Photos from the state house 12-13-04. Some election fraud protestors, Alice Brown? the pilgrim programmer[photos], "like a butcher holds his finger on the scale"[video], were inside and warned of their free speech.
The observations and re-actions of various ‘experts’ to events in the Ukraine amuse some analysts. Did anyone expect the US not to intervene, do leopards change their spots? Have we all forgotten that the US government is merely a pawn of Corporate Capitalism? If it wasn’t an orange scarf it may just as well have been pink – let’s not miss the ‘forest for the trees’ (and in some cases the veins of the leaves.)
• The International War Crimes Tribunal & it’s Relationship to U.S. Imperialism
• Update on the trial of former Yugoslavian Pres., Slobodan Milosevic
• Why Bush and Co. Should be Tried for War Crimes
• The Lies & Distortions that Preceded the Invasions of Yugoslavia & Iraq
CNN----Supporters of President Bush will be bringing their own fanfare and enthusiasm when they flock to Washington in January for inaugural festivities, but they'll also be generating much excitement for D.C. hoteliers, who promise to pamper anyone willing to pay.
While the pro-corporate leadership of the Democratic Party was busy blowing the US presidential election, they were taking millions from the State Department to join the Republican Party in helping to undermine the government of the Ukraine and—presumably—offering their demonstrab ly inept campaign expertise to Ukraine’s democratic opposition.
A US company has recruited 25 retired Colombian police and army officers to provide security for oil infrastructure in Iraq, according to the newspaper El Tiempo.