So does Jacob Hornberger. The United States of Barbarism by James Bovard, September 25, 2006 The U.S. Senate is cutting a deal with President Bush to make America a banana republic. Last week, three senators reached an agreement with the White House that will de facto permit the CIA to continue torturing people around the world. And the deal will prevent anyone

Some details the macroeconomic statistics on immigration can miss Brian Doherty Reason The federal government, in this election year when immigration reform has been (inexplicably) one of the hottest issues, is out to prove it can protect our nation's borders

From the AP: CAIRO, Egypt - An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by U.S. troops from the same unit. The Mujahedeen Shura Council

Remember that story? You didn't really believe that the Iranians were just afraid of big tough guy Ronald Reagan... did you? Gary Sick wrote October Surprise all about it back in the day. Robert Parry reminds us that this was the beginning of the Reagan administration's cooperation with Israel in arming Iran for war against Iraq and the funneling of the profits to the "contra" murderers of Nicauragua. He also points out that "The false history surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis also has...

Uh, really? The Times: A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. The classified National Intelligence Estimate attributes a more direct role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism than that presented either in recent White House documents or in a report released Wednesday by...

Okay, so I admit to a grudging respect for Hugo Chavez. 1 He hates Bush and American Imperialism - I can only imagine how much. 2 At least at the time of the embarrassingly failed coup in April 2002, he had a supermajority mandate (not that I believe in foolish notions of "popular" sovereignty). 3 Bush's wars have made oil so expensive that he has plenty of cash to blow, and I'd be amazed if he hasn't been able to continue to buy much of that support. I know he's survived at least one recall...

Editor and Publisher Can you believe that?! Christ! What does it take? Also, it turns out Americans oppose our government's use of torture and the "redefinition" of the Geneva Conventions. And only 42% feel that the terrorist threat to the U.S. would increase if we left Iraq right now. ---------------------------------------------------- In other news, Hillary Clinton is a communist.

From the new American Conservative, October 9, issue, Deep Background by Philip Giraldi, retired CIA officer. It is not available online but here is the text: THE WHITE HOUSE HAS OVERCOME RESISTANCE FROM THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND HAS ORDERED PLANS TO ATTACK IRAN AFTER THE NOVEMBER CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. President Bush has made it clear, both publicly and privately, that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapons capability and that he intends to take direct action, whatever...

Jim Bovard explains why I hate John McCain so much: "The key players in the U.S. Senate have agreed with the Bush administration to retroactively legalize torture by U.S. government agents. The compromise deal struck yesterday will block prosecution for CIA officials who tortured detainees since 9/11.

This time from the Nation - and this refers to different ships than the RawStory report from yesterday and the Time report from the day before that. "As reports circulate of a sharp debate within the White House over possible US military action against Iran and its nuclear enrichment facilities, The Nation has learned that the Bush Administration and the Pentagon have issued orders for a major "strike group" of ships, including the nuclear aircraft carrier Eisenhower as well as a cruiser,...

I hate John McCain.

Lew: "Daniel Ellsberg will be on the Colbert Report tonight; he also has an important article in the new Harper's, calling on insiders to resign and tell the truth to the press and the public about Bush's planned aggression against Iran and any other country he may be targeting." My interview of Dan Ellsberg here.

Hell man I don't know. I'm not sure Jim Lobe knows either, but he does know which facts to weigh in his analysis. Also, check out this one from the Times: Ahmadinejad goes to the Council of Foreign Relations.

Larisa Alexandrovna RawStory Published: Thursday September 21, 2006 The Pentagon's top brass has moved into second-stage contingency planning for a potential military strike on Iran, one senior intelligence official familiar with the plans tells RAW STORY. The official, who is close to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking officials of each branch of the US military, says the Chiefs have started what is called "branches and sequels" contingency planning. "The JCS has accepted the...