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Some of the children held in detention by immigration authorities in Australia. In what warped value system could this possibly be considered ok?

After breaking the story of the Downing Street memo the Times has more documents:
THE RAF and US aircraft doubled the rate at which they were dropping bombs on Iraq in 2002 in an attempt to provoke Saddam Hussein into giving the allies an excuse for war, new evidence has shown.
The attacks were intensified from May, [...]

From Reuters’ AlertNet, (not to be confused with the equally enlightening Alternet) It would appear that Phantom Aid is assistance in helping turn the citizens of poor nations into ghosts - or if it isn’t it may as well be:
Website: http://www.actionaidusa.org or www.actionaid.org.uk
The world’s richest nations greatly exaggerate their aid to poor countries – with [...]

Nine Inch Nails will not be playing on Bush donor Viacom’s MTV Movie Awards:
Reuters - The band was slated to perform “The Hand That Feeds,” the first single from its latest album.
A Los Angeles Times review called the song “a warning against blind acceptance of authority, including that of a president leading his nation to [...]

Here’s a novel response to being bugged - I bet the buggers didn’t see this one coming:
The Guardian - Sinn Féin fundraising has often been the subject of political debate. But after allegations of republican bank robberies and money laundering, a novel money-making initiative has bemused commentators.
The online auction of part of an alleged MI5 [...]

I’m posting on the official Corby Blog
There I have to stick to the facts and give no opinion…
After things settle, I’ll give mine..
Talk Left has put it all together very well. Thank you for doing what I can’t at the moment.
Schapelle Corby - Guilty As Charged

Time to Boycott Bali. What neanderthals they are over there. [...]

A while back I set the “High Fidelity Meme” on some of our good blog friends!
The response was great. The lists were better. People truly bare souls in these lists.
I re-name the list “Over My Head”
From King’s X’s song of the same name. (I loved this band, and had not heard them in years. To [...]

The Ice Cream Guy does some great stuff.
This was in my mail this morning. I have nothing to add!

Tell the Pentagon to Leave Our Children Alone
Dear Jon,

 ”A gripping, emotional anti-war ballad of the experience of a GI in Iraq”
                         - Amazon.com

Grammy-winning guitarist Robert Cray just released his new song about a soldier in Iraq, and it’s [...]

If this was chess I believe this might be check, although that doesn’t preclude the US from kicking the board over:
BBC - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will consider breaking diplomatic ties with the US if it fails to hand over a Cuban-born terror suspect.
Venezuela says Luis Posada Carriles must stand trial over the [...]

Ann Telnaes

US Authorities have been spending Iraq’s money like drunken sailors - $1.9 billion of it on one day alone. The LA Times (via Raw Story) has the story and the documents to back it up:
WASHINGTON — Bill Keller knew that rebuilding Iraq’s shattered telecommunications network meant throwing money into a black hole.
As the clock [...]

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