yesterday's blog:
groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/message/309


persistent sources


sites:

Astronomy Pic of the Day
ATPTennis.com
Baltimore.Indymedia.org
BaltimoreChronicle.com
globalresearch.ca
Legitgov.org
Portland.Indymedia.org
Rense.com
WSWS.org


lists:

911TruthAction (at) yahoogroups.com
Anti-allawi-group (at) yahoogroups.com
mgp-disc (at) yahoogroups.com


blogs:

www.RudePundit.blogspot.com
www.covertoperations.blogspot.com/




*ANIMALS*

Save baby seals: end the seal hunt:
www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx

"...Over 95% of the seals killed during this hunt are just days or weeks old..."




*MOON HOAX*

Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0277642/

(impossible lighting, impossible radiation belts, impossible LEM module, etc.)




*911 TRUTH: WTC COLLAPSES*

Questions the media refuses to ask:
whatreallyhappened.com/9-11_wtc_media.html




*911 TRUTH: LEFT DENIAL*

Jack Straw's commentary about 9/11, Noam Chomsky, Ward Churchill and the "radical" AK Press:
www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1736367.php

(thanks for the nice words, Jack.)




*the NEXT 'ATTACK'*

US plans for plague, flu and nuclear bomb attack:
snipurl.com/PlaguePlans

Homeland Security's Chertoff says Hawaii's posting terrorism report was a "mistake":
snipurl.com/dhj1


==>Flu oddities (updated 5/3/05):
www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html




******NEXT ATTACK: RUMSFELD*****

Rumsfeld tells reporters that a nuclear attack on the US is "only a matter of time":
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1390.htm

(he should know!!)


Donald Rumsfeld says missile hit the Pentagon, contradicting the official story of 9/11:
www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2001/t11182001_t1012pm.html
--or--
snipurl.com/epdb

"...and the missile to damage this building and similar (inaudible) that damaged the World Trade Center..."

(anyone else think that "inaudible" was "bombs"?)




*SECRECY*

War department seeks FOIA exemption:
www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/2822/1/1

"The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a broad Freedom of Information (FOIA) exemption, which would remove critical information from public purview -- everything from information on human rights abuses, to historical military records. The agency sought such an exemption in 2000, but Congress rejected the measure..."




*REAL ID*

National ID card:
thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/&
--or--
snipurl.com/eq0c

(first comes the national ID, next comes the mandatory chip installation.)




*MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION*

Researchers tested drugs on foster kids:
apnews.myway.com/article/20050504/D89SKLCG0.html




*BUSH YOUTH*

Young America's Foundation:
www.yaf.org/whoweare.asp




*THEOCRACY*

On the brink of theocracy:
www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp

"Progressives who think warnings about "theocracy" are an exaggeration should take a closer look at 'Justice Sunday: Filibustering People of Faith,' the Christian Right telethon headlined by Senate Majority Leader William Frist..."


(video.) Religion and politics mix:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8759.htm




*EVOLUTION*

Kansas board holding evolution hearings:
news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/eqa9

(let's turn back all the clocks so that we can relive the nineteenth century all over again.)




*GAY RIGHTS*

FDA to bar gay men as anonymous sperm donors:
aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp
--or--
snipurl.com/eqaa

"To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor..."




*THE DOLLAR*

Repatriation of the US dollar:
iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/49145





*US ECONOMY*

Boom times for Federal contractors:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/06/AR2005050601344.html
--or--
snipurl.com/eqa4

(#1. the tech industry at large is not booming. #2. at what cost to the public these tech jobs?)




*POLICE: ANIMALS*

US police force to recruit capuchin monkey for "intelligence work":
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml
--or--
snipurl.com/eq0b

"...Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) unit in Mesa, Arizona, believe that a capuchin monkey, dressed in a bullet-proof jacket and equipped with a two-way radio and video camera, could prove an invaluable reconnaissance tool..."




*NEW YORK*

Manhattan bridge reopens after NY security alert:
story.news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/eq0a




*NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY*

NSA giving out names of US citizens all the time:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7614681/site/newsweek/




*CIA*

CIA moving unit to Denver:
www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp
--or--
snipurl.com/eqa8

(they should just set up camp in Baltimore...plenty of cointelpro going on here.)


Negroponte seen upping policy role in intelligence:
news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/eqa6

(ok, so the "intelligence" the CIA "obtains" will be guided by the policy of the Executive? why would we need a secret police?)




*LUIS POSADA CARRILES*

US doesn't have any idea whether wanted terrorist is on US soil.
Noriega and Posada: Picture tells a thousand words:
www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/juev5/20norieg-i.html




*WAR BUDGET*

US war budget will equal rest of world combined (ROW) "within 12 months":
www.janes.com/defence/news/jdi/jdi050504_1_n.shtml

(Trillions borrowed from future generations but not one penny for the common good.)




*NORTH KOREA*

US beefs up military units in Pacific, eyeing the Korean peninsula:
www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/05/06/200505060007.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/epqp




*ISRAEL*

Israel freezes West Bank pullback:
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D8CF92DB-D46A-4F44-9E09-390F1C391100.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/eoz4




*COLUMBIA*

Columbia finds foreign guns in rebel camp:
www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-06-voa64.cfm

"The Colombian military says it has found a cache of military rifles from Nicaragua in a camp belonging to the nation's leading left-wing rebel group. The military officials say the discovery is evidence the rebels have contacts in Central America..."




*the DRAFT*

Desperate-Seeking Cannonfodder-Army plans to test another increase in recruit bonuses:

www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-04-army-recruits-bonus_x.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/eoza

"The Army is about to launch tests increasing cash bonuses for recruits above the current $20,000 limit and pairing returning veterans with recruiters to attract new soldiers, the service's top civilian said Wednesday..."




