Honduras' new gov't finds nation 'bankrupt'

Dr. Lani Kass
From 1982 to1985, Kass was Director of the Russian Research Center at Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Bethesda, Md. From 1985 to 2005, Kass was Professor of Military Strategy and Operations at National War College at National Defense University in Fort McNair, Washington. "Kass previously served inDefense Department under Dick Cheney, having worked from 1992 to 1993 as Special Assistant to the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J-5), Joint Staff at the Pentagon. She returned to the...

Judge: Warrantless Surveillance Was Illegal
As first reported by Firedoglake’s Marcy Wheeler , a federal judge has ruled that the Bush Administration illegally wiretapped the defunct Islamic charity al-Haramain, a major legal step in a years’-long battle to determine whether Bush’s constellation of warrantless Surveillance programs begun after the 9/11 attacks broke the law. The New York Times : Judge Walker did not directly address the legal arguments made by the Bush Administration in defense of the N.S.A. program...

McChrystal: We've Shot 'An Amazing Number' Of Innocent Afghans
As reported in the New York Times last week, a significant number of innocent Afghans continue to be killed by US and NATO forces despite new rules issued by Gen. Stanley McChrystal meant to help reduce civilian casualties. Indeed, the number of Afghans who have been killed or hurt by troop shootings at convoys and Military checkpoints has basically remained the same since McChrystal announced his directives. "We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever...

Liz Cheney, Fred Thompson to join Sarah Palin for 'Winning America Back' at Independence arena
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (March 31, 2010) " Preserving American Liberty announced today Fred and Jeri Thompson and Liz Cheney will join Sarah Palin at the Independence Events Center, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Fred Thompson is a former Presidential Candidate, U.S. Senator and is a well-known Actor, Jeri Thompson is married to Fred Thompson and is a political commentator, and Liz Cheney is with Keep America Safe and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. About "Winning America Back"...

Diagnosis: Cheney
"What is wrong with Dick Cheney?" asks Michelle Cottle in the inaugural issue of the newly relaunched New Republic. She then spends the next 1,900 words marshaling evidence suggesting that his cardiac disease has left him demented and mentally disordered. The charming part of this not-to-be-missed article (titled "Heart of Darkness," no less) is that it is framed as an exercise in compassion. Since Cottle knows that the only way for her New Republic readers to understand Cheney is...

Dave Lindorff: The Case for the Impeachment of Barack Obama
ack in 2005-06, I wrote a book, The Case for Impeachment , in which I made the argument that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, as well as other key figures in the Bush/Cheney administration--Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales--should be impeached for War Crimes, as well as Crimes against the Constitution of the United States. These days, when I mention the book’s title, people sometimes ask,...

DNC Sells Out First Shipment of Biden Healthcare Shirts
I wonder what the response would be, if the RNC tried to sell t-shirts of what Dick Cheney said to Pat Leahy on the Senate floor? "Health Reform is a big f****** deal" thehill.com Democrats say t-shirts that riff on Vice President Joe Biden's well-known take on the Healthcare law are selling like hotcakes. Organizing For America, the Grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), are selling the shirts for $25 a piece in an effort to fundraise off Biden's slip that Healthcare's...

Investigation of Drilling Regulations Is Urged
WASHINGTON — Five members of Congress called Thursday for investigations into the Bush Administration's Regulation of hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas drilling technique pioneered by Halliburton Co. , Vice President Dick Cheney 's former employer. In separate requests, the lawmakers urged the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general to investigate the practice, called for Congressional Hearings and submitted detailed questions to EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt. Four of...

Are Democrats talking down the economy? Economic Preview
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- It's the job of the loyal opposition to persuade the people that the politicians currently in charge have screwed up. George Bush and Dick Cheney did it in late 2000 when they started talking about how weak the economy was. The Democrats in the Lame-duck Clinton Administration squawked that the incoming leaders were talking down the economy, making things worse just by talking. Now it's the Democrats' turn to trash-talk the economy. It's starting to show up in the...

Top CIA Official Says Waterboarding Ban Has No Negative Impact On Intelligence Gathering
Another nail in the Cheney coalition's coffin: Michael Sulick, head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, told a student audience last week that the spy agency has seen no fall-off in Intelligence since Waterboarding was banned by the Obama Administration. "I don't think we've suffered at all from an Intelligence standpoint," Sulick told students and some faculty members at Fordham University, his alma mater, on March 25. "But I don't want to talk about [it from] a...

CIA official claims no intel losses after waterboarding ban
by Jay McDonough There's no shortage of Interrogation technique experts who'll openly contradict Dick Cheney, Marc Thiessen and the other notable Torture advocates.  Add another to the list: Michael Sulick, head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, told a student audience last week that the spy agency has seen no fall-off in intelligence since Waterboarding was banned by the Obama Administration. "I don't think we've suffered at all from an intelligence...

WY: 2010 Gov (Rasmussen 3/25)
Rasmussen 3/25/10; 500 likely voters, 4.5% margin of error Mode: Automated phone ( Rasmussen release ) Wyoming 2010 Governor 43% Mead (R), 25% Massie (D) 45% Micheli (R), 23% Massie (D) 43% Meyer (R), 26% Massie (D) 41% Simpson (R), 26% Massie (D) Favorable / Unfavorable Matt Mead: 39 / 19 Ron Micheli: 38 / 18 Mike Massie: 36 / 24 Rita Meyer: 50 / 20 Colin Simpson: 56 / 20 Dick Cheney: 61 / 31 Job Approval / Disapproval Pres. Obama: 31 / 68 Gov. Freudenthal: 75 / 23

Paul Loeb: 'Soul Of A Citizen' Excerpt: How The Christian Coalition And MoveOn Helped Save The Internet Together
Pursuing bipartisanship at the expense of conviction is a losing game, as we saw with the endless delays on the Health Care bill. But when we create unexpected alliances that cross political lines, they can yield powerful results. Consider how MoveOn and the Christian Coalition helped save the Internet as we know it. *** "When it comes to protecting Internet freedom, the Christian Coalition and MoveOn respectfully agree," read the New York Times ad. MoveOn was the largest progressive...

