David Swanson | I Can't Wait
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110205Q.shtml
David Swanson: I don't know about the world, but certainly I can't wait any longer to end this war or to impeach this president. One more death, American or Iraqi, is too many. Actually, what I said is not true. We do know something about the world. We know that polls that were done last year were unable to find another country on the planet that would have elected Bush or even made it close enough for him to steal.
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US Denies UN Group Access to Detainees
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110205R.shtml
Spurning a request by UN human rights investigators, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday the United States will not allow them to meet with detainees at the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects.
Baghdad Bomb Kills 5 Iraqis; Helicopter Crash Kills 2 Marines
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110205S.shtml
Five Iraqi civilians died in a blast in Baghdad, and two Marines were killed today when their Cobra helicopter crashed near the western city of Ramadi, the US military said.
GOP Investors Trying to Break Up Knight-Ridder Newspapers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110205T.shtml
A group of investors from Florida, who are regular contributors to Bush and the GOP National Committee, are trying to break up the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Their reporters had the rare distinction of being able to see through the Bush Administration's smokescreen before the Iraq invasion.
The Sum of Alito Fears
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205EA.shtml
Environmentalists are alarmed at Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. He has demonstrated a judicial philosophy of limiting the scope of federal legislation based on the Commerce Clause, which is the basis for nearly every major federal environmental law in the US.
After Wildfires, to Log or Not to Log?
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205EB.shtml
A recent report by scientists, fire experts and forest-protection advocates attacks the rationale for post-fire logging: "Logging after fires degrades soils, produces sediment, endangers aquatic species and water quality, increases fire risks and destroys terrestrial wildlife habitat," states the report.
Taking the Future for a Drive
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205EC.shtml
A California family is taking the Honda FCX for a test drive. The FCX is powered by hydrogen fuel cells, the futuristic technology that many automakers see as an eventual solution to the world's energy woes, though its real potential is a subject of vigorous debate inside and outside the auto industry.
Drought Deepens Poverty, Starving More Africans
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205HA.shtml
A recent report by the United States Agency for International Development said that Malawi "is now in a near constant state of food shortage, with persistently high levels of nutritional deprivation." Most Malawians cannot finance even a minimally adequate diet.
Companies Use Bankruptcy Laws to Force Bigger Givebacks, Break Unions
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205LA.shtml
Employers in heavily-unionized US industries are turning to bankruptcy courts as a strategy for gutting union contracts. Their goal: to impose layoffs and givebacks even deeper than the ones agreed to during concessions of the early 1980s.
Rivers and Barnett | Why Dowd Doesn't Know What Men Really Want
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110205WA.shtml
Rivers and Barnett say it's a shame that Maureen Dowd should depend on such flaky research and flimsy evidence when writing about feminism. Dowd's article, "What's a Modern Girl to Do," was the most emailed story from The New York Times last Sunday.
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David Swanson | I Can't Wait
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110205Q.shtml
David Swanson: I don't know about the world, but certainly I can't wait any longer to end this war or to impeach this president. One more death, American or Iraqi, is too many. Actually, what I said is not true. We do know something about the world. We know that polls that were done last year were unable to find another country on the planet that would have elected Bush or even made it close enough for him to steal.
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