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Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.::::::::
DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org FOCUS | Revealed: Israel Plans Nuclear Strike on Iran http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707Y.shtml Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear "bunker-busters," according to several Israeli military sources. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Israeli weapons would each have a force equivalent to one-fifteenth of the Hiroshima bomb. --- Start Preparing Now for the Coming "Cataclysmic Fight to the http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707C.shtml While the November elections provided the Democratic Party a public mandate to end the war in Iraq, President Bush has signaled his intent to use his institutional powers as Commander in Chief to maintain and even escalate the US commitment, public or Congressional opinion notwithstanding. The Democratic leadership has removed two obvious ways to stop him - impeachment and a cutoff of war funds - from the table. --- FOCUS | Bush Plan for Iraq Requests More Troops and More Jobs http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707Y.shtml President Bush's new Iraq strategy calls for a rapid influx of forces that could add as many as 20,000 American combat troops to Baghdad, supplemented with a jobs program costing as much as $1 billion intended to employ Iraqis in projects including painting schools and cleaning streets, according to American officials who are piecing together the last parts of the initiative. --- Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707B.shtml Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days. --- Dems to Hold 11 Separate Hearings on Iraq War http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707D.shtml In this new era of divided government, the congressional hearing room is where the executive and legislative branches will clash. Over the next few weeks, Senate Democrats plan to hold at least 11 hearings just on Iraq. In the House, one of the Democrats' most dogged investigators is waiting to spring his committee on a different mission - suspected government fraud. --- Skeptical Officials Say "Surge" Is More of Same http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707F.shtml President Bush is putting the final touches on his new Iraq policy amid growing skepticism inside and outside the administration that the emerging package of extra troops, economic assistance and political benchmarks for the Baghdad government will make any more than a marginal difference in stabilizing the country. --- Bush Moves to Completely Revamp US Nuclear Arsenal http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010707G.shtml The Bush administration is expected to announce next week a major step forward in the building of the country's first new nuclear warhead in nearly two decades. [snip] --- Pelosi Hints at Denying Bush Iraq Funds http://snipurl.com/16u3y _________________________________ http://www.americanpolitics.com _________________________________ BRITONS TO BE SCANNED FOR FBI DATABASE * Anger over airport fingerprint plan | * Terror tests to start this summer Paul Harris in New York, Jamie Doward and Paul Gallagher Sunday January 7, 2007 | The Observer | http://observer.guardian.co.uk/ Millions of Britons who visit the United States are to have their fingerprints stored on the FBI database alongside those of criminals, in a move that has outraged civil rights groups. The Observer has established that under new plans to combat terrorism, the US government will demand that visitors have all 10 fingers scanned when they enter the country. The information will be shared with intelligence agencies, including the FBI, with no restrictions on their international use. Article continues >> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1984496,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://interventionmag.com Reasonable Doubt By William Marvel Aren't all American citizens subject to the scrupulous attention to due process that let Karl Rove off the hook? http://snipurl.com/16udb --- Junkland By William Marvel > http://snipurl.com/16udf The aim of corporate craftsmanship is to assure that nothing works well for very long. --- Commentary: Making the World Safe for Anti-Semitism By Russ Wellen Even though neo-Nazis and fanatical Muslims don't need any help stoking the fires of their hatred, Israel's top American lobby AIPAC seems to have no qualms about fanning the flames. http://snipurl.com/16udo --- Where Did The Dough Go? Billions have been donated for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, so where did the money go? http://snipurl.com/16udv --- Articles & Essays: A Flak Attack On The New Jersey Turnpike By Stewart Nusbaumer Heading south on a congested New Jersey Turnpike, somewhere outside of New Brunswick, I was mugged by the car radio. For three hours I was engulfed in the dark, ugly world of talk radio. For three hours I was both fixated on and repulsed by hateful words fired from a studio in the City of Brotherly Love, in Philly. I was a deer in the headlights of the obscene, a prisoner to a blind mad Force that believes in only black/white, love or hate, us against them. ...................snip................... Not only in Philly and not only on talk radio but