June 30, 2005 In the News - Comments by Doug Bracewell

"New York has been facing some very difficult economic decisions," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Building viable economic development strategies for the city has been our number one priority. We think that the Supreme Court decision really opens a door for us, and will allow New York City to finally resolve some of these intractable issues."

“UNITED STATES”

ReBranding the USA:

“The United States Of Freedom Prisons”

“Prisons for Democracy”

'Prison Torture to Free the Mind'

Fact Sheet: Facts, Quotes From President's Address

Bush mentioned: 9/11- 5 times: TERROR - 35 times; Iraq – 35 times;

QUOTES

-"My greatest responsibility as president is to protect the American people."

- "I know Americans ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it, and it is vital to the future security of our country."

-"The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September 11."

-"They are trying to shake our will in Iraq just as they tried to shake our will on September 11, 2001. They will fail."

-"We fight today because terrorists want to attack our country and kill our citizens and Iraq is where they are making their stand."

Bush's Iraq-9/11 link irks US press

US newspapers have said President George Bush failed, in his televised Tuesday speech, to speak honestly about Iraq and should not have linked the US-led fight there to September 11.

Bush Condemned for Bid to Link War with 9/11 the Scotsman

Transcript: Bush Speech on Iraq

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

Synopsis of Bush speech:

“Global war on terror, September the 11th, 2001, terrorists, terrorists, totalitarian ideology , freedom, tyranny, oppression, terror, kill, terrorists, September the 11th, freedom, enemy , war, terrorists, kill, murderous ideology , terrorism, terrorists, free nation, war on terror, freedom, violence and instability, dangerous, violence, bloodshed, violence, sacrifice , war on terror, violence, killers, freedom, criminal elements, hateful ideology, freedom, liberty, democracy, terrorists, war on terror, terrorists, Osama Bin Laden, murder and destruction, enemy, terrorists, car bombs, enemy, terrorists, suicide bomber, enemy, terrorists, violence, terrorists, terrorists, terrorists , freedom, enemies, September the 11th, Bin Laden, enemy, free, tyranny, terrorists, anti-terrorist, free, al Qaeda, free nation, terrorists, terrorists, enemy security terrorists, anti-terrorist terrorists, terror, enemy, tyranny , enemies, freedom, freedom, ideologies of murder, atrocity, September the 11th 2001, car bombers and assassins, freedom, freedom, flying the flag, freedom, freedom, September the 11th 2001, enemies”.

GOP lawmaker: Saddam linked to 9/11

Hayes, the vice chairman of the House subcommittee on terrorism, said legislators have access to evidence others do not.

Bush slammed for Iraq link to 9/11 CNN

AP: U.S. Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports

The Labor Department kept secret for more than a year government studies that supported Democratic opponents of the Bush administration's new Central American trade deal, internal documents show.

Senate Committee Backs Central American Trade Deal
A U.S. Senate panel today voted in favor of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, clearing the way for the full Senate to vote on it as early as this week. The Senate Finance Committee in Washington approved the legislation for Cafta by a voice vote.The bill must also be cleared by the House of Representatives -Bloomberg

White House covered up immigration study?

wants an investigation into why a study of aliens crossing the border was discontinued by the Bush administration after initial results indicated the president's proposed "temporary worker proposal" plan encourages illegals to enter the U.S.

Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots'

A New York state lawmaker says he's embarrassed, after he mistakenly sent out an e-mail message that referred to his constituents as "idiots."

VA Confirms 103,000 Iraq and Afghan Veterans Seek Healthcare

Senate Plans $1.5 Billion Spending Boost for Veterans

War injured toll soars, hits veterans health costs

As the numbers of U.S. war injured in Iraq and Afghanistan soared, the Bush regime admitted to lawmakers on Tuesday it had underestimated funds to cover health care costs for veterans and Congress would have to plug a $2.6 billion hole.

CLG COMMENTS: The only *bigger* hole is the one in Bush's *head.*

Johnny Comes Marching Home to Loans

Think joining the army will clear your student debt? Better check the fine print…it states that since Anthony's loans came from from a private lender, not the government's guaranteed federal student loan program, they weren't covered. Private or alternative student loans make up one of the fastest-growing sectors of the student loan market

"An Oversight Hearing on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in U.S. Government Contracting in Iraq"

Under Halliburton's two largest, multi-billion-dollar contracts - one to repair Iraq's oil infrastructure (RIO), the second to provide logistical support for American troops (LOGCAP) - Halliburton's overcharges now dwarf the amounts publicly disclosed by the Bush Administration.

