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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryBolton: I ‘Absolutely’ Hope The U.S. Will Attack Iran In The Next ‘Six Months’
(Tuesday), Raw Story pointed out that former CIA operative Bob Baer told Fox News that the Bush administration will likely attack Iran in the coming months. “Iran policy is on close hold, but the feeling is we will hit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps sometime next six months or so,” said Baer. (Wednesday), former U.N. ambassador John Bolton appeared on Fox News and responded. He said that while he couldn’t confirm Baer’s statements, he “absolutely” hoped they were true.
Click through to watch the Bolton video.—Caro http://www.t-shirthumor.com">Political Humor at About.com (thanks to Les Enrages.org) 
The WorldSunni village attacked, leader killed
BAGHDAD - Alleged al-Qaida fighters attacked a Sunni village east of Baqouba on Thursday and killed a village leader who had led the community in an uprising against the terrorist organization, witnesses and police said.
Criticized by U.S., Maliki says Iraq can find other friends
BAGHDAD — Firing back in an escalating war of words, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki on Wednesday chided U.S. officials for expressing impatience with the Iraqi government's failure to unite divided political factions and said Iraq would find other friends if the United States was disenchanted. "These statements do not concern us a lot," Maliki said to reporters while he was visiting Syria. "We will find many around the world who will support us in our endeavor."
Israel told to ease Palestinian movement
JERUSALEM - Israel must provide more freedom of movement in the West Bank and open crossings into Gaza to avoid driving even more Palestinians into poverty after Hamas seized the coastal strip two months ago, the United Nations Mideast envoy said Wednesday.
Hamas leader: Palestinians will 'never stop the intifada'
DAMASCUS, Syria — Khaled Mashaal, Hamas' most influential political leader, told McClatchy Newspapers that his Islamist organization is unwilling to make any significant concessions to Israel or to its Palestinian rivals in Fatah to repair fractured Middle East peace talks.
Bombers target Afghan police chief
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents detonated a roadside bomb next to a convoy carrying the police chief in Afghanistan's violence-plagued Helmand province on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding 13 others.
Myanmar Protesters March Despite Arrests
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Defiant pro-democracy activists took to the streets Thursday for the third time this week, forming a human chain in an attempt to prevent officers from dragging them into waiting trucks and buses.
East Timor PM offers jobs to Fretilin: report
DILI (AFP) - East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has offered the disgruntled former ruling party Fretilin several seats in his cabinet, in an apparently conciliatory gesture, a report said Thursday.
Austria: US missile shield criticized
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's defense minister said a planned U.S. missile shield defense system in eastern Europe was a "provocation," and called on Washington to abandon the project, according to a news report published Thursday. The NationBush compares fight against terror to wars in Far East
President Bush on Wednesday compared the war on terror to the wars the U.S. fought in the Far East, saying that Japan and South Korea became successful democracies when America persevered, but that millions suffered after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam.
After Only 10 Hours In Iraq, Sens. Corker And Alexander See ‘Clear Success’
Returning from a trip to Iraq, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Bob Corker (R-TN) “gave an upbeat report on progress in Iraq” to reporters this morning, saying they saw “clear success, province by province“.
U.S. misses armored vehicles goal
The Pentagon will fall far short of its goal of sending 3,500 lifesaving armored vehicles to Iraq by the end of the year. Instead, officials expect to send about 1,500.
International criminal flew U.S. supply missions in Iraq.
Arms merchant and international trafficker Viktor Bout is considered “one of the greatest threats to U.S. interests,” yet in 2003, he managed to get a job with KBR “flying supplies into newly-invaded Iraq as a subcontractor to U.S. military contractors.”
DNI McConnell: ‘Americans Are Going To Die’ If We Keep Talking About Wiretapping
In an extensive interview with the El Paso Times, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell decried continued public discussion of the wiretapping program, claiming Americans, particularly in Iraq, would “die” because of the debate.
