PUTTING THE 'TB' SCARE IN PERSPECTIVE --- ALSO THE GUY'S FATHER-IN-LAW WORKS FOR THE CDC .. ARE YOU SCARED?

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WE ARE ABOUT TO START BOMBING IRAN OVER NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THIS WOMAN WAS UNDER COVER INVESTIGATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES. WE HAVE PURE EVIL IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE'RE TIED UP WATCHING AMERICAN IDOL

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

BAGHDAD IS BASICALLY A WASTELAND

From Dahr Jamail:
Below is an email I have just received from my close friend and translator Abu Talat. While he has fled Baghdad with his family and is now a refugee in Syria, he recently had to return to Baghdad in order to try to salvage what is left of his former life (his car, belongings from his house, etc.) before returning back to Syria. His note is instructive as to the current living conditions in the capital city of Iraq. Here is the full text of his message:

Habibi…
Baghdad is a SMASHED city…no roads to drive on…most of them are closed off by concrete obstacles with concertina wire. In addition, the presence of the Iraqi military, who cover their faces with black masks and hold their guns in such a way that when you see them you will definitely be afraid that they will shoot you.
The shops in most of the area I went to see are closed. I asked one of the shop owners I know, 55-year-old Abu Fadhil, since I heard that his shop was robbed. I found his door closed and locked and he was nowhere to be found.
Later, on my way to Sadr City, I found that two of the three roads which lead all the way from south to north Baghdad are either partially or totally closed in some places. You still remember the highways in Baghdad…well now most of them are closed, or at least fenced off with obstacles, yet they say there is some progress in the security situation inside the city! Everyday two or three cars explode across Baghdad, killing big numbers of civilians.When I returned to my neighborhood of al-Adhamiya, I couldn’t get in unless the soldiers checked my ID and my car, even though the guards are from the same neighborhood and they know me personally. But they had to check it to ensure that no car bombs might happen. Nevertheless, daily mortars shell my neighborhood and those are out of control, despite this concrete wall placed by the Americans which now surrounds our neighborhood. Despite all that they do, they cannot bring security to our small neighborhood.
Needless to say, Baghdad has been changed into THE CITY OF GARBAGE. You can find it everywhere. You can smell the stench of dead bodies wherever you go.
Talking of electricity, there is now only one hour daily. That’s it. From where we’re staying in the city center, in Bab al-Muadham, I can see from the balcony that people sleep nearly naked on their rooftops because it is so hot and there is no electricity to run fans or air conditioners. Thank God that there are two large generators that maintain electricity in our building.
Everyday by 2-3 pm the buildings where we are staying are closed so that noone can leave or enter. That way it is kept secure, and this is how it remains until the next morning.
As far as my family life in this condition, we are as though we are in jail from 2-3 pm until the second morning where the doors are opened at 7 am.
My son goes to the hospital to work, but for the last two days he finds it without any running water. [His son works in Baghdad Medical City, the largest hospital in Iraq] For the last 2 weeks, as he told me, the hospital has been without any air conditioning and almost without patients, although it’s the biggest hospital in Iraq.
My sons wife, who is also a doctor, has to go to another hospital just to try to assist since there is a drastic lack of Gynecologists. She stays in her hospital for three days continuously before my son picks her up with his car on the fourth day to bring her home, in order to insure her safety so she doesn’t have to take a bus or taxi.
As for my daughter, she has not passed out the doorway of this apartment where we are staying for the last week except for one time for some work she had to accomplish.
My wife left here only once, when she went to her job (which she has been on leave from since we left to Syria) in order to apply for a full year vacation. Thank God she got it.As for me, I found my car ruined, so I had to repair it. For that I called the mechanic to come to my home and repair it, since I couldn’t take the car to him since all the mechanics shops are closed and there is no place to have a car repaired. All of those shops are totally closed.
When I saw the mechanic he said, “We cannot live anymore, and there is no job we can find.”
Dahr, this short letter gives you just a glance of the current situation in Baghdad. With the next letter I will tell you some more.

THE DICK GETS WARM RECEPTION AT WEST POINT CEREMONIES

BILL MAHER TALKS TO MICHAEL MOORE ABOUT "SICKO"

GREG PALAST HAS KARL ROVES EMAILS . . . about 500 that should bring the WHITEhouse down

nooz in toonz

OLBERMANN -- FEAR WE GO AGAIN

HE SLAMS THE DEMOCRATS FOR BEING WEAK ON CONFRONTING BUSH -- this is exactly how i feel

CAN YOU DECIPHER THESE PRICES

LOYALTY IS THIS ADMINISTRATION'S DISEASE

GORE REALLY IS THE MAN WITH A PLAN

THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS AND IT ISN'T BEING REPORTED IN MAIN STREAM MEDIA

With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack.
Under that plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility “for ensuring constitutional government.”
He laid this all out in a document entitled “National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51” and “Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20.”
Other than a discussion on Daily Kos led off by a posting by Leo Fender, and a pro-forma notice in a couple of mainstream newspapers, this document has gone unremarked upon.
The subject of the document is entitled “National Continuity Policy.” Read more…

SINGER NORA JONES STARS IN 'MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS' OPENING THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL = click here for trailer one and link below for trailer two

http://video.accesshollywood.com/player/?id=104631

FOX NEWS REVIEW PRAISES MICHAEL MOORE'S SICKO

BLACK SABBATH'S WAR PROTEST SONG "WAR PIGS" STILL RELEVANT 37 YEARS LATER

BUSH MEETS THE BRITISH MEDIA . . . and makes an ass of himself

JON STEWART CATCHES GONZO LYING BIG TIME

KATE O'BEIRNE DEFINITELY DRANK TOO MUCH KOOL AID

COLBERT NAILS A CLUELESS TOM DELAY

DAILY SHOW READS BUSH'S BODY LANGUAGE

COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER -- could be worse and more imminent than global warming

TEN REASONS TO IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY -- from impeachpac.org

1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.

2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.

4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.

5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.

6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.

7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.

9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.

JON STEWART GRILLS TIM RUSSERT ON ROVE AND GONZO