Archives for General News
December 2008
Wednesday, December 31:
Better World Order: Secret of the Lusitania: Arms find challenges Allied claims it was solely a passenger ship (4 comments)
Sheila Samples: Israel ordered to let international media into Gaza
Sheila Samples: Lights Out in Gaza, News Blackout in US
Sheila Samples: TV News Winds Down Operations on Iraq War
Amanda Lang: Vets demand more protection for homeless in Miami after slayings
Amanda Lang: Retired Special Forces LTC Recalls His 1964 Torture Training at Fort Bragg, NC.
Sheila Samples: Obama's 'One President' Gambit
Sheila Samples: Pro-Palestinian protesters at Obama's Hawaii house
Israel Project: Gaza, By the Numbers (1 comments)
Richmond Shreve: Obama's Health-Care Community Discussions – Update 1 (2 comments)
Amanda Lang: Crafting Policy Agenda, Obama Team Brings in Faith Groups
Cynthia McKinney: From Cynthia McKinney's Notebook... (19 comments)
Sameh A. Habeeb,: Day 5 of Israeli War On Gaza (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: President-elect Brings Aloha Spirit to the Rest of the U.S. and the World (1 comments)
Aurora: Israel Ordered to let International Media into Gaza (3 comments)
Aurora: UK PM: "Humanitarian Crisis", Calls for Ceasefire
Munich: Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stamps (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Obama pledges schools upgrade in stimulus plan
Margaret Bassett: Pakistani militant confesses to role in Mumbai attacks
Margaret Bassett: Muni Sales Dry Up as States Face $42 Billion Deficit (1 comments)
Steve32867: AHA Suit Filed to Stop Injection of God into Inauguration (8 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Can Obama Sustain the Interest of His Online Constitutents?
Glen Ford: McKinney to Obama: 'Say Something' About Gaza Humanitarian Crisis (30 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Land owners sue TVA for $165M over coal ash spill
Tuesday, December 30:
Sheila Samples: Franken Holds Onto Lead in Minnesota
Sheila Samples: UN chief demands immediate Gaza cease-fire
Jaff Sassani: PKK, PJAK and Others Help Eliminate Kurds
Theresa "Darklady" Reed: Court Rules that Naked People are Not Stripped of Rights (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: Critics urge Congress to rescind Jan. 1 pay raise (2 comments)
Aurora: International Call for Gaza Truce
Hans Bennett: United for Change in El Salvador: Video on 2009 Elections
Joan Brunwasser: NPR: Dan Rather Hopes To Tell His Bush Story In Court
Amanda Lang: Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Joe Scarborough 'Stunningly Superficial'
Margaret Bassett: Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling
Margaret Bassett: Cable Repairs Set Back by Second Undersea Break
Margaret Bassett: Blagojevich names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate seat (1 comments)
Press Release: URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY! (7 comments)
Press Release: Israeli Gunboats Came out of the Darkness and Rammed us Three Times (27 comments)
Amanda Lang: Report: Military may have to quell domestic violence from economic collapse (1 comments)
Rob Kall: Israeli Army launches YouTube Gaza channel
Amanda Lang: GOP Hypocrisy: After Backing Massive Wall Street Bailout, McConnell Plans To Block Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan
Amanda Lang: RNC draft rips Bush's bailouts as 'socialist' (1 comments)
Rob Kall: Poll shows FDR would beat Reagan among current Americans
Ann Wright: Iranians Ponder Their Future With an Obama Administration (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: At Plant in Coal Ash Spill, Toxic Deposits by the Ton
Margaret Bassett: One of Its Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians in 60 Years
Margaret Bassett: Settlement of International War Disputes (1 comments)
Monday, December 29:
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America: *Group Wins Major Animal ID Dispute; USDA Cancels Mandatory Premises Registration Directive (3 comments)
Rob Kall: Sen. Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform (1 comments)
Rob Kall: Kerkorian sells off Ford shares at deep loss
Sheila Samples: Dan Rather's CBS $70m lawsuit likely to deal Bush legacy a new blow (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: Veterans of ’90s Bailout Hope for Profit in New One
Amanda Lang: Bush Refuses To Interrupt His Final Vacation As Middle East Crisis Escalates (1 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 27 to 29, 2008
Aurora: Statements on Gaza: Kucinich, & Hoyer - CONTRAST! (1 comments)
Richmond Shreve: The Crash: What Went Wrong? (WaPo)
Margaret Bassett: Rule change promises explosion of damage
Richmond Shreve: Transition Team Trying Varied Approaches
Margaret Bassett: Thousands across Metro Detroit to Wait for Power Restored
Kevin Anthony Stoda: Five Palestinian sisters killed in Israeli raid on Jabalia Gaza – Ma'an – No sooner had a Gazan mother run away wit (3 comments)
DC Rapier: Israeli Attacks Kill Over 310 in Gaza
DC Rapier: Israeli Troops and Armor massed at Gaza border
David Manchester: *Why aren't Unlimited Text Plans $1 / Year?
GLloyd Rowsey: Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption (2 comments)
Michael Richardson: FBI official in 'Omaha Two' case was master media manipulator and self-described liar (16 comments)
Jason Leopold: Proselytizing in the Military Likely to Continue Under Obama (12 comments)
Rady Ananda: Big Oil vs. Big Water in the Rockies
Sunday, December 28:
Mac McKinney: Russia asks Israel to end Gaza attacks, let in aid
Aurora: More than 1000 Israelis protest Gaza war, in Tel Aviv (2 comments)
Aurora: Haaretz - Anti-Israel protests draw thousands across Europe
Sheila Samples: Pelosi: US must stand strongly with Israel (4 comments)
Sheila Samples: Israeli warplanes fly low over south Lebanon
Sheila Samples: Video captures deaths of 14 Afghan students
Linn Cohen-Cole: *RED FLAG - FDA regulations set to criminalize American farming.
