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Monday, September 12, 2005 |
M&CNews: "An attorney at the Texas Secretary of State's office has been fired for talking to a reporter about President Bush's adviser Karl Rove's eligibility to vote in the state.
The Washington Post reports that Elizabeth Reyes confirmed Friday she has been fired for answering questions in a Post story that ran Sept. 3.
Reyes was fired Tuesday but Scott Haywood, a spokesman for Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams, wouldn't comment besides saying that Reyes 'was not authorized to speak on behalf of the agency'.
The Post had earlier ran a story about tax deductions on Rove's homes in Washington and Texas.
Although the Roves were eligible for a tax break in 2001 when they bought the Washington property, a 2002 change to the tax law made them ineligible. They received the break inadvertently, the Post said."
12:58:23 PM 
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CommonDreams: "A new draft US defense paper calls for preventive nuclear strikes against state and non-state adversaries in order to deter them from using weapons of mass destruction and urges US troops to 'prepare to use nuclear weapons effectively'."
Here you can download a copy of the document.
12:53:05 PM
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GreenLeft: "On September 8, at Europe's largest coal port in Rotterdam, the Greenpeace ship Argus blocked cranes from unloading coal imported from South Africa, the US, Indonesia and Australia. Greenpeace is demanding that European governments immediately cease using coal and switch to renewable, clean energy. 'Climate change is now the single biggest threat facing our planet', Sven Teske, a Greenpeace renewable energy expert said, adding, 'Coal is one of the dirtiest fossil fuels, producing more carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming'. The Greenpeace action aimed to 'expose Europe's dangerous addiction to coal. This port currently imports 24.7 million tonnes of coal from all over the world each year.'"
12:02:47 PM
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