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The Homeland Security Department last month released what they said was nontoxic gas into New York's Grand Central Station to trace how chemicals might flow through the terminal in a terrorist attack. We speak with biological and chemical terrorism expert Leonard Cole, who asks what this "nontoxic gas" actually was. He wrote a book about how - in the 1950s and 1960s, U.S. government scientists ran a series of tests to determine how easy it would be to expose large numbers of people ...

Speaking in Parliament this week, Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected demands from the Conservative Party opposition for an inquiry into the July 7 London bombings that have so far have resulted in 52 confirmed deaths....

the sf chronicle reported today on their website that the police have stated that they may have arrested the wrong people....

In an hour long noon time press conference at the Islamic Center of San Francisco, one day after the London Train and Bus Bombings, All muslim organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area were joined by leaders of the Jewish, Christian and other Interfaith communities to jointly condemn yesterday's terrorism....

VFP issues call for impeachment and online petition....

Okay, it wasn't literally a war zone, just a bunch of extremely loud fireworks in every direction. As the very real war in Iraq continues to take lives and waste resources, Americans across the country delighted themselves in jingoistic small-town parades and/or shows of light and thunder in the night sky. In Oakland, neighborhood fireworks give the professional displays a run for their money. The threats of "zero-tolerance" for fireworks made by authorities beforehand apparently failed to...

Let the fun begin....

For this Fourth of July weekend, we are left to ponder the future direction of the SCOTUS (and gear up for some major fights for the future of America). It seems W will get to appoint at least two justices now that Sandra O'Connor has resigned and Renquist is expected to at any time. Replacing Renquist with another right-winger would not swing the court further to the right per se, but losing O'Connor's relative voice of moderation to a conservative nutjob will put many things such as repro...

A post-election headline from the Akron Beacon Journal cites a critical report by twelve prominent social scientists and statisticians, reporting: "Analysis Points to Election ‘Corruption': Group Says Chance of Exit Polls Being So Wrong in '04 Vote is One-in-959,000." Citing "Ohio's Odd Numbers," investigative reporter Christopher Hitchens, a Bush supporter, says in Vanity Fair: "Given what happened in that key state on Election Day 2004, both democracy and common sen...

Japanese socialist party politician Takako Doi, on preserving Japan's 'peace constitution', fighting for women's rights, exposing depleted uranium and remembering the lessons of history...