Really News Archives - August, 2005

November 29, 2005

Sage Council In New Mexico protects Petroglyphs/Rock Paintings from reckless development

Former Colin Powell Chief of Staff, Larry Wilkerson, Criticizes handling of Iraq - NY Times 11/29/05
Bill Moyers Has His Say on Broadcasting and Cable - Truth Out 11/29/05
Foreign Support Seen Behind Attacks in Afghanistan; Mimics Those in Iraq - Washington Post 11/28/05
The Press: The Enemy Within, Exploring the "Dumbed Down" US Media - (NY Books December edition)
North Carolina Judge Declines Protection for Diebold & it's voting machines - ABC News 11/29/05
The Federal Reserve; More of the Same & Examining US Deficit - Texas Straight Talk (TX Gov't site) 11/28
What's Happening Now in DC

- The Daily Show, Jon Stewart Reports
See also The Daily Show Interview with Richard Clarke

Saddam Hussein's trial article, tape of first witness, who is now deceased. Prosecution tries Hussein for 148 Shia and attempted assassination of Shia leader. Also see video of US Contractor, Aegis Defence Services "Trophy" , where civilian Iraqi's shot from car, using machine gun like an arcade game. AND reality of US Depleted Uranium weapons used in Iraq, and children Iraq contaminated. More DU Information & LINKS and What is a War Crime? Information on Depleted Uranium 11/28/05

U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (Article), a California Republican, resigned on Monday after pleading guilty to taking $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for help in securing Defense Department contracts. 11/28/05

His 43 foot yacht: (See Bribery List)

When in Washington, Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham lived rent-free on this vessel, belonging to defense contractor Mitchell Wade, paying only dock fees and maintenance.

At least two British nationals are believed to have been killed when a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims was attacked by gunmen (More

. Western diplomats hunt for information on the fate of a group of American, British and Canadian aid workers reported kidnapped in Baghdad. More reports of kidnappings 11/28 - 11/28/05

More News of Iraq violence

*November 27, 2005*
	Pentagon to Expand Domestic Surveillance by 50 Percent - Washington Post 11/27/05 Subcommittee Hears Legislation that Could Dismantle Community Access TV - Indy Media 11/26/05 Eight Killed in South Iran Earthquake - BBC News Article & 11/27/05 Dueling Rallies Converge in Crawford Texas - The Canadian Press/Truth Out 11/27/05 Chinese Officials Sought to Hide Toxic Spill - Wash. Post/Truth Out 11/27/05 Iran President: Charge Bush for War Crimes/Use of Depleted Uranium - AP 11/27/05 Learn More on DU "Trophy" of private, armed contractors shooting Iraqi civilians - Daily KOS & Sunday Telegraph 11/27
	Former Iraqi Prime Minister said abuses in Iraq today are as bad as under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Read BBC News Article 11/26/05 Iraqi Leader, Talibani, the first non Arab president of an Arab country, disputes these claims & BBC Article 11/27/05	Hurricane Katrina - Retrospective, Months later . Home videos as water rises, PBS Frontline's "The Storm" . Also, photographs from BBC News . Four months later Teachers & students still coping with pain and stress in aftermath of Katrina NPR (Windows Media Player)	PBS - Separation of Church and State & More. Interview with Reverend Madison Shockely II of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad, California. A progressive view of Christianity. Note- This entry is ONLY* to show Other views of Christianity with regard to Separation of Church & State, other than those portrayed by US Corporate Media.

