It appears so Stratfor sources, including Qatari diplomats and Russian military intelligence officials, confirm that authorities in Qatar foiled a coup plot this month after one of the conspirators betrayed the group for money. Arabicnews.com on Oct. 16 cited rumors out of Cairo and the Gulf States that the Qatari government had arrested “scores” of [...]
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A coup foiled in Qatar?
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Bush Administration Ignores Public Comments on Regulation Reviews
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Who needs participatroy democracy? Apparently, not the Bush Administration: The Democratic staff report said OMB, acting on White House staff chief Andrew Card’s January 2001 memo ordering a review of Clinton-era regulations, suggested to agencies they not seek public comment, treating “as an annoyance and an obstacle” an important legal requirement. The Bush administration has [...]
Schools being bought?
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AlterNet: Do Corporations Rule the Schools? This is a direct result of starving schools of resources: Formed in 1970, PLT works to promote paper products, logging and industrial management of our nation’s forests. They offer this version of “environmental education” to students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade and claim to have reached more than 500,000 [...]
Sniper Update
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Two held in sniper case; gun found Via Atrios and Jason Rylander It looks more likely hat the police have the sniper: NBCS PETE WILLIAMS reported that the gun was a Bushmaster rifle, one of the guns officials said is capable of firing a .223-caliber bullet the type used in the sniper slayings. The [...]
Islamic terrorism?
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Instapundit.com: This is a bit ridiculous: The TV people are still playing this as “a new kind of serial killer” — but it’s not. It’s terrorism. It may be terrorism of the “leaderless resistance” variety — or not — but unless this is a huge screwup by the authorities it’s pretty obviously Islamic terrorism, and [...]
This is why Bush Cannot be allowed to turn Homeland Security into a Patronage Shop
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Yahoo! News – FBI Whistle-Blower May Be Fired This is what the real battle is over: An FBI (news – web sites) agent who accused colleagues of stealing a Tiffany crystal globe from the World Trade Center ruins received a poor performance review, an indication the agency is preparing to fire her, her lawyer said [...]
Daily news Wednesday, October 23, 2002… Advocate.com We don’t need no stinkin’ science: The Washington Post reports that a group of 12 House Democrats on Monday sent a letter to Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson questioning why scientific information has been removed from HHS Web sites–including information about the effectiveness of condom use [...]
Is voter intimidation part of the Republican Plan?
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You have to wonder. In 2000, the Republican Party of Florida knowingly disenfranchised thousands of black voters. In 2002, the Republicans in Pennsylvania are – illegally, it appears – moving a polling place that had been in place for 38 years? Why? Meanwhile, local Democratic leaders and lawyers for the residents said the resolution – [...]
Bush using Government to re-elect Republicans
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Bush Enlists Government in GOP Campaign (washingtonpost.com) It goes beyond the normal pork give aways in tight races, although that is bad enough: President Bush has harnessed the broad resources of the federal government to promote Republicans in next month’s elections. From housing grants in South Dakota and research contracts in Florida to Air Force [...]
Sniper found?
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CNN.com – Two arrested in sniper case – Oct. 24, 2002 Lets hope these are the right guys: Members of the sniper task force arrested an ex-soldier and his stepson early Thursday at a freeway rest stop. Sources told CNN the two were considered suspects in the shootings that have killed 10 and wounded three [...]
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