yesterday's blog:
groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/message/322




persistent sources


sites:

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


lists:

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


blogs:

www.Legitgov.org
htpp://www.Rense.com
www.RudePundit.blogspot.com
www.covertoperations.blogspot.com/


Remember: Join Blogosphere. fight back by conducting your own information warfare.





*******COINTELPRO UPDATES*******


*INDYMEDIA*

Questions: Why is Indymedia practicing extremely rapid censorship to commentary critical of the official story of 9/11? Why do IMC editors modify the behavior of the sites to limit its functionality?


Baltimore IMC disables "see also" links:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10205/index.php

Baltimore IMC "editors" featuring meaningless, contemptible commentary:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/10191/index.php

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



*AMY GOODMAN/DEMOCRACY NOW*

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


*******end COINTELPRO UPDATES*******




********US GOVERNMENT SCAMS********


*MOON HOAX*

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

(this video should be seen before dismissed. It reveals impossible lighting, impossible radiation belts, impossible LEM module, etc.)



*911: NEWS MEDIA HOAX*

The zoom-out clue:
www.911hoax.com/gZoomOut.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/f159
(why do so many "amateur" videographers zoom out as "flight 175" arrives to strike the South Tower?)

********end GOVERNMENT SCAMS********



********THE FUTURE********


*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



*NEXT ATTACK: RUMSFELD*

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


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..."


********end THE FUTURE********



********BIO-WARFARE********


*FLU PANDEMIC*

WHO agrees to smallpox research:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4568097.stm

Menacing changes seen in Vietnam bird flu:
www.newscientist.com/article.ns

Bird flu virus mutating, posing bigger threat:
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1911168.htm

Bird flu could be capable of human-to-human transmission:
www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1558416.html

Health chiefs fear flu may kill millions:
www.theage.com.au/news/World/Health-chiefs-fear-flu-may-kill-millions/2005/05/19/1116361643612.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f158

==>Flu oddities (updated 5/19/05):
www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html


********end BIO-WARFARE********




********NEWS********


*MAINSTREAM US MEDIA: ISLAM*

"Flames of hate":
www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18759971

(NJS: Hysterical, frenzied Muslim protesters sure show up at curious times...)




*LEGISLATIVE BRANCH/SEPARATION of POWERS*

GOP files cloture motion to end debate:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052000954.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lz


Black lawmakers say filibuster is offensive to African-Americans:
www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp

(it is offensive to everyone who believes in democracy.)




*STEM CELLS*

Bush vows to veto stem cell legislation:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory

(this is a crime against humanity...that research Bush is killing is vital.)




*ANIMALS*

Legislators working to reshape endangered species act:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051901634.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f1ly

(the Washington Post's use of "reshape" sounds so much nicer than "destroy the ESA".)




*MILITARIZING SPACE*

China opposes Bush putting weapons in space:
www.rense.com/general65/chinaopposesbushputting.htm

Scientists warn of US space weaponization:
www.rense.com/general65/spa.htm




*IMPERIALISM*

Bush unveils plans for US colonial office
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/bush-m21.shtml

"...What they will really have, however, and what the US administration is preparing, is more war..."





*NUCLEAR WEAPONS*

Nuclear treaty talks at a stalemate
Washington threatens North Korea, Iran while expanding US arsenal
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/nucl-m21.shtml


"...The US is also developing new nuclear weapons and plans that include first-strike nuclear attacks..."





*BOB EHRLICH*

Ehrlich vetoes gay rights bill:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052000862.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lx

(the state of Maryland is very liberal on sexual orientation, particularly in the metro areas.)




*THE DOLLAR*

What's next for the Dollar?
www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/05/19/200505190010.asp
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lw




*ECONOMIC INEQUALITY*

A steeper ladder for the have-nots:
www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/05/18/a_steeper_ladder_for_the_have_nots/
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lv




*MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION*

Testing AIDS drugs on unwitting foster children:
www.counterpunch.org/freedman05192005.html




*FBI*

FBI says eco-militants (and not the Bush dictatorship) is the greatest threats of terrorism:
news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp




*TORTURE*

Report highlights brutal details of 2 Afghan inmates' deaths:
mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1293130.htm

"Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him..."




*IRAN*

Iran said to be smuggling nuclear matter:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052000842.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lu

(the Washington Post is now beating the drums for another illegal attack on a sovereign nation, this time Iran.)




*IRAQ: COST*

The rising economic cost of the illegal Iraq war:
www.csmonitor.com/2005/0519/p01s03-usmi.html

"...By 2010, war expenses might total $600 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office..."




*IRAQ: FALLUJAH*

Fallujah becomes world's largest gated community:
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1618080,00.html

US used weapons of mass destruction in Fallujah:
www.breakfornews.com/articles/Fallujah911.htm




*IRAQI PROTESTS*

Shiites, Sunnis protest US occupation:
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0%2C1280%2C-5019482%2C00.html
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lt


General strike against occupation in Ramadi:
www.uruknet.info/




*UZBEKISTAN*

Uzbekistan rejects probe into mass slaughter (of 500):
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4564531.stm




*ISRAEL*

Beauty of the orange grove is crushed as Sharon prepares to move Gaza's settlers:
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp
--or--
snipurl.com/f1ls




*LATIN AMERICA: RAIN FORESTS*

Amazon deforestation up 6% in 2004:
news.yahoo.com/news
--or--
snipurl.com/f1lr




*AFRICA*

US special ops troops preparing to trin foreign solidiers in Africa:
www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_17681.shtml



*VENEZUELA, CUBA*

Venezuela and Cuba form trade pact:
www.pww.org/article/articleview/7078/1/270




*BOLIVIA*

Bolivia erupts:
www.counterpunch.org/webber05202005.html


********end NEWS********



********CANNABIS********



*CANNABIS: ALASKA*

Victory - marijuana will remain legal in Alaska:
www.sianews.com/modules.php
--or--
snipurl.com/f042

"...The Marijuana Policy Project and our allies in Alaska have successfully beaten back efforts to re-criminalize marijuana in Alaska. After months of round-the-clock lobbying and grassroots organizing, marijuana will remain safe and legal in Alaska..."

(one state down, 49 more to go.)




*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..."

Cannabis drug cuts arthritis pain:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3790227.stm


Cannabis laws "too strict" say doctors (2000):
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1001000/1001628.stm
--or--
snipurl.com/ey7v




*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..."



********end CANNABIS********




*TENNIS*

John McEnroe on the French Open:
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/4561551.stm

(very interesting comments from Mac.)


encyclopedia entry on Roger Federer's game:
www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/R/Ro/Roger_Federer.htm

Muster and Bruguera assess Fed's prospects of winning at Roland Garros:
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4554229.stm

Federer, Nadal and Gasquet all in the top half of the French Open draw; this means Coria lucks out:
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4565409.stm

Tennis world eagerly anticipating this year's French Open (May 23-June 5):
www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/index.html






peace,
NJS