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2004

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"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling, Editor and Priest, Chicago Daily News, 28jul41

Favorites Die Bush Krieger: Amerikas feldzug gegen das böse The Bush Warrior: America's Mission Against Evil. The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion -  Energy Bulletin 11jan05 The End of the World: How Rome Fell—and Why Possible subtitle: Present Day USA History in the Making The Coming Anarchy - Atlantic Monthly 1feb94 The Carlyle Group - 54 minute Real Player video [500 kbs | 100 kbs]  25jan04 "‘9/11’" Great Crimes / A Greater Cover-Up Don Paul & Jim Hoffman, et al 2003 Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis, at the First Congregational Church, Oakland 26jul03 Why Kids Flunk History  - MUMIA ABU-JAMAL / Free Speech Radio News 15may02 A Brief History of Terrorism by the USA - from Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn 2002 US Interventions in Latin America Since 1823 A New Holy Grail - a poem by Kirk Lumpkin 16aug04 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain 1889 Cowboy - poem by Michael McClure 2001 [mindfully.org note: For all those who think war is the answer]

• Holiday Woes Signal Trouble Ahead for Air Travel: Delays and errant workers a sign of industry turmoil -  Christian Science Monitor 29dec04
• Ohio GOP Election Officials Ducking Subpoenas as Kerry Enters Stolen Vote Fray - Columbus Free Press (Ohio) 28dec04
• When Every Day is Christmas: Lawmakers Receive Bounty of Gifts from Lobbyists -  Pasadena Star-News 25dec04
• America's War on Itself: Bush's wrecking tactics over climate change follow an established pattern of self-destruction - George Monbiot / The Guardian (UK) 21dec04
• U.S. Takes Border War on the Road: Boats Being Sunk Near Ecuador -  Denver Post 19dec04
• Dennis Kyne Charges Dismissed: First Jury Trial Arising from the RNC Protests Ends in Dismissal As D.A. Drops All Charges Against Gulf War I Veteran and Anti-Depleted Uranium Activist-  DennisKyne.com 18dec04
• Social Security: Destruction of Social Security Would Harm Black Communities -  The Black Commentator 16dec04
• Gary Webb Remembered: Had Revealed CIA’s Connection to 1980s Drug Trafficking -  Sacramento News & Review (SN&R) 16dec04
• Thousands of Iraq War Veterans Come Home to Face Serious Psychological Problems and System [unable] to Help Them  - San Francisco Bay Guardian 15dec04
• Medal of Freedom: Tenet, Franks, Bremer Cast Long Shadow on the Meaning of Freedom-  Washington Post 15dec04
• New Luxury Goods Set Super-Wealthy Apart From Pack: Rising Riches Stir Rivalry For Ever-Bigger Yachts - Wall Street Journal 14dec04
• Ukrainian Presidential Candidate Viktor Yushchenko Poisoned With Dioxin -  AP 11dec04
• 5,000 Troops have Deserted Since War Began: U.S. Army Plagued by Desertion and Plunging Morale -  The Times (UK) 10dec04
• Goodbye Bernard: Kerik Withdraws Name for Homeland Security Chief - AP 10dec04
  • Security Post Would Put Kerik Atop Field That Enriched Him -  NY Times 10dec04
  • Kerik Is Member of Taser Board - Wall Street Journal 10dec04
• Haiti: Colin Powell's Crime in Progress - The Black Commentator 9dec04
• Ten Commandments Backed by Bush Administration in Court Fight - Bloomberg 8dec04
• We Killed Unarmed Civilians: Ex-Marine Tells Hearing - The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 8dec04
• Emergency Alert: National ID/Patriot Act 2 Legislation On Verge Of Passing - Prison Planet 7dec04
• White House Can't Explain Lurking Trade Imbalance -  Peoria Journal Star 7dec04
  • Also see: The Loss of Corn Exports to Europe: Something to chew on at the Commodity Classic
• Fallujah: Pentagon Plans a High-Tech Strategic Hamlet -  Centre for Research on Globalisation (Canada) 7dec04
• Bill Moyers Presented With Global Environment Citizen Award / Acceptance Speech 6dec2004
• Larry Silverstein: Jury Rules WTC Destruction Was Two Separate Events - Wall Street Journal 6dec04
• 9-11: The Strange Case of the Vanishing Airliner Debris -  Global Echo 5dec04
• Hello Mike: Nebraska Governor Nominated to be Ag Secretary - Delta Farm Press 2dec04
• Hello Bernard: Bush Picks Bernard Kerik for Homeland Security Job -  Reuters (and more) 2dec04
• Berlin Anti-Colonial Conference: 120 Years of African Resistance -  The Black Commentator 2dec04
• Euro, Yen, Dollar Changes in One Year - Wall Street Journal 1dec04
• New System Would Collect Student Data -  The Daily Californian 1dec04
• Meet The New Boss: Man vs. Machine Politics in Brooklyn -  Harper's  1dec04
• American Born, Addicted to Happiness -  Research on Globalization (CRG) 30nov04
• Abu Ghraib Ex-Prisoners Seek War-Crimes Probe of U.S. Officials - Wall Street Journal 30nov04
• Goodbye Tom! Tom Ridge Is Leaving Homeland Security Post -  AP 30nov04
• Lockheed and the Future of Warfare -  NY Times 28nov2004
• Taser: Claims Over Tasers' Safety Are Challenged -  NY Times 26nov04
• A Televised Revolution: Pirate TV Comes to Berkeley -  Berkeley Daily Planet 26nov04
