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Dixie Chicks diss George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld at sold out Vancouver concert
Post Date: 2006-11-11 23:10:10 by TLBSHOW
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Maverick U.S. country group the Dixie Chicks is still sniping at U.S. President George W. Bush, especially after his Republican party was hammered in mid-term elections. The Texas band, which has felt a backlash at home for criticizing Bush's Iraq war policy, played a sold-out concert in Vancouver on Wednesday evening. Lead singer Natalie Maines couldn't resist taking a shot at the humbled Bush administration as she praised her Vancouver fans. "Either the beer is free or you're happy that Donald Rumsfeld resigned today," Maines said, referring to Bush's once powerful defence secretary. It was one of several pokes at Bush by Maines. At one point she noticed ...
God's Gift: Jesus: The Truth
Post Date: 2006-11-10 20:21:15 by TLBSHOW
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The purpose of this lesson is to stress the connection between Jesus and truth in (a) learning God's nature, (b) learning God's purposes, and (c) learning God's priorities. The gospel of John powerfully associates truth with Jesus. In each of today's texts a lesson is clearly evident about the association between Jesus and truth. Consider this lesson from two perspectives. First, if you know Jesus, he introduces you to truth. Second, if you know truth, it introduces you to Jesus. Jesus and truth are inseparable. The lesson: there is an inseparable link between Jesus and (a) the truth about God and (b) the truth about self. What truth is considered? Truth from Jesus is truth about God's ...
Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse
Post Date: 2006-11-10 17:48:19 by A K A Stone
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Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany's top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The plaintiffs in the case include 11 Iraqis who were prisoners at Abu Ghraib, as well as Mohammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi held at ...
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of the ruling Hamas group has said he is willing to resign if this will end a Western aid boycott.
Post Date: 2006-11-10 12:34:46 by A K A Stone
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His comments came after talks on a unity government with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Sanctions were imposed this year by Israel and Western countries, which see Hamas as a terrorist organisation. "If we have to choose between the siege and myself, we must lift the siege and end the suffering," Mr Haniya said. [They have] one condition, that the siege will not be lifted unless the prime minister is changed Ismail Haniya Palestinian Prime Minister Who are Hamas? Speaking outside a Gaza mosque, he said that Western countries were not happy with him at the head of government. The US and Europe imposed crippling sanctions on the authority in March as Hamas ...
Chávez attacks Bush as a 'genocidal' leader - says he should get the death penalty
Post Date: 2006-11-09 21:38:22 by TLBSHOW
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Venezuela's president continued his criticism of President Bush after the pro-Chávez legislature declared that the 9/11 attacks were `self-inflicted.' BY PHIL GUNSON Special to The Miami Herald CARACAS - When Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chávez called President Bush ''the devil'' in a U.N. speech in September, many thought his ''anti-imperialist'' rhetoric had reached rock bottom. But fresh depths have since been plumbed. The Venezuelan government, to judge from recent events, officially regards Bush as a genocidal Nazi who arranged the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to justify aggression against other nations. In a speech Tuesday, Chávez criticized the ...
Mexican President Vicente Fox - "I can talk freely. Now I can say any nonsense. It really doesn't matter, I'm on my way out,"
Post Date: 2006-11-09 15:23:38 by TLBSHOW
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox, who is prone to verbal mishaps, put his foot in it again by admitting he talks nonsense, in an off-the-record comment splashed on front pages and played on television news. Fox, who ended 71 years of one-party rule at elections in 2000, leaves office on December 1 and his government has been plagued with political upheaval as it stutters toward the finishing line. "I can talk freely. Now I can say any nonsense. It really doesn't matter, I'm on my way out," Fox told the Spanish news agency EFE in an informal remark before a televised interview. The comment, made last week, was part of a tape sent to clients by the agency. A ...
