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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a judicial ceremony in Tehran. Photograph: Str/AP

Battle for Iran shifts from the streets to the heart of power
Peter Beaumont and a special correspondent in Tehran
The Observer, Sunday 28 June 2009

Ayatollah Khamenei's support for President Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him. More

At Guantanamo Bay's Camp 5 detention center, a guard stands near the shadow of a detainee. The Obama administration plans to bypass Congress with an executive order allowing indefinite detention, according to government officials. (Photo: Getty Images)

White House Drafts Indefinite Detention Order

Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn, ProPublica and The Washington Post: "The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate suspected terrorists indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations." More

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Crap-On-Earth!

US Policies Criticized by UN Rights Watchdog

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, South African Navanethem Pillay. (Photo: AP)

Colum Lynch, The Washington Post: "The United Nations' top human rights advocate, Navanethem Pillay, on Wednesday appealed to the Obama administration to release Guantanamo Bay inmates or try them in a court of law, and said officials who authorized the use of 'torture' must be held accountable." Full Story

Crap-O-Day!

Officers of Iran's Revolutionary Guard at a meeting with President Ahmadinejad earlier this year. (Photo: Rouholla Vahdati / ISNA / AP)

Protests of the June 12 presidential election are reportedly continuing in Iran, but U.S. intelligence agencies know little about what is happening on the ground due to a lack of staff in the country. Sipa via AP

For US Intelligence, Few Clues to Iran Turmoil

Mary Louise Kelly, NPR: "Generations of Western spies have tried, and mostly failed, to decipher events in Iran. Martin Indyk was among them. Working for Australian intelligence 30 years ago, Indyk, who has since served as a US diplomat, regaled a recent gathering at the Brookings Institution with his efforts to crack Iran in 1979." More

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Crap-Crap-Crap!

Following an Israeli missile strike, a Palestinian man attempts to douse flames from a fuel t

ank. (Photo: Xinhua / AP)

Ira Chernus | Palestinian and Israeli Violence: Time to Change the Story

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch.com: "The Israel Project hired pollster Stanley Greenberg to test American opinion on the Middle East conflict - and got a big surprise. In September 2008, 69% of Americans called themselves pro-Israel. Now, it's only 49%. In September, the same 69% wanted the US to side with Israel; now, only 44%. How to explain this dramatic shift? Greenberg himself suggested the answer years ago when he pointed out that, in politics, 'a narrative is the key to everything.' Last year the old narrative about the Middle East conflict was still dominant: Israel is an innocent victim, doing only what it must do to defend itself against the Palestinians. Today, that narrative is beginning to lose its grip on Americans." More

Crap-O-the-Americas!

A nun stands vigilant at the gate of the School of the America's at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Photo: St. Anthony's)

Louis Wolf | A Thoroughly Un-American Institution

Louis Wolf, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: "Today, Thursday June 25th Congress will to vote on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act which would require the School of the Americas/WHINSEC to release to the public the names, ranks, countries of origin, courses taken and dates of attendance of all the students and instructors at the institute. The School of the America's, renamed WHINSEC, is an organization founded with the explicit purpose of teaching its students the science of torture and interrogation techniques. Its records have been concealed, and for the most part its dealings shrouded in mystery." More

De-Econo-Crap!

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor leader Maria Elena Durazo at a rally where she urged Fresh & Easy supermarkets to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement with a local coalition. (Photo: AP)

Recession No Time to Retreat, Says LA Labor Leader

Patrick J. McDonnell, The Los Angeles Times: "The state may be going broke, jobs may be vanishing like the morning mist, and the nation may be enduring its worst economic stretch in decades. But Southern California's top labor leader says this is not the time for unions to beat a retreat. On the contrary." More

Hot Fat Tuesday

Craps from the Crypt!



Who Cares About Palestine and its children? Can you hear the parents wailing for their youngs? and the crying of the children who have just lost their parents to an Israeli bullet? Can you smell the Palestinian blood that is not yet dried while the fresh blood bled from a fresh kill? In Gaza? West Bank? Everywhere?

Between Burbank and West Bank... why should there be such a big discrepancy? Where do we go and turn to? Who is listening to our plea?

Shame on you and the world.

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morning

crap-o-day!

Mohammed Mossadeg, Man of the Year

Chris Hedges' Columns

Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away

a beautiful sunday...

Craps from the Crypt!

a beautiful sunday afternoon... in San Francisco,... but across the lands and oceans... there are people fighting for the things they're dying for, such as Freedom! They are Not invisible and they are Invincible...

crap #1

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/21/iran-neda-warning-gr.html

"At 19:05 June 20th Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi st. A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart.

I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.""

They Called her Neda (means Voice in Farsi), her full name is Neda Agha Soltan, was born 1982, Philosophy student, with classmates/teacher at the time... Died with her eyes open... Copy&Paste above link to watch the video of her last moments caught by a cellphone. The man in white shirt and cried out for her to come back is her father.

Crap #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMxFa6-6gJ4&feature=pyv&ad=3809534051&kw=neda&gclid=COy3uYydnJsCFShRagodcFo6pQ

== The Author's Calling==
This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Wont anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We cant afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
Its a do or die situation
We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify
Were gonna scream until were satisified
What are we running for?
Weve got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When theres no where we can run to anymore

We cant afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
Its a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
Its a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Wont anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When theres no where, no where we can run to anymore

We cant afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
Its a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
Its a do or die situation
We will be invincible

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worldcrap!

More Pictures

Images Reveal Full Horror of "Amazon's Tiananmen"
Friday 19 June 2009
by: Guy Adams | Visit article original @ The Independent UK

(Photo: AP)

Peru accused of cover-up after indigenous protest ends in death at Devil's Bend. full story

Peru Indians Hail "Historic" Day
Friday 19 June 2009
by: | Visit article original @ BBC News

Indigenous Peruvians participate in a barricade, blocking the entrance to the city of Yurimaguas during protesting last week. (Photo: Reuters)

Indigenous groups in Peru have called off protests after two land laws which led to deadly fighting were revoked. More

domesticcrap!

Firing Back on Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
Thursday 18 June 2009
by: Sara Robinson | Visit article original @ The Campaign for America's Future

Anti-abortion activists pray together before meeting with the press about their reaction to the Tiller murder. (Photo: Reuters)

It's been a wild couple of weeks for those of us in the wingnutology business. Our services have been in tremendous demand as the mainstream media tries to sort out the meaning of what Scott Roeder and James von Brunn did. I've done an average of one radio show every day for the past two weeks trying to help various lefty talkers around the country make some sense of it all; and I'm generally gratified at how seriously people are starting to take this. Read More

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