• Israeli Officer: I was Right to Shoot 13-Year-Old Child: Radio exchange contradicts army version of Gaza killing -  The Guardian (UK) 24nov04
• Attempt to Stop Mandatory Mental Screening Fails - WorldNetDaily 24nov04
• Congress Funds Mandatory Psychological Tests for Kids - Newsmax 23nov04
• Economic `Armageddon' Predicted: Stephen Roach  -  Boston Herald 23nov04
• Kevin R. Ryan Terminated at Underwriters Laboratories: Area Man Stirs Debate on WTC Collapse - South Bend Tribune 22nov04
• Steele Foundation: The Anti-Assassin Academy -  SF Chronicle 21nov04
• Terrorizing Those Who Are Praying. . .  - Electronic Iraq 19nov04
• Kmart Buys Sears in a Surprise Move - AmericaJR 19nov04
  • Attention, Shoppers Kmart to Buy Sears for $11.5 Billion: Financier Lampert's Bet In Retail Is Put to Test - Wall Street Journal 18nov04
  • Analysts say Lampert Excels as a Dealmaker: Kmart chief employs a hands-on approach to control, improve operations of ailing companies -  The Detroit News 18nov04
  • Gambling Billionaire Lambert at Heart of Sears-Kmart Merger - AP 18nov04
• US Dollar Slide Increases Global Tensions -  WSWS 18nov04
• Why Less Should Be So Much More: Degrowth Economics:  - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 17nov04
• Black CHP Officer Sues White Cops for Racial Profiling - SF Chronicle 17nov04
• Collapse of the Petroleum Delusion / Rise of the DIY Movement  - Jan Lundberg / Culture Change Letter n.80, 16nov04
• Recount in Ohio a Sure Thing - t r u t h o u t  15nov04
• The Waltons: Inside America's Richest Family -  Fortune 15nov04
• Ohio Voters Tell of Election Day Troubles at Hearing -  Plain Dealer 14nov04
• Play It Again Bush And Blair - Sam Bahour & Michael Dahan / Mindfully.org 14nov04
• Berkeley Streets Mean to Homeless: Advocacy Group Cites Civil Rights Abuses, Insufficient Services -  Daily Californian 12nov04
• The Collapse of the WTC Not Caused by Jet Fuel - Kevin Ryan / Underwriters Laboratories 11nov04
• Israel Plans Posthumous anti-Arafat Campaign -  Haaretz 11nov04
• Legitimate Recount Effort in Ohio  -  AlterNet 12nov04
• Palestine Greater Than Arafat - Sam Bahour / Mindfully.org 11nov04
• 106% Turnout of Registered Voters in Wyoming - Wyoming Secretary of State 10nov04
• 2 Tanks at L.A. Westwood Anti-Occupation Demonstration - LA Indymedia 9nov04
• New Intelligence Bill Will Keep Spending Secret - AP 9nov04
• Oakland Police Department (OPD) Crowd Management/ Crowd Control Policy 9nov2004
• American Resistance: Valid Outrage  - Manuel Valenzuela / ICH 8nov04
• Living Under Fascism - David Loehr, Ph.D., Minister / First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, Texas 7nov04
• None Dare Call it Voter Suppression and Fraud  -  The Free Press 7nov04
• Terror Financing Fines Fall After 9/11 -  AP 7nov04
• Neocon `Flex Players' Await President Bush's Second Term -  Pacific News Service 5nov04
• Wal-Mart: Daily Planet Faces Off With Wal-Mart Over Sealed Worker Records -  Berkeley Daily Planet 5nov04
• A Picture of George W Bush is Worth a Thousand Words. Or in this case, a thousand lives. And growing daily.
• Post Mortem: Let the Disobedience (and the Real Work) Begin - Micky Z / www.dissidentvoice.org 3nov04
• Arafat's Death: The no-Partner Myth - Neve Gordon / In These Times 1nov04
• FCC Steals the Voice of the Poor -  Street Spirit (Oakland, CA)  1nov04
• Letter From The 2004 RNC - Grand Old Inquisitor: The Republican Party's Gift of Innocence -  Harper's 1nov04
• Wal-Mart, a Discreet Player in US Presidential Campaign - Agence France Presse 1nov04
• "Intelligence Asset" Osama bin Laden supports Bush Reelection -  Global Research 31oct04
• Bin Laden Releases New Videotape: WALTER CRONKITE on CNN LARRY KING LIVE 29oct04
• Africa Drops Off Bush, Kerry Radars - Tiscali (Johannesburg) 28oct04
• Rumsfeld Sued by 4 Ex-Detainees and 10 Others: Plaintiffs Allege Officials to Blame for Abuse at Base - Boston Globe 28oct04
• Black Vote Smothered by Electoral College - The Black Commentator 28oct04
• San Quentin Battle Brewing over Death Row: Many in Marin Oppose Plan to Build $220 Million Facility -  SF Chronicle 27oct04
• San Francisco Mayor Newsom Joins Picket Line, Vows Boycott of Hotels: Mayor blames corporate owners for prolonging dispute - SF Chronicle 27oct04
• A Day in the Life of Joe & Josephine Republican - Email 27oct04
• Torture, the British Way - The Guardian (UK) 27oct04
• California Proposition 69: DNA Initiative Opponents Turn to Internet Messages - AP 26oct04
• The Patriot Act: Wise Beyond Its Years - Wall Street Journal 26oct04
• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Hospitalized With Cancer in Maryland -  AP 25oct04
• Israel Legally Occupying Gaza, Even After Pullout -  AP 24oct04
• Globalization Not New: Look at the Slave Trade - Philip Emeagwali / The Black Commentator 21oct04
• Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaking on the 2004 Presidential Election - CNN / American Morning Interview 20oct04
• The Coming of the Psychotherapeutic State? -  CNSNews.com 20oct04
• A War Without Reason -  NY Times 18oct04
• Wealth Gap Widens in U.S. Between Minorities, Whites  -  Wall Street Journal 18oct04
