Yearly Archives: 2007

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293www.tarotbykate.bigstep.comkate_braun2000@yahoo.com “Although you are still weak and helpless/Appearing as an infant small/yet we adore you as a great monarch,/Mighty, glorious Lord of all!” Saturday, December 22, 2007 is Yule, the Winter Solstice. This year, the Winter Solstice … Continue reading →

This Canadian wilderness is set to be invaded by BP in an oil exploration project dubbed … ‘The biggest environmental crime in history’By Cahal Milmo, Published: 10 December 2007 BP, the British oil giant that pledged to move “Beyond Petroleum” … Continue reading →

CIA Destroyed Tapes Despite Court OrdersBy MATT APUZZO,AP, Posted: 2007-12-12 06:45:58 WASHINGTON (Dec. 12) – The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some … Continue reading →

BUSH’S PHONY IRAN ‘THREAT’ EXPOSEDBy Bill Gallagher DETROIT — The stunned reaction of so many to the intelligence report that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003 frankly stuns me. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and … Continue reading →

Iraq rejects permanent U.S. basesTue 11 Dec 2007, 15:47 GMTBy Peter Graff BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government’s national security adviser said, calling the issue a … Continue reading →

Advocates file complaint over detained immigrant childBy ANABELLE GARAY, Associated Press 8-year-old girl was separated from her mother for four days in detention facility meant to keep families together DALLAS — Immigrant advocates have filed complaints over an 8-year-old girl … Continue reading →

VegansexualityBy JEFF STRYKER, The New York TimesPosted: 2007-12-10 13:24:21 Forget homo-, bi- or even metro-: the latest prefix in sexuality is vegan-, as in “vegansexual.” In a study released in May, Annie Potts, a researcher at the University of Canterbury … Continue reading →

That’s right: $40 a head for each innocent dead Afghani. If you aren’t ashamed of your arrogant, criminal government, we’re ashamed of you. Afghanistan: Reaction to NATO massacresBy G. Dunkel, Dec 10, 2007, 18:35 A NATO air attack on Nov. … Continue reading →

Seeking Asylum: Law faculty, students at Immigration Clinic work to free detained families at controversial facility Amid the idyllic Americana setting in a small Texas town is a place where young children lived surrounded by razor wire fence with the … Continue reading →

Ecuador Declines US, Offers Manta Air Base to ChinaWritten by April Howard, Wednesday, 05 December 2007 When the U.S. Air Force Southern Command’s 10-year usage rights for Ecuador’s Manta air base expire in 2009, they can expect to be evicted … Continue reading →

AWOL military justiceBy Morris D. Davis, December 10, 2007 Why the former chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions resigned his post. I was the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Oct. 4, the … Continue reading →

The Perfect Storm of Campaign 2008: War, Depression, and Turning-Point ElectionsBy Steve Fraser Will the presidential election of 2008 mark a turning point in American political history? Will it terminate with extreme prejudice the conservative ascendancy that has dominated the … Continue reading →