The Neocons 'do-it-again.' Georgia pushed its luck and Russia responded. You mean Cheney isn't declaring war? Oh. A lesson for Georgia.

Georgia wanted to join NATO. This year was a last ditch effort to carry out its plans. The result would have been disasterous and would have dragged Europe, Canada and USA into a conflict with Russia.

The enlisting of Georgia and the Ukraine this year into NATO would have spawned huge issues globally. Georgia took the aggressive position to invade a sensitive area of Russia while attempting to place a missile shield at their borders. It is plainly obvious what this is all about and quite frankly, Georgia is getting carried away with its priorities.

Georgia's David to Russia's Goliath.

Basically, Bush, Rice and Cheney has stated, '...we will play along, but, Georgia has to pull this one off on their own.'

Bush chronically attempts war with every sovereign nation on Earth at the expense of OTHER countries military.

I do believe the USA has a war to fight.

It started on September 11, 2001 and is based in Afghanistan.

Now that Musharraf is quite possibly impeached, we might even have half a chance of winning it.

HOWEVER.

It would have been far easier if Russia were at our side again.

Nato, Georgia and missile defence (click here)
I am just back from Tbilisi in Georgia, where I received this unorthodox welcome from a Tbilisi-based academic. “You have heard of the end of the earth. Well this is it. We are the last outpost of western civilisation.” This is not the normal Georgian line. The usual spin is that Georgia is a central part of the west - and always has been - apart from unfortunate periods on invasion by Mongol hordes (Tamburlaine passed through on numerous occasions) - or incorporation into various incarnations of the Russian empire.
There is certainly no denying Georgia’s ancient Christian culture and its historic links to Europe. The question for the Georgians is whether all this history will help them achieve their dearest political and strategic wish - membership of Nato. Right now they are feeling a bit let down because they failed to get a “Membership Action Plan” at the recent Nato summit in Bucharest, although they did get a promise that they will be Nato members - some day. The Georgians think things are a bit more urgent than that, since the Russians are (according to them) rapidly consolidating their grip in the break-away Georgian territory of Abkhazia.
I was in Tbilisi as a guest of the Brookings Institution, which had organised a conference on the “Frontiers of Europe”. My column for the paper next Tuesday will probably be about whether the west should accept the idea of a Russian “sphere of influence” that includes Georgia....

What is the CIA doing?

Georgia-CIA sting nets bomb-grade uranium (click here)
Radioactive material obtained on black market raises terrorism concerns
updated 11:53 a.m. ET, Thurs., Jan. 25, 2007
WASHINGTON - Republic of Georgia authorities, aided by the CIA, set up a sting operation last summer that led to the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of nuclear bomb-grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket, U.S. and Georgian officials said.
The operation, which neither government has publicized, represents one of the most serious cases of smuggling of nuclear material in recent years, according to analysts and officials.
The arrest underscored concerns about the possibility of terrorists acquiring nuclear bomb-making material on the black market, although there was no suggestion that the case was terrorist-related....

Flashback: CIA Aided Georgia’s “Rose Revolution” (click here)
By Congress Check in Uncategorized on August 8th, 2008
Schneider Home
January 5, 2008
The petals fall off the Rose
In November 2003 Georgia had its "Rose Revolution". The western media sat on their comfortable sofas, watched the news on their wide screen tvs, and declared a victory for democracy, a peaceful peoples’ uprising, and a glorious future under the Harvard trained Saakashvilli. Most of the world, myself included, swallowed this narrative. Bad, corrupt soviet leader Shevarnadze is forcefully ejected from his quasi-dictatorial throne by his own people, who yearned for European norms: human rights, democracy, membership of the EU, and membership of NATO. The people loved their new leader so much that 97% voted for him in the free and fair presidential elections the following January....


Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone. Evacuation


The evacuation from the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone started overnight on August 2, after Georgian forces began intensive shelling and sniping of Tskhinvali’s residential districts, which led to the seriously aggravated situation in the breakaway region of South Ossetia.


A total of 1,264 people, including 852 children, have arrived in North Ossetia from the conflict zone of South Ossetia. Another 400 children will be accepted by the Don Cossack Host in Russia’s Rostov Region and the North Caucasus Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, each taking 200.


General Mamuka Kurashvili, right, the commander of the peacekeeping operations of the Georgian armed forces.


A demarcation line between South Ossetia and Georgia in the peacekeeping forces’ zone of action in the village of Tserkov, the Tskhinval district.


An observation post of the peacekeeping forces from North Ossetia-Alania in the village of Tserkov, the Tskhinval district.

This is Bush diplomacy at work. Good job !!!!!!!!

S.Ossetia says over 1,000 dead after Georgian attack (click here)
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - Over 1,000 civilians have been killed as the result of an attack by Georgia on the capital of its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the North Ossetian nationalities minister said Friday.
"According to the South Ossetian information and press committee, the number of fatalities is estimated, according to preliminary information, at over 1,000," Teimuraz Kasayev said.
North Ossetia is part of Russia.
Georgia launched a major offensive early Friday morning using tanks, combat aircraft, heavy artillery and infantry.
Earlier Colonel Igor Konashenkov, an aide to the commander of the Russian Ground Forces, said about 10 Russian peacekeepers were killed and 30 wounded in the conflict zone.
The Russian Transportation Ministry's press service said Friday that Moscow would cut air links with Tbilisi....

How many other countries are responding with humanitarian aid to the people most affected by Bush's continual blundering?

Medvedev orders humanitarian aid for South Ossetia-2 (click here)
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered that humanitarian aid be provided to people affected by the ongoing conflict between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on Friday. (VIDEO)
Georgia launched a large-scale offensive against the province during the night, using tanks, combat aircraft, heavy artillery and infantry.
"The president has instructed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu and Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev to provide humanitarian aid to people affected by the escalation of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict," the Kremlin press service said.
According to various reports, a large part of the republic's capital, Tskhinvali, has been destroyed. South Ossetian authorities are reporting numerous civilian casualties. There are also casualties among peacekeepers....

I mean you have got to be joking. A US Missile Shield that is supposed to be protecting Europe from Iran.