Town cites Patriot Act in response to homeless man's suit

In an answer to a federal lawsuit brought by a homeless man, Richard Kreimer, who objected to being told to leave the Summit train station, the city says its conduct is protected by the Patriot Act and the lawsuit should be barred. The city cited a section of the law regarding "attacks and other violence against mass transportation systems."

“ENFORCEMENT CREEP”

Ex-publisher in kid porn sting

A former Newsday publisher and education bigwig was busted yesterday on charges he collected kiddie porn on his company computer - and tried to destroy the files when the feds started investigating.

PILLARS OF SOCIETY SHAPING OUR FUTURE ?

Washington Post Underestimates "Out Now" opinion DATA FILE

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

Appr-Strong Appr-Some Disappr-Some Disappr-Strong

27 21 40 11

2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling the situation in Iraq?

Appr-Strong Appr-Some Disappr-Some Disappr-Strong

25 18 44 12

3. All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting?

Yes/Strong Yes/Some No/Some No/Strong

33 13 43 10

4. Again thinking about the goals versus the costs of the war, has there been an acceptable or unacceptable number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq?

Acceptable Casualties Unacceptable Casualties

29 69

5. Do you think the war with Iraq has or has not contributed to the long-term security of the United States?

Contrib-Great Contrib-Some Not Contrib

31 22 46

6. Do you think the United States has gotten bogged down in Iraq or is making good progress in Iraq?

Bogged Down Good Progress

62 37

7. Do you think the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq; OR,

do you think the United States should withdraw its military forces?

Keep Forces Withdraw Forces

58 41

8. Overall how do you think things are going for the United States in Iraq at this time?

Very Well Well Badly Very Badly

7 40 34 18

Compare to Gallup: In general, how would you say things are going for the U.S.

in Iraq?

Very Well Well Badly Very Badly

6 36 31 25

“ISRAEL”

US weighs $1 billion post-pullout aid

The United States government is considering giving Israel $1 billion in a post-disengagement aid package to develop the Negev and the Galilee, US-based sources close to the issue told The Jerusalem Post.

Russia drops hate inquiry into Jewish text

Bush Severance Plan Against Israel

It would appear that the latest Bush Family Doctrine is to apply sufficient hostile pressure on Israel in order to force Israel to sever her ties with America. Now it is Sharon who is being dragged around like road kill. A small but very powerful Arabist cult, led by the Bush State Department wishes to break off contracts with Israel. Evidence of this includes the current sting operation by the FBI against AIPAC in order to destroy any Jewish-based voice to the Congress and the American people. While this ploy has not gained much steam by using the cooperative Media to carry it forward.

The main reason is that American military manufacturers wish to quash all competitive sales. The Bush Doctrine applies another tactic it knocks off the Israeli competition and it advances the Bush plan of appeasement of the Arabs by pushing Israel to sever her ties. U.S. sells America’s most advanced and deadly weapons to Israel’s dedicated enemies, the Arab Muslim nations. U.S. sells America’s most advanced and deadly weapons to Israel’s dedicated enemies, the Arab Muslim nations. If you want a confirmation of this attitude, subpoena certain high level officials, such as former President Bush, James Baker, Casper Weinberger before Congressional Hearings.

Since 1947, the U.S. State Department has been the Arab Muslim voice NOT to allow the formation of Israel as a national homeland. When they lost that vote and Israel became a sovereign nation, the State Department became completely Arabist. Their prime goal from that time on was to cut America’s relationship with Israel and thereby to appease the Arab oil States.

$60+ per barrel oil profits have once again generated new weapons’ contracts by the Saudis and other Arab oil nations. This same program is aimed at shutting down Israel’s ability to manufacture and sell arms on the world’s market and thus compete with the U.S. military/industrial complex. I would remind our readers that Bush has been enraged against Israel because Israel’s Military had succeeded to a great degree in suppressing Terrorist actions. And now Bush has initiated a humiliating embargo to force Israel to cease fighting Arab ‘Jihadists’.

READING THE FULL TEXT GIVES INSIGHT INTO AN IMPRESSIVE POIN- OF-VIEW

“MIDDLE EAST”

Police open fire on Iraq crowd - witnesses

Nearly 2,000 unemployed Iraqis were demonstrating in central Samawa because they had not been given jobs in the police in Samawa, 270 km (170 miles) south of Baghdad.

