WHY DID GOP MAJORITY LEADER TOM DELAY RESIGN

 

DeLay implicated in Florida gangland hit of casino boats owner. Former GOP Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s surprise announcement that he will resign from Congress in a few weeks and not stand for re-election after winning the GOP primary in his Houston area district came after a bombshell was dropped in the Broward County, Florida trial of former John Gotti hit man Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello for the February 2001 gangland slaying of Sun Cruz casino boat owner Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis. Moscatiello is on trial with Anthony “Little Tony” Ferrari and James “Pudgy” Fiorillo in the murder of Boulis.

DIDDY @ NYSE

Sean "Diddy" Combs rings the bell to begin trading on Monday at the New York Stock Exchange.

AGAINST IBB

"At the beginning of his rule, Babangida did try to live up to his self-bestowed mantle as a restorer of human rights, releasing many politicians detained under the Buhari regime, but this patina wore off as time went by. Despite his initial promises to do so, Babangida never did get around to abolishing the notorious State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree Number 2, which established the right of the government to detain for six months any individual deemed dangerous solely on his say-so, without any right to a trial or even habeas corpus." This is according to wikipedia.com. I was pretty much a baby when General Ibrahim Babangida was in power and I was raised through his regime, and I know for a fact. We as Nigerians DO NOT NEED another Military dictator-turned-politican to run Nigeria. Obasanjo was enough. Check out this link that was sent to me.

Against Babangida Website

TED TURNER BLAST BUSH AND MEDIA

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP)— Ted Turner took shots Tuesday at the media for its coverage of sex and violence, at himself for losing control of the news network he founded, and at the Bush administration for going to war in Iraq.The outspoken billionaire philanthropist made his comments as he was being honored for promoting global understanding. "There’s an awful lot of superfluous news, the pervert of the day and someone that shot seven people at a fraternity party," Turner told a crowd gathered at a downtown hotel. "Who needs it all?" Turner, 67, said he regrets losing control of CNN, which he founded in 1980, to Time Warner Inc. after its merger with America Online.

DICK CHENEY IS IN TOUCH WITH HIS INNER DIVA

 

Journalist have often wondered alout just who is the VP, what’s he like besides hunting sitting quail.The website the SmokingGun.com helped to shed some light on the VP by posting his travel requirements and the eyebrow raising document has many comparing him to J Lo and other Music Divas.

MATT DRUDGE UNCOVERS MEMO FROM ABC NEWS EXEC

Matt Drudge of the Drudgereport has done it again. A top producer at ABC NEWS has reportedly declared that “Bush makes me sick” in an email obtained by Matt. Apparently the executive producer of the weekend edition of Good Morning America isn’t a fan of the President. Drudge dishes: ‘John Green, currently executive producer of the weekend edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA, unloaded on the president in an ABC company email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. “If he uses the ‘mixed messages’ line one more time, I’m going to puke,” Green complained. The blunt comments by Green, along with other emails obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT, further reveal the inner workings of the nation’s news outlets.

CHARLIE SHEEN QUESTIONS 9/11 EVENTS

Charlie Sheen has accused the US government of covering up the real events of September 11. The heartthrob actor has revealed he doesn’t believe the official account of the atrocity in 2001. He told GGN Radio Network’s ‘The Alex Jones Show’: “It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box-cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 per cent of their targets feels like a conspiracy theory. It raises a lot of questions.” The actor also said he was suspicious about the cause of the Twin Towers collapse, saying it looked like a “controlled demolition”. The ‘Two and a Half Men’ star – who has two children with estranged wife Denise Richards – also reportedly questioned the way a plane managed to hit the Pentagon. Sheen thinks the public need to uncover the real version of events for the sake of the victims and those who lost their loved ones. He said: “It is up to us to reveal the truth. It is up to us because we owe it to the families, we owe it to the victims, we owe it to everyone’s life that was drastically altered, horrifically, that day and forever. “We owe it to them to uncover what happened.”

