Cheney Lied about Wilson, Plame Knowledge

Cheney Lied about Wilson, Plame Knowledge
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110705Q.shtml
The indictment against Cheney's Chief of Staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, clearly states that Cheney and Libby discussed Plame's undercover CIA status and the fact that her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, traveled to Niger to investigate claims that Iraq tried to acquire yellowcake uranium from the African country in early June of 2003. Yet the following month, Cheney and then-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer asserted that the vice president was unaware of Wilson's Niger trip, who the ambassador even was, and the classified report Wilson wrote about the Niger findings prior to his July 6, 2003 op-ed in the New York Times.

Anti-War Sermon Brings IRS Warning
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110705R.shtml
The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an anti-war sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election.

Voter's Guide to California Ballot Propositions
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110705S.shtml
This voter guide provides clear information from both sides and links to the full text of the California voter initiatives.

California Prop. 80: Power and the People
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705EA.shtml
For those who faced rising electricity costs and rolling blackouts just a few years ago, it's hard to argue with the stated intent of Proposition 80. Officially titled the Repeal of Deregulation and Blackout Prevention Act, it promises to cement in place power-industry regulations to prevent the abusive market manipulation that bilked consumers in 2003.

Arkansas Seeks to Sue Oklahoma over Rivers Tainted by Poultry Waste
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705EB.shtml
Arkansas has asked the Supreme Court for permission to sue Oklahoma on behalf of Tyson Foods and other poultry producers that are polluting a river that flows into Oklahoma. Arkansas does not see why corporations in its state should have to abide by Oklahoma water quality standards.

Long-Predicted Flu Finally Tops Agenda
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705HA.shtml
Last week, President Bush asked Congress for $7.1 billion to confront the threat of bird flu. And today, US health officials and experts are in Geneva for a three-day international meeting on how to stop the threat of a potential pandemic virus that has already begun spreading around the world.

David Bacon | Disunity Threatens Iraqi Labor's Resistance to Occupation
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705LA.shtml
David Bacon says that despite increased targeting of trade unionists in Iraq by both the insurgency and the US occupation forces, Iraqi workers continue to organize. But political factionalization, exacerbated by the divisive constitutional referendum, is a new source of infighting among unions, even as the government moves to restrict union activities.

In Unions, Governor Finds Nest of Hornets
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705LB.shtml
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to push a package of initiatives opposed by public employee unions might have created a powerful political player. A coalition of a dozen unions has formed to oppose the initiatives. The Alliance for a Better California could become a permanent force for worker's rights.

Ellen Goodman | Alito's Record a Bad Omen for Women
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705WA.shtml
Goodman: "For most of history, wives were owned by husbands, who controlled all their decisions. Their wages, their property, their bodies all belonged to their husbands. Before Roe v. Wade, women in Pennsylvania who wanted an abortion had to get permission from their husbands as well as a hospital review board." As a Supreme Court justice, nominee Alito would return us to those days.

Dr. Pill to the Rescue
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/110705WB.shtml
Women have been waiting for more than two years for the FDA to grant over-the-counter status to Plan B, the emergency contraception pill. In the meantime, an altruistic doctor is filling the gap. Dr. Matt Wise will prescribe the pill to women through his website at getthepill.com.

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