[PAA-Discuss] oh yeah, good quote from Pascal

Sat May 20 10:49:03 EDT 2006

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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious
conviction:  Blaise Pascal

Imagine there's no heaven, no hell below us, above us only sky.  J. Lennon

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>Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from
the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of
resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of
governmental power, not the increase of it: Woodrow Wilson
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>The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and
his own are the same:  Marie Beyle
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>"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary
act.": George Orwell 
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>Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious conviction:  Blaise Pascal
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>Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America's War? As Many As 250,000
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11674.htm
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>Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In
Bush's War 2448
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>http://icasualties.org/oif/
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>The War in Iraq Costs 
>$281,154,641,019
>See the cost in your community
>http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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>Pentagon report said to find killing of Iraqi civilians deliberate
>
>By Drew Brown
>
>A Pentagon report on an incident in Haditha, Iraq, where U.S. Marines shot
and killed more than a dozen Iraqi civilians last November will show that
those killings were deliberate and worse than initially reported, a
Pennsylvania congressman said Wednesday. 
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13114.htm
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>You got your damn war 
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> By Joshua Holland
> 
> It looks like "a mother and young child bent over as if in prayer, shot
dead" 
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13113.htm
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>Make Me an Instrument of Peace 
>
>By Cindy Sheehan 
>
>Not too long ago, I was listening to Air America when a caller to the
religious right of war supporter/evangelist Pat Robertson said it didn't
bother him that George Bush doesn't follow the law of our land because when
we have a man who is a "Christian" in office, we don't need the rule of law!

>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13115.htm
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>===
>
>What happened to the "what" or the "why"?
>
>By John Pilger
>
>I watched the BBC Ten O'Clock News (May 17).  - It wasn't so much news as a
series of pronouncements by the spokespeople of the spokespeople, to
paraphrase Orwell or Brecht. 
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13110.htm
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>===
>Orwell Rolls in His Grave
>
> "Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the
ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into
truth?..."
>
>Director: Robert Kane Pappas - Run Time 1 Hour 46 Minutes
>
> This chilling documentary film "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" examines the
relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a
country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", the film argues that
the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America." Click
here to view. Windows Media
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13062.htm
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>===
>Viva Chavez:
>
>By Mike Whitney
>
>Hugo Chavez is a self-made man. He wasnï¿½t piggy-backed into Harvard on a
legacy grant (Affirmative Action for plutocrats) or shoehorned into the
White House by corporate gangsters. He grew up in a two-room thatched
palm-leaf house with his five siblings and dreamt of moving to New York to
play baseball for the Yankees. At age 18 he chose to make the most of his
meager opportunities by enlisting in the military. 
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13116.htm
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>===
>Iraq Attacks Kill 10; Hostage Released : 
>
>Roadside bombs and other attacks Friday killed 10 Iraqis and wounded 26
people, including a U.S. soldier riding through Baghdad in a minesweeper.
>http://tinyurl.com/j8gut
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>===
>Military may send soldiers from Kuwait to Iraq : 
>
>The U.S. military is considering sending hundreds of soldiers from a force
held in reserve in Kuwait into Iraq to provide extra security as Iraq
prepares to seat a new government, a defense official said on Friday. 
>http://tinyurl.com/kfktz
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>===
>The Iraqi resistance: 'Why we fight': 
>
>Call them terrorists, call them resistance fighters. By whatever their
name, they have their own reasons for fighting the Americans in Iraq. Abu
Ayoub, a 35-year-old living in Baghdad, is a member of the Islamic Army. He
spoke in the Adhamiya neighborhood about why he joined the fight. 
>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE19Ak03.html
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>===
>Tom Hayden: Hawks for Withdrawal: 
>
>Democrats are slowly but surely uniting around a plan for military
withdrawal designed by the Center for American Progress, a think tank linked
to Clinton-era Democrats and headed by former White House Chief of Staff
John Podesta. 
>http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060529&s=hayden
>
>===
>Opposition to Iraq War at 62% in U.S.: 
>
>For the first time since the conflict began, fewer than four-in-ten
Americans believe the war with Iraq was worth fighting.
