Friday, May 16:

steve young: If Not Impeachment, At Least Boycott His Records No doubt, Senator Lieberman will find the President using the Israeli Knesset as a platform for American politics and Nazi comparisons to be, at the least, in bad taste.

Stephen Lendman: Grow Them Young, Pay Them Well - Anti-Chavistas, That Is Who said crime doesn't pay? Read on about the outrageous event last night at New York's Waldorf Astoria. It elevated brazenness to a new level. Only in America.

Randy LoBasso: Appeasing The Idiocracy The right has become a caricature of itself and Thursday's Hardball debate between Chris Matthews and Kevin James -- and the right's defending of James's' performance -- was a shining example of how low they've sunk.

Thursday, May 15:

Muhammad Khurshid: US Drones Carry Out Yet Another Attack In Pakistan Tribal Area Terror and fear are reigning supreme in Bajaur Agency, tribal areas situated on Pak-Afghan border as the US drones have carried out yet another attack on the hideout of alleged terrorists. Still there is confusion that who was present during the attack. Officially the US has not so far claimed the responsibility, but most of the people consider that this attack has been carried out by US drones.

JC Garrett: Of Kings and Arrogance (1 comments)

Top Ten Reasons Karl Rove Won't Testify Monday was the deadline for former Bush advisor Karl Rove to agree to voluntarily testify under oath about his involvement in sending former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman to prison. The House Judiciary Committee wants to know whether Karl Rove ordered Siegelman targeted for prosecution

Top Ten Reasons Karl Rove Won't Testify Monday was the deadline for former Bush advisor Karl Rove to agree to voluntarily testify under oath about his involvement in sending former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman to prison. The House Judiciary Committee wants to know whether Karl Rove ordered Siegelman targeted for prosecution

Kenneth Theisen: Obama's Role Models: Bush I, Reagan & Kennedy - This is Change? Obama is playing the role of pied piper leading the masses to believe that he stands for change. But will he bring us more of the same that we have seen during the years of the Bush regime?

David Michael Green: Hillary Clinton Is The Madonna of American Politics (1 comments) What Madonna did to rock-and-roll, Hillary is doing to the Democratic Party.

Mike Malloy: Democrats = Nazi Appeasers (2 comments) George W. Bush, speaking to an assembly of those who understand exactly what and who he is-and how to manipulate him again and again-and an assembly to which an allusion to Nazis brings a justifiable gut-level response of rage, compares the presumed Democratic nominee for President of the United States to a Nazi sympathizer.

Stephen Soldz: Involuntary Drugging of Deportees: Part of a Pattern of Misuse of Health Professions Recent reports that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has been systematically administering psychotropic drugs to immigrants in the process of being deported are part of a larger pattern of misuse of the health professions by the Bush administration.

Sheila Samples: EVERYBODY KNOWS... (2 comments) We are under the control of the criminally insane. Cheney has turned the greatest democratic republic ever conceived into a world corporation and anointed himself its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has supplanted two centuries of protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights with executive orders and secret laws.

Constance Lavender: Bush Embarrasses USA before Israeli Knesset If Bush cared at all about peace, he would have used the platform of a U.S. Presidential Address before the Israeli Knesset as an opportunity to make peace, to call for healing in an embittered land, to foster goodwill among nations deeply divided.

Project Vote: Block The Vote! Proof of Citizenship On The Rise, Flashpoint Missouri Requiring proof-of-citizenship in order to register to vote is the latest addition to voter suppression arsenal. Spurred by Arizona's 2004 implementation of proof of citizenship requirements and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold Indiana's strict voter ID law, proof of citizenship bills - often coupled with voter ID - are gaining traction across the country.

Justin Soutar: An Average Joe for President To say that "Average Joe" Schriner is a remarkable presidential candidate is a bit of an understatement. While he may match the average American on issues, his campaign is anything but average in the midst of multi-million-dollar, slick-talking, show-biz, twenty-first century American politics!

West Wing: The Media's Mini-Truths - International Refreshing analysis of role of media in public discourse. And this reporter for Der Spiegel has a lot to say about how US reports are viewed by the profession abroad and occasionally in the US.

Nezua: Obama in Eugene Pt. 3 [MTV vlog 5-14-08]

xofferson: Ironing boards for peace San Francisco antiwar activists are using ironing boards as their newest tactic to end the war in Iraq. A preview of other actions planned on Friday, May 16, Iraq Moratorium #9.

Stephen Lendman: Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" Piven's book is marvelous with a timely message. Highly recommended reading.

Jane Stillwater: Irony: I'm over here safe in Iraq and my neighbor just got shot to death in Berkeley Apparently there really is a lot of rebuilding going on here in Anbar province. Here's a report on a lot of it. But am I drinking the Kool-Aid? Who knows. But I'm definitely brushing my teeth in it. And, sadly, I find things are safer here than in Berkeley where my neighbor just got shot to death up near Telegraph Avenue -- in broad daylight.

Stuart Nachbar: Caleb's Choice West Point's Caleb Campbell deserves a chance to make it in pro football--with some conditions.

Christopher Wright: Follow the Money - going, going, gone? Gold is acting humdrum and the Dow is climbing slowly/erratically despite untold bad financial news. Does this chart tell you something?

Charlie Delgado: *An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans (1 comments) An open letter to my fellow Americans to support a subpoena and an independent congressional grand jury to try George W. Bush and his administration for War crimes committed against the people of Iraq since the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003.

Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Zardari's spin on judiciary issue After weeks of spin by Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) , on the issue of restoration of the sacked judges, former prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League has quit the coalition government. The outcome of the long and protracted talks between the two leaders in Islamabad, Dubai and London were not unexpected.

Steven Leser: McCain Campaign Rips off My Idea on President's Questions When people seem to come up with the same idea and then phrase their justification of the idea almost exactly the same way and then do not give any sort of nod as to where they got the idea, that is irksome.

William Blum: Bombs Away A list of every country bombed by the U.S. since WWII.

Susan Allen: *Alert Congress H.R. 4279: Intellectual Property Act of 2008 is illegal! Alert Congress H.R. 4279: Intellectual Property Act of 2008 is illegal!

Ed Martin: A call for reform where prosecution, not reform, is needed A group of candidates for office have proposed A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq. The plan proposes, unnecessarily, Restoring our Constitution instead of prosecuting the criminals who have violated it.

