Month: November 2005

by Larry C. Johnson (bio below) Yesterday’s press conference with Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and JCS Chief General Peter “Perfect” Pace gave us some insight into why Abu Ghraib could occur and how...

Virginia Governor Mark Warner commuted the death sentence of Robin Lovitt to life in prison without parole, yesterday afternoon.  Lovitt had been sentenced to death for a stabbing that occurred in 1998.  DNA tests at...

Rummy must be thrilled these people are off the streets! Think he’ll send in Special Forces soldiers to rescue them? It’s great that the Special Forces soldiers in Ethiopia rescued the abused young cheetahs. I...

In a comment on my recent diary regarding our chances of survival in the foreseeable near future ( A new austerity? Or a new coup d’état.) Gaianne wrote, among other things: …there is still no evidence Americans...

Anyone listening out there? From Reuters/Yahoo 20 minutes ago: White House sees years of Iraq violence WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday that Iraq was likely to struggle with violence for many years,...