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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryHow Low Can He Go?
In the new (Newsweek) poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday nights, President Bush’s approval rating has reached a record low. Only 26 percent of Americans, just over one in four, approve of the job the 43rd president is doing; while, a record 65 percent disapprove, including nearly a third of Republicans. The Heretik
The WorldDeadly day for U.S. military; 14 killed
BAGHDAD - The U.S. command announced Thursday the deaths of 14 more American troops, most killed in powerful roadside bombs in Baghdad. Thick, black smoke rose from the heavily fortified Green Zone after a mortar barrage as militants struck back despite a massive military offensive.
Suspect seized before Israeli gay parade
Israeli police detained an Orthodox Jewish man carrying a small homemade bomb in Jerusalem on Thursday, as thousands of Israelis marched in support of gay rights in defiance of religious protesters.
Lebanese defense minister: Militants crushed
Lebanon's defense minister said Thursday that the Fatah Islam militant group has been crushed, but combat will continue until the remnants of the group are flushed out.
Uproar over Saudi religious police
Three members of Saudi Arabia's religious police will stand trial this week for their involvement in the death of a man in their custody, an unprecedented action against the powerful enforcers of the country's strict moral code.
Australian clampdown on Aborigines condemned as racist
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian government plan to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities to try to curb rampant child sexual abuse was labelled racist and knee-jerk by indigenous groups Friday.
EU leaders: Little progress made
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, arriving at a European Union summit which seems headed toward acrimony, said Thursday she would do everything she could to get all 27 leaders to agree on a roadmap for a new treaty. The NationGates: Longer Iraq deployments unlikely
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he does not anticipate extending U.S. troop deployments in Iraq beyond 15 months, calling the idea a "worst-case scenario."
Are you confused? I certainly am. They directly contradict each other from one day to the next. There was a whole lot of back and forth like this going on just before we invaded Iraq, too.—Caro
Patraeus deluded about Iraq factors
There is clearly no intention of redeploying troops, or even planning for any kind of withdrawal… And that September "deadline" you keep hearing about? Not really a policy deadline at all, according to the General. "That is a deadline for a report not a deadline for a change in policy," he said.
Documents offer unflattering view of CIA
WASHINGTON - Little-known documents now being made public detail illegal and scandalous activities by the CIA more than 30 years ago: wiretappings of journalists, kidnappings, warrantless searches and more. CIA Director Michael Hayden on Thursday called the documents being released next week unflattering, but he added that "it is CIA's history." "The documents provide a glimpse of a very different time and a very different agency," Hayden told a conference of historians.
Different time? Different agency? See below.—Caro
The CIA's torture teachers
June 21, 2007 | WASHINGTON -- There is growing evidence of high-level coordination between the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military in developing abusive interrogation techniques used on terrorist suspects
White House near decision to close Gitmo
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move the terror suspects there to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
US spy chief scraps satellite program
WASHINGTON - Spy chief Mike McConnell has junked a multibillion-dollar spy satellite program that engineers hoped would someday pass undetected through the space above other nations.
Cheney exempts self and staff from rules governing use of classified info same year that Scooter leaks Plame's identity
Oh, so Cheney is now his own branch of government AND he's not covered by those pesky rules that ensure that other Executive Branch offices doesn't misuse and abuse classified information. Anybody else see a connection to the Scooter Libby trial, and why Cheney wouldn't want rules governing the use of classified information to cover him and his staff?
Has Cheney not yet finished shredding his records?—Caro
Ashcroft contradicts Gonzales wiretapping testimony.
In sworn testimony to Congress in 2006, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that there had “not been any serious disagreement” over President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program. But (Thursday), former Attorney General John Ashcroft — who almost resigned in protest over the program — told a House panel that in reality, the administration was “sharply divided over the legality of President Bush’s most controversial eavesdropping policies.” MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
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Lie Detector: THE FIGHT OVER APPROPRIATIONS: MYTHS AND REALITY
The Administration has … threatened to veto most of the forthcoming appropriations bills… Some 81 percent of the $53.1 billion increase in appropriations under the emerging bills consists of increases for military and homeland security programs that the President himself requested… (Emphasis added.) This 81 percent figure climbs still higher when one takes into account the congressional increases for the State Department and international affairs that the Administration also requested.
MSNBC.com names 144 journalists who gave campaign cash
Bill Dedman says most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.
If so many reporters are sane, why is political reporting so insane?—Caro
The Extremely Tired And Overemphasized Notion Of Liberal Media Bias, And That MSNBC.com Story About Same
I refuse to get exercised about the fact that the New Yorker’s film critic and theater critic and Hollywood reporter gave money to Democrats; or that the Economist’s technology reporter, a Newsweek medical writer did the same, and –oh no! the damage done to journalism!—the “sports statistician” from the Boston Globe did the same.
GIULIANI FOLLOWUP....
Remember that Newsday story from yesterday about Rudy Giuliani getting kicked off the Iraq Study Group because he couldn't find the time in his busy schedule to attend their meetings? You could be excused if you don't, since apparently no one in our press corps considered either the news itself or Giuliani's laughable explanation for his absences to be worth commenting on… (I)s this seriously not considered news?
A Media Mystery: Private Security Companies in Iraq: A PEJ Study
The 30,000 employees of Private Security Companies currently operating inside Iraq represent a new element in modern-day warfare. They are armed, suffer casualties, are paid by the U.S. government, and perform tasks once done by the nation’s military. But a new study by PEJ reveals that for the most part, these forces have operated below the media radar.
Well, there obviously must be much more important stories to cover. Like Paris Hilton’s release from prison.—Caro
NBC denies it's in bed with Hilton
NBC News on Thursday denied a report that it was preparing a bid of $1 million for a "Today" interview with heiress Paris Hilton after she's released from jail. Technology & ScienceTouch-screen phones poised for growth
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Get your fingers ready. Apple Inc.'s iPhone is leading a new wave of gadgets using touch-sensitive screens that react to taps, swishes or flicks of a finger. The improvements promise to be slicker and more intuitive than the rough stomp of finger presses and stylus-pointing required by many of today's devices.
But wait! You won’t even need a finger. See below.—Caro
Hitachi: Move the train with your brain
HATOYAMA, Japan - Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.
Is video-game addiction a mental disorder?
The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars.
U.S. Health Experts Rate Hospitals' Cardiac Care
THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have rated the nation's hospitals on their treatment of heart attack and heart failure and found that most meet the national average for quality of care… And thanks to a new federal Web site launched Thursday, U.S. consumers can now go online and check their local hospital's performance when it comes to heart care.
Families' eldest boys do best on tests
WASHINGTON - Boys at the top of the pecking order — either by birth or because their older siblings died — score higher on IQ tests than their younger brothers.
15-year-old performs surgery in India
NEW DELHI - The 15-year-old son of two doctors successfully performed a filmed Caesarean section birth under his parents' watch in southern India in an apparent attempt to set a record as the youngest surgeon, officials said Thursday.
I hope he was the oldest boy in the family.—Caro EnvironmentSolar Shingles Could Power Tomorrow's Homes
Tired of your roof just soaking up rays and not pulling its load? You’re not alone. Increasing numbers of people are putting their roofs to work generating electricity. And that does not necessarily mean installing unsightly steel-and-glass solar energy modules. Today you can get photovoltaic shingles (or tile, or slate) that will do the job and still look like a roof.
Senate OKs bill favoring renewable fuels
WASHINGTON - Democrats celebrated a step toward reducing U.S. dependence on oil as the Senate approved a bill calling for more ethanol and the first boost in gas mileage in decades. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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