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Starting off with the usual jaundiced look at the Fed's activities, we see that Total Fed Credit actually declined by $7 billion, keeping with their usual battle plan of delivering two punches to the solar plexus of the dollar and people who loan or save money, then a cocking of the arm for another blow.

The years since have seen slums grow up on the outskirts of Jidda and Riyadh. Beggars hawk bottles of water at intersections. Penniless women huddle outside crumbling houses, begging for money. Many families are so poor they can't afford electricity. Raw sewage runs through parts of Jidda.

Vinnell's job in Saudi Arabia is to train the national guard, which Jane's Defence Weekly has described as "a kind of Praetorian Guard for the House of Saud, the royal family's defence of last resort against internal opposition." That is why company employees were targeted in 1995 and again last week.

As U.S. prepares for the arrival of HDTV, and digital television in general, Britain cautions new sets may trigger surge in power consumption. Digital receivers designed to draw power 24 hours a day in order to update software that controls the program guide, list of channels, and access to pay-per-view.

Ledeen's ideas are repeated daily by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. His views virtually define the stark departure from American foreign policy philosophy that existed before Sept. 11. He believes that violence in the service of the spread of democracy is America's manifest destiny.

Bush characterized the May 12 suicide bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as being carried out by "killers whose only faith is hate." In fact, the devastating attack was a calculated, political act that was probably not orchestrated by al Qaeda and not directed primarily against the United States.

The Democratic party has at its disposal a devastating array of issues, foreign and domestic, moral and economic, and yet there it sits, at best dumb-frozen and impotent, and at worst complicit in the crimes and outrages of the Bush administration.

75th Exploitation Task Force, the group absolutely certain it would immediately find steaming neon-lit stockpiles of WMDs next to Saddam's stash of porn and Britney posters and opium pipes, is coming home with its tail between its legs. Found nothing. Nada.

Within the U.S. a number of corporations not only work for U.S. government but are part of Dept. of Defense planning considerations. Almost all, such as Vinnell, Brown and Root, and MPRI, have retired senior military working in and/or running the companies.

Seeking to appeal to party's rightist base while disguising extremism, Bush declared himself a "compassionate conservative." As he seeks to pack federal appellate courts with reactionary judges his ideological disguise is so thin as to be transparent.

Bill pending in Texas state legislature outlines penalties against criminal behavior by animal rights protestors. Critics concerned it would outlaw all environmental advocacy. Similar bills pending in New York and Pennsylvania.

In a country that prides itself on medical excellence we have one of the most dysfunctional healthcare systems in the world. Americans live sicker, die younger, don't have access to even basic care.

Saxby Chambliss thought he was chatting privately with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist when he asked for help in securing an appointment for a rich GOP donor who raised "a chunk of money for me."

The People's Investigation of 9/11 is an assemblage of international researchers and activists. The U.S. government could help but instead is doing everything it can to stop any investigations into 9/11.

U.S. forces in Baghdad might now be searching for Hussein but in the past Saddam was seen by U.S. intelligence services as a bulwark of anti-communism and they used him as their instrument for more than 40 years.

Efforts have been ambitious and costly. For prime-time address on the anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, Bush flacks rented three barges of Musco lights and then blasted them upward to illuminate America's symbol of freedom.

Bush erupted on network correspondents who had the audacity to seek comment on an allegation heard round the world. "I'm not going to take any sleazy questions like that," Bush snapped at Mary Tillotson. Bush spokesman Marlin Fitzwater later said, "[she] will never work around the White House again."

Katrina Leung, part of the biggest and worst U.S. espionage, is a major part of California GOP's power structure, donating over $20K of her own money to Republican candidates, helping to organize GOP fundraisers targeted at wealthy and politically-powerful California Asian community. Leung's boyfriend, FBI agent James Smith.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the extent that he fails in his duty to stand by the country. It is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

The real lesson of modern war: bomb now, die later. We found that the entire civilian infrastructure had been destroyed: electric power stations, water and sewage plants, food warehouses, factories, phone lines, roads, and bridges. Hospitals could no longer refrigerate medicines. Three-fold increase in child mortality due largely to simple diarrhea.

Kerry a respected senator and decorated veteran, but 36 years after initiated into the "ultimate old boy network'' he's wary of breaking the ultra-exclusive club's strict secrecy code. Bonesmen buzzing over prospect of the first Bones vs. Bones presidential race should Kerry win nomination and face Bush in 2004.

I shake my head in profound sadness because I am regularly disgusted and even distraught from the realization that this great country is lead by regulators who can't seem to keep their whits about them long enough to prevent coming disasters. Days of Shock and Awe About to Hit the Natural Gas and Power Markets.

Armed Services committee approved the 2004 military budget this week, a bill that includes broad exemptions from two major federal laws designed to protect the nation's wildlife.

New era of Iraqi TV began with station officials complaining of American censorship. Live news scuttled after U.S.-led ORHA insisted material be reviewed before being aired.

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