Committee for Democracy Archives 21

the criminal government

1) White house approved, DIRECTLY participated in REAL-TIME torture, abc, April 9, 2008

2) FBI is recording every phone call, email, and all internet traffic in US, Democracy Now, 4-10-08

3) US "rendered" 14 to jordan for torture, metimes, April 08, 2008

bribery steals your government, your health, your wealth, then supports genocide

4) Merck Wrote Drug Studies for Doctors: don't trust your bribed govt? then don't trust drugs, nyt, 4-16-08

5) Plastic industry poison slowly pushed back, despite their bribes and political clout, lat, April 16, 2008

6) Housing foreclosure crisis gives politicians/lobbyists excuse to steal, nyt, 4-16-08

7) Israel: Genocide announced, al ahram, 4-16-08

Yet more war crimes from the dems

8) dems want iraq to pay costs of american destruction, occupation of iraq, nyt, April 19, 2008

9) Pentagon institute calls war "debacle," hints that we lost, mcclatchy, April 17, 2008

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Environmental Destruction Page # 9

all pages: 9, 8, 7 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

hunger increasing

1) climate change destroying health, WHO, APRIL 2008 | GENEVA

2) Perfect storm of hunger, Los Angeles Times , April 1, 2008

3) ethanol farce, sf chron, April 2, 2008

global flooding, Disease

4) mid-west takes yet another flood, lat, March 26, 2008

5) Bolivia declares flood emergency, bbc, 2-13-08

5b) Namibia braces for more flooding, aljazeera, 3-4-08

6) Brazil military will combat dengue outbreak in Rio, Mar. 23, 2008 (Reuters)

7) dengue spreads across asia, Mar. 12, 2008 (Reuters)

Oceans Trashed

8) plastic oceans: Warning on plastic's toxic threat, bbc, 27 March 2008

8b) Sea life counts dive for 2nd year (2006 report), sf chron, June 23, 2006

8c) NEW HYPOXIC EVENT FOUND OFF OREGON COAST (2004 report), earth observatory, Nasa, August 9, 2004

9) study: Warmer seas boosted hurricane frequency by 40 percent, Paris (AFP) Jan 30, 2008

industrial pollution in national parks

10) Study: Contaminent Levels High in Parks, ap, 2-27-08

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Pakistan divorcing the US Empire?

1) New Paki govt partner ANP opens talks with taliban, Dawn, 3-30-08

1x) late found news: legendary taliban leader reemerges, mcclatchy, April 01, 2008

1b) New ANP governor demands us stop firing missiles into pakistan, mcclatchy, April 01, 2008

1c) Failure of paki dictator draws US delegation to maintain US domination of paki military-politics, dawn, 3-28-08

1d) US delegation to pakistan seen as intrusive effort to support failing dictatorship of musharraf, nyt, March 26, 2008

Crimes of our polity

2) 2002 military torture memo proves president guilty of domestic and war crimes, NYT, April 2, 2008

3) US pretends to be concerned about their egyptian dictator, bbc, 3-13-08

4) US leads world in prison population, reuters, 2-28-08

HELP

5) Status of the cause

crazy Pigden

6) Once bribed, always bribed: judge allows old migden bribes in new campaign, bee, April 2, 2008

Hunger Rising

7) Impending Famine, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., April 6, 2008

Police State Olympics

8) Ban China trade, boycott olympics, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., April 6, 2008

8v) london attacks torch of tyranny: aljezeera and cnn videos

torture

9) Ca Senator proposes law to punish torture, bee, April 5, 2008

Market run up

10) Last week's historic market run-up, Alex Wierbinski, Berkeley, Ca., April 7, 2008

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Environment Page #8

all pages: 9, 8, 7 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

environment link list

Freak weather slamming middle america yet again!! FOUR TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR, Mar. 21, 2008 (Reuters)

EPA waiver for California emissions influenced by political bribery: Big Surprize! lat, February 27, 2008

salmon and smelt

1) Scientists try to explain dismal salmon run, sf chron, March 24, 2008

1b) No salmon fishing this year, sf chron, March 13, 2008

1c) Fishery council: salmon collapse, SF Chronicle, March 8, 2008

1d) The smelt have vanished, news tribune, March 6th, 2008

1e) Massive city populations draining california's water, bee, 3-3-08

The Great global Meltdown

your'e going to get thirsty!

