Dixie Chicks make nice at New York concert

Although there have been numerous reports of sluggish sales for their current Accidents and Accusations tour showcasing tunes from their recently released "Take the Long Way" album, New York's Madison Square Garden was packed for this single-night stint.....more

GOD DOESN'T LIKE PORNOGRAPHY

A battle over a sex shop in a small town near New York shows how a local problem can quickly turn into a culture war in America. At the center is a famous actor who became a born-again Christian after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.....more

Cheney's Davenport solution to improve homeland security

Davenport police officers tell protesters marching along River Drive they had orders to collect the wooden sticks on their American flags as a security measure....more

A third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks

More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll.....more

Israeli air raids kill 40 civilians in Lebanon

One air strike hit a farm near Qaa, close to the Syrian border in the Bekaa Valley where workers, mostly Syrian Kurds, were loading plums and peaches on to trucks, local officials said. They said 33 people were killed and 20 wounded.....more

Top US generals and British diplomat warn Iraq could slide into civil war

Two senior US generals yesterday publicly agreed with a warning by Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq, William Patey, that the country is slipping towards civil war and partition.....more

Al Gore's Penguin Army



Viral Video Questioning Global Warming Linked to DCI

What is certain is that "political operatives, public relations experts and ad agencies" are increasingly using video-sharing websites like YouTube to shape public opinion. Ogilvy & Mather "plans to post amateur-looking videos on Web sites to spare word-of-mouth buzz about Foster's beer," and AT&T has used YouTube to post videos against net neutrality......more

Canadian activist shunned by CBS for her views on George Bush

Maude Barlow, known internationally for her work on the right to water, was recently informed that she would not be interviewed by CBS News due to her criticisms of the Bush administration.....more

Billions in trade gap, pennies for workers

The hopes and fears of a surging Chinese economy, the warnings of catastrophic trade imbalances, the million-dollar salaries of American retail executives - the story begins here, on the factory floor where Wang Haiyun hunches over her sewing machine and stitches about 600 pairs of boots a day, all bound for customers in the United States....more

Human Rights Watch slams Israel for apparently targeting Lebanese civilians

Israel's military appears to have deliberately bombed civilians in Lebanon and some of its strikes constitute war crimes, U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday.....more

Cuba after Castro

The death of the dictator could be followed by instability and a surge of refugees. U.S. officials should plan now for a post-Castro future.....more

GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green Party

OK, we've done it. We've nailed it down: Every single contributor to the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate is actually a conservative -- except for the candidate himself....more

Green Party of Pennsylvania

Lebanese oil slick spreads to Syria

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called for immediate action after thousands of tonnes of fuel from a bombed Lebanese power plant spread to the Syrian coastline, threatening to unleash an environmental catastrophe.....more

Dr. Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking addresses the question of how humanity can survive the next century.» Watch video

College Republicans organizing for Lieberman

People interested in campaigning for Lieberman in the Democratic Primary will have lodging accommodations paid for (by his campaign), as well as food and transportation......more

LIEBERMAN: ‘IF I LOSE PRIMARY, I’LL RUN IN CUBA’

Hilary Duff performs free concert for military families

Singer and actress Hilary Duff took the stage of Crown Coliseum Tuesday night in a free concert for military families....more

Freedom of Expression Under Attack

It is not just the shortage of milk, sugar, mealie-meal (corn), democracy, foreign currency, and fuel that top the list of scarcities in Zimbabwe — freedom of expression is also in short supply....more

Senate says yes to gulf drilling plan

The bill would open 8.3-million acres to drilling, but set buffers of 125 miles off the Panhandle and 234 miles off Tampa Bay......more

Pilgrims and Native Americans being
"raptured", but the folks in the "Community Church" are staying put!....more

Belleair mayor scolds police in hit-run

He says authorities used "poor judgment" in arresting a woman from an affluent family. She's accused of leaving the scene. The mayor's involvement has prompted criticism: Did he cross the line in blasting his own cops while defending the daughter of a wealthy family?.....more

Fiesta In Little Havana

The news shot like lightning through the community. Within minutes, Cuban-Americans streamed into Calle Ocho, their historic thoroughfare in Miami. Motorists screamed "Cuba libre!" and waved Cuban flags from sunroofs......more

Who is Raúl Castro?

Make no mistake, these talented Chicks rock
If the Dixie Chicks are as much of a rock band as their “Accidents and Accusations” tour would have us believe, then it’s a good thing Maines didn’t apologize for her much-ballyhooed comments. Rock ’n’ roll is about freedom, breaking rules, and speaking your mind. And if these rocking country gals aren’t “ready to make nice,” then, well, they shouldn’t have to.....more

Willie: Dixie Chicks 'got a raw deal'

Ailing Castro gives power to brother

Castro said he would also temporarily relinquish his duties as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba to Raul, who turned 75 in June and who has been taking on a more public profile in recent weeks....more

Lebanon oil spill crisis

The Lebanese government has appealed for help to clean up a huge oil spill along its coastline created after Israel bombed a power plant....more

I Think The Folk's At The Ministry of Tourism Are Out Of A Job?

