Saturday, August 30:

sherry clark: Anthrax Could Terrorize Again The important issue to realize is this: there is today in existence a stockpile of super, weapons-grade, anthrax that is under the control of the original perpetrators of the Anthrax attacks of October 2001 and that stockpile can and will be used against the American people. They could launch another attack on US--including the Congress, the Judiciary, and the media.

Constance Lavender: From Cheney to "Charming" (NYT's characterization...not mine) The vice-president's duties under the United States Constitution are to succeed the president upon incapacity and to preside over the US Senate. Palin is not qualified to be president and is too ideological to preside over the US Senate: the world's greatest deliberative body.

steve young: SARAH PALIN: PERFECT CHOICE FOR HILLARY SUPPORTERS (1 comments) Just ask Newt Gingrich

When Desertion Is a Duty There is nothing criminal about refusing to honor a supposed commitment to serve as contract killers for the world's largest source of preventable criminal violence.

Marc McDonald: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Right-Wing Lunatic Fringe Loves Palin What was your reaction to John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his VP pick? Curiosity? Indifference? Bafflement? The more one learns about Palin, the more afraid we progressives ought to be. After all, a quick scan of the lunatic fringe blogosphere reveals that the wingnuts adore Palin. And anything that these nutcases cherish should be something that the rest of us fear and dread.

Kathlyn Stone: McCain's choice of Palin. Oops! (2 comments)

Axis of Evil Defeats Neocons Unlike the athletes, the neocons, unfortunately, represented the US public, the real losers. The neocon strategy, the use of --or threat of-- military power to create a US dominated world order, has left its legacy: wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a stumbling, debt ridden US economy. They have left the country weaker and more pessimistic.

Mary Lyon: Cue Lloyd Bentsen (3 comments) In picking Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen a wolf in Hillary Clinton clothing.

Bill Boyarsky -- Obama: Yes He Can The 85,000 Democrats leaving Invesco Field on Thursday night loved their coach. In a speech that rose beyond the occasion, Sen. Barack Obama changed the dynamics of the presidential campaign. With fire in his eyes and politeness thankfully forgotten, he finally put Sen. John McCain on the defensive, most notably mocking the Republican’s claim that he’s best suited to be commander in chief.

W. Christopher Epler (Bill): Organized crime is America's (secret) 3rd Political Party. (1 comments) In the chaos of politics, it's easy to miss that Organized Crime is America's (secret) 3rd Party. The nauseating irony is that America was contaminated by Organized Crime thanks to J. Edgar Hoover. Scores of sites detail how Hoover "gave away" America to make deals with powerful crime figures to keep behaviors in his "personal life" from going public. Organized crime in now a toxic mold in all the infrastructures of America.

Constance Lavender: From Cheney to Charming (NYT's chracterization...not mine) (1 comments) Palin's selection illustrates poor judgement...The vice-president's duties under the United States Constitution are to succeed the president upon incapacity and to preside over the US Senate. Palin is not qualified to be president and is to ideological to preside over the US Senate: the world's greatest deliberative body.

Dean Powers: Palin and Husband with McCain is Like a Disney Movie A child welfare agent calls on McCain in his Manhattan castle to tell him that his 23rd wife has died, leaving two orphaned children. The agency is overbooked, and, well would Senator McCain just look after them until they can find a home? After all, it's Christmas.

Friday, August 29:

Mary Lyon: The Mile-High Milestone (6 comments) The Democrats made history and a home run in a Denver stadium.

SDrobny: Obama Is Surrounded By Too Many Old White Guys (6 comments) As I am writing this, McCain has just announced the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. From a tactical point of view that selection will seriously impact many in the electorate who already have gender bias and particularly the Hillary supporters. By comparison, Obama in my opinion picked the worst possible running mate in Joe Biden.

Mary MacElveen: Pro-choice voters must not vote for the McCain/Palin ticket any woman who is undecided and men for that matter who do believe in a woman's right to choose should not vote for the McCain/Palin ticket. Those who believe in a woman's right to choose and are angry that Senator Obama did not choose Senator Clinton as his running mate must remember that Clinton is pro-choice. Therefore, they should not pull the lever for the McCain/Palin ticket.

Project Vote: Electoral Dirty Tricks Coming Soon To An In-Box Near You (1 comments) Election experts have already worried that the surge of newly registered voters may cause unintentional chaos through long lines and ballot shortages on Election Day. Now there is increased concern that intentional chaos may be caused by partisan forces using something that millions of Americans access every day - the Internet. Although deceiving and disenfranchising voters through political dirty tricks is a staple partisan s

Analysis: Georgia was the "last straw" for Russia When Gorbachev pulled Russian troops out of East Germany in 1990 his only condition was that NATO did not station troops in East Germany. The promise was given, but soon forgotten, and Russia has been treated like the Cold War loser ever since.

NIST's Latest Fairy Tale Takes Its First Hit The author of this critique points out some potentially fatal flaws with NIST's latest propaganda piece.

Bob Babson: Hawaii Election Integrity Lawsuit Update This is an update to our Hawaii Election Integrity Lawsuit.

Dana Gabriel: Canada Needs a National Water Policy That Bans Bulk Water Exports Forget about renegotiating, get out of NAFTA- it is so badly flawed. At the same time get rid of the SPP, which would be another stake in the heart for plans to create a North American Union. Failure to do so could result in Canada becoming nothing more than a resource colony.

Jane Stillwater: From Senator Boxer: McCain is a heartbeat away from someone with NO experience Senator Boxer sounds pretty disgusted about this whole nomination. Apparently Palin is also under investigation by the Alaska state legislature as well as having no experience with national affairs.

The Land of the Silent and the Home of the Fearful | CommonDreams.org (1 comments) There is a remarkable and palpable fear abroad in this land- not a fear of terrorism, but a fear of speaking up, a fear of being labeled as "different" or as a "troublemaker." People will lean over and whisper their opinions, if they think they are anti-Establishment, as though someone might be listening. It's time for all of us to put a stop to this creeping usurpation of our liberties.

Wake-Up Call Massive market manipulation: That such obscenities are allowed to continue – UNREPORTED by the mainstream financial press – is, in itself, a condemnation of not only how warped, twisted and connived our capital markets are, but how COMPLETELY BROKEN and complicit our system of free speech and irresponsible our media have become.

