Day November 17, 2004

In chaos, comes opportunity

Kick The Base, or, We Are All Joe Lieberman’s Now. The Green Party has raised enough money for a recount. Meanwhile, David Wade, Kerry’s press secretary, sneers at democracy. It’s been two weeks since Kerry lost to President Bush. “The…

"Fallouja’s battle won, but fighting continues"

That’s what the headline in the L.A. Times say. But, if the fighting continues, then the battle is not won. We’ve heard all this propaganda before, the US boasting about how they’d won some important battle, only to have events later…

More crime, er ,"business" news

Teetering, Fannie Mae misses deadline to file report Mortgage giant Fannie Mae missed a regulatory deadline Monday for filing its third-quarter financial results after its independent auditor KPMG refused to sign off on the report. The government-sponsored company, recently cited…

Climate change ‘ruining’ Everest

Environmentalists are calling for Mount Everest to be put on a UN danger list because of global warming. Melting glaciers have swollen lakes and increased the risk of catastrophic flooding in the Himalayas, they say.

Should Canada indict Bush?

From the Toronto Star When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Ottawa — probably later this year — should he be welcomed? Or should he be charged with war crimes? It’s an interesting question. On the face of it,…