• Poll Reveals World Anger at Bush: Eight out of 10 Countries Favour Kerry for President -  The Guardian (UK) 15oct04
  • Poll Analysis France: A Nation United in Opposition -  Le Monde (France) 15oct04
  • Canadians realise they have too much in common with the US to fully disapprove of their southern neighbour -  La Presse (Montréal) 15oct04
• James Baker's Double Life - The Nation 1nov04
• Guantanamo: Broad Use of Harsh Tactics Is Described at Cuba Base -  New York Times 17oct04
• Why is war-torn Iraq giving $190,000 to Toys R Us? - The Guardian (UK) 16oct04
• Yaser Esam Hamdi: Saudi-American Speaks Out on Confinement - AP 16oct04
• Unit Refused Iraq Mission, Military Says - AP 16oct04
• Israel: Confirmed and Confessed: All These Children I Killed in the Gaza Strip, and All of Them I Killed by Mistake B MICHAEL / Yediot Aharonot (Israel) 15oct04
• No Child Left Behind: Double Dose of Bad News for Schools in California -  SF Chronicle 14oct04
• Mario Savio's FBI Odyssey -  SF Chronicle 10oct04
• A Wealth of Happiness: Tashi Wangyal -  Wall Street Journal 8oct04
• Tom DeLay, Ethical Recidivist - Editorial / Washington Post 8oct04
• Tom Delay: Calls Increase for DeLay to Resign After Ethics Committee Again Admonishes Majority Leader -  Democracy Now! 8oct04
• Bush: War's Rationales Are Undermined One More Time: Revelations May Hurt Bush's Image -  Washington Post 7oct04
• Kerry, Newest Neocon - William Safire / NY Times 4oct04
• Kerry and the Middle East - Neve Gordon (Israel) 4oct04
• Do Not Call: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Telemarketers' Do-Not-Call Case - Wall Street Journal 4oct04
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Exactly What He Promised To Be - Editorial / San Francisco Chronicle 4oct04
• Michael Kostiw, shoplifter: Goss Choice Quit CIA In 1982 Under Fire - Washington Post 3oct04
• Mapuche People Are Among the Poorest in Chile - Human Rights Watch and the Observatorio de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas 1oct04
• Security Housing Unit (SHU): Two Steps Forward, One Step Back -  California Prison Focus - Fall 2004 1oct04
• No Care No Cash Results in Empty Shelter Beds and Puts Vulnerable Populations at Risk - Street Sheet (San Francisco) 1oct04
• Free Speech Movement Still Much to Say 40 Years After Clash: But It Has Little Value on the Berkeley Campus -  The Daily Californian 1oct04
• From Baghdad - Farnaz Fassihi (personal email from Wall Street Journal reporter) 29sep04
• Pentagon Contracts Given to Single Bidders -  AP 29sep04
  • Outsourcing the Pentagon: Who benefits from the Politics and Economics of National Security? - The Center for Public Integrity 29sep04
• Presidential "Debates" ?? Judge For Yourself !!!-  The Calamity Howler 28sep04
• $200,000 Rides to Space on Virgin Galactic  - SF Chronicle 28sep04
• Powell Warns Iraq Insurgency Getting Worse - Agence France Presse 27sep04
• United Nations 'Handcuffed' By Bush - Agence France Presse 24sep04
• Taser Stun Guns Pit Law Against Liberties: Officers Praise Tasers, but ACLU Wary of Abuse -  SF Chronicle 26sep04
• US Airways to Ask Court to Impose Pay Cut on Unions  -  AP 25sep04
• Obama Would Consider Missile Strikes on Iran - Chicago Tribune 25sep2004
• Stun Gunmaker Woos San Francisco Police Commission with Demonstration  - SF Chronicle 23sep04
• Iraq: Interim Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi's Speech to U.S. Congress - 23sep04
• Millenarianism: Still Waiting / Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) 23sep04
• Janet's Breast Worth $550,000 as FCC Hits CBS With Huge Fine For Jackson Super-Bowl Incident - AP 22sep04
• Toward The Destruction Of Schooling -  Jan D. Matthews / quiver distro Winter 2004
• Harper's Index - Harper's Magazine 1oct04
• Is the Housing Boom Over? - Fortune 20sep04
• Homeland Security: Expansion Sank Terror Screening Program, Officials Say -  NY Times 19sep04
• Indonesia: Muslim Nation Is Expected To Unseat Leader in Runoff; Undeterred by Bombings Convicting a Local Legislature -  Wall Street Journal 17sep04
• One Man’s Democracy is Another Man’s Chains: The Untold Story of Aristide’s Departure from Haiti - The Black Commentator 16sep04
• Bush Team's Push for FEC Injunction Denied -  Washington Post 16sep04
• Black Media Warns Of Sequel to 2000 Florida Fiasco -  Pacific News Service 14sep04
• Televangelist Paul Crouch Attempts to Keep Accuser Quiet - LA Times 12sep04
• Army Says C.I.A. Hid More Iraqis Than It Claimed -  NY Times 10sep04
• MoveOn: Weapons of Mass Mobilization - Wired 9sep2004
• Interconnectedness of all in the universe Doom and gloom? Your perception calls the tune - Jan Lundberg / Culture Change 9sep04
• Arrested at the RNC - Dennis Kyne 9sep04
• Bush Refused Order While in Guard, Memos (Includes Text of Official TexANG Memos)  - AP 9sep04
• Super Coca? - Drug Policy Briefing 8 / Transnational Institute (TNI) 8sep04
• U.S. Toll in Iraq Crosses 1,000 Milestone: Pentagon Expects Continued Violence  - Washington Post 8sep04
• HMIS: Alameda County to Keep Track of Homeless -  The Daily Californian 8sep04
• HMIS: Homeless Tracking Program Set to Debut in Berkeley -  Berkeley Daily Planet 7sep04