*November 25, 2005*
	Columbia's Galeras Volcano Erupts (article) - BBC News 11/24/05 (PHOTOS) 30 More Die in Iraqi Bomb Attack on Hospital - The Times (UK)/Truth Out School of the America's Protested at Fort Benning, Georgia - (from 11/17 - 11/20) Recovery is Stagnant in Mississippi Towns from Hurricanes - Truth Out/Wash. Post 11/25/05 Exit Plans Dominate the Iraq War Debate - The Salt Lake Tribune 11/25/05 Cindy Sheehan Returns to Bush Ranch - AOL Svcs 11/24/05
	Inn World Report - Use of Phosphorous on Civilians in Fallujah. Reports from Dar Jahmal in Iraq. Also, Blair talks Bush out of bombing Al Jazeera (see Detailed British & Boris Johnson, British Op Ed Article). Desired bombing said to prevent media coverage of Fallujah. Read Articles. Also, S. American News 11/23/05	Democracy Now reveals the plight of the forgotten Native Americans in the deep bayous of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Also report on the destruction of our environment. 11/24/05	Paul Hackett (D), Iraq War Veteran , runs for Senate in Ohio. See of Hackett on MSNBC's Hardball, regarding Iraq War. Hackett, was defeated by Only a narrow margin, in a heavily republican district by Jean Schmidt (see Schmidt in action)

*November 23 and 24, 2005*
	The End of an Era for US Television News Anchors - BBC News 11/23/05 Iraq Bomber kills 21, More US Soliders Die, Death Toll at 2,100 - Associated Press 11/23/05 NBC Andrea Mitchell Caught in Lies - Dave Fiderer, Huffington Post 11/23/05 War Protestors Arrested Near Bush's Crawford Ranch - MSNBC 11/23/05 Rice confronted NY Times at White House regarding reporting leading up to war -NY Observer 11/23/05 Iraqi's Miss Out On Their Own Oil Fortune, International Oil Companies To Control - Financial Review 11/24 IMPORTANT US NATIONAL INDEPENDENT MEDIA STORIES (CLICK HERE)
	Hugo Chavez helps Massachusetts Poor (BBC Article/Video) - Officials from Venezuela and Massachusetts have signed a deal to provide cheap heating oil to low-income homes in the US state. 11/23/05	(Op Ed article & BBC NEWS videos) Iraqis may understand that Americans & the government cannot end the insurgency, but what they cannot understand, according to this Iraqi Op Ed article, are the atrocities committed by the occupation forces & Iraqi government officials. 11/23/05	Thanksgiving Holiday travelers (VIDEO) begin to crowd roads and airports. (See ALL Stories). Also, tanker explodes on Interstate 95 (following above video) 11/23/05

*November 21 and 22, 2005*
	Bush says Progress in Iraq is Amazing - Editor and Publisher 11/21/05 British Trained Iraqis Killed Prisoners with Drills - The Online Independent, UK 11/20/05 General Motors Slashing Budget & 30,000 jobs (Reuters Article) and NPR Article & AUDIO 11/21/05 Aero Contractors Provide CIA "Torture Taxi's" in North Carolina - Indy Media (Article/VIDEO) 11/21/05 ACLU Action Being Taken Re: Two People Ousted from Bush Speech - Rocky Mountain News 11/21/05 Blair Talked Bush Out of Bombing Al-Jazeera - AFP Report/Yahoo news 11/22/05 Iraq Would Lose 200 billion under US Plan for Oil - Online Independent, UK 11/22/05 EIGHTEEN GRANNIES ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT - VIDEO 11/20/05
	Former Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State, Colin Powell speaks out on intel leading up to the invasion of Iraq. VIDEO, CNN - 11/20/05 - Really news shows this video as the Wilkerson himself speaks as camera runs. From C&L.	Dick Cheney speaks regarding the "War on Terror". VIDEO Includes him giving the U.S. an open invitation to attack anyone that we might feel is a threat. 11/21/05	The Selling of the Iraq War (Democracy Now) VIDEO- Investigative journalist James Bamford, recently published in Rolling Stone, examines how the Bush administration and Iraqi National Congress used the PR firm Rendon Group to feed journalists - including Judith Miller -- fabricated stories in an effort to sell the war.