Sure it will.

The current circumstances in Georgia is DIRECTLY related to the grossly incompetent diplomatic corps of Bush and their ability to 'boast' without soundly having a right to do so. Slight of hand doesn't work with Russia. It never has. A thinly veiled presence is for a bride not a military instillation.



During this administration, Georgia has never received this level of attention. It has committed troops as a Coalition partner and in exchange the Bush White House has lauded Georgia with praise and promises of a Missile Shield. That in the face of opposition by Russia to such aggression at their borders.

What's "W"rong? The USA not ready for a war on three fronts? Especially WW III?



David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters
Condoleezza Rice being greeted by Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili upon her arrival at the Tbilisi airport on Wednesday. (click here)
10 July 2008
TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgia on Wednesday accused Russia of sending fighter jets into its airspace to undermine a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Rice arrived in Tbilisi late Wednesday with a message of support for Georgia's government in its conflict with Russia over its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and to endorse the country's bid to join NATO.
The deputy commander of Georgia's military, Zurab Pochkua, said four Russian jets had spent a total of 40 minutes over South Ossetia on Tuesday night. He said Georgian forces did not fire on them to avoid loss of life on the ground.
A spokesman for Russia's Air Force declined to make an immediate comment. Russia has denied allegations in the past that its jets flew into Georgian airspace.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili said Russia was ratcheting up tension hours before Rice's arrival because it wanted to sabotage talks on Western countries taking a more active role in mediating the separatist conflicts....

History is made. China opens its spectacular Olympiad.

One World One Dream

That theme is especially important to China longing for a country united and properous. I wish them success. They certainly have proven to the world to be willing to step into the spot light, accept criticism and strive to be a country determined to provide 'a dream come true' to every participant with openness and fairness. China and its people deserves a round of applause for the diligence and dedication to come so far in achieving a goal many thought unobtainable for them. The Chinese are great people.


The Olympic rings are lit during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008. [Agencies]


General view shows Chinese flag bearer Yao Ming (R) leads his country's delegation next to nine-year-old Lin Hao during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008.The three-hour show at Beijing's iconic "Bird's Nest" national stadium is set to see more than 15,000 performers showcase the nation's ancient history and its development. [Agencies]

The real VIPs.

The athletes.

The Chinese delegation was impressive and widely representative of their people.

Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva waves to the Brazilian delegation during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008. [Agencies]

Brazil hopes to join the G8 in the future.

There were leaders from many countries both big and small. There are a record number of countries attending this year and China welcomed them with spectular fireworks never before witnessed.

The people of China worked long and hard to bring the world the Olympics this year and have opened previously closed areas of the city of Beijing. The people of China have every reason to celebrate this event as a historic event in the annals of the Olympic games.


G8-BRAZIL: Guest Brings Biofuel Arguments to Summit (click here)
By Fabiana FrayssinetRIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 5 (IPS) - As a guest at the G8 summit this week in Germany, Brazilian President Luiz Inᣩo Lula da Silva will present arguments to convince the leaders of the world's eight richest countries of the importance of biofuels in the fight against global warming....


Fireworks light up the National Stadium in Beijing during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 8, 2008. [Agencies]




A young man waves a national flag of China as dozens of residents of Beijing await for the start of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in front of a large screen in the Chinese capital's central shopping district of Wangfujing on August 8, 2008. [Agencies]

The Bush-Backed Coup Leader's Days in Power should be numbered.

Musharraf has canceled his travels to the China Olympic Games where he would meet with Bush because of his fears of impeachment.

No doubt, more judicial appointees will be replaced and a 'State of Emergency' will ensue once again.

Musharraf cancels China visit amid impeachment rumours (click here)
Islamabad - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called off his visit to China, hours before his departure, as the possibility of his impeachment brewed amid crucial meetings of the country's ruling coalition.
Musharraf was scheduled to leave for China in the afternoon to attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and meet Chinese leaders, including Prime Minister Hu Jintao.
"President Musharraf's visit now stands cancelled and the organizers have been informed about the development," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said.
Musharraf's abrupt decision was preceded by a marathon meeting overnight between the two main partners in the ruling coalition....

U.S. lawmaker urges India nuclear deal be delayed (click here)
Wed Aug 6, 2008 11:39pm BST
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has urged the Bush administration to shelve a nuclear trade deal with India unless it can guarantee compliance with a U.S. law that would suspend trade if India tested a nuclear weapon again.
In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, California Rep. Howard Berman, a Democrat, said it would be better to suspend congressional approval of the deal until the next Congress which convenes in January 2009.
"Given the lateness in the congressional session, it would be better to review these complex matters in the next Congress when they can receive a full and serious examination," Berman, a California Democrat said....

THIS IS ABOUT NUCLEAR ESCALATION. Either the USA believes in the Non-Proliferation Treaty while engaging in diplomatic channels to achieve reductions in nuclear dangers or they don't. The Candidates are very clear about this treaty. Obama wants a return to diplomatic strength in solving the issues of nuclear dangers while Bush simply gave free reign to fear mongering and proliferation.

The issue of 'using' India to secure some kind of odd leverage over China is hideous. The relations between China and India have never been better.

...And if India is unwilling to serve as America's deputy in Asia, does the nuclear deal deserve congressional support anyway?...(click here)

The policies of Republicans are NOT prudent when it comes to National Security.

They are 'rush to war,' 'rush to decision' and 'get away with crime' that later can be legislated as legitimate.

We have witnessed Republican exploitation of the USA in the housing market only to have the Fed and USA Treasury attempt to legitimatize dumping funds into a market place that is grossly oversaturated with building startups and undermining financial venues.

We have witnessed exploitation of privacy rights of Americans leading to Republican 'CYA' when it came to illegal wiretaps.

This is more than a trend by the Republicans, it is revealing a grossly 'UNKNOWN' agenda of political power that later seeks legitimate venues when power can be leveraged against the best interests of the American people.

How can any American 'trust' Republicans, when overt proof of their criminality exists, in elections when they seek undisclosed agendas that undermine the American Middle Class and cast the USA into self-perpetuating war?

