Passing Of The Great: Captain America Dead At 65

Seeded on Thu Mar 8, 2007 2:17 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Somebody shot Captain America! On the courthouse steps! He's dead! Cap'n 'Murica is dead!

obituaries, war, nazi, comics, us-news, hitler, imperialism, marvel, captain-america, end-of-empire

Senator Webb Introduces Bill To Block War With Iran

Seeded on Tue Mar 6, 2007 10:43 PM EST (tpmmuckraker.com)

From Webb's speech introducing the legislation:

bush, iraq, cheney, middle-east, iran, war, nuclear-weapons, us-news, webb, nuclear-proliferation

Our House Is Truly Divided

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2007 6:59 PM EST (The Washington Post)

The Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) surveyed more than 24,000 Americans who voted in 2006.

politics, partisianship

Latest Poll: Americans Ovewhelmingly Want Out Of Iraq

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2007 6:52 PM EST (The Washington Post)

It's a landslide. In stark contrast to the indecision and hesitation on Capitol Hill and among the Washington media elite, the American people have made up their mind about Iraq. They want out, and they want Congress to do something about it. ...

bush, iraq, congress, poll, peace, war, surge, us-news, withdrawal

Dan Froomkin - A Horribly Familiar Cycle - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2007 6:48 PM EST (The Washington Post)

So let me make sure I've got this straight: Top Bush administration officials driven by long-standing resentments used bad intelligence to achieve their foreign policy objectives, which then ended up backfiring spectacularly? And we're not talking about Iraq?

bush, cia, korea, nuclear-arms, bad-intelligence

FEC Rules In Favor of Obama

Seeded on Thu Mar 1, 2007 6:44 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Federal regulators ruled this morning that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will be permitted to collect money for a potential general election presidential campaign without foreclosing the possibility that he will still accept federal funds for that phase of the campaign.

election, 2008, politics, obama, fec, public-election-financing, money-out-of-politics

Angelina Jolie - (Almost) In Darfur

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:08 PM EST (The Washington Post)

BAHAI, Chad -- Here, at this refugee camp on the border of Sudan, nothing separates us from Darfur but a small stretch of desert and a line on a map. All the same, it's a line I can't cross.

darfur, disease, genocide, angelina-jolie, world-news, famine, atrocities, refugee-camps

Mark Warner Considers Virginia 08 Senate Bid

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:02 PM EST (The Washington Post)

The fact that Warner is even considering the race is a major accomplishment for Senate Democrats. In the past, Mark Warner has been adamant that he would not run against Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) due to a personal friendship that blossomed between the two in 2004.

elections, senate, 2008, politics, warner

Latest AMA Study: Antioxidant Supplements May Kill You

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:56 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Supplements that millions of Americans take to stave off disease and slow the aging process do not boost longevity and appear to actually increase the risk of dying, according to the most comprehensive study of whether popular "antioxidants" help users live longer.

health, vitamin-c, vitamins, ama, antioxidants, dietary-supplements, vitamin-e, selenium, vitamin-a, beta-carotene

Majority in Poll Favor Deadline For Iraq Pullout

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:49 AM EST (The Washington Post)

With Congress preparing for renewed debate over President Bush's Iraq policies, a majority of Americans now support setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S.

iraq, war, surge, us-news, war-on-terror, withdrawal, democratic-plan, republican-stalling

Poll: Obama Closing On Clinton, Giuliani Blows By McCain

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:43 AM EST (The Washington Post)

The opening stages of the campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination have produced a noticeable shift in sentiment among African American voters, who little more than a month ago heavily supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton but now favor the candidacy of Sen.

elections, 2008, clinton, politics, edwards, mccain, obama, romney, polls, guiliani

Padilla Was Deprived, Not Abused, Court Told - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:39 AM EST (The Washington Post)

During his 3 1/2 -year detention as an "enemy combatant," accused al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was at various times deprived of a clock, windows and a Koran, and forced to sleep on a metal bed frame without a mattress, according to testimony Tuesday from an official at the Nav …

iraq, guantanamo, torture, us-news, padilla, war-on-terror, gitmo

You Are There: Inside A CIA Secret Interrogation Center

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:35 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Jabour had spent two years in "black sites" -- a network of secret internment facilities the CIA operated around the world.