• Why You Should Ignore The Gallup Poll This Morning - And Maybe Other Gallup Polls As Well? 7sep04

• CBO Projects $442 Billion Federal Deficit  - AP 7sep04
• RNC: The Cost of Dissent: Arrest of a Legal Observer -  Indymedia.org 7sep04
• Republicans Diversity: End of the Rainbow -  The Guardian (UK) 6sep04
• Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004 - Project Censored 2005 5sep04
• Teotihuacan Meets Wal-Mart:  Store Near Mexican Ruins Riles Activists - Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) 3sep04
• FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders - Friends of Liberty (undated) 3sep04
• "Bush Lies, People Die'' S.F. Woman Hauled Away for Interrupting President -   SF Chronicle 3sep04
• The Optimism of Uncertainty - Howard Zinn / The Nation 2sep04
• Bush’s Black Attack Dogs Goal is Low African American Turnout - The Black Commentator 2sep04
• Bush's Homeless Czar, Philip Mangano: Weapons Of Mass Displacement (WMD) - Street Sheet (San Francisco) 1sep04
• Chile's 9/11: U.S.-Backed Terror - Fault Lines 1sep04
• Terror Statistics: Mistakes, Damned Mistakes and Statistics -  Scientific American 1sep04 
• Al-Qaida Brand Name Ready for Franchise: The Business of Terror -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1sep04
• Department of Homeland Security Keeping Us Safe From Polish Choirboy, 12  - SF Chronicle 1sep04
• Najaf Peace Deal Shows Why US Troops Must Leave Iraq: Taking Stock After a Pre-emptive War - SF Chronicle 31aug04
• Tentacles of Rage: The Republican propaganda mill, a brief history  - Harpers Magazine 1sep04
• How to Fight Terrorism: A Reading of the 9/11 Commission Report -  California Monthly 1sep04
• Major Prison Reform Eludes CA Lawmakers: Because of Guard Unions - LA Times 31aug04
• Abu Ghraib: "We Were Supposed to Humiliate Them": Interview with US Staff Sergeant Ivan Frederick on torture at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison -  Der Spiegel (Germany) 30aug04
• 45 Million Americans Uninsured, Census Bureau Says  - CNSNews.com 26aug04
  • Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise, Census Bureau Reports - Press Release + More / US Census Bureau 26aug04
• Africa: Sir Mark Thatcher and a Very African Coup: Mercenaries' dreams of riches fell apart at Harare airport  - The Guardian and BBC News (UK) 26aug04
• The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today - NAACP and People for the American Way (PFAW) 26aug04
• Pentagon Keeping Tabs on Political Websites  - Racine Journal Times 26aug04
• Venezuela's Voters Have Spoken - Jimmy Carter / Wall Street Journal 24aug04
• Kerry, Bush on Same Page Militarily: Minor differences pale in comparison to their similarities -  SF Chronicle 23aug04
•  $142,857 Security Cost per Athlete in Greece  -  Wall Street Journal 22aug04
• Venezuela: A Resounding Defeat for the Elite: The papers appraise Chavez's victory in the presidential recall vote - The Guardian (UK) 18aug04 
• Venezuela: Chávez Survives with Pride and Support Intact: 'I've passed the exam ... and there is no going back' -  The Guardian (UK) 17aug04
• Bonjour paresse: The Slacker's New Bible -  Financial Times (UK) 13aug04
• Venezuela: An Antidote for Apathy — Grassroots Participation - The Guardian (UK) 13aug04
• Olympics: Police Outnumber Athletes 7-1   Got Safety? / SF Chronicle 12aug04
• Pentagon Questions Halliburton On $1.8 Billion of Work in Iraq  - Wall Street Journal 11aug04
• The "Official" Operative Clique For The Next 9/11? - Chaim Kupferberg 9aug04
• Crayons Ready? It's the G.W. Bush Liberry: His malaprops will be chiseled in marble walls -  SF Chronicle 8aug04
• Kerry Campaigns as Candidate of BIG Business  - World Socialist Web Site 7aug04
• Mr. Hester Takes a Mall Job: New Group Swells Bankruptcy Court: The Middle-Aged -  Wall Street Journal 6aug04
• U.S. Generates 112,000 Jobs In June, Far Fewer Than Expected - Agence France-Presse 3aug04
• Fox News is Unbalanced: Dem Lawmakers Say  - UPI 3aug04
• John Kerry: A False Friend of Labor -  Socialist Action 1aug04
• Ted Turner: My Beef With Big Media: How government protects big media--and shuts out upstarts like me -  Washington Monthly 1aug04
• Haiti After the Press Went Home - Thabo Mbeki / The Black Commentator 29jul04
• Robert Birgeneau: UC Regents Select New Cal Chancellor: Canadian known for backing diversity; salary criticized - San Francisco Chronicle 28jul2004
• Ayad Allawi: The CIA's Main Man in Baghdad -  Guardian Weekly (UK) 23jul04
• NAACP Resolution Supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal  - Adopted at NAACP National Convention, Philadelphia, PA 15jul04
• Terror Rulings Highlight Supreme Court Term: Liberals, Conservatives Can Count victories, but Justices Leave Many Questions Hanging -  San Francisco Chronicle 5jul2004
• John Kerry, the Enlightened Hawk -  Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1jul04
• Great Profits For the Rich, Rollbacks For Everyone Else - Editorial  / Commemorator 1jul04
• Dr. Iyad Allawi: Forget Fahrenheit 9/11, Rescreen The Quiet American: Apotheosis of the Psychopaths  - Counterpunch 30jun04
• Cheney Defends Use Of Four-Letter Word Retort to Leahy 'Long Overdue'  - Washington Post 26jun04
• Ruling Sets Off Legal Tidal Wave - AP 26jun04
• Where Fahrenheit 9/11 Ought To Go, But Doesn't  -  San Francisco 9/11 Physical Evidence Group 24jun04
• Electronic Cards Replace Coupons for Food Stamps -  NY Times 23jun04
• NASA Privatization: NASA Needs Big Changes To Reach Moon, Mars -Panel  -  (3 AP articles) AP 16jun04
• Terrorism-Insurance Sales Climb as Rates Rise - Wall Street Journal 16jun04
• DeLay Faces Democrat's Ethics Complaints by Rep. Chris Bell  - AP 16jun04
• Paul Allen Sees Space Tourism in our Future -  Seattle Times 16jun04
• Signs of Growth Spur Inflation Fear: Trade Deficit, Retail Sales Indicate Economic Vigor, But Markets See Down Side -  Wall Street Journal 15jun04
• A Call for Action  - From The Wilderness 15jun04
• Iraqi Teen Turned In His Father, Faces Dangerous Future - Wall Street Journal 14jun04
• U.S. Trade Gap Widened in April to Record $48.3 Billion  -  NY Times 14jun04
• Trade Deficit Widened in April; Retail Sales Rose 1.2% in May - Wall Street Journal 14jun04
• Examples of "Perception Management": Instruction by Omission - Media Monitors 13jun2004
• Media: Mourning in America - Media Monitors 11jun2004
• Abu Ghraib: Use of Dogs to Scare Prisoners Was Authorized: Military Intelligence Personnel Were Involved, Handlers Say -  Washington Post 11jun2004
  • Abu Ghraib Prison Photos (Very disturbing) ) 11jun2004
• Venezuela: Signatures Sufficient for Chávez Recall Vote, Venezuelans Say  - NY Times 3jun04
• Pentagon Has Lost Track of Exported Missiles: Terrorists could use anti-aircraft Stinger missiles: GAO report - SF Chronicle 2jun04
• US Press is Losing Credibility, PEW Survey  - Editorial / People's Daily (Beijing) 2jun04
  • Commentary: A Crisis of Confidence  / from Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists: Press Going Too Easy on Bush / PEW Research Center 23may04
• The Suicide Terrorists: Cult of Murderous Self-Destruction Le Monde diplomatique (France) 1jun04
• Bush Wants $25 Billion: Congress Says Whatever  - Pepper Spray Times 1jun04
• The Corporation: Unmasking Today’s Robber Barons - Common Ground 1jun04
• The Organic Foods Movement - Led by Heinz Corporation or We the People? The Time to Choose is Now  - Paul Cienfuegos 28may04

