Vote is a Yes Vote on Alito
Alito Must Not Be Confirmed - Demand a Filibuster Today
Please call your Senators today and ask them to support a filibuster in opposition to this nomination....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 4:07pm PST
A New World Is Possible
Cindy sheehan brings us hope from Caracas....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 1:50pm PST
Programmer Jeff Dean worked for chief of White House Plumbers unit
Convicted of 23 felonies for computer crimes, Jeffrey Dean
was sent to prison for four years. Shortly after his release
from incarceration, his company was awarded one of the
largest ballot printing contracts in history....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 12:48am PST
Canada’s new Conservative government will intensify assault on workers’ rights
Under the leadership of neo-conservative ideologue Stephen Harper, the Conservatives won a plurality of House of Commons seats in Monday’s general election, forcing Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce that his Liberals will soon turn over the reins of power to a minority Conservative government. In his concession speech, Martin, who has headed the 12-year-old Liberal regime since December 2003, also announced that he will soon step down as Liberal leader....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:06am PST
Diebold in Florida: "I Saw It Hacked"
I was one of ten people present at the "hack" of the Leon County, Florida voting system, which took place on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 around 4:30 in the afternoon at the county elections warehouse. Leon County's voting system is the Diebold Accu-Vote OS 1.94w (optical scan)....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 10:44pm PST
BTL:Filibuster is Last Hope for Opponents of Alito Supreme Court Confirmation
Interview with Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Jan 22, 2006 5:58am PST
Canadian elections herald a dramatic intensification of class conflict
Whatever the results of Monday’s federal election, whichever party or combination of parties forms Canada’s next government, the coming period will see a dramatic intensification of class conflict....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 8:27am PST
Man related to OK City bombing is free while supposed ELF & ALF members now on the hook
Irony of Ironies:
Michael Fortier, who was in on the plot to kill over 150 people in Oklahoma City and did nothing to stop it, is out of jail in just over 10 years.
Meanwhile, Jeff Free Luers is sentence to 20 years for torching 3 SUVs, that were later repaired and sold, and over a dozen other activists have recently been indicted or arrested across the country for property destruction (http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1796764.php & http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.p...
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 1:59pm PST