The war in Afghanistan still awaits conclusion due to a faux agenda of Bush/Cheney after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. That was seven years ago. The terrorists that have perpetrated the attacks on the USA, hence, facilitating the 'lies that lead' to an Iraq invasion are still at large. That is a failure of the American people to protect their own best interests while propagating the interests of global terrorists. Allies are risk this election season if the American people cannot properly prioritize their best interests.

The Iraq Government is STILL indecisive and poorly received after five years of American occupation of that country. We don't belong in Iraq.

Agencies

Published: August 06, 2008, 17:59

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament has adjourned for a month-long break after adopting a supplementary budget of $21 billion, but failing to reach agreement on a provincial elections law.

Parliamentary speaker Mahmoud Al Mashhadani says the lawmakers will resume sessions on September 9, but he also ordered a committee to continue negotiations over the provincial elections law.

Wednesday's decision comes after lawmakers failed to reach agreement on the legislation despite days of intense negotiations and heavy pressure from US and UN officials.

Officials involved in preparations for the elections have said the lack of an agreement will likely delay the US-backed vote until next year.

The Democrats made the bold decision to run 'an honest' candidate that would work outside The DC Establishment. That is why McCain is NOT the choice

...Through Mr. Abu Naba’a’s connections, Mr. Sargeant has raised more than $100,000 in contributions from several dozen Arab Americans in California, including the Abdullahs, for four candidates: Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Giuliani, Mr. McCain and Charlie Crist in his successful campaign for Florida governor in 2006. Mr. Crist is a close friend and college fraternity brother of Mr. Sargeant....

The choices the electorate is faced with this Presidential Season results from exploitive Republican priorities.

Americans aren't going to 'brave' a new frontier that removes them from exploitation ?

You've got to be joking !

We have witnessed a stifled Democratic House and Senate due to the lack of 'guts' of a USA President to make bold moves in redirecting the USA out of the shadows of lies that led to war. Certainly, the American Electorate isn't going to fall 'back' into old patterns of self-defeat while electing an ultra-conservative Republican AGAIN ?

That would be a darn shame.

Yesterday, John McCain in his 'W'rong-headed propaganda stated the Iraq Surplus is due to the success of 'The Surge.' That is hideous. That is propaganda plain and simple and an out-right lie. Do Americans want a president that continues to lie and place faux priorities at the top of the agenda of American concerns?

I sincerely hope not.

If John McCain is lying about 'The Surge' and its link to the Iraq Surplus, what else he is lying about ?

A river of red ink (click here)
By NEWS SERVICES, Washington Post
Last update: July 28, 2008 - 11:12 PM
WASHINGTON - The White House predicted Monday that President Bush would leave a record $482 billion deficit to his successor, a sobering turnabout in the nation's fiscal condition from 2001, when Bush took office after three consecutive years of budget surpluses.
The new figure is driven by war costs, tax rebates and a slowing economy that will leave the next president little room to fulfill costly campaign promises. And the worst may be yet to come....

Paris Hilton goes from Food Porn to Politics. I guess it had to happen sooner or later. Carl, Jr. must be so proud.

John McCain stated, "...everyone is just having good fun..."

So, while spending millions in frivilous and defaming 'bigot' ads that seek 'character assassination' rather than addressing the USA's issues, it was all good clean fun.

Really?

Chill, everybody. Paris Hilton's no Willie Horton (click here)
JOHN IBBITSON
jibbitson@globeandmail.com
August 7, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Why is everyone beating up on John McCain?
A week after it debuted, the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad still has legs. The Republican spot juxtaposes images of the tabloid sensations with Barack Obama's rally in Berlin, claiming that the Democratic presidential nominee is "the biggest celebrity in the world," but not ready to lead.
Ms. Hilton responded with her own video, released on funnyordie.com. "That wrinkly, white-haired guy used me in his ad, which I guess means I'm running for president," she declares, from her poolside chair.
"So thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude, and I want America to know I'm, like, totally ready to lead."...

Some time ago, I set parameters as to what constitutes bigotry in a Presidential Election and what doesn't. The rule is simple. If the 'attack' focuses on 'personal' traits rather than issues that beset the nation, it is bigotry.

Celebrity status of a USA President is a given. Those running for office are granted the opportunity to be in 'the spotlight.' It's just that simple. If Mr. McCain can't stand the fact taht Barak Obama is charismatic, no different than JFK, then I suggest he surrender to the conquests of a man more than qualified to lead the USA.

Running frivilous, unsubstantive ads to distract from reality and FACTS, as McCain is chronically doing is admitting he is defeated. McCain has no policy that works or provides a CLEAR framework to changing the path the USA has taken under Republican leadership.

Offshore oil drilling is a matter of State's Rights. It has little to do with federal regulations. While the federal government can 'stand down' from prohibiting Offshore Oil Drilling, that doesn't actually mean it will happen. If today, the federal government stepped aside as the Republicans are demanding happens, it WOULD NOT facilitate the actual puncturing of the Earth's crust for 'anticipated' oil finds. Those directives are entirely up to State Governments. Every state with a shoreline has the RIGHT to say 'No.'

Sorry, Paris. While she is a fashion bug with a lot on the ball when it comes to making decisions regarding what is important in the field of energy, she also displays the 'derailing' of the issues at hand and why the Republicans resorted to 'gimmicks' rather than facts.

The fact is that, in the length of time it would take to pass a bill at the federal level to deregulate offshore oil drilling, then have the States address their concerns and pass their own legislation to drill, the USA could INVEST billions into modern technology to REPLACE fossil fuel energy rather than langish in prolonged stupidity.

More oil exploration, other than that needed for military purposes is NOT prudent or environmentally important. Got that. Oil exploration IS NOT important !!

