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Art & Entertainment Events:
7/07: Station North Artists Flea Market


Slandering the Dead: The American Massacre at al-Khalis
The new Bushist line is that everyone killed by American forces in Iraq is "al Qaeda" – a transparent falsehood belied by the Pentagon's own assessments but now mindlessly adopted by almost every corporate media venue, with the honorable exception (as always) of McClatchy Newspapers.
by Chris Floyd | 06.28.07
The Iraq-gate Cover-up Continues
In the U.S. press, virtually nothing was said or written about how the Iraq executions amounted to the snuffing of witnesses who could have exposed many of the “Iraq-gate” secrets, possibly implicating George W. Bush’s former and current defense secretaries and the President’s father.
by Robert Parry | 06.25.07
Alliance With Atrocity: Bush's Terror War Partners in Ethiopia
Though he ties the Bush Administration directly to atrocities, Gettleman still totes White House water by retailing the baseless charge that the overthrown Somali regime was a ''potential terrorist threat''.
by Chris Floyd | 06.19.07
Sunday Sun Hits New Low
I almost didn't recognize the June 17 Sunday Sun because its front page looked like a full page color advertisement. And indeed, in a way it was.
by Alice Cherbonnier | 06.19.07
Incendiary Weapons Are No 'Allegation'—Times corrects a minor error, ignores the big one
Even when this lapse of truth & accuracy was pointed out to the paper, it couldn't bring itself to correct the record, choosing to be fastidious only when it comes to secondary details like nationality.
SOURCE: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) | 06.12.07
Things Your Media Mama Didn't Tell You
What we’re talking about here is nothing less than a media blackout of important stories and news.
by Dave Lindorff | 06.12.07
Powell Belies 'Commander Guy' Bush
Given the track record of the U.S. press corps, Bush may have had sound reasons for his confidence in making a statement so clearly at variance from the truth.
by Robert Parry | 06.11.07
THINKING FLUFF
This past weekend, THINK why our planet hung in the balance on the pathetic saga of “poor” Paris Hilton’s return to jailed custody, while news of Turkey amassing of 250,000 troops along the Iraqi border was largely ignored.
by Fred Cederholm | 06.11.07
Romney's Iraq Gaffe Ignored—GOP contender's bizarre pre-war history
If the current occupant of the White House is given such a pass, perhaps it's no surprise that the same treatment is given to Republican candidates looking to succeed him.
SOURCE: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) | 06.09.07
GOP/Media Rewrite Iraq War History
Facing no contradiction from the White House press corps, Bush has continued repeating this lie—that Hussein had refused to let the inspectors in—in varied forms over the next four years as part of his public litany for defending the invasion.
by Robert Parry | 06.08.07
The New Assault on Al Gore
Even now, after grudging recognitions that Gore was often right and even prescient, the major news media still can’t let go of its reflexive habit of demeaning him, like a junior-high in-crowd forever making fun of some well-meaning nerd.
by Robert Parry | 06.05.07
Bush's Global Warming Foot-Dragging
While the national press corps took little note of where the Republican presidential candidate was getting his data, environmentalists were alarmed because Bush seemed to be embracing the coal industry’s propaganda.
by Robert Parry | 06.02.07
Can Democrats End the Iraq War?—Media flunk constitutional question on war funding
If the Democrat-controlled Congress wanted to force the Bush administration to accept a bill with a withdrawal timeline, it didn't have to pass the bill over Bush's veto—it just had to make clear that no Iraq War spending bill without a timeline would be forthcoming.
SOURCE: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) | 06.02.07
Treated Like a Democrat
The media have fallen into a familiar pattern of trying to "weed out" candidates that do not meet the press corps' ideological standards.
SOURCE: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) | 06.01.07
Journalists' Group Unmasks Sen. Jon Kyl as “Senator Secrecy”
SPJ members helped unmask Kyl by asking every U.S. senator whether he or she placed the secret hold that blocked the bill from a Senate vote on May 24.
SOURCE: Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) | 06.01.07
   
Killing Time: Countdown Quickens for Bush War on Iran
The actual substance of General Bergner's charges – involving an attack that occurred back in January – matter little. Their importance lies in the way they advance Bush's long, elaborate campaign to manipulate America into war with Iran.
by Chris Floyd | 07.02.07
   
Letters to the Editor
by Readers | Ongoing
“Open” Letters:
Congress Needs to Stop Playing in Bush's Court
Congress has a choice: risk permanently destroying the balanced system of tri-partite government established by the Founding Fathers by bringing its contempt citations to federal court—now packed with Federalist Society judges—and lose, or change the game and begin impeachment proceedings immediately.
by Dave Lindorff | 06.29.07
Why They Hate Us—Americans may be ignorant or forgetful; the victims seldom are.
The American people haven't gained by their leaders' policies of aggression and empire-building--in fact, they have paid dearly in money and lives. But not as dearly as those on the receiving end of that policy.
by Sheldon Richman | 06.28.07
Next Generation of 'Family Jewels'?
