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June 15, 2004 Tuesday

Travesty of Justice
New York Times - By Paul Krugman 6-15-04
...First, there's the absence of any major successful prosecutions. The one set of convictions that seemed fairly significant — that of the "Detroit 3" — appears to be collapsing over accusations of prosecutorial misconduct. (The lead prosecutor has filed a whistle-blower suit against Mr. Ashcroft, accusing him of botching the case. The Justice Department, in turn, has opened investigations against the prosecutor. Payback? I report; you decide.)

US Lawyers Use Legalisms to Cover Lawlessness Bloomberg

A rotten mess of bad apples
Indianapolis Star, IN - 6-15-04
DALLAS -- Remember when the administration tried to sell us the line that the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib represented the isolated misdeeds of a few ...

Woman Soldier Accused of Abuse May Call 100 Witnesses
The Scotsman, UK - 6-15-04

...She has insisted that she was acting on orders and her lawyers may call defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and vice-president Dick Cheney to give evidence at her forthcoming court martial....

Fascism is so much fun!

"This week the Bush administration begins testing a new program called 'The Registered Travels Program' which allows people to avoid long security lines at airports by paying an extra fee and agreeing to a background check. Boy that's a great idea, a separate line for rich people! It's hard to believe the Republicans came up with that. I'm stunned." -Jay Leno

Did Limbaugh cheat on ANOTHER wife?

By Jackson Thoreau - DC Indymedia

…Here’s a conservative who often harps on "family values," who once called himself "your epitome of morality of virtue, a man you could totally trust with your wife, your daughter, and even your son in a Motel 6 overnight." Then he goes through almost as many wives as the Gabor sisters did husbands, admits he watches pornography and doesn’t even father a child….

"This week in Baghdad, four people were arrested for pretending to be journalists. I'll tell you, this has got all the people over at Fox News nervous." —Jay Leno

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam-News

Iraqis dance around victim's body The Globe and Mail, Canada
British Troops Face Abuse Charges Washington Post
Abu Ghraib General Says She's Scapegoat Washington Post, DC
Contractor at Abu Ghraib Directed Guards AP
Pentagon Probe Queries Top Intel Official AP
Rumsfeld Says No 'Wiggle Room' on Prisoner Torture Reuters
5 GE contractors among 13 victims in car bombing San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Afghan Leader Calls for NATO to Send More Troops Reuters
CIA Declassifies Most of Senate Iraq WMD Report Reuters
U.S. Urges Americans to Exit Saudi Arabia AP
Army Said to Probe Injuries at Guantanamo AP
US ducks Saddam trial timetable BBC News, UK

Email

I often think that with all the sanitized news coming out of Iraq
and with all the movies showing "the good guys" always winning
and with no real perception of what war is really like, Americans are
left to imagine what is going on in Iraq. Here's a Korean reporter's view
that may help you better understand what our troops have to put up with daily.
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=165367&rel_no=1

You can bomb the world to pieces;
You can not bomb the world to peace.

Alan Charles

"According to a new poll, 53 percent of Americans say the war in Iraq was not justified. The other 47 percent say, 'There's a war in Iraq?'" —Jay Leno

digitalmediatree.com

The Swiss parliament voted to end a 96-year ban on absinthe, the mythical herbal liqueur beloved of artists at the turn of the century and blamed for driving some of them mad.

Disturbing News

Al Qaeda May Have Delayed 9/11 Attack washingtonpost.com
Disease, Hunger Dog Haiti Flood Victims Reuters
Israeli veterans show occupation's ugly side Chicago Tribune
Drug cards shunned by seniors Greenwich Time, CT
Mobs Attack Indian Theaters Over Lesbian Film Reuters

Republican Shenanigans

Cheney Claims al-Qaida Linked to Saddam AP
GOP blocking Halliburton testimony SunHerald.com, MS
Congress inquiry links Cheney aide to Halliburton deal Guardian, UK
Connecticut governor's lawyers question whether ethical lapses ... San Francisco Chronicle, CA
White House panel: Privatize space travel Indianapolis Star, IN
Southern Baptists Weigh Quitting Alliance AP
Bush pushes WHO status for Taiwan AFP
Court Won't Save Phone Competition Rules AP

"The State Department released a memo saying that terrorism has gone down. And so it turns out the only reason they released that statement was because of a mathematical error. Apparently terrorism hasn't really gone down at all. It was only released because of a mathematical error. Mathematical error? Isn't that how Bush became president in the first place?" -David Letterman

Good News

Reagan Bills? Not Yet TIME
DeLay to Be Subject of Ethics Complaint Washington Post
AMA Opposes Stance on Morning-After Pill
Enron Said to Gouge Customers for $1.1B
Cantwell wants Enron investigation reopened; contracts voided Bizjournals.com

Biz/Tech News

New Enron Tapes Are Proof of Manipulation -Lawmaker Reuters
Oil Sliding as OPEC Opens Up the Taps Reuters
Fed OKs J.P. Morgan Chase-Bank One Merger AP
Fast-moving Zafi.B disables firewalls, spreads political message Search Security, MA
Google Has Stake in Chinese Search Engine AP
Canadian Spam King Won't Send More E-Mail AP
Yahoo Attempts to Counter Google's Gmail AP
Apple to Open Europe ITunes Music Store AP
Virus Worms Its Way Into Cell Phones PC World

Forwarded by Joi

Lisa,
Your lead picture caption for today's (June 14) issue says.........."I need some uplifting news from home, Sarge. This war is hell."
The poignancy of the caption is lost unfortunately because the two "American" looking men in the picture are not soldiers. They are most likely private security contractors from KHAKI who are being paid HUGE salaries by Halliburton, General Electric, and other profiteering companies in Iraq.
I read your page as often as possible. Humor is hard to find these days.

Ron Graham
Houston, TX

Good catch Ron!

"My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso." -Pablo Picasso

digitalmediatree.com

Iraq Pipeline Explosions Cut Oil Exports
Tuesday June 15, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two explosions on pipelines in southern Iraq cut oil exports from the south by half, the Iraqi South Oil Co. said Tuesday.

The statement did not say where and when the blasts took place…

John Kerry News

Kerry report attacks Bush for the loss of US jobs Detroit Free Press, MI
Bon Jovi Hosts $1M Fund-Raiser for Kerry AP
Heinz Kerry Says Why She Joined Democrats AP
Senators' Wealth Shows in 2003 Reports AP

Hi, Lisa, as much as I hate to defend Barbara Bush, the suit she wore

at the funeral service was a summer mourning color, so she did comport

to Miss Manners and Emily Post-for once.  Keep up the good work!

Patricia M

I wonder why Babs was the only woman in attendance to do so? I would have worn black to a president's funeral.

Thanks for writing.

Odd News

"One thing that has never been said about either my husband or I -- nearly everything else has -- but one thing that hasn't is that we are patient people. Those of you who know us, know that's not at all descriptive." Hillary Clinton

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