Linn Cohen-Cole: *RED FLAG - FDA regulations set to criminalize American farming. (5 comments)
Sheila Samples: Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure (3 comments)
Rady Ananda: Israel bombs university in Gaza (1 comments)
Aurora: UN Security Council urges End to all Military Activities in Gaza
Aurora: Hospitals in Gaza Cannot Cope
Sheila Samples: Cash-strapped states weigh selling roads, parks
Sheila Samples: Jeb Bush poised for Florida Senate run (3 comments)
Amanda Lang: Israel Masses Troops, Tanks For Possible Ground Invasion
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Sure You're Not Psychotic Asks Shameless Drug Company? (11 comments)
Richmond Shreve: RNC Rivals Discuss Racial Song (2 comments)
Richmond Shreve: Obama's Health-Care Community Discussions (7 comments)
Margaret Bassett: 'Little Rock Nine' prepare to celebrate day of victory
Sandy Sand: California's Legislators and Voters are Among the Dumbest in the Land (11 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Where car loan funding is found
Margaret Bassett: Road Stirs Up Debate, Even on Its Name
Margaret Bassett: Israeli Attacks in Gaza Strip Continue for 2nd Day
sometimes blinded: Raul Castro calls for more work, fewer handouts | U.S. | Reuters
Saturday, December 27:
Sheila Samples: Arabs are seeking an emergency summit: US does not call on Israeli forces to stop
sometimes blinded: Georgia Judge Jails Muslim Woman Over Head Scarf (2 comments)
Richmond Shreve: Can Indigenous Peoples Teach Us to Survive? (5 comments)
Amanda Lang: Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises
Margaret Bassett: TVA doubles estimate of ash spilled
Rob Kall: Israel strikes demolish Hamas compounds, kill 192
(posted by Viviane Lerner at Health_and_Healing Yahoo Group) reposted by SWFox: How can Rep. Ray LaHood be in Obama's Cabinet as Transportation Secretary? (5 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Israeli Attack Kills Scores Across Gaza (1 comments)
Friday, December 26:
M. Wizard: Man Shot For Talking During Movie (3 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 25 and 26, 2008
Ralph Lopez: *Rove's Dead IT Guru Was Saving Unborn Babies (3 comments)
Sheila Samples: Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan
Sheila Samples: States Cut Medicaid Coverage Further
Jason Leopold: Cheney Admits He 'Signed Off' on Waterboarding of Three Guantanamo Prisoners (23 comments)
chris rice: Strike updates for Youtube/Google, DC, Greece, Oklahoma
Martha Rosenberg: Defending Agriculture and Sometimes Horse Slaughter and Michael Vick (16 comments)
MsCYPRAH: Eartha Kitt: A Memorable Meeting with a Hollywood Legend
Roy S. Carson: Venezuela in Process of 'Learning' Which Interests are Prime
Rob Kall: CIA Firms Afghan Ally Relations With Viagra (15 comments)
Thursday, December 25:
Sheila Samples: Minnesota Court Blocks Coleman on Double Recount Votes
Sheila Samples: US police could get 'pain beam' weapons (2 comments)
sometimes blinded: Shocking study: most will torture if ordered | Reuters (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Pardon Lasts One Day for Developer in Fraud Case
Sheila Samples: White House Divergence After 8 Years
Sheila Samples: SAD NEWS...Harold Pinter, Nobel-Winning Playwright, Dies at 78 (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: Hunger across Gaza as Bread Runs Out
Amanda Lang: Blog 'miracle' saves Christmas for hard-luck family
Margaret Bassett: Environmental Spill Disaster Devastates Tennessee; 48 Times the Size of Exxon Valdez (4 comments)
Sandy Sand: Obama to Use Lincoln's Bible for Swearing In: It's Not the Book That's Important, It's the Oath (8 comments)
Wednesday, December 24:
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 24, 2008
Mark Crispin Miller: Environmental Disaster in Tennessee Reported 40x Exxon Valdez Spill (3 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Federal agencies examining deadly Lake Township plane crash
Rob Kall: Healthcare Costs Prevented Nearly 40 Million Americans From Filling Their Prescriptions in 2008 (1 comments)
Muhammad Khurshid: Pakistani Reporter Update (3 comments)
Martha Rosenberg: Does Christie Hefner Have Any Regrets? (4 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: A recount to count on
Robert Parry: Cheney's Shocking Admissions on How Close He Came to Nearly Destroying the Country (8 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: UK Financial Times: Bush shoe-thrower tells of ordeal
Rady Ananda: LGBT Christians Denounce Pope's Comments (3 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Resistance to Kennedy Grows Among Democrats (2 comments)
Tuesday, December 23:
Joan Brunwasser: CBS Breaks Media Blackout: Republican IT Guru Dies In Plane Crash
Margaret Bassett: American Express gets OK for $3.39B from gov't
Sheila Samples: Did Contractor Expose Troops To Toxin?
Sheila Samples: Britain gets ready for urgent Iraq pullout
Sheila Samples: Rove's IT Guru Warned of Sabotage Before Fatal Plane Crash; Was Set to Testify (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Guantánamo prisoner's lawyers accuse US defence secretary (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Commercial Loan Defaults May Triple as Rents Decline
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 22 and 23, 2008
virginius "gin" arnold: I have voted against "conspiracy thinking" but Mr. M may be right and I may be wrong (9 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Ex-Bill Clinton aides to join State Dept.
Laudyms: Did Foreclosures Change The Presidential Election?