Slick John McCain and the offshore oil ruse (click here)
The safety and economics of offshore drilling are distractions from the much larger challenges that humanity faces: Climate change and peak oil.
By Andrew Leonard
June 25, 2008 An example of leadership or reckless chutzpah? On Monday, John McCain visited Santa Barbara, the scene of one of the great environmental disasters in American history, and proceeded to downplay the potential consequences of lifting the federal moratorium on new offshore drilling. Modern drilling technology is environmentally safe, he told the audience. According to the Associated Press, McCain "cited the examples of Louisiana and Texas, noting they have allowed drilling and weathered two devastating hurricanes with minimal or no oil spills."
McCain exaggerated. A 2007 report by the U.S. Minerals Management Service unearthed by Outside the Beltway documented the damage caused in the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: "124 spills were reported with a total volume of roughly 17,700 barrels of total petroleum products."
Now, 17,700 barrels of oil equals 743,400 gallons. Whether you consider that a lot or a little depends on your perspective. Compared with the 1.5 million barrels pumped out of the Gulf every day, it is a trivial amount. But it's also within shouting distance of the 3 million gallons of oil spilled in the Santa Barbara offshore oil disaster of 1969....

Paris is showing symptoms of Republican Propaganda. "Good Ole Boy" mind set that exploits the 'innocence' of the electorate.

Bringing people 'up to speed' on facts and issues is supposed to be the 'fain' of the media.

But.

In the year 2008, when Republicans are viewed as 'the preferential greed machine' to place in political power positions such as President; the information is grossly missing across the board in media expertise and facts. Instead, the media is sequestered into pundancy and that is the saddest reality of any that exists in today's elections.

There is dearly little policing of the facts so much as pundancy to political power based in greed rather than need.

Wind farms linked to electric cars would completely liberate Americans from exploitation by Wall Street while freeing them to engage the free market.

The 'retooling' of the car industry, which has to be facilitated by government, is paramount to providing Americans with a return of their incomes and freedom to spend it. Every industry across the board is suffering from the exploitation of the Bush/Cheney economy, including tourism. When consumers have no disposable income the eoncomy suffers immeasurably.

When 'jobs' shift from fossil fuel to those of Wind, Solar and High Speed Magnetic Rail, the country will again have the 'freedom' to enjoy its economy rather than 'be captured' and 'held hostage' to exploitive fossil fuel industries.

Okay, let me get this right. The USA has a lab. Unsupervised where employees are allowed free reign. Really?

Now, the American public is supposed to believe that Bruce Ivins was a raving nut case with several personalities, under treatment and STILL allowed military access to stores of WMD.

Right.

The poems being expounded by the media sound extremely similar to the poems of Rove when he pretended '...lump in the bed...' was written by Bush to Laura.


Anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins' emotional state is detailed (click here)
The government releases documents indicating that the scientist's mental illness flared around the time of the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings.
By Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 10:32 PM PDT, August 6, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Bruce E. Ivins, the bioweapons scientist who apparently killed himself as the government was preparing to indict him in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had a long history of mental illness that flared just before mail contaminated with the fatal spores was received in New York, Florida, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.
Newly released government documents show that in the months before the mailings that led to the deaths of five people and made 17 ill, Ivins -- who had worked at the Army's top biodefense laboratory for 28 years -- told a friend that he had "incredible paranoid, delusional thoughts at times" and feared that he might not be able to control his behavior....

Bruce Ivins never had any other problem in his life that would raise suspicions regarding NATIONAL SECURITY before he engaged in poisoning the American public. Why does that seem like Sci-Fi ?

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (click here).

I am supposed to believe this ?

I don't think so.

WHERE IS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INVESTIGATION ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where did the USA Economy go? First the surplus belonged to the USA...then...it belonged to Iraq.

President Clinton announces another record budget surplus (click here)
From CNN White House Correspondent Kelly Wallace
September 27, 2000Web posted at: 4:51 p.m. EDT (2051 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton announced Wednesday that the federal budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 amounted to at least $230 billion, making it the largest in U.S. history and topping last year's record surplus of $122.7 billion.
"Eight years ago, our future was at risk," Clinton said Wednesday morning. "Economic growth was low, unemployment was high, interest rates were high, the federal debt had quadrupled in the previous 12 years. When Vice President Gore and I took office, the budget deficit was $290 billion, and it was projected this year the budget deficit would be $455 billion."...



Haliburton Company: Accounting for Cost Overruns and Recoveries (click here)
In July 2002, a legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch, announced that it was suing Halliburton Company for overstating revenues during the period 1998 to 2001. The group's contention was that Halliburton used fraudulent accounting practices to boost revenues and hide a deteriorating financial position from investors. Specifically, the lawsuit centered around the way the company recognized claims recoveries on long-term construction projects. Prior to 1998, the company's policy was to book cost overrun expenses as soon as they occurred, but not to book claims recoveries as revenue until the repayment amount was agreed to with the client. In 1998, the company changed policies to begin estimating future recoveries and recognizing them in the same period that overrun expenses were realized. The company, which had been suffering from a recent slowdown in business and large litigation losses from asbestos lawsuits, claimed that its accounting practices were permitted under generally accepted accounting principals (GAAP). Judicial Watch, however, claimed the accounting policy inflated revenues over the four-year period by as much as $534 million. This case focuses on the accounting issues and disclosure policy of the company during the 1998 to 2001 period. Readers of the case are asked to assess whether the company's policies and decisions were appropriate in the relevant areas of accounting and disclosure.



Iraq spends little on rebuilding despite huge surplus: US report (click here)
18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Iraq is amassing a huge budget surplus of soaring oil export revenues, but is spending little on reconstruction, for which the United States is bearing the financial burden, a US government report said.
The Government Accounting Office report issued Tuesday said that, counting Baghdad's actual budget balance for 2005 to 2007, and the projected budget of 2008, the country would have amassed a surplus of up to 79.3 billion dollars out of revenues of up to 182.2 billion dollars.
But little of that money is going to maintaining and rebuilding key civil infrastructure, the GAO report said.
Over 2005-2007, "the Iraqi government spent only one percent of total expenditures to maintain Iraq- and US-funded investments such as buildings, water, and electricity installations, and weapons."...

Antarctica is receiving heat transfers that rob the continent of its frigid temperatures.