White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters
Among other things, any event must be open only to those with tickets tightly controlled by organizers. Those entering must be screened in case they are hiding secret signs. Any anti-Bush demonstrators who manage to get in anyway should be shouted down by "rally squads" stationed in strategic locations. And if that does not work, they should be thrown out.
Credit crisis a new GOP worry
WASHINGTON — The credit crisis that has hit home mortgages and shaken worldwide financial markets is turning into a political albatross for President Bush and Republican presidential contenders, piling atop an unpopular war in Iraq and eroding traditional GOP claims of being good stewards of the economy. And it may be having a more far-reaching effect as well: giving Democrats a powerful argument for passing new financial regulations that the administration desperately wants to avoid.
For children’s health before they were against it.
(T)he Bush administration is thwarting states’ attempts to expand the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program beyond the poverty level. But for more than six years, the Bush administration was a strong advocate of the same provision it now opposes.
Kucinich campaign is awaiting ABC News explanations for its actions
The Kucinich campaign is still awaiting an official response from ABC News about … (why) *Congressman Kucinich was apparently deliberately cropped out of a "Politics Page" photo of the candidates. *Sometime Monday afternoon, after Congressman Kucinich took a commanding lead in ABC's own on-line "Who won the Democratic debate" survey, the survey was dropped from prominence on the website.
Click through for more outrages.—Caro
New York Republicans Fire Adviser Over Spitzer Call Allegations
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Republican Party fired political consultant Roger Stone amid allegations that he made a threatening, profanity-laced telephone call to Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer's father.
Click here to listen to the phone call.—Caro MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
Times-Picayune columnist assesses post-Katrina coverage
“The great thing about American media is that most of the stories get told, but unless they are told repeatedly, unless you have one media outlet breaking a story and another one attempting to come up with a better day two story, the stories aren't important. I cannot think of anything that has not been reported, but it does not get analyzed and it does not get viewed in the context of the national implications. So I suppose I would say that what has not happened is a discussion of the lessons to be learned for the rest of the country.”
Just as I’ve been saying. Studying what happened in New Orleans and how to prevent it from happening again would actually be an investment in knowing how to protect coastal cities world wide in the coming climate crisis.—Caro
Apocalypse ... Now? Press Explores Bush's Iraq/Vietnam Link
After years of mocking those who drew comparisons between the U.S. engagements in Vietnam and Iraq, war supporters are now invoking them. Several top newspapers today sought out scholars to consider the president's new "Vietnamization" rhetoric.
Post-War Bush Forgets Pre-War Bush’s ‘Lessons Of Vietnam’
Prior the Iraq war, George W. Bush claimed that he had learned some powerful lessons from the Vietnam war. Among those lessons were the fact that U.S. must be “slow to engage troops.” “We can never again ask the military to fight a political war,” Bush said, adding that “the cause must be just”.
Original Iraq War Propagandist Ari Fleischer Returns To Flack For Bush’s Escalation
Freedom’s Watch, a new right-wing front group for the White House … which is “funded by high-profile Republicans who were aides and supporters of President Bush,” is headed by a familiar face from the Bush war effort: former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.
Fox Attacks: Iran.
Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films has released a new video as part of its ongoing Fox Attacks series. “Fox Attacks: Iran” reveals the network’s efforts to beat the drums for a war against Iran. The ad shows Fox fear-mongering and inflating the threat much the way it did prior to the Iraq war.
Click through to watch an ad and to take action to discourage the mainstream media from following the Fox drumbeat to another war.—Caro
One in four Americans read no books last year
A quarter of US adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. The typical person claimed to have read four books in the last year and, excluding those who had not read any books at all, the usual number of books read was seven. Of those who did read, women and pensioners were most avid readers
FAIR Action Alert: NPR Touts Pro-Nuke 'Environmentalists'
An August 15 NPR Morning Edition segment touted the benefits of nuclear power, suggesting it was gaining popularity with many environmentalists who once opposed it… In fact, leading environmental groups including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council all agree that nuclear power, with its huge safety, security and cost issues, is not the solution to climate change.
