tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63180972009-02-24T01:12:15.850-08:00news bits and other information that might quell my/your/our hysteriaxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-71286619570581719972007-07-09T06:17:00.000-07:002007-07-09T06:20:09.009-07:00<a href="http://impeachcheney.org/petition.php" target=_blank><img src=http://gobnf.org/i/ic/impeach.gif title="IMPEACH CHENEY" border=0></a><br /><a href="http://impeachcheney.org/petition.php" target=_blank><IMG SRC=http://gobnf.org/i/ic/cheney_censored.jpg TITLE="IMPEACH CHENEY" border=0></a><br /><a href="http://impeachcheney.org/petition.php" target=_blank>http://impeachcheney.org/petition.php</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-7128661957058171997?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1170951396959349842007-02-08T08:16:00.000-08:002007-02-08T08:16:37.186-08:00From <img src=http://harpers.org/art/harpers_208x86.gif><br /><a href="http://harpers.org/RepublicOrEmpire.html" target="_blank">Republic or Empire</a><br /><b>A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States</b><br><br />A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States<br><br />By Chalmers Johnson<br><br /><font size=1><i>Posted on Wednesday, February 7, 2007. Originally from January 2007. By Chalmers Johnson.</i></font><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-117095139695934984?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1169717417653708012007-01-25T01:28:00.000-08:002007-01-25T01:30:18.730-08:00<a href="http://home.ourfuture.org/sotu.html">http://home.ourfuture.org/sotu.html</a><br /><br /><img src=http://home.ourfuture.org/images/300px-State_of_the_Union.jpg><br /><br /><b>State of the Union - By the Numbers</b><br /><br />In his 2007 State of the Union address, President Bush will hail the state of the union as "strong", pointing to the growing economy, new jobs, and record home ownership. But for Americans worrying about how to make ends meet around their kitchen tables at night, the country is headed in the wrong direction.<br /><br />Just look at the numbers, and how Bush's rhetoric has failed to match reality throughout his presidency...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-116971741765370801?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1162288784066366622006-10-31T01:59:00.000-08:002006-10-31T01:59:45.060-08:00Beautiful.<br /><br /><img src=http://www.jornada.unam.mx:8080/ultimas/reclamo.jpg/image><br /><br />AP Photo taken from <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx">La Jornada</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-116228878406636662?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1153211695328999562006-07-18T01:34:00.000-07:002006-07-18T01:34:55.623-07:00<a href="http://harpers.org/sb-we-fight-why-1153155028.html">We Fight Why? (Harpers.org)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-115321169532899956?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1146241730792673822006-04-28T09:28:00.000-07:002006-04-28T09:28:54.396-07:00<img src=http://img.getactivehub.com/gv2/custom_images/TrueMajority/neilalbum.jpg align=left><a href=http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/livingwithwar/w3ee63e2p5bxx66?>Neil Young's Living with War</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-114624173079267382?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1144860762076418862006-04-12T09:52:00.000-07:002006-04-12T09:52:42.426-07:00Good riddance!<br /><br /><img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41552000/jpg/_41552110_1berlap203c.jpg><br /><br /><img src=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41553000/gif/_41553226_italy_vote_416x234.gif><br /><br />Peace!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-114486076207641886?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1144317190453842862006-04-06T02:53:00.000-07:002006-04-06T02:53:10.856-07:00Just a reminder...<br /><img src=http://students.syr.edu/span/bombing.jpg><br />From <a href="http://students.syr.edu/span/" target=_blank>The Student Peace Action Network</a> of Syracuse University<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-114431719045384286?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1141298678035356142006-03-02T03:24:00.000-08:002006-03-02T03:25:44.323-08:00Repeat after me:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.es/search?q=impeach+bush&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official">IMPEACH BUSH!</a><br /><br /><img src=http://www.impeachbush.org/images/content/pagebuilder/10197.jpg title=DISASTROUS!><br /><br />Let's save a little face.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-114129867803535614?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1141298142670410112006-03-02T03:14:00.000-08:002006-03-02T03:28:48.330-08:00Wed, 01 Mar 2006<br /><table><tr><td><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><center><a><img src="http://www.moveon.org/images/bush_airforceone.jpg" border="0" height="147" width="200"><br><br /><font size="-2"></font><strong>He knew it was coming.