Month May 2004

Bush falls off bicyle, injures…

Bush falls off bicyle, injures self Maybe he was trying to eat a pretzel and ride at the same time?Or maybe an aide had just told him Anti-Bush documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ wins top honor at Cannes. Indeed. <Michael> Moore also…

Israeli troops kill 3 yr…

Israeli troops kill 3 yr old girl In the town’s Brazil district a three-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead as she walked to a shop to buy sweets.

The Cuban Five

The Cuban Five Excerpts from a speech by Ian Thompson of the National Committee to Free the Five. Ian, a lawyer, has spent countless hours working pro bono on this case, and is a friend and fellow ANSWER LA volunteer.…

Molly Ivins: How fascism starts

Molly Ivins: How fascism starts Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins is a left-tilting Texas Democrat who specializes in witty, humorous columns skewering the right, which makes her deadly serious May 20th column even more extraordinary. (These are excerpts, read the whole thing) “How…

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors US probes eight homicides in Afghanistan prisons The official said eight prisoner deaths have been “classified by medical authorities as homicides, which involve suspected assaults of detainees either before or during interrogation sessions that may have…