Nicaragua's Ortega Lashes Out at US Republican Party
Post Date: 2006-11-09 15:18:30 by TLBSHOW
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Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega says he hopes for increased trade with all countries, including the United States, despite his criticism of some of Washington's policies. The leftist leader told supporters during a victory rally in Managua Wednesday that President Bush's Republican Party has lost power because of the Iraq occupation, which has been "rejected by the entire world." He said he hopes the U.S. government "listens to its people and pulls its troops out of Iraq." Mr. Ortega met with business leaders on Wednesday to assure them he will not repeat the radical Marxist policies, such as land seizures, that left Nicaragua in economic ruin during his ...
Invoking Prophet Mohammad and Jesus, Saddam told a court trying him for genocide against Kurds: "I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake hands."
Post Date: 2006-11-07 12:50:51 by TLBSHOW
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein, back in court two days after being sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity, urged Iraqis on Tuesday to seek reconciliation. Invoking Prophet Mohammad and Jesus, Saddam told a court trying him for genocide against Kurds: "I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake hands."
Leftist rebels claim responsibility for Mexico City blasts; demand Oaxaca governor resign
Post Date: 2006-11-06 22:58:07 by TLBSHOW
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MEXICO CITY: A coalition of five leftist guerrilla groups that support the protest movement in the southern state of Oaxaca claimed responsibility for homemade bombs that exploded at Mexico's top electoral court, a bank and the headquarters of the political party that governs Oaxaca. The bombings across Mexico City early Monday caused no injuries but rattled nerves in a country wracked by protests since the polarizing July 2 presidential elections. President Vicente Fox called the attacks "criminal acts aimed at frightening the population." Leftist protesters have battled federal police for control of Oaxaca City since last week, and the guerrilla groups pledged to continue ...
Bombs rattle Mexico in latest political strife
Post Date: 2006-11-06 15:46:00 by TLBSHOW
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Bombs exploded at Mexican political and financial targets on Monday, rattling a country already nervous about unrest in a poor southern state and a deep political rift from an acrimonious election in July. No one was injured in the blasts at Mexico's top electoral court, an opposition party's headquarters and a Canadian-owned bank in the capital. A door was damaged and windows blown out at the electoral court, known as the Trife, which angered leftists in September for ruling that conservative candidate Felipe Calderon won July's presidential election. Judges threw out claims of fraud by leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who called disruptive street ...
Mexico's blood-stained struggle mostly ignored by U.S. media
Post Date: 2006-11-06 15:44:30 by TLBSHOW
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Mexico's blood-stained struggle mostly ignored by U.S. media Asked to name the country where a journalist was recently murdered, most people would say Iraq. Few would guess Mexico. But Mexico is where the most recent death, at least at this writing, has occurred. Brad Will, a 36-year-old from New York, died with his video camera in his hands. He essentially recorded his own death. He was shot as he covered the protests that began in the spring in Oaxaca, Mexico. Yes, that is right: protests now half a year in duration. What began as an annual strike by teachers has escalated into a movement pitting citizens against the federal police. Protesters have taken over the university radio ...
UN call for moratorium on executions after former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death
Post Date: 2006-11-05 21:03:49 by TLBSHOW
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UN call for moratorium on executionsFrom correspondents in Geneva November 06, 2006 12:11am UN human rights chief Louise Arbour today called for a moratorium on executions after former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court. She also called for the rights of defendants to a fair appeal to be “fully respected”. “A credible appeals process is an essential part of fair-trial guarantees,” she said in a statement. “This is particularly important in this instance, in which the death penalty has been imposed. “Those convicted today should have every opportunity to exhaust their appellate remedies in a fair way, and whatever the ...
Que Pasa en Oaxaca
Post Date: 2006-11-05 16:02:09 by TLBSHOW
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A virtual state of siege prevails in Oaxaca City where thousands of military police have occupied the central square and surrounding streets, clearing barricades and detaining dozens of opposition activists. The city's emergency services are idle while banks and schools remain closed and the city center, usually bustling with tourists, has the air of a ghost town. The hub of activity has shifted to the Santo Domingo church where thousands of activists gather daily to swap news, make plans and denounce police brutality. The federal police occupation began on October 28 with an aggressive push toward the Zocalo (town square) which was occupied in June by teachers, students and workers ...