New Zealand 'enters recession' (click title to entry above, thank you)
New Zealand is already in a recession, according to a new assessment by the country's Treasury.
The most common definition of a recession defines it as two consecutive three-month periods of contraction....

New Zealand's Jobless Rate Probably Rose to 18-Month-High 3.8% (click here)
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's jobless rate probably rose to an 18-month high in the second quarter as the economy stalled, prompting companies to reduce hiring.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent from 3.6 percent in the first quarter, according to the median estimate of 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The report is released Aug. 7 at 10:45 a.m. in Wellington....

This image was occurring at the same time as the satellite picture below. The vortex can be noted in the satellite below at 8 o'clock. Australia is at 7 o'clock.


July 26, 2008
0722 gmt

I have to retrieve a satellite image from last week that proves the above statement. The above satellite clearly indicates a very turbulent Southern Hemisphere. One might recall the penguin deaths recently.

Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil (click here)

Their trauma was also visited by the people of New Zealand (see satellite image of vortex over New Zealand above.)

Thousands without power, roads closed as storm batters NI (+photos) (click here)

Yacht gets bashed (click here)

At issue is this. The satellite pictures of the Southern Hemisphere taken nine days apart show a diminishing 'frigid' air masse over East Antarctica. The image from July 26th clearly shows an arriving heat transfer over East Antarctica where the Blue Ice lives and a subsequent mingling of that heat transfer with that air masse hence resulting in a diminished capacity of 'coldness' as noted in the satellite picture of August 4th.

The top ice, 3 miles up is experiencing very frigid temperatures due to the temporal effects of seasons, however, the coastal areas are warm and melting. It is this highly turbulent difference in temperature on the continent along with the arriving equatorial heat transfers that have resulted in highly unpredictable and drastic weather.

New Zealand is not doing well economically either. Their government have noted a recession besetting the country. New Zealand's people are 'of concern' given their proximity to a dynamic Antarctica due to human induced global warming.


August 4, 2008
1316 gmt
Antarctica Satellite

The is grossly diminished frigid air over Antarctica. The heat transfers have been fast and furious with the diminished cooling capacity of the Arctic Ocean. The oceans have lost their mechanisms to cool the continents. The Arctic Ocean was the worlds 'ice cube.' It no longer exists in any significant capacity to prevent the 'super heating' of the continents.


August 3, 2008
0600 gmt
Anarctica Vortex/Jet Stream Satellite ( 7 day loop)


August 4, 2008
0900 AM utc
Antarctica Surface Winds (click here for 24 hour loop)


August 4, 2008
0900 AM
Antarctica Temperature Satellite

Vostok, Antarctica

Lat/Lon: 78.4° S 106.9° E

Local Time: August 4, 2008; 10:01 PM VOST
Temperature :: -81 °F / -63 °C
Conditions :: Clear
Humidity :: 36%
Dew Point :: -88 °F / -67 °C
Wind :: 14 mph / 22 km/h / from the WSW
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 14 mph / 22 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 250° (WSW)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m

Henry, Antarctica

Lat/Lon: 89.0° S 0.3° W

Local Time: Augsut 4, 2008; 4:03 PM GMT
Temperature :: -75 °F / -59 °C
Wind :: 15 mph / 24 km/h / from the NNE

Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)
Elevation :: 9039 ft / 2755 m
Flight Rule :: NA
Wind Speed :: 15 mph / 24 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 30° (NNE)
Ceiling:

Palmer Station, Antarctica

Lat/Lon: 64.8° S 64.1° W

Local Time: August 4, 2008; 12:03 PM CLT

Temperature :: 33 °F / 0 °C
Condtions :: Clear
Humidity :: 73%
Dew Point :: 28 °F / -2 °C
Wind :: 40 mph / 65 km/h /from the North
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 29.32 in / 993 hPa (Rising)
Elevation :: 26 ft / 8 m
Flight Rule :: NA
Wind Speed :: 40 mph / 65 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 0° (North)
Ceiling :: -

Base San Martin, Antarctica

Lat/Lon: 68.1° S 67.1° W
Elevation :: 13 ft / 4 m

Local Time: August 4, 2008; 4:04 PM GMT
Temperture :: 36 °F / 2 °C
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 75%
Dew Point :: 31 °F / -1 °C
Wind :: 34 mph / 56 km/h / from the NW
Wind Gust ;; -
Pressure :: 29.18 in / 988 hPa (Falling)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 9843 ft / 3000 m
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation :: 13 ft / 4 m
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 34 mph / 56 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 320° (NW)
Ceiling :: 9800 ft / 3000 m

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is perplexing.

Dutch K2 survivor describes chaos after avalanche

This is not to glamorize the danger, but, to raise awareness to the caution. K2 has regular fatalities. Previous to these deaths was the death of climbers in 2004.

K2 2004 started with 3 deaths (click here) before the Italian expedition even arrived at base camp with porters dying on the trek to the mountain. Early in June four South Koreans climbers and two Sherpas were caught in an avalanche on K2. One of the South Koreans Climbers was OK, and both Sherpas are fine, the other three Korean climbers were found dead at Base camp in their sleeping bags in a crevice. According to the Korea times, the names are Lee Hwa-hyong, 36, Kim Jae-yong, 35, and Pae Kyong-kyu, 34. All were part of the 11 members Korean team from POSCO steel.

Noted in the picture below is a sparcity of ice and snow. That is a real 'clue' to the chance of such a tragedy odds of occurrence. The K2 Summit is very steep. Due to that fact and the fact it has high wind exposure, it is actually more dangerous than Mt. Everest could ever be. There is no way any ice or snow accumulation would ever 'hold' to the mountain for long. So, although these are experienced climbers using every means of protection to secure their position on the face of K2, they ignored the opportunity for danger by ignoring potentials of falling ice and snow. In the year 2008, it is 'expected' the optimal climbing condtions for K2 would be free of snow and ice.


Wilco van Rooijen, of the Netherlands, was injured on the treacherous Himalayan peak.


This is the summit when snow covered. Noted the surrounding mountain has little snow or ice cover.

