*BUSH DICTATORSHIP*

Paranoi grips US capital:
snipurl.com/cm7k

"...This week, former military intelligence analyst William Arkin revealed a hitherto unknown directive, with the Orwellian name 'JCS Conplan 0300-97,' authorizing the Pentagon to employ special, ultra-secret 'anti-terrorist' military units on American soil for what the author claims are 'extra-legal missions.'

In other words, using U.S. soldiers to kill or arrest Americans, acts that have been illegal since the U.S. Civil War..."


Plum assignment awaits Katherine Harris (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/cm7l




*BUSH BUDGET*

Bush's state of the Empire. Billions for Endless War and Empire-- Cuts in Healthcare, Education, and Social Security:
www.globalresearch.ca/articles/IAC502A.html

Amid sweeping cuts in US budget
Bush plans renewed assault on Medicaid
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/medi-f08.shtml

Homeland security budget info:
snipurl.com/cm7m

($34.2 billion a year for Cointelpro ops, increased surveilling, more border patrol agents and more good stuff!)



*ECONOMY*

Jobs and wages picture remains bleak for millions in US
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/jobs-f08.shtml



*RENDITIONS*

CIA abductions of terror suspects said "out of control":
www.rense.com/general62/contt.htm



*MILITARISM*

US secretly pulls 25,000 troops out of Iraq:
www.rense.com/general62/trops.htm



*PENTAGON: PROPAGANDA*

Pentagon puts up fake news/propaganda sites:
www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/04/web.us/index.html

(No! Next they'll tell us that Indymedia is run by the CIA.)



*INDYMEDIA: INFILTRATED?*

1. (Hidden with code "Other".) NYC Indymedia Censors Article:
publish.nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/rate/140979/index.php

2. (Hidden with code "Other".) 911 and the Society of the Spectacle:
publish.nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/rate/140978/index.php

3. (Hidden with code "Other".) Village Voice not responsive to 911:
nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/140975/index.php

4. (Marooned from Portland IMC's home page.) NYC IMC practices censorship:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/310009.shtml

5. Censorship updates:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9519/index.php



*BALTIMORE IMC*

For two weeks, what they're featuring:
baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9459/index.php



***PROGRESSIVE MEDIA***

911 and the Society of the Spectacle:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/309914.shtml

(The most censored article on Indymedia!)



*NEOCONS*

Their dog-eat-dog world:
weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2004/706/op60.htm

Eliott Abrams serving to promote democracy?:
www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-02/05/article03.shtml



*GUANTANAMO BAY*

Guantanamo videotapes expose brutality against detainees
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/guan-f07.shtml



*ABU GHRAIB*

Unqualified "medics" performed amputations (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/clb8



*FASCIST INDOCTRINATION*

General who led US Marines in Iraq says "It's fun to shoot some people"
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/gene-f07.shtml

"...[The] comment drew loud laughter and enthusiastic applause from the audience attending the panel discussion hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association..."

General says "its fun to shoot people":
snipurl.com/clba



*RACISM: US HISTORY*

Remembering Black Wallstreet:
www.virizen.net/htm/188.html



*IRAQ*

US troops held responsible for crash of passenger aircraft (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/cm7n

Kuwaitis allege torture from US forces (legitgov.org):
snipurl.com/cm7o



*IRAN*

Rumsfeld: Iran 'years away' from nuclear weapon:
snipurl.com/cm7p



*UNITED KINGDOM*

UK government pushes ahead with privatisation of healthcare
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/nahs-f08.shtml



*NEPAL*

Nepalese king seizes power with the backing of the military
www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/nepl-f08.shtml



*VENEZUELA*

Venezuela concerned over US isolation tactics:
www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/614/614p19.htm

"The virulently anti-American president of Venezuela":
snipurl.com/cm7q



*SCALAR ENERGY*

Joe Vialls--The science and genius of Telsa (1998):
www.geocities.com/mknemesis/omega1.html

(Tesla! Tesla! All everyone talks about these days is Tesla.)



*SCIENCE FICTION: INDOCTRINATION*

Sci-fi "predictive programming":
www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/Sci.htm



*GARBAGE*

Truthout.org - War on plastic:
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/020705X.shtml



*SUPER BOWL*

Paul McCartney, Anarchist
portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/310125.shtml

(its hard to imagine Sir Paul did this as a surprise to the promoters)



*SUPER BOWL: MILITARISM*

(Did anyone notice how the first 30 minutes of the telecast was devoted to non-stop militaristic and nationalistic displays? Exactly why are fighter jets doing "fly bys" at every big sporting event?)



*NJS FILM CHOICE: 'THE SPIES'*

Clouzot's "The Spies" (1967, B&W)
www.erratica.co.uk/euromiscellanea/les_espions.htm

(not for everyone but does help one deal with Cointelpro today.)



*ASTRONOMY*

mysterious streak above Hawaii:
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050208.html



*HISTORY: FEBRUARY 7*

In 1904, in Baltimore, Maryland, a discarded cigarette started a fire that destroyed 1,500 buildings and caused one hundred million dollars in damage.



peace,
NJS

p.s. all are welcome at the "News Junkie Green Party" listserv:
groups.yahoo.com/group/News_Junkie_GP/