tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92249612011-09-15T15:31:58.629+01:00"It is not logical to blindly follow our leaders like sheep" - Truth Seeker. </p> <a href="http://logicvoice.blogspot.com"><img src="http://uk.geocities.com/alogicalvoice/warcriminals.jpg"></a></p> Email us - alogicalvoice@fsmail.netTruth Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083044474569063691noreply@blogger.comBlogger90441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9224961.post-1166280467833883862006-12-16T14:46:00.000Z2006-12-16T14:47:48.660Z

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Ann's latest attempts to demonstrate mental illness.

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It seems conservative David Horowitz has a hard time forgetting his Stalinist roots. Horowitz was serious when he wrote “You cannot cripple an opponent by outwitting him in a political debate. You can do it only by following Lenin’s injunction: ‘In political conflicts, the goal is not to refute your opponent’s argument, but to wipe him from the face of the earth.’” Although

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This gem from the NYT: Antiwar protesters turned out at the funeral [of a U.S. serviceman], the woman said. They lined the streets across from the service. Some carried signs and others shouted as her husband's flag-draped coffin was carried past. No. Wrong. That was the Phelps family - right-wing crackpot Christians extrodinaire [for more on them, see here and here].

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From IPS via Common Dreams: Canada's leading scientific society on climate called for urgent government action on climate change at its most recent national conference last week. Stronger and more frequent hurricanes in summer and stronger winter storms are clearly the result of climate change, according to new scientific studies reported at the 40th annual Canadian Meteorological and

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See the story at Terrorism News.

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From American Progress: The Army has banned privately purchased body armor in Iraq, a decision that veterans groups "immediately denounced." GI's who have "waited months to be outfitted counter that substandard armor is better than none at all."

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From the Guardian via Common Dreams: ...A tall, white soldier steps forward in desert fatigues. "I was in Iraq when Katrina happened and I watched US citizens being washed ashore in New Orleans," he says. "War is oppression: we could be setting up hospitals right here. America is war-addicted. America is neglecting its poor." ... ...US soldiers such as him were told little about Iraq, Iraqis or

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From the Daytona Beach News Journal via Common Dreams: In 1995, Jose Gutierrez was a 14-year-old orphan in Guatemala when he decided to do what 700,000 other Guatemalans had done -- enter the United States illegally. Two thousand miles and 14 freight trains later, Gutierrez crossed the border. He was promptly arrested by the Border Patrol. Being a minor and without a family, he was spared

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This post will remain close to the top of the page until Friday, originally posted yesterday: UPDATE: The Philharmonic's getting desperate, more on the Blackburn demo and throwing pavement slabs courtesy of Blair Watch. UPDATE: Radio City will be having a phone in tomorrow (Wednesday 29th March) on the subject of Rice's visit, you can call the phone in from 10 PM tomorrow on 0151 472 0967.

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Today's Guardian reports on talks between Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems on Lords reform. Interesting, Blair & Co now appear to be interested in Lords reform, only after the Lords dissented for a while on "glorification" of terrorism, are continuing to dissent on id cards, and, more recently, of cours, the loans for peerages sleaze affair: Mr Hughes said yesterday he believed the government

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According to this article, from the Guardian today, Blair & Co will fail to live up to their promise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010: Labour had set a target of reducing CO2 levels by 20% by 2010, but Margaret Beckett, the environment secretary, will say it is no longer possible. The totemic policy has been an important weapon in Tony Blair's claim to be a world leader willing

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Today's Guardian has this report: Yesterday, the Independent Police Complaints Commission published a devastating 400-page report, accusing the officers who dealt with Mr Alder of "the most serious neglect of duty", in which "unwitting racism" played a major part. The commission also showed horrifying CCTV footage of Mr Alder's last 11 minutes as he lay face down, choking and rasping on the

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Bloomberg reports on the largest strike in Britain since 1926: The union that represents 1.4 million workers said teaching assistants, trash collectors and clerks working for local authorities will refuse to work today after the government said it will boost their retirement age to 65 from 60. Last year, Blair pulled back from similar plans for central government employees. ``Fairness has gone

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Henry Porter writes this interesting piece, over at Comment is Free: As things stand, Labour made a manifesto commitment to introduce the cards on a voluntary basis. Charles Clark went back on that promise by insisting that all those who apply for a new passport must submit 49 pieces of personal information to the national identity register. In practice, therefore, the scheme becomes compulsory

