“Everything would be ok if it weren’t for that CNN scaring us out of our wits, giving us all those stories and commentary on the recession and presumed bad economy,” was the statement someone made at the table as we were having breakfast at a delightful B&B of the most charming Victorian-accented town in Washington State: Port Townsend.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Iranian citizens pour into the streets in order to protest against their government! What a wonderful sight! Gideon Levy wrote in Haaretz that he envies the Iranians.
We are in the midst of class war. You may not have noticed; one side isn't fighting. It's the side that isn't even aware that classes exist. The other side are keenly aware.
Germany, 1939; America, 2009; And Perverted Science
Op_ed
By Sherwood Ross
Saturday, 27 June 2009
It has become commonplace for Congress to ignore the public’s yearnings for peace and to support the Pentagon’s now habitual wars of aggression. Last November’s anti-war vote illustrates this disconnect between public opinion and public policy. War-weary Americans went to the polls believing they were voting for peace but President Obama has instead merely shifted the focus of military action from Iraq to Afghanistan while planning to maintain a major garrison of 50,000 troops in Iraq, hardly a “withdrawal.”
Iranian authorities have detained eight employees of the British embassy in Tehran, accusing them of involvement in post-election unrest in the Islamic Republic, the semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
The United States is to dramatically overhaul its anti-drug strategy in Afghanistan, phasing out its opium poppy eradication programme, the US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan has said.
Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, has attempted to ease concerns that a wave of violence will follow the pullback of US combat troops from cities and major towns.
The White House is reportedly considering whether to allow the indefinite detention without trial of some of the detainees held at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay.
Family members of Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, have said they will seek a second autopsy on the late star, Los Angeles County coroner's investigators have said.
News_Alerts 
A public hearing organised by a UN team investigating alleged war crimes by Israel and Hamas during the Gaza war is under way.
Family members of Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, have said they will seek a second autopsy on the late star, Los Angeles County coroner's investigators have said.
