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Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
Now that the cholesterol season is nigh, read this article.
"For 15 million Americans, it is a daily ritual: gulping down a pill to reduce cholesterol."
12:12:39 PM 
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Independent: "Tony Blair flew into Iraq yesterday, promising democracy. But, outside the ring of security that escorted him, another day of gruesome violence was unfolding - including a rocket attack on a US base in Mosul that claimed at least 24 lives."
Blair said 'We are not a nation of quitters.' He, in any case, is a nutter.
Or you could call him the 'Shredder', busy removing compromising information. "Hundreds of thousands of secret Whitehall files are being shredded before the public gains the right to see them under the Freedom of Information Act on 1 January."
12:08:24 PM
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TBO: "The homeless coalition estimates there are more than 3.5 million homeless Americans nationwide. An estimated 3,000 died last year, and the homeless coalition expects that figure to rise this year. The No. 1 cause of death was natural causes, followed by homicide, suicide and hypothermia.
In Philadelphia, where temperatures hovered near freezing, homeless advocates held a candlelight ceremony outside City Hall to remember 33 homeless people who died.
'They died from the apathy and the violence and the horrendous conditions that poverty put them in,' said Sister Mary Scullion, executive director of the homeless advocacy group Project HOME."
11:44:18 AM
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The mainstream media don't mention it, but the election woes are not over yet. The battle for the votes goes on.
SeattleTimes: "The state Supreme Court today unanimously overturned a lower court order that had stopped King County from counting 735 disputed ballots cast in the closest governor's race in state history."
FreePress: "As Republican officials stonewall subpoenas and subvert the recount process, Rev. Jesse Jackson has pronounced Ohio's vote fraud fiasco 'the biggest deal since Selma' and has called for a national rally at 'the scene of the crime' in Columbus January 3.
Another major national demonstration will follow in Washington on January 6, as Congress evaluates the Electoral College. Should at least one US Representative and one Senator challenge the electors' votes, a Constitutional crisis could ensue.
Meanwhile, volunteer attorneys have poured into Columbus from around the US to help investigate the bitterly contested presidential vote that has allegedly given George W. Bush Ohio's electoral votes and thus a second term. A lawsuit filed at the Ohio Supreme Court charges that a fair vote count would give the state and the presidency to John Kerry rather than Bush.
On December 21, notice of depositions were sent to President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell to appear and give testimony regarding the legal challenge of Ohio's elections results in the case Moss v Bush et al." (Via Lisa Rein's Radar)
11:39:52 AM
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