Elaine Brower (with Malcolm Shore): The Sean Bell Murder and the Re-Klanification of America Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Posible, What It's All About. "It is doubtful that any Black male growing up in the rural South, in the period from 1900-1940, was not traumatized by a fear of being lynched." And so goes the same today in our Cities where young blacks and Latinos are stripped of their civil liberties and rights by the growing police state.

M. Davis: Signed, sealed and delivered: the enemy within is alive and well (1 comments) In a time, which may well be one of the pivotal epochs in human history, we are sitting on our collective behinds, applauding Nero as he fiddles the nation into destruction.

Kathryn Smith: *An Open Letter to Bank of America If someone was standing behind you at the ATM machine, and saw a large check being deposited, they could....copy the name of the maker of the check, write down their address and phone number, and show up at their door. They could stalk me or you just for depositing it. These new machines, by blowing up the image of the deposited checks so enormously large, are an invitation to identity theft and stalking. Class action suits?

Jim Stinson: The Race Card and the Truth (3 comments) Race is a non-issue that will not go away. To counter it,progressives must go on the offensive.

Donald MacKay: Cal Supreme Court - More Harm than Good on issue of Gay Marriage? Bad reasoning leads to a good result on the issue of gay marriage. But will it lead to a backlash against GLBT rights?

Wednesday, May 14:

Dave Lindorff: The New Media (and Clinton) Story Line: Democrats Need to Worry about Obama (5 comments) West Virginia's primary is not indicative of the views of most of the nation's voters. Saying it is both insults most American workers and reflects on the self-interest of both Clinton and the media in pretending there is still a contest for the Democratic nomination.

Jayne Lyn Stahl: The Right Thing (7 comments) Standing on principle isn't the same as taking a principled stand.

Bernard Weiner: "Shock Doctrine" Spin in U.S., Burma and Beyond (3 comments) How the Bush Administration deceived us into invading Iraq, how the Burmese junta is delaying the delivery of aid to its devastated citizens, how resource-shortages abroad are being exploited by multinational corporations -- all these resonate with Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" and "disaster capitalism" theses.

David Glenn Cox: Wandering in the Woods (4 comments) Originally I had intended to write about the rising cost of oil, but I was waylaid and shanghied from my destination. The path that I was wandering was heavily wooded with charts and graphs, each with footnotes and explanations as to what each spike or dip meant, that they blocked my path. It soon became clear to me exactly what the footnotes and explanations meant; they meant that I wasn't going to get any useful information

Stephen Dinan: The Answer: Wisdom in Washington (4 comments) Democrats have drawn battle lines between two camps, which come down to two answers to the question, "What do we need most in Washington: change or experience?" The answer, which Democratic voters are speaking loud and clear, is that we need both. A spirit of change PLUS deep experience equals something more than either alone. Change + Experience = Wisdom.

Rob Kall: Rumsfeld's Mind: If 9/11 Worked, Why Not Try it Again (39 comments) Call me a conspiracy theorist. But when Donald Rumsfeld spoke, in late 2006, to the pentagon propagandists the NY Times recently exposed, he, in opining the loss of both houses of congress to the Democrats, suggested that "the US could benefit from another terrorist attack,"- Jason Linkin reports.

PrMaine: The Strongest Democratic Candidate (2 comments) The MSM has often focused on the fraction of Clinton voters who might fail to vote for Obama when he becomes the Democratic candidate. Here we focus on whether Clinton voters might vote Republican even if Clinton became the candidate.

Ernest Partridge: Some Unsolicited Advice for Barack Obama (6 comments)

Rob Kall: Explaining the Relationship Between Grateful Jews and Christian Zionists With a Twilight Zone Story (4 comments)

The Profitable Dismantling of Civil Society (3 comments) National politicians don't usually find infrastructure sexy. Wall Street does. Tens of billions of dollars are coming out of the firms that brought us the real estate and mortgage collapse and going into buying up infrastructure. Alarm bells went off when I heard the sleazy GOP vulture capital firm Carlisle Group-whose real estate arm went belly up recently-is buying up sewer systems and roadways.

Red-Faced GOP Turns Blue Over Mississippi Loss The Democrats have now won three congressional special elections in stronghold Republican districts which doesn’t bode well for the GOP in November. The GOP faces a campaign cash disadvantage that leaves them in a position they haven’t experienced in modern times. This, coupled with a disenchanted electorate, provides the Democrats with an arsenal of weapons that that is both formidable and foreboding.

Get Ready to Spend $6,000 a Year on Gas (1 comments) Unlike the 1970s, when an oil embargo left Americans in long lines at gasoline stations and paying higher prices, today's oil crisis has been stealthy. Its economic impact has been masked by consumers tapping credit cards and home equity to cover the rising cost of energy and some consumer goods. Even with US airlines cutting flights and SUV sales tanking, the effects of expensive oil on the American family could be stark.

Morford: How to stay very, very dumb (5 comments) I've trained myself to instantly mute all TV commercials when they appear and turn my gaze from their grisly carnage lest their death lasers of hyperbranded idiocy penetrate my flesh and make me impotent and encephalitic and Republican.

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Friday, May 16:

Andrew Kishner: Going subcritical: a nuclear test is a nuclear test is a nuclear test Since 1997, the DOE has aimed a subcritical testing 'gun' at the entire world that has fired blanks over and over again and the impact is no different than when a madman runs around aiming a gun at other people and firing blanks. The effect is de-stabilizing.

Thursday, May 15:

EMAIL: VA staff to "refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out"� | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in On March 20, 2008 a VA hospital's PTSD program coordinator sent the e-mail below to a number of VA employees, including psychologists, social workers, and a psychiatrist stating that due to an increased number of "compensation seeking veterans," the staff should "refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out" and they should "R/O [rule out] PTSD" and consider a diagnosis of "Adjustment Disorder" instead...

World's Wildlife and Environment Already Hit by Climate Change, Major Study Shows Global warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent, according to an unprecedented study that reveals the extent to which climate change is already affecting the world's ecosystems. Scientists examined published reports dating back to 1970 and found that at least 90% of environmental damage and disruption around the world could be explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity.

Exclusive Video: McCain Was For Talking To Hamas Before He Was Against It... THE GREAT APPEASER?? Two years ago, in an interview with James Rubin for Sky News, Sen. John McCain expressed a willingness to negotiate with the terrorist group Hamas -- the very group that McCain has been relentlessly using to smear Sen. Barack Obama over the last several weeks. Rubin has written an op-ed in Friday's Washington Post about his exchange with McCain...