IRAQI CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL

New studies make the Bush administration’s “liberation” argument for a ‘pre-emptive’ war against Iraq seem questionable. The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by U.S.-led coalition forces has been responsible for the death of at least 150,000 civilians (not including certain of Iraq), reveals a compilitation of scientific studies and corroborated eyewitness testimonies. The majority of these deaths, which are in addition those normally expected from natural causes, illness and accidents, have been among women and children, documents a well-researched study, that had been released by The Lancet Medical Journal.

THE AMERICAN MENTALITY

 

“The idea concerns the fact that this country wants nostalgia. They want to go back as far as they can – even if it’s only as far as last week. Not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards. And yesterday was the day of our cinema heroes riding to the rescue at the last possible moment. The day of the man in the white hat or the man on the white horse – or the man who always came to save America at the last moment – someone always came to save America at the last moment – especially in “B” movies. And when America found itself having a hard time facing the future, they looked for people like John Wayne. But since John Wayne was no longer available, they settled for Ronald Reagan – and it has placed us in a situation that we can only look at – like a “B” movie.”

Gil Scot Heron- “B” Movie

CAPTION THIS

I recall first seeing this picture in the Montreal Gazette and stared at it for about 2 minutes. The Government has currently detained two men on suspicion of terrorism, which I feel is against everything Canada stands for because the Govt hasnt charged the two men yet. To make things worse, there is no appeal process. So Tom, Dick and Harry went to protest at the Federal Government Building. If you are going to protest, at least spell the Guantanamo correctly.

CARLOS SANTANA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GEORGE BUSH

Carlos Santana quoted his old friend Jimi Hendrix in an anti-war message Monday in Peru and said his philosophy is the antithesis of President George W. Bush’s. “I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing,” the 58-year-old rock icon said. “My concept is the opposite of George W. Bush.” Santana, speaking to Peruvian journalists ahead of a Tuesday concert, said young people’s opposition to the war in Iraq is reaching the dimensions of the anti-Vietnam war sentiment in the 1970s. “There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war,” he said. “As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.” In 1971, Santana was prevented from performing in Peru by the military dictatorship, which deemed his music an “alienating” force. Santana returned to perform in 1995.

 

BOMBS OVER BAGHDAD

By Tom Lasseter

Baghdad – American forces have dramatically increased air strikes in Iraq during the past five months, a change of tactics that may foreshadow how the United States plans to battle a still-strong insurgency while reducing the number of US ground troops serving here. A review of military data shows that daily bombing runs and jet-missile launches have increased by more than 50 percent in the past five months, compared with the same period last year. Knight Ridder’s statistical findings were reviewed and confirmed by American Air Force officials in the region.

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR WARNS OF AMERICAN DICTATORSHIP

 

by Julian Borger in Washington

Sandra Day O’Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, has said the U.S. is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party’s rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary. In a strongly worded speech at Georgetown University, reported by National Public Radio and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Ms. O’Connor took aim at Republican leaders whose repeated denunciations of the courts for alleged liberal bias could, she said, be contributing to a climate of violence against judges.

DUMB CANADIAN LAWS

 

I am sure a good majority of you canucks have never heard of theses laws. Enjoy reading these dumb laws.

You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.

Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

SHATTERED LIVES

Phil Armstrong, 51, from Pass Christian, Miss. “We lost everything–again,” referring to Hurricane Camille, which smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969. “The post-traumatic stress syndrome is yet to kick in.” by Kevin Horan for USN&WR

MANDELA REVEALS PAST AS A PIG THIEF

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- Former South African President Nelson Mandela admitted youthful sins during a visit with the makers of the Oscar-winning film “Tsotsi.” Mandela said he identified with the main character of the film, a young gangster. As a teenager in South Africa’s rural Transkei region, Mandela herded livestock. He and friends would use the dregs of locally brewed beer to lure pigs from the village, the BBC reported. Once they were far away, the boys would stab, roast and eat the pigs, he said. “Some of the leaders of this country and elsewhere in the world started with misdemeanors of all kinds, but as they grew up, they became responsible people who have served our country very well,” Mandela said. Mandela thanked the makers of “Tsotsi” for putting South Africa “on the map,” but film director Gavin Hood responded that it was Mandela himself who had done this. “Without what you did, we would not have been able to make this film together as South Africans in a free country,” Hood said.

