Yearly Archives: 2006

An oblivion repaired: A motto for IsraelImages by Ben Heine and text by Fausto Giudice Read all about it here.

http://www.tarotbykate.bigstep.com/ Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293 kate_braun2000@yahoo.com “Wolcum alle and make good cheerWolcum alle another year”Thursday, December 21, 2006 is the date we celebrate Yule, the Winter Solstice. Lady Moon is in her first quarter, joining Lord Sun in Capricorn. Thursday … Continue reading →

When an administration has collectively gone insane, this sort of thing is one result. We get trash talking about anyone and everyone. These people have completely lost any semblance of reality, and that is coming straight from the top. I … Continue reading →

Call Me Crazy, But Think I’ve Been Here Before Remember Watergate? I sure do. I lived through the entire sorted mess. But yesterday a particularly chilling image from those days returned to haunt my imagination. It was at the height … Continue reading →

Even if they’re off, cellphones allow FBI to listen inBy Kevin CoughlinNewhouse News Service It should come as no surprise that cellphone calls may be tapped by law enforcement. But authorities also can use cellphones to eavesdrop on suspects, even … Continue reading →

The Corporate Occupation Of IraqAntonia JuhaszDecember 11, 2006 Antonia Juhasz is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time (Regan, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006). She lives … Continue reading →

AKA, Russian Roulette … Iraqi workers risk death for $10 a dayLABORERS SAY POVERTY LEADS TO EXTREMISMBy Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Said RifaiLos Angeles Times BAGHDAD, Iraq – Workers know a trip to the square could mean death, and still they … Continue reading →

Lincoln Group: Unethical weapon of mass deceptionControversial public relations outfit awarded yet another Pentagon contract: up to $20 million for monitoring the mediaBill Berkowitz Since the inception of the Iraq war, and even during the run-up to the invasion, the … Continue reading →

Why does this come as no surprise? An administration that daily demonstrates its ineptness, and simultaneously mocks the reasons for which it initiated this illegal, murderous onslaught. Hypocrites. Iraqi exodus could test Bush policyTotal expected to exceed quota for refugeesBy … Continue reading →

Broken By War, And Ordered BackDecember 10, 2006By LISA CHEDEKEL, Courant Staff Writer Nothing was stranger for Mary Jane Fernandez than the events of last Christmas, which had her 24-year-old son, newly returned from the war in Iraq, downing sedatives, … Continue reading →

One has to begin concluding that a shit-load of morons were heading up the team to bring democracy to the Middle East. That bodes ill for the consequences of this new-found intelligence. To Stem Iraqi Violence, U.S. Aims to Create … Continue reading →

I believe this was a baby golden-crowned sparrow, although I can’t be positive. The reason I think so is that there was a nest nearby that we knew about, and there were plenty of mated golden crown pairs in the … Continue reading →