US House Passes Iraq Pullout Plan - But Not So Fast To Celebrate Republicans withheld support for the bill in protest against extra measures added on by the Democrats, including a "millionaire tax" on wealthy Americans to pay education fees for US veterans of the Iraq and Afghan conflicts.

MILITARY: Yet More Spin Uncovered UPDATE ON PENTAGON PROPAGANDA PROGRAM - Earlier this month, the Pentagon released a major document collection in response to the Times's article, shining even more light on the magnitude of the operation.

Fed should deflate some bubbles Monetary policy ineffective, but supervision can break harmful feedback loops

Iranian embassy employees shot in Baghdad Some reports say the shootings involved Iraqi troops Iraqi Interior Ministry official says five employees and a driver were shot Iran's state-run news agency blames the United States for the attack

McCain Blasts Obama As Unfit To Defend America On a conference call with conservative bloggers this afternoon, John McCain launched what may be his most direct attack yet on Barack Obama's national security credentials, saying flat out that Obama is incapable of protecting America and lacks the necessary traits to keep it secure from foreign threats.

Davis Warns Fellow Republicans: "...if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf" (2 comments) Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) sent a memo to the Republican House leadership explaining his party's prospects in November noting "the political atmosphere facing House Republicans this November is the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006 when we lost thirty seats." Link to full memo.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For May 15, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

McCain: Bush ‘Exactly Right’ On ‘Appeasement’ Remark, Praises Reagan’s Handling Of Iran Hostage Crisis McCain’s praise of Ronald Reagan is wholly misplaced. To recap, during the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, hostages were not released because of Iran’s fear of Reagan, as McCain suggested. In reality, Iran released them after Reagan administration officials infamously sold arms to the country, which were transfered to Ayatollah Khomeini. As a result, 11 Reagan officials were convicted of crimes.

Bush gets emotional during tribute to himself. Could it be that despite the outward signs of confidence, all the criticism being heaped upon President Bush is getting to him? It's sheer speculation, of course, but how do you explain why the president, welcomed to Israel with adulation, started to cry while being praised by a fellow world leader who expressed seemingly sincere admiration.

Chris Matthews Stumps Right-Wing Radio Host: ‘Tell Me What Chamberlain Did?’ ‘I Don’t Know’ (1 comments) right-wing radio host Kevin James attempted to defend President Bush’s comments comparing Sen. Barack Obama to Nazi appeasers because he favors talking with our enemies. Matthews pressed James at least 19 times over five minutes to simply explain what Chamberlain had done in 1938 and 1939 to make him an “appeaser.” James could only shout his talking point over and over, prompting Matthews to threaten to end the interview.

Linked on Raw Story: Medved Uses Pseudo-Science to Justify Stereotypes (2 comments) Shocking beyond words: Michael Medved gives in to the misuse of "science" in the service of old-fashioned stereotypes.

U.S. military cuts ties with Chalabi Once a neocon favorite, he had 'unauthorized' contacts with Iran

Obama Snags Endorsements of former SEC Chairmen Political Wire references WSJournal. I leave it here for those who have a subscription to WSJ. Gist: Former SEC chairmen are lining up for Obama.

360 post-9/11 workers have died, including 80 of cancer More than 360 workers who dealt with the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster have died, state health officials said Wednesday. Officials have determined the cause of death of 154 of the responders and volunteers who toiled at Ground Zero, the blocks nearby and at the Fresh Kills landfill, where debris from the site was taken. Of those, 80 died of cancer, which is an undercount per those who track this.

The Amazing Money Machine Mark Gorenberg engaged in fund raising for John Kerry, and with the precision of an engineer, set out to free the new candidate from money grubbing. It's a cyber success story which, methinks, might carry over in other ways if Obama is elected. We're wired, folks!

Survey of voters, candidates & who "would never vote for" Looking at the statistics from whatever angle, there is a dissatisfaction quotient which will give us all pause. Hint: Republicans rank highest in general dissatisfaction. Clinton & Obama have their own numbers to ponder. Well explained Zogby poll.

ALONE: Uranium and Lead Kuwaiti's Sand Heads for Idaho Over the past two weeks, for the first time, news was shared in Kuwait that sand that has been contaminated since the 1991 U.S. Coalition War in Kuwait has now been shipped to U.S. soil and is currently heading to Idaho. The sand's contamination resulted from U.S. military vehicles and munitions combining in a combustive accident at the end of that war. The shipment was undertaken somewhat in stealth

Juan Crow: The Deep South's New Second-Class Citizens Alternet article reflects the growing harassment of Latinos, whether legal or not, by groups in the South. The Georgia incident brings out reactions from those who try to bring justice. In this case, Southern Poverty Law Center is involved. Informative article bringing MLK's hometown into focus for yet another struggle.

Evelyn Pringle: Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part III (9 comments) Three days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aiham Alsammarae, the former electricity minister convicted of corruption in Iraq, put up $2.7 million in property to help raise $8.5 million to free Tony Rezko from jail in Chicago, the Times reported that Alsammarae had contributed six times to Obama's presidential campaign.

David Earnhardt: Mayday Mayday! Will your vote count in November? As we finish up this tumultuous primary season and head into the general election, "Mayday" is the emergency code word and international signal for distress that should be on everyone's lips. For as much progress as we've made on the issue of election integrity, come November we are still only a Supreme Court decision or state law away from your precious vote being denied, lost, or altered.

VIDEO: Matt Gonzalez Campaigns From the Heart of San Francisco (4 comments) Matt Gonzalez addresses an enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd at the historic Roxie Theater in the heart of San Francisco, the Mission District. Gonzalez opposes the system as he describes opponent Senator Obama's voting record as evidence that all the major candidates are very susceptible to corporate influence and that voting for Obama, despite his popularity, will not bring about change.

Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is.

Wednesday, May 14:

Sherwood Ross: U.S. Holding 51,000 Iraqis In Prison, Most Illegally In addition to keeping 2.3-million of its own citizens in jail, the U.S. is branching out globally to establish its claim to the dubious title, "The World's Jailer". The Bush regime and its Iraqi partner government now have 51,000 Iraqis behind bars, most of them there illegally, and under horrific conditions.

TAKE ACTION: Thor Hearne and MO GOP Attempt to Rewrite Constitution to Allow Voter Disenfranchisement (1 comments) For the record,MO already has a Voter ID requirement,so this new restriction is meant to do nothing more than keep Democratic-leaning voters from being able to vote.Period.An urgent call has been put out for MO residents to call their Senators immediately to vote against HJR 48,Thor's latest move,the Constitutional amendment to require incredibly draconian proof of citizenship and state residency with Photo ID before voting

Rove refuses call to testify under oath In his latest offer to settle the matter, Rove sent the panel a letter offering to respond to questions in writing, according to his attorney. But he reiterated that he would not testify publicly and under oath.The White House has balked at requests for staff testimony, arguing that the administration has no obligation to respond to congressional demands for the details of internal deliberations.

