yesterday's blog:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10153/index.php
--or--
snipurl.com/eqag




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 7*

Professional demolition of WTC 7:
www.prisonplanet.com/011904wtc7.html




*FLIGHT 11*

Marcus Icke - perspective testing the North Tower flying object:
dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/q/aqrf00/perspective/
--or--
snipurl.com/equg

(why is the "plane" so blurry, Marcus?)


Loughrey - reviewing the artwork of Marcus Icke:
www.911hoax.com/gFlight11Redrawn2.asp




*AL CIA DUH*

White House not on hit-list:
www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1701719,00.html
--or--
snipurl.com/er2i

"...he added in the online tape, whose authenticity could also not be verified..."

(btw, the official story of 9/11 also cannot be verified.)




*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"?)




*NEXT ATTACK: NY TIMES*

Row of loosely guarded targets lie just outside NYC:
www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/nyregion/09homeland.html
--or--
snipurl.com/er2h

(this NY times piece is elevating hysteria for whose benefit?)




*NUCLEAR POWER: UK*

Huge radioactive leak close Thorp nuclear plant:
www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,1479527,00.html
--or--
snipurl.com/er2f


Blair demands nuclear power to protect high "living standards":
news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp
--or--
snipurl.com/er2e




*MILITARY COUP D'ETAT*

New Mexico plays home to terror town, USA:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050700671.html
--or--
snipurl.com/equf

"'It's kind of freaky to see people in uniform walking down your street with M-4s'..."




*HOMELAND SECURITY*

Americans face stricter ID checks:
www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2005/may/03/050307423.html
--or--
snipurl.com/eque

"...Some analysts say that the changes are more oriented toward controlling illegal immigration than fighting terrorism. Others argue that those two efforts are inextricably linked - and that the US has to start somewhere, given the number of undocumented people that cross the nation's borders every year..."




*CIA*

Dark side of outsourcing revealed: CIA to establish front companies and closer ties with prominent international firms:
www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2568.asp

"...The CIA plans to relocate its National Resources Division, responsible for domestic operations and recruitment... the move reflects the desire of CIA director Porter Goss to develop new techniques for undercover operations, including establishing front companies and closer ties with prominent international firms..."


CIA hangs on to control of Iraqi intelligence "service":
news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20050508/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_usiraq_intelligence_exclusive_wa
--or--
snipurl.com/er2b




*NATIONAL ID*

How Real ID will affect you:
news.com.com/FAQ+How+Real+ID+will+affect+you/2100-1028_3-5697111.html
--or--
tinyurl.com/aefho


An unrealistic 'real ID':
nytimes.com/2005/05/04/opinion/04wed1.html

"...What Congress is doing instead is to ram through a bill that turns state-issued driver's licenses into a kind of phony national identity card through the mislabeled 'Real ID' provision. And in order to make absolutely sure there's no genuine debate, the sponsors have tied it to a crucial bill providing funds for American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan..."




*SECRECY*

Bush regime claims presidential privilege for LBJ documents:
www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/pdbnews/index.htm




*PRIVACY: ISRAEL*

Israeli airport technology polygraphs civilians at airports:
www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp
--or--
snipurl.com/er29




*GLOBAL WARMING*

Britain faces big chill as ocean current slows:
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1602579,00.html

Gulf stream slowing. this could be disastrous for the UK:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10161/index.php

One in five species of flowers in Britain faces extinction:
news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp
--or--
snipurl.com/er28




*GOP CONGRESS*

Clash over judicial filibusters nears boiling point:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/08/AR2005050800741.html
--or--
snipurl.com/er27




*ECONOMIC INEQUALITY*

Forbes reports bonanza for world's billionaires:
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/forb-m09.shtml


Kentucky Derby - "High rollers" and social misery:
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/kent-m09.shtml

"...Although the horse industry is touted as a tourism draw and therefore an essential component of Kentucky’s economy, the strain on the service sector caused by the annual Derby is enormous..."




*US ECONOMY*

Ford and GM debt reduced to junk bond status
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/gm-m09.shtml

"...Now these three giants of twentieth century capitalism confront a crisis, one that signifies not just their own decline but more broadly the decay of American capitalism as a whole..."


US tourism "losing billions because of image":
news.ft.com/cms/s/9d3b32bc-bfe8-11d9-b376-00000e2511c8.html
--or--
snipurl.com/er25

"The US is losing billions of dollars as international tourists are deterred from visiting the US because of a tarnished image overseas and more bureaucratic visa policies, travel industry leaders have warned..."




*IMF*

Is the IMF an endangered species in Asia?
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news
--or--
snipurl.com/er24

(the IMF is giving out loans so that countries will pay them back in dollars.)




*MEDICAID*

States propose sweeping changes to trim Medicaid by billions:
www.nytimes.com/2005/05/09/national/09medicaid.html





*THE DOLLAR*

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




*ASIAN TSUNAMI*

US, Indonesia sign $245 million Aceh highway project:
story.news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/er23

(Indonesia will have to pay it back with dollars. one reason this project is happening to lend support to the dollar.)