William Fisher: GIVE - AND GO TO JAIL? OFAC -- ANOTHER BLUNT INSTRUMENT.

Obama's Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich "We have presidential elections as a substitute for serious democratic politics"– that's what Andrew Bacevich says. We shouldn't blame George Bush for the underlying assumptions of the global war on terror, Bacevich argues. "Really it was Bill Clinton who more than anybody else made armed intervention a routine aspect of American political life."

Krugman: Feeling No Pain (1 comments) My first reaction to Bill Clinton’s convention speech was sheer professional jealousy: nobody, but nobody, has his ability to translate economic wonkery into plain, forceful English. Clinton, famously, felt our pain. Republicans, manifestly, don’t. And it’s hard to fix a problem if you don’t even think it exists.

New Spy Software Coming On-Line: "Surveillance in a Box" Makes its Debut Many innocent individuals will be flagged, scrutinized, investigated, placed on watch lists, interrogated or arrested, and possibly suffer irreparable harm to their reputation, all because of a hidden machinery of data brokers, information aggregators and computer algorithms.

Bob Koehler: State of Denial The Union of Concerned Scientists actually wanted to bring up the issue of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpiles at the conventions. What were they thinking?

Robert McElvaine: No Dice to a President Who Loves to Roll Dice John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin confirms just what Barack Obama said about him in his acceptance speech: that he doesn't have the temperament or judgment to be president. McCain loves to play craps and we don't a dice-thrower as president.

McCain Picks Sarah Palin for Vice President John Nichols provides background on McCain's VP pick."young enough to be his daughter" & "transparency and accountability" Article Quote: But she's currently the subject of an investigation of whether she used her position to try force the firing of an Alaska State Trooper, who was been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with the governor's sister.

An Unconventional Convention Denver through the eyes of now-Denverite David Sirota. Yesterday he posted that Obama's speech included "rise up" referring to his book, "The Uprising." Quote: The progressive movement is on the ascent, overtaking the business-backed triangulators that have been running the Democratic Party--and the country--into the ground.

Throng Moved By Obama Speech, But True Test Yet to Come CQ reports, then "opines" with a "sample" here: But even as Obama spoke, one man left the delegate area and made for the exits. The man, who wouldn't give his name, said he was worried that despite Obama's oratorical prowess, the Democrats might lack the organization to win in November.

Richard Spisak: The next president inherits... PART 1 A Report on a conference at the Denver Performing Arts Center entitled "A Symposium on Enhancing the U.S. role in the World" by RW Spisak Jr.

Why Did You Sell Your Soul? (18 comments) Dennis Kucinich, you went to your convention, and sold your soul. You spoke eagerly, energetically, in support of a man whose positions you don't share, and who hasn't an ounce of your courage. You criticized the war in Iraq, but neglected to mention that the man you were endorsing has no intentions of cutting back our warfare state – that he complains that Bush hasn't sent enough troops to Afghanistan.

The Bastiat Solution (2 comments) The election season, which -- sigh -- is only just beginning, makes me want to reread Frederic Bastiat's The Law. It is the best antidote for the toxic demagoguery that issues forth from across the political spectrum. While the candidates are busy outcompeting one another in proposing new ways to spend our money (while promising to cut taxes), I take refuge in Bastiat's sound philosophy. Where is he when we need him?

Brock Novak: Pakistan Presidency: The Musharraf (I'll Be Back) Resignation An analysis and argument for Musharraf's real resignation intention.

Bob Burnett: Obama Takes Off the Gloves (1 comments) Thursday – The fourth night of the Denver Democratic Convention was the night Democrats had been waiting for. Monday's theme was that Barack and Michelle Obama are uniquely American. Tuesday's was Unity when Hillary Clinton implored Dems to support Obama. The theme Wednesday night was We're the Party that supports the troops.And the theme of Obama's climactic Thursday night address wasEnough!.

Siv O'Neall: The Slow Death of Democracy and the Rise of the Corporate Hydra (10 comments) What has happened to the common sense of Americans? Has it completely gone down the drain with the propaganda of U.S. superiority? Don't they see the millions and millions of people who have died and are still dying across the world, due to U.S. empire illusions and the firmly established greed and power of the Big Corporations? Don't they see that the lone superpower as a taken-for-granted is a fiction?

Jonathan Leigh Solomon: A Huge, Huge Mistake Obama Made In His Wonderful, Wonderful Speech (16 comments) Obama used in his speech two lines reminiscent of Aaron' Sorkin's dialogue in "The American President?" If the Republicans aren't completely asleep at the wheel, Obama has given them a huge opening.

McCain's Prickly TIME Interview (1 comments) TIME's James Carney and Michael Scherer were invited to the front of McCain's plane recently for an interview. McCain at first seemed happy enough to do the interview. But his mood quickly soured. The McCain on display in the 24-minute interview was prickly, at times abrasive, and determined not to stray off message.

Chris Floyd: Biden, Obama and The Blood-Dimmed Tide there he was, Old Joe Biden, hawing and barking behind the rostrum, just one step away from being one heartbeat away from being the President of the United States. This would be the same Joe Biden who spent year after year relentlessly pushing the creation of what I once called "the nuclear bomb of class warfare": the Bankruptcy Bill, which put a stranglehold on millions of Americans.

Froomkin: Afghanistan Pushes Back Apparently taking his cues from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling for some limits on what President Bush can do in his country.

Dean Powers: McCain: Communist Vietnam Sleeper (4 comments)

Ed Tubbs: Why I'm a Democrat I am a bleeding heart liberal. But I've known more bleeding heart liberals who have bled for their country than I have the stalwart, loud and boasting GOP patriots who were all too willing to be a patriot, so long as it was far from harm's way and cost them nothing.

Rowan Wolf: Obama: The Exception is NOT the Rule (2 comments) We are not an equal meritocracy, and it is dangerous to promote that myth.

Barbara Bellows-TerraNova: NPR's Robert Siegel Irresponsible (1 comments) A longtime media-spinner for Bush/Cheney gets away with calling Obama's campaign an "insurgency" on NPR.