SPITZER CHARGES H&R BLOCK WITH FRAUD

 
By Joe Giannone and Bill Rigby

New York – H&R Block Inc. (HRB.N) the largest U.S. tax preparer, fraudulently marketed retirement savings plans that caused hundreds of thousands of mostly low-income clients to lose money, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer charged in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday. The suit seeks $250 million in fines plus refunds after H&R Block steered roughly 500,000 tax return customers to invest in individual retirement accounts, but failed to disclose high hidden fees that actually outpaced interest earned on the accounts, the attorney general said. As a result, about 85 percent of these customers lost money, Spitzer said.

SEXUAL COMIC OF JESUS SPARK OUTRAGE IN SASKATCHEWAN

 

The Editor-in-Chief of the University of Saskatchewan’s student paper, The Sheaf, has resigned after the paper printed a cartoon of Jesus performing oral sex on a pig. A week before the comic was printed, the paper ran an editorial emphasizing how it would not print the cartoon of the prophet Mohammed that has ignited strong opposition across the world. The Saskatchewan Christian Centre asked the university president in a news release to shut down the paper and fire all the editors. One of the paper’s columnists has resigned due to the Jesus cartoon, and the news editor previously resigned because the paper would not publish the Mohammed comics. The Student paper has apologized for printing the cartoon.

“ANOTHER ABU GHRAIB DETAINEE LOSES HIS LIFE”

 

BAGHDAD, Iraq- The U.S. military said an Abu Ghraib detainee has been found dead at the prison and is conducting an investigation but believes he died of natural causes. U.S. Central Command issued a statement Thursday that an unidentified 24-year-old man died Wednesday. He was found unconscious and could not be revived. The Criminal Investigation Division is conducting an inquiry into the matter but the statement called it “standard procedure after any detainee death.” Following the investigation the body will be handed over to the detainee’s family.

GEORGE HAS SOME TWO WORDS FOR GUTLESS DEMS

 

George Clooney has a message for Democratic office-holders who voted for the war in Iraq, only to claim later that they’d been misled by President Bush:”F–k you!”. The movie star’s argument — directed at the likes of presidential wannabes Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry and John Edwards. Edwards is the only Senator thus far saying that voting for the war was a big mistake. “The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing,” Clooney writes today on Huffingtonpost.com — “Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the runup to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and Bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bulls—.
“Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, ‘We were misled.’ It makes me want to shout, ‘F— you, you weren’t misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.’”Clooney exhorts the lily-livered Dems to stop being cowards and put some steel in their spines.”It’s not merely our right to question our government, it’s our duty. Whatever the consequences,” he lectures.”We can’t demand freedom of speech, then turn around and say, ‘But please don’t say bad things about us.’ You gotta be a grownup and take your hits.”

DUBAI COMPANY TO TRANSFER US PORTS TO AMERICAN COMPANY

 

By David D. Kirkpatrick and Carl Hulse

Washington – DP World, the United Arab Emirates state-owned company that had agreed to buy several port terminals in the United States, said today that it will transfer those properties to an American-owned company, bowing to a political groundswell against the acquisition. The decision came just hours after a delegation of Republican leaders in Congress told President Bush in an Oval Office meeting that Congress would act within days to block the company’s acquisition of the United States port terminals in the name of national security, lawmakers present said.

CHINA WILL PROBABLY BE THE BIGGEST ECONOMY BEFORE 2015

Predicting future is difficult task. But what would happen if biggest economies in the world would grow with the 2005 real GDP growth rates until 2015? You can see current GDP ppp chart above. It is obvious that USA is far ahead from China. Japan is currently third major economy in the world and India forth. You can see 2005 GDP real growth rates here. China real GDP growth rate is 9,2 %, USA 3,5 % and so on. I applied those rates and results are astonishing.