*November 18 and 19, 2005*
	China Not Pleased by Bush Suggestion on How their country should be run - Watching America 11/18/05 Prosecutor Seeks New Grand Jury in CIA Leak Case (Reuters) & MORE from Truth Out 11/19/05 US Army says it told Personnel not to use White Phosphorous - Independent Online, UK 11/19/05 California Tries to Reinstate Diebold Voting Machines after Ruling Them Out - Raw Story 11/18/05 Budget Cuts Put Disabled & Elderly at Risk - WaPo/Truth Out 11/18/05
	Conservative Democrat, Rep. John Murtha of PA calls for exit strategy plan & eventual withdrawal from Iraq (c-span live video) and ABC Video). Then Rep. Jean Schmidt (R), freshman congresswoman from special election in Ohio berates Murtha on floor & is silenced (c-span live video). Republicans offer immediate pull out decoy bill to NOT be passed (article). Murtha talks about the day on MSNBC Hardball (video)	South Koreans host APEC, Bush Protested (articles & videos). New Zealand Prime Minister meets with Bush. See articles and videos of violent protests surrounding APEC. 11/18/05	More on Iraqi prisoner abuse from both Iraqi police and US made prisons. Opinion article from inside Iraq, plus BBC Video report. (From Watching America) 11/18/05 An Iraqi point of view on torture houses. Bagdad Burning, an Iraqi blog. 11/18/05

*November 15 and 16, 2005*
	Budget.Senate.Gov pdf report – September 2004 - Top 10 Countries Holding Billions of US Debt LA Times to cut 85 newsroom jobs - Editor & Publisher 11/16/05 Cindy Sheehan Enters Not Guilty Plea - The Guardian Limited UK 11/16/05 General Motors Bankruptcy Fears Hit Wall Street - Associated Press 11/15/05 Senate "Shores Up" Deteriorating Pension Plans effecting 44 million - Associated Press 11/16/05 Plame Case: Walter Pincus says Woodward asked him to keep him out of reporting - E&P 11/16/05 Segment from Boston Commons - Something to think about (video)
	Vice President Dick Cheney heckled at University of Tennessee ground breaking ceremony - (VIDEO) 11/15/05	An Iraqi human rights team has gone to the city of Falluja to investigate the use of white phosphorus as a weapon by US forces - BBC Article/Video, 11/16/05	Trailer for a film by Truth Out's Chris Hume & L. Wild Horse (Real Player VIDEO) - Red State Road Trip. Film examines the great division in America today. Hume & Wild Horse honestly & candidly allows the people speak for themselves. Truth Out - 11/16/05 (Real Player VIDEO) - Red State Road Trip. Film examines the great division in America today. Hume & Wild Horse honestly & candidly allows the people speak for themselves. Truth Out - 11/16/05

*November 13 and 14, 2005*
	Spain Looks into the US CIA's handling of detainees - NY Times 11/14/05 Rediscovered CIA Director Intel Suggests Manipulation in 2001 - Raw Story 11/14/05 Has American Democracy died in Ohio election, 2005? - Free Press 11/13/06 The Staggeringly Impossible Results of Ohio's 2005 Election - Huffington Post 11/13/05 Chalabi meets with Cheney & Rumsfeld, Cameras/Video Again Banned - Reuters 11/14/05
	Senator John McCain (R) Arizona, speaks on Face the Nation regarding use of torture on US prisoners. 11/13/05	Veterans Day 2005 A Film by Chris Hume and Scott Galindez of Truth Out at Arlington West 11/14/05 Uses REAL Player	French President Chirac makes new pledge to end riots and help create opportunities for young people in urban areas. Note: incorrectly reported in US News, riots were perpetuated by the urban poor, not necessarily Muslims. BBC Article/Video