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Saturday, August 30:

Meryl Ann Butler: The TV Ad That NBC Refused to Run for the Enigmatic T. Boone Pickens

Analysis: The Truth about H.Con.Res. 362 For months, supporters of H.Con.Res. 362 have defended themselves against critics who argue that the bill poses a serious risk of escalating the conflict between the US and Iran. several cosponsors (four of whom have since withdrawn their cosponsorship) have openly stated that the resolution's blockade language must be removed in order for them to support it. Other cosponsors have lobbied House Speaker not to allow a vote.

US, UK begin war games in Persian Gulf The US has begun five-day military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, claiming it is preparing for a 'potential confrontation' in the region. The joint war games led by Britain's Royal Navy Commodore Peter Hudson have also brought together vessels from Britain and Bahrain and started Sunday. Earlier in August, a large armada of US and European naval vessels were deployed to the Persian Gulf to reinforce the US strike force.

'Stealing America': Voting-fraud documentary $3.8 billion: The initial Help America Vote Act allocation that California Secretary of State Deborah Bowen said "pushed many counties into buying electronic systems that were not properly reviewed or tested." Fadiman's no-frills documentary touches on voters being purged from rolls in Florida in 2000 (the single greatest threat to the 2008 election) and suspiciously insufficient distribution of voting machines in Ohio in '04.

Russia links its help on Iran to Georgia row Asked in an interview with CNN if the Georgia row could hurt U.S.- Russian cooperation on Iran , Putin said: "If nobody wants to talk with us on these issues and cooperation with Russia is not needed, then for God's sake, do it yourself." Russia says it does not want Iran to have atomic weapons, but that the Islamic republic is entitled to a peaceful nuclear programme.

Ahmadinejad: Enemies unhappy with powerful Iran & Russia Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that enemies do not wish to see Iran and Russia are powerful. He said presence of the US and some of its allies in the region and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan have provoked extremism and tension in the region.

Friday, August 29:

NDP Socialist Caucus says Peter Kormos, MPP, should be next Ontario NDP Leader Socialist Caucus backs Kormos for leader of Ontario NDP

Is Sarah Palin the first Pentecostal to make it onto a major political ticket? rapture, speaking in tongues, anti-science, creationism... just lovely

A nonprofit lobbying organization- with a First Strike Agenda A nonprofit lobbying organization aimed at strengthening Israel's image in the media quietly ran ads during the Democratic National Convention in which Boulder, Colorado launches missile attacks on Denver, in an attempt to bolster support for Israeli action against Iran. Israel remains the top recipient of US foreign aid.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For August 29, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue

Proposed Mitigation for GEMS (and other EMS) Vote Deletion Updated August 29, 2008, to emphasize the point that this is NOT just about "electronic voting machines", undisclosed software or paper ballots, as some have suggested. It's about Election Management Systems, software bugs (disclosed or otherwise), checks and balances, and good old common sense.

Steve Corrick: Best way to ensure an honest election? Old voter registration lists! During the primary, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton got 2.5 million new voters to register to vote Democratic--and another 1 million registered to vote Republican. Sounds pretty impressive doesn't it?In the face of 25 to 27 million Americans who may want to vote but can't,the 3.5 million new registrations in this election cycle are a pittance. Here's what we can do about it.

Roger Shuler: Republican Governor is a Hypocrite on Gambling Alabama Governor Bob Riley says he is opposed to gambling. This is the same guy who had no problem with $13 million in Mississippi Choctaw gambling money coming into his campaign.

Putin Suggests U.S. Provocation in Georgia Clash Vladimir V. Putin, the country’s paramount leader, lashed out at the United States on Thursday, contending that the White House may have orchestrated the conflict to benefit one of the candidates in the American presidential election. Putin also said Russian defense officials believed that United States citizens were in the conflict area supporting the Georgian military when it attacked the separatist region of South Ossetia.

Israel Has Decided: Iran Will Not Have Nukes (3 comments) Israel's leadership resolved, in top-level strategic discussions three months ago, to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from having nuclear bombs. Maariv's veteran political reporter Ben Caspit stops short of detailing the precise solution Israel will implement to put an end to Iran's nuclear program, but writes, "Preparations for an Israeli military option intended to stop Iran's nuclear program are underway."

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Will Sarah Palin Boost McCain's Chances for Victory? (14 comments) Sarah Palin, 44 year old former beauty queen, just two years into her governorship of Alaska. is more than ruffling the feathers of Neo-cons and the corrupt among Alaska's political circles already crippled by investigations, but has been yanking the chains of oil companies, stringently closing loop-holes once the hallmark of weak negotiator's in the past, and more. She plucked $1200 rebates for Alaskans from Big Oil.

Sequoia doubles vote count in most Indian River County precincts VERO BEACH, FLA. A system error in Sequoia's optical scanner resulted in doubling the number of votes counted in 40 of 54 precincts in Tuesday's election.

Sarah Palin Investigation This is amazing. McCain's pick for VP is being touted as a "reformer," yet she is under investigation. Appropriate for a member of the "Keating 5," whose economic plan is written by a foreign bank lobbyist, and whose foreign policy plan is written by a lobbyist for Georgia.

Barack Obama Delivers Concrete Proposals for Change Speaking before a crowd of close to 80,000 people at Denver's Invesco Field and accepting the nomination of the Democratic Party for president, Barack Obama criticized John McCain for supporting and seeking to continue the Bush administration's policies.

Pentagon disputes reports of 90 Afghan civilians killed in US airstrike (1 comments) Karzai wants SOFA (status of forces agreement) similar to issue in Iraq. US military has forces under NATO & its own Central Command. Oliver North is involved, he of Iran/Contra history.

Rob Kall: "Welcome, Rich White Oligarchs!" --Daily Show Billboard Greets Republicans In Minnesota (8 comments)

New Orleans Girds for Another Storm (1 comments) Any damage to New Orleans on the eve of next week’s Republican Convention in Minnesota could also serve as a politically tinged reminder of the Bush administration’s ineffective response to Hurricane Katrina. The storm could veer from Florida to the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico, but its current path is aimed at southern Louisiana and Mississippi, which bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina.

KBR, Partner in Iraq Contract Sued in Human Trafficking Case (2 comments) A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian subcontractor engaged in the human trafficking of Nepali workers.