U.S. holds referendum on Iraq Voting for Democrats isn't a smart way to vent frustrations about George W. Bush
Post Date: 2006-11-04 15:13:18 by TLBSHOW
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Voting for Democrats isn't a smart way to vent frustrations about George W. Bush By RACHEL MARSDEN On Tuesday, Americans will head to the polls to determine who will control Congress. With a gain of 15 seats in the House and six in the Senate, the Democrats -- a party which nowadays would consider former president John F. Kennedy a fringe member, based on the way they deep-sixed moderate Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman for being too much in sync with the Bush administration -- could end up at the wheel. The Democrats have been out rallying their base. New York Senator Hillary Clinton hunkered down with 40 gay and lesbian leaders in the Big Apple. Her priorities apparently include ...
Iraqi police kill 53 'al-Qaeda' militants
Post Date: 2006-11-04 13:23:19 by TLBSHOW
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Iraqi police kill 53 'al-Qaeda' militants From correspondents in Baghdad November 05, 2006 12:00 Article from: Agence France-PresseFont size: + - Send this article: Print Email IRAQI police commandos killed 53 suspected al-Qaeda militants in a fierce gunbattle on the southern outskirts of Baghdad overnight, an interior ministry spokesman said. "This afternoon we received intelligence reports that gunmen were endangering the security of the region," said Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf, referring to the Baghdad suburb of Tuwaitha. "They are al-Qaeda. "The National Police had a severe fight with them and as a result of these clashes, they killed 53 terrorists, ...
Saddam Verdict Due Sunday: Likely Impact on U.S. Elections?
Post Date: 2006-11-04 12:49:34 by alwaysontheright
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President Bush and his GOP colleagues are in a heap of do-do and need a miracle or two before next Tuesday. Without something approximating divine intervention, Washington, D.C. will fall into the hands of America’s most dangerous enemy—AKA, liberals in the Democrat Party. Republican woes stem primarily from public impatience and opposition to the war in Iraq. However, in an odd twist of irony, events scheduled for this weekend in Baghdad could actually boost GOP chances next Tuesday. Sometime this Sunday, Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, will learn his fate after being on trial for more than one year to adjudicate alleged crimes against humanity. It is widely ...
Priest burns himself to death over Islam
Post Date: 2006-11-04 12:04:09 by TLBSHOW
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Priest burns himself to death over Islam A retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a German monastery in protest at the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church’s inability to contain it. Roland Weisselberg, 73, poured a can of petrol over his head and set light to himself in the grounds of the Augustine monastery in the eastern city of Erfurt, where Martin Luther spent six years as a monk at the beginning of the 16th century. Witnesses said that Weisselberg climbed into a building site next to the monastery church, where a Reformation Day service was being held. He shouted “Jesus and Oskar” before the flames engulfed him. The latter name was an ...
Hundreds of hardline Muslims rally against Bush’s planned visit to Indonesia
Post Date: 2006-11-04 12:02:47 by TLBSHOW
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Hundreds of hardline Muslims rally against Bush’s planned visit to Indonesia By Associated Press Saturday, November 4, 2006 - Updated: 08:53 AM EST JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners rallied in front of the American Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday, denouncing President Bush’s planned trip to the world’s most populous Muslim nation. “Bush should not come to Indonesia,” shouted Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, saying Bush was responsible for the violence in the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush is scheduled to visit Indonesia, a close ally in the war on terror, on Nov. 20, after he attends an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in ...