2) Huge Antarctic ice shelf breaks off, cbc, 3-25-08

2b) Tahoe Doomed, ap, March 24, 2008

3) Growing into a national water and energy disaster, mcclatchy, March 12, 2008

4) Growing into a water disaster in the west, lat, February 1, 2008

5) Get ready for constant costal flooding for the next 100 years +, nyt, March 12, 2008

6) Just say No! (to powerful drugs in your drinking water), ap, March 9, 2008

7) delay in polar bear protections investigated by ~~oil~~, interior department, ap, March 8, 2008

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1) new PPP PM: A New era in Paki politics? bbc, 3-24-08

2) California dem convention: who will win the state and county committee funding lottery? capitol weekly, March 20, 2008

3) Supreme court shocks bush: Obey the Constitution and Congressional law, lat, March 25, 2008

4) Exports not picking up slack as dollar plunges, marketwatch, 3-26-08

5) Billery forget that she was not under fire in bosnia, but it was a good story, ap, March 25, 2008

6) Thoroughly bribed bay area politicians live life of luxury on special interest's bribes, MEDIANEWS, 3-30-08

7) Thoroughly bribed san diego politicians live life of luxury on special interest's bribes, union tribune, March 30, 2008

8) FPPC hanging Crazy Migden out to dry: $9 mil countersuit against Crazy Migden's abuse of her corporate bribes ("contributions"), bee, April 1, 2008

9) Pelosi's fake earmark ban killed by corrupted senate and house, ap, March 31, 2008

10) Another bush hack departs admin under cloud of corruption and hubris: Johnson of HUD, nyt, April 1, 2008

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#1 posted: March 17, 2008, Draft edition

#2 through #? posted: March 21, 2008, Draft edition

1) Serbs in mitrovica reject kosovo, UN, and EU, calling on russia for support, guardian.co.uk, Monday March 17 2008

2) Freak weather slamming middle america yet again!! FOUR TIMES IN LESS THAN A YEAR, Mar. 21, 2008 (Reuters)

3) idiot president talks of failed wars as victories, Mar. 19, 2008 (Reuters)

4) cost of "victory:" Our egyptian dictator tortures our enemies, BBC, 3-21-08

5) Canadian says U.S. interrogators threatened rape, Mar. 20, 2008 (Reuters)

6) Can. Supreme court agrees to consider Khadr's claim that he's been unfairly treated, toronto star, March 20, 2008

7) Italy judge clears way for CIA "rendition" trial, Mar. 19, 2008 (Reuters)

8) Idiot Bush misstates Iran's position on desire for nuclear weapons, McClatchy Newspapers, 3-21-08

9) Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations (torture in plainspeak), nyt, 3-13-08

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Posted: March 16-21, 2008, Draft edition

1) Screw the Poor: prop 98 ends rent control in california, lat, 1-28-08

2) California budget coalition: If they can't find the problem, they won't find the solution, bee, March 8, 2008

3) Bribery by luxury: fancy gifts and fancy trips are sucked up by political leadership, bee, 3-4-08

4) Migden raises a constitutional question: Are political bribes transferable between election campaigns? March 5, 2008

(Two other articles: more travel and gift disclosures required by fppc)

5) Private bribery, not the voters, running california elections, bee, February 15, 2008

6) Migden busted for corruption, fined 350,000, bee, March 21, 2008

7) California prison disgrace continues, bee, March 6, 2008

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#1 through #3 posted: March 12, 2008

#4 through #? posted: March 14, 2008

1) esquire article: fallon fired as obstacle to iran attack, esquire, 3-11-08

1b) aljazzera article: echoes esquire, Aljazeera, 3-11-08

2) FAA conspires to put unsafe planes in the sky, cnn, 3-12-08

2b) FDA: Eat your Nasty Corporate Spinach! bloomberg, March 12, 2008

3) US takes china's police state off list of rights violators, AFP, Mar 13, 2008

Economic meltdown

4) Decades of Corporate economics crashing down, nyt, 3-14-08

american torture and terror machine

5) Yemeni describes disappearance, secret imprisonment, torture at hands of US, bbc, 3-14-08

6) Waterboarding torture ban fails in house, nyt, March 12, 2008

un torture envoy denied access to us prisons in iraq, reuters, 3-11-08

7) another torture victim emerges out of CIA secret prison-torture system, reuters, 3-14-08

8) Muslims want their own democracy, not our dictators, BBC, Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Dems Finally recognize that Americans have constitutional rights

9) House passes spy bill without telecom immunity: finally, the dems grew some baby balls, wp, 3-14-08

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#1 through #3 posted: March 8, 2008

#4 through #? posted: March 10, 2008

1) Mexican Students killed in colombia's cross-border raid (and an additional report from 3-12-08) McClatchy, 3-7-08

1b) tensions cool a bit between ecuador, colombia, and Venezuela, miami herald, 3-7-08

Bush demands illegal power to Torture

2) bush veto preserves torture as us tool of state, Mar. 8, 2008 (Reuters)

War crimes, and Crimes against humanity deepen in Palestine

3) hostile entity holocaust: the jew's final solution for gaza, middle east online, 3-8-08

pakis rejecting american dictator

4) Sharif and Zardari join forces in bid to oust Musharraf from power in Pakistan, Daily Mail, 9th March 2008