iraq, pakistan, iran, cia, torture, world-news, war-on-terror, black-sites, extraordinary-renditions

This Article Has A Liberal Bias

Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:51 AM EST

All of the following have been asserted by conservative commentators, columnists and pundits:

Continue reading this entry ...

media, gay, politics, liberal-bias, intellectuals, conservative-majority

Army Develops Heat-Beam Weapon

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:35 PM EST (Slate)

If you're worried about terrorism, upset about the war in Iraq, and depressed by global chaos, violence, and death, cheer up. We've just invented a weapon that fires a beam of searing pain...

technology, army, terrorism, war, microwave, weapons

Passing of the Great: Gay Rights Pioneer Barbara Gittings

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:02 PM EST (The Washington Post)

EVERY MOVEMENT for equal rights has its pioneers. Some are well known: Rosa Parks, César Chávez, Betty Friedan. Then there are those who display unparalleled courage but never get the recognition they deserve. Gay rights activist Barbara Gittings was one of those people.

obituaries, politics, civil-rights, gay-rights, equal-rights, civil-disobedience, gittings

Amid Denials And Promises, Worst Vet Hospital Problems Not Addressed

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:38 AM EST (The Washington Post)

AFTER A WEEK of terrible publicity, the Defense Department seems to be responding quickly to many of the problems The Post found in a four-month investigation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

iraq, army, war, us-news, veterans, walter-reed, healt-care, veterans-hospital

NRA Punishes Famed Hunter For Anti-Assault Rifle Comment, Says Congress Better Listen-Up

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:23 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Modern hunters rarely become more famous than Jim Zumbo.

us-news, gun-control, second-amendment, nra, gun-culture, assault-rifles

Passing Of The Great: Gay Rights Pioneer Barbara Gittings

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:57 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Barbara Gittings, 75, one of the earliest activists to push the U.S. government to provide gay men and lesbians with equal rights, died Feb. 18 at an assisted living center in Kennett Square, Pa. She had breast cancer.

obituaries, politics, civil-rights, gay-rights, us-news, equal-rights, civil-disobedience, gittings

Army Chief: Catching Bin Laden "Not Important"

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:47 AM EST (The Washington Post)

The Army's highest-ranking officer said Friday that he was unsure whether the U.S. military would capture or kill Osama bin Laden, adding, "I don't know that it's all that important, frankly."

iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, osama-bin-laden, world-news, war-on-terrorism

Has Washington Found its Iranian Chalabi?

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:40 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

This past summer, an op-ed appeared in the Washington Post under the byline of Richard Perle, the influential former Pentagon adviser who was a chief booster of Ahmed Chalabi in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

iran, war, hawks, world-news, neocon, perle, ahmadinijad

Follow The Money: Inside the Imperial Budget

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:43 AM EST (CounterPunch.org)

Bush's budget proposal for FY 2008 is emblematic of the social crisis unfolding inside the U.S. Empire, its ramifications still largely ignored in mainstream politics.

iraq, taxes, budget, medicare, health-care, social-security, food-stamps, us-news, income-inequality, social-safety-net

The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism 600% Worldwide

Seeded on Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:48 PM EST (MotherJones.com)

Our study yields one resounding finding: The rate of fatal terrorist attacks around the world by jihadist groups, and the number of people killed in those attacks, increased dramatically after the invasion of Iraq.

bush, iraq, terrorism, war, world-news, war-on-terror, al-qaeda

You Are There: The Baghdad Surge At Street Level

Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:47 PM EST

You pick a path through the detritus of chaos: burned out cars, up-ended slabs of pavement, shattered glass ground almost to powder, and the jetsam of fleeing refugees. A scrawl on the scarred door ahead marks it as protected by some local thug. You knock, wait, knock again.

Continue reading this entry ...

bush, iraq, war, sunni, surge, world-news, baghdad, al-qaeda, kurd, shia

Climate Change: Too Late To Save Ice Caps?

Seeded on Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:29 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments.

global-warming, environment, climate-change, world-news, green-house-gases, ice-caps

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