*TORTURE*

Soldier lifts lid on Camp Delta:
observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1479040,00.html
--or--
snipurl.com/equd

"...In an exclusive interview, [Erik] Saar told The Observer that prisoners were physically assaulted by 'snatch squads' and subjected to sexual interrogation techniques and that the Geneva Conventions were deliberately ignored by the US military..."




*IMMIGRATION*

Bill exempts illegal aliens from California law:
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp




*US DEBT*

Debt and phony religion hallmarks of Bush regime run wild:
www.niagarafallsreporter.com/gallagher212.html

"...An International Monetary Fund report sees great risks in Bush's reliance on foreign investors to sustain his drunken-sailor spending and borrowing. The IMF sees the United States on a course to increase net external liabilities to around 40 percent of GDP in the next several years, 'an unprecedented level of external debt for a large industrial country'..."




*AMERICA*

We're #1! America by the numbers:
globalresearch.ca/articles/VEN505A.html




*HEALTH CARE*

House Democrats to announce health agenda, including plans for uninsured, prescription drug reimportation:
www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-cong/2005/may/03/050307423.html
--or--
snipurl.com/equc




*GEORGE BUSH*

Laura Bush comes alive:
www.opednews.com/thoreau_050405_laura.htm

"...[Kitty] Kelley also says that Laura not only smoked pot back in her college days at SMU but dealt it around campus, too..."


George BUsh's resume:
www.serendipity.li/bush/bush_resume.htm

(this lunatic belongs in a mental hospital.)




*HUGO CHAVEZ FRIAS*

Hugo Chavez Frias and the sense of history:
globalresearch.ca/articles/KEE505A.html

Chavez's approval rating at 71%:
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php




*DEPLETED URANIUM*

Fallujah leveled by uranium weapons from Oklahoma:
www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl
--or--
snipurl.com/er22

"...The military must think Uranium is better, because it is permanent. Uranium is radioactive. It kills people and contaminates their land - forever..."


DU - silent genocide to haunt perpetrators:
www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/08/05/depleted_uranium_silent_genocide_to_haunt_perpetrators.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/equb

"...Gulf War I or "Desert Storm" was the first live proving ground, Kosovo was covertly nuked by Nato bombs, Afghanistan is widely contaminated and Iraq has just been given the death sentence for about half of its remaining population - uranium has been spread as a fine dust by detonating thousands of tons of "depleted" uranium in the recent US-led campaigns against these countries.

"The Geneva Convention expressly forbids the use of weapons that do not distinguish between military targets and civilians. Yet, radioactive and highly toxic uranium and plutonium are released into the environment through widespread use of uranium casings of bullets and missile warheads..."




*US TROOPS*

Defective body armor issued to troops despite warnings by experts:
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-08-armor-investigation_x.htm
--or--
snipurl.com/er21

"...In all, the Marines bought about 19,000 Interceptor outer tactical vests from Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Point Blank Body Armor..."

(Jeb's work?)


Mission Accomplished: Official US deaths in Iraq surpass 1,600:
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/08/iraq.main/index.html




*IRAQ: HYSTERIA*

Politicians forgive murder in Iraq:
www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/542/542_01_Murder.shtml




*AFGHANISTAN*

Karzai's opponent opposes US military presence in Afghanistan:
www.paktribune.com/news/index.php

(chronology: #1 Bush wants to attack Afghanistan. #2 9/11 "happens". #3 Afghanistan's puppet leader its the military occupation.)





*VENEZUELA: OIL*

Venezuela doing the unthinkable, reveiwing the operations of US oil companies:
www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Venezuela-Oil-Companies.html?
--or--
snipurl.com/er20


Venezuela opens investigation into foreign oil companies:
www.plenglish.com/article.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/equa




*VENEZUELA*

New party vows to take on Chavez:
www.wpherald.com/storyview.php
--or--
snipurl.com/er1x

(is this new party funded by the US taxpayer?)


Fidel Castro says attack on Venezuela would ignite entire continent:
www.periodico26.cu/english_new/cuba/ignite060505.htm






*CHINA*

EU drifts away from lifting arms ban with China:
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/05/07/2003253514
--or--
snipurl.com/equ9

"European leaders yesterday signaled that they were in no rush to lift an arms embargo on China and could tie it to improvements in human rights, amid criticism that the move would destabilize East Asia..."

(imagine if the US were to refuse to sell WMDs to countries that violated human rights.)




*HAITI*

Diplomacy by death squad:
globalresearch.ca/articles/KUR505A.html




*SUDAN*

US rolls out red carpet for Darfur's executioner:
www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p19.htm




*SAUDI ARABIA*

Pakistani drug trafficker beheaded in Saudi Arabia:
breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/equ8




*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 rocks Rome:
www.atptennis.com/en/

Nadal wins marathon match for Rome Maseters title:
sports.yahoo.com/ten/

Becker picks Nadal for Roland Garros:
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp


ATP Masters Series Hamburg draw:
www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/equ7

(Defending Hamburg champ and world #1 Federer gets the "draw from Hell". Nadal's draw is much easier in comparison.)




*ASTRONOMY*

When stars form, pandemonium reigns:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050509.html

We're speeding through the Universe:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050508.html





peace,
NJS