>http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11939
>
>===
>Must watch video report: Mother's Day Call for Peace: 
>
>Hundreds of mothers, some with their children while others were mourning
the loss of theirs, spent this Mother's Day in Washington, DC, calling for
an end to the war in Iraq. 
>http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
>
>===
>House Panel Cuts Foreign Aid And Iraq Reconstruction Funds: 
>
>It also would make available $2.3 billion for the military in Israel and
$120 million for economic assistance to that country, the amounts the
president wanted.
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060519/ap_on_go_co/congress_foreign_aid
>
>===
> Some Iraq war vets go homeless after return to US 
>
>On any given night the  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) helps 200 to
250 of them, and more go uncounted. They are among nearly 200,000 homeless
veterans in America, largely from the Vietnam War.
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/us_nm/iraq_homeless_veterans_dc
>
>===
>Five Police, Eight Taliban Killed In Afghan Fighting : 
>
>An Afghan provincial governor today said that five Afghan policemen and
eight suspected Taliban militants were killed in two separate clashes in
Afghanistan's southern Ghazni Province.
>http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/05/b33f9b10-4582-47b4-a14f-c0492c
1207cf.html
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>===
>Taliban's new commander ready for a fight: 
>
>The Taliban's military offensive has begun in earnest in southern
Afghanistan, with many key districts already captured by the militia that
retreated from power in 2001 after the US-led invasion. 
>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE20Df02.html
>
>===
>Pakistan sheltering Taliban, says British officer: - 
>
>A senior British officer accused Pakistan of allowing the Taliban to use
its territory as a "headquarters" for attacks on western troops in
Afghanistan as insurgents struck on multiple fronts yesterday.
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13109.htm
>
>===
>Pakistan rejects British military statement on Taliban presence: 
>
>Pakistan on Friday described as ludicrous remarks by British Colonel Chris
Vernon, Chief of Staff for Southern Afghanistan, that Pakistan is allowing
Taliban to use its soil for attacks in Afghanistan. 
>http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0605197647195133.htm
>
>===
>Corruption plaguing Afghanistan : 
>
>BBC video report: 
>
>David Loyn reports on the alarming levels of corruption and the concerns
over the way reconstruction money is being spent. 
>http://tinyurl.com/zsoma
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>UN body urges US to shut Guantanamo, "secret jails": 
>
>The United Nations top anti-torture body told the United States on Friday
that any secret jails it ran for foreign terrorism suspects, along with the
Guantanamo Bay facility, were illegal and should be closed. 
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13107.htm
>
>===
>Four prisoners attempt suicide at Guantanamo camp: 
>
>Four Guantanamo prisoners tried to commit suicide on Thursday and several
others attacked guards who rushed in to halt one of the attempts, a camp
spokesman said.
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13106.htm
>
>===
>Full list of Guantanamo detainees: 
>
>Names, ages and country of origin of those held in Guantanamo
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13108.htm
>
>===
>Rival Gaza forces in shoot-out : 
>
>At least four people were wounded in the gun battles that witnesses said
erupted when members of a new Hamas-led security force surrounded the main
police station in Gaza city. 
>http://tinyurl.com/k2skw
>
>===
>Hamas MP caught with cash : 
>
>''I was carrying money from our families abroad for our people here, but
unfortunately some Palestinian workers seized these funds at the border.''
>http://tinyurl.com/jszu7
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>Managing cruelty: 
>
>Real hunger is beginning to strike the Palestinians as the boycotting of
Hamas continues and the elected movement in government stands firm
>http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2006/795/re81.htm
>
>===
>Letter to Palestinian Americans: 
>
>Some people want to make 'nice' with the Israelis while our medical
volunteers are getting beat up with rifles from thugs in the IOF and while
seventy-four year old men have their houses demolished on top of them.
>http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/05/letter-to-palestinian-americans.html
>
>===
>US fumes as Iraq backs Israel boycott: 
>
>Liaison officers from 14 countries met for four days this week to discuss
ways of intensifying the Arab embargo against Israel. Among those taking
part were delegates from several ostensible US allies, such as Iraq,
Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait.