Jason Leopold: Torture Policies Undermine 9/11 Case The Pentagon's decision to drop war-crimes charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 attacks, again underscores the consequences of the Bush administration's descent into torture and other abusive treatment of "war on terror" detainees.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For May 14, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

Harriett Miers Says Her Clash With Congress Will Outlast Bush (2 comments) Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers predicted that her constitutional clash with Congress over executive privilege and the separation of powers doctrine may not be settled until after President Bush leaves office next year. She would not comment on the merits of the litigation, which is being handled by the U.S. Justice Department.

US foreclosure filings surge 65 percent in April More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said Tuesday. One in every 519 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing in April. Foreclosure filings increased from a year earlier in all but eight states.

Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around ships and docks. What the student, Wilken-Jon von Appen, received in return was a letter that not only turned him down but added an ominous warning from John M. Busch, a security administration official: “I have determined that you pose a security threat.”

Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama Short AP notice that John Edwards will meet, and endorse, Obama in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Blue Dogs Fight Tuition Perks for Vets On the GI Bill, Democratic leaders face tough opposition from both sides of the aisle. Conservative Republicans oppose the policy, arguing that the benefits are too generous; while conservative-leaning House Democrats - the Blue Dogs - oppose the process, maintaining that the 10-year, $52-billion cost should be offset rather than borrowed, as party leaders have proposed.

Bush hails Israel on 60th anniversary visit Bush, who has voiced hope a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians will be achieved by the time he leaves office in January, also expressed strong backing for Israel. He told President Shimon Peres the United States must support its "strongest ally and friend in the Middle East, the only true democracy, against the forces of terror."

There's no sugar coating this one - the Republican Party got beat It was the third leg of this spring's Democratic special election trifecta, and it leaves the GOP looking lame ahead of the fall campaign. In March, Republicans lost the once-safe Illinois seat held by former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert, followed by a Louisiana loss in another long-held seat this month. On Capitol Hill, Democrats did not even try to contain their glee.

Reading the Health Care Tea Leaves for 2009 Top analysts, pollsters and writers met met May 13 to discuss what might change following this fall's election. McCain, although concentrates mostly on bringing down costs recognizes it's a big issue. Celinda Lake, Democratic pollster, says voters are looking for best prices. David Blumenthal with the Obama campaign discussed their proposal to alleviate premium costs. Opponents believe they have underestimated tax cost.

John Edwards to endorse Obama in White House race Former Democratic US presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama's White House bid soon...Edwards and Obama broadcast minutes away.

Conyers to Rove: NO (5 comments) If Rove is willing to create a record with a letter, he argues, then...why he shouldn't be willing to sit down with staff for an on-the-record interview. Conyers says the committee is prepared to offer "other possible accommodations, such as providing a list of initial questions that may be asked," but there must be a live interview and a transcript. Conyers again mentions the possibility of a subpoena.

Peak Oil Resolution Passed in Minnesota House The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a Peak Oil Resolution memorializing the Governor to take action to prepare a plan of response and preparation to meet the challenges of peak oil.

Judge: Dems Must Wait until June to File Suit against McCain The court has ruled that the law is clear that the DNC must wait 120 days after filing their FEC complaint before going to court. So this suit was dismissed, and the DNC must wait until June before they can go back to court. The judge didn't even consider the merits of the case, which will have to wait until June. Meanwhile, McCain continues to spend far beyond the spending limits of the program.

McConnell's Farm Bill Priority: Tax Breaks For Thoroughbred Race Horse Owners The measure would essentially allow race horse owners - who pay millions for Triple Crown contenders - to write down their investment over four years. ... Senate aides say it will cost between $60 million and $70 million. McConnell's measure is a shameless ploy for votes in Kentucky.

House passes election-year farm bill And it passed with enough votes to make it veto proof. Senate will take it up next, where it is expected to be even more veto proof. Best part is the amount for food stamps. Sticking point is rewarding agricbusiness where taxpayers may have income of half a million dollars and more.

Global Warming Denier Group Set To Recycle Attacks on Al Gore Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will launch a new round of television ads attacking former Vice President Al Gore for his leadership on climate change. 'Desmog' blog notes that CEI is trying to fundraise off its Gore campaign.

GOP Uses GI Bill As A ‘Political Gimmick’ On Senate Floor To Thwart Passage Of First Responder Legislation Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attempted to attach Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) watered-down GI Bill — which is strongly backed by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — as an amendment. McConnell also immediately seconded his measure, but then filed cloture, “prohibiting Democrats from filing their own version of the proposal.”

Independent Witnesses to War Perish at the Hands of the U.S. Military in Iraq : Indybay Democracy Now! dedicated their entire show to a revealing interview of a former Sgt of U.S. Intelligence, Adrienne Kinne. While working for the military, one of Kinne's duties was to eavesdrop on satellite telephone communications.

Huffington Post: Some History on the Michigan Delegates This argument against the Clinton Michigan plan, provides some useful history.

Jason Leopold: Bush Operative Pushes Voter-ID Law A senior legal adviser to the Bush-Cheney 2004 reelection campaign is working behind the scenes to help enact a Missouri state constitutional amendment that critics say would suppress the vote in the key battleground state this November by requiring voters to show proof of citizenship.

Jonathan Nack: Nader calls U. S. "corporate fascism" (5 comments) Ralph Nader described the current condition of the U. S. as corporate fascism.

Tuesday, May 13:

Gene Cappa: What Really Happened to WTC 7? (9 comments) WTC 7 was not hit by an aircraft on 9-11 but the 47 story tall concrete and steel skyscraper "buckled" at the top, penthouse first, then came straight down into it's own footprints at free fall in a mere 6.5 seconds. This buidling was never even mentioned in the 9-11 Commission Report, and neither NIST nor FIMA have officially explained the collapse itself. So what really happened to WTC 7?

Sunday, May 11:

ALONE: Concepts of Sovereignty in 2008 and questioning how to aid the Burmese "France has suggested invoking a U.N. 'responsibility to protect' clause and delivering aid directly to cyclone-hit Myanmar without waiting for approval from the [Myanmar] military." Do you agree with France on its call that the UN bypass the traditional constraints of sovereignty in order to protect millions of Burmese?