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A flashback, from our September 2005 archives: Surely a member of the ruling elite in the US wouldn't have anything to do with terrorism, would they? Well, apparently so, according to this article, from the Online Journal: The article reveals for the first time that one of the elected officials that bin Laden-connected Turkish nationals claimed to have on their payroll was none other than

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From our 2005 archives: Uncle Sam wants you! Are you a blood thirsty warmonger, living in the US, who has no qualms whatsoever in other people dying to suit your twisted beliefs? Then you really need to enlist and join the US army. If none of the Bush family are willing to "sacrifice" their lives in the Bush regime's Iraq disaster, then why should anyone else? Buzzflash has this: "I demand

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From last April: When did Bin Laden become an American citizen? According to this article, from Judicial Watch, the FBI won't release documents relating to the events following the 11th September 2001 because the release of those documents would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.” The FBI invoked Exemption 6 under FOIA law on behalf of bin Laden, which permits

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This is a very interesting piece, and makes some important points for the fundamentalist extremists, in positions of power who believe that their "cause is just": No one has the slightest physical evidence to support a historical Jesus; no artifacts, dwelling, works of carpentry, or self-written manuscripts. All claims about Jesus derive from writings of other people. There occurs no

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Antiwar.com has this worthwhile read on the American terrorist campaign in Iraq: The American advocates of terror and torture as a means of "liberating" the people of the Middle East at gunpoint are right, in a sense: there is no other way to achieve the goal they have set for themselves. We have to become a nation of torturers and murderers before we can build ourselves an empire. As

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The Telegraph has this report: Although they will not all be named, 14 soldiers associated with the Surrey camp - some of whom are still serving - are expected to be singled out for criticism in the report by Nicholas Blake QC, due to be published on Wednesday. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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Blair Watch asks if this rendition will be hosted by Lennon and McCartney: To suggest Lennon or McCartney endorse either Condi's visit, or Extraordinary Rendition on the back of this would be ridiculous. But their names are being associated with it, and if Paul or those who look after John's estate aren't happy for it to be so, they should say so. Indeed. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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From News.com.au: Police sources said 20 Mehdi Army fighters were killed in the fighting, close to Sadr's stronghold in the Sadr City slum, and five vehicles belonging to the militia were burned. A senior aide to Sadr, in comments capable of inflaming passions among the radical cleric's supporters, accused US troops of shooting dead more than 20 unarmed worshippers at the Mustapha mosque after

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According to this article, from the Guardian today, Blair has said that it may have been a mistake for him to say that he'd not seek a 4th term in power, and that he wants to stay until the NHS crisis is resolved. (Which may well be a long time) The prime minister has made it clear to his inner circle that he wants to tackle the financial crisis in the health service and push through NHS

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The Times has this piece: The two incidents are being investigated by US authorities, but persistent eyewitness accounts of rampaging attacks by American troops are fuelling human rights activists’ concerns that Pentagon commanders are failing to curb military excesses in Iraq. The Pentagon claims to have investigated at least 600 cases of alleged abuse by American soldiers in Iraq and

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Today's Independent disturbingly reports that Britain's elderly aren't being properly treated by our NHS: The report's authors stated that "deep-rooted cultural attitudes to ageing" had led to thousands of elderly patients receiving inferior treatment to the young. The survey comes at an acutely embarrassing moment for Tony Blair, as the state of the NHS comes under increasing scrutiny amid

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This report from the Independent today on a protest which far exceeded anyone's expectations: Helicopter footage of the march showed demonstrators packed into as many as two dozen city blocks around Los Angeles's City Hall. Crowd estimates ranged from half a million to more than a million. The protesters chanted workers' rights slogans in English and Spanish, waved flags from America, Mexico,

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The Independent today has this report: Afghan officials confirmed late in the day that Adbul Rahman, a 41-year-old who converted 16 years ago, would be released after the case against him was dismissed on what were described as "technical grounds". The judge, Ansarullah Mawlavizada, told reporters that the case contained "legal flaws and shortcomings" and would be referred back to Afghanistan's

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Today's Independent reports that the long time peace protester, Brian Haw was arrested outside parliament yesterday: Mr Haw, 56, and a supporter, Barbara Tucker, 44, were taken to Charing Cross police station before their release last night, pending a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service. Scotland Yard said Ms Tucker was arrested " on suspicion of unlawfully demonstrating in Parliament