Cyril Mychalejko: Canadian Company Threatens El Salvador with Free Trade Lawsuit Over Mining Project
Ludwik Kowalski: A New Treason Bill ?
Sandy Sand: Bad Economy Trickles Up; Good Economy Does Not Trickle Down (2 comments)
chris rice: Strike Updates for France, Greece, Utah, Russia (13 comments)
Martha Rosenberg: Pork-Caused Disease Not Improving in Sidelined Workers (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: VIDEO: Why did Cheney confess on national television? (3 comments)
Sheila Samples: Team Kennedy Aligns Congress, Health Lobbyists Behind Overhaul
Sheila Samples: Fourth Army recruiter commits suicide
Monday, December 22:
Sheila Samples: Biden not 'ruling out' Bush prosecution (3 comments)
Sheila Samples: Blix to testify against Iraq war makers?
Sheila Samples: Cheney, Biden Spar In TV Appearances
Jeff Wilson: *How Much Electricity Does It take To Replace Gasoline? (14 comments)
Sheila Samples: Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret
Sheila Samples: Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret
Sheila Samples: Toyota Expects Its First Loss in 70 Years
Article from cattlenetwork.com: *Cattlemen put out warning on coercive and intimidating NAIS tactics (6 comments)
Scott Baker: How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans
Joan Brunwasser: EXCLUSIVE: OH Election Fraud Attorney Reacts to the Death of Mike Connell
Joan Brunwasser: Democracy NOW interview with Mark Crispin Miller: Republican IT Specialist Dies in Plane Crash
buhdydharma: The Citizens Petition: Special Prosecutor for Bush War Crimes..... Premiere (3 comments)
Claire Cummings author:Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering/Future of Seeds: Another Roundup-ready White House? Searching for the Hope In Obama's USFDA Pick (15 comments)
Gustav Wynn: Report: Rove's IT Plumbers Also Suppressed Edwards, Kucinich Votes in '04 Primary
Margaret Bassett: Brazil and EU leaders hold summit
Joan Brunwasser: Ohio Channel 19 News: Michael Connell Cancelled Two Flights on Suspicion his Plane may be SABOTAGED !!!.
Joan Brunwasser: From the NY TImes: Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash: Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investig
Constance Lavender: Where did your bailout bucks go?
LORI PRICE: Recently subpoenaed Bush/Rove IT expert, is Wellstoned: (33 comments)
Sunday, December 21:
Laudyms: The Grinning Skull: The Homicides You Didn't Hear About in Hurricane Katrina (4 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Rove Threat to Blackmail GOP IT Mastermind Triggers Immunity Request to Ohio AG by Election Lawyers (2 comments)
Roger Shuler: Did the Rove Crime Syndicate Strike Again? (1 comments)
Bob Fitrakis: The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell (1 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: BREAKING: MIKE CONNELL, GOP 'IT GURU', KILLED IN SOLO PLANE CRASH
Larisa Alexandrovna: Connell Round-Up...
Dr A S Johan: Christmas is here so forget the doom and gloom?
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 20 and 21, 2008
Scott Baker: Missing the Target With $700 Billion
Margaret Bassett: Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer
Sherwood Ross: Time To Remove Hoover's Name From FBI Building (4 comments)
GLloyd Rowsey: IMF Urges spending to spur growth
Scott Baker: Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid
Munich: Kissinger Calls For New International System Out Of World Crises (4 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: ‘Bush Shoe’ Gives Firm a Footing in the Market
Scott Horton: The Torture Presidency (6 comments)
Saturday, December 20:
Sheila Samples: Don't destabilize Russia, Putin warns foes (3 comments)
Pokey Anderson: Who was Mike Connell? (5 comments)
GLloyd Rowsey: The Truth about Genocide in Rwanda and Congo – From Keith Harmon Snow (1 comments)
Jason Leopold: CIA Warned Condi on Niger Claim (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Drug charges hit mom of Bristol Palin's fiance (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Panel may call ex-deputy gov to testify (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Franken Posts Newfound Lead Over Coleman
Margaret Bassett: Jerry Brown: Gay-marriage ban should be invalidated (5 comments)
Michael Richardson: 'Deep Throat' betrayed murdered policeman in 'Omaha Two' case (4 comments)
Larisa Alexandrovna: One of my sources died in a plane crash last night (27 comments)
Munich: A challenge to America's "Corpstream" Media
Martha Rosenberg: Did Ghostwriters Promote Wyeth's Cancer-Associated HRT? (4 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Madoff scandal could burn Uncle Sam if spurned investors seek tax break
Margaret Bassett: In the Downturn, Europe's Airlines Scramble to Merge
Andreas Umland: Career Army Specialist sues Rumsfeld, Cheney, saying no evacuation order given on 9/11
Margaret Bassett: Shares in UK weapons plant sold (2 comments)
Gustav Wynn: Cheney: VP Above Presidential Records Law (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Genial Bush offers his `reflections' (1 comments)
Friday, December 19:
Sheila Samples: Iraqi judge: Shoe-tossing reporter was beaten
Stephen Crockett: Democratic Talk Radio 2008 Villain & Hero Awards
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 19, 2008
Margaret Bassett: Gov. Napolitano signs 'meet and confer' union order
Press Release: Mainstream Web Sites Flooded with Anti-Semitic Comments in Wake of Madoff Scandal (6 comments)
Rob Kall: Student Sentenced to 15 Years for YouTube Terror Video
Ellen Brown: GROUND ZERO ON WALL STREET: FED FUNDS AND T-BILLS HIT 0% INTEREST (14 comments)
E. Nelson: Al Franken Takes His First Official Lead, Up on Norm Coleman by Over 150 Votes (1 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Going, Going, Gone! Bush Auctions Off Wilderness Land in Utah
Richmond Shreve: Bush to Provide Emergency Loans to GM, Chrysler (WaPo) (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Expert seeks Treasury spending plan
Rob Kall: Photos shed light on Barack Obama student years
Margaret Bassett: Marine "Military Presence" Confirmed in San Bernardino County (2 comments)
Thursday, December 18:
Sheila Samples: Judge rejects bid to force quicker VA payments
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 18, 2008
Joan Brunwasser: Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
Amanda Lang: Madoff's Scheme Collapses Major Sustainable-Food Foundation
Jason Leopold: Cheney Admits Detainee-Abuse Role (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Contractors call for new agency to push cutting-edge IT
Margaret Bassett: Issa moving to create house Republican investigative unit (12/17/08)
By Paula Moore: This holiday season, don't be a Butterball
Margaret Bassett: Iraq arrests 50 over coup plot: security official
Richmond Shreve: A.C. Thompson: Body of Evidence (The Nation)
Hans Bennett: Philly IMC: Pro se prisoner Andre Jacobs awarded $185,000
Viki_FL: Bush's Iraqi Government Officials Arrested
Margaret Bassett: 'Killing a Brown' Hate in the military
Michael Richardson: Omaha World-Herald manipulated news stories against Black Panthers in 'Omaha Two' case (2 comments)
Dylan Groves: It's official: WENN labels Chávez "dictator"
Linn Cohen-Cole: *Vilsack is not just totally pro-biotech, he is committedly anti-democracy (19 comments)
Wednesday, December 17:
Roy S. Carson: Guillermo Adrian: "Not a cat in hell's chance that Crystallex will get the final approval!"
