*BICYCLING*

NY Times book review, Herlihy's 'Bicycle' (Tx Mina):
www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/books/review/30KORENL.html



*911 TRUTH: LEGAL STRATEGY*

D. Alexander Floum discusses the bleak prospects associated with getting Bush or Cheney to have to defend a legal suit over 9/11:
snipurl.com/cehp

(Alex, giving up on the court of public opinion so quickly?)






*911 TRUTH: FLIGHT 93*

John Doe and Team Plus Eight publish part II of their ground-breaking expose of the official story of 911/UA 93:
tinyurl.com/44dxg



*MEDIA DECLINE*

The Bush whores, how much propaganda is good for America?
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/309580.shtml



*MEDIA INFILTRATION: DEMOCRACY NOW*

(Repost.) Loughrey--the Age of PsyOps. The Washington Post, Democracy Now and the North Tower:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/309292.shtml

(Repost.) NJS states what should be obvious to all who are paying attention to it. 'Democracy Now' is a PsyOps operation run by the regime in Washington:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/309440.shtml




*INTL MEDIA: CENSORSHIP*

NY Times--Under (US) pressure, Qatar may sell Jazeera station:
snipurl.com/cf33




*THE DRAFT*

Project for a New Century announces need for 25,000 additional soldiers every year/
Letter to Congress on Increasing U.S. Ground Forces:
www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20050128.htm




*HOMELAND SECURITY*

The Emergence of the Homeland Security State:
www.globalresearch.ca/articles/TUR501A.html



*SECRECY: OPERATION PAPERCLIP*

NY Times--CIA refuses to provide documents requested by Congress concerning post-WWII recruitment of Nazis:
snipurl.com/cf2l



*BUSH FAMILY EVIL EMPIRE*

The sordid war profiteering of Jeb, Neil and Marvin Bush:
snipurl.com/cehn



*SECRETARY OF STATE RICE*

Evil comes in all colors:
www.blackcommentator.com/123/123_cover_rice.html



*ASIAN TSUNAMI*

Tsunami death toll nears 300,000:
news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp



*WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: COMPUTER SOFTWARE*

Porto Alegre activists call for free, open-source software:
www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/59157.php



*THE INTERNET*

Predictions about the future of the Internet, along with past predictions:
www.elon.edu/predictions/



*TAXES*

Taxpayers apparently free to ignore IRS summons:
www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/Update2005-01-29.htm

(passed along without comment.)



*IRAN*

Israel, US says Iran an imminent threat (legitgov.org):
feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/



*IRAQ: 'ELECTIONS'*

Media disinformation on voter turnout:
www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO501F.html

Iraq elections set stage for deeper crisis of US occupation regime
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/iraq-j31.shtml

"...But even the combined propaganda powers of the US government and the corporate-controlled media machine cannot transform an election held at gunpoint and under military occupation into a genuinely democratic event..."



*IRAQ*

US to spend $1.5bn on new Iraq embassy (legitgov.org):
www.dawn.com/2005/01/31/int3.htm

Linda McQauig says it is all about oil:
snipurl.com/cf0x

Bush dictatorship won't withdrawal from Iraq:
snipurl.com/cf2m



*IRAQ: COST*

Iraq veteran gets bill after injury discharge:
www.craigdailypress.com/section/frontpage_lead/story/15670

Audit: $9 billion unaccounted for (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/cf2n



**ISRAEL**

(Long, but well worth it!) Should people opposed to bigotry and anti-Semitism support Israel?
www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_15281.shtml

Border police to destroy Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem for Sharon's wall:
snipurl.com/cf2f


*RUSSIA/SYRIA*

Putin says anti-aircraft missile sale to Syria defensive:
www.truthnews.net/daily/2005010245.htm

Russian bear makes Israel nervous:
www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GA28Ag02.html



*UNITED KINGDOM*

Britain 'sliding into police state':
snipurl.com/ceho

Why hasn't Blair resigned yet?
snipurl.com/cf2o



*THE HOLOCAUST*

The Story of Auschwitz:
www.gilad.co.uk/html%20files/Auschwitz.html

"...The history of Auschwitz is in fact a story of brutal Anglo American negligence..."


Elie Wiesel's strange parade:
counterpunch.org/mickey07072004.html

(Blog.) Stephen Gowans--Exiled from History:
gowans.blogspot.com/



*ANIMALS*

Global warming may kill off polar bears in 20 years:
snipurl.com/cf2p



*ANTHROPOLOGY*

The singing neaderthals:
snipurl.com/cf2q



*ASTRONOMY*

NASA's mission to the edge of the solar system:
snipurl.com/cf2r



*TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN*

Safin steals Hewitt's thunder:
sports.yahoo.com/ten

Come on! Under-confident Safin wins the Australian Open, disappointing the Aussie fans rooting for Hewitt:
www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html

Tennis sensation Maria Sharapova donating money for Russian school victims:
snipurl.com/cf2t



peace,
NJS

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