>http://tinyurl.com/gdjmx
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>Israel should face sanctions : 
>
>The Palestine crisis is now more dramatic even than apartheid, but it is
the victims who are punished 
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,,1778714,00.html
>
>===
>Open Letter from Palestinian Academics : 
>
>Open Letter from Palestinian Academics under Israelï¿½s Occupation to
International Participants in the Conference on International Humanitarian
Law.
>http://www.pacbi.org/letters_more.php?id=186_0_3_0_C
>
>===
>Officials: Israel-Italy love affair over: 
>
>Massimo d'Alema, who once referred to Israel as a ï¿½terror state,ï¿½ sworn
in last week as Italyï¿½s new foreign minister. Associates: Heï¿½ll change
Italyï¿½s pro-Israel policy
>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252286,00.html
>
>===
>Israel censures China over invitation to Hamas : 
>
>Israel has issued an unusually strong rebuke to China over its decision to
invite a senior Hamas minister to attend a Sino-Arab conference in Beijing
later this month.
>http://tinyurl.com/lyppu
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>I call it an apartheid state: 
>
>The recent ruling by Israel's high court denying Palestinian citizens from
granting citizenship to their spouses is blatantly racist.
>http://tinyurl.com/gh8xt
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>===
>Anti-Zionist rabbi forges Hamas links : 
>
>Orthodox rabbi Moishe Arye Friedman, of Austria, said his congregation
would "do everything in practical terms to help the Palestinian people,"
including sending money. 
>http://www.jewishtelegraph.co.uk/world_4.html
>
>===
>Jordan Plays Hardball With Hamas: 
>
>Behind the crackdown is the fear in the kingdom, a close U.S. ally with a
peace treaty with Israel, that it is threatened by a rising tide of radical
Islam it sees originating from Iran and encompassing its Arab neighbors.
>http://tinyurl.com/ew5wj
>
>===
>AIPAC Threatens to Defeat Minnesota Democrat: 
>
>The Storm over the Israel Lobby
>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19063
>
>===
>Iran now enriching home processed uranium: source: 
>
>Iran initially enriched uranium from China but is now using domestically
processed uranium in its nuclear programme, an Iranian diplomat said on
Friday after some doubts were cast on his country's recent enrichment
claims.
>http://tinyurl.com/jzhuz
>
>===
>U.S. Moves to Weaken Iran: 
>
>The Bush administration, shunning pressure from allies for direct dialogue
with Iran, is shifting toward a more confrontational stance and intensifying
efforts to undercut the country's ruling clerics.
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13111.htm
>
>===
>Democrats ask Bush for intelligence update on Iran:
>
>Senate Democrats asked President George W. Bush on Friday to order a new
U.S. intelligence report on     Iran to avoid the errors that plagued prewar
assessments on Iraq. 
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/pl_nm/security_iran_dc
>
>===
>US, Zionists behind killings southeast Iran: 
>
>Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani on Friday held the US, especially CIA, and
Zionists responsible for recent cold blood killings southeast of Iran,
saying enemy has targeted the country's border security, economy,
universities and science. 
>http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-24/0605199523153912.htm
>
>===
>''Intelligence Brief: Brazil's Nuclear Ambitions'': 
>
>Brazil's Science and Technology Minister Sergio Rezende told the press on
May 6 that Brasilia has launched a uranium enrichment center for fueling its
power plants. Brazil's first nuclear enrichment facility, will "save Brazil
millions of dollars it now spends to enrich fuel at Urenco, the European
enrichment consortium," the minister said. Brazil's move has great
industrial, geopolitical, and financial significance. 
>http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=491&language_id=
1
>
>===
>N.Korea may be preparing missile launch: reports: 
>
>North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range ballistic missile that
could reach parts of the United States, Japanese media reports said on
Friday
>http://tinyurl.com/h4ax7
>
>===
>Is US using enemy to fight a proxy war?: 
>
>HAS the US stepped back on to the scene of one of its most memorable
military disasters ï¿½ and chosen to back the kind of warlords who
humiliated it? 