Britain indefinitely postpones military exercise with Georgia The British Ministry of Defense has decided to postpone indefinitely its September joint military exercise with Georgia due to Tbilisi's recent conflict with South Ossetia. Tbilisi launched a military offensive against South Ossetia on Aug 8, seeking to retake control of the region. At least 64 Russian peacekeepers and hundreds of South Ossetian civilians died, with thousands more forced to flee the devastated republic.

Thursday, August 28:

EU snubs Georgia for Ossetia crisis summit There will be no Georgian presence at an emergency session of the EU called to discuss the situation in South Ossetia. The September 1 meeting has seen France, which currently holds EU presidency, vote against inviting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

WHO study backs universal health care | International | Reuters No surprise! The world suffers from inequity in health care. Life expectancy can range from 43 to 86 years, depending upon the country. But the inequities are, of course, not limited to 3rd-world countries. Within countries, the poor have much higher death rates than the rich, and the US, once again, helps lead the examples. Too bad this isn't a concern of our current political leaders.

Frank Silva: Shut Your Pie Hole! (6 comments) America's problems would all go away if people like me would just shut up.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For August 28, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue

Roger Shuler: Gruesome Murders Help Unmask GOP Corruption (1 comments) A gruesome murder in suburban Birmingham causes the Alabama press to take a critical glance at local Republican leaders.

Launch of controversial child database delayed UK: The launch of a controversial new government database containing details of every child in the country is to be delayed for technical reasons, it was revealed today. ContactPoint, a computer system carrying personal information about all under-18s, was due to come online in April this year. It will now be delayed until January next year, children's minister Kevin Brennan said today.

Jeremy R. Hammond: Agents of Nuclear Black Market Were C.I.A. Assets (1 comments) At the urging of the U.S., the Swiss government destroyed evidence relating to the Tinner family's dealings with A.Q. Khan's underground network of nuclear proliferation, while government sources acknowledge that the Tinners were paid informants for the C.I.A.

McCain's Plan to Privatise Veterans' Health Care McCain argues that giving veterans a VA card that they can use at private doctors would shorten the long wait times many veterans face in seeing government doctors, who are nearly universally viewed as among the best in the world. Virtually all veterans groups oppose McCain's plan. The Veterans of Foreign Wars' national legislative director has said the VA card would "undermine the entire system".

Some Clinton Donors Are Contributing to McCain (1 comments) More than 85 of Clinton's fundraisers, including Donald Trump, Univision chief executive Joseph Uva, cable mogul Charles Dolan, philanthropist Norma Hess and one of Florida's biggest lobbyists appear to be skipping Barack Obama when it comes to writing checks for the general election, according to an ABCNews.com review of campaign finance records.

Protesters denied access to attorneys, forced to march in leg shackles, ACLU charges The ACLU issued a stinging rebuke to the Denver Police Department Wednesday, alleging that the department may have violated laws and constitutional rights of protesters arrested outside the Democratic National Convention.

U.S. marines shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan American and Iraqi officials announced on Wednesday that United States forces would hand over control of the Anbar Province, the scene of some of the war's most gruesome violence, to the Iraqi military as soon as next Monday. Most of the departing US soldiers are marines, many of whom will be sent to Afghanistan, where conflict has renewed between NATO forces and a resurgent Taliban.

US Takes Direct Control Of Operation In Tribal Areas There are reports that the United States has taken direct control of operation being underway in Bajaur Agency, tribal areas situated on Pak-Afghan border against terrorists. So far more than a half a million tribesmen have migrated to other places from Bajaur Agency. The ruthless bombing by jet fighters and gunship helicopters have converted Bajaur Agency into ghost town. Now Bajaur Agency is the most dangerous place.

Obama Moves to Confront Swift Boaters (3 comments) With threats of legal action, boycotts and a response ad launched quietly to avoid publicity, the Obama campaign has put conservative donors and television stations on notice that 2008 will not be 2004, when Sen. John F. Kerry, the Democratic nominee, waited weeks to respond to attacks on his Vietnam War record and ultimately did so ineffectively.

Flashback: Biden on 9/10/01 warned the 'real threat' may come in "˜the belly of a plane' (3 comments) "If George Bush had listened to Joe Biden instead of Donald Rumsfeld, the history of the past seven years would have been very different. We might have prevented 9/11."

Rob Kall: Howard Zinn's Advice to Obama (32 comments) On August 20th, I interviewed Howard Zinn on a wide range of subjects. This article covers his Advice to Obama on how to win.

Wednesday, August 27:

Jason Leopold: Judge Rebuffs White House Immunity (1 comments) Facing a new reversal in federal court, the Bush administration is finding its options narrowed in its effort to stop congressional testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and chief of staff Joshua Bolten regarding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.

U.N. Envoy Rebuked For Solo Diplomacy Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was once again scolded by senior State Department officials for diplomatic freelancing, but he appears likely to keep his job in the Bush administration's waning months. Khalilzad has done little to dispel rumors that he is considering running for president of Afghanistan, seeking to oust Hamid Karzai.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For August 27, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issue

Indicted Senator Ted Stevens Wins G.O.P. Primary (1 comments) Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska won the Republican primary in his home state on Tuesday, soundly defeating six Republican challengers less than a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury for concealing more than $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company.

NATO’s navy delivers weapons to Georgia under the guise of humanitarian aid “The US Navy destroyer USS McFaul, which is currently docked in the Georgian port of Batumi, carries about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles on board. They are outfitted with nuclear warheads and are meant to hit ground targets. The remaining NATO ships are currently concentrated in the northern part of the Black Sea,” a source in the military intelligence of the Russian Federation said.

Price the Vote: Federal money for electronic voting runs out, but the meter on voting machines keeps on ticking In Utah, as in most of the country, electronic voting equipment was sold with service costs that go on forever. While Utah counties now own the voting machines, they rent the software, and the annual price of software licensing and maintenance agreements statewide adds up to about $1 million per year. With HAVA funds exhausted, taxpayers will foot the bill.

Iraq veterans make noise at convention Iraq war veterans are playing an active role at the Democratic convention, where they’ve marched, staged mock foot patrols on downtown sidewalks and met with a former first lady to discuss veterans’ health care.

