Monday, January 26, 2009
This kicks ass....................
Tony Benn to BBC "If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself"
Expect rise in US casualties................
The Obama administration warned the US public yesterday to brace itself for an increase in American casualties as it prepares to step up the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan and the border regions of Pakistan....Link
Israel vows to back soldiers...........
JERUSALEM – Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister said Sunday, promising the country would fully back those who fought in the three-week offensive..Link
Feds subpoenaed Blago...................
He tried to keep them secret, but the threat of a lawsuit forced embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to reveal dozens of federal subpoenas against him and his administration – including demands for information about his contacts with top Obama advisors...Link
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Google and its agenda in Washington........
Reporting from Washington -- Another inauguration took place in Washington this week -- Google Inc. officially became a political power player.In October, Google was only hours from being sued by the Justice Department as a Web-search monopolist. Today, less than three years after it made its first Washington hire, the Internet giant is poised to capitalize on its backing of President Obama and pursue its agenda in the nation's capital....Link
America on Inauguration Day: Panoramic Photo.
The image was made by a special panoramic camera using a vertically oriented linear digital sensor array that scans the scene horizontally, much like the linear sensor in a Xerox copier or a desktop flatbed scanner. Check out all the familiar faces in the crowd, especially behind Obama. I think a few of them are asleep....Link
Why the Gitmo policies may not change........
There may be less than meets the eye to the executive orders President Obama issued yesterday to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and prohibit the torture of prisoners in American custody. Those pronouncements may sound dramatic and unequivocal, but experts predict that American policy towards detainees could remain for months or even years pretty close to what it was as President Bush left office....Link
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