Reviews praise Apple iPad battery life, ease of use
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iPad scored well on battery life and ease of use in its first reviews, but it will not obliterate the Laptop Computer market yet, according to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Technology   |   Media Reviewers at both papers said the Tablet Computer, which goes on sale Saturday, works nicely for Web surfing or using media such as video and books, but it may appeal less to people who need Laptops for more heavy-duty chores. The iPad...

Newsverse: The Light in the Tunnel
By Jerry Adler After 16 years and $10 billion, there was joy in the meadows and tunnels of the Swiss-French countryside Tuesday: the world's biggest physics machine, the Large Hadron Collider, finally began to make subatomic particles collide. "New York Times, March 31. Thirteen billion years ago,   Beginning with a pinpoint glow The Universe we've come to know Emerged, and then commenced to grow. And all that ever was and is Precipitated from that fizz Of X-rays, gamma rays and...

There They Go Again
The New York Times, that is.

Dennis Santiago: Move Your Money: 90th Day Report
It's been one quarter since Move Your Money burst upon the scene on December 29, 2009. Over the last 90 days, most of the media coverage of the campaign has focused on the amazing phenomenon that acting on the simple idea that putting their money into good banks focused on local needs is a worthwhile notion. It's been a nationwide "human" response affecting the varied landscape of U.S. banking as seen in this map publised in the New York Times using date provided by IRA. The web server...

Elsewhere: Fighting Schneiderman, Praising Delayments
Bloomberg speaks , New Yorkers obey. McMahon plays defense . Team McMahon is bipartisan, notes Rivoli. Levy disses Paladino. Levy gets support from Republicans. Thrush : D'amato's endorsement of Bruce Blakeman "further proves the point he's quietly working for Kirsten." Biden sells . Ruben Diaz Sr. vs Eric Schneiderman. Richard Brodsky vs Schneiderman. A Hospital honcho talks. DiNapoli praises delayments. Drink up , Ziff. NGD has a complaint about The New York Times , though I'm not...

Vatican lashes out against sex abuse coverage
Vatican City — Cardinals rushed to Pope Benedict XVI's defense on Holy Thursday amid accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, as an increasingly angry Vatican made a stinging attack on the U.S. media for its coverage. The relationship between the church and the media has become increasingly bitter as the scandal buffeting the 1 billion-member church has touched the pontiff himself. On Wednesday, the church singled out the New York Times for criticism in an...

Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal
Vatican City (AP) - Cardinals across Europe used their Holy Thursday sermons to defend Pope Benedict XVI from accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, and an increasingly angry Vatican sought to deflect any criticism in the Western media. The relationship between the church and the media has become increasingly bitter as the scandal buffeting the 1 billion-member church has touched the pontiff himself. On Wednesday, the church singled out The New York Times for criticism...

Liberals admit healthcare bill is about socialism
So it turns out that Obamacare really is all about Socialism. Those on the right and the Tea Party activists have been saying that for over a year, but it is only now, after the bill has been signed into law, that the left has finally admitted it. It must be nice to finally get that off their chests. As much practice as Progressives have in lying and keeping secrets, it must still be relieving to get things out in the open. That’s why New York Times columnist Paul Krugman stated that...

Same as it ever was...
I've got a new Think Again, column, "The New, New, New Journalism," here . More evidence that Mearsheimer and Walt are largely right: 1) They've sent around a roughly 80-page response to their critics, which is largely compelling even though I am one of the people they refute. 2) This New York Times article quotes no one at all in support of Carter's position, only critics. Since when does the Times write in its news pages about controversies entirely from one side of...

Marc Thiessen Finally Sours On Torture
It was with some disappointment that I read today’s new column from Marc Thiessen, the former George W. Bush speechwriter, new Washington Post columnist, and noted Waterboarding enthusiast. After all, the previous day had seen the arrests of nine people in connection with a terrorist plot against Law Enforcement officers in Michigan. According to the New York Times , the nine “planned to kill an unidentified Law Enforcement officer and then bomb the funeral caravan using...

Vatican Confirms Pat Dollard's Charge That Satan Is Publishing The New York Times
Catholic News Agency: Rome, Italy, Mar 31, 2010 / 11:47 am (CNA).- Noted Italian exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, commented this week that the recent defamatory reporting on Pope Benedict XVI, especially by the New York Times, was "prompted by The Devil." Speaking to News Mediaset in Italy, the 85-year-old exorcist noted that The Devil is behind "the recent attacks on Pope Benedict XVI regarding some Pedophilia cases." "There is no doubt about it. Because he is a marvelous Pope and...

Vatican: Pope Has Immunity in Abuse Cases
AP / Silvia Izquierdo On Thursday, the Vatican’s top legal official pointed out that Pope Benedict XVI won’t be implicated in any of the sex abuse cases currently under investigation, as he is technically a head of state. Also, the Vatican would like The New York Times to “reconsider its attack mode” regarding The Pope. Reuters via Yahoo News: Dalla Torre outlined the Vatican’s strategy to defend The Pope from being forced to testify in several Lawsuits concerning...