Debra Bartoshevich Betrays Women in Support of Choice by Stating that McCain is Not for Overturning Roe V. Wade When He Debra Bartoshevich is a former Clinton delegate who John McCain is now featuring in an ad. She says, in he ad, she's supporting McCain. This article pulls some background on her together.

Denver Police use Tear Gas on Non-violent Demonstrators This article appeared in a NYTimes blog, but not in the print edition. I am concerned that the Newspaper of Record doesn't find this worthy of more coverage. The pattern of building jail cells, clubbing photographers, and gasing small groups of non-violent demonstrators suggests a policy decision to use police violence as a deterrent to legitimate political expression.

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Are The Missiles in Poland a Plot to Upstage Obama and Give the White House to McCain? (41 comments) I say the missiles of October II is a lame attempt, ala Nixon vs Kennedy and the steel strike fraud and the WMD's, to scare Americans. I don't know maybe the Poles blind or scared, but this looks like a plan to show that a war hero is better prepared to settle the problem than Obama. I think the FIX is in to have McCain settle the Missiles issue and win the White House. What do you think?

Fear grips immigrants after Laurel, Miss. plant raid LAUREL, Miss. - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she'd see her husband again. Nearly 600 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally were detained, creating panic among dozens of families in this small southern Mississippi town. Gov. Barbour signed new law.

Sherwood Ross: Head off Future Massacres By Curbing Bullying, Psychologist Says (4 comments) Massacres in our schools, malls, and workplaces might be reduced if we better understood they frequently come from the revenge motive, meaning society needs to put an end to bullying on campus and to provide better means of airing grievances in the workplace.

North Korea threatens to renew nuclear program North Korea threatened Tuesday to renew its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang says that the United States has reneged on its promise to remove North Korea from the state sponsors of terrorism list, while Washington responded that it wants independent verification of the country's nuclear disarmament. North Korea also announced this week that it "suspended disabling" its nuclear facilities on Aug. 14.

Monday, August 25:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: A New Political System in Satire (2 comments) SATIRE: A new political system which replaces the 2 party system which is really 1 PARTY SYSTEM. My system though it appears to be a 3 Party System, But acknowledging that 2 of the 3 are 1, is really back to a 2 party system in which the lies of 2 the 1 party system lie a lot, what you have remaining is either a ZERO party system, a 1 Party System opposed by 2 of 1 half of 1 Parties, so three equals=1=0, I think...???

Sunday, August 24:

Robert N Smith: Personhood of corporations. (24 comments) What status does a corporation have?

John Olsen: The conventions and escort services. (8 comments) A question as to which of the conventions will benefit escort services the most.

Friday, August 22:

Kris Malmquist: Poll: Anthrax Attacks Solved? (9 comments) Do you agree with the government's conclusion that Mr. Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks of mid-September 2001?

Gene Cappa: WTC 7 Brought Down By Fire NIST Concludes - Do You Agree? (52 comments) NIST Report on WTC 7 indicates "fire" alone collapsed the skyscraper building in a mere 6.5 seconds.

PeterJ: We're Having An Election! We're Off To See The Wizard, We're Out Of The Woods......Bull! (6 comments) Something must be done. I don't believe that we can accomplish it from the outside in but I do believe that there's someone in our government who's well aware of our plight (as I believe Nancy Pelosi is but is very afraid) who is not afraid but needs our numbers in order to accomplish their goals. We need to let them know we're here and not afraid to stand up. Do you Agree that petitions and rally's will accomplish nothing?

Tony Forest: Johnny Got His Gun (41 comments) Bear Arms or lose the right to vs. Nutcakes arm armed to the hilt

Hal Smith: US Missle shield (20 comments) What are your thoughts on the missile shield? What is it really for?

Thursday, August 21:

Rob Kall: Should The Dems Strip Joe Lieberman of His Committee Appointments? (23 comments) has Lieberman gone too far?

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: POLL: Is The Two party System Dead in The Water? Lets Use This System Instead! (14 comments) This may be a satire, but am I deadly serious or what? Who the Hell knows. All I do know is that I doubt that three parties are enough, or two many, or too few. So, I bring a few seriously silly points up to prove my own points. No, not the ones on the top of my head, the ones on the top of yours. Hey get over your serious side and have some fun. well, maybe and maybe not. At least have a good day... or not-maybe.

Wednesday, August 20:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Shall We Indict The Oil Profiteers And Nationalize All Necessities? (24 comments) record oil prices again? I say never again. I say cap oil, retroactively.Bush likes retroactive guarantees. I say Give him one, rebate retroactively all profits in a lump sum check to each citizen based on their use of fuel for the last seven years, and then indict the oil profiteers and their enablers!

Sunday, August 17:

alan17b0: Streaming Ad at Top of Main Page (11 comments) What do you think of the streaming ad at the top of the OEN main page?

Saturday, August 16:

Edwin Rutsch: Will the progressive movement eventually implode and 'eat their young'? (22 comments) In my interview with Gavin Newsom, calls for inculsivity and warns against the progressive movement 'eatting it's young'.

Thursday, August 14:

DrTruth: How will you defend America and your freedoms? (13 comments) Are we only a nation of sheeple, or are we sick of the games and crimes, and willing to do something to stop this madness?

Darren Wolfe: Who Do You Believe? (14 comments) The question is, do you believe the government's figures that show growth and no recession or the private economist's figure's that show contraction and recession?

Sherwin Steffin: Do articles have an effect on your vote? (9 comments) This poll seeks to determine the effect, if any, that posted articles will have on your vote in this Presidential Election. What do you plan to do?

PeterJ: Do We Really Have Any Control Over Our Current State (27 comments) Can we control our own destiny or is it "In God's Hands"? Is this a problem created by man that can be fixed by man or are we powerless, at the mercy of greedy, evil people who have attained so much power we can have no affect on them? Should we boycott, should we revolt or should we just pray until our knees are bloody? How you feel is going to affect the final outcome. Will you bring us to Armageddon?

Richard McGinn: Would President Washington continue to warn against party faction and foreign influence? (6 comments) Washington's 1796 Farewell Address to the nation emphasized the need for a unified federal government and warned against party faction and foreign influence. If he were alive today, what is the likelihood that our first President would change his mind about those two things?