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EPolitix reports that Hoon has told the house of Lords to surrender to the Blairite agenda on ID Cards: The Bill would compel anyone getting a passport from 2008 to also have an ID card and have their details added to the national identity register. But Labour's general election manifesto pledged to introduce voluntary ID cards and opposition parties claim the proposals create a compulsory ID

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From the SNP website: "I would call on those journalists who have taken these investigations seriously to not let up and for insiders to come forward so that the police may know just what goes on behind the doors at Downing Street. "To remove the cancer of corruption from Westminster politics will take the courage of good men to come forward as happened in the 1930's. Are people of such

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According to the BBC, Prescott has responded to the allegations made over the past few days, saying that he didn't know anything about Minerva's secret loans to New Labour, he claims that he didn't even meet any of the businessmen involved. Of course, because no one in New Labour would ever do anything wrong would they? Anyone who says otherwise is trying to "undermine democracy" as we know it,

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The Sunday Times reports: The disclosure shows for the first time Blair’s hands-on role in the loans for honours scandal. He is thought to be the only person involved in choosing nominees who was aware of the identities of the financial supporters. He had previously accepted responsibility only for a loans scheme without admitting he was fully informed of who the lenders were. However, the

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The Sunday Herald takes a look at the New Labour sleaze scandal, and the financial bankruptcy of the Labour Party by the Blairites: With a parliamentary investigation by the administrations committee looking at the loans, Labour’s NEC carrying out their own inquiry and Scotland Yard investigating potential illegality under the 1925 Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, which followed Lloyd George

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From the Green Party's website, this page, for anyone considering voting Green: We believe that we can increase the number of Green Councillors on such authorities from the present 70 to around 100, gaining the Party's first representation of a number of Councils in the process, particularly in London. We are campaigning for strong results elsewhere that will lead to further gains in the next

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According to this article, from This is London, the country's largest union, Unison, will not be helping Blair & Co's New Labour lot to campaign in the lead up to the local elections on the 4th May: Unison confirmed it had suspended its election campaigning for Labour while the dispute remained unresolved. The move is a blow to Labour, which faces tough battles in many councils across England

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Within this report on our deputy PM's involvement in the New Labour sleaze scandal is a mention about Harriet Harman being withdrawn from the BBC's Question Time programme: Andrew Rosenfeld and Sir David Garrard, who together loaned Labour £3.3m, are major stakeholders in the Minerva property firm behind a £600m US-style mall in Croydon, south London. The Deputy Prime Minister, who says he knew

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Politics.co.uk reports on the first day of the Scottish smoking ban: The ban covers smoking in enclosed workplaces and was designed to protect bartenders and other workers from second-hand smoke. Ignoring the ban will cost punters £50 for lighting up in nearly every enclosed public place. First minister Jack McConnell said it was is time for "drastic" action to change the health crisis

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Actually, I don't believe Blair has any notion of shame, he certainly isn't willing to admit to that anyway, preferring instead to be happy that "other" divine powers will judge him. From the Independent today: Sir Gulam, who has openly supported Labour for about 12 years, is most upset about what his business partners here and in India think of him after weeks of negative publicity. A similar

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While the numbers of people affected by mental health problems in our country appear to be increasing, health authorities seem to be cutting funding for essential services, this is an absolute disgrace, and is in no way "civilised". From today's Independent: Marjorie Wallace, head of the mental health charity Sane, last night described the plight of the estimated 10 million people suffering

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This report, from Politics.co.uk on the dreadful state of english roads: The RAC Foundation added that poor road surfacing was one of the top five causes of accidents for motorcyclists, and decades of disrepair had exacerbated the problem. Campaign manager Sheila Rainger commented: "Road maintenance is the Cinderella of local authority services. Good roads may not be seen as a vote-winner but

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The short answer, to those of us who have followed the ongoing Iraq disaster, appears to be yes. From today's Independent: After Time magazine took up the story, an infantry colonel was sent to Haditha for an inquiry which concluded that the civilians died as a result of the Marines' actions rather than the bombing. But the colonel did not accuse the Marines of wrongdoing, saying the deaths

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The Independent reports that Iraqi politicians have said that sectarian cleansing has already begun in Baghdad: Many Iraqi leaders now believe that civil war is inevitable but it will be confined, at least at first, to the capital and surrounding provinces where the population is mixed. "The real battle will be the battle for Baghdad where the Shia have increasing control," said one senior