COURTSEY OF CUTTING EDGE

OPERATION SPEED IRAQ WAR

 

Blair ‘made secret US Iraq pact’: Tony Blair and George W Bush decided to invade Iraq weeks earlier than they have admitted, a new book by a human rights lawyer has claims. The book by Philippe Sands says the two leaders discussed going to war regardless of any United Nations view. And it suggests the US wanted to provoke Saddam Hussein by sending a spy plane over Iraq in UN colours. Downing Street said on Thursday it did not comment on discussions that “may or may not have happened” between leaders.

PAT TILLMAN AND THE US ARMY

The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting.

“CONDI, STOP SMOKING THAT CRACK”- SPIKE LEE

 

“I dislike Condoleezza Rice more than [President] Bush. The thing about it is that she’s gotten a free ride from black people.”"People say, ‘She’s so successful’ and ‘Look at her position as a black woman.’ She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life,” “Condi, stop smoking that crack!”"I know you love your Ferragamo shoes, but come on. While people were drowning in New Orleans, she was going up and down Madison Ave. buying Ferragamo shoes. Then she went to see ‘Spamalot.’”

BUSH ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN WITH HEAVY SECURITY

 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — President Bush rewarded this anti-terror ally Friday, minimizing U.S. concerns about democracy’s pace and anti-American sentiment in favor of a high-profile visit to boost Pakistan’s global standing.Bush arrived amid extraordinary security for an overnight stay, following an unannounced visit to Afghanistan and three days in India, Pakistan’s neighbor and rival. Air Force One landed after dark, its lights off and window shades drawn to conceal the distinctive aircraft.

PAUL MCCARTNEY DOESNT CARE ABOUT CANUCKS

 

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI- Paul and Heather McCartney posed with seal pups on ice floes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Thursday and blasted Canada’s annual seal hunt.

“Canada is known as a great nation,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation quoted McCartney as saying. “But this is something that leaves a stain on the character of the Canadian people and we don’t think that’s right. I don’t think the vast amount of Canadians think that’s right.”

The couple told a news conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, they have “complete faith that Prime Minister Harper will take swift and decisive action to end the slaughter of these defenseless seal pups for good.”

Seal products were banned from the United States in 1972 and the Humane Society of the United States sponsored the McCartneys’ Canadian trip to try to pressure Canadian authorities to end the annual hunt.

“WE ARE FULLY PREPARED”- BUSH

WASHINGTON – In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage. Bush didn’t ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: “We are fully prepared.”

The footage — along with seven days of transcripts of briefings obtained by The Associated Press — show in excruciating detail that while federal officials anticipated the tragedy that unfolded in New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, they were fatally slow to realize they had not mustered enough resources to deal with the unprecedented disaster.Linked by secure video, Bush expressed a confidence on Aug. 28 that starkly contrasted with the dire warnings his disaster chief and numerous federal, state and local officials provided during the four days before the storm. View the Incredible Video Footage here

BRUCE WILLIS HATES PAYING TAX

 

“I’m a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion. I want them to stop [expletive] on my money and your money and tax dollars that we give 50 percent of… every year. I want them to be fiscally responsible and I want these [expletive] lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I’ll say I’m a Republican… I hate the government, OK? I’m a-political. Write that down. I’m not a Republican.”

“I WANT OUT”- US TROOPS IN IRAQ

 

BY RICHARD SISK

WASHINGTON – More than 70% of U.S. troops in Iraq oppose the stay-the-course strategy of President Bush and favor pulling out within a year, according to a poll released yesterday. The LeMoyne College/Zogby poll of 944 troops from all services interviewed at “several undisclosed locations” in Iraq showed that more than one-third of the 72% favoring a pullout would begin withdrawals immediately.

HALIBURTON IS STILL GETTING PAID AFTER FRAUD DISCOVERED

By James Glanz

The Army has decided to reimburse a Halliburton subsidiary for nearly all of its disputed costs on a $2.41 billion no-bid contract to deliver fuel and repair oil equipment in Iraq, even though the Pentagon’s own auditors had identified more than $250 million in charges as potentially excessive or unjustified. The Army said in response to questions on Friday that questionable business practices by the subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, had in some cases driven up the company’s costs. But in the haste and peril of war, it had largely done as well as could be expected, the Army said, and aside from a few penalties, the government was compelled to reimburse the company for its costs.

