political nonsense

Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on Sunday night.

2003 interview on the iraq war and president bush

A new report by Amnesty International has found that Iraqi women are no better off now than under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
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In (the tapes), the future president affectionately addresses Mr. Wead as “Weadie” or “Weadnik,” asks if his children still believe in Santa Claus, and chides him for skipping a doctor’s appointment…

“It’s me versus the world,” he told Mr. Wead. “The good news is, the world is on my side. Or more than half of it.”

-President Bush 1998-2000

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NASA researchers studying the methane signature of Mars found evidence of life below the Martian surface.
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The Pentagon allocated $127 billion to build a robot army. “The lawyers tell me there are no prohibitions against robots making life-or-death decisions,” said a representative from the U.S. Joint Forces Research Center.
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The inspector general of the Labor Department has decided to investigate its agreement to give Wal-Mart Stores 15 days’ notice before investigating any stores facing complaints of child labor violations, according to department officials…

Representative George Miller of California, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce noted that Wal-Mart executives had contributed heavily to President Bush’s re-election.

In a new UN report examining Afghans’ security, welfare and ability to control their own lives, the world body ranked the country 173rd out of 178 surveyed, with only five states in sub-Saharan Africa faring worse.

The report was also critical of the U.S.-led military engagement in Afghanistan, saying it helped produce a climate of “fear, intimidation, terror and lawlessness” and neglected the longer-term threat to security posed by inequality and injustice.

Bush nominated Ambassador John Negroponte, current U.S. ambassador to Iraq, for Director of National Intelligence. Often referred to as the “terror ambassador” for his central role in coordinating US covert aid to the Contras who targeted civilians in Nicaragua and shoring up a CIA-backed death squad in Honduras; Negroponte also has minimal experience in the intelligence field.
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They’ve decided to give US soldiers ecstasy.

As the guards released the shackles and lowered al-Jamadi, blood gushed from his mouth “as if a faucet had been turned on,” according to the interview summary.

Bush will be offering Europe an olive branch this week, plus a whirlwind charm offensive by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice said the United States “stands ready to work with Europe on our common agenda, and Europe must stand ready to work with America.” On the first overseas trip of his second term, the president also hopes to increase pressure on Iran and Syria.

A New York City man died of a new drug-resistant and extremely virulent strain of HIV that causes AIDS in only twenty months

zoloft makes you kill people
it also makes you happy

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned on Wednesday that terrorists are regrouping for another strike. “It may be only a matter of time before al-Qaida or other groups attempt to use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons.” Goss said. Earlier this week, President Bush asked Congress for $82 billion in emergency money to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The top two winning parties — which together won more than 70 percent of the vote and are expected to name Iraq’s new prime minister and president — are Iran’s closest allies in Iraq. Middle East analyst Juan Cole told the Washington Post ” In terms of regional geopolitics, this is not the outcome that the United States was hoping for.” Especially considering recent evidence that the US may be planning an attack on Iran

today is valentines day
people everywhere are giving each other candy hearts that say “you’re mine”

In a recent settlement with Wal-mart regarding child labor violations, such as giving kids chainsaws, the justice department agreed to give Wal-mart 15 days notice prior to any future investigation in exchange for $135,000.
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The Bush administration admitted paying handsome sums to three conservative commentators to promote its social programs in print, radio and TV.
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In a memo made public yesterday, dated January 25, 2001, allegations made by Richard Clarke against Condeleeza Rice, which she denied before the 9/11 panel, were verified. read the memo

Scientists figured out that crows and parrots, among other birds, have shown what appears to be behavior as intelligent as that of chimpanzees. Now they are going to experiment on them like rats.