• Boat Bombs: Homeland Security Threat Cited From Lack of U.S. Flag Shipping, Crew Presence in U.S. Ports - Maritime TV 28may2004 

• Bankrupt War on Terror is World's Most Damaging Conflict in 50 Years -  The Independent (UK) 27may04

• Abu Ghraib: Follow Torture Trail: The Things Bush Didn't Mention in his Speech -  Seattle Post-Intelligencer 26may2004

• International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS): Iraq Occupation Made World Less Safe, Pro-War Institute Says - The Independent (UK) 26may04

  • International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Publishes its 2003/4 Strategic Survey - Remarks by Dr John Chipman, Director IISS (London) 25may04 

• Nothing Specific: Ridge Acknowledges Terror Threats, but 'Nothing Specific' - NY Times 26may04

• FBI Warns of Major Summer Attack: Political conventions, Olympics tempting targets for terrorists  - SF Chronicle 26may04

• Guantanamo Prison Scrutiny Likely: Cuban facility to gain more attention in light of Iraqi abuse scandal -  The Argus 24may04

• U.S. Nearing Deal on Way to Track Foreign Visitors: `Virtual Borders' Planned: Huge Contract Would Let U.S. Track Foreign Visitors Through Databases -  NY Times 24may04

• Abu Ghraib Sadistic Abuse Approved by Rumsfeld - The Gray Zone: How a Secret Pentagon Program Came to Abu Ghraib -  The New Yorker 24may04

• The Revolving Door: When Advocates Become Regulators: President Bush has installed more than 100 top officials who were once lobbyists - Denver Post 23may04

• Abu Ghraib: Videos Amplify Picture of Violence - Washington Post 21may04

• Red Cross Reports Lost, Generals Say: 'The System Is Broken,' Army commander tells Senate Panel -  SF Chronicle 20may04

• Jobs Flying Faster From U.S.: Estimate for 2006 Raised by 40% -- to 800,000 -  SF Chronicle 18may04

• Prisons : The Dark Side of America - Editorial / NY Times 17may04

• Abu Ghraib: Chain Of Command: How the Department of Defense mishandled the disaster at Abu Ghraib - Seymour M Hersh / The New Yorker 17may04

• Rumsfeld Approved Iraq Interrogation Plan: Report  - Reuters 15may04

• Bill Nevins: Hard Lessons From Poetry Class: Speech is Free Unless it's Critical  - Daytona Beach News Journal 15may04

• Why Dick Cheney loves Wal-Mart - even if he doesn't shop there - Gadflyer 14may04

• Abu Ghraib Torture Followed CIA's Manual  - Boston Globe 14may04

• India: New Government In India Pledges To Push Growth -  Wall Street Journal 14may04

• India: Gandhi Dynasty Rises Again -  The Guardian (UK) 14may04

• India: In Huge Upset, Gandhi's Party Wins Election in India -  NY Times 13may04

• India: Boom Splits India's Middle Class - Christian Science Monitor 13may04

• Life Terms in Prison Up Sharply -  AP 12may04

• Abu Ghraib Testimony Is in Conflict: Taguba Says Collaboration Of MPs Violates the Rules; Intelligence Official Differs -  Wall Street Journal 12may04

• India Concludes Massive Vote; Hung Parliament Looks Likely - AP 11may04

• MSNBC's "Countdown" Memo to White House: Get Your Own TV Show -  Chicago Tribune 11may04

• Iraq: Red Cross Faces Pressure in Abuse Scandal -  AP 11may04

• Iraq: Sadistic, Blatant, and Wanton - Taguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse -  AP 11may04

• Thomas Barnett: At the Pentagon, Quirky PowerPoint Carries Big Punch: In a World of 'Gap' States  - Wall Street Journal 11may04

• US Failure Helps Revive the Old Pan-Islamic Project - Iraq: all together against the occupation  - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 10may04

• The "Taguba Report" On Treatment Of Abu Ghraib Prisoners In Iraq / 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 3may04

• Federal Homeless Policy Update -  Street Sheet 1may04

• George W Bush's Statement at Pentagon (With Comments) - Federal News Service 10may04

  • US Prisons in Iraq: Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War - February 2004

• Akhmad Kadyrov: Chechen President Is Killed By Explosion at Celebration -  Wall Street Journal 9may04

• Prisons: Mistreatment of Prisoners Routine in U.S. -  NY Times 8may04

• America - Unfit to "Change the World" -  The Black Commentator  6may04

• Cause: Regionals Lead Recovery of US Commercial Aviation Industry  - Jane's 6may04
  • Effect: USA Set to Implement Third and Final Pillar of Security Policy in Africa: African Coastal Security Programme (ACSP) - Sentinel Worldview / Jane’s 6may04

• CACI Still Advertising Interrogator Jobs in Iraq  - CACI's Job Database 6may04

• Austrians' Zeal for Native Son Schwarzenegger Fades to Outrage - SF Chronicle 5may04

  • Schwarzenegger Sues Over Bobblehead Doll - Letter from his Lawyer 29apr04

• Terrorist Mercenaries on U.S. Payroll in Iraq War  -  Pacific News Service 4may04

• Dick Cheney Loves Wal-Mart: Remarks by the Vice President to Employees of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center - WHITEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE 3may04

