By Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times As the debate over new espionage legislation intensified last week, senior Democrats in Congress gathered around a speakerphone late Thursday to work out with Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell what they thought were the final pieces of a deal. Instead, the deal unraveled, according to officials involved….
Max Blumenthal, The Nation Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore’s sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serious calling these days. Baldwin became a right-wing, born-again Christian after the 9/11 attacks, and now is the star of Operation Straight Up…
By David Swanson, Afterdowningstreet.org If you support the ongoing occupation of Iraq, I’m sure you have your reasons and that they’re based in hard scientific calculations. But please indulge me for a moment and help me do this little math problem: All the benefits we’ve gotten out of invading and occupying Iraq (whatever they may…
By Reilly Capps, Telluride Daily Planet Telluride became the first town in Colorado to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. The Telluride Town Council passed a citizen-initiated ordinance on second reading yesterday, 5-2. After the vote was taken, the council received a round of applause. Counting Telluride, 85 towns, counties…