The CIA’s belated release of its infamous “Family Jewels” sheds light on U.S. intelligence abuses during the CIA’s first quarter century, but this openness may actually obscure a darker reality – that the subsequent three-plus decades have witnessed worse national-security crimes committed under the cloak of greater secrecy and deception.
by Robert Parry | 06.28.07
One More Good Reason Why Rupert Murdoch Should Not Get Dow Jones
Nobody in his right mind would want to see reporting at the Journal go the way of the WSJ editorial page. But Dow Jones engages in other activities besides publishing.
by Margie Burns | 06.28.07
Research on Human Nature is Cause for Optimism—''We have a pending fortuitous marriage of science and morality of the most profound sort.''
Scientists have discovered that altruistic acts activate a primitive part of the brain, producing a pleasurable response. Morality appears to be hard-wired into our brains.
by Gary Olson | 06.26.07
Dare We Call It Tyranny?
It looks as though we are being terrorized by the government.
by Sheldon Richman | 06.16.07
Unintended Uighurs
Despite all that might have been learned about the risk of blowback, the puerile logic of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" still has many adherents on the American Right.
by John Hickman | 06.14.07
War Foretold—Mark Twain and the Sins of Empire
Twain on war: "...Who gets a profit out of it? Nobody but a parcel of usurping little monarchs and nobilities who despise you; would feel defiled if you touched them; would shut the door in your face if you proposed to call; whom you slave for, fight for, die for, and are not shamed of it, but proud."
by Ramzy Baroud | 06.12.07
Impeachment on a Roll
I’m betting that we’re going to see Pelosi and her anti-impeachment position swamped by the power of public pressure.
by Dave Lindorff | 06.08.07
The Hariri Case & Double Standards
Americans might also enjoy news media stories about whether Bush, Blair and some of their senior advisers should be judged if they violated international law and deserve punishment. But that would require equal justice to all government officials, not just those from weak countries.
by Robert Parry | 06.01.07
Fixing Our Broken Food System
A more decentralized food system that supports local production and consumption would greatly limit the impact of broad-scale contamination.
by Jim Harkness | 06.01.07
What is Global Warming, and what can citizens do about it?
By burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and temperatures are rising.
SOURCE: CLIMATECRISIS.NET | TIMELESS
Environmental Health News Feed
SOURCE: EnvironmentalHealthNews.org | TIMELESS
Global Warming Links
SOURCE: Readers | TIMELESS
Health & Nutrition Links
SOURCE: Readers | TIMELESS
Hybrid Center
    Thinking About Baggage—Is there any wonder why Congressional approval is hovering at 14%—the worst showing in U.S. history?
While the chorus of candidates grows in members and volume, the public is rightly tuning them out.
by Fred Cederholm | 06.26.07
Nancy & Harry: Bringing Down the House (and Senate)
The Democratic Congress, incredibly, has managed in five short months of inaction and diddling around to become less popular than this most loathed and ridiculed of presidents!
by Dave Lindorff | 06.26.07
Goodbye to the city upon a hill and to its fabled economy
Americans, whose ethical behavior toward others was once reinforced by having to look oneself in the mirror, now have a different ethos. Many cannot look themselves in the mirror unless they have pulled a fast one and advanced themselves at someone else’s expense.
by Paul Craig Roberts | 06.25.07
Is Obama Getting 'Colin-ized'?
Sen. Barack Obama’s decision to seek foreign policy advice from former Secretary of State Colin Powell has boosted the Democratic presidential hopeful in the eyes of Washington’s insider crowd, but the move suggests that Obama is positioning himself as a conciliator rather than a battler, which may unnerve the party’s “base.”
by Robert Parry | 06.25.07
Which Candidate Do You Support?
A few simple questions will help you answer that question—such as, "Which of them are talking about the permanent war economy?"
by Bruce K. Gagnon | 06.22.07
Sen. Levin's False History & Logic
If you’re wondering why the Iraq War is likely to continue indefinitely despite mounting public outrage and a failed military strategy, part of the answer can be found in two words: Carl Levin.
by Robert Parry | 06.22.07
Slap Doesn't Stick: Corrupted Congress Will Help Bush Escape Court Ruling
The disgusting thugs who seized control of our government have been repeatedly unmasked. Yet still, this gang squats in the White House, still they wield their earth-shaking powers, still they break laws and commit atrocities every day.
by Chris Floyd | 06.21.07
Iraqi Labor Leaders Blame US for the Bloodshed in Iraq and say Get Out!
“People have the right to choose their own destiny. We are asking the U.S. to leave Iraq to its own people.”
by Dave Lindorff | 06.20.07
Bush's Mafia Whacks the Republic
The U.S. has become a country governed by a criminal mob deploying an unsavory collection of capos, consiglieres and hit men.
by Robert Parry | 06.20.07
The Reign of the Tyrants is at Hand—Is Bush Planning to Nuke Iran? If So, Say Goodbye to Democratic Outcomes
Despite his rhetoric, Bush has no respect for democracy. His neoconservative advisors have all been taught that it is their duty to circumvent democracy, as democracy does not produce the right decisions. Neoconservatives believe in rule by elites, and they regard themselves as the elite.