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Today's Observer reports on yet more gun crime in one of our "civilised societies": Partygoers - some with faces painted and hair dyed for the occasion - ran for their lives from a rented house in a Seattle suburb. One staggered out of the house with a bullet wound, pursued by a man dressed in black who was carrying a sawn-off shotgun. When a police officer standing in the street told the

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The Huffington Post offers a worthwhile look at the so called "no child left behind programme": Thousands of schools across the nation are responding to the reading and math testing requirements laid out in No Child Left Behind, President Bush's signature education law, by reducing class time spent on other subjects and, for some low-proficiency students, eliminating it. See all recent "A

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Today's Observer has this report: An Australian hedge fund millionaire has emerged as one of the secret foreign-born bankrollers of the Conservative party, building fresh pressure on David Cameron to reveal the full list. Michael Hintze lent the money through an offshore trust, fuelling concerns about whether loans - which unlike donations to political parties do not have to be publicly declared

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According to this article, from ABC, the legality of Guantanamo is to bebrought before the US supreme court: The future of Australian terror suspect David Hicks is about to become much clearer, with the US Supreme Court preparing to hear a landmark challenge to the legality of the Guantanamo Bay military commissions. Early next week, lawyers for fellow Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan will

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The Asia Times takes a look at "liberated Iraq": Apart from the downfall of Saddam, not a single achievement in Iraq is noteworthy. The country today is a "democracy" in civil war - a democracy where human life is being wasted, along with the dreams and security of the Iraqi people. Inasmuch as free elections are a great asset of which all oppressed people dream, they mean nothing if security is

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That's the question posed by Justin Raimando, over at Antiwar.com: In the "mainstream" media, however, and certainly in Washington, D.C., the power of Israel's lobby is unchallenged. This hegemony has now been thoroughly detailed and analyzed in an important study by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, published by Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Mearsheimer, the

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Today's Observer reports on several bed and breakfast owners, who want to retain the right to ban gays, unmarried couples, and people of other religions from their premises: Hundreds of B&B owners across the country have been writing to ministers complaining that the new rules will force them to 'betray God' and their consciences by allowing 'undesirables' to enjoy their hospitality. 'We've had

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Guido Fawkes informs us that an SNP MP has called for Blair to be prosecuted today: "if anybody has been corrupt or committing any crimes we have to recognise them as such, we’re equal in the eyes of the law and that includes the Prime Minister and especially the Prime Minister." The police are, of course investigating the latest New Labour sleaze affair. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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Today's Observer has this report: Witnesses reported that police with riot shields blocked the path of the demonstrators who shouted 'fascists' and then dispersed; the remainder were beaten heavily with batons by police who fired teargas and stun grenades into the crowd. Two protesters were seen motionless on the floor, covered in blood, and there were unconfirmed reports that one had died in

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This sad piece, from Uruknet: According to Jean Ziegler, the U.N. Human Rights Commission’s special expert on the right to food, the rate of malnutrition among Iraqi children has almost doubled since Saddam Hussein’s ouster in April 2003. Today, at 7.7 percent, Iraq’s child acute malnutrition rate is roughly equal to that of Burundi, an African nation ravaged by more than a decade of war. It is

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Notes From a Small Bedroom kindly linked to our post on the scandal of Ruth Kelly (The infamous Opus Deist within the Blairite coven) and her £72,000 expenses claim for her mortgage payment, when her mortgage payment was only £20,000. A Labourite soldier bravely lept to the prophet Kelly's defence over at the blog, saying: I love libertarians who succeed in finding people guilty despite not

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This report from today's Observer: Although Home Secretary Charles Clarke's drive to reduce the 43 forces in England and Wales to a number closer to 20 has encouraged a vigorous debate, Cramphorn fears more damaging elements of the government's restructuring plans remain largely unrecognised. He said legislation before Parliament would see the new police authorities 'wholly subservient' to

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This is just ridiculous, from the Boston Globe: When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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I came across this very interesting piece from Jez, over at the Free Republic of Republicdom in Exile today. I feel it raises some very interesting points, as well as questions: However, I hope the UK doesn't abandon it's traditional flexibility in legal matters to go down the french road of stubborn intolerance. Proof of UK flexibility can be seen in the fact, that despite uniforms still being