Iraq needs $15bn to fix water supply

Iraq, the land of two rivers that once irrigated the world's earliest civilisations, needs up to $15 billion to repair a dilapidated water system crippled by war and neglect [Bush], the country's water minister said on Tuesday.

Why the US and Iran Love to Hate Each Other

Despite harsh rhetoric, some say Iran may be the most pro-US nation in the region.-Christian Science Monitor

Bush’s Iranian Twin

Juan Cole, noted last week that the two men's campaign tactics are SIMILAR: 1) their populist appeal, 2)their criticism of a government of which they are a part, 3)their reliance on right-wing religious forces for their electoral success, 4)their lack of interest or concern about the outside world, and 5)their Manichaean outlooks in which friends and enemies and good and evil are clearly delineated

Captives: Terrorists hoped for Bush re-election

Two French journalists who were held hostage in Iraq told a British documentary program that their captors believed George W. Bush's re-election as US president would help radicalize Iraqis.

Berkeley Daily Planet: News Analysis: U.S. Attack on Iran May Be in the Cards

Two recent analyses, both appearing a day before Iranians elected former Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency on June 23, reveal how this may happen and what the logic behind such an attack may be.

The first analysis, by former United Nations nuclear arms inspector Scott Ritter and distributed through the Al Jazeera Web site, claims that the U.S. assault on Iran has already begun. Ritter asserts that the terrorist organization, the MEK is operating as a strike force under CIA direction, and that the United States is preparing to stage military attacks with U.S. troops from the neighboring Republic of Azerbaijan.

The second analysis, by Ray Takeyh, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, claims that the “counter reform” movement that led to Ahmadinejad’s victory at the polls is entirely the doing of Iranian chief jurisprudent Ali Khamene’i. Takeyh’s analysis echoes an infamous paper issued by the Committee on the Present Danger—an organization of ex-Cold Warriors that has retooled itself as an anti-terrorist organization. That report, issued Dec. 20, 2004, was entitled “Iran: A New Approach,” and was authored by Mark Palmer and George Schultz. Its main point was to paint Khamene’i as a Saddam-style dictator.

“FOREIGN AFFAIRS”

Blair Defends Iraq War, Dismisses Memo

WRH COMMENTS: Nixon Dismisses Tapes

Channel 4 to make Guantánamo Bay docu-drama UK

Channel 4 has teamed up with the award-winning film director Michael Winterbottom to make a docu-drama about three British Muslims who were incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay as "enemy combatants".

New Guantanamo Camp to Pave Way for Future Detention Ops

For a glimpse at what's ahead for the detention facility here for enemy combatants, look no farther than Camp 4, one of five camps that make up Camp Delta here along Radio Ridge. "One thing that is really different in this camp is that we have a working relationship with these people," said Chief Warrant Officer Tom Peal, officer in charge of the camp. "We're here to make them feel as comfortable as possible."

Taliban Kill 17 US Troops As Helicopter Is Taken Down

The U.S. military says 17 American troops were on board a helicopter that crashed in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, but their fate was not immediately clear.

Taliban Said To Have Executed Survivors

The NBC report could give credence to the Taliban's claims - yet unconfirmed

Unrest in Andijan planned in advance from abroad
The unrest in Andijan, Uzbekistan last month was planned a few months or even a few years in advance, and was caused by Uzbekistan's independent policy. Karimov said many foreign journalists had come to Andijan a few days before the uprising. Karimov said the Fergana Valley lies at the junction of three Central-Asian republics. "The enclave was to unite and play an important or even decisive role according to the organizer's scenario," Karimov said. He said the operation in Andijan was due to Uzbekistan's unwillingness to converge with NATO.

Russian defence minister dismisses reports Uzbek troops fired on peaceful crowd

"The so-called civilians that night in Andijan were as well armed as an army battalion. They took over a barracks, then a prison. Are these peaceful protestors?," Ivanov demanded, referring to the events of May 13 in the provincial centre in eastern Uzbekistan.

China's two-pronged offensive
The Bush administration's tepid response to the Chinese bids reflects its conflicting commitments to globalized markets, national security and domestic interests that increasingly appear to be irreconcilable. Protectionist sentiment, aimed mainly at China, is rising in Congress and could ultimately threaten the globalization process. -Weinstein/Asia Times

Brazil's Nuclear Program—Analysis
Brazil has yet to decide whether it will export uranium to China, or build more nuclear reactors despite recent reports in the Brazilian and international media.-World Peace Herald

Bolivia Changes Oil Law, Raises Taxes to 50%

Venezuela sets up 'CNN rival'

The first pre-recorded programmes are due to begin transmission at the end of July. One promo promises an investigation into "the hidden threads of Plan Colombia", the $3bn US-funded drug-eradication programme in Colombia.

