Day June 14, 2006

Via Lisa Taylor Linda Piera-Avila wrote the following and asked me to forward it, since she is back at farm this morning. She is a Green Party organizer who has been intensely involved for several weeks with trying to save…

From BlairWatch on the the botched police assault on a London home, where police arrested two Arab brothers, shot one of them, then were forced to release both and apologize because there was no evidence the brothers were even slightly…

Democrats divided over the war in Iraq The Democratic Party’s split over the Iraq war cracked into view Tuesday as liberals hissed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s opposition to setting a date for U.S. troops’ withdrawal and cheered Massachusetts Sen.…

Afghan opium poppies in full bloom Experts forecast a heroin harvest that is both a record for Afghanistan and embarrassing for the western funded war on drugs. Not that any of the players actually want to stop the highly lucrative…

[London] Police have apologised for the “hurt” they caused to two brothers arrested on suspicion of terrorism – one of whom was shot during the raid on their home. Both were released without being charged with anything. Police only apologized…