• Abu Ghraib prison: George Bush as Saddam Hussein Comparison to Former Iraqi Leader -  Washington Post 3may04

  • Abu Ghraib prison: The Dehumanizing Nature of Occupation -  Asia Times 4may04

  • Abu Ghraib prison: Abu Ghraib - from Saddam to Bush - The Bahrain Tribune 4may04

  • Abu Ghraib prison: Yemen Joins Condemning Voices - Yemen Times 3may04

  • Abu Ghraib prison: From Saddam to Bush - Bahrain Tribune 4may04

  • Abu Ghraib prison:  Different Sets of Rules - Jordan Times 3may04

• U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences -  NY Times 3may04

• Bush Says More Violence Possible in Iraq  - People's Daily (China) 2may04

• Abu Ghraib prison: Officer Suggests Iraq Jail Abuse Was Encouraged  - NY Times 2may04

• Rebuttal to G. W. Bush "Mission Accomplished" -  1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff / AP 1may04

• Torture at Abu Ghraib - The New Yorker (10may04 Issue) 30apr04

• Defense Contracts Announced Thursday - Dow Jones Newswires 29apr04

• Ret. Gen. William E. Odom Sees 'Staying the Course' In Iraq as Untenable -  Wall Street Journal 28apr04

• Diplomats Rebuke PM on Middle East  - (several articles and editorials) The Guardian (UK) 27apr04

• Ben Treuhaft Sends Pianos To Havana —This Time With Bush’s Blessing -  Berkeley Daily Planet 27apr04

• The Honesty of Science is Being Compromised at Every Turn -  New Statesman (UK) 26apr04

• Administration Says a `Zone of Autonomy' Justifies Its Secrecy on Energy Task Force -  NY Times 25apr04

• Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping - SF Chronicle 24apr04

• Guantanamo: Detainees' Rights - Editorial / Boston Globe 22apr04

• Rice and Powell: Bush Racial Window Dressing? -  The Black Commentator 22apr04

• Big Salary Increases for UC Top Brass Faculty pay is flat, tuition is rising — $350,000 for new hire of Marye-Anne-Fox -  SF Chronicle 22apr04

  • UC Turns Away 8,700 Eligible Freshmen -  The Daily Californian 21apr04

• Urban Warfare: Is Iraq a Rehearsal for US Hoods? -  San Francisco Bay View 21apr04

• Venezuela: US-Backed Colombian Invasion of Venezuela Imminent? -  VHeadline.com 20apr04

• Guantanamo Arguments Are Heard -  Wall Street Journal 20apr04

  • Guantanamo Detainees Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court - Federal News Service 20apr04

• Early U.S. Decisions on Iraq Now Haunt American Efforts: Officials Let Looters Roam, Disbanded Army, Allowed Radicals to Gain Strength, Failure to Court an Ayatollah  - Wall Street Journal 19apr04

• Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack" Book Review - NY Times 19apr04

• Thousands of Innocent People in Prison Today: Study Suspects Thousands of False Convictions -  NY Times 19apr04

  • Exonerations In The United States 1989 Through 2003 - Gross et al / University of Michigan 19apr04

• Ashcroft's "Wall":  The Truth About 'the Wall' - Jamie S Gorelick / Op-Ed/ Washington Post 18apr04

• Ramona Africa: Who Do You Call When the Police Are the Problem? - RAMONA AFRICA / Speaking at Faith United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA 17apr04

• George W. Bush News Conference with Initial Address 14apr04

• U.S. to Declare Israel Won't Have to Withdraw to 1949 Border -  Haaretz (Israel) 11apr04

• Carlyle Group Asked to Join Galp - The Portugal News 10apr04

  • Minister Pledges Further Privatisation of Energy Sector - The Portugal News 10apr04

• Iraqi Marchers Break Through US Roadblocks to Bring Aid to Fallujah - Agence France Presse 8apr04

• Fallujah: US Bombs Mosque, Kills 40 -  AP 7apr04

• Pfc. Geoffrey Morris: War claims Gurnee Marine: Father says 19-year-old was `doing what he knew was right' to help Iraqis toward freedom -  Chicago Tribune 6apr04

• Washington's Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade -  Centre for Research on Globalisation (Montreal) 5apr04

• A Critique of Administration Policy on Health Care, Education, and the Economy - Sen. Edward Kennedy at the Brookings Institution 5apr04

• Schools Send Out Distress Signals: May not be able to pay their bills -  SF Chronicle 4apr04

• US, Foreign Firms Escaped Income Tax: GAO Says - Washington Post 3apr04

• Airport Screener Sues U.S. Over Firing: Union Organizer -  SF Chronicle 3apr04

• US Visit: U.S. Will Fingerprint 13 Million More in Fall Visitors From Close Allies To Be Photographed, Too -  Washington Post 3apr04

• Sibel Edmonds: 'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack cities with aeroplanes' - The Independent (UK) 2apr04

• Ian McEwan Held by US Customs: British Author's Visa Ordeal Is One for the Books - Washington Post 2apr04

• Homelessness: Berkeley Eighth-Grader's Eye-Opening Street Seminar with the Catholic Worker -  Street Spirit 1apr04

• UK: New Happiness Index Shows British Society Peaked in 1976 -  Christian Science Monitor 31mar04

• The Right to be Poor — and to thrive -  Culture Change e-Letter  30mar04

• Outsourced UCSF Notes Highlight Privacy Risk: How one offshore worker sent tremor through medical system -  SF Chronicle 28mar04

• U.S. Army Finds Its Suicide Rate in Iraq Is Higher Than for Other G.I.'s  - NY Times 26mar04

  • Army Releases Findings of First-Ever Soldier Well-Being Study in Combat Arena -  Army News Service 26mar04

• Haiti: Through These Trees, I See Haiti’s Murderous Army Reborn - Jean Charles Moise -  San Francisco BayView 24mar04

• White House in Panic Mode -  The Salmon Valley Observer 23mar04

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Speech by Sen. Patrick Leahy at Georgetown University Law Center 23mar04

• FCC and Bush: When Rupert Murdoch Calls...Condoleezza Rice Answers -  The Nation 22mar04