*US MILITARY*

Pentagon: 1,700 sex assaults reported:
news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/eqa5




*IRAQ: WAR on JOURNALISM*

US imprisons Iraqi journalists without charges
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/iraq-m07.shtml

"At least nine Iraqi journalists who worked for major Western news organizations have disappeared into the network of concentration camps in which the US military is holding an estimated 17,000 citizens of the occupied country, the French news agency AFP reported May 5..."




*IRAQ: WOMEN*

Situation for Iraqi women under occupation worse than before it:
globalresearch.ca/articles/HAS505A.html

"...Since the beginning of the U.S. Occupation, there has been a dramatic increase in sexual assaults and violations of women’s rights by U.S. forces in Iraq. Many women have been taken hostage, tortured, and sexually abused..."




*IRAQ: MORALE*

Situation in Iraq getting worse every day:
www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/542/542_06_AntiwarSoldiers.shtml
--or--
snipurl.com/eq09




*IRAQ: QUAGMIRE*

The Quagmire:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7287564
--or--
snipurl.com/eq08

"...Many of the 150,000 Iraqi police and soldiers hastily trained by U.S. troops have deserted or joined the insurgents. The cost of the war now tops $192 billion, rising by $1 billion a week, and the corpses are piling up: Nearly 1,600 American soldiers and up to 100,000 Iraqi civilians are dead, as well as 177 allied troops and 229 private contractors. Other nations are abandoning the international coalition assembled to support the U.S., and the new Iraqi government, which announced its new cabinet to great fanfare on April 27th, remains sharply split along ethnic and religious lines..."


Coffin industry booming in iraq:
www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-05/07/article02.shtml




*IRAQ: CIVIL WAR*

Ruthless US tactics driving Iraq towards civil war:
zmagsite.zmag.org/Images/guptapr0505.html

"In the U.S. war against Iraq it appears that the Pentagon may be gaining the upper hand against the armed resistance, but it is doing so at the cost of creating the conditions for civil war. The clearest indicator of a diminished insurgency comes from the number of U.S. casualties, which have declined by 75 percent since their peak of 126 combat deaths in November 2004. Part of that is probably due to sweeping thousands of Sunni Arab males off the street—Iraqis imprisoned under U.S. control have more than doubled since last October to 10,500..."

(hmmm...US is winning its war by imprisoning Iraqis by the tens of thousands? how long can that last?)




*IRAQ: FIGHTING*

Iraq death toll tops 270 in 9 days:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7721003/




*IRAQ: PRETEXT*

British memo indicates Bush made intelligence fit Iraq policy:
www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/11574296.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/eq07

"A highly classified British memo, leaked in the midst of Britain's just-concluded election campaign, indicates that President Bush decided to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by summer 2002 and was determined to ensure that U.S. intelligence data supported his policy..."




*IRAQ: CONGRESS*

88 members of Congress call for deeper inquiry into secret Iraq attack plan:
www.rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_502



*SYRIA*

Bush renews sanctions on Syria:
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/05/06/afx2005001.html




*UNITED KINGDOM*

Britain: Labour wins general election but suffers major losses
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/ukel-m06.shtml




*UGANDA*

Ugandan rebels show door to peace closing fast:
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01301725.htm




*CHINA*

China to get its own Plum island:
www.rense.com/general65/plumchi.htm




*CANNABIS: MEDICINE*

Marijuana a medical marvel:
www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/maryj.html

"Cannabis, or marijuana, has proven medical benefits and few, if any, toxic side-effects. Why, then, has it been a prohibited medicine for over fifty years?"



Cannabis chemical 'helps hearts':
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4417261.stm

"Swiss researchers found THC, one of 60 cannabinoids in the drug, helped stop the narrowing of arteries to the brain and heart in a study of mice..."


Canada approves cannabis spray for MS:
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050419.wpot0419/BNS/
--or--
snipurl.com/e4mu






*CANNABIS: HISTORY*

Cannabis in history:
www.hempology.com/textbook/ch1.html

"...there is little doubt that Cannabis sativa was the first crop to be grown by early humankind, about 10,000 years ago...

from chapter four:
www.hempology.com/textbook/ch4.html

"...hemp seeds are the most nutritional food for humans on the planet, containing all the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to sustain our lives. Not only that, but the ratio of oils in the seeds, with 80% Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) and 8% saturated fat, is perfect for the human digestive system...Many scientists claim that hemp seed could treat malnourishment and block diseases in all Third World countries, if hemp was given the chance..."




*PROHIBITION*

380 cities participating in the Million Marijuana March on May 7, 2005:
www.corporatism.netfirms.com/mmmall.htm




*LEFT GATEKEEPERS*

the Webfairy - Amy Goodman, Left Gatekeeper (2004):
www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles/AmyGoodmanLeftgatekeeperByTheWebfairy.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/eolc


Amy Goodman, Left Gatekeeper:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/6523/index.php

Loughrey - 'Democracy Now' propaganda for electoral fraud and Fallujah massacre:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8725/index.php




*PHONY INDYMEDIA*

Loughrey - Is Indymedia infiltrated by Homeland Security?
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9629/index.php




*TENNIS*

Nadal, Coria in Rome final:
www.atptennis.com/en/

(this should be a great match. Watch out for Nadal...he'll be the favorite at Roland Garros.)


Roger Federer discusses the French Open and Wimbledon:
montecarlo.masters-series.com/1005/players/interviews/05_federer2.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/eq05

"...But I still believe, you know, you've got one and a half weeks, one week at least, you know, so that should be enough because hardly anybody can practice more than that on grass anyways..."




*ASTRONOMY*

When galaxies overlap:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050507.html




peace,
NJS

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