</strong><br /><p align="left">Tonight, the AP revealed secret transcripts and video tape proving<br />that President Bush was briefed on the specific threats posed by Katrina before it<br />hit land and did nothing to keep us safe. Can you help spread the word by passing<br />on this note to 5 friends?</p><br /><center></center></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1506"><img src="http://www.moveon.org/images/buttonxclickhere.gif" border="0" height="23" width="119"><br><br /><font size="-2">Click Here</font></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1507"><font size="-2"></font></a></center></font></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-114129814267041011?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1139302759544555162006-02-07T00:59:00.000-08:002006-02-07T00:59:19.990-08:00From <a href="http://www.truthout.org">t r u t h o u t</a>:<br /><img src=http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_01/3.020606BC2.jpg><br />February 2, 2006 | Jesus Calles, of El Centro, California, an activist on the "March of Migrants," places crosses on graves in a cemetery plot set aside for unidentified people who died trying to cross illegally into the US from Mexico.<br />(Photo: David McNew / Getty Images)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-113930275954455516?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1136196742714950552006-01-02T02:10:00.000-08:002006-01-02T02:12:23.146-08:00Hello.<br /><br /><img src=http://www.acmym.de/cm/img/subiove_grosz-pandemonium.jpg><br /><br /><a href="http://harpers.org/YearlyReview2005.html">Harpers.org's 2005 Yearly Review.</a><br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />Goodbye.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-113619674271495055?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1120721876949702852005-07-07T00:37:00.000-07:002005-07-07T00:37:56.950-07:00One more time:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://costofwar.com/embed.html" width="450" noborder></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-112072187694970285?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1120721544973223092005-07-07T00:32:00.000-07:002005-07-07T00:33:30.246-07:00These are current photos from Iraq, shown at <a href="http://www.truthout.org">t r u t h o u t</a> :<br /><br /><img src=http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_01/3.p1_070505.jpg><br /><br /><img src=http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_01/3.p3_070605.jpg><br /><br /><img src=http://www.truthout.org/imgs.art_01/3.p5_070605.jpg><br /><br />I don't know about you, but I think we should take some responsibility here...<br /><br />Peace.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-112072154497322309?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1120652715523983822005-07-06T05:25:00.000-07:002005-07-06T05:25:15.546-07:00<img src=http://images.ucomics.com/images/uexpress/logos/ru_logo.gif alt="Ted Rall"> says... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20050705&amp;uc_comic=ru">KARL ROVE: WORSE THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN</a> <br /> <br />Go ahead and read it, jake. <br /> <br />Peace.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-112065271552398382?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1118650750979634972005-06-13T01:19:00.000-07:002005-06-13T03:59:11.436-07:00Hey there. I guess it's time once again to reactivate this thing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/articles/ViewPopUpArticle.jsp?id=2&amp;articleId=2591"> Iraq: the wrong war </a> from <a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net">www.opendemocracy.net</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-111865075097963497?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1101225998672767082004-11-23T08:06:00.000-08:002004-11-23T08:06:38.673-08:00<img src=http://images.villagevoice.com/voice_logo_print.gif alt="Village Voice!"> <em>nation</em> <strong>Mondo Washington</strong> <em>by James Ridgeway</em> <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/print/issues/0446/mondo1.php">Glimmers of Hope</a> <strong>Hang in there. Things may not be quite as good as Bush-lovers think.</strong> <em>November 16th, 2004 11:05 AM</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-110122599867276708?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1099918297952121612004-11-08T04:51:00.000-08:002004-11-08T04:54:38.443-08:00...a bit late, but worth a read: <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20041027&amp;uc_comic=ru"> JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT</a> Patriots Reject Bush "Reelection" <br /> <br />+ <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20041102&uc_comic=ru">GUILTY, DISGUSTED, AMERICAN</a> <br /> <br />by Ted Rall<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109991829795212161?