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Support of 527 Reform Act of 2005
Statement by Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, League of Women Voters and Public Citizen in Support of 527 Reform Act of 2005...
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 9:08pm PST
Hizbollah Warns Against Withdrawal of Syrian Troops From Lebanon
As the the presidents of Syria and Lebanon meet to approve a withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, Hizbollah calls for mass protests and warns of mayhem if Syrian troops leave. We speak with Lebanese activist Afami Kaddour about the current situation in Lebanon....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 9:28am PST
Nader:Support Conyers on Impeachment - link here to email
Ralph Nader told the nation to support Rep. Conyers who is considering moving forward on impeachment hearings. Only people of his state can contact his DC office, emails are filtered....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 9:50pm PST
Hariri: Hot Diary of an Affair!
I have known Rafik Al Hariri for quite some years now. Our acquaintance involved a lot of physical interaction and deep-throat cries! He is much older than me, but our relation deepened beyond belief. I was obsessed by him, and where ever I went... I sabotaged his pictures....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 6:58pm PST
Egyptian Feminist Nawal El Saadawi on Bush's 'Democratization' of Middle East
Amid growing street protests, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called on parliament to change the constitution to allow opposition candidates to run for president. We speak with famed Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and author, Nawal El Saadawi. She has been jailed, threatened with death and now plans to run for president....
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 10:20am PST
Bush Administration Declares War on Fish By Renewing Water Contracts
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced its decision to perpetuate
California’s fish and water problems for decades by beginning to sign
contracts with about 200 water districts and water contractors in the
Central Valley Project last week....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:36pm PST
Bush's Judicial Nominees: You Can't "Make The Judiciary An Arm Of The Republican Party"
As the battle over President Bush's judicial nominees reopens in the Senate, we speak with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. We also talk to him about restoring ties to the Indonesian military and 48 towns in Vermont that voted yesterday against war, calling for the Vermont National Guard be brought home....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:52am PST
Why I'm Running for the Work Less Party
Again and again the pro-growth politicians have tried to explain away the failure of growth to create eitehr prosperity or full employment.. Growth is a make-believe solution that was never intended to succeed. The Work Less Party of Vancouver, B.C. needs sisters and brothers.www.worklessparty.org...
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 11:32am PST
Lebanese Government Resigns
Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion...
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 6:59am PST
Germany: 15,000 demonstrate in Mainz against Bush visit
A security lockdown tantamount to a state of emergency prevailed in the German city of Mainz on Rhine on Wednesday, February 23. All major access routes and motorways to the town were re-routed or closed for US President George Bush’s visit. Heavily armed policemen patrolled bus and railway stations, and many trains were cancelled. The whole city centre was hermetically sealed off and snipers were stationed on the roofs in all those areas where official motorcades passed. Local residents were...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:26am PST
It's official--USA is not a democracy
At a conference with Russia's President Putin, USA Chieftain George Bush in effect declared that his own current regime is no democracy. Mr. Bush claims that all democracies have 1) a rule of law; 2) protection of minorities; 3) free press, and 4) a viable opposition. Since his own regime fails on all 4 points, he unwittingly admitted that the current USA is a "failed state."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 2:07am PST
Tom Ridge now sits on Board of Home Depot.
Tom Ridge, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania, was named to The Home Depot's board of directors,...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:01am PST
Republicans' 160 page playbook for 2006
Repug pollster/strategist Frank Luntz has produced a 160 page playbook detailing how the right-wing should sell their agenda. Luntz admits that Republicans are having problems now because they "lack factual discipline" when speaking about Social Security. But, when exactly is it that they ever have factual discipline?? They can't exactly run out and talk about hoarding wealth and fuck everyone else. This documents how BS is their business....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 4:19pm PST
BTL:Phony Journalist Exposed in Latest Scandal Involving...
...White House Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Machine ~ Interview with Steve Rendall, senior analyst with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, conducted by Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 6:53am PST
Blast from the Past: Choicepoint and the 2000 election
in 2000, Katharine Harris and Jeb Bush used ChoicePoint to purge the voter rolls of Florida of tens of thousands of African American "felons", and here they are, back in the news again, pay particular scrutiny to the description of their database...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 12:18pm PST
Drug Industry Is Being Deregulated
Are you in favor of deregulating the Drug Industry?...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:19am PST
Bush Administration's First Memo on al-Qaeda Declassified
January 25, 2001 Richard Clarke Memo:
"We urgently need . . . a Principals level
review on the al Qida network."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:12pm PST
Nepal: The Completion of a Coup?
As international attention continues to remain firmly focused on Iraq, the Middle East and the Tsunami, there is another volatile situation that is reaching a boiling point in Nepal. Nine days ago the country's king seized full control of the country and sacked the interim government....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 9:07am PST
BTL:Opponents Prepare to Challenge Bush Budget Cuts and Drive to...
...Privatize Social Security ~ Interview with Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 5:08am PST