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The BBC reports that Charles Taylor, the former leader of Liberia is to be handed over by Nigeria to face war crimes charges: Mr Taylor is accused of selling diamonds and buying weapons for Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front rebels, who were notorious for hacking off the hands and legs of civilians during a 10-year war. He also started the Liberian civil war in 1989, before being

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From the Bahrain News Agency: Eyewitnesses said that the attack on the bus in the al- Waziriya district killed four of the bus' passengers and injured two others. Two policemen near the site of the explosion were also injured. In a separate attack, two people were killed and one injured by gunshots fired by the US military in al-Ratba, 500 kilometres west of Baghdad. Ahmed al-Kobaisy, a doctor

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This report from The Age: In a sharp break with tradition, the British Prime Minister will formally address only the House of Representatives, with senators to be invited only to sit in public galleries. ...... According to Clerk of the Senate Harry Evans, the reason for the change is to make it easier for the Speaker to put down any dissent during Mr Blair's address. In October 2003, Greens

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Any fundamentalist extremists reading? Thanks to one of our readers who sent us this link in response to the "Rapture racket" post: Jesus Never Existed See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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David Hirsh, writing at the Guardian's Comment is Free blog last Thursday, stated, in regard to that controversial Harvard paper on Israeli influence: "You have to counter this article", Alan Dershowitz told The Jerusalem Post, "These are two serious scholars and you need to expose what they have done as ignorant propaganda". This is absolutely right. Although their position originates in a

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This article, from Truthout makes for a rather worthwhile read: Sometimes it's hard to understand just how Michael Chertoff understands his title, secretary of homeland security. Take this week, when Mr. Chertoff appeared before executives of the chemical industry, whose plants remain one of the nation's greatest vulnerabilities more than four years after 9/11. Mr. Chertoff did not chastise the

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Blair Watch posts that Bloggerheads aren't happy, none of us should be happy at the current lot in power in Britain today: The men in grey suits must do their duty: Blair has to be persuaded to stand down. The announcement should take place this spring, with a leadership contest in the summer. (via) I disagree. For the good of the Labour Party, for the good of the country, and for the good of

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If you go to this page, at CNN, you'll find the poll on the left hand side of the page. At present, 83% of people (29222 votes) believe that the Bush regime covered up events relating to the 11th September 2001 attacks, while only 17% (5872 votes) believe otherwise. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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This report, from the St. Petersburg Times highlights the lawless, arrogant approach of the rogue regime in Washington very well: The suit claims that Hammoudeh's continued incarceration in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement wing of the Manatee County Jail is unconstitutional because he has been acquitted in the Sami Al-Arian case and received no jail time in a separate tax fraud case, in

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Today's Independent reports that 27 Labour Party MPs have called for Blair & Co to compensate 85,000 members of pension schemes, who lost money when their employers went bankrupt. An 18 month investigation found that Blair & Co were guilty of "maladministration", and that these people should be compensated, but Blair & Co refused to act: Ms Osborne received the backing of more than 100 MPs two

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According to this article, from today's Guardian, Norman Kember, and 2 Canadians kidnapped alongside him were freed thanks to a rift between members of his kidnappers, leading to a tip off: The source said their guards got cold feet when more senior and ruthless members of the group turned up at the house in Baghdad and took away a fourth hostage, Mr Kember's American colleague, Tom Fox, and

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This report from today's Independent: EU diplomats are drawing up a list of Belarussian officials who will be targeted by "smart sanctions" and final decisions will be taken on 10 April. Asset bans are also being considered though there is no reliable information on whether Mr Lukashenko has financial holdings in western Europe. Poland's Foreign Minister, Stefan Meller, said the list of those

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In some way, I can understand why someone would be unhappy about the influence of another language in worldwide terms, however, this isn't only a problem outside the english speaking world, within the "english speaking" world itself there are serious cultural questions to be answered. For example, if we look at the term "9/11" (a snappy, headline friendly phrase), used around the world to denote

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That's the opinion of Scottish, and Welsh nationalist MPs who made complaints to the police over New Labour's loans for peerages scam, according to this article, from the Guardian: Two senior civil servants in the Cabinet Office and Downing Street have received letters from the police asking them to assist in their inquiries. Scotland Yard effectively confirmed the move to delay the