Sheila Samples: A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
Sheila Samples: At Meeting in Brazil, Washington Is Scorned
Sheila Samples: Bush-Era Abortion Rules Face Possible Reversal
Sheila Samples: IG report says Blackwater may lose license in Iraq
Sheila Samples: GOP budget plan: Slash $10 billion from schools
Laudyms: Stop Vilsack's Confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture
Aurora: Iraq: 35,000 Troop casualties from "Non-Hostile" causes
B. Ross Ashley: From Gaza to the Galilee - Worker-to-Worker Solidarity across the Green Line
Viki_FL: Drew Peterson Plans to Wed Mystery Bride, 23
Munich: Depression possible: Canadian PM
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 17, 2008
George Washington: Sea Ice is Shrinking at the North Pole, But Growing at the South Pole (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Internet content filtering -- time for the great debate
Margaret Bassett: States are offering amnesty to tax cheats to try to bring in some cash
Margaret Bassett: Pakistan hauliers refuse to take supplies to Afghanistan
Margaret Bassett: Microsoft warns of major IE flaw
Margaret Bassett: Russia Accelerates Ruble Devaluation, Biggest Drop in 3 Months
Roger Shuler: Is Karl Rove Securing the Crime Scene? (2 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: When foreclosure hits close to home
Mike Adams: Gambling with your Health (comic) (3 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Bolivia: Expel all US ambassadors
Margaret Bassett: Greek youths hang protest banners from Acropolis
Margaret Bassett: Train cars fall into Mississippi after derailment
Joan Brunwasser: Revealed: Unpublished Fed Document Highlights Costly Rebuilding Blunders in Iraq
Rob Kall: Hillary Clinton tells supporters to back off Caroline Kennedy
Sandy Sand: Warning! This Movie Contains Smoking (7 comments)
Dave Berman: Humboldt's False Alternative to Diebold (1 comments)
Linn Cohen-Cole: *Today is the most TERRIBLE day in the history of US farming (10 comments)
Tuesday, December 16:
Sheila Samples: Pelosi lays down the law with Rahm
Sheila Samples: SEC Didn't Act on Madoff Tips
Sheila Samples: New Committee Chairmen Named on Capitol Hill
Sheila Samples: Obama Picks Chicago's Schools Chief For Cabinet
Sheila Samples: Bush's shoe attacker has broken arm, ribs: brother says (4 comments)
Munich: Big Brother is watching, but seniors don't mind (1 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 16, 2008
Laudyms: More on consequences to Israel lobby of Madoff collapse
Laudyms: Gingrich Bites the Hand that Fed Him
Margaret Bassett: Home buyers stirring in some markets
Rob Kall: Secret Service Issues New Policy: Bloggers to Go Shoeless (32 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Shoe-Thrower Reportedly Beaten in Custory (7 comments)
Rob Kall: Eviction by Facebook?