by Paul Craig Roberts | 06.19.07
Democrats in Congress: The Wheels are Coming Off
If Pelosi and Reid continue the way they’re going, they’ll lose not only the independents and Republicans who voted for Democratic candidates in 2006, they’ll lose the Democrats too.
by Dave Lindorff | 06.19.07
America's Fragile Republic
By a two-to-one margin, a federal appeals court has repudiated George W. Bush’s right to snatch a civilian off the streets of America and hold the person indefinitely without trial. But the makeup of the three-judge panel was a fluke, with two Clinton appointees comprising the majority.
by Robert Parry | 06.13.07
Sic Semper Tyrannis: A Slap in the Face of the Crawford Caligula
It is a tragedy that we have come to this point at all: that a federal court has been forced to consider the "question" of whether a president has the arbitrary power to stick people in military dungeons without charges for as long as he likes.
by Chris Floyd | 06.12.07
Congressional Failure and the Democrats' Last Chance
Congressional Democrats need to forget about passing symbolic bills, and need to stop talking compromise and comity. The public made it clear in the 2006 election that they don’t want comity; they want a genuine opposition party in Congress.
by Dave Lindorff | 06.12.07
The Neocon Threat to World Peace and American Freedom
Just as Goebbels said, some lies are too big to be disbelieved. It is this disbelief that is so dangerous. The inability of Americans to see through the Big Lie to the secret agenda allows the neoconservatives to escape accountability and continue with their plot.
by Paul Craig Roberts | 06.12.07
Everything They Say About Promoting Democracy Is, And Always Has Been, A Damnable Lie
The historical record doesn't lie: the American Establishment has absolutely no use for genuine democracy at all.
by Chris Floyd | 06.11.07
Losing Iraq, Nuking Iran—Cheney's End Game?
Vice President Dick Cheney is spear-heading the Bomb Iran Plan, and Norman Podhoretz is the plan's leading propagandist.
by Paul Craig Roberts | 06.09.07
Last Plamegate Worry for Bush-Cheney
Their last worry is the possibility that Libby will be sent to prison in July and start talking, instead of counting on a timely pardon from a thankful President.
by Robert Parry | 06.07.07
Some democracy, America—The American President is selling a product that America does not have.
it is now plain for all to see that misrepresentative government and corporatism has oppressed American citizenry to the extent that their democracy has become nothing more than a corporate theocracy, a fascist feudal state in which “the serfs” serve the corporate state as voiceless workers, voracious consumers, submissive citizens and pliant subjects.
by Anwaar Hussain | 06.06.07
—Why We Publish—
Faustian agreements between mainstream media owners and news media celebrities have resulted in a pattern of news omission and distortion to frame news in ways flattering to interests of the power-elite. As Bob Somerby says, "You can't run a middle-class democracy with a millionaire press corps." In order to preserve our increasingly endangered middle-class democracy, the Baltimore Chronicle seeks to compensate for this news deficit by informing citizens of omitted or mischaracterized viewpoints and facts.

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Reader Response: Inflation? You'd Better Believe It!
I do not like the idea that a city can place a retroactive tax on ANYTHING, anytime. It could just as well have been 20 bucks or a hundred.
by Mark Walker | 06.20.07
THINKING INFLATION
Inflation has it roots in the excessive liquidity afforded by a US dollar money supply run amok, enhanced by debt-financed consumption when the nominal interest rates are below “the rate of inflation.”
by Fred Cederholm | 06.18.07
Losing the Economy to Mythology—How Offsourcing Undermines America
Jobs offshoring is dismantling the ladders of upward mobility in the US, polarizing the population into rich and poor, and, thereby, worsening the income distribution.
by Paul Craig Roberts | 06.11.07
Thinking About Budgets—the “La-La” Land of Governmental Accounting
We are told future economic growth will eliminate any deficit in just 4 to 5 years. We’ve heard this every year for the past 26 budgets—it hasn’t come true.
by Fred Cederholm | 06.04.07
'Kill Anyone Still Alive': American Special Ops in Somalia
Evidently it is now a capital crime, worthy of instant death by special ops or air raid or drone-fired missile, for any Muslim of any nationality to visit or take part in an Islamic regime which the U.S. government dislikes.
by Chris Floyd | 06.13.07
The New Bush-Blair Vanity Play
Upon learning that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would become a new envoy intervening in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a former senior Israeli intelligence official confided to an old colleague a two-word comment in English: “It’s nuts.” One can only imagine what the Palestinians said in private.
by Robert Parry | 06.30.07
Crocodile Tears
Human beings react exactly like other animals: when too many of them are crowded into a small area in miserable conditions, they become aggressive, and even murderous.
by Uri Avnery | 06.19.07
Newly Discovered Nuances to the Camp David Accords
Recently declassified documents in the Carter Library and Center in Atlanta reveal that Begin made Carter and Sadat swear never to use the phrase “Palestinian State” during their talks or in their accords.
by Stuart Markoff | 06.19.07
Brothers in Arms: Bandar Bush Took a Billion in Bribes to Push UK Weapons Deal
The Guardian has learned that BAE paid a quarterly bribe of $30 million every quarter for ten years to Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, a.k.a. "Bandar Bush". Nice work if you can get it.
by Chris Floyd | 06.07.07
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