Donald Rankin III: When Might You Vote For a Political "Outsider"? (19 comments) When do the potential benefits outweigh the risks of voting for Nader, McKinney, Barr etc.?

Wednesday, August 13:

Rob Kall: Which rating system will you be more likely to USE on OpEdNEws (29 comments) in the spirit of bottom-up participation OpEdNews encourages, please voice your opinion on the two possible rating systems we're considering.

Rob Kall: Should McCain or Obama Be Speaking to the Georgian President? (22 comments) SHould either candidate be talking to Georgian President Shakashvilli

Hal Smith: Is the conflict in Georgia a pretext to WWIII (32 comments) Do you know the truth?

Gene Cappa: Did Bush Comply With "Authorization to Use Military Force"? (9 comments) Did Bush comply with the "Authorization to Use Military Force" Resolution when he attacked Iraq without UN Security Council approval?

Rob Kall: Do You Support Equal Rights for Third Party Candidates? (20 comments) Do you support a federal law requiring equal treatment for all political parties, in terms of rules for registering candidates and getting them on the ballot, including petition requirements and participation in debates?

Monday, August 11:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: Why Isn't Obama Closing McCain Out? Putting Him away? (22 comments) In the wake of the most unpopular Presidents in history who leaves an economy on shambles, millions in foreclosure, almost as many out of work or under-employed, the clone of Bush-McCain with the same platform as Bush is not going away and is persistently, though slowly, closing the deficit between them. WHY? IS THAT?

Sunday, August 10:

John Wood Sr: Poll: Follow up to "Should Obama Use Bush's Powers to Restore America?" (2 comments) If this was our last, best chance, would you support doing these things?

Rob Kall: Should Iraq Start Paying for it's own reconstruction? (36 comments) Iraq is projected to see over $75 million in revenues. Should they start paying their own way.

Friday, August 8:

Rob Kall: Should OpEdNews Have Posted News of John Edwards Affair? (40 comments) Now that the news about John Edwards affair is out, now that he's admitted it and told ABC news, now that the major news shows are saturated with reporting on it, did OpEdNews make the right decision posting a link to an article reporting on Edwards scandal?

Richard McGinn: Congressional Apology to Muslims imminent in the anthrax terrorism case? (2 comments) Although few of the details are known, it is already patently clear that the 2001 anthrax mailings were an inside job and a false flag operation intended to lay the blame on uncooperative Arabs, and to frighten the rest of the world into waging war against "the enemies of civilization" in the Middle East.

Gene Cappa: Should Congress Go Into Special Session For Impeachment Hearings? (20 comments) Should Congress be called into Special Session for Impeachment Hearings?

john de herrera: The Article V Convention? (14 comments) In regards to change, America's Supreme Law offers each and every citizen one of two choices: Congress or Convention.

Mark E. Smith: How Many Votes Does Obama Need? Does the popular vote have any impact on a candidate's decision whether or not to concede?

Thursday, August 7:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: Would you vote for Nancy Pelosi? (26 comments) Nancy Pelosi has steadfastly refused to consider impeachment of the war criminals in the White House. Will, or should, the democrats re-elect her? If you lived in San Francisco's 8th District, would you vote for her again?

Wednesday, August 6:

John Wood Sr: Should Obama Use Bush's Powers to Restore America? (19 comments) Would you support a president Obama if he were to use the Executive powers Bush grabbed and abused to enable America to realize its constitutional ideals? WHY, OR WHY NOT?

Tuesday, August 5:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: POLL: FOR WHICH WOULD YOU VOTE IF AT ALL? (28 comments) My Poll Litmus Test: A)-WOULD YOU VOTE FOR MCCAIN IF HE WAS A DEMOCRAT, SAYING THE SAME THINGS HE NOW IS SAYING? YES, NO B)-WOULD YOU VOTE AGAINST OBAMA IF HE WAS A REPUBLICAN, SAYING THE SAME THINGS HE NOW IS SAYING? YES, NO

Monday, August 4:

Ben Kall: Do you support racists and propagandists, I mean big media? (14 comments) do you still subscribe to cable TV

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: Should The USA Ban Private Contractor Armies? (23 comments) Private armies in America? Blackwater says it wants to rent the largest private armies in the world to American Corporations. To do what hunt down people who return toxic goods they buy at department stores or slaughter private citizens in Banana Republic Nations which protest land grabs? Vote now!

Rob Kall: Votingwise, Are you Sane or Psychotic? (33 comments) voting to end Eight Years of Shock Doctrine Presidency or Deludedly Supporting McCain, by voting for Him or any Third Party Candidate?

Sunday, August 3:

Mary Neal: Treatment or Prison for Mental Patients? (20 comments) Poll to determine if Americans favor prison or treatment for the mentally ill.

Saturday, August 2:

Gene Cappa: Is Bush Guilty of Nuremberg War Crimes? (40 comments) Could Bush be guilty of the very same war crimes that got the Nazi war criminals convicted on in 1946?

Robert N Smith: Petition the Government (15 comments) Would a mass petition of the government instead of a demonstration work better?

Richard McGinn: Suicide or assassination? (19 comments) The FBI's lead suspect in the September, 2001 anthrax attacks -- Bruce E. Ivins -- died Tuesday night, apparently by suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him with responsibility for the attacks. The underreported implication is that the anthrax attacks were an inside job, and a false flag operation as well, because Muslims (and Saddam Hussein in particular) got the blame, and the Iraq war was the result.

Thursday, July 31:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: Should The USA Nationalize The Oil Industry? (8 comments) Record Profits on DECREASED production of oil this quarter near $12 Billion in profits for three months and on target for $45 billion for the year! What is wrong with the above picture when Russian oil companies are selling gasoline at the pump for $1.00 a Gallon, Venezuela for $00.12 a gallon, in Iraq before the war at $00.05 a gallon and other Mid-East oil companies at between $00.14 gallon to $00.30 a gallon, today?

Ed Martin: Can George Bush's crimes be prosecuted after he leaves office? (16 comments) Can George Bush's crimes be prosecuted after he leaves office?