Hans Bennett: Santa Cruz Tree Sit Ends, Redwoods and Oaks Cut on UCSC's Science Hill (1 comments)
Better World Order: Bush Administration created executive pay loophole
Sandy Sand: Fed to Lower Interest Rate to Minus 0.05 Percent
martinweiss: *A terrific movie: Zeitgeist addendum (6 comments)
Monday, December 15:
Joan Brunwasser: Domestic Militarization Comes to San Bernadino County (CA) (3 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Domestic Militarization Comes to San Bernadino County (CA) (1 comments)
the web: Breaking: Al-Zaidi beaten, in US-run Camp Cropper prison
Ashin Mettacara: *Bush met the writer and bloggers (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Caroline Kennedy to Seek Clinton’s Senate Seat (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: Harry Reid: Apparently leading without a clue or club (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: China on the verge of unemployment explosion (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders
Sheila Samples: Executive Pay Limits May Prove Toothless
Sheila Samples: Supreme Court won't review Obama's eligibility to serve
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 15, 2008
Amanda Lang: Browse Iraq Reconstruction History For Yourself
Sheila Samples: Supreme Court revives abuse lawsuit by former Gitmo detainees
Gustav Wynn: NSA Warrantless Wiretap Whistlebower Speaks (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Iraqi who threw shoes covered U.S. bombing of Shiite area
Amanda Lang: Schumer Helped Block Regulation Of Ratings Agencies
Joni Greever: Prepare For Your Demise (6 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Toyota delays Mississippi assembly plant - Earthlink - Main News
Margaret Bassett: Tom Daschle has his own health plan
Margaret Bassett: Taiwan, China launch direct shipping, air links
Margaret Bassett: Big Mining Is in Big Trouble
Margaret Bassett: Third of Hedge Funds Face 'Wipe Out' After Slump, Godden Says
Sherwood Ross: Obama Should Drop Plans For Afghan War Escalation (5 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Banks hit worldwide by US 'fraud'
Martha Rosenberg: Behind the Velvet Curtain With a Retail Santa
Roger Shuler: University Employee Used State Computer to Send Anti-Gay E-Mail
Sandy Sand: Lame Duck Ducks Shoes
Margaret Bassett: Exclusive: Questions of KGB ties for activist (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: t r u t h o u t | Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Bank Loans
Linn Cohen-Cole: Raids on Seeds (LIFE, itself) ... by Monsanto (30 comments)
Sunday, December 14:
you tube: Thom Hartmann On Olbermann Talking About GOP Effort to Kill Unions (5 comments)
Beatgasm (kai tee): The Value of the Dollar (1 comments)
Jason Leopold: Military Entangled in 'Extreme Missionary' Christian Reality TV Show (4 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 13 and 14, 2008
Sheila Samples: White House takes "available" time for autos
Sheila Samples: $850 Million? Kandahar base braces for wave of U.S. troops
Sheila Samples: Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions, Report Says
Hans Bennett: Were Philadelphia anti-racist activists set up by undercover cops at KKK rally
Greg Noverichipinside.com: The Timeline of the Human Microchip (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Iraqi Throws Shoes At Bush During Press Conference (VIDEO)
Sheila Samples: Bush sneaks through host of laws to undermine Obama
Margaret Bassett: Many small banks waiting to access gov't funds
Margaret Bassett: Report: Justice lawyer leaked surveillance program
Jason Leopold: Torture Trail Seen Starting with Bush (10 comments)
Richmond Shreve: New Yorker story Challenges Teacher Selection Traditions. (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: BUSH NOTEBOOK: Surprises galore on hush-hush trip
Sandy Sand: Corruption is Everywhere, But Stealing Health From Children is Despicable (2 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Franken vs. Coleman: Still Counting in Minnesota
Rob Kall: Pentagon Iraq Report: Incredible Levels of Fraud, Waste and Incompetence
Rob Kall: Pentagon Iraq Report: Incredible Levels of Fraud, Waste and Incompetence
Saturday, December 13:
Better World Order: Senate torture report confirms Bush, top officials guilty of war crimes (9 comments)
Rob Kall: Israeli experts help India prepare commando raids into Pakistan (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: AP Newsbreak: War vet widows wrongly denied help (2 comments)
Aurora: US Senate Report Identifies Admin War Criminals (1 comments)
Gene Messick: 2008 Falsie Awards from Center for Media and Democracy
Joan Brunwasser: More Details on Diebold's Lost Ballots in CA
Joan Brunwasser: Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
Aurora: Torture docs & Wiretap info Blocked from Obama Team
Joni Greever: Why We've Let Things Get This Far (8 comments)
Sheila Samples: US homelessness, hunger rising
Sheila Samples: Blagojevich scandal: Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr face new revelations
adeeba folami: Obama Citizenship Controversy Continues (10 comments)
Eileen Fleming: Introducing Sam in Gaza and the Music of Nonviolent Resistance Blowin' outta the Strip (2 comments)
Rob Kall: US shuts down 'scareware' sellers Who Duped Millions
Friday, December 12:
Sheila Samples: IAEA Chief Describes Iran's Nuclear Program as "Legal" (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: In Setback for Bush, Korea Nuclear Talks Collapse
Sheila Samples: Obama, Lawmakers Expanding Health Measures in Stimulus Plan
Sheila Samples: Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion
Sheila Samples: Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules
Rob Kall: What Image Has Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?
Sheila Samples: Emanuel: I'm Getting Death Threats Over Blagojevich Scandal
Rob Kall: Obamas can't move into Blair House early
Amanda Lang: Coming to a neighborhood near you -- Homelessness rising as economy slides: report
Amanda Lang: Gag Factor: Ashcroft: Detaining Terror Suspects At Guantanamo Bay "˜Has Been A Humanitarian Act'
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 12, 2008
Amanda Lang: NOW's Feminist Action Agenda for 2009 And Beyond
Amanda Lang: Cheney Warns GOP: Remembered as the Party of Hoover
Amanda Lang: The 20 senators who bailed out Wall Street but refused to rescue auto workers.