This is a borrowed picture to illustrate the absence of snow and ice at the K2 Summit. The reason for same is linked to the dense cloud cover. With clouds come insulating warmth that separates the summit, which is exposed to the sun, from the supporting colder climate below and vise versa.

This is 'in the shadows' of K2. There is a direct link between the 'cold climatability' of K2 at the summit and the ice rivers that exist in its shadow. The surrounding mountains have snow on the same side and have absense of same on the same side. Wind and climate play a huge roll in the stability of the ice and snow found at the summit. The summit interacts with the climate of the surrounding mountains.

The location of K2 brings climbers the view of many countries. From that vantage point all wars and conflicts seem hideous when one realizes 'the boundary lines' of sovereignty are truly 'manmade' and lack the reality of survival at the peak.

Tornadoes cause havoc and death on two continents

Ruins of houses after a tornado hit Hautmont, northern France. Photograph: Philippe Frutier/AFP/Getty Images

Lizzy Davies in Paris
The Guardian,
Tuesday August 5 2008

The bodies of a man and a woman were pulled from the wreckage of their home yesterday, after a tornado tore through northern France, ripping off roofs, overturning cars and destroying dozens of houses.
The couple were believed to be the deputy mayor of Hautmont, which was at the epicentre of the tornado near the Belgian border, and his wife.
Earlier the body of an elderly woman was also discovered. She was thought to have died when her home collapsed on top of her. Thirteen other people were injured.
Firefighters, medics and police searched two residential streets in the area yesterday to establish whether anyone else was buried under the rubble.
High winds and torrential rain lashed the region on Sunday night as the tornado swept through an area of about four square miles in less than two hours....

Lost in the wash (click here)
Cubs just can't catch up when game is called in 8th after 2 lengthy rain delays
By Brian Hamilton Chicago Tribune reporter
August 5, 2008
The clock on top of the venerable Wrigley Field scoreboard read 8:06 p.m. Monday when tornado sirens began to wail in the darkness. Action between the Cubs and Astros had been suspended already for nearly a half-hour.Then, minutes after the sirens howled, the wind started blowing out. Like, really out. Like carry-a-ball-to-the-Michigan-shoreline out.Rain pulled a U-turn within the stadium. Debris floated along a river of standing water on the warning track behind home plate.All of it giving a new, unsettling meaning to "It's Gonna Happen."...

Storms roar through northern Illinois (click here)
Associated Press - August 5, 2008 4:53 AM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - One man caught at Chicago's Wrigley Field during last night's powerful storm says he'd "never seen anything like it."
Fans at the Cubs-Houston Astros game were evacuated from the stands as intense lightning, fierce wind and a torrential downpour battered the ballpark.
The game was called off after 8 innings -- and two weather delays.
Tornado sirens blared in downtown Chicago, and hundreds of flights were canceled at O'Hare Airport, where travelers were moved to lower levels of the terminals for safety.
In two counties west of the city, there was widespread tree and power line damage from the fast-moving storm. Trained spotters reported what may have been tornadoes.
No serious injuries have been reported.
Commonwealth Edison says more than 200,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm.

TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A

Why would anyone begin to believe THE ANSWER to the USA's energy and transportation crisis be more Offshore Oil drilling? That makes sense?

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...A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTEDIN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS....


August 4, 2008
1225z
UNISYS Visual Satellite

The 'sunrise' adds dynamic to the storm. The hot waters of the Gulf fueled the development of the lastest storm this season, but, it is enhanced in dynamics by the solar radiation. The central pressure has stabilized at 1002 millibars, HOWEVER, it is the storm surge of a 'continuous' near shore storm that will plague the Gulf Coast. So long as the storm 'sits and spins' it will be driving tides higher with prolonged pounding of the coastal plains.


August 4, 2008
1440z
UNISYS Visual Satellite Image ( 12 hour loop )


Shell evacuating 40 offshore workers due to storm (click here)
NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Shell Oil said on Monday it would begin evacuating 40 workers from oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico as a precaution due to the effects of Tropical Storm Edouard.
"No further evacuations are planned at this time and based on current information and forecast, we do not expect any impact on Shell operated production in the Gulf of Mexico," the company said in a release. (Reporting by Richard Valdmanis)


Storm Edouard shuts refinery, hits shipping (click here)
Reuters
Monday August 4 2008
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard forced shut a huge offshore oil port, a refinery, some oil production and disrupted shipping as the storm raced toward the Texas-Louisiana coast on Monday.
Energy companies evacuated staff from offshore platforms due to Edouard, the second named storm of the season to threaten oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico, with Apache shutting a small amount of output.
Marathon shut its Texas City, Texas refinery and Valero Energy Corp warned its plants in the region could be affected after the storm halted inbound traffic to the Houston Ship Channel and the Sabine Pass ship channel.
"We have started an orderly shut-down in preparation for the storm," said Marathon spokeswoman Angela Graves.
Packing 50 miles per hour (85 kph) winds, Edouard swept across the northern Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles (135 km) south-southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana, threatening to come ashore on the Texas-Louisiana coast.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Edouard had about a 20 percent chance of becoming a hurricane by the time it reaches land.
The Gulf of Mexico supplies about a quarter of U.S. crude oil output and 15 percent of its natural gas, while Gulf Coast refiners make about a quarter of domestic gasoline.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the only deep-water U.S. oil port and a major conduit for the country's crude oil imports, temporarily suspended offloading oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico due to high waves and winds.
The port's onshore storage continued to supply refiners with crude on-hand, however, a spokeswoman said....

U.S. Coast Guard closes inbound traffic at Houston channel (click here)
By Steve Gelsi
Last update: 11:39 a.m. EDT Aug. 4, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has closed ship traffic into the Houston Ship Channel, which provides access to the largest oil and gas operations in the U.S., a spokesperson from the Port of Houston Authority said. Ship traffic within the channel itself is still allowed. The move by the Coast Guard came in response to Tropical Storm Edouard.

First Global Water Vapor Map from OSTM

Tracking Water Vapor is one of the most important mappings NASA can pursue, unfortunately, this is the first and only such map. It would have been grossly helpful if NASA had been doing this for decades of time.