Rob Kall: UFO and Exterrestrial Articles on OpEdNews? (84 comments) The original vision for OpEdNews was to create an online site that covered the wide range of topics daily newspapers and weekly newsmagazines cover. Lately, we've had some of our members comment on our publishing articles on UFOs and extraterrestrials, suggesting they diminish our credibility. OTOH, some of the articles have brought thousands of readers to the site. What do you think? Please leave your comments on this.

Saturday, May 10:

Richard McGinn: White House Fire in Dick Cheney's Office (1 comments) Poll question: Why has there been no investigative reports, or even news items, discussing what was destroyed in the Dec. 20, 2007 fire in Dick Cheney's White House Office?

Wednesday, May 7:

Gene Cappa: What Really Happened on 9-11? (34 comments) Lacking an official scientific investigation of 9-11, serious doubts remain about the official story stating that the planes, fires, and hijackers caused all 3 world trade center buildings to collapse straight down at free fall.

Frank J. Ranelli: Should Hillary drop out of the race? (19 comments) Hillary Clinton took a drubbing in North Carolina's primary – losing by virtually 15 points – and escaped with a disappointing win of less than two-percent in Indiana. Barack Obama erased any momentum Hillary gained from Pennsylvania and Barack is now considered by some to be the presumptive nominee. Now, with no plausible path to the nomination, should Hillary drop out of the race and help unite a fractured Democratic Party?

Monday, May 5:

Michael McCoy: Bush/Cheney Impeachment Charges (17 comments) Were impeachment proceedings to be initiated against George Bush and Richard Cheney, which central charge would you endorse?

Sunday, May 4:

Mark E. Smith: Will you continue to vote in rigged elections? (9 comments) Knowing that the last two presidential elections were stolen, that more than 80% of U.S. votes, whether cast on voting machines or on paper ballots, are counted secretly by central tabulating computers, that even if it is possible to prove that an election was stolen, the unelected president cannot be removed from office, and that only corporate candidates can "win," -- will you still vote in elections you know are rigged?

Thursday, May 1:

Gene Cappa: IF Attacked Iran Would (6 comments) Never surrender, close the Straits of Hormutz, fight back with gusto and seek military help from Russia, China, and the Iraqi Shites, pull their oil off the US market, dump the dollar and attack Israel?

Kevin Gosztola: Who Would You Like to Vote for in November? (8 comments) Ballot access obstructionism, closed debates, and corporate media will essentially mean that the people's choice for president may not win. But before all that goes down and before the national conventions begin and end only to be followed by polarizing conversation, let's pretend November is here now. And let's pretend you can vote for any party and not just the two corporate war parties that reign over America.

Mystic Wizard: Will Electing a Democrat President Get the Country Back On the Right Track? Will the election of either Barack Obabma or Hillary Clinton as President of the United States result in a restoration of the rule of law, consumer and employee rights, environmental protections, corporate & media resposibility, election reform, our standing in the world, and a general resurgence of cultural vitality in this country?

ALONE: Supreme Court's future in the USA (5 comments) Do you think that if a progressive president is elected in 2008, he should (do as President FDR did 7 1/2 decades ago) threaten the Supreme Court with expansion of appointments as of 2009?

ALONE: Using the phrase "pigeons coming home to roost" Is using the phrase "pigeons coming home to roost" ever acceptable when referring to events such as those on 9-11 or in the death of John F. Kennedy?

ALONE: Media Access for Americans of all classes and groups Do you believe that the state, local and federal governments need to ensure more access time for you and your community than it currently does currently? This goes for all U.S. based radio, TV, Cable, Sattelite and internet.

ALONE: Making it easier for alternative candidates and alternative parties to get on a ballot #1 (1 comments) Do you believe that your state needs to make it significantly easier for alternative parties and alternative candidates?

Rob Kall: Will Cheney or Bush face impeachment hearings? (14 comments) In the face of massive criminal actions, constitutional violations and war crimes, the Democrats in congress are taking the position that impeachment hearing swill take up too much time and distract from elections.

Wednesday, April 30:

Gary Skubal: Texas FLDS Polygamy Raid What do you think about the FLDS, the allegations of child/sexual abuse, and how Texas is handling the situation?

Sherwin Steffin: Impeachment - probability and consequences (3 comments) This poll asks whether Impeachment is a viable possibility and asks about the consequences were it to be undertaken.

Tuesday, April 29:

http://RoboEco.com/opednews: When will the ROBOTIC WAGELESS ECONOMY kick in 100% The masses have been working for the Elite for 1000's of years, and the degree of control over the masses is close to 100% reducing them to scripted robotic lives... Ironically, @ the same time, ROBOTS & Computers together are close to 100% capable of doing all labor for the 1rst time in history, freeing ALL HUMANS to join the elite ranks, where like them, all "income" will be passive and "money" and wages will disappear.

Monday, April 28:

Michael McCoy: The 911 attacks on the US (3 comments) Do you, or do you not believe, that key elements in the US government knew that the 911 attacks were imminent, and were able to circumvent either an intelligence or military response to prevent them?

Rob Kall: Has Reverend Wright Helped or Hurt Obama with Talks and Interviews (18 comments) Has Reverend Jeremiah Wright Helped or Hurt Barrack Obama with Talks in the last few days with his latest appearances, talks and his interview with Bill Moyers?

Friday, April 25:

Rob Kall: Will Hillary Give Up When Barack Reaches the 50% Plus 1 Number of Delegates Needed? (15 comments) When Barack Obama reaches the number of delegate votes needed to have the majority, will Hillary Clinton accept that accomplishment as a loss and withdraw from the primary race or will she continue to insist that this be decided in Denver, at the convention, even though party leaders pressure her to pull out?

Saturday, March 15:

Sponsored by www.worldproutassembly.org: "Building a New World" Conference The deep longing for positive, lasting change is the bedrock upon which this conference is based. How do we fix our country and our world? And how can we form one mass movement to address the crisis? (Event Date: May 22, 2008)

Sponsored by ourfuture.org: Take Back America a meeting of progressives (Event Date: Mar 17, 2008)

Wednesday, December 31:

Sponsored by Freedom Ambassadors: Walk for Human Dignity A national coalition of over 50 local, state and national organizations are participating in walk from Tucson to Phoenix beginning May 2 to call for an end to racially fomented hate crimes. The ten-day peaceful walk will end with a rally in downtown Phoenix on Mother's Day, May 11, honoring mothers for teaching children to treat all human beings with equal dignity. (Event Date: May 1, 2008)

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Friday, May 16:

Rebecca Sato: Scientists Discover Plants Can Control Weather When the tide is out, kelp prefer clouds.