5) Lawyers Demand Release of Judges in Pakistan, NYT, 3-9-08

6) Pakistan: APDM to convene APC to pursue missing persons cases, Daily Times, 3-9-08

7) NATO adviser for talks with Taliban, Daily Times, 3-9-08

Global and Domestic Tyranny

8) U.S. role in Philippine raid questioned, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2008

9) Ex-F.B.I. Chief’s Book Revisits Watergate, nyt, March 9, 2008

10) Israel okays illegal settlement expansion, middle east online, 3-9-08

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#1 through #4 posted March 1, 2008, Draft edition

#5 through #8 posted March 3, 2008, Draft edition

#9 through #12 posted March 5, 2008, Draft edition

1) AG Mukasy defies congress, defends crimes in Justice by politicized attorneys, ap, 2-29-08

2) Kenya power sharing deal, bbc, 2-28-08

3) Ca schools: FAILURE during prosperity, bee, February 28, 2008

4) jews impose holocaust on Palestinians, newstime7, 3-1-08

Russia

5) Guardian: Elite transfer of power, observer, 3-2-08

6) Financial Times: who will hold power in Russia? Financial Times, March 3 2008

uK exposing lies that led to war

7) Inflated weapons dossier officially released, independent, 19 February 2008

8) War on "terrorism" is bogus, The Guardian, September 6 2003

chaos in our global empire

9) 'US plot against Hamas' revealed, aljazeera, MARCH 04, 2008

10) Egypt detains Brotherhood members, bbc, march 4, 2008

11) Kibake 'sanctioned' Kenyan clashes, bbc, 3-5-08

12) US Assists Colombian Attack and Killing of 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador, Democracy now, 3-4-08

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Posted: february 27, 2008

1) Special interests buying politicians in Sacramento

2) California regulator of political bribery backing off

3) EPA waiver for California emissions influenced by political bribery: Big Surprize!

4) Alabama TV station kills report on Rove-US attorney political prosecution

5) Cal State Colleges shorten registration to deny education to students

6) Bush justice in Pakistan: Musharraf's secret prisons full

7) Department of Justice investigates its own criminal torture program: Expect no Justice from the Department of Injustice

8) China trade Kills, yet again: Don't trust any drugs in the US. Between chinese poison and FDA corruption, the public is screwed

9) Fidel out, Raul in

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Posted: february 25, 2008

Environment Page 7

previous pages: 9 8 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

recent article links

U.S. Ends Protections for Wolves in 3 States, nyt, 2-22-08

global warming kills 54: Out of control tropical moisture sparks massive tornado storm, ap, 2-6-08

climate set for 'sudden shifts', bbc, 2-4-08

essay: growth assures climate meltdown, committee, 6-07

essay: seasons already shifted, committee, 5-07

China 'not ready' for snow crisis, bbc, 2-4-09

IIndonesian Chickens, and People, Hard Hit by Bird Flu, nyt, 2-1-08

China's freak Snow: millions experience social collapse, au.news, 2-1-08

snow threatens winter crops, food shortages now, bbc, 1-31-08

china infrastructure shuts down, marketwatch, 1-29-08

1) Union of Concerned Scientists: campaign to free scientists from corporate government manipulation

2) judge rejects Bush seizure of power over Navy sonar use

3) Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean

4) Salmon arriving in record low numbers

5) Warming risks Antarctic sea life

6) Shark populations near extinction

7) Ocean map: Oceans trashed

8) Bush ends fed protections for wolves: Kill the wolves

9) Indian tigers dissappearing

10) Global warming Insect population explosion anticipated

11) Pythons expanding out of Florida

12) Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Wild Arctic Birds

13) Deadly new form of MRSA emerges

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Posted: february 24, 2008

1) Russia suspects satellite shoot-down as cover for weapons test

1b) Putin's last press conference

1c) Serbia and Georgia elect western leaning leaders

Buying lawmakers, Judges, and Justice

2) Corporations bought the politicians, now they're buying the judges

3) Fed Judge sends weak contribution rules back to FEC

4) Corporate Lobbyists killing safety regs as fast as possible under bush, hiring and bribing dems

5) Supreme Court rules to fine exposure of corruption in Congress' "ethics committee"

6) Anthrax antidote: Corporate lobbyists and Corrupt Congress presents a serious danger to our general welfare and security

7) Corrupted Dept of Justice delays investigation of presidential crimes

America's International repercussions

8) American troops in Afghanistan: The Ordeal

9) American Corporate Empire fuels rise of radical islam in egypt

10) Fujimori fingered for kidnapping and assassination

economic chaos spreading

11) Market rotten at the core: Credit and Bond insurers under severe pressure, new homes sales drop 26% in 2007

The Corporate Press

12) LAT fires yet another editor as its news collecting is falling to the level of entertainment tonight