WHAT DOES CIVIL WAR LOOK LIKE?

George Stephanopoulos: What does civil war look like?

George Will: This. This is a civil war.

 

DUMB STATEMENT: FOX suggesting an “All-Out Civil War in Iraq could be a good thing“. Which civil war in the history of civilization has been a good thing. I still stand by my notion that FOX news is proganda, which is owned, controlled and operated by Right-wing Republicans. But I love 24.

NIGER DELTA MILITANTS SHOW HOSTAGES TO REPORTERS

Armed militants wearing black masks and military fatigues showed off a 68-year-old American hostage to reporters and released photos of eight other foreigners seized a week ago by a group demanding a greater share of Nigeria’s oil wealth. Nine militants carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers carried the captive, who identified himself as Macon Hawkins of Kosciusko, Texas, by boat in the Niger Delta.

A LETTER FROM JAIL

 

April 16, 1963
MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN:
While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statements in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.

LOU DOBBS EXPOSES THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY

 

Excerpts of Transcript from Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN.
DOBBS: President Bush’s family and members of the Bush administration have long-standing business connections with the United Arab Emirates, and those connections are raising new concerns and questions tonight in some quarters about why the president is defying his very own party leadership and his party in defending the Dubai port deal.

O’ WHERE DID DAVID GO?

 REST IN PEACE

 

PRESIDENT DAVID PALMER 

I just thought about this, How dare FOX kill off the first African-American US president on the show, 24, during Black History Month. Thats messed up. I could enjoy more of President Palmer on the show. This moment in Black history was brought to you by Egocaster. Black History 365.

INSULT PRESIDENT BUSH

Do you know what $20 can get you? I was bored at work and happened to come across a really funny website. For $20, you could send an insult to President Bush right in Washington D.C with just the click of the mouse. Insult The President is “a site dedicated to providing constructive feedback (insults) to the President of the United States” according to them. I think the funniest insult i read was ” You’ve got an MTV mind in a PBS world”. You actually get a certificate to show off to your buddies at work. The joy of the internet, you could insult the moron in the white house without ever leaving your workstation!

CAN I SEE A NATIONAL I.D PLEASE???

“First thing when I wake up and right before I close my eyes at night, I think, sense, feel man like I’m under some kind of microscope, Satellites over my head, Transmitters in my dollars, Hawking, watching, scoping, jocking, Scrutinizing me, Checking to see what I’m doing, Where I be, Who I see, How and where and with whom I make my money, What is this? “Excuse me Miss, may I have your phone number and your social security?” Who me? When all I came to do is buy my double or tripple A batteries, Please, I DECLINE!!! – Jill Scott – ” Watching Me “

Newly appointed Minister of Public Safety, Stockwell Day is using his new position to show Canadians his party’s commitment to fiscal restraint and minimal state intrusion into citizens’ lives. After all, what could be unintrusive than a $5 Million National System of identity cards?

PREVAL WINS HAITI’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

By STEVENSON JACOBS, Associated Press Writer

Rene Preval was declared the winner of Haiti’s presidential election Thursday under an agreement between the interim government and electoral council, staving off a crisis over last week’s disputed vote in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.

HOW DEEP DOES THE RABBIT HOLE GO

 

“Q Scott, there’s a report coming out of a Sheriff’s deputy there who said that he was prevented from interviewing the Vice President by the Secret Service. Do you know anything about that? And is that appropriate?

MR. McCLELLAN: No, I don’t know anything about that. You ought to direct that to the Secret Service. My understanding was that Secret Service took the appropriate steps to inform law enforcement. But, again, check with Secret Service. “

I believe Mr Whittington, who is a millionaire Lawyer, was discussing the whole wiretapping issue with Cheney and Cheney got pissed and shot him in the face. Hmmm… Just my thoughts. The funniest thing about the Bush Administration is they cant lie properly. If you are gonna fool somebody, do a good job at it please. Then they have Scott “Fatboy” McClellan as the White House Press Secretary.