Thursday, May 15:

ALONE: AMERICAN & BRITISH COLLAGE dating from 1978 to 2008: MEET THE CLASH, LISTEN TO THE VIDEO AND READ THE FACTS, JACK A lot of nostalgic Americans etc are called to attention by usage of phrases and metaphors form oldy music memories, like in the title of the recent OP-Ed article, MY, MY, IT'S AMERICAN PIE: A Mother's Day Celebration. I think, as an educator, that it is important to introduce other connections to music,video and memory in a way that reaches out to more and more Americans of many ages. Here is a musical and video collage.

Build a Homemade Hydroponics Garden Cheaply and Easily (Video) Live in an apartment, or just want to grow herbs and veggies in a limited indoor space? Here are detailed instructions to make your own portable hydroponics system for around $50.00.

Michael Bonanno: New World Order Doesn't it sometimes appear that our loss is their main reason for wanting to perpetually win?

Vi Ransel: Ghost in the Machine (or Being Nothingness) Can you really say that your life is your own?

Allen L Roland: *IMPEACHMENT PLAY OPENS ON MAY 17TH / SAN FRANCISCO Dick Cheney and George W Bush will be impeached in San Francisco on May 17th at the beautiful 500 seat International Studies Academy theater. It will be a world premiere of an inspirational work, written by Bruce Fein and Richard A Lasser, that will have you on your feet clapping and cheering : Allen L Roland

Ed Martin: Was the God of the ancients a computer? (3 comments) If you look at the way the people of a few thousand years ago interacted with their God, the similarity to interacting with a computer is inescabable.

Wednesday, May 14:

Michael Bonanno: A Welcome Home (4 comments) They call 'em heroes, but they keep their return from our eyes.

A meta-theoretical analysis on combining particle physics with real world phenomena A meta-theoretical analysis on combining particle physics with real world phenomena; The first science communication about and the introduction to "the theory of everything" as proposed by software engineer and award-winning trouble-shooter Mark Fiorentino. Super Relativity includes several differences with and advances to old aether theory, with means of measuring and predicting universal 'constants'.

ALONE: A LONG-TERM APPROACH TO BEING A COUNTER-CULTURAL WITNESS, i.e. NOT CONSTANTLY IN A CULTURE WAR In her article, "Loving the Storm-Drenched", Mathewes-Green writes to a largely Christian audience who is not enamored with the era of culture warring that we witness around today. has to do with good common sense for progressive audiences of all shapes and backgrounds, too. She states that the tone which "we adopt from the culture: sarcastic, smart-alecky, jabbing, and self-righteous."

john de herrera: Hamlet 3:1 (2 comments) This is the scene with the "To be or not to be,..." soliloquy. It was painful to adapt it, and I will probably just leave it alone in the finished work.

Using Fruit To Aid The Sun's Work Currently, commercially available solar cells are efficient and robust but expensive, according to the team. "To develop efficient-and most importantly inexpensive-solar cells, scientists are following the design of photosynthetic systems," the professor said. "Research on so-called 'third-generation' solar cells is being carried out at Rowan University."

Have we fallen behind our parents? (2 comments) "Nan Mooney, a 38-year-old journalist, wonders why so many people like her -- college-educated professionals, members of the storied American middle class -- still struggle" is a quote from this article. "(Not) Keeping up with our Parents" is Mooney's book, which is reviewed here by interviewing Mooney. Healthcare, childcare, & stagnate wages leaves middle class on the road to brinkmanship.

Tuesday, May 13:

Jim Miles: Book Review - Common Wealth - Jeffery Sachs A great topic, but without any consideration of the Washington consensus institutes (WTO, IMF, World Bank) and the U.S. military, it fails in its arguments.

Backyard Composting (Video) Compost is one of nature's best fertilizers, and you can use it instead of the commercial stuff. Best of all, you can make it without spending a cent.

Running on Empty: Cars That Never Need Gas Darrell Dickey regularly commutes to work 24 miles, one way, by bike. But when it's too cold or wet for the bike, or when he and his family travel long distances from their home in Davis, California, he drives a battery-powered electric vehicle that he charges with photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on his garage roof. "Five years ago, I spent about $45,000 and got a brand new car (the RAv4EV) and the solar system," he says.

New 'Indiana Jones' tells a 'true' story of skull worship :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Movies Mayan priests worship 13 legendary crystal skulls, and their true story stretches over continents and hundreds of years - and may be even more extraordinary than the tale portrayed in this fourth installment of the Harrison Ford franchise. It's unclear what version of the tale will appear in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

Moore making 'Fahrenheit 9/11' sequel. Variety reports that Michael Moore is making a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11," which was a "scathing indictment of George W. Bush's war on terrorism and a hit at the worldwide box office." The new film will reportedly pick up where "Fahrenheit" left off: "In the time since, President Bush's popularity has plummeted, while the Iraq war continues and the economy falters."

Jon Stewart Interviews Douglas Feith (3 comments) I watched this interview last night. Jon is so sharp and uses his 10 minutes wisely. Feith should be forced to wear a 'dunce cap' for all interviews.

Bill Moyers On Olbermann: "I Was Greatly Encouraged...That People Saw Through [Hillary's] Flimsy Rationale For The Gas T Bill Moyers appeared on Monday night's "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann and discussed the state of the media as well as Jeremiah Wright (and the intersection of the two). Moyers decried the way the media oversimplifies stories, saying, "you won't be heard unless you learn to speak in the way of bumper stickers."

Half in Ten: From Poverty to Prosperity Today American Progress launched Half in Ten: From Poverty to Prosperity, a new campaign to cut poverty by 50 percent over the next 10 years. We are pleased that Senator John Edwards has taken the role of National Chair of this ambitious new project. The multi-year campaign will focus on the issues facing the poor and middle class in America, building an effective constituency to advocate for specific policy changes.

Book Review: You Don't Have To Be Famous: How to Write Your Life Story (2 comments) Writing an autobiography (or an autobiographical essay) can be daunting. But writing your story can lend pattern to the formless chronicle of everyday life, share clinical or personal lessons learned, put painful events into perspective, and even bring back purpose and direction to a life set adrift by illness.

Allen L Roland: *THE SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE Relationship is a means to an end versus an end in itself ~ the true purpose of relationship is the full flowering of each partner: Allen L Roland

Mark Twain: The War Prayer From time to time, oh, say perhaps once a year, I think it is useful to revisit The War Prayer, by Mark Twain. It has now been more than a year since I offered it for anyone's reconsideration, and I think it's once again time.

