tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188855282024-08-31T04:42:01.864-04:00You'll see links to news articles, snippets from interviews and other web paraphenalia. This will also be a dumping ground for various stuff that I might need to get off my chest. Hence the Ranting and Venting title.Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1158610436635918192006-09-18T16:13:00.000-04:002006-09-18T16:13:57.043-04:00

Bush Push in Congress a Sign of Fear and Weakness:The Bush administration's full-court press against the Constitution is on, with the president getting closer to Senate, and possibly full Congressional approval of his warrantless spying program by the National Security Agency, and with a lobbying campaign on to get his program for kangaroo courts and life-time detention without trial for terror "

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It is very important that you read this entire article. It makes sense and is has facts and evidence to back it up.Like many Americans, I spent the evening of the 2004 election watching the returns on television and wondering how the exit polls, which predicted an overwhelming victory for John Kerry, had gotten it so wrong. By midnight, the official tallies showed a decisive lead for George Bush

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Once again the Bush administration have proved why they care little for humanity, the Constitution and just about anything except their profits.In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.14,000,

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In yet another example of this Republican Government lying to the American people and the world; the IAEA in Vienna blasted back at a report published by a House committee calling it "outrageous and dishonest".The letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday outside a 35-nation board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says the report is false in saying Iran is making

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I just watched the "Koppel on Discovery" show called The Price of Security. This is nothing new for Ted Koppel. While at Nightline, Koppel brought plenty of American audiences together too — for a gathering in Tampa, Fla., to discuss health care; in Decker, Mich. to discuss domestic terrorism; and in Houston, Texas to talk about disaster management.I wanted to give a light critique of the show.

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Well...It looks like after an incredibly long hiatus, that I have returned to my roots, err, blog. I don't know how much I'm going to be posting as I wind back into this but I AM back.You can now look forward to my inane chatter once again!I'll start posting articles soon. In the meantime, I would like to say hello again to all my readers (both of you) and thank you for waiting!Adam Mindwolf

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No surprises here. Please move along.boot1780 from Slashdot writes:"Having 'successfully sued former Palm Beach County (FL) Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore to get the audit records for the 2004 presidential election,' Black Box Voting reports that the 'internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the

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I've quoted Molly Ivans before. She's an excellent journalist with a good sense of humor. Here' she writes about the United Arab Emirates taking over our ports. Bush seems to like it...Molly Ivans of Truthdig writes:So, aside from the fact that it’s politically idiotic and at least theoretically presents a national security risk, just what is wrong with the Dubai Ports deal? President Bush said

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My friends at the National Environmental Trust sent me an interesting email in response to my previous post concerning Bush's pretend oil addiction.Here's the email:Hey man, nice piece on the Bush budget and renewable energy. If you'’re looking for more, we'’ve pulled together a bunch of resources on both energy and on Bush'’s proposal to sell public lands to make up for budget shortfalls. You

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Emperor Bush wound up his sweeping three state, two day tour that he used to push his renewable energy plans. It would have almost have been believable except that the plan came from a Texas Oil-Barron, an ultra-conservative, a former oil company executive, and the signer of 6 years of budgets that cut renewable energy funding and pave the way for more oil use in the country.This is another case

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So you guys have probably been wondering about our sparse posts lately. Well I decided to explain it. Demetrios are going to be losing our jobs at the end of the week. They decided to outsource our jobs to that far away land called Houston, TX.So in the time that we should be diligent and blogging and swearing, we've been job searching (and just a little bit of drinking). I wanted to let you guys

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Federal prosecutors are so disgusted with Randy "Duke" Cunningham's Corruption that they have petitioned the court for "duke" to have the full 10 year sentence.It's not all too shocking when you read some of the things he did.Charles R. Babcock of the Washington Post writes:[B]ecause of "unparalleled corruption" that included a "bribe menu" on congressional letterhead telling a defense contractor