Thousands riot in China, attack police, burn cars

It started before 3 p.m. when a Toyota sedan grazed a middle school student crossing the street and the teen and the driver quarreled. A few men emerged from the car and set on the student. The men were taken to a police station and a crowd that had been watching the fight swarmed around the building, demanding that the men be handed over to them. … Around 7.30 p.m., the crowd, now numbering as many as 10,000, also flipped three parked police cars and set them ablaze. Hundreds of armed police in full riot gear managed to restore order in Chizhou around midnight on Sunday.

The riot closely echoed one that erupted in Chongqing in western China last October when a quarrel between residents, in which one man passed himself off as an official, enraged bystanders with the attempted abuse of privilege. Thousands took to the streets, burning police cars and looting government buildings.

This month, villagers in northern Hebei province protesting to keep their land were attacked by a group of armed hired toughs. Six farmers were killed and 48 injured in the ensuing battle. There were more than 58,000 protests, many of them over land rights disputes, across the country in 2003, a Communist Party-backed magazine, Outlook, has reported.

“MILITARY / INTELLIGENCE / SECURITY”

India, US sign 10-year defence pact
Defence ministers of the United States and India signed a 10-year agreement on Tuesday paving the way for joint weapons production, cooperation on missile defence and possible lifting of US export controls for sensitive military technologies.

Putin Urges Russia’s Security Council to Prepare Army for New Threats

Agents in Italy weren't CIA, rather Task Force 121

WAYNE MADSEN

Bush to Create New Unit in F.B.I. for Intelligence

The directive by Mr. Bush is aimed at consolidating the power of Mr. Negroponte, whose authority over the F.B.I. had been ambiguous. The White House left it to Mr. Negroponte to carry out the overhaul. It also sets in motion a major restructuring designed to dissolve the barriers that have often kept the Central Intelligence Agency and the F.B.I. at arm's length.

FRIEND COMMENTS: Hitler created the SD (Sicherheistdienst) to protect him and the party from the SS (Schutzstaffel ) as well as other Nazi intelligence and police organizations. This sounds like the US Administration's version of the same thing. Death Squad Negroponte does look a little like Reinhard Heydrich without hair. Similar personality too.

“ECONOMICS”

Revolution, geopolitics and pipelines
In this situation one might think the announcement of the opening of a major new oil pipeline to pump Caspian oil to world markets might dampen the relentless rise in prices. However, even when the OPEC agreed on June 15 to raise its formal production quota by another 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), the reaction of NYMEX oil futures prices was to rise, not fall -F William Engdahl/Asia Times

China Tells U.S. Not to Meddle in Oil Deal
China expressed opposition to interference in a government-controlled oil company's bid for the U.S.-based oil company Unocal, state media said Wednesday.-Drudge Report

U.K. Consumers Risk Recession With New Restraint

British shoppers have become hypersensitive since the Bank of England increased interest rates five times from November 2003 through August 2004, and since their household debt skyrocketed to more than 1 trillion pounds ($1.82 trillion). The average cost of a home fell 0.2 percent in June from the previous month. Personal bankruptcies soared 31% to almost 50,000 people in the year to April, The U.K. is now more likely to get interest-rate cuts than increases

The U.S. also has high levels of consumer borrowing and spending. The Federal Reserve said this month that total household debt payments increased to 13.4 percent of disposable personal income during the first quarter, compared with 13.18 percent in the previous three months.

Runaway inflation in Malaysia

Credit chief slams free reports

CEO Chapman called the legislation unconstitutional and un-American because it cuts into profits that Equifax and two rival credit reporting agencies -- Experian and TransUnion -- earn from selling credit reports and monitoring services. The company earned $1.27 billion in revenue last year.

Paper Money Tyranny - by Ron Paul

“ELECTIONS”

Mexican lawmakers approve absentee voting for millions of migrants in U.S.
Lawmakers overwhelming approved on Tuesday a law allowing millions of Mexicans living abroad to vote by mail in next year's presidential election – a measure that could reshape the country's leadership race.

Philippine President's Husband Flees As Moves Underway To Impeach Her Begin

“DEMOCRACY / FREEDOM”

New Hate Bill: Obituary for Talk Radio
The Anti-Defamation League’s new, tougher hate bill, "The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005," HR 2662, if passed, will very soon end free speech and free speech talk radio. The ADL, through similar legislation, has already ended free speech in Canada. It wants to do the same in America. Here's a summary of how this bill would make law.