Monday, May 12:

C.L. Pagano: Scorpio Full (Blue) Moon, May 19-20, 2008 Don't miss this 'once in a blue moon' chance to shift your priorities to the deep values rooted in your soul, which will release the fear, anxiety and helplessness which hold you back from living mindfully. It's time to take yourself seriously and engage the mythic imagination to discover how to live divinely or die mythically. Sound extreme! That's Taurus and Scorpio for you!

Cancer Causing Monkey Virus from FDA-Approved Vaccines Contaminated polio vaccines were injected into children up until 1963, and contaminated batches of oral polio vaccine were administered to some children until the end of the 1990's.

Brain scam Why is PBS airing Dr. Daniel Amen's self-produced infomercial for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease? I learned after several frustrating phone calls and e-mails with PBS spokespersons, the nation's public broadcasting system did not vet "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" for scientific validity. Faced with the prospect of overlooking a preventable disaster, the public is a sitting duck for Amen's medical sales pitch.

Sharon Roach: If Obama Does Not Make it into the White House My Voice Will Still Be Heard (2 comments) If Obama does not make it into the White House my voice will still be heard and my vote will still be counted because as Martin Luther King Jr., once said "I am somebody". We all count because we are a part of the fabric that makes up this nation.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1 comments) FORECLOSURES LOOMING FOR THE HAMPTONS' POSHEST PADS

Bill O'Reilly On "Inside Edition": Vintage Meltdown (2 comments) Ohh Bill...you're such a dick.

Jay Janson: *Cruel Americans Always Enjoy Hearing Enemy Body Counts – So do Suicide Bomber Recruits (1 comments) Associated Press daily reports how many "suspected insurgents" were killed yesterday. Americans don't imagine 'enemy' cadavers as bringing suffering and destruction to lives of family members. Bodies of America's 'enemies' are counted with the same satisfaction, that one feels while removing the opponents eliminated counters when playing a board game. The U.S. plan remains the same: Get higher body counts before the 'they' do.

Sunday, May 11:

Professor Stephen Hawking seeks 'Einsteins of Africa' Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound physicist, has launched a search for the "Einsteins of Africa" with a lecture in Cape Town.

How to Build Raised Garden Beds (Video) Have a small area that you want to grow your own food in? Learn how to build raised garden beds to make the most of your limited space.

Richard Volaar: Respect As A Core Principle: Where We Are (3 comments) A new "respect" is at a barest beginning in the United States of America. Respect 2.0 embraces the lessons of the past, but no longer freezes time-honored principles into "rules" that make the good the enemy of the best. It is the true meaning of "novus ordo seclorum."

Allen L Roland: *MEMORIES OF MY MOM Those who we love deeply become part of us forever for they live in our heart ~ as my Mom most certainly still does : Allen L Roland

john de herrera: Hamlet 2:2 (5 comments) I've set a goal for myself as a writer to adapt some Shakesspeare. Act 2, Scene 2 is a big scene.

Saturday, May 10:

Women don't work enough: expert (1 comments) Social researcher for the University of Melbourne Mark Wooden said men were earning on average 15 per cent more than women because they put in more time at the workplace. "It's (the pay equity gap) got a lot to do with the fact that women are not prepared to work longer hours." (Because they're putting in all those unpaid hours elsewhere, no doubt.)

On the Western Slope NW Colorado: Boom! Boom! Bust? (2 comments) Great description of the up and downs of energy industry in Rifle CO from 82 (bust) an what has happened since. Gas wells produce energy, traffic and pollution. From a tourist spot close to Vail and Aspen to a larger town coping with scarce labor and congested traffic, Rifle plans a future which may take it to the next technology. Shale oil.

Energy From Dirt, Seriously You've heard of solar power, and also wind power. Now, you might start hearing about soil power as well. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that make use of the energy given off by soil microbes are amongst the technologies that hold promise for bringing power to developing states, where electricity is often scarce.

Paying For The Science They Want: Alaska State Legislators Go Denier-Shopping The Alaska State Legislature has decided to go "scientist" shopping: A $2 million program funded with little debate last month calls for using state money to fund an "academic based" conference that highlights contrarian scientific research on global warming. Legislators hope to undermine the public perception of a widespread consensus among polar bear researchers that global warming treatens the species survival.

Pollution brings end to mining town in Oklahoma Pilcher, OK, in the Tar Creek Superfund site (a 40-square-mile area that also takes in portions of Missouri and Kansas) held its 90th birthday parade with former residents returning. The creek runs red with acid, and the dunes of lead-contaminated mine tailings loom around town. The government's Superfund is buying out the remaining residents. Article depicts nostalgia of living by a spent mine.

Ex-manager says OJ Simpson confessed A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted. more stories like thisMike Gilbert also claims he helped his former friend wiggle out of the murder charges by suggesting how to bloat his hands so they wouldn't fit the notorious bloody gloves.

Bradley tanks used to be considered impregnable (3 comments) Interesting "color piece" on life in a tank and the perils and outcomes. In this case the reporter is soon out to mingle with Iraqis who give food and with their children who try on a helmet. But since EFPs (explosively formed projectiles) have become a reality, they can also be an incinerator. Explosives melts the hatch lock and they can't get out.

Friday, May 9:

JK Ellis: The Psychopathology of Success (4 comments) Every person has their own neurosis. Why not create a neurosis that moves you to success?

Britain throwing away food amid world food crisis (1 comments) A new study is attracting much attention. Amidst global food shortages and soaring prices, each day Britain throws away 550,000 chickens and 660,000 eggs, amongst other food items. The study revealed the extent of Britain's throwaway food culture after sifting through the dustbins of 2,138 people who signed up to an audit of food detritus. America is certainly just as wasteful.

When good intentions have bad results (1 comments) So you think switching to an electric vehicle (i.e., plug-in or plug-in hybrid) is beneficial to the environment, right? Well, think again. Much like the plastic bag was promoted in the 1970s as a replacement to the paper bag only to find out that paper is the better medium here, I tell you, switching to an electric vehicle will have an increased and adverse impact upon the environment.

