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20080619
 John
McCain -  Barack
Obama -  Iowa
-  Flood
- Disaster
-  Law
-  Enforcement
- 2008
Election
"Culver
aides: McCain ignored request to cancel Iowa visit."
... "An aide to [Iowa Democratic Governor] Gov. Chet Culver said Thursday
that [2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain ignored
the governor's request to cancel a campaign visit amid a massive flood
recovery effort in the state." ... "Patrick Dillon, Culver's chief of staff,
said the governor was concerned that McCain's trip would divert local law
enforcement from the flood recovery effort to provide security for McCain."
... "[2008 Election] Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama canceled
a scheduled visit to eastern Iowa last week at the request of state officials."
-By Mike Glover -AP
via -Google
Disaster
-  Environment
-  Human
-  Agriculture
-  Land
-  Science
- Iowa
-  History
-  Weather
"Iowa
Flooding Could Be An Act of Man, Experts Say." ...
"[Cedar Falls, Iowa college professor and City Council member Kamyar] Enshayan,
director of an environmental center at the University of Northern Iowa,
suspects that this natural disaster wasn't really all that natural. He
points out that the heavy rains fell on a landscape radically reengineered
by humans. Plowed fields have replaced tallgrass prairies. Fields have
been meticulously drained with underground pipes. Streams and creeks have
been straightened. Most of the wetlands are gone. Flood plains have been
filled and developed." ... ""We've done numerous things to the landscape
that took away these water-absorbing functions," he said. "Agriculture
must respect the limits of nature."" ... "Officials are still trying to
understand all the factors that contributed to Iowa's flooding, and not
everyone has the same suspicions as Enshayan. For them, the cause was obvious:
It rained buckets and buckets for days on end. They say the changes in
land use were lesser factors in what was really just a case of meteorological
bad luck." ... "But some Iowans who study the environment suspect that
changes in the land, both recently and over the past century or so, have
made Iowa's terrain not only highly profitable but also highly vulnerable
to flooding." ... "" (1, 2)
-By Joel Achenbach with contributions by Kari Lydersen
-WashingtonPost
 Military
- Tech
-  Safety
- Investigation
-  Government
-  Accounting
-  Politics
-  US
-  Taiwan
"US
N-weapons parts missing, Pentagon says." ... "The
US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components,
according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report
on nuclear safeguards." ... "Robert Gates, US [Republican President Bush's]
defence secretary, recently fired both the US Air Force chief of staff
and air force secretary after an investigation blamed the air force for
the inadvertent shipment of nuclear missile nose cones to Taiwan." ...
"According to previously undisclosed details obtained by the FT, the investigation
also concluded that the air force could not account for many sensitive
components previously included in its nuclear inventory." ... "One official
said the number of missing components was more than 1,000." ... "The disclosure
is the latest embarrassing episode for the air force, which last year had
to explain how a bomber mistakenly carried six nuclear missiles across
the US." -By Demetri Sevastopulos
-FT.com
20080618
War
Crimes - Criminal
- Politicians
- US
-  Iraq
-  Afghanistan
- Guantanamo
Bay -  Cuba
- Military
-  Intelligence
- Prison
- Torture
- Human
- Human
Rights - Law
-  Medical
-  Psychological
- Science
"General
who probed Abu Ghraib says [Republican President] Bush officials committed
war crimes." ... "The Army general who led the investigation
into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the [Republican
President] Bush administration Wednesday of committing "war crimes" and
called for those responsible to be held to account." ... "The remarks by
[Major General] Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a
new report that found that [United States] U.S. personnel tortured and
abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings,
electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices." ... ""After
years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports
from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether
the current administration has committed war crimes," Taguba wrote. "The
only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered
the use of torture will be held to account."" ... "Taguba, whose 2004 investigation
documented chilling abuses at Abu Ghraib, is thought to be the most senior
official to have accused the administration of war crimes. "The commander
in chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture,"
he wrote." ... "The group Physicians for Human Rights, which compiled the
new report, described it as the most in-depth medical and psychological
examination of former detainees to date." ... "Also this week, a probe
by the Senate Armed Services Committee revealed how senior Pentagon officials
pushed for harsher interrogation methods over the objections of top military
lawyers. Those methods later surfaced in Afghanistan and Iraq." -By
Warren
P. Strobel -McClatchyDC.com
Special
Report - Noteworthy
-US
- Guantanamo
Bay - Cuba
- Military
- Intelligence
- Torture
- War
Crimes - Prison
- Investigation
- Legal
- Rights
- Religious
-  Terrorism
-  School
- Politics
"Guantanamo
Bay detainees investigation." ... "An eight-month
McClatchy investigation of the detention system created after the [September]
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has found that the [United States] U.S. imprisoned
innocent men, subjected them to abuse, stripped them of their legal rights
and allowed Islamic militants to turn the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba into a school for jihad."