LEBANON: An environmental disaster looms

This Look's Like A Job For Halliburton.When all this fighting is over, just think of all the big fat contracts Halliburton can get for reconstructing a ruined Lebanon

Too Late for Empire
Jonathan Schell
Anyone who wants to write about the constitutional crisis unfolding in the United States today faces a peculiar problem at the outset.....more

Lieberman's shameless race baiting flyer (and a few words)

Here's the racist flyer from team Joementum that everyone is dying to see. Read it and puke....more

Go Ned

Assad tells Syrian army to get ready

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel....more

A tragic reminder of the slave trade

The Senegalese seem to really like Americans, which may seem odd these days, as ninety percent of them are Moslems.....more

Mayor envisions no-car downtown

A bus system, called circulators, would take residents between home and work and a night on the town by 2010.....more

Israeli attack draws outrage

Western and Arab leaders have condemned Israel's attack on a village in south Lebanon. Close to 550 Lebanese, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel's 19-day-old war on Lebanon....more

Timeless Cartoon

Republicans afraid to say they are…Republicans

Nasrallah: Israel wants cease-fire, U.S. opposed

In a televised speech Saturday evening, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed rocket strikes on towns in central Israel....more

Israel is serving its American master

How can the American people accept their elected President (?) George W. Bush's rejection of a ceasefire?

Judge to Bucs: No more fan patdowns

The team's security policy of patdown searches for fans at home games is unconstitutional, a federal judge rules. "A generalized fear of terrorism should not diminish the fundamental Fourth Amendment protection envisioned by our Founding Fathers.....more

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

Gone with the wind

Since hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans almost a year ago, the population has halved. Amid the debris and regret, Gary Younge finds a city losing its soul.....more

Graham CRACKer Crust Bust
Who knew “New York-style cheesecake” meant “with a side of crack”?

When The Bitch heard that employees of three prominent CocoWalk eateries had been busted for running informal pharmacological operations, she got on the case; the touristy shopping zone may not contain a Nordstrom, but, hey, it's within trotting distance.....more

Denmark is the happiest country in the world

Danes came out top in the survey that measured health, wealth, education, sense of identity and the aesthetic quality of the landscape. The United States was 23rd, Germany came in at number 35, and Britain ranked 41st....more

Chicago Approves Living Wage Over Objections of Mayor, Wal Mart
The Chicago City Council has approved a measure requiring large retailers to pay employees a living wage – making Chicago the largest city with such a rule....more

"You know Ann Coulter? She was on CNBC today and she said 'Bill Clinton is gay.' Please, just because she's the only woman on the planet he wouldn't have sex with doesn't make him gay.".......Jay Leno

Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah

At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war, providing what the United States and Israel took as a wink and a nod to continue the fight....more

Al-Qaida's called Thursday for Muslims to unite in a holy war against Israel'

Can Democrats Take Back the U.S. House? Is Florida a Battleground?

Given the shift in the electorate, the shockwaves could reach far from Washington DC, through Tallahassee, to cities and counties across Florida......more

Among the nation's dirtiest

Progress Energy's power plant in Crystal River has four coal units - and once again, it makes a national list of polluters.....more

Beltway planned to skirt Tampa
The toll road would run from the northern part of Manatee County, through eastern Hillsborough, west across southern Pasco County and into northern Pinellas....more

"Our emphasis needs to be on mass transit, not additional beltways and expressways," Mayor Pam Iorio

Harris Demands Dean Apologize For Comparison To Stalin

TAMPA, Fla. -- U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' Senate campaign demanded an apology Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a Florida stop this week likened her to former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin....more

Israel’s Barrier to Peace

Editor’s note: The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” examines the way Israel’s security wall has ripped a mortal gash in the lives of Palestinians living in its shadow, and argues that there can be no hope for peace in the Middle East as long as America continues to aid Israel in its dehumanizing practices....more

Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin

West Palm Beach -- Democrat leader Howard Dean called the Iraqi prime minister an "anti-Semite" during an address before party loyalists on Wednesday. The Democratic National Committee chairman also called Republican Senate candidate Katherine Harris a "crook" and compared her to Stalin....more

Blood in Beirut: $75.05 a Barrel

The failure to stop the bloodletting in the Middle East, Exxon’s record second-quarter profits and Iran’s nuclear cat-and-mouse game have something in common — it’s the oil....more

Americans 'too fat for x-rays'

Some scans are unable to penetrate the excess fat
Increasing numbers of Americans are becoming too fat to fit into X-ray machines, US researchers report.....more

Narcotics for Sale at Drug Clinics

Doctors at some drug treatment clinics in Turkmenistan are selling illegal narcotics instead of treating their patients....more

President Bush Sues Dixie Chicks over Hail to the Chief

Acting on information gained from cell phone surveillance, President Bush filed suit in a Washington, D.C., court yesterday to stop the Dixie Chicks from using "Hail to the Chief" to herald their arrival on stage during their present concert tour....more