The oceans have high spots and low spots depending on ocean circulation. Here again, we should have had decades of recordkeeping to better understand our troposphere. However, it is better that we have started than not start at all. The unfortunate aspect of the tardiness of this project is that the Arctic Ocean is expected to be 'ice free' by September. While 'sea level rise' is considered 'static' with the meltdown of the Arctic Ice Cap, the reality is that significant ice masses were at the shorelines of the Arctic Ocean and once melted contributes to sea level rise in several ways, including 'continental rebound.'

This is a good start for such ventures by NASA and should continue. I doubt seriously it will add to the dialogue of circumstances now faced by humanity regarding Human Induced Global Warming resulting in Climate Change.



In mid-June 2008, NASA launched the latest of a series of satellites that scientists use to measure sea level from space. The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 uses a radar altimeter to map the height of the ocean surface. The radar sends a pulse of energy down to the ocean surface and listens for the echo. The time delay and intensity of the echo reveal the altitude of the sea surface.

Because water vapor delays the time it takes for the radar pulse to travel to the ocean surface and back, the satellite also carries a sensor to measure atmospheric moisture. The image above shows the first results from this sensor, the Advanced Microwave Radiometer: a global map of the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere beneath the satellite from June 22–28, 2008. The time span was the first week of operations for OSTM’s science instruments. In this image, white and light blue show dry areas; dark blue shows moist regions....

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park ( Crystal Wind Chime) is:

August 2, 2008
Fairbanks, Alaska
Photographer states :: Chena River flooding August 2008

Interior Alaska floods' effect on salmon spawning is unknown (Click on title to entry, thank you.)
By Tim Mowry
Published Monday, August 4, 2008

State fisheries biologists don’t know what kind of effect this week’s flood will have on spawning king salmon in the Chena and Salcha rivers. The flood coincided with the peak of spawning in both rivers.
“Most times when we’ve had floods, they happened later on, after the fish were done spawning,” Dan Bergstrom, the Department of Fish and Game’s regional supervisor for the Yukon River, said. “This year is different because it’s right on top of when they should be spawning.”...

...Female salmon dig holes called reads in the gravel river bottom to lay their eggs in before male fish fertilize them.
Virgil Umphenour, owner of Alaska Interior Fish Processors Inc. in Fairbanks, is worried the eggs will be carried away in the current.
“If you have high water and super fast current, the eggs will just go down the river as she’s laying them,” Umphenour speculated....

Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Time :: 5:05 AM AKDT

Temperature :: 52 °F / 11 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 88%

Dew Point :: 48 F/ 9 C

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 30.25 in / 1024 hPa (Steady)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Mostly Cloudy 2400 ft / 731 m

Overcast 4400 ft / 1341 m
(Above Ground Level)

Flight Rule:
MVFR (PAGS)
Wind Speed :: 4 mph / 6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
Wind Direction :: 140° (SE)
Ceiling :: 2200 ft / 670 m

The Republicans have a very poor track record on 'promises' but good record on 'whining.'

This was from 2001. Immediately after Inaugeration, Bush/Cheney did a complete reversal of their campaign promises when it came to addressing Human Induced Global Warming.





The McCain approach has never been significant enough to warrant support to a majority of the House or Senate. The McCain/Lieberman Bill has been a complete and abject failure.





They never backed S.309, the bill to amend The Clean Air Act (click here). You will NEVER seen John McCain or Joe Lieberman as a Co-sponsor to this bill and this IS the bill that needs to be passed by the USA to reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions and set the USA on the BEST path to Environmental Safety.





GWEN IFILL: We get more on the Bush reversal from Debbie Reed, director of legislative affairs for the National Environmental Trust -- they supported limits on carbon dioxide emissions; and Chris Horner, a policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which opposes such limits.So, Debbie Reed, what is the significance of the president's decision to reverse himself on this?



DEBBIE REED: Well, Gwen, I think it's very significant; the president campaigned on a commitment to bring integrity to the White House but what good is his word now? This was the most significant environmental commitment made under the campaign, and the president walked away from it in exactly 53 days. I think it's very unfortunate that he has brought into question not only his integrity on environmental issues but his lead on EPA -- Christie Todd Whitman on this. Christie Todd Whitman has been a forceful proponent of protecting the president on this, and leading up on his promise to support a four-key agenda and unfortunately, while she was out front on this, the president sawed off the limb from underneath her. I think it's very unfortunate.



GWEN IFILL: Were you really surprised?



DEBBIE REED: Yes, actually, we were very surprised; the president had this in his campaign commitment -- and we've been hearing all the right signals from both him and from Christie Todd Whitman on this. And I think it's very unfortunate that they have caved to special interests on this in just a matter of weeks.





Then in 2003, afraid of the movement in the country over the concern of continued deterioration of the Arctic areas of Earth, and lusting after the oil under the floor of the Arctic Ocean, Bush decided to 'play god' further:






Going Backwards
Bush Administration: Carbon Dioxide Not a Pollutant (click here)
by Seth Borenstein

WASHINGTON - Carbon dioxide, the chief cause of global warming, cannot be regulated as a pollutant, the Environmental Protection Agency ruled Thursday....


..."Refusing to call greenhouse-gas emissions a pollutant is like refusing to say that smoking causes lung cancer," responded Melissa Carey, a climate policy specialist for Environmental Defense, a New York-based environmental group. "The Earth is round. Elvis is dead. Climate change is happening."...




The Republicans are UNTRUSTWORTHY on all counts !

The Republian Agenda of "More of the Same" is failing the USA.

Obama Revises Rescue Plan
By Jonathan Weisman

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Sen. Barack Obama, reacting to the seventh straight month of job decline, announced a new version of his $50 billion economic stimulus plan, which would use a windfall profits tax on oil companies to finance $500 tax rebates and aid to state governments for energy cost assistance, school construction and infrastructure building.

The new plan reallocates funds announced in the $50 billion assistance plan Obama had pledged two months ago, as part of that plan -- an extension of unemployment insurance and a housing refinancing fund -- has been approved by Congress.