Amanda Lang: DOJ blocking Obama transition team from reviewing documents on wiretapping and torture. (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: Struggling Companies and Industries Still Found Funds to Sponsor Political Conventions
Amanda Lang: Newspaper headlines baselessly suggest Obama involvement in Blagojevich scandal
Amanda Lang: Court Gives Franken Two Big Boosts
Rob Kall: Illinois Attorney General Calls For Blago's Removal (8 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Pakistan's top general reins in own Army
Amanda Lang: Jackson Jr.'s Supporters Were Raising Money for Blagojevich (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Storm cuts power to more than 1 million customers
Amanda Lang: After Rescue, Bonuses Still Flow At AIG Ranging from $92,500 to $ 4million
Martha Rosenberg: Some Refuse Eid Animal Sacrifice (1 comments)
Thursday, December 11:
Sheila Samples: Auto Bailout Talks Collapse as Senate Deadlocks Over Wages (5 comments)
Sheila Samples: Report Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee Abuses (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Iraq Bomb Kills 48 in Volatile North
Sheila Samples: In Afghanistan, Gates Talks of Rapid Troop Increase
Sheila Samples: Case Confirms Rezko Is Talking With Prosecutors
Sheila Samples: EPA Abruptly Backs Away From Proposals to Alter Air-Pollution Rules
Sheila Samples: NPR to Cut 64 Jobs and Two Shows
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 11, 2008 (1 comments)
Jason Leopold: Shinseki Promises to Streamline Benefits Claims at Veterans Administration
Amanda Lang: Portugal offers to take Guantanamo detainees
Amanda Lang: The First New Foreign Crisis
James West: Big Mining in Big Trouble
Margaret Bassett: Blagojevich case is part of feds' focus on graft
Rob Kall: Obama Picks Team to Guide Energy, Environment Agendas (2 comments)
Rob Kall: Greenland, the Colony, Breaks Away from Denmark as Melting Ice Reveals Riches (1 comments)
Rob Kall: Mumbai Terror Group Trained American Jihadists
Dave Berman: Humboldt At The Tipping Point: Who Dares Defend Diebold? (1 comments)
Wednesday, December 10:
Sheila Samples: Babylon's history swept away in US army sandbags
Sheila Samples: U.S. Forces Kill 6 Afghan Police Officers by Mistake
Jon Get a Clue: The Cost of Hegemony Is Beyond Reach (1 comments)
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Last US House seat filled on grave of stolen 2004 election (1 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Lessons from the MN recount: Officials look for silver lining
Joan Brunwasser: No End in Sight in Minnesota Senate Recount
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 10, 2008
Steven Roach: GM just like a rock
chris rice: Strike Updates for Chicago, Greece, NC and Thailand (4 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate 5'
Dion Nissenbaum: After Israel objects, Qatar gives up plan for aid shipment to Gaza
Sherwood Ross: Federal Judges In N.C., VA, Invoke Secrecy To Conceal Torture (1 comments)
davidmorrison: *Microwave Technology: An End to the Human Race (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Britain says most troops will leave Iraq by June
Margaret Bassett: Obama calls for Illinois governor to resign
Sandy Frost: Int. Human Rights Day Human Trafficking Expose
Sean Fenley: UN official slams Israel 'crimes'
Munich: Fem-bot's my love machine
Margaret Bassett: Office Depot cutting 112 stores, 2,200 jobs (3 comments)
Roger Shuler: Siegelman Appeals Panel Might Be Leaning Toward a New Trial (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Martti Ahtisaari of Finland wins Nobel Peace Prize
Sandy Sand: Bushies Deaf to Torture By Music (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: New Study: Tasers Much Stronger than Manufacturers Let On
Dave Lindorff: Workers of America: Wake Up! We All Need a Union! (9 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Who Will Go Down with Blagojevich? (1 comments)
Jennifer Epps: L.A. Protest Against the Siege of Gaza (1 comments)
Tuesday, December 9:
Sheila Samples: New York Times set to mortgage its building to ease cashflow
Sheila Samples: Who's at fault for harsh antiterror tactics?
Sheila Samples: For Bush's staff, upbeat talking points on his tenure (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Senate Confirms N.Y. Prosecutor As Inspector General for Bailout
Sheila Samples: Russia sends warship -- and message -- through Panama Canal
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 09, 2008
Joan Brunwasser: VIDEO: Outrageous Arrest of FL Election Integrity Advocate, Candidate Caught on Tape
Itamar Marcus: Western money supports Palestinian Authority vision of world without Israel
Laudyms: News, Propaganda: What's the Difference?
Robert Parry: The Significance of Nixon's 'Treason' (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Top Defense Boss Stays, But Most Others Will Shift
Better World Order: Louisiana man says he was beaten for wearing Obama t-shirt
Hans Bennett: Citizens Rally to Stop Philly Free Library Branch Closings
Amanda Lang: Lutz Off Message: "The American Public Wants Sport Utilites And Large Pickup Trucks" (1 comments)
Michael Richardson: COINTELPRO plot against 'Omaha Two' included a cadre of top FBI officials (2 comments)
Amanda Lang: Fitzgerald On Blagojevich's 'Political Corruption Crime Spree': It Would 'Make Lincoln Roll Over In His Grave
Martha Rosenberg: If The Chicago Tribune Falls in the Forest Can It Cover Its Own Story? (1 comments)
Richard Mathis: Become a Secret Shopper for Burma
Carolyn Baker: STATE REPRESENTATIVE PROMOTES NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
Margaret Bassett: Ill. Gov. arrested in Obama successor probe
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Now He Tells the Religious Right?
Mike Kuykendall: Democratic Governor Detained by Feds (1 comments)
The Bovine: *Manna Storehouse "S.W.A.T." story unfolds (4 comments)
Richmond Shreve: Obama Birth Certificate Challenge Turned Down By Supreme Court
Monday, December 8:
Rady Ananda: Iowa High Court to Hear Gay Marriage Arguments
Margaret Bassett: Anarchists' fury fuels Greek riots
Sheila Samples: BBC: Bitterness at Blackwater shootings
Sheila Samples: Dead Children Linked to Aid Policy in Africa Favoring Americans (3 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: 'Humboldt Transparency Project' Reveals Diebold, U.S. Federal E-Voting Scam (1 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 08, 2008
Dan Lieberman: Predictors of US Economic Collapse (1 comments)
Roger Shuler: Alabama Prosecutors Earn a Place on "10 Worst" List
Rady Ananda: 5 Blackwater Agents Charged with 14 Counts of Manslaughter
E. Nelson: Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Frivolous Obama Citzenship Issue (3 comments)
Rob Kall: Post-'08 Election Day Art; Handmade Progressive Pins and the White House Xmas tree
Sandy Sand: Stupid is as Stupid Does: If the Military Can't Protect Its Own Assets How Can They Protect Us? (4 comments)
Rob Kall: Congress to J-Street: "Where Have You Been!"