Tom Tancredo - Terrorists are right about Democrats [ they are on their side ]
Post Date: 2006-11-03 23:52:46 by TLBSHOW
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Leaders of Mideast terrorist organizations such as the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Islamic Jihad are right – in one way, according to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. Terrorists interviewed by WorldNetDaily suggested Americans should vote for Democrats Tuesday, because the party's plan to remove U.S. troops from the Mideast would hand their factions victory. Tancredo today told WND the assessment is hard to dispute. "I guess the conclusion to which anyone could come ... maybe they recognize that both the general nature of the Democratic Party and the people who are at its head are folks that would rather cut and run than stand their ground on an issue of this nature," he said. ...
Bush gives israel the go ahead to bomb iran
Post Date: 2006-11-02 09:01:35 by TLBSHOW
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Asked by Chirac if Israel could attack Iran to prevent it getting the bomb, Bush reportedly said: "We cannot rule this out. And if it were to happen, I would understand it." The report could not be independently confirmed.
“There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq”
Post Date: 2006-11-02 06:48:23 by A K A Stone
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“The bad news,” investigative reporter Seymour Hersh told a Montreal audience last Wednesday, “is that there are 816 days left in the reign of King George II of America.” The good news? “When we wake up tomorrow morning, there will be one less day.” Hersh, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine, has been a thorn in the side of the U.S. government for nearly 40 years. Since his 1969 exposé of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, which is widely believed to have helped turn American public opinion against the Vietnam War, he has broken news about the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia, covert C.I.A. attempts to ...
David Loyn answers your questions on the Taleban
Post Date: 2006-10-29 19:18:56 by A K A Stone
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The BBC's David Loyn had exclusive access to Taleban forces mobilised against British forces in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. He answers some of your questions about his trip. Q: In the UK, the Taleban are depicted as a harsh oppressive regime which ruled by fear. You associate closely with them. What are your feelings about them? Raymond Mcalpine, Gravesend, UK I am not sure about the word 'associate', which seems to imply approval, but if it means that I have spent a fair amount of time with them, then yes that is true, both in the late 90s and since. As far as their regime was concerned, it is worth remembering that it was popular in many parts of the country - ...
STOP ABUSING OUR MARINES!
Post Date: 2006-10-27 22:01:30 by A K A Stone
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We realize that when it comes to freedom of the press, the USA has fallen to Number 53 in the world — tied with our fascist homies in Croatia and the islanders of the Kingdom of Tonga! — but do we have to make is so damned obvious? Another Marine stationed in Iraq has sent us a screenshot of what happens when you need some hot news on Macaca and Foley:forbidden, this page (http://www.wonkette.com) is categorized as (Personal Pages) ALL SITES YOU VISIT ARE LOGGED AND FILED.Nice little threat at the end, too. Asswipes. Notice the other browser tabs. Two actual “personal pages” that rah-rah for Bush (What's her name, the wannabe Coulter, and Hugh Hewitt) show up just fine, ...
Now Europe Targets Bloggers As Terrorists
Post Date: 2006-10-27 21:58:33 by A K A Stone
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Bush administration efforts to infiltrate, misdirect, regulate and pollute the Internet with Neo-Con propaganda, as well as their openly stated agenda to target American bloggers as terrorists, is now being aped by the British government across the pond as well as other major European countries. Home Secretary John Reid met with ministers from the six largest European Union countries and, according to a BBC report , "agreed to work together to make the internet a "more hostile" place for terrorists." How will they accomplish this? By initiating a crackdown on people who use the Internet to "spread propaganda." The very website you are now reading would be ...
Iranians told to beat West by making more babies LIKE SAY 70 MILLION MORE
Post Date: 2006-10-24 13:53:44 by TLBSHOW
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Iranians told to beat West by making more babies Iranians were today instructed to produce more babies as part of their nation's struggle against the West. The Islamic state's hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said he wanted the country's 70 million strong population to almost double in an effort to ensure the country's "dominance". Iran, named by President Bush as one of the three "Axis of Evil" powers and subject to intense pressure over its alleged nuclear weapons programme, has previously been held up by the United Nations as an example of how to control a burgeoning population. Yet today Mr Ahmadinejad told a meeting of government ministers and ...
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