*COUP D'ETAT 2004*

20 Shocking Facts About Voting (Elections) in the USA:
www.heartcom.org/20reasons.htm



*BUSH DICTATORSHIP*

New postage stamps for 2005:
www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan05/Chuckman0110.htm



*INAUGURATION*

DC police to use latest technology:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61769-2005Jan9.html

(whom among us is going to promote 911 Truth?)



*GOP HUMOR?*

Senator plans bill defining "political paranoia" as a mental disorder:
swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/01/conservatives_p.html



*GUANTANAMO BAY*

US defends "evidence" obtained through torture at hearing for Guantanamo prisoners
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/guan-j11.shtml


Guantanamo Bay, our concentration camp in Cuba, is taking on a look of permanence:
snipurl.com/bx0r

"...Most of the 550 prisoners from 42 countries no longer are considered of significant intelligence value, but many swept up in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan aren't expected to be freed anytime soon - some because of stalled legal proceedings, others because they allegedly still pose a threat to the United States or its allies..."


Amnesty International calls Guantanamo "An icon of lawlessness" (Rense):
news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp

First they came for the terrorists...
www.commondreams.org/views05/0110-33.htm

"Since the first Guantanamo camp was opened, the Bush administration has built additional concentration camps...These concentration camps detain uncharged, untried, unconvicted individuals, who may be held for the rest of their lives because, as the UK's Guardian newspaper noted on January 5th of this year, the Bush administration 'lacks proof' that they are either criminals or POWs..."




*ASIAN TSUNAMI: MAINSTREAM MEDIA (tx Nico)*

(most of these are being reposted.)


Tsunami prior knowledge reported in Guardian
Bulletins sent to Diego Garcia 'could have saved lives'
www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1385102,00.html

Civil strife mars effort in Aceh and Sri Lanka:
www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/09/news/quake.html

"...Colin Powell, the U.S. secretary of state, said the response to the tsunami should be considered a long-term project that could extend far beyond the current efforts..."


'Tsunami Conspiracies Disrespect against Disaster Victims'
www.zaman.com/

US denies ‘foreknowledge’ of Asian tsunami
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp


Egyptian paper: Israel-India nuke test caused tsunami
tinyurl.com/6smh8



*ASIAN TSUNAMI & CAPITALISM*

Marxism, the International Committee, and the science of perspective:
an historical analysis of the crisis of American imperialism--Part One
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/dnp1-j11.shtml

"...The impact of the tsunami exposes in an especially graphic manner the irrational nature of capitalism, its inability to develop the productive forces in a manner that raises the living standards of the broad masses of the people..."



*INDONESIA*

Surprise! US military likely staying in Indonesia:
snipurl.com/bx0w




*IRAQ: PROPAGANDA*

US shoots propaganda film ("Liberation of al-Fallujah") in Fallujah (which it occupies):
uruknet.info/



*IRAQ: COST*

Malnutrition of Iraqi children rising since the US first invaded:
uruknet.info/

Cost of war (thanks Mike S.):
www.costofwar.com/



*ASTRONOMY*

Aliens could exist on Titan, one of Saturn's moons:
www.rense.com/general61/alien.htm



*TENNIS*

Australian Open coming, January 17 - 30, 2005. Will Federer repeat?
www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html



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groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/