Wednesday, July 30:

DC Rapier: Contemptuously yours, Karl Rove (3 comments) Aye or Nay on issuing a warrant for the arrest of Karl Rove

Tuesday, July 29:

Gustav Wynn: Poll on the Government's Terror Alerts (6 comments) Weigh in on the government's terror alerts. What do they mean to you in 2008?

Monday, July 28:

Rob Kall: Did Right Wing Hate Radio Influence the Tennessee Unitarian Church Killer? (34 comments) Did the hate spewed by toxic right wing talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Glen Beck plant the seed of the idea to kill liberal Unitarian church members?

Georgianne Nienaber: Is it Ethical to Manage Baboons in South African Pine Plantations by Culling? (10 comments) For the third consecutive year, I will be attending a baboon management workshop in South Africa. I need something more than my own opinion, which has changed over the past three years.

Sunday, July 27:

Cathy Garger: Can Cindy Sheehan Beat Nancy Pelosi? (18 comments) Do you think Cindy Sheehan can beat Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress?

Allen Lee: Automated Tellers and Bias (3 comments) This poll is an attempt to learn whether person who use automated machines in public do so to avoid racial or gender bias from a human service provider.

PeterJ: What Do You Believe Is The Number One Problem Plaguing Our Nation? (69 comments) The economy "experts" think that they have the answers,the wannabe "generals" tell us how to run a war,immigration crowd wants to build a fence and shoot Mexicans. Now,there are a growing number of people who recognize the "Establishment",the industrial-military complex of the ruling class elite as the vampire sucking our country dry. How do you believe we should begin rebuilding this nation? From outside in or inside out?

Edwin Rutsch: Is Bob Barr correct that conservative values have failed? (10 comments) Is Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr correct that traditional conservative values have failed?

Saturday, July 26:

Mark Adams: Do you think that impeachment is newsworthy? (18 comments) Do you think that impeachment is newsworthy?

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, August 29:

Dubai's Eco-wonder: Pyramid City to House a Million Residents A proposed pyramid city for the Dubai desert will stand 1.2 kilometres in height. The solar-powered pyramid was announced this week by Timelinks, an eco-design firm that plans to unveil the engineering wonder at Cityscape Dubai later this year. "The pyramid will be more than a kilometre tall and will house one million people inside," a source close to the project told XPRESS. "It will be completely self-sustainable."

Jim Miles: Racing the Enemy - Book Review The race is still on for geopolitical control of territory - Hasagawa's work describes the critical period of the summer of 1945 that started our current world order.

John Olsen: News from Afterlife A snapshot of some 20th century politicians, pundits and their pals in Afterlife.

New giant clam species discovered The species, found in the Red Sea, may now be critically endangered, researchers report. Any guesses how many gastronomes this news will lead to buying the clams for eating, in spite of their being endangered?

Vi Ransel: The Doors, Part One (1 comments) Who's really running America, how did they seize control, and is there anything we can do about it?

Thursday, August 28:

martinweiss: *the imperative of universal healthcare (4 comments) the brief but compelling argument for universal health care-- indisputable facts mandate that everybody must be in the pool.

AMERICAN GULAG: Slavery Haunts America's Plantation Prisons (1 comments) This scene is not a glimpse of plantation days long gone by. It's the present-day reality of thousands of prisoners at the maximum security Louisiana State Pen, otherwise known as Angola. At the country's largest prison, 80% of its prisoners are African-American and critics say, "It's not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what's going on."

C.L. Pagano: Virgo New Moon, August 30, 2008 (8 comments) Work and Change are the order of the day. This New Moon is a preview of the big celestial face-off on election day - the opposition of Uranus (revolutionary new ideas) to Saturn (the old guard). These are the energies that faced off in the 60s, and we're about to enter a 4-year twilight zone that takes us back to the 60s so we can move forward to the future.

Allen L Roland: *DEM CONVENTION/ DAY THREE ~ BILL POSTURES, JOE BELLOWS WHILE KUCINICH DELIVERS (1 comments) The carefully scripted and choreographed Democratic convention slumbers on with Bill Clinton effectively posturing on Wednesday and Joe Biden bellowing his message to the faithful but the best speech of the convention was Dennis Kucinich's WAKE UP AMERICA on Tuesday afternoon before a half empty auditorium : Allen L Roland

Adam Bessie: My Students Have Cooler Phones than I Today's American college student has more technology in her pocket than some small African country you've never heard of, which could easily be looked up in seconds on Wikipedia (if someone was actually bored enough in class to do this). The author, a college English instructor, wonders about why his students have such awesome technology - and why it is so, so much better than his clunker, which can only make calls (OMG!).

Wednesday, August 27:

Dennis Diehl: As Hurricane Gustav Approaches--It's Weather-Not God's Judgment (8 comments) Weather is just weather. While one can get in the path of that which will not respect your humanity, it is not God's judgement on us.

O'Terry: Blood of the Earth (3 comments) A Poem for Our Mother Earth

Dan Koch: A New Single Theory is Just the Same old Story (54 comments) An Early layman's Critique of the WTC7 Final Report.

New Space tTelescope map shows the sky as if viewed through gamma-ray glasses During its first 95 hours of operation, the telescope generated a gamma-ray map of the sky similar to the one obtained by Nasa's now-defunct Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, which took years of observations to produce. The Fermi telescope has now carried out its "first light" observations The gamma-ray map of the sky from the LAT's "first light" observations shows the glowing gas of the Milky Way, blinking pulsars, and...

Bayer on defensive in bee deaths Bayer CropScience is facing legal scrutiny in Germany because of the effect one of its best-selling pesticides has had on honeybees. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Natural Resources Defense Council is pressing for research information on clothianidin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the pesticide in 2003 and has been accused of hiding honeybee data.

Allen L Roland: *DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION / DAY TWO ~ HILLARY'S TAINTED LEGACY (5 comments) Hillary Clinton's tainted legacy will be her self-serving ' 3 AM ' Ad which she used to disqualify Obama and elevate herself and John McCain, during the primaries, at the expense of the Democratic party ~ knowing full well that John McCain would use that Ad, as he is now, to disqualify Obama as Commander in chief : Allen L Roland

Tuesday, August 26:

Martha Moffett: Queen of the Fabricated Memoir (4 comments) Now forgotten, "Cradle of the Deep" was the publishing scandal of the 20th century.