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Here's something interesting.Fox News withholds video of Cheney's drinking acknowledgment, ignores key questions:Cheney's exclusive interview with Fox pays off; FNC withholds video of Cheney's drinking acknowledgment, ignores key questionsSummary: In airing Brit Hume's interview with Vice President Dick Cheney, Fox News omitted Cheney's comments about drinking a beer the day he shot his hunting

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A Harvard study revealed Tuesday what we already knew. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Favors more affluent, white communities over poor communities and minority communities. How hard was this to figure out folks? Bush's Every Child Left Behind policy punishes underperforming school districts by removing funding. When the schools can't pay to have teachers teach classes, class sizes go up. Test

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I'm going to get right to it because it's so simply amazing.Glenn Greenwald of Unclaimed Territory writes:This development seems quite significant; at the very least, it will ensure that the scandal continues regardless of the degree of success the White House finds in attempting to suppress a meaningful Congressional investigation. And, this will be yet another front where the White House is

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From Monsters and Critics:A United Nations investigator has called for the closure of the US prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay as the United Nations Thursday released a searing, detailed report of abuses and torture that occur there. Manfred Nowak, one of the human rights reporters who carried out the investigation, made the call for closure in an interview published Thursday by

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The Dalai Lama is in Israel this week.He is speaking out against religion in politics. He says that when there is not enough separation between religion and politics there will be violence because emotion is involved.Neta Sela of YNetNews.com writes:The leader of the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama, has arrived in Israel for a five-day visit. Describing the purpose of his visit as bringing

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Here's a slap in the face to the Bush Administration.Gerald Nadler of the AP writes:Saddam Hussein told aides in the mid-1990s that he warned the United States it could be hit by a terrorist attack, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing 12 hours of tapes the network obtained of the former Iraqi dictator's talks with his Cabinet.One of Saddam's son-in-laws also explained how Iraq hid its biological

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Judy Kirkwood writes:The Coretta Scott King funeral provided an amazing history lesson as well as an intimate look at the woman. But comments from different sources in the news suggesting that political references at a funeral are inappropriate are completely off base.King's life was devoted to a social movement that had to be political in order to be validated. Why wouldn't her funeral be

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I'm really starting to like this guy. You know, when he became pope I was worried. Everyone said he was a ultra conservative traditionalist. He actually seems fairly progressive. He is at least a bridge builder.Philip Pullella of Reuters writes:Science made such rapid progress in the 20th century that people may sometimes be confused about how the Christian faith can still be compatible with it,

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An article criticizing the Bush Administration's policy of smearing, covering up, and discrediting science fact and replacing it with his misinformation.From USAToday:Would that the rise and fall of George C. Deutsch, 24, a NASA political appointee, could become a metaphor — one taken all the way to its logical conclusion — for the Bush administration's policies on global warming. Deutsch has for

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Ok right off the bat, the three are: LaTourette R-Ohio (another from Ohio), Young R-Alaska, and Moore-Capito R-W. VA.Hey, did you notice that there are no Democrats in that list? Know why? Because there are no Democrats linked to this. I hate having to keep repeating myself but people keep sending me emails trying to convince me that the GOP lies are the truth. Abramoff did NOT give money to any

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Paul Pillar until last year, was responsible for the collection and assessment of Intelligence on Iraq and the entire Middle East. He says that the Bush Administration did not receive incorrect information like they say. They "cherry picked" just the tidbits that would justify going to war in Iraq.In essence they lied to you so they could kill tens of thousands for no real discernible

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From Slashdot:The U.S. government plans to search, link and reference every news site, blog and email on the Internet, using sophisticated AI codenamed ADVISE to do the correlations. Unlike traditional dataveilance like Echelon, ADVISE aims to find terrorists before they strike and even deduce their motivations in wanting to commit their crimes. Part of the breakthrough is a way for humans to

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A little Friday belly laugh from Daily Kos.Daily Kos: Cheers and Jeers:Late night snark to wrap up the week..."There's a boycott now of Danish products in the Muslim world. Luckily not too many mosques are made out of Legos."---Jay leno-"If President Bush is wiretapping my phone and listening to my calls, I think he actually should pay for half of the phone-sex bill."---David Letterman-"President

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