Martha Rosenberg: Secretary of Bloodsports and other Commerce (1 comments)
R. A. Louis: RNC Protesters Fooled by Undercover Cop
Sunday, December 7:
Barack Obama: Obama Weekend Talk Dec 6-- Broadband For Everyone in the US (2 comments)
Rob Kall: 'KopBusters' reality show turns tables on crooked officers (1 comments)
Better World Order: Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale (2 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 06 and 07, 2008
Patty Bates-Ballard: Flushing with gratitude: Learning about the corruption of water in Cameroon (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Siegelman Appeal Argued this Week
Sheila Samples: Obama may deny Israel 'blank checks' (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Fears of a million layoffs a month in corporate America
Sheila Samples: World Hunger: The Silent Tsunami (1 comments)
Jason Leopold: Mukasey's 'Nixon Defense' of Bush (4 comments)
Sheila Samples: Contractors' Attorneys Lash Out at Justice Dept.
Linn Cohen-Cole: *More raids against horse and buggy Mennonite in Pennsylvania (10 comments)
Sheila Samples: Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale (1 comments)
Amanda Lang: A Killer Without Borders
Karen Batchelor: *American Pit Bull Terrier: Demon or Darling? (7 comments)
Hans Bennett: Chicago factory occupied by laid off workers
Martha Rosenberg: Junk Food Science Researchers Busted (1 comments)
Margaret Bassett: It's Morning - Time to Get to Work, America (8 comments)
Margaret Bassett: More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan
Saturday, December 6:
Grant Lawrence: The Ruins of Detroit (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Obama Asks Nation for Input On Reforming Health System
Sheila Samples: Great News -- Obama takes Shinseki for Cabinet, sources say (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: New Push To Eliminate Nukes Worldwide
Sheila Samples: Army Times: Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened base (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: U.S. Loses 533,000 Jobs in Biggest Drop Since 1974
E. Nelson: Coleman Leads Franken by 76 Votes; Thousands Remain Uncounted (4 comments)
Lynn Buske: Last Minute Rulemaking by Bush USDA Threatens Organic Farmers
Margaret Bassett: Pilgrim's Pride town stays calm despite bankruptcy
Margaret Bassett: Raids could force meatpackers to raise worker pay
Margaret Bassett: Meltdown weakens NYC as global financial capital
Margaret Bassett: Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago
Margaret Bassett: Russian ship enters Panama Canal (2 comments)
Meryl Ann Butler: Kennedy Casts Her Eye on NY Senate Seat
sometimes blinded: Imagining the Oceans in 2025 (2 comments)
Richmond Shreve: Ceci Connolly: Obama Asks Nation for Input (WaPo) (1 comments)
GLloyd Rowsey: Merchants of Death: Exposing Corporate-Financed holocaust in Africa (6 comments)
Friday, December 5:
Sheila Samples: The European Parliament Suspends the Vote On the Upgrade of EU - Israel Relations (2 comments)
Better World Order: Study: Nearly half of world's jailed journalists come from Web
Sherwood Ross: Why Those Pearl Harbor Conspiracy Theories Ain't So (8 comments)
Peacechicken: *SWAT Team Raids an Ohio Organic Co-Op (10 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 05, 2008
Joan Brunwasser: The EAC and HAVA
Joan Brunwasser: EAC Seeking Public Input on '08 Election
Joan Brunwasser: Lost Votes on Diebold System Discovered by New 'Transparency Project' in CA
Amanda Lang: Girls flee circumcision in Kenya
Meryl Ann Butler: Internat'l Human Rights Day Dec. 10: Don't Go To Work, Call in Gay (7 comments)
Amanda Lang: Rep. Nadler (D-NY) Plans Constitutional Amendment To Curtail Pardon Power
Margaret Bassett: US job losses reach 34-year high
Better World Order: Suit claims Halliburton, KBR sickened base - Army Times
Margaret Bassett: Home loan troubles break records again
Sheila Samples: Some bailout holdings down $9 billion
Sheila Samples: Workers Give Up
Sheila Samples: Jobless Rate Soars to 6.7% in November
Michael Richardson: J. Edgar Hoover: "It is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge" against Black Panther (3 comments)
Peter Dearman: (Wash. Post) Pentagon to Deploy 20,000 Troops Inside U.S. (1 comments)
Andrew Hughes: The day of reckoning for the Treasuries' rally is fast approaching | Money and Markets: Free Investment Email Newsletter
Rob Kall: Israeli Troops Evict Settlers in the West Bank
Thursday, December 4:
Rob Kall: Canadian PM wins Shutdown of Parliament to Prevent Defeat by Left (1 comments)
Mark Crispin Miller: *Don Siegelman's Appeal on December 9th
Roger Shuler: News Is Popping on the Siegelman Front (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Mukasey Says Obama May Have to Wait for Some Legal Opinions
Sheila Samples: IDF preparing options for Iran strike
Laura Warman: Governor General Jean Caves in--Now the Sitzkrieg (1 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 04, 2008
Margaret Bassett: China Stealing U.S. Computer Data, Says Commission
Sheila Samples: Layoffs soar as US plunges deeper into recession
Margaret Bassett: US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom
Sheila Samples: Architect Rove returns to repair Bush image
Sheila Samples: Russia advises Obama to step back
Better World Order: Feds ignored clear meltdown warnings (shades of 9/11 and Katrina)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: More KBR Allegations
Amanda Lang: Online journalists now most jailed worldwide.