• Bush rallies returned troops: Scarce Jobs, Unsafe Streets Tarnish Gains in Freedom - SF Chronicle 19mar04

• Bankruptcies Highest Where Casinos Are: Just a Coincidence? -  The Christian Science Monitor 18mar04

• Prison Officials and Monitors Are Headed for a New Battle -  NY Times 18mar04

• Rachel Corrie: Palestinian Children Fete U.S. Activist as 'Martyr' -Reuters 17mar04

• Bush Weak on Terror -  NY Times 16mar04

• Science and "Religious" Bush: Christ Has to Be at the Center  - Der Spiegel  (Germany) 15mar04

• Privacy Protecting Programs Killed: Big Brother's Big Eye's on Your Business and your Health -  AP 15mar04

• Tactical Aircraft: Changing Conditions Drive Need for New F/A-22 Business Case - GAO Report to Congressional Committees GAO-04-391 15mar04

• U.S. Unloading WMD in Iraq - Tehran Times 13mar04

• Pentagon Asks Justice to Join Halliburton Probe  - Wall Street Journal 10mar04

• USAID: Sudan: Peace Agreement Around the Corner? - Testimony before the Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa U.S. House of Rep / USAID 11mar04

• Depleted Uranium Shells Decried: Citizens find Bush guilty of Afghan war crimes -  Japan Times 14mar04

  • International Criminal Tribunal For Afghanistan at Tokyo - Final Written Opinion of Judge Niloufer Bhagwat 10mar04

• Spy Unit Skirted CIA on Iraq: Pentagon group's role in shaping White House greater than known - LA Times 10mar04

• Anti-Bush Advertising 10mar04

• U.N. Inspector Writes of Pressure From U.S. on Iraq - Washington Post 9mar04

• Criminal Screenings Cast Wide Net: Even those with non-violent records are prohibited from working at various jobs  - Philadelphia Inquirer 8mar04

• Job Growth Surprisingly Slow in February - AP 5mar04

• Haiti: National Conference of Black Lawyers Blasts Kidnapping of Aristide - The Black Commentator 4mar04

• Haiti: US Backing Overthrow of President -  MITF Report on the Americas Spring 2004 1mar04

• Haiti: The Revolution Swept Away the Past Without Providing a Model to Build a New State - Le Monde (France) 1mar04

• Military Industrial Complex: How To Profit from a Stronger America - Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week 1mar04

• Bush Proposes Huge Cuts to Public Housing -  Street Spirit (San Francisco) 1mar04

• Robert McNamara and the Logic of War -  Street Spirit v.10,n.3, (San Francisco) 1mar03

• Education: Cuts Force UC to Turn Away 3,200 Students -  The Daily Californian 1mar04

• Terror Tactics -  Le Monde diplomatique (France1mar04

• Brazil: Homicide Trends and Characteristics — Brazil, 1980–2002 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 5mar04
• Is the US safer now? Both safety upgrades and lack of vision are cited on department's anniversary. -  The Christian Science Monitor 3mar04
• FTAA: Miami Vice: Police Crush Peaceful Protest at Trade Summit - Sierra 1mar04
• Environment Looms as Major Security Threat - Reuters 29feb04
• Nearly Half of Black Men Found Jobless -  NY Times 28feb04
  • A Crisis of Black Male Employment: Unemployment and Joblessness in New York City, 2003 -  Community Service Society Annual Report 28feb04
• John Kerry Wants to be President so he can Add 40,000 US Troops to Iraq - John Kerry Presidential Campaign Website 28feb04
• Bush Ejects Two From Bioethics Council: Changes Renew Criticism That the President Puts Politics Ahead of Science -  Washington Post 28feb04
• Military Personnel: Bankruptcies Among Active Duty Service Members - GAO-04-465R 27feb04
• Baby Boomers Face Retirement Squeeze -  Christian Science Monitor 27feb04
• Bush Backs Gay Wedding Ban  - The Guardian (UK) 25feb04 
• The Sleaze Behind Our Science  - George Monbiot (UK) 24feb04
• U.S. Had Early Information on Hijacker In March 1999, Germany gave CIA first name, number of Sept. 11 plotter - Chicago Tribune 24feb04
• Marines Arrive as U.S. Offers 11th-hour Peace Deal in Haiti -  AP 24feb04

• The Intelligence Business - Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat  / Aerospace & Marine International (Mumbai, India) 22feb04

• Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us -  The Observer (UK) 22feb04
• Philip Anschutz Buys San Francisco Examiner: New Owner is Reclusive, a Conservative Christian -  SF Chronicle 20feb04
• Remaking America in WalMart's Image: Grocery Strikers Fight For ALL Of Us - The Black Commentator 19feb04
• Latino Felony Disenfranchisement: MALDEF Releases First-of-its-Kind Study on Latino 'Felony Disenfranchisement' - Press Release 18feb04
• S.F.'s Gay Marriages Trouble President: Kerry Would Ban Gay Marriages Too: 'I'm watching,' Bush says - SF Chronicle 19feb04
• Bush Administration Ignores, Distorts Research - AP, NYT, UCS 18feb04
• Dismal California Prisons Hold Juvenile Offenders -  NY Times 15feb04

• CBS Pulls Advertisement on Medicare Prepared by Administration -  NY Times 14feb04

• A Call to Action on Imprisonment and Communities of Color -  The Black Commentator 12feb04

• Bush Military Records Released; Guardsmen Speak -  AP 12feb04

• DOD Contractors Abuse the Federal Tax System with Little Consequence - GAO Report to Congressional Requesters GAO-04-95 12feb04

• Aviation Security: Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System Faces Significant Implementation Challenges - GAO Report to Congressional Requesters GAO-04-385 12feb04

• Sierra Club Being Attacked by Phony Environmentalists - LARRY FAHN, President / Sierra Club 11feb04

• White House Briefing on Bush's Military Service - NY Times 10feb04

• John Kerry Tells Antiwar Movement to Move On  - Press Action 9feb04

• Tenet Concedes Gaps in C.I.A. Data on Iraq Weapons -  NY Times 6feb04

  • 'Why Haven't We Found the Weapons?' - Transcript of George Tenet at Georgetown University 5feb04

