CNN POLL: Strong majority of Americans want Congress to cut off funding for Iraq escalationI don't yet have the details or cross-tabs of the poll itself, but anchor John Roberts just said this on CNN this morning:
"Is Congress willing to cut off funding in order to end the war in Iraq? The latest CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll shows 60 percent of Americans want Congress to block money from going to war -- President Bush's planned troop increase, the 21,500 new troops for Iraq. Thirty-eight percent are against the resolution, or at least believe th ... (more)
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Natural contraception 'effective'A natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill, German research suggests.
The symptothermal method (STM) assesses fertility levels during the monthly cycle by measuring body temperature, and observing cervical secretions.
The Human Reproduction study found using STM correctly led to a rate of 0.4 pregnancies per 100 women per year.
UK experts said natural family planning was effective - provided it was taught properly and c... (more)
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Ron Paul, the Real Republican? When you read about a vote in Congress that goes something like 412-1, odds are pretty good that the sole "nay" came from Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. He so consistently votes against widely popular bills, in fact, that the Washington Post recently gave him the moniker "Congressman 'No.'"
Paul isn't a reflexive contrarian--he doesn't oppose just to oppose. Rather, he has a core set of principles that guide him. They happen to be the same principles envisioned by the framers of the U.S... (more)
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Told to wait, a Marine diesSTEWART, Minn. -- It took two years of hell to convince him, but finally Jonathan Schulze was ready.
On the morning of Jan. 11, Jonathan, an Iraq war veteran with two Purple Hearts, neatly packed his US Marine Corps duffel bag with his sharply creased clothes, a framed photo of his new baby girl, and a leather-bound Bible and headed out from the family farm for a 75-mile drive to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Cloud, Minn.
Family and friends had convi... (more)
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The Second Great Depression "The US economy is in danger of a recession that will prove unusually long and severe. By any measure it is in far worse shape than in 2001-02 and the unraveling of the housing bubble is clearly at hand. It seems that the continuous buoyancy of the financial markets is again deluding many people about the gravity of the economic situation."
Dr. Kurt Richebacher
"The history of all hitherto society is the history of cla ... (more)
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A War Conspiracy DocumentedThe now-infamous Downing Street documents showed how President George Bush managed his move to war by fitting intelligence to his policy, and by refusing to accept the reports of United Nations inspectors who could find no Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Now there is a new hot document that confirms that Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair intended to sucker Saddam into war. It demonstrates that this aim was present long before the Bush-Blair talks, and indeed that provocation formed a... (more)
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What the World Trade Center Building Designers Said: Before and After 9/11What the World Trade Center Building Designers Said: Before and After 9/11
An analysis of contradictions in statements by Building Designer Leslie Robertson
By Arabesque[1]
Before 9/11
“A previous analysis [by WTC building des... (more)
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National Publication tells Doctors: ‘Monitor Socialization in Homeschool Patients’Homeschool families nationwide may face more questioning from their pediatricians because of recommendations in a recent article in Contemporary Pediatrics, a national publication for doctors who treat children.
The November, 2006, article was entitled “What you need to learn about homeschooling.” After a skeptical but not wholly unfavorable discussion of homeschooling, the concluding paragraph urged doctors to be “vigilant” in “monitoring” th... (more)
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The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide"If we were not fighting and destroying this enemy in Iraq, they would not be idle. They would be plotting and killing Americans across the world and within our own borders. By fighting these terrorists in Iraq, Americans in uniform are defeating a direct threat to the American people." So said President Bush on November 30, 2005, refining his earlier call to "bring them on." Jihadist terrorists, the administration’s argument went, would be drawn to Iraq like moths to a flame, and would pe... (more)
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Anti-Terror laws in Philippines disguise for ending Freedoms With majority of congressmen heeding Malacañang’s call for Congress to hold a special session, the anti-terrorism bill was finally ratified by the House of Representatives through a voice vote last night. Civil libertarians though are gearing up for another round of legal battle: Once the bill is signed into law, they will challenge its constitutionality before the Sup... (more)
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BBC Discredited; Retractions on 9/11 Hit Piece Forthcoming? The BBC's response to complaints made against the bias and inaccuracy of the 9/11 Conspiracy Files documentary suggests that an overwhelming backlash has caused considerable consternation at the network and possible retractions or apologies may be forthcoming, with BBC bosses potentially fearing the company's credibility has been tarnished.
