<The US military> confirmed, however, that U.S. forces had dropped MK 77 firebombs — which a documentary on Italian state-run broadcaster RAI compared to napalm — against military targets in Iraq in March and April 2003.

The civilians in these bombed cities were not "military targets." Lordy, these Pentagon weasels lie worse than they did in the Vietnam days, and that’s saying something.

The documentary showed images of bodies recovered after a November 2004 offensive by U.S. troops on the town of Falluja, which it said proved the use of white phosphorus against men, women and children who were burned to the bone.

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The more I use Wordpress, the more impressed I am. It’s easy to use, powerful, highly configurable, and there’s hundreds of add-ons. This blog switched to using Wordpress a few weeks back. It allows me to concentrate on the blogging, rather than tech details. However, if it’s geek stuff you like, then jump on in. Wordpress is open source and you can tweak it as much as you want.

One real nice add-on is Askimet. It stops comment and trackback spam. Just ftp one file to your Wordpress site, and Askimet will check all comments and trackbacks multiple ways, then mark the spam for you. Nice, and it’s free (for smallish blogs.)

To use Askimet you need a Wordpress.com API key. To get one, go to Wordpress.com and enter your email address. If you pass the mystic test, you will get back an email saying

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away you entered your email address on http://wordpress.com/ to get a blog.

We’re now inviting small groups to use WordPress.com and your email address was selected today!

Your API key will be included. Go to your current Wordpress blog (not the new one), install Akismet, enter the API key, and bingo, they promise no more spam. Nice. I’m using it here.

And along with the API key, you get a free blog hosted at Wordpress.com. Here’s mine, just a few posts now, however it’ll be growing. I plan to make it a personal blog. Check back often.

Note: Wordpress, the blog software, is hosted at Wordpress.ORG. The API key and hosted blog is at Wordpress.COM. 

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So now Dubya is back to howling, if you don’t support the war, then you love the terrorists, hate America, and don’t support the troops.

Golly, Dubya, don’t you think the best way to support the troops is by bringing them home so they don’t get killed and maimed in senseless wars started because of lies you told?

And I don’t see your twins or the children of any Congressmember in Iraq, why is that?

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Call it committment, call it fanaticism, call it whatever you want. But understand this: husband-wife suicide bombers are operating at a level of dedication the West can not understand.

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Three-quarters of British Columbians oppose privatization of drinking water.

71% trust their community’s local government more than the private sector to provide safe drinking water.

Almost nine-in-ten (88%) agree with the statement that "water is a basic public service and should always remain in public hands."

"On Vancouver Island, where there are serious threats to public water, this should be an issue in the November 19 municipal and regional district elections" said Barry O’Neill, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, who are campaigning to stop water privatization.

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How ExxonMobil funds the climate change skeptics

Exxon is a primary funder of anti-global warming  "research." This Flash site has an extraordinary amount of well-organized info to help you follow the money and influence trail.

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