• New York City Becomes 250th to Join Call to Keep America Safe and Free - ACLU Press Release + Text of NYC resolution 4feb04

• Kerry and Monsanto: Sleeps With Wolves -  Notmilk 2feb04

• 2005 U.S. Budget Highlights - AP 2feb04

• Bush Unveils $2.4 Trillion Fiscal 2005 Budget $521 Billion Deficit Projected -  Washington Post 2feb04

• Iraq: International Committee of the Red Cross on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War ...in Iraq During Arrest, Internment and Interrogation -  ICRC February 2004

• John Ashcroft's Patriot Games -  Vanity Fair 1feb04

• Lynn Margulis: Full Speed Ahead -  University of Chicago Magazine 1feb04

• A Mad Prison System Mistreats the Mentally Disabled - Street Spirit (San Francisco) 1feb04

• Wilson Riles Leaves Dems to Join Greens - Alameda County Green News 1feb04

• Mumia Abu-Jamal Interview by Hans Bennett / The Commemorator 1feb04

• Wolfowitz Defends War, Illicit Iraqi Arms or Not  - NY Times 1feb04

• Robert Novak Needs to Apologize to Indian Voters - Indian Country Today 30jan2004

• "Hamid Reza Zakeri": Mystery Witness to Talk of Iran in trial of Abdelghani Mzoudi - Chicago Tribune 30jan04

• The Wal-Martization of Education: An heir to the future dreams of private school empire -  The Black Commentator 29jan04

• Slave Reparations Suit Dropped: Slave Descendants Vow to Appeal -  Chicago Tribune 27jan04

• The Carlyle Group - 54 minute Real Player video [500 kbs | 100 kbs]  by Tegenlicht / VPRO Netherlands TV 25jan04

• Free Speech Movement Activist Finds Tarnish On Clark Kerr’s Legacy -  Berkeley Daily Planet 23jan04

• The Other America: Economic Boom? -  NY Times 23jan04

• Carlyle Group Setting Their Sights on Galp? - The Portugal News 24jan04

• US Monetary Imperialism and the War on Iraq -  The Black Commentator 15jan04

• Kennedy Calls War a 'Political Product' Marketed by Bush -  Washington Post 15jan04

• Hussein Was Leery of Jihadist Ties: Decree Bucks U.S. View on Foreign Links -  NY Times 14jan04

• Bush Led Meetings Like "Blind Man," Says Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill - Agence France Presse 9jan04

• Powell Admits No Hard Proof in Linking Iraq to Al Qaeda -  NY Times 9jan04

• US Companies Added Few Workers in December -  NY Times (several related articles) 9jan04

  • Employment Situation December 2003 - US Department of Labor 9jan04

• Fidel Castro 'Playing With Fire': Top U.S. Official  - AP 6jan04

• US Visit: The Fear of Fingerprints -  Pacific News Service 5jan04

  • US-VISIT Fact Sheet -  US Department of Homeland Security 5jan04

• The Truth About WMD Lies Beyond Hutton - Michael Meacher  / The Observer (UK) 4jan04

• Black Hawk Helicopters over Las Vegas, Snipers in Times Square: 2004 Begins with Massive Military Mobilization in US Cities - World Socialist Web Site 3jan04

• Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Scolds Congress on Sentencing - AP 1jan04

• Muhammad Ali: Revolt of the Black Athlete: The Hidden History of Muhammad Ali - International Socialist Review 1jan2004

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More...from past years

• Guantanamo: Mohammad Sagheer vs. Government of USA: Suit for Recovery of Damages and Compensation of US $10.4 Million - Leuren Moret 31dec03

• Wen Ho Lee: Manipulating The Media -  SF Chronicle 26dec03

• Dick Cheney's Empire Christmas Card: "If a sparrow can fall to the ground without His notice, it is likely that an empire can rise without His help?" 24dec03
• Electronic Voting Machines: Hackers Threaten to Short-Circuit E-Voting Plans -  London Times (UK) 15nov03
• Pentagon Investigates Movement of Funds: Concealed $20 Million - Washington Post 30sep03
• Study Finds Net Gain From Pollution Rules: OMB Overturns Past Findings on Benefits -  Washington Post 27sep03
• Ashcroft: A Demon for Our Times Editorial / Wall Street Journal 22sep03

• US Patriot Act: Faking out the Constitution - SF Chronicle 11sep03

• Closing V.A. Hospitals Has Congress Squirming  - NY Times 16aug03

• Troops in Iraq Face Pay Cut - SF Chronicle 14aug03

• 'Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush' Coming to Reelection Campaigns and Toy Boxes Near You -  Washington Post 12aug03

• High Court Justice Crusades for Mercy: "Sentences Too Severe, Too Long"  - SF Chronicle 10aug03

• Report: Politics and the Bush Administration - (Exec Summ) Rep. Henry A Waxman / US House of Rep. Comm. on Gov. Reform 7aug03

• Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon - Karen Kwiatkowski / Knight-Ridder / Ohio Beacon Journal 31jul03

• America is a Religion - George Monbiot / The Guardian (UK) 29jul03

• One of every 143 U.S. Residents in Prison - AP 27jul03

• Are Prisons Obsolete? - ANGELA Y. DAVIS Speaking at the First Congregational Church of Oakland 26jul03
• Analysis of an Electronic Voting System - Kohno, Stubblefield, Rubin, and Wallach 23jul03
• Patriot Act: Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure -  ABC News 1jul03
• Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) - supports individual & collective resistance to war.

• Ten Reasons Why The U.S. is an OUTLAW NATION

• Patriot Act: US Patriot Registration Website - must-see humor

• R.U.R. Rossums Universal Robots  - Karel Capek 1920

• Income Tax Law in Effect To-Day - New York Times  1nov1913

• "I don't think all this dirt will fit back into the hole.  We'd better dig another one."

• Seven Deadly Sins -  Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)

• Common Sense Chapter 1 On the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution  - Thomas Paine 1776

• Tao Te Ching -  Lao-tzu (551-479 BCE) translated by Stephen Mitchell 1988

• The Art of War  -  Sun Tzu (China abt.500 BC) 

• Kali: The Feminine Force