A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease

The Bush-Cheney administration is in crisis, attacked on all sides, Bush is clueless, or in deep denial=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/01/AR2007070101356_pf.html

Leahy Says He May Seek Charge Of Contempt Against President
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/01/AR2007070101192_pf.html
How about some impeachment? first Cheney, then Bush
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/8453/print
and "Blacked Out by the Corporate Media, Impeachment Advances" at
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/8437/print

Posted by: Douglas at 7/02/2007 06:25:00 AM | Permalink

Republican ranks in disarray as they search for a saviour

always reassuring to read that Repugs are in disarray, though the Dems don't look so together either
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330116762-119093,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 7/01/2007 11:26:00 AM | Permalink

'Up to 80 civilians dead' after US air strikes in Afghanistan

there has been accelerating "collateral damage" in Afghanistan in recent weeks, showing a situation spiralling out of control
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330116758-119093,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 7/01/2007 11:24:00 AM | Permalink

Carlyle Group Said to Be in Talks to Buy Virgin

Bush Daddy and Jim Baker's investment group is on the march, it pays to have the Dumb Son in the White House....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/business/media/01cnd-virgin.html?_r=1&hp=&oref;=slogin&pagewanted=print

Posted by: Douglas at 7/01/2007 11:23:00 AM | Permalink

Bush Plays al Qaida Card to Bolster Support for Iraq Policy

Bush, his presidency fast collapsing, has only the al Qaeda card to play....
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_062907A.shtml

Posted by: Douglas at 6/30/2007 07:39:00 AM | Permalink

GOP Racism

while few would make the connection and assertion, these two stories indicate the deep racism in conservative wing of GOP
1) Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration. The Supreme Court, like the Bush administration, is going after progressive civil rights legislation. Here is one of their major strikes....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
Here's a story on Supreme Court moving to right
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802389_pf.html
2) The immigration bill was killed because GOP base was going wild in a paroxysm of racist anger and Congress got scared....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29immig.html?hp

Posted by: Douglas at 6/29/2007 06:35:00 AM | Permalink

Senators Subpoena The White House

escalating battle between Senate and White House over illegal wiretapes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062701325_pf.html
and
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/washington/28nsa.html?_r=1&hp=&oref;=slogin&pagewanted=print
Bush moves toward showdown over subponead documents on firing of attorneys
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062800567_pf.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/28/2007 06:53:00 AM | Permalink

Environment and US policy top global fears

The US as a global problem!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330100963-103681,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/28/2007 06:51:00 AM | Permalink

Files on Illegal Spying Show C.I.A. Skeletons From Cold War

overview of CIA docdump; one analyst suggests dump is distraction from current scandals that are arguably much worse
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/washington/27cia.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
more on CIA "family jewels"
http://washington.blogs.nytimes.com/

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 02:30:00 PM | Permalink

CNN asked Bush administration permission to vet military commentators

this could be major showdown between Congress and Bush-Cheney Gang
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/washington/27cnd-nsa.html?_r=1&hp=&oref;=slogin&pagewanted=print

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 02:27:00 PM | Permalink

Planet of the slums: UN warns urban populations set to double

Planet of Slums where growing urban sprawl will take it all downhttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2714169.ece

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 11:21:00 AM | Permalink

The Washington Post weeps for Scooter Libby

it is unbelievable how the WashPost sympathizes with the Cheney scoundrel Scott Libby;
http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200706260003

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 11:18:00 AM | Permalink

Record opium crop in southern Afghanistan

thanks to US policy in Afghanistan, drug suppliers and gangs will be Living Big this year while poor people will succumb to addiction and destruction
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330088094-108920,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 09:01:00 AM | Permalink

Republican senators attack Bush over Iraq troop surge

The End of the Road for Bush in iraq as top Repug senators start peeling away, by the end of the summer it will be a stampede....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330088076-110878,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 08:59:00 AM | Permalink

