Study: US preparing 'massive' military attack against Iran

The United States may be prepared to launch without warning a massive assault on Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, as well as government buildings and infrastructure, according to a new analysis of "what the military option might involve if it were picked up off the table and put into action."

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Study_US_preparing_massive_military_attack_0828.html

Ex-Reagan Aide Calls Bush 'Mass Murderer'

Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the treasury under the Reagan administration, cites a recent report of more than 1 million deaths in Iraq since the war began. He calls Bush a mass murderer. "Bush ... is responsible, according to Information Clearing House, for over one million deaths of Iraqi civilians, which puts Bush high on the list of mass murderers of all time, The vast majority of 'kills' by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan are civilians."

http://rawstory.com/

The Rip-off in Iraq

In Iraq, private contractors are guaranteed huge profits no matter how badly they fuck things up. How is it done? How do you screw the taxpayer for millions, get away with it and then ride off into the sunset with one middle finger extended, the other wrapped around a chilled martini? Ask Earnest O. Robbins -- he knows all about being a successful contractor in Iraq.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/60950

US Citizens Are Being Tortured By The US

For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods. There were times, huddled on the floor in solitary confinement with that head-banging music blaring dawn to dusk and interrogators yelling like Fox News Hosts.

It is not just about torture, intimidation and detention - although that is bad enough, but it is about American and British security forces allowing the insurgency to be armed. They are perpetuating the fighting to justify a military presence in the gulf and to secure more profit for corporations.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/24/ap4052736.html

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Fox ATTACKS! Iran - Fearmongering 2004 vs. 2007

You'd think that with the complete failure in Iraq, those days would be behind us. Sadly, you'd be wrong. FOX wants war with Iran. This video compares FOX footage from just before the Iraq war to recent coverage on the ever-closer Iran conflict. The similarities are sickeningly real.

http://foxattacks.com/blog/10777-fox-attacks-iran

Propaganda

Quotes from 'Propaganda' by Edward Bernays
Ig publishing, 2005, paper
originally published in 1928

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Propaganda/Propaganda_Bernays.html

Scientists Struggle to Define The Meaning of Life

Philosophers wrestling with the big questions of life are no longer alone. Now scientists are struggling to define life as they manipulate it, look for it on other planets, and even create it in test tubes.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-08-19-life_N.htm

Bush Administration has more Spying Powers than first believed

Intelligence legislation passed earlier this month is angering a growing number of critics who say an end-of-session scramble inadvertently gave the Bush Administration wider spying powers than previously thought.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/washington/19fisa.html?ref=nationalspecial3

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Modern Signs that IDIOCRACY is becoming a reality

We live in a generation hanging on to the speech patterns of a president, while eating freedom fries and waiting with bated breath for the subsequent news update about Paris Hilton. The general populace is now too tired and dull to stand up for their rights; simply because if they do, they will miss out on the latest episode of American Idol...

http://www.the-trukstop.com/articles/2007/idiocracy.html

Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer

Reading coverage of marijuana research in the mainstream press increases the risk of becoming misinformed by 50-300%.An analysis of the various scare stories on marijuana appearing in major papers lately. When facts are left out, others exaggerated to the point of sensationalism, truth and reality lose, and how many people are hurt in the process.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2007/aug/01/new_study_marijuana_does_not_cau