Amanda Lang: Report: Abortion does not lead to long-term depression.
Rob Kall: Financial crisis a distraction, says Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus (6 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: Untold Story of Election 2008: The Death of the NRA (5 comments)
Margaret Bassett: Military contractor in Iraq holds foreign workers in warehouses (2 comments)
Rob Kall: Anxiety among Democrats as Pelosi tightens her grip
Sandy Sand: Splitzvillers Forced to Stay Spliced
Wednesday, December 3:
Rob Kall: Copper Thieves Threaten U.S. Infrastructure, FBI says
Amanda Lang: U.S. let Saddam gas Kurds for farm deal (1 comments)
E. Nelson: Ballots go missing in Minneapolis hurting Al Franken's Chances
Dennis Kaiser: Thoughts on the Bank Heist Taking Place (1 comments)
Abraham007: Dead Horses Goes Live Today (4 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 03, 2008
Sheila Samples: World's oldest marijuana stash totally busted (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: 7 Law School Deans Rip Accreditor American Bar Assn.
Sheila Samples: New leadership planned to fight WMD terrorism (1 comments)
Sheila Samples: Retired officers want detainee policies overturned
Sheila Samples: Federal Prosecutor Is Making Inquiries in the Investigation of the Dismissal of U.S. Attorneys
Sheila Samples: Obama Teams Are Scrutinizing Federal Agencies
Sheila Samples: Obama, governors share plans for boosting public-works jobs
Sheila Samples: British Homeowners Granted Mortgage Holiday
Jason Leopold: Holder Must Balance Security, Rights (3 comments)
Rob Kall: Higher Education May Soon Be Unaffordable for Most Americans, Report Says
Laura Warman: Back in Canada -- Stalling for Time and the "S" Words (4 comments)
Hans Bennett: As DA Appeals to Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal Without New Penalty Hearing, Supporters Mobilize Internationally
Margaret Bassett: Obama quietly drops windfall tax proposal (2 comments)
Margaret Bassett: New Regulation Would Ease Disposal of Mountaintop Mining Debris
Andrew Hughes: Auditors fault Treasury oversight of bailout funds - NewsFlash - mlive.com
John Greenewald: Inadvertent Nuclear War - The India/Pakistan Armageddon
Tuesday, December 2:
Sheila Samples: New York City: Financial meltdown brings Bloomberg term-limit maneuvers into focus
michael payne: The Big Three: Completely transform itself or go the way of the Edsel (3 comments)
Sheila Samples: Gates's Top Deputies May Leave
Jeremy R. Hammond: New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade
Fairness & Avccuracy In Reporting: *Bush's lies go unchallenged on ABC (4 comments)
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 02, 2008
M. Wizard: US Newspaper Ad Sales Fall a Record $2 Billion
Ann Weaver Hart: Obama Announces National Security Team (2 comments)
Sheila Samples: Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed
Rady Ananda: Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion (2 comments)
E. Nelson: Frivolous Ballot Challenges by Norm Coleman in Recount Don't Obscure Projected Victory for Al Franken (3 comments)
Rob Kall: Mumbai attacks: Jews tortured before executed during hostage crisis
Rob Kall: Good News for Franken? Ramsey County Minnesota finds 171 uncounted ballots
Rob Kall: Google Buys 20 Million Pages of Diginal Newspaper Records
Richmond Shreve: Obama: Join the Conversation (5 comments)
VelvetRevolution: *Chambliss' Election Fraud Stole Cleland's Seat (3 comments)
Monday, December 1:
ncvoter: 3rd bug found in Pierce County Instant Runoff Voting System
Darren Wolfe: Bush to receive first-ever International Medal of Peace (19 comments)
Rob Kall: Obama donors help cover transition cost
Rob Kall: Map: Show Me the TARP Money - (2 comments)
Larisa Alexandrovna: Treasury Department investigating US Attorney for leaking state Supreme Court Justice's tax returns (1 comments)
Joan Brunwasser: MN recount: For Franken, a math problem
JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 01, 2008 (1 comments)
Mike Adams: Doctors Abandoning Vaccines That Don't Make Them Money (1 comments)
Roy S. Carson: Rusoro: They've been good to us all along ... we're very comfortable in Venezuela and the future looks good!"
Lynn Buske: Organic Stakeholders Demand Democracy from the USDA
Amanda Lang: Bush Administration Weakened Lending Rules Before Crash
Amanda Lang: Governors, Pelosi Meet on Funding in Stimulus
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance: *USDA has clearly shown its intent to make the NAIS mandatory (2 comments)
Amanda Lang: Palin Rallies Wingnut Base For Chambliss, Says Rebuilding The GOP Starts With Him
Better World Order: Pentagon plans to station 20,000 troops for 'domestic security'
Amanda Lang: Palin Recycles Old Stump Speech In Augusta, Georgia, But Replaces "McCain" With "Chambliss"
Laudyms: MIDEAST: Settlers Stay, Or It's Civil War
Laudyms: One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex
Mac McKinney: Pentagon to Detail 20,000 Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
Rady Ananda: LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Journalists Plant a Seed
Martha Moffett: A reservation at the Taj Mahal Hotel (1 comments)
Rob Kall: Obama aims at broad shift in national security
Joan Brunwasser: The kindest cut: How circumcision is the secret weapon in the battle against HIV/Aids
Joan Brunwasser: The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams (1 comments)
Sandy Sand: Bush White House: That Ain't No Christmas Tree, It's a Chanukah Bush