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ZNet, MA by Paul Street

Remember the old neoconservative half-joke that “sacking Baghdad is fine but real men go to Teheran?� We are moving into the time when many Washington watchers have thought it possible and even likely that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney would order an attack on Iran (1).

They wouldn’t really do it, would [...]

The Nation., NY

On the eve of Alberto Gonzales’ testimony before Congress about his deep involvement in US Attorneygate, the Bush Administration has the gall to propose a bill which would greatly expand its ability to intercept telephone calls and e-mail correspondence as well as provide immunity to participating telecom companies. The bill would do far [...]

by Don Nash

So the gunman did that killing thing at about seven in the morning and two freaking hours later, the gunman pulled a repeat performance. Practice makes perfect. Right. What the hell were the campus cops doing for two freaking hours? Oh wait this just in, freebies at the coffee shop. Lattes and crispy [...]

From: connie nash | Note: forwarded message attached.

From: Rick Halperin Reply-To: humanrightsnews-owner@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:34:47 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) To: Human Rights News Urgent Action for Migrants’ Rights Defenders at Risk in Mexico (UA 90/07)

URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA

17 April 2007 UA 90/07 Fear for safety

MEXICO Castulo Benavides Rodriguez (m), director of [...]

From: connie nash

Original email from: Roland Sheppard Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007

The shooting rampage at Virginia Tech was a tragic event. But it is not the ‘deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, ” as the New York Times states in its headline article on the web, Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves 32 Dead, the NY [...]

by Don Nash

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times. We don’t need to add additional injury to the piles of preexisting misery we’ll be visiting today. Please don’t feed the warmongers and let’s not tap on the glass.

First stop will [...]