Allen L Roland: *THE HERO'S JOURNEY IS ALWAYS THE PATH OF THE HEART The mind is always looking for answers that the soul already knows thus synchronistic events are the vague awareness that our lives are divinely guided from the heart . As such, my life has been a journey to eventually find, embrace and fully share a state of love, joy and soul consciousness I once profoundly experienced as a young child : Allen L Roland , Ph.D

Thursday, May 8:

Noah ben Shea: GOING AWAY PRESENTS ; "Nobody wakes up suddenly bald. You rise for years with hair on your pillow and pay no attention (2 comments) "A woman puts her arm in a sweater,"- said my elderly aunt, "and out comes her mother's hand." At some point, in each of our lives, we begin to observe in our own behavior a trait of our parents. Whether it is a gesture, an inflection, or a habit, these mannerisms and attitudes were handed to us, often without our knowing, and usually carried unopened for years. I call them going away presents.

Aging systems releasing sewage into rivers, streams America's aging sewer systems continue to dump human waste into rivers and streams, despite years of fines and penalties targeting publicly owned agencies responsible for sewage overflows, a Gannett News Service analysis shows. The analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data found that since 2003, hundreds of municipal sewer authorities have been fined for violations, including spills that make people sick, threat

john de herrera: Hamlet Adaptation (Act 2, Scene 1) (1 comments) I'm in the process of adapting Hamlet. Here is the latest scene.

Jim Miles: Book Review - Our Eyes and Dreams of Home Two books of photography from inside Aida Refugee camp near Bethlehem allow the world to see the camp from the eyes of its youth.

Wednesday, May 7:

Ed Komarek: Are ETs Fighting and Dying for Our Freedom? (Part 2) (12 comments) This article follows from my first article speculating on extraterrestrials fighting each other in our atmosphere and in space. Because of the publication of this first article I was able to obtain more cases to make up a second article providing more evidence in support of the first article.

An Experiment in Backyard Sustainability (Video) (5 comments) Think you can't grow in a small space? Think again. A must-see video for those interested in making it through the coming economic collapse and food shortage.

USDA isn't on board with beef industry's downer cow ban The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been criticized for not totally banning "downer" cows -- animals "too sick or hurt to stand for slaughter" -- from the food supply. So "when a coalition of major industry groups reversed their position and joined animal advocates and several lawmakers in calling for an absolute ban," why wouldn't the USDA agree?

Marcus B: Is Feeding the Hungry More Important than Staying Obese and Diseased? (9 comments) The trade-offs for Ethanol-biofuel production are not the ones you've been hearing about.

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Thursday, May 15:

Stanimal: Who Appeased the Terrorist's First

Mac McKinney: Remembering the NAKBA on Democracy Now

Charlie Delgado: ali Hussein

Angela Zayak: The Ides of May

Sandy Sand: California's Supreme Court Okays Gay Marriage

Mac McKinney: Winter Soldier on the Hill

Mark E. Smith: The Fable of Lanova Messiah

Jay Farr: Bush Signals U.S. Will Attack Iran Before 2008 Election (1 comments)

George Washington: I Agree with Bush . . . Stop Appeasing the Terrorists! (10 comments)

E. Nelson: Barack Obama 3, GOP 0. (3 comments)

Dave Davis: After Mother's day. A day of sadness

Peace Brother: Year of Miracles (1 comments)

John Martin: John Edwards would make an AMAZING Attorney General in an Obama administration

Charlie Delgado: *An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans (8 comments)

daveys: Shame on Arlen Specter (1 comments)

Wednesday, May 14:

Rob Kall: Who are YOUR Heroes? (18 comments)

Sandy Sand: Obama Commits Ultimate Sin: Calls Reporter "Sweetie" (10 comments)

Andreas Umland: "Russia Profile" Weekly Experts Panel: The Second Coming of Gorbachev? (2 comments)

Sandy Sand: Pope's Chief Astronomer: Space Aliens are God's Children, Too! (12 comments)

George Washington: Programs Which the Government Claims Are Aimed At Foreign Enemies are being Used Against American Citizens within the US (4 comments)

Moin Ansari: Is Ambassador Haqqani "watching" Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan

ibrahim turner: The Hypocrisy of The British Government.

Mark C. Eades: West Virginia Changes Nothing / Superdelegates Keep Rolling to Obama

Lindiana: Media Cover-ups

Margaret Bassett: The "Old Warhorse" versus the "Young Whippersnapper"

Eileen Fleming: *On May 13, 2008 Vanunu wrote...

J. Edward Tremlett: Obama as Monkey T-shirt on sale in Georgia (2 comments)

Heavy Fed: Anti-Racism Advocate Heavy Fed discovers a REAL Conspiracy! (1 comments)

Ronald Mills: *Our Need For Equal Parenting Laws

Sandy Sand: Hillary: Her Dubious Claim to Electability Even Noted By My Daughters

Peace Brother: ACIM Workbook Practice Session Review: Lessons 201 – 220 (1 comments)

Anton Grambihler: *Its OK, Leave the Black People Die! (4 comments)

chris rice: Superdelegate Bill Clinton Switches to Obama

SuicideKings: Distracted and Manipulated - Operation MOCKINGBIRD (4 comments)

Ed Komarek: UFOs and Perception Management, You Are the Target

Tuesday, May 13:

Rob Kall: OpEdNews is adding more demographic questions for members-a lot more. Here's Why (4 comments)

J. Edward Tremlett: BNP-Like (2 comments)

Mac McKinney: Continuing John Pilger - The War On Democracy - Part 3 & 4

Amanda Lang: Congratulations to ThinkProgress for Sidney Hillman Foundation Journalism Award (1 comments)

Mark C. Eades: 20-Point Oregon Lead for Obama in New Poll

George Washington: Who Are the Gitmo Defendants? (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: *Email your Senator about Landmark Global Warming Legislation Here. (5 comments)

Richard Volaar: War Between Wayne Madsen and Dick Cheney Escalates!

Mark C. Eades: Hillary's Ugly Finale: Courting Racism and Xenophobia at the End of the Campaign Trail

waldopaper: JesusChristImaJew

Hans Bennett: VIDEO: May 13 Remembered; Free the MOVE 9!

Jim Freeman: PRIORITIES SHOT TO HELL, WE PLUNGE INTO THE ENERGY ABYSS (2 comments)

Mark C. Eades: More Superdelegates for Obama

Muhammad Khurshid: Was Attaching Hope With US Admn My Blunder? (2 comments)

Shan-ul-Hai: "Support our troops" vs. "Support the war" (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: *Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Brings 'Winter Soldier' Testifmony to Congress

Stanimal: Bob Barr Rears for President (2 comments)

Ed Encho: Obama the Muslim, 9/11 and Luttwak's Coup (18 comments)

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