Leaving No Tracks

Cheney series ends today in WashPost, not that much new, but bringing together of a lot of material that documents that Cheney basically runs the White House and is behind all of the worst initiatives and, as today's entry indicates, leaves few fingerprints....
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/leaving_no_tracks/index.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 07:49:00 AM | Permalink

New Poll Finds That Young Americans Are Leaning Left

Youth may be repulsed by 6 years of Bush-CheneyGang, turning Left, as they should....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/washington/27poll.html?_r=1&hp=&oref;=slogin&pagewanted=print

Posted by: Douglas at 6/27/2007 07:36:00 AM | Permalink

CIA's Family Jewels?

From comments of those who have peeked at what were described as the release of the CIA's "family jewels," it appears that the gems, however sparkling, are going to be dirty and highly redacted; see
http://washington.blogs.nytimes.com/

Labels: fRO

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 01:08:00 PM | Permalink

DK and other on Herbert Marcuse

I just did a radio show on Herbert Marcuse for San Francisco NPR

Tue, Jun 26, 2007 -- 10:00 AM
The Legacy of Herbert MarcuseThe show discusses the legacy of Herbert Marcuse, and whether the German-born philosopher's work informs today's progressive movement.Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
Douglas Kellner, George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education chair at UCLA and author of "Towards a Critical Theory of Society, Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse"
Osha Neumann, artist and social justice lawyer at the East Bay Community Law Center
Peter Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse's son and professor emeritus of Urban Planning at Columbia University
William Leiss, scientist at the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment at the University of Ottawa and co-author of "The Essential Marcuse: Selected Writings of Philosopher and Social Critic Herbert Marcuse"
the show should eventually be archived on their website at
http://www.kqed.org/programs/program-landing.jsp?progID=RD19

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 12:08:00 PM | Permalink

The Iraq-gate Cover-up Continues

Iraq Scandal not getting coverage: how the US media fails to cover US role in arming Iraq and how execution of its leaders snuffs possibility of learning what really went on in Iraq, US role, etc
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/8319/print

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 07:12:00 AM | Permalink

A Strong Push From Backstage

more of the WashPost Cheney story that describes how the Dick is the Man and runs almost everything, is behind most criminal activity in White House
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/a_strong_push_from_back_stage/index.html
Sally Quinn on How to Remove Cheney
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501038_pf.html
Eugene Robinson on why Cheney is smiling
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501467.html?nav=hcmodule
How to deal with Cheney angst and extreme anger
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/8321/print
Cheney's terror tactics revealed
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/node/8320/print
Enough Dick Cheney!

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 07:06:00 AM | Permalink

Iraqis 'unable to hold US gains'

Iraq= one step forward, two back, and a bigger mess everyday, US out!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6236066.stm

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 07:05:00 AM | Permalink

Africa united in rejecting US request for military HQ

Africa doesn't need any Yanqi imperialism....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330079897-110878,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 06:58:00 AM | Permalink

Marx loses currency in new China

China needs better Marx professors and pedagogy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-marx26jun26,0,5933053.story?coll=la-home-center

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 06:57:00 AM | Permalink

Michael McCarthy: Why 'extreme events' are likely to become the norm

The UK is having record rainfall and floods; California is having record drought and dangerous fires; can we say global warming, or should we say climate change?
UK= http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2710616.ece
US= http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-clearance26jun26,0,2914697.story?coll=la-home-center

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 06:54:00 AM | Permalink

Be ready for guerrilla war against the US, Chávez tells army

Is the US up to its old dirty tricks in Venezuela: "Hugo Chávez has ordered Venezuela's armed forces to prepare for a guerrilla war against the United States, saying there must be a strategy to defeat the superpower if it invades.
He said Washington had already launched a non-military campaign using economic, psychological and political means to topple his socialist government and seize control of Venezuela's vast oil reserves."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330079865-111259,00.html

Posted by: Douglas at 6/26/2007 06:51:00 AM | Permalink