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Undernews For April 16, 2008
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 12:37 am | Undernews
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. -- H. L. Mencken More >>
Undernews For April 14, 2008
Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 12:56 am | Undernews
That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt More >>
Undernews For April 12, 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008, 10:59 am | Undernews
WASH POST President Bush said Friday that he was aware his top national security advisers had discussed the details of harsh interrogation tactics to be used on detainees. Bush also said in an interview with ABC News that he approved of the meetings, which ... More >>
Undernews For 28 March, 2008
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 1:31 pm | Undernews
WORD He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. -- Thomas Paine More >>
Undernews For 24 March, 2008
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 4:50 pm | Undernews
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. -- William Allen White More >>
Undernews For March 20, 2008
Saturday, 22 March 2008, 2:47 pm | Undernews
I'm in trouble again. The proximate cause is not my failure to accept the fact that Barack Obama is as good as we're going to get as president given our fouled up election system, but that I'm not enthusiastic about it. As a fellow journalist put it, "You ... More >>
Undernews For March 13, 2008
Monday, 17 March 2008, 12:00 am | Undernews
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. ... More >>
Michael Chertoff - Unconstitutional & Incompetent
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 10:27 am | Undernews
[Michael Chertoff, who heads a federal agency whose very name comes from fascism, is being touted as the likely replacement for Alberto Gonzales] More >>
Undernews: US Mid-Terms Election Eve Observations
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 2:30 pm | Undernews
WILD CARDS - A higher than expected turnout by groups such as the young and latinos could turn the tide towards the Democrats. So could discouragement on the part of conservatives. But then the biggest wild card of all: how many votes will the GOP ... More >>
Undernews: Bush Purchases 99000 Acres In Paraguay?
Friday, 20 October 2006, 11:05 am | Undernews
Why might the president and his family need a 98,840-acre ranch in Paraguay protected by a semi-secret U.S. military base manned by American troops who have been exempted from war-crimes prosecution by the Paraguayan government? - Wonkette More >>
Undernews Extract: Iran War Preparations
Friday, 1 September 2006, 11:40 am | Undernews
HARRY DE QUETTEVILLE, LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Teheran's nuclear program. Maj Gen Elyezer Shkedy, Israel's ... More >>
Undernews Extracts – The Lebanon & The Middle East
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 8:50 am | Undernews
DAN GLAISTER, GUARDIAN UK - The US government was closely involved in planning the Israeli campaign in Lebanon, even before Hizbullah seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raids in July. American and Israeli officials met in the spring, discussing ... More >>
Undernews: The Silence Of The Liberal Lambs
Monday, 31 July 2006, 3:27 pm | Undernews
HOWARD KURTZ had an interesting roundup of liberal media avoidance of the Lebanon issue. One exception is the Nation: "It makes no sense for Israel to destroy the civil infrastructure of the Palestinians and of Lebanon in response to the kidnapping ... More >>
Sam Smith: Undernews Extract – The Lebanon War
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 3:30 pm | Undernews
BBC - Four United Nations observers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in south Lebanon. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Israel has expressed ... More >>
Undernews: The Questions No One Has Asked Of Alito
Friday, 13 January 2006, 2:08 pm | Undernews
MEMO To: Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee From: Morton Mintz Subject: Your hearing on Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination. More >>
Undernews Extract: Bush Al Jazeera Bombing Leak
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 1:26 pm | Undernews
MEDIA CHANNEL - Howard Kurtz, America’s official media critic, devoted about 20 seconds to the story reported in England about the threat to bomb Al Jazeera. Here’s the trivialization as performed by Kurtz and former CBS correspondent turned CNN correspondent ... More >>
Undernews: U.S. Election News Roundup Nov. 2005
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 12:20 am | Undernews
MORNING LINE - Virginia's Kaine did five points better than the Morning Line's last 3 poll moving average and New Jersey Corzine did one point better, giving as a respectable 3 point error. More >>
Undernews: Inauguration Day 2005
Friday, 21 January 2005, 11:50 am | Undernews
YOUR editor enjoyed lunch today with his wife at Jimmy T's five blocks down East Capitol Street from where George Bush and his capos were being given four more years to do damage to their country, its constitution, its culture, and its environment ... More >>
Undermews: America's Role In Ukraine
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 12:25 am | Undernews
If you want some sense of why major American media are not to be trusted, read these articles on the Ukrainian election that give the back story concealed in most American coverage – Sam Smith More >>
Undernews Special: Costs Of The Iraq War
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 11:14 am | Undernews
*** KEY FINDINGS *** 1. U.S. Military Casualties Have Been Highest During the "Transition": U.S. military casualties (wounded and killed) stand at a monthly average of 747 since the so-called "transition" to Iraqi rule on June 28, 2004. This contrasts with a ... More >>
