*MARTIAL LAW, US*

Michel Chossoduvsky--Who needs a Coup d'etat? (thanks Jeffrey):
globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO407B.html

"...[this] analysis basically asserts the point that coup or not, a slow-motion coup in the form of militarization of basic American institutions is already underway, a process with *bi-partisan support*, rooted in policy decisions made over the last 3 decades, esp in the Clinton administration, with the Northern Command being '..the core military entity in this takeover and militarisation of civilian institutions.'" (Jeffrey)




*BUSH REGIME*

Rumsfeld Directs Missile Defense to Operate Oct. 1 (legitgov.org):
www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2004_7_13.html

"...Donald Rumsfeld has quietly ordered elements of a long-range missile defense system to begin operating on Oct. 1, four weeks before the 2004 presidential election, according to a U.S. military official..."


White House refuses request by Senate Committee for document on prewar intelligence (thanks Liz):
tinyurl.com/48jzf



*AIRLINE SAFETY*

Plane lands at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) with several passengers unconcious:
www.rense.com/general54/planan.htm



*HUMOR*

This land is your land (thanks Penny):
www.jibjab.com/thisland.html



*TORTURE-GATE*


Seymour Hersch claims that a secret film shows Iraqi boys being sodomized (Rense.com):
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp

Torture as Due Process (thanks Liz):
www.fff.org/freedom/fd0407c.asp



*IRAQ*

Arms dealers cashing in on Iraq's new military market (thanks Liz):
newstandardnews.net/content/

Background on how the US demonized Saddam Hussein in order to achieve its objectives:
www.covertactionquarterly.org/demonize.html



*TAIWAN*

US to sell more weapons to Taiwan despite warnings from China:
www.rense.com/general54/sendmire.htm



*MAINSTREAM MEDIA*

Washington Post calls Bush moves to postpone US elections "appropriate"
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jul2004/wash-15j.shtml

Critiquing TV coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Media tends to reflect Israeli perspectives, while leaving most viewers alarmingly ill-informed (thanks Max):
www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,1260733,00.html



*PEAK OIL*

No pleasant surprises in the new oil order (thanks Jeffrey):
atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/FG10Dj01.html



*FLORIDA ELECTIONS*

US House strikes member's remark that Bush stole 2000 election (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/4pkwf

"I come from Florida, where you and others participated in what I call the United States coup d'etat," Representative Corrine Brown said.

U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown wants the United Nations to monitor this year's presidential election (legitgov.org):
www.wftv.com/news/3533949/detail.html



*GUN CRAZY*

Residents of Fairfax, VA can (and are) toting their guns in public:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50416-2004Jul14.html

(Since Bush is allowing the assault weapons ban to expire will Fairfax residents be allowed to bring machine guns to restaurants?)



*ANIMALS*

Japan to form breakaway pro-whaling group (Rense):
news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp



*ASTRONOMY*

Hawking loses bet, cracks black-hole paradox (Rense.com):
www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp



*QUOTE (tx Webfairy)*

"I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens who, reading newspapers, live and die in the belief that they have known something of what has been passing in their times."

Thomas Jefferson



peace,
NJS

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