*911 TRUTH: PSYOPS*

Gerard Holmgren--Observations and assumptions:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php



*UNITED STATES: ASSESSMENT*

AIJAZ AHMAD--America's decline:
www.flonnet.com/fl2126/stories/20041231003402500.htm

By contrast, none of the gains the U.S. had sought in Iraq and in the region as a whole has been realised, almost two years after Baghdad fell, seemingly so easily: not the capturing of the Iraqi oil, not the ability to use Iraq as the main military base in the region so as to begin an orderly withdrawal from Saudi Arabia, not the dream of using Iraq as a base for launching attacks against Syria, Iran, Lebanon or whatever.



*US MILITARY EXPANSION*

NY Times--Commandos get duty on US soil (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/c89b

Secret unit expands Rumsfeld's domain (tx Nico):
snipurl.com/c899

"The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA's historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad..."



*GLOBAL WARMING*

Global warming approaching point of no return, warns leading climate expert:
snipurl.com/c898



*EDUCATION*

Evolution outreach projects:
www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/evolk12/evoops.htm

"A shockingly large percentage of Americans are proudly 'against' evolution: they don't accept a natural origin of life, a nonhuman ancestry for humans, or the idea that species continue to evolve today..."



*AFGHANISTAN: DRUGS*

US backs away from Afghan aerial spraying:
snipurl.com/c7tr



*VENEZUELA*

With all eyes on Iran and Syria, US action may be in Venezuela:
www.indiadaily.com/editorial/01-23d-05.asp


US seeks to isolate Chavez:
snipurl.com/c897



*PROHIBITION*

Doug Bandow, Cato Institute--The case for legalizing drugs:
washingtontimes.com/books/20050122-103357-2967r.htm



*SEXUALITY*

Vaginas in mythology, art, history:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/309032.shtml



*TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN*

Agassi versus Federer coming, also Hewitt vs. Nadal
www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html



*ASTRONOMY*

Hubble's future in doubt as White House refuses to pay for its rescue:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4197505.stm

NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050123.html

Sunspot cluster ejects huge radiation storm:
www.newscientist.com/article.ns