Shepherd Bliss: Slow Food Nation to Release Healthy Food & Agriculture Declaration (1 comments) Initiated by Roots of Change, the final draft of the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture will be released on August 29 at San Francisco's City Hall, seeking to change the food policy of the U.S. It is a national call for a new, sustainable food system.

O'Terry: Drastic Measures [[bomb]] I wrote this poem 13 years ago. Wish I had had a place to publish it then.

USDA Gift to Monsanto (2 comments) The US Department of Agriculture's give-away insurance rates for GM crops risk bankrupting the public coffers. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has approved a program that will reduce crop insurance costs between 20 and 70% for those growing (GM) maize. The program was crafted by the Monsanto Corporation and its first beneficiary is limited to its GM maize. The rest of the farming community may feel especially aggrieved

Co-author of 100 Things To Do Before You Die dies at 47 (3 comments) get that bucket list written already!

Monkeys experience joy of giving, too, study finds (2 comments) unlike rightwingers. It appears the evolutionary tree is a bit twisted when it comes to conservatives. They are lower on it than monkeys.

Allen L Roland: *Democratic Convention, Day One: Michelle's Moment Just what is the DNC and what does it really represent other than a pre-chosen President and Vice President and a four day photo op and celebration for the Democratic party? Its main message in 2008 will be inclusion versus exclusion. That was delivered eloquently by Michelle Obama last night and it will succeed in November.

Monday, August 25:

THE DELUSION REVOLUTION: ON THE ROAD TO EXTINCTION AND IN DENIAL (6 comments) We're in trouble, on all fronts, and the trouble is wider and deeper than most of us have been willing to acknowledge. We should struggle to build a road on which we can walk through those troubles -- if such a road is possible -- but I doubt it's going to look like any path we had previously envisioned, nor is it likely to lead anywhere close to where most of us thought we were going.

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Heaven's Angels NY Times: Leather and skull-clad NYC bikers use tattooed muscle to save animals and teach schoolkids how to be kind.

Sunday, August 24:

Rady Ananda: Video Interview of a Voter's Hero: Stephanie Tubbs Jones (3 comments)

Stephen Fox, Contributing Editor Santa Fe Sun News: Medical News: Howard Dean, M.D. as Secretary of Health or FDA Commissioner? Japanese create stemcells from wisdom teeth Howard Dean as FDA Commissioner? A compelling argument. Also, stem cell research continues, no matter how far into the ground this administration buries its head.

Allen L Roland: *IMAGINATION / THE FUEL FOR LIVING YOUR DREAMS As a young child I imagined and actually saw a world cemented in a joyful loving uniting energy that transcended time and space. It was first a deep knowing, then it became a theory and finally I proved it and it became my Unified Field ~ but essentially it was a universal truth rising through the stars and getting more and more powerful each moment: Allen L Roland

Saturday, August 23:

Michael Greenwell: Hollow Traditional music is not a commodity.

robert braunstein: Benefits of youth (2 comments) Human rights

Peter Dearman: Why isn't sepak takraw an Olympic event?

Friday, August 22:

Internet Abuzz: Avian Flu Weaponized? "Our best intelligence estimate is that pandemic Avian Flu has already been created through genetic engineering. The evidence shows the Avian Flu has been turned into a viral threat through bioengineering in the United States, fusing the deadly genome of the 1918 Pandemic, misnamed the "Spanish Flu," with the DNA of the innocuous H5N1 virus in a growth medium of human kidney cells, according to the National Institutes of Healt

Thursday, August 21:

Steve Windisch (jibbguy): Free Energy and the Open Source Energy Movement (Part 4) (8 comments) This issue is about Plasma: The work of Kiril Chukanov and Josef Papp, the FireStorm spark plug of Robert Krupa, Stan Meyer's water powered dune buggy... And the recent experiments in the Open Source movement to use plasma spark to power our cars with tap water!

robert wolff: WHAT THERE IS - IS ALL THERE IS (12 comments) Sustainability, "why worry about the price of oil, why not consider how to do without?"

Ramona Byron: Making Terra Preta Soil: Ramona's Recipe for Home-Made Dirt (5 comments) Personal account of efforts to replicate Amazonian self-fertilizing Terra pretta soil.

Brenda Epperson: Living with the Insane (6 comments) I wrote a short summary of my experiences from being raised by a mentally ill parent to read at that meeting but wasn't given that opportunity. I no longer have that letter but it went something like this:

robert braunstein: No Fault Capitalism (1 comments) Same story different decade. They get the mine we get the shaft

Why a common treatment for prostate cancer ultima... ( Some of the drugs given to many men ...) Treatments for prostate cancer have not produced the expected results. Although the drugs may slow the growth of some cells, a new study has found that other cells may actually be stimulated to grow. The androgen receptor in prostate cells can provide a natural inhibitor for cell growth. This new study suggests that turning the receptors off in some cells while turning others on may provide better results.

Wednesday, August 20:

Sally Stride: *The Politics of Fluoridation (4 comments) Science never has shown that adding fluoride chemicals into water supplies is a safe and effective way to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridation was achieved through clever PR and persistence by special interest groups.

HEALTH: Bad New Air Pollutant Found (1 comments) LSU scientists report a new form of air pollution -- persistent free radicals. Each day, we breathe in 300 cigarettes' worth of the harmful molecules.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran launches satellite carrier Iran says it has successfully launched a rocket capable of carrying its first domestically built satellite.

Meryl Ann Butler: Fresh New Discovery - Can You Guess What This Photo Is? (25 comments)

Tuesday, August 19:

Georgianne Nienaber: Mr. Bill: "OH NO, Fix the coast you broke, Shell Oil!"

Key Photosynthesis Step Replicated: Scientists Learn From Nature To Split Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen (1 comments) [[IM1]] An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new method that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The breakthrough could revolutionize the renewable energy industry by making hydrogen – the clean, green fuel of the future – cheaper and easier to produce on a commercial scale.

Allen L Roland: *BUSH AND CHENEY IMPEACHED IN SAN FRANCISCO / SEE VIDEO