U.K.'s Blair Wins ID Card Vote After Rebels Halve Majority

Japan wants end to Net anonymity

Supreme Court's Brand X Decision Endangers the Principle of Net Neutrality

By upholding the FCC's March 2002 Declaratory Ruling that classified cable Internet as an unregulated "information service," the Supreme Court has paved the way for a privatized, tightly controlled broadband environment that will bear little resemblance to the open, diverse, and competitive Internet of the past.

“SOCIETY”

Dark Alliance: Day Two Shadowy origins of 'crack' epidemic
Federal lawmen will tell you plenty about Rick Ross, but those same officials won't say a word about the two men who turned Rick Ross into L.A's first king of crack, the men who, for at least five years, supplied him with enough Colombian cocaine to help spawn crack markets in major cities nationwide(Gary Webb's 1996 series) –NarcoNews

UNHOLY ALLIANCE: DRUGS, GUNS AND GOVERNMENT

Suicidal cries for help double in Japan

Rothschilds Conduct … "Red Symphony"

"The Red Symphony" is the 50-page transcript of the 1938 Stalinist police (NKVD) interrogation of a founder of the Communist International, Christian G. Rakovsky, 65. Not meant to become public, it confirms that the Rothschild-Illuminati planned to use Communism to establish a world dictatorship of the super rich. War, depression and genocide in the past century were not accidental or inevitable but the result of malevolent design. It reveals why they created Hitler and then sought to destroy him, and why Stalin made a pact with Hitler in 1939. "Yamaguchi" has posted the first half of "Red Symphony" on the Internet. I have made the second part available

ARTICLE SECTIONS: 1) The Midnight Interrogation; 2) How This Gripping Account Surfaced; 3) The Revelations; 4) Containing Stalin; 5) Russia Struggles in Rothschild Clutch; 6) ‘Protocols of Zion’ and ‘Red Symphony’; 7) Who are ‘They’; 8) Covert Revolution; 9) Conclusion;

MACHIAVELLI’S “THE PRINCE” IS CHILDREN’S PLAY WHEN CONTRAST WITH “The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.”

“HEALTH / SCIENCE / TECH”

New York Bans Mercury in Vaccines
In the US, the New York Senate last week passed a bill that would prohibit the administration of any vaccine containing more than a trace amount of mercury to children under the age of three or pregnant women.

EPA Wants Pesticide Manufacturers To Test On Humans

Further, the EPA......would not establish an independent ethics review board to scrutinize human studies on the grounds that this would "unnecessarily confine EPA's discretion."

WHO DOES GOV WORK FOR ?

Incredible New Solar Patterns Appear

In the more than 15 years I've been monitoring solar activity, never before has such a large, dark contiguous area appeared WITH several right angled edges. In the above image, note the bottom of the darkened area. It is now more distinctly box-shaped, and even more so than last night or this morning. This shape on the sun is very uncommon.

Hackers unleash industrial spy Trojan

Spyware blizzard shows no sign of let up

“INFECTIOUS - DISEASES”

Flu outbreak hits China's wild birds, asks World for help

Aid To Africa Less Than Claimed

The actual percentage increase in real dollar terms in aid to Africa from fiscal year 2000 to fiscal year 2004 is 56 percent, according to the study NOT 300%

“WEATHER”

Report from a Friend: an English Weatherman – Dorset, Scotland

We had yet another very violent thunderstorm in Poole yesterday afternoon. At one point it became so dark outside that all the street lights came on! The RNLI's new stores building was still slopping out following the floods we experienced during last Friday's outrageous cloudburst. Something is very wrong. I mean, we do get the odd summer thunderstorm occasionally but these are extreme and sustained. We've now had 3 of these so-called "super-cells" in 5 days. What seems to be happening is that the Iberian peninsula has been sweltering in 40C+ degree temperatures in the last few weeks. That heat then drifts north and any innocent-looking weak cold front that happens to be meandering across the UK from the west quickly gets transformed into a raging monster.

El Nino Weather Threat Has Receded, Australia Says

El Nino patterns, which emerge first in Australia and take months to develop, can cause drought in the Asia-Pacific region, and flooding in the Americas.

You see things and say ‘why’?

But I dream of things that never were and I say: ‘why not’?

George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Part 1, Act 1

Part of the Ministry of Doug Bracewell