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This piece from today's Guardian looks at the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl disaster, almost 20 years on: The new estimates have been collated by researchers commissioned by European parliamentary groups, Greenpeace International and medical foundations in Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Scandinavia and elsewhere. They take into account more than 50 published scientific studies. "At least 500,000

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Today's Independent looks at Minerva's donation to New Labour, and a tower block development in London: John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, is facing suggestions that there could have been a link between a £200,000 donation to Labour by Sir David Garrard, former head of the Minerva group, and the company's planning application for an office block called Minerva Tower. English Heritage

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This is an interesting report, from today's Guardian. It seems that somehow, Russia managed to infiltrate US central command, and channel intelligence to Baghdad: US forces moved into Iraq across the border with Kuwait but the report said the Iraqis were receiving intelligence which "fed suspicions that the attack out of Kuwait was merely a diversion". Another document, dated April 2, claimed

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I distinctly remember being told on NYCIMC that those arrested were obviously guilty because... they were arrested. Oops, wrong yet again, boys. From Democracy Now!: In New York, the police response to the Republican National Convention protests is continuing to come under criticism. For the first time a high-ranking police supervisor has admitted that police arrested about 400 people around

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With the upcoming local elections, it is worthy to remind ourselves of the "wide open to fraud" electoral system, which would "disgrace a banana republic, from May 2005: When I had not received my polling card I called up Tower Hamlets Council and was told I was not on the electoral roll. When I asked how can that happen since I voted last year in the European and local elections, they said that

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Blair Watch offers some insight, and wonders about registering as a trade union: A small prize (a strings-free OBE, or a seat on a quango perhaps - maybe even a handy change in legislation to help your company) is offered for anyone who can work out what four commas, two changings and a change in the same sentence are meant to mean. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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From May last year: The Sunday Herald reflects on the fact that while Blair's New Labour lot received only 35% of the votes (most likely they received less than that when you factor in vote rigging) in this election, they managed to win about 60% of the seats in the commons See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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Ariel Dorfman has this interesting piece, over at Comment is Free, as you can see from the comments section there, the usual torture apologists and deniers show up: With his popularity at an all time low and the disastrous war in Iraq devouring his presidency, I am sure that George Bush has not given a second thought to the thirtieth anniversary of the military coup in Argentina. True, Bush's

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Remember this, from last year? With the local elections taking place on the 4th May, if you suspect any dodgy goings on, contact the police, and your local electoral registration department as soon as possible: Yesterday one voter in Charles Clarke’s constituency in Norwich claimed that he had been sent 14 ballot papers — three each for him and his wife at their current address, two each at

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BBC reports that an ex US marine has been slung into jail for 9 years for not 1, but 2 separate rapes in Japan: The US military presence is sensitive, due to local concerns about noise, the impact on the environment, and crime. The country is still scarred by the 1995 rape of a Japanese schoolgirl in Okinawa by three American servicemen. That's why it's not surprising that so many Japanese

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I thought it was worthy to repost this, from January 2005: The Afghan Constitution can be viewed by clicking here 1 - The constitution doesn't make a distinction between church and state: Article Two Ch. 1, Art. 2 The religion of the state of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is the sacred religion of Islam. Followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their

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Noticias has this report: “I am a victim of extraordinary rendition”, said Maher Arar, declaring himself ready to shed light on a practice he considers an illegal means of "outsourcing torture". “I am not a terrorist. I am not a member of al Qaeda” he told MEPs, as the committee investigating alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners

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ABC News has this report, regarding the ongoing case of the 4 American sailors accused of rape: The four sailors, being held in the custody of the U.S. embassy in Manila, deny the charges filed in December, saying only one of them had sex with the 22-year-old woman and that it was consensual. A person convicted of rape in the Philippines can be sentenced to death. Judge Renato Dilag of the

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From the Manchester Evening News: "I have had the opportunity to have a shave, relax in a bath and have a good English breakfast," he said. "I'm very much looking forward to getting home to British soil and to being reunited with my family." British Embassy officials in Baghdad said Mr Kember was expected back in Britain in the next two days. See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts

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The Sydney Morning Herald has this report: THE British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will become the first world leader to attend a full meeting of federal cabinet on Tuesday. Mr Howard made the decision to include Mr Blair because of the broad nature of his discussions with the Government. It will follow one-on-one meetings with Mr Howard as well as with the Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley. See