PROPAGANDA IS EXPENSIVE: BUSH ADMINISTRATION SPENT 1.6 BILLION ON PR

Washington, DC – Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, and other senior Democrats released a new Government Accountability Office report finding that the Bush Administration spent more than $1.6 billion in public relations and media contracts in a two and a half year span.

CHENEY’S GOT A GUN

 

“Cheney’s got a gun
The whole world’s come undone
From lookin’ straight at the sun
What did the VP do
What did he put him through?”

US Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded Harry Whittington during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets. Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was “alert and doing fine” in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after he was shot by Cheney on a ranch in south Texas, said Katharine Armstrong, the property’s owner.

OSAMA BUYS TRAIN TICKET FROM MONTREAL TO OTTAWA

 

A VIA Rail worker in Montreal who bought a train ticket under the name of Osama bin Laden to prove a point about lax security had his punishment cut in half by an arbitrator. Benot Dulong, a VIA worker who also held office in the local union, bought a train ticket from an automatic ticket machine under bin Ladens name. He then posted a copy of the ticket on the union board in Central Station.

ALL BLACK PEOPLE LOOK THE SAME

I dont know if any of you noticed NBC’s Brian Williams calling Barack Obama Harold Ford. That it’s happened before is messed up. That a Senate staffer says people mix them up plenty, even though one is a Senator and the other is a Representative, is fucked up. And I probably wouldn’t have heard about it, if it hadn’t been on camera during the State of the Union Address. Doesnt that picture of Harold Ford look like a take out from a new NBC show? Dude looks way too serious.

I APPLAUD WYCLEF JEAN

I applaud Wyclef Jean. At a time when most rappers only care about how many cars they own and how ignorant they can be in front of the cameras, Wyclef, who has always been vocal about his homeland and its political condition, has braved the nuisances of Haiti to make sure he participates in the current elections. Not only has he gone back, he is assisting people in getting his country back to some kind of order. This is rare because most Hip-Hoppers could care less about what happens in their city, state or country. Of course, most of them appear every four years during the presidential elections to take advantage of whatever publicity is going on surrounding the actual elections.

SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS LAND REDISTRIBUTION

Johannesburg, South Africa- South Africa will from next month start large-scale expropriations of land from white farmers after years of compensation negotiations proved unsuccessful, a top official said on Monday.

HURRICANE KATRINA MOVIE?

 

By Devin Faraci

Wong Kar-Wai, the masterful Chinese director behind films like In the Mood For Love, 2046, Chungking Express and Happy Together, is coming to america. He wants to make a movie based on Hurricane Katrina, based on true stories in and around the massive disaster.

GEORGE BUSH BLASTED AT CORETTA SCOTT KING’S FUNERAL

Coretta Scott King was laid to rest yesterday after a six-hour service attended by four Presidents and 10,000 ordinary people who came to pay tribute to the first lady of the civil rights movement – and one of its last icons. However the other story which unfolded was the George Bush ambush that took place.

MUHAMMAD CARTOON PROTEST

Burning flags, okay i get it…

AMERICA’S SHAME: THOUSANDS OF KATRINA VICTIMS EVICTED

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hauling everything he owned in a plastic garbage bag, Darryl Travis walked out of the chandeliered lobby of the Crowne Plaza, joining the exodus of Hurricane Katrina refugees evicted from their hotel rooms across the country Tuesday. More than 4,500 evacuees were expected to check out of their government-paid hotel rooms Tuesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency began cutting off money to pay for their stays.

NEW GOVERNMENT: HARPER IS SWORN IN AS 22ND PM

 

By BETH DUFF-BROWN  

Stephen Harper, who promises to mend Canada’s frayed relations with the United States, was sworn in as the nation’s 22nd prime minister Monday, marking the first time in more than 12 years that the Conservative Party will rule this traditionally liberal nation.

SPECTER SAYS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM VIOLATED THE LAW

 
By Brian Knowlton
Source: International Herald Tribune

Washington – The Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee said today that he believed the Bush administration had violated the law with its warrantless surveillance program and that its legal justifications for the program were “strained and unrealistic.”