Sisters Carol Gilbert, Jackie Hudson, and Ardeth Platte, Plowshares Nuns, inspire us to take action and participate in nonviolent civil resistance against the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq. Nonviolent actions will take place in Washington, DC, on September 26 and 27, as part of the Declaration of Peace campaign, and planned by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance.

One of the only reader-funded, collectively run, professional hard-news site on the Worldwide Web says it will close its doors on Saturday, September 30 if it does not secure the funding needed to continue daily publishing.

...Military Tribunals to Try Terrorist Suspects ~ Interview with Jennifer Daskal, U.S. advocacy director with Human Rights Watch, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

In Maryland, on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, the people said in a loud voice that they have seen enough of William Donald Schaefer, the State’s Democratic Comptroller. He was defeated in his bid for reelection. For close to 50 years, Schaefer has been in public service, in jobs, like: Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland. During some of that time, he openly supported Bush I and Bush II. Schaefer's past, finally, caught up with him.

An interview with Netfa Freeman, just returned from Zimbabwe

I WAS ALWAYS OF THE OPINION HUTCHENCE FAKED HIS DEATH (1997) -- HE WAS SMART AND ECCENTRIC ENOUGH...AND THE MANNER OF IT MADE ME REALIZE THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THE NEWS WAS GIVING OUT.

News Junkie Scott's Blog (9/14/06)

As if things could not get any scarier in Washington among members of the Bush regime and their plans to “make us safer”, the Associated Press reports that Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne stated Tuesday, September 12, that weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on Americans in crowd-control situations before being deployed on the battlefield. Such weapons are being designed to not only disable people, but also to disable tanks and other weapons by “zapping” and destroying their electronic gear.

El líder cubano mostró cómo evoluciona su recuperación en el encuentro con el diputado argentino. También elogió a Hugo Chávez por su lucha para ingresar al Consejo Permanente de la ONU y por aliarse a sectores medios para “hacer los cambios democráticamente” y mostró su preocupación por terminar de editar sus memorias en vida.