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FirstEnergy puts Profits first and Safety last
H. Peter Burg is a VERY good friend to the Republican Party, and his company FirstEnergy has benefited greatly from his patronage -- they have eluded NRC oversight and rigorous prosecution for pollition. Not that anyone really cared or notice ... until last Thursday when the lights went out....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 6:21pm PDT
Bush Re-Election Web Site Opens for Hacking Tomorrow
President Bush's re-election effort plans to complement his campaigning with a new online push, launching a new Web site to take advantage of increasingly e-savvy political donors and activists. Impeachment is for liars. Volunteer to make sure this oil-soaked criminal won't be reappointed by the Supreme Court!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 5:12pm PDT
A Beautiful Swedish Mind
The Swedes broke the most elite German code system years before the English, the Poles and the Americans would accomplish the redundant. And the Swedes did it in only two weeks....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 4:53pm PDT
Likkud’s Zionists American Agents
Our email indicates that lots of people have gotten the mistaken impression that Black Commentator is somehow connected to Cynthia McKinney’s political operations. The truth is, the former Georgia Congresswoman keeps turning out such fine speeches, we can’t resist publishing them....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 2:15pm PDT
KUCINICH, GOODMAN, PALAST DISPUTE GRID EXPERTS
"Democracy Now" included a feature debate today proving that journalists and politicians are inept at managing a power grid and defending the rights of the public on this issue....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 1:20pm PDT
AL KADA TURNS TIDE AGAINST BUSH
Pipeline interuptions, Blackouts, and malicious computer code devastated the BUSH CARTEL last week despite the overwhelming military and financial superiority of this beligerant group of private enterprises....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 1:16pm PDT
Climate Change Endangers Growth of World Economy
"The solar architect Rolf Disch in Freiburg sold the first solar-energy-plus houses that produce more energy with the help of the sun than is consumed in these energy-houses. Every homeowner becomes an energy-seller. Economy and ecology harmonize.."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2003 6:30am PDT
Revolutionary Callout - Bush in Portland & Seattle This Week, Thursday Convergence
Bush is insane to go there - Portland, Aug 21st l Bellevue, Aug 22nd l Seattle, Aug 23rd l Tacoma, Aug 22...
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 11:08pm PDT
Jeffrey Blankfort: The Israel Lobby and the Left: Uneasy Questions
The movement’s fear of alienating American Jews still holds sway over defending the rights of Palestinians...
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 9:51pm PDT
Myth and Denial In the War on Terrorism
William Blum, former State Department official and author of Rogue State , Killing Hope and West-Bloc Dissident and writing as guest columnist for www.YellowTimes.org , accuses the officials of the American Empire of making statements that pursue interests others than the clear presentation of reality....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 5:22pm PDT
Brian Eno: Lessons in how to lie about Iraq
The problem is not propaganda but the relentless control of the kind of things we think about...
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 2:03pm PDT
US Troops Go On Rampage, Kill Danish Soldier and Reuters Photographer In Drive By Shooting
A U.S. army tank is seen patrolling on the outskirts of Baghdad in this frame grab taken from footage shot by Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana August 17, 2003. A moment later, shots rang out and Dana hit the ground, killed by shots from a U.S. tank....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 1:45pm PDT
Video of Greg Palast on the the O'reilly factor (video/x-pn-realvideo 4.0MB)
Conserning the energy blackouts in New York....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2003 2:10am PDT
Poll: Who is your candidate for the California Recall Election?
Vote early, vote often......
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 11:41pm PDT
Revealed: how Israel helped Amin to take power
By Richard Dowden, The Independent (UK)
17 August 2003...
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 4:22pm PDT
Street Medicine: Volunteers for Pepper Spraying?
Street medicine and action medics are in great demand as police violence increases against activists. This article reviews street medicine wisdom and organizations....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 2:05pm PDT
US, Indianapolis: Solidarity Books Raided Last Night by the cops
Over the past weeks, Solidarity Books has experienced a steadily increasing amount of police repression. All this came to a head Thursday, August 14th, at approximately 9:00 pm....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 7:54am PDT
BTL:California Recall Election: Direct Democracy or Chaos?
Interview with Micah Sifry, journalist and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2003 6:08am PDT
AUDIO: Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey Blankfort on anti-Semitism. Israel threatens Iran
Thursday, August 14, 2003...
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2003 10:54pm PDT
BTL:Starving Nicaraguan Coffee Workers March to Demand Land
Interview with Katherine Hoyt, co-coordinator with the Nicaragua Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2003 2:35am PDT