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1099476460719187852004-11-03T02:07:00.000-08:002004-11-03T02:07:40.720-08:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/politics/2004_ELECTIONRESULTS_GRAPHIC/">The NYTimes' Interactive Graphic for 2004 US Presidential Election Results</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109947646071918785?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098807406961026032004-10-26T08:52:00.000-07:002004-10-26T09:16:46.960-07:00<a href="http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/090429.html">Forum: Self-Binding</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The United States pursued a multilateral strategy to secure peace and prosperity after World War II. Here's what the country risks in adopting unilateral approaches to new threats today</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">or</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">How America benefited from multilateralism--and the cost we bear by going it alone in a risky new century</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">by Lisa L. Martin, <a href="http://www.harvardmagazine.com/">www.harvardmagazine.com</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109880740696102603?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098803249510925702004-10-26T08:05:00.000-07:002004-10-26T08:27:24.366-07:00<img src=http://www.harpers.org/art/harpers_208x86.gif alt="Harper's Magazine"> <a href="http://harpers.org/WeeklyReview2004-10-26.html">Weekly Review</a> <span style="font-style:italic;">Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004. By Roger D. Hodge.</span> <br /> <br /><img src=http://www.harpers.org/art/LutherAndDevil_350x465.gif> <br /> <br />also: <a href="http://harpers.org/GoodEnoughForWashington.html">Good Enough for Washington</a> <span style="font-style:italic;">Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Considering the evils and hypocrisies of modern electioneering.</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">Originally from “Editor's Easy Chair,” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 64, iss. 381, pp. 466-467, February 1882. By George William Curtis.</span> <br /> <br /><img src=http://www.harpers.org/art/archive/TakingTheOathOfOffice_350x227.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109880324951092570?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098803031454303562004-10-26T08:02:00.000-07:002004-10-26T08:03:51.456-07:00<img src=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2004/10/26/bush64.gif> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5047696-114515,00.html">Polling truth</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Don't be confused by the tide of contradictory voter surveys. Bush is in trouble</span><span style="font-style:italic;">, writes US blogger Markos Moulitsas, Tuesday October 26, 2004 The Guardian</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109880303145430356?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098793122851442202004-10-26T05:18:00.000-07:002004-10-26T08:31:17.293-07:00A curious illustration: <img src=http://www.elperiodico.com/especiales/dissenys/EPCAT/paginas/cajitas/imag/pastillausa2004.jpg> Found <a href="http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=5&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=158540&idseccio_PK=&h=041026">here</a>. <br /> <br />+ <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.elperiodico.com/info/Galerias/eeuu/cas/default.html">A Catalonian perspective on the U.S. election (in Castillian).</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109879312285144220?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098696435466350612004-10-25T02:27:00.000-07:002004-10-25T02:27:15.466-07:00<img src=http://images.villagevoice.com/issues/0442/perlstein.jpg alt="(illustration: Korinne Jenkins)"><a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0442/perlstein.php">The Village Voice: Features: Sucking Democracy Dry: The End of Democracy by Rick Perlstein</a> <strong>Losing America's birthright, the George Bush way</strong> <em>October 19th, 2004 10:40 AM</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109869643546635061?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318097.post-1098378513415615012004-10-21T10:07:00.000-07:002004-10-21T10:08:33.416-07:00<img src=http://images.ucomics.com/images/uexpress/logos/ru_logo.gif> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20041012&uc_comic=ru">JOCKS VS. GEEKS</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Two Tribes of American Politics</span> <br /> <br /><font size=7>+</font> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.uexpress.com/printable/print.html?uc_full_date=20041019&uc_comic=ru">THE CASE AGAINST BUSH</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ten Reasons America Needs a Change</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6318097-109837851341561501?l=achtungalmanac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13427520785466520439noreply@blogger.com0