throughout America uncertainty and openness are quickly disappearing. The door is slamming shut. The undecided are vanishing. Authentic dialogue is impossible, and when dialogue is impossible, reasoning dies, and hate fills the vacuum. And hating is the king prerequisite for all wars. That is what we have now in America: war, war in Iraq and war at home in America. And hate on the radio. Article continued > http://snipurl.com/16uek _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com January 7, 2007 | Op-Ed Columnist The Timely Death of Gerald Ford | By FRANK RICH | http://snipurl.com/juix The very strange and very long Gerald Ford > http://snipurl.com/16tpt funeral marathon was about many things, but Gerald Ford wasn't always paramount among them. Forty percent of today's American population was not alive during the Ford presidency. The remaining 60 percent probably spent less time recollecting his unelected 29-month term than they did James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." Continued: http://snipurl.com/16tpz _________________________________ Loyal To Big Oil Campaign Kicks Off Billionaires Launch Slick Counter-Offensive to Keep Congress Well-Greased For a mere 100 million in campaign contributions over the last six years, Big Oil has received 30 billion dollars in government subsidies. To us, the Legislature is like real estate: why rent when you can own? Surprisingly, not everyone agrees. In recent months, [snip] Continued: http://billionairesforbush.com/index.php _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com : Why American foreign policy isn't: The problem with getting screwed by AIPAC is they don't even blow in your ear! "I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy [in the Middle East] not approved by the Jews.... I am very much concerned over the fact that the Jewish influence here is completely dominating the scene and making it almost impossible to get Congress to do anything they don't approve of. The Israeli embassy is practically dictating to the Congress through influential Jewish people in the country." Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, February 1957 --- "I cannot imagine a Presidential candidate saying, 'I'm going to take a balanced position toward the Israelis and the Palestinians', and getting reelected....It's inconceivable. -AIPAC is smart enough to penetrate any sort of circumlocutions." Former President Jimmy Carter Since it is obvious that the two conflicting parties harbor too much rancor and hostility towards each other to reach a compromise on their own, a realistic solution has to be the result of some outside arbitration. But the only credible conflict resolution mechanism that the world has at present is the United Nations. And that is where domestic American politics weighs in. The country that has the most influence within the 15-member U.N. Security Council is the United States. Over the years, however, the American government has used its veto > http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/UN/usvetoes.html power dozens of times to prevent the U.N. from imposing sanctions on the belligerents, thus de facto paralyzing the United Nations. Rodrigue Tremblay > http://snipurl.com/16tor > http://www.thenewamericanempire.com/blog Why is this so? It is essentially because very rich Zionist political contributors > http://snipurl.com/16tou have an undue influence on both major American political parties, the Republican Party > http://snipurl.com/16tox and the Democratic Party , > http://snipurl.com/16toy when it comes to American foreign policy in the Middle East. Therefore, no matter who occupies the White House, this powerful Lobby > http://snipurl.com/16tp1 is always in a position to call the shots at the U.N., because the American government of the day follows its general orientation in its approaches to the Middle East. The Bush-Cheney administration > http://snipurl.com/16tp4 has pushed this servility to a higher level than any other previous administration. It has thus contributed more than any other to discrediting the United Nations and prolonging the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In fact, under Bush II, American foreign policy in the Middle East has been close to being Israel's foreign policy. It is a dual foreign policy, which is designed by the same neocon advisors. > http://snipurl.com/16tp6 In gratitude, a group in Israel is building a center > http://snipurl.com/16tp8 named after George W. Bush. -And, the same political forces are presently pushing for a U.S.-led war against Iran. > http://snipurl.com/16d0q Nobody should bet against them succeeding. In conclusion, even though some may quarrel with details, the two main factors preventing a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are political-religious extremism in Israel and in Palestine, and the bias in American politics in favor of one side in the conflict. As long as politico-religious fanatics on both sides, within Israel and within Palestine, are in control, and as long as the formal and informal pro-Israel Lobby in the United States is behind American foreign policy in the Middle East, there will not be a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the world will pay a price for it. END Rodrigue Tremblay > http://www.thenewamericanempire.com/author.html http://www.thenewamericanempire.com/blog _________________________________ BUSH BUMPER STICKER: Of Course It Hurts: You're Getting Screwed by an Elephant _________________________________ Missed? Dept By Francis Boyle | "Surge" Without Congressional Approval Is Impeachable Offense http://snipurl.com/16tcv --- By Anthony Wade | The Utter Stupidity Of Direct TV Direct TV is representative of corporate America today. Mega-monopolies who care more about policies than people. Mine is just one story of thousands i am sure. http://snipurl.com/16tcq --- Bush Angers Russia, Imposing Sanctions On Key Titanium Supplier To Boeing And Other Top US Arms Producers how far can the Bush stupidity go. Now, playing the cat and mouse game with Iran, under the pretext of imposing sanctions on arms suppliers to Iran and Syria he has stepped on a scorpion that can and very well may bite back. Condi Rice must bear at least partial responsibility for another ham-handed diplomatic gaffe. http://snipurl.com/16ub8 --- By John Carey | And Then The Psychology Student Asked Me: "What Is Your Life Construct?" A story about how differnt people view life differently.... http://snipurl.com/16tcu _________________________________ Consumers should fight cloned food, says group NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France While the food industry is interested in the potential benefits cloning may deliver, they remain skeptical as to the wider implications of embracing the ... http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=73120-fda-cfs-cloning _________________________________ BRIGHT COMET Space Weather News http://spaceweather.com BRIGHTENING COMET: Comet McNaught is plunging toward the sun and brightening dramatically. It is now visible to the unaided eye both at sunset and at dawn. Amateur photographers have found that they can take pictures of the comet using off-the-shelf digital cameras with exposure times less than a second. Estimated visual magnitude: between 0 and -1. To see Comet McNaught, a clear view of the horizon is essential. In the morning, go outside and face east. The comet emerges just ahead of the rising sun. In the evening, face the other way--west. The comet pops out of the western twilight as soon as the sun sets. Binoculars reveal a pretty, gaseous tail. Northern observers are favored. The long, dark mornings and evenings of Canada, Scandinavia and Alaska are ideal for viewing this comet so close to the Sun. But the comet has been sighted in other places, too, as far south as Kansas in the United States and Italy in Europe. Please visit http://Spaceweather.com for photos, finder charts, and more information. _________________________________ http://www.bushwatch.com | http://www.buzzflash.com | http://www.boston.com _________________________________ .......................Free software to go I frequently mention free software for your computer. In fact, I recommend at least one free program on my weekend show. But more and more, we're using phones and handhelds to do things like surf the Net and check e-mail. So I thought I'd tell you where you can go to find free software for your handheld and phone. GetJar has tons of free programs you can download and use. There are browsers, e-mail programs and more. You can search by phone/handheld model or operating system. I searched using my phone model and found cool programs I downloaded directly via the phone's browser. TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.getjar.com Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use my map to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS Helping Children Overcome Fear, Anxiety and Anger - This versatile technique helps kids of all ages. http://snipurl.com/16tqv ----- How to Virtually Eliminate Your Risk of Lymphoma - New research from Mayo Clinic shows that combining two simple lifestyle strategies can dramatically reduce your risk of this cancer. http://snipurl.com/16tqy ----- More Conventional Medical Delusional Nonsense About Diabetes - A 'polypill' and other drugs are the newest recommendations to treat type 2 diabetes -- but at what expense? http://snipurl.com/16tqz _________________________________ VIDEO: Angry Kid Special pt. 1 | United Kingdom | 3:23 | Darren Walsh Angry Kid goes on an all-new episodic adventure. It all kicks off when Angry Kid's given an assignment: Write an essay entitled "Who do I think I am." Other than a bas***d, we're not sure what he'll come up with. http://www.atomfilms.com/films/angry_kid_special.jsp Watch all seven episodes of The Angry Kid Special > http://snipurl.com/16tr7 to find out! _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ Submitted by: http://eddiestinson@gmail.com The Office Party Harold woke up after the annual office Christmas party with a pounding headache and cotton mouth, and was utterly unable to recall the events of the preceding evening. After a trip to the bathroom, he made his way downstairs, where his wife put some coffee in frontof him. "Louise," he moaned, "tell me what happened last night. Was it as bad as I think?" "Even worse," she said, her voice oozing scorn. "You made a complete ass of yourself. You succeeded in antagonizing the entire board of directors, and you insulted the president of the company, right to his face." "He's an a**hole," John said. "P*ss on him." "You did," came the reply. "And he fired you." "Well, screw him!" said John. "I did. You're back at work on Monday. : o
