*HEALTH*

Congress must act on patient rights (Rense):
tinyurl.com/6cubd

"...The [Supreme] Court ruled that patients cannot sue their HMOs under state patient protection laws..."



*AL CIA-DUH (aka AL QAEDA)*

Two "sting" operations raise disturbing questions about US terror alert
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/stng-a11.shtml

"...these two operations provide fresh confirmation that the first priority of the US 'war on terrorism' is to terrorize the American people in order to achieve political ends, even at the cost of aiding and abetting real acts of terror..."



*911 TRUTH*

Problems with ASCE report on Pentagon cast further doubt on 757 story:
bedoper.com/pentagon/asce/


"...This makes the width of the damage at the top of the entry point somewhere between sixteen and twenty feet..."



*CIA*

Porter Goss, "Mr. Breakfast Meeting with the ISI on 9/11", nominated to be head of CIA:
tinyurl.com/44kxc



*311/SPAIN*

Spain: Commission of Inquiry into Madrid bombings allows rightwing to
regroup
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/spai-a11.shtml



*ENDLESS WAR*

The Ghost of Orwell is among us (Rense):
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6714.htm

Pentagon plan for global anti-terror army (legitgov.org):
tinyurl.com/5xptd

The media: Where the killing starts (thanks Liz):
www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/MediaLens0809.htm




*IRAQ*

Major slaughter predicted in Najaf. US warns residents to leave (thanks LIz):
www.uruknet.info/

Gulf war illness at home and abroad (thanks Liz):
www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/Sherman0809.htm

US commanders stop troops from protecting Iraqi torture victims
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/oreg-a12.shtml

Severe heat in Iraq taking a toll on US soldiers (Rense):
tinyurl.com/5wnyb

Fort Bragg troops under stress (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/

US supports Iraq's decision to ban Al-Jazeera (thanks Liz):
www.uruknet.info/



*ISRAEL*

Palestine and the telecommunications business (thanks Liz):
www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/Bahour0809.htm

A people imprisoned (thanks Liz):
www.dissidentvoice.org/Aug04/Lane0809.htm



*THE DEMOCRATS*

Kerry: "I would still have voted for Iraq war"
www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/kerr-a12.shtml



*HUMOR*

Bush on "tribal sovereignty" (thanks Ron W.):
homepage.mac.com/njenson/movies/sovereignty.html



*US ECONOMY*

Job Layoffs Under Bush Among Highest In US History (Rense):
tinyurl.com/6q4lf



*HIV/AIDS*

89% of South African military tests positive:
www.rense.com/general56/sdhock.htm



*SCIENCE*

The Einstein hoax:
tinyurl.com/2gokz

(NJS is posting this without offering any opinion on the ideas inside.)



*TENNIS*

Agassi claims title in Cincinatti. Is he a contender for the US Open?
www.cincytennis.com/1009/news/day7.1.asp

peace,
NJS

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