From Iraq to New Orleans
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Not the war machine.

D.C. at the White House, S.F., L.A., many more cities - Be there.

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Via DJ Mitchell

See, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes rule with justice… A fool will no longer be called noble, nor a villain said to be honorable. For fools speak folly, their minds plot iniquity: to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord… The villainies of the villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 32:1, 32:5-7

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Barbara Bush commented while in the Astrodome touring relief efforts, “And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this–this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”

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Ten days after Katrina raked the Gulf, experts say it’s clear that it will take six weeks to two months before a number of plants are able to restore operations. They add that for a select few refineries, it could even take four to six months before operations reach pre-Katrina levels.

The restoration of absolutely critical infrastructure and support systems–including running water, electrical power, and sewer systems outside the refinery fence- - is still tied to an unknown future date.

Workforce issues are also a problem, with some refiners unable to field enough personnel due to the widespread destruction of housing.

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The British government is mounting a huge diplomatic effort this weekend to prevent the biggest-ever summit of world leaders, designed to tackle poverty and overhaul the United Nations, ending in chaos.

Guess why it’s heading for chaos…

The Guardian has learned that Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, has made a personal plea to his American counterpart, Condoleezza Rice, for the US to withdraw opposition to plans for wholesale reform of the UN. He has asked Ms Rice to rein in John Bolton, the US ambassador to the world body.

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That pretend revolution for freedom in Ukraine, the one which was stage managed by the US (and George Soros’ foundations), has ended with the government embroiled in corruption charges and once loyal members now opposing it.

Ukraine’s ousted prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, said Friday that the partnership that led the “Orange Revolution” last year was over and that she would no longer support the man who fired her, President Viktor A. Yushchenko.

The dismissal capped a period of deteriorating relations between the former allies and came amid bitter infighting and mutual accusations of corruption in the president’s inner circle.

Genuine uprisings, ones started and supported by the people, have a chance of surviving. But this pretend revolution was a sham from the start. Remember those ’spontaneous’ demonstrations and encampments? Oddly, in that not wealthy country, suddenly thousands surrounded government buildings and somehow had new tents and sleeping bags, quality sound gear, satellite uplinks, and other such expensive gear, which somehow materialized out of nowhere just when the demonstrations to start.

So, they replaced a mediocre government with a corrupt one, and now the opposition is saying, well, this doesn’t have to lead to war, so you know it’s on their minds.

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Minneapolis - A City Council member is being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes from a developer in exchange for help with zoning permits, according to court documents filed Friday.

Councilman Dean Zimmermann, a Green Party member seeking his second term, is accused of accepting thousands of dollars from the developer, who was working in cooperation with the FBI.

The exchanges between Zimmermann and the developer were recorded on audio and video tapes.

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