Following the airing of the show on Sunday evening, numerous websites... (more)
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Sydney Goes Into Lockdown As Cheney Comes To Town US Vice President Dick Cheney is jetting towards Sydney as I write this, and the police and Roads & Traffic Authority are rushing to get this place ready for Dick's big visit.
The preparations mostly include locking down entire chunks of the city for most of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, making sure all the necessary surveillance cameras are in working order and co-ordinating with Cheney's huge Secret Service detachment to plan escape routes from ... (more)
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Behind the Iran Intel: A U.S. briefer "overstates" Iran's meddling in IraqFeb. 21, 2007 - An anonymous U.S. official, assigned to provide a recent “background” briefing to the news media in Baghdad, strayed from his script and overstated evidence linking Iranian leaders to weapons found in Iraq, according to four U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the matter.
The White House is still trying to recover from the stumble, which happened during a much- anticipated Feb. 11 briefing. U.S. officials had hoped to use the event to ratchet up p... (more) "strayed from his script and overstated evidence linking Iranian leaders to weapons found in Iraq"
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The Flip Flopping Of George Monbiot After incurring the wrath of 9/11 skeptics the world over two weeks ago, George Mobiot has returned for more with the publication of a scathing attack in the London Guardian that is tantamount to a toddler's over the top tantrum that perfectly highlights the problem with the ineffectual left.
"Why do I bother with these morons? Because they are destroying the movements some of us have spent a lo... (more)
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What Would You Do If Bush Declared Martial Law?An editorial in the New York Times yesterday pointed out, for those of us who didn't realize it, that the Bush administration had inserted two provisions into last October's defense budget bill that would make it easier to declare martial law in the US. Senators Leahy and Bond have introduced a bill to repeal these changes, and it is important that voters keep track of th... (more)
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Alex Jones at Book People
Alex Jones makes an appearance at Book People in Austin Texas to give a speech, take questions and meet the audience. Alex opens up by discussing the clash of civilizations and how every country that tried to integrate into the first world was targeted for coup's, destabalization c... (more)
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Blair: 1,600 troops to leave IraqLONDON, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday announced plans for the imminent withdrawal of around 1,600 of his country's troops from Iraq.
In a statement to lawmakers in the House of Commons, Blair said the UK's coalition contingent based in Basra would be reduced in the coming months -- but only if Iraqi security forces could secure the southern part of the country.
"The actual reduction in forces will be from the present 7,100 -- itsel... (more)
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PM denies road toll 'stealth tax' Road pricing is not a "stealth tax" on drivers, Tony Blair has said after 1.8m people signed an anti-toll petition.
In an e-mailed reply to the signatories he wrote that no decision had yet been made on pricing, but the aim of a scheme would be tackling congestion.
Funds raised by pilot projects would be spent on local transport, he added.
The prime minister's reply will be sent to all the 1,792,116 people ... (more)
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Tony Snow and White House Reporters Slam The ‘Hateful,’ ‘Polarized’ BlogosphereIn a press roundtable at the National Press Club tonight, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow led a discussion with White House correspondents about the impact of the internet on their respective jobs. Their conclusion? They don’t like being challenged by blogs.
NBC News’ David Gregory bemoaned how political coverage has “become so polarized in this country…because it’s the internet and the blogs that have really used this White House press confer... (more)
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Helen Thomas Moving Back After 46 Years Down FrontEvery theater-style seat in the White House briefing room, now closed for renovation, had a brass plaque inscribed with the name of a news organization. Only one, in the middle of the front row, had a name: “HELEN THOMAS,” it said. The unique assigned seat between the chairs for CBS News and ABC News was reserved for the legendary United Press International correspondent who is now a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
The press corps is scheduled to move from temporary f... (more)
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Card holders charged for being in creditSwingeing rates of interest. Annual fees. Hidden charges. For years credit card companies have charged their customers for borrowing money. Now one card provider has started punishing its cardholders for being in credit.
MBNA, the American credit card giant, has written to thousands of people in the past few weeks who have inadvertently paid the company too much money.
Carolynn Shaw, a mother from Sydenham in south London, received her letter last week. MBNA's missi... (more)
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