Obama aides and advisers were trying to show they can react quickly to an economic landscape that continues to slide downward. The Labor Department announced that employers shed 51,000 jobs in July, the seventh straight month of job losses which now total 463,000. The unemployment rate rose last month from 5.5 percent to 5.7 percent.

Those numbers elicited very different responses from the presidential candidates....

McCain is playing "The Republican Game" of "More of the Same."

The Dangerous Game of More of the Same


This is what the nation's 'gas lines' looked like in 1973 with the OPEC Oil Embargo. Since then the USA's answer under Republican leadership, thirty long years of lack of innovation or change, was to use less energy to achieve the same result. In other words, fuel efficient internal cumbustion engines were perferred in order to 'make the resources last longer.' There was no 'switch' to an electric car rather than continued dependence on oil itself.

What McCain wants to do is no different than what Nixon did in the 1970s. We witnessed the building of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline in response to the the OPEC Oil Embargo. Now, John McCain wants to drill offshore of the USA for marginal amounts of oil that might exist there to attempt to have a 'traditional' Republican answer. It's hideous to continue a strategy already 30 decades old with finite answers.

This is a picture of a stretch of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline. The 'sliders' noted is to assist the pipleline to be resiliant to Alaskan earthquakes along the Denali Fault. This is an extreme measure that is not an answer to energy or transportation of the USA. It is a 'bandaid' and that is all offshore oil drilling is as well. Noted, the sliders have a limit.

It took this long to figure it out? Its no surprise to me that Bush/Cheney poisoned their own populous.

The anthrax attacks were too sophisticated to believe the Bush/Cheney White House didn't approve. John Ashcroft tried to derail the reality of the suspect by accusing Hatfield. I think this story needs the attention it deserves.

This is EVIDENCE of a government intent on destroying 'the truth' and using an issue of WMD as a lead into an illegal war that compromised American national security. This isn't about politics, it is about the 'degree' of culpability of the Executive Branch in exploiting the murderous activities of its own military.

The American people are at risk. No one in the Executive Branch is innnocent. NO ONE !!! They used the fear from this episode and the trauma of September 11th to wage a war that was unnecessary and contrived in Iraq.


U.S. to pay $2.8 million to settle anthrax lawsuit (click here)
Reuters Published: Friday, August 01, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it would pay former Army scientist Steven Hatfill over $2.8 million to settle his lawsuit accusing officials of violating his privacy rights by talking to the media and unfairly implicating him in anthrax attacks in 2001....

John Ashcroft never resumed investigation once it was decided the one to lay blame on was a FORMER biologicial weapons expert. Hatfield's lawsuit was settled leaving open the question, "Who done it?" With Democrats in the majority of the House and Senate the question wasn't going to lay fallow.

Biological Warfare Experts Questioned in Anthrax Probe (click here)
More Than Two Dozen Homes Searched by FBI
By Guy Gugliotta and Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff Writers
The FBI said yesterday it is focusing on about 30 U.S.-based biological warfare experts in its investigation of last year's anthrax attacks, and has searched the homes of more than two dozen in recent months -- always with the owner's consent.
The FBI said that former Army researcher Steven J. Hatfill, whose Frederick apartment was searched Tuesday, was on the floating short list of "persons of interest," but noted both publicly and in private meetings last week that Hatfill is not a suspect in the case.
Ben Haddad, spokesman for the San Diego-based defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), confirmed that Hatfill was a full-time SAIC employee in 1999 when he and collaborator Joseph Soukup commissioned a report investigating the consequences of a hypothetical anthrax attack by mail....

To exploit murderous activities of its own military as a lead up to war is criminal. There is no getting around it. The criminality of this Executive Branch is more evident today with

Anthrax suspect dies in apparent suicide (click here)
By David Willman
Los Angeles Times
Article Launched: 08/01/2008 01:31:11 AM PDT
A top government scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks, the Los Angeles Times has learned....

Chronicle of Anthrax Attacks, as it appeared in Europe, that occurred immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001 (click here).

Mail sent to Microsoft tests positive for anthrax
Saturday, 13 October 2001 22:51

A letter sent from Malaysia to a Microsoft office in Nevada has tested positive for traces of anthrax, according to local authorities there. The authorities in Carson City said today that at present there were no reported cases of anthrax infection stemming from the incident.Meanwhile, the US Vice President, Dick Cheney, has said that there could be links between the confirmed four cases of anthrax in America and Osama bin Laden.Mr Cheney said that there was ample evidence that bin Laden's network had been trained in the spread of biological and chemical weapons....

FBI indicates anthrax threat originated in US

Saturday, 10 November 2001 20:50

The FBI has given its closest indication yet that it believes the anthrax outbreak originated at home rather than abroad.The FBI says that the suspect is probably an adult male who may have referred to the US attacks in his messages only as a decoy. Agents believe he is a loner and not given to confrontation....

Also at Wiki (click here).

The anthrax attacks was to introduce the 'concept' of WMD. The evidence pointed to the source as the USA because of the sophisticated nature of the anthrax.

EIGHT days later. Count them, eight very short days later. No American Scientist involved with WMD could act out of some kind of personality disorder within eight days in such a sophisticated attacks alone. We all know the coveted use of the military's PSYOPS.

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Thank you to the LA Times. But, will the real truth behind this man's death ever be known. Nah.

September 19, 2001

A letter addressed to Jennifer Lopez containing a Star of David and a bluish powder arrived in the Sun's mailroom in the American Media headquarters. Several people handled the letter, and Stevens sniffed some of the powder....

Site of Anthrax Attack Reopens (click here)
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The tabloid newspaper building targeted in the fatal anthrax mailings in 2001 reopened with newsrooms still marked by Sun and Globe signs and file drawers bearing labels such as "JFK Jr."
The contents were included when American Media Inc. sold the building in 2003. Developer David Rustine bought it for $40,000 and said he spent millions on decontamination and maintenance.
The headquarters for the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe newspapers was the first known target in the mailings that killed five people starting a month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Bob Stevens, a photo editor, died Oct. 5, 2001, from inhaling anthrax mailed to the building.