"
-McClatchyDC.com
Torture
- Crimes
- Unlawful
- US
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Guantanamo
Bay - Cuba
- Military
- Intelligence
- Prison
- Terrorism
- War
Crimes - Politics
- Human
- Rights
- Medical
- Psychological
- Science
"Broken
Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by
the US." ... "About: Broken Laws, Broken Lives shows the
human consequences of harsh and unlawful US interrogation practices. This
landmark report reveals the excruciating pain and continued suffering of
men who, never charged with any crime, endured torture at US detention
facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay [Cuba]. Based
on internationally accepted standards for clinical assessment of torture
claims, the report documents practices used to bring about long-lasting
pain, terror, humiliation, and shame for months on end." -Physicians
for Human Rights -BrokenLives.info
20080617
Obama
- 2008
Election -  Internet
-  Media
-  Cable
Networks - Politics
- Religion
-  Women
"Jon
Stewart Mocks Media For Peddling Insane Obama Rumors."
... "On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart mocked the media's willingness
to peddle insane rumors about [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate]
Barack Obama — and their tendency to blame the rumor-mongering on internet
sites. Calling it "Baracknophobia," Stewart showed clips of anchor and
pundits from all three cable networks repeating baseless rumors (Muslim,
plagiarist, sexist, etc.) about Barack Obama (and his wife Michelle)."
-HuffingtonPost.com
 WATCH!-)
Jon Stewart on "Baracknophobia" ... "The irrational fear of hope."
20080616
 Kevin
Jeffrey Martin -  Corporate
- Government
- Politics
-  Satellite
- Spectrum
- History
-  Communications
- Media
- Minorities
- Women
- Lawmakers
-  Md
"Radio
Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers: Caucus, FCC
[Federal Communications Commission] Chair Differ On Setting Aside XM, Sirius
Channels for Minorities." ... "Senior members of the Congressional Black
Caucus yesterday criticized a compromise plan for the proposed merger of
the XM and Sirius satellite radio companies, saying the deal does not provide
enough opportunities for minority-owned programming." ... "[Republican
President Bush's] Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin
said over the weekend that he would support the merger after XM Satellite
Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio voluntarily agreed, among a series
of other concessions, to lease 4 percent of their radio spectrums, or 12
channels, for programming run by minorities and women." ... "Members of
the black caucus on Capitol Hill have been arguing for the merged company
to lease five times that amount of spectrum to companies owned by racial
minorities." ... "[Maryland Democratic Representative Elijah E. Cummings:]
"It's shocking to the conscience in this day and age, where the minority
populations comprise a significant part of the satellite radio audience,
that Mr. Martin would settle for what I deem to be crumbs that have fallen
off the table," Cummings said." ... "If the merger is approved, it would
be a major reversal of FCC rules. The agency distributed licenses to XM
and Sirius in 1997 on the condition the two companies never combine." -By
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum -WashingtonPost
 Electricity
- Market
- Law
- Enforcement
-  Texas
"Power
firms’ treatment angers Texans." ... "Prices aren’t
the only thing skyrocketing in the state’s deregulated electricity market."
... "Amid continuing company failures — and the resulting forced transfer
of tens of thousands of ratepayers to default electric companies — Texans
in growing numbers are griping about their ill treatment by power companies."
... "According to the Texas Public Utility Commission, complaints related
to the electric market jumped from 704 in January to 1,123 in May. Complaints
against three of the four recently failed electric companies jumped about
2,400 percent, from about 20 at the beginning of the year to 508 in May."
... "E-mails and phone calls also continue streaming into the Star-Telegram.
Frustrated consumers tell stories of poor treatment by their regular electric
competitors, confusing PUC rules, uninformed marketers and the near impossibility
of obtaining reliable information about the financial status of companies
seeking their business." ... "One company has collected payments from customers
but not delivered any electricity, according to some complaints." -By
R.A. Dyer -Star-Telegram.com
20080615
John
McCain -  Clayton
Williams - Women
- Politics
- Texas
-  Ariz
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Texas Fundraiser Back On, Sans Oilman." ... "[2008
Elecition Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz [Republican-Arizona]) has decided to hold a fundraiser initially
sponsored by a controversial Texas oilman later in the summer at a different
venue, according to an aide who asked not to be identified." ... "McCain
had planned to hold a joint fundraiser with the Republican National Committee
on Monday at the Midland, Tex., home of Clayton Williams, who ran for governor
of his state in 1990. But after reporters from The Washington Post and
ABC inquired Friday about a remark Williams made comparing rape to bad
weather -- "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and
enjoy it" -- the campaign cancelled the fundraiser. Williams has apologized
for the remarks" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Texas
- 2008
Election
"McCain
Cancels Event Over Texan's 1990 Rape Joke: Clayton
Williams Made Comments While Running Against [then Texas Democratic Candidate
for Governor] Ann Richards." ... "Questions from the media prompted Republican
[2008 Election Presidential Candidate] John McCain to cancel a fundraiser
at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in
while being raped." ... "The Texan, Republican Clayton "Claytie" Williams,
made the joke during his failed 1990 campaign for governor against Democrat
Ann Richards. Williams compared rape to the weather, saying, "As long as
it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it." He also compared
Richards to the cattle on his ranch, saying he would "head her and hoof
her and drag her through the dirt."" ... "Williams told his hometown newspaper,
the Midland Reporter-Telegram, that he had raised more than $300,000 for
McCain." -AP
via -cbs2chicago.com
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