Study: TV is taking a back seat to Web, mobile
NEW YORK -- Personal time that consumers spend on the Internet is rivaling their TV time, with user-generated content and networking sites among the most popular destinations for entertainment seekers. Plus, people seem more open to mobile content and are looking for more traditional entertainment offerings on their mobile devices than previously thought.
Live Search: Microsoft and Nokia bring a full Live Suite to your phone
Available (immediately), Microsoft and Nokia are announcing the addition of Windows Live services on selected Nokia S60 devices. Customers in 11 countries are now able to add a Windows Live suite, which gives them the ability to access Hotmail, Messenger, Contacts, and Spaces. S40’s, available next year, are expected to come with it preloaded, or be able to download it also.
Used Panty Social Networking Site
We received this announcement this morning. I have nothing more to add. “MyPantyStore.com launches with ambitions of being the world’s largest used panties marketplace. This new adult social networking site lets users create a personal profile and list their panties and other personal items for sale.” Technology & SciencePhishing attack plunders job site
BOSTON - A recently disclosed fraud involving hundreds of thousands of people on the Monster.com jobs Web site reveals the perils of leaving detailed personal information online, security analysts say.
Briton held for using Internet without asking
A 39-year-old Briton has been arrested on suspicion of using someone else's wireless Internet connection without permission, police said on Wednesday.
Weight-Loss Surgeries Extend Lives
Studies support expanded use of gastric bypass, banding, experts say.
Study: Chick Magnets Today Look Like Cavemen
A recent study of the skulls of human ancestors and modern humans finds that women, and thereby, evolution, selected for males with relatively short upper faces. The region between the brow and the upper-lip is scrunched proportionately to the overall size of their heads. Among the men who fit the bill: Will Smith and Brad Pitt.
Newfound Species Pushes Back Human-Ape Split
Recently unearthed fossils belonging to a new ape species suggest the lineages leading to humans and gorillas split several million years earlier than previously thought. Found in Ethiopia, the 10 million-year-old fossilized teeth resemble those of modern gorillas and appear specialized for eating fibrous foods such as stems and leaves.
Hints of a breakdown of relativity theory?
(H)igher-energy gamma rays appear to travel through space a little bit slower than lower-energy ones, contrary to one of the postulates underlying Einstein's special theory of relativity -- namely, that radiation travels through the vacuum at the same speed no matter what… The basic picture is that high energies might cause small-scale fluctuations in the shape of spacetime. EnvironmentNew Study: Americans Reach Environmental Turning Point, Companies Need to Catch Up
NEW YORK - A new study says the vast majority (87%) of consumers agreeing they are seriously concerned about the environment and most Americans are looking to the federal government to strengthen their enforcement of green regulations (73%). The study also found that while they say balance between economic growth and environmental protection is a good goal, the environment should come first when a conflict arises (52%).
Antarctic Ice Thawing Faster Than Predicted
NY ALESUND, Norway - A thaw of Antarctic ice is outpacing predictions by the U.N. climate panel and could in the worst case drive up world sea levels by 2 meters (6 ft) by 2100, a leading expert said on Wednesday. Millions of people, from Bangladesh to Florida and some Pacific island states, live less than a meter above sea level. Most of the world's major cities, from Shanghai to Buenos Aires, are by the sea.
Climate Change to Strain China Food Supply by 2030
Climate change and a growing population mean China, which is already losing farmland to deserts and urban sprawl, could face a food shortfall of 100 million metric tons by 2030, a top weather official said.
U.S., Canadian West set joint carbon-cutting target
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Western U.S. states and Canadian provinces on Wednesday agreed to cut greenhouse emissions 15 percent by 2020 in the latest regional pact to regulate the gases, an approach opposed by U.S. President George W. Bush. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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