Weekly Links

Environment
Senate Backs Opening New Alaska Oil Spigot
Senate Votes to Open Alaskan Oil Drilling
Alaskans Wary of Vote on Oil Drilling
EPA Chided for Disregarding Mercury Study
Navy Sonar Likely Made Orcas Flee
Dirty Footprints
Polluting paradise
"What good is pristine wilderness anyway if you can't plunder it?"

BNN: the Bush News Network - "Nothing like a free press!"
White House to Agencies: Ignore GAO's Ruling on 'Illegal' TV News Releases
JIM GIBBONS: Lawmaker gave job to radio reporter
Garry Trudeau: Bush 'Apparently Thinks Propaganda's OK'
Fake Cable Labeled Writer a Spy for Iraq
Rice Turns State Dept Into White House PR Arm
This Modern World: Bush News Network


Neverending War (which isn't as fun as "the Neverending Story")
Abroad
The world is yours...Pentagon Reaffirms Globocop Role
Fiscally Conservative: House OKs $81.4 Billion on War Spending
A little help from friends: US troops shoot dead Iraqi general
Suprise!: Iraq facing corruption threat
Suprise again!: Bush: No Timetable for Troops Coming Home
McCain towing the party line
Protests
'Support the Troops; Bring Them Home NOW'
Defending labor's right to protest the war
Activists Protest Iraq War on Anniversary
Global Anti-War Protest Gallery
Torture
Abuse led Navy to consider pulling Cuba interrogators
No Convictions Among Guantanamo Suspects Sent Home
Goss Defends U.S. Interrogation Tactics "They are soooo American!"
Report: 108 Died In U.S. Custody
CIA's Assurances On Transferred Suspects Doubted; Prisoners Say Countries Break No-Torture Pledges
Dirt
Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
"What?!! Bush & Co. wanted to get Iraq before 9-11 happened? How weird..."
SECRET U.S. PLANS FOR IRAQI OIL
"Our words are good as gold": U.S. misled allies about nuclear export
Bush defends war order on anniversary of Iraq invasion
Fine Feathered Friends
"No bid contracts to Cheneys buddies and what do you get?"
Ex-Halliburton Employee Indicted for Fraud
Administration Withheld Halliburton Overcharges from International Auditors
Fiore presents: Meet the security family!
Under Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, if you attend a public high school, your school system is required to turn over YOUR private information to the US military unless you...Opt Out

World Bank and Wolfy
Wolfowitz at the World Bank's Door
Bush Picks Wolfowitz for New World Bank President
Bush Taps Wolfowitz to Head World Bank
Bush Throws Support Behind Wolfowitz for World Bank Post
Wolfowitz nominated to head the World Bank By KEVIN G. HALL
Top 10 Reasons Why Paul Wolfowitz Would Make a Good World Bank President
Wolfowitz Grooms Self

The Honorable GOP
"We represent the little guy... honest."
House Member May Face DeLay Probe Conflict
GOP Works to Get Bankruptcy Bill to House
GOP Governors Cut State Workers' Rights

More Social Insecurity
Bush Says Won't Offer Specifics on Social Security

Other news on the Empire's Decay
Trade Deficit at All-Time High of $665.9B
"They are so good at managing our money."
Debt May Be Part of Bush Legacy
John Kerry Slams Bush Budget
Can Karen Hughes help US image abroad?
Where's the compassion?
Panel Resends Blocked Bush Judge Nominees