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The Australian reports that Blair will be getting a cold welcome from many in Australia: While hundreds of anti-war protesters are promising to give the British Prime Minister "the welcome he deserves", the Greens have invited Terry Hicks, the father of captured Australian David Hicks, to be their guest for the 30-minute speech. Greens senator Kerry Nettle said she had invited Mr Hicks to meet

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Just a couple of days ago, I posted that various artists, including the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, had been urged to boycott a visit to Liverpool by the lying warmonger, Condoleeza Rice. The Liverpool Echo has reported that a prestigious poet, Roger McGough, has decided to snub her, and will no longer take part in any introduction for her pleasure. Well done Mr McGough, now, let's see

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Today's Independent reports that there are some in the cabinet who oppose Brown's plans for parliament to have the final say on issues of war: Lord Falconer insisted it would be "positively detrimental" to the ability of the armed forces to protect British interests. "The Government's position is that the current arrangement on the power to deploy UK troops abroad should remain as it is," he

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There are all sorts of wacky websites, run, quite obviously by fundamentalist extremists who positively drool over the "rapture". There are also those who attempt to "preempt" their own version of the "rapture". "The rapture racket", from Third World Traveller takes a look at this myth, and states: "They [the Left Behind books] are instilling this terrible fear in children that people are going

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This article, from today's Independent ponders some rather worthwhile questions which have yet to be answered by Blair & Co: How much business has the Department of Transport placed with Capita Group and its subsidiaries in each of the past five years? ...... For which current tenders have Capita Group and its subsidiaries been invited to bid? ...... What meetings have Alistair Darling, the

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The Information Clearing House has this rather interesting read on "Death Squad Democracy" in Iraq: "In Iraq, the war comes in two phases. The first phase is complete: the destruction of the existing state, which did not comply with the interests of British and American capital. The second phase consists of building a new state tied to those interests and smashing every dissenting sector of

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In Blair's own constituency, 700 NHS jobs have been lost, according to this article, from today's Guardian. That's how this lot repay you for voting New Labour: Job losses announced over the past two weeks included 1,000 at North Staffordshire, 300 at the Royal Cornwall, 300 at New Cross hospital, Wolverhampton, 300 at Telford and Shrewsbury, 200 in Plymouth, 400 at NHS Direct, 180 at

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Colcam has posted about the case of the Abu Ghraib dog handler, who abused captives, and has got off very lightly, with a sentence of only 179 days in prison for his crimes: He could have been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and a dishonorable discharge. If he had been found guilty on all counts he would have faced up to 24 years in prison. See

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This report from Macon.com: The proposal, originally introduced by a band of Senate Democrats, surprised many by urging that the Bible should be taught as an elective in Georgia's public schools. Republicans quickly substituted their own version, which specifies that the Bible itself would be the course textbook. The measure easily passed the GOP-controlled Senate last month by a 50-1 vote. See

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The Los Angeles Times has this rather interesting article, detailing a US domestic spying programme uncovered 31 years ago: Found among the Media documents was a new word, "COINTELPRO," short for the FBI's "secret counterintelligence program," created to investigate and disrupt dissident political groups in the U.S. Under these programs, beginning in 1956, the bureau worked to "enhance the

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Today's Guardian reports on the ongoing protests in France, some rather disturbing: Mr de Villepin is now embattled on all fronts over his controversial "first employment contract", known as the CPE. Mr Sarkozy has distanced himself this week, suggesting there should be a six-month trial period for the law, which would make it easier for employers to sack workers under 26. The government says

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Monsters and Critics has this report: 'Allegations that death squads operate in the country grew stronger following the discovery by the multinational forces and Iraqi security forces of a suspicious group acting within the structures of the ministry of interior,' noted the report by the UN mission in Iraq. It said the Iraqi government promised to investigate. The report said the human

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Although Blair & Co have previously ruled out an attack on Iran, according to this article, from the Times, they are attempting to push through a UN resolution which would threaten military action against the country: In a confidential letter obtained by The Times, a leading British diplomat outlines a strategy for winning Russian and Chinese support by early summer for a so-called Chapter VII

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These are the people Blair & Co should be listening to, these are the people who have witnessed terrorism first hand, yet Blair & Co are not listening to them, from the Guardian: One passenger, Michael, said he saw two police officers as he and other passengers made their way down the track. "I said 'where are the rest of you? People are dying down there'," he said. "I was told not to worry

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