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2187524,00.html
>
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>Rebel attack downs key Colombia oil pipeline: - 
>
>Left-wing guerrillas have bombed Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline
and halted its crude pumping operations in an attack just a days before
presidential elections, the army said on Friday. 
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060519/ts_nm/energy_colombia_attack_dc
>
>===
>Ecuador accuses US of 'blackmail' as oil dispute worsens: 
>
>Ecuador accused the United States of "blackmail" after Washington abruptly
suspended free-trade talks with the South American nation in the wake of its
cancellation of a US oil company's exploration rights.
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usecuadoroiltradesched4thlead
>
>===
>US Sends More Military to Caribbean: 
>
>Three more US warships with 2,000 troops aboard left for the Caribbean
Wednesday, to join the combat fleet there since April, at which regional
governments and social groups look with a jaundiced eye.
>http://tinyurl.com/kwvjw
>
>===
>House Approves Proposal to Recover $10 Bln From Oil Producers : 
>
>The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Democratic plan to renegotiate
Gulf of Mexico oil leases and take back $10 billion in incentives granted to
Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and other producers.
>http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aKXSVAnftvqk&refer=ho
me
>
>===
>Oil wealth bypasses ordinary Chadians: 
>
>"Our oil is refined far away, and when it comes back to us, we can barely
afford to buy it, except in small amounts. That's why it's sold in bottles,"
said Mr. Suileman, who, even with gasoline selling at $6 a gallon, barely
can afford to support his wife and six children. 
>http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060517-100828-3579r.htm
>
>===
>Collapse of the Petrodollar Looming: 
>
>The announcement by President Putin of a Russian bourse trading oil and gas
in Roubles threatens the stability of the US Dollar far more than Iran's
bourse alone would do, and continues the slide in relations between the old
Cold War foes. 
>http://home.austarnet.com.au/davekimble/peakoil/petrodollars.htm
>
>===
>The End of Suburbia? : Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American
Dream: 
>
>Video: Despite all the warnings that we are headed for an ecological and
environmental perfect storm, many Americans are oblivious to the flashing
red light on the earth's fuel gauge. Many feel the "American way of life" is
an entitlement that operates outside the laws of nature.
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13105.htm
>
>===
>Real Oil Crisis: 
>
>What would happen if the world were to start running out of oil? ABC
Australia Video Report: Windows Media and Real Video
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13112.htm
>
>===
>Global Food Supply Near the Breaking Point: 
>
>The world is now eating more food than farmers grow, pushing global grain
stocks to their lowest level in 30 years. 
>http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33268
>
>===
>Jeremy Scahill: In the Black(water) : 
>
>The environment is devastated. People are disenfranchised. Financial
resources, desperate residents are told, are scarce. But at least New
Orleans has a Wal-Mart parking lot serving as a FEMA Disaster Recovery
Center with perhaps the tightest security of any parking lot in the world. 
>http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060605/scahill
>
>===
>John W. Dean : How Does President Bush Compare with Other Wartime
Presidents With Respect to Free Speech Issues? : 
>
>The Bush Administration has been talking of using the Espionage Act of 1917
to prosecute the New York Times and the Washington Post. Yet these veteran
newspapers' "crimes" consist merely of publishing Pulitzer-Prize-winning
articles on the CIA's secret prisons, and the NSA's secret surveillance
programs.
>http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060519.html
>
>===
>Senate blocks effort to limit benefits to immigrants: 
>
>The U.S. Senate blocked an effort on Thursday to limit Social Security
benefits for illegal immigrants who would become permanent residents under a
sweeping immigration overhaul being debated by lawmakers.
>http://tinyurl.com/rermc
>
>===
>U.S. Infant Mortality Among Worst in Industrialized Nations: 
>
>America may be the world's superpower, but its survival rate for newborn
babies ranks near the bottom among modern nations, better only than Latvia
>http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/ap_060509_infant_mortality.html
>
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