*November 11 and 12, 2005*
	Transcript of President's Veteran's Day Speech - U.S. Newswire 11/11/05 Bush Disputes Charges of Intelligence Misuse to Declare War - Bloomberg 11/11/05 No Bid Contract to Replace Schools after Katrina is Faulted - NY Times 11/11/05 Bill O'Reilly of Fox News suggests allowing blowing up SF Coit Towers - VIDEO/Audio - 11/11/05 AP Poll: More Americans think Administrations Ethics have dropped - See Results 11/11/05 *Really News Welcomes Our Newest Affiliate James Vaughn*
	Congressman Weldon (R) of Pennsylvania (VIDEO) discusses how he feels the 9/11 Commission failed the people & that there was cover up that could have prevented the attack. 11/10/05 Curt Weldon also gives a 45 minute press conference on C-Span. See Video Here (Real Player)	A rare look at when fallen soldiers come home (narrated photo essay) that the corporate media, the Administration, and Pentagon do not show. Note: While this piece contains opinion, it is not one that is allowed to be given or shown in US Corporate media 11/11/05 (hat tip E. Blumrich)	White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan fields questions (VIDEO) about the Administration's policies on torture at White House Press Briefing. 11/10/05

*November 9, 2005*
	US Criticized for use of White Phosphorus on Fallujah Raids - Truth Out 11/09/05 Italian Fallujah Documentary/English VIDEO - US Military Confirms Chem Weapon Use Doc - PDF Judith Miller Retires from New York Times - Washington Post 11/09/05 Voting Irregularity Brushed aside for California Governor - LA Times 11/09/05 US Army Magazine Confirms Use of Incendiary Chemical Weapons - Raw Story 11/09/05 GOP drops ANWAR Drilling Plan for budget - MSNBC 11/09/05
	Senate Holds Hearings on Record Profits of Big Oil Companies & price gouging VIDEO (ABC News) from Crooks & Liars 11/09/05	Democrats gain ground in yesterdays elections, Republicans lost ground in many state and local elections. California Governor loses many proposals. (Article/VIDEO) BBC Reports -11/09/05	AMMAN EXPLOSIONS VIDEO Americans targeted in Jordan. Three bombings occur at American frequented hotels - The Feed Room Assoc Press 11/09/05

*November 6 and 7, 2005*
	Dick Cheney (off record) angered over Senate Torture Intervention - Newsweek 11/07/05 Senate Votes Again to Ban Abuse of Prisoners - New York Times 11/07/05 Iran Claims Recovery of Two US Spy Drones (Planes) - Reuters 11/07/05 Feds; Wal-Mart Executives Knew of hiring illegal aliens - Associated Press 11/07/05 Karl Rove Still Under Investigation in CIA Leak Case - Raw Story 11/07/05 The Usual Stonewall Video (this time from Panama) - Fox News 11/07/05 US denies use of white phosphorus on Iraqi civilians (ref below Italian documentary) - Reuters 11/08/05
	BBC Article & Video France; Riots Local authorities in France have been allowed to impose curfews in an attempt to end 11 days of riots. More Video from Reuters. 11/07/05 Real Story is riots are due to death of 2 teens, racial and class tensions, unemployment etc. US AP news blames Muslims (view your corporate US news, Really News will not publish fallacy or disinformation here.) 11/07/05	US Veterans reveal - Use of White Phosphorus (Napalm like chemical weapon on Civilian Population in Fallujah ONE YEAR AGO (View Italian Documentary VIDEO, English version available. This came out on the Internet today, reported on Information Clearing House. US media has been and remains silent. 11/07/05	Out of season Indiana Tornado (ABC Video) deals death and destruction. Twenty-three dead. Reuters article. 11/06/05 Also, video of aftermath from The Feedroom TORNADO AFTERMATH (video)	United Nations Video/Article - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe angered by U.S. Intervention in his country, argues against armed "humanitarian" interventions & for restoration of UN to its original intent of peace and cooperation. 11/07/05

*November 3 and 4, 2005*
	Zogby Poll: 51% to 45% of Americans Favor Impeachment Probe - Raw Story 11/04/05 "Torture is a Crime, Not a Policy" - Cincinnati Post 11/04/05 Former Powell Staffer Implicates Cheney in Torture - NPR (AUDIO) 11/03/05 European Union to Investigate Alleged CIA Torture Jails - Assoc Press 11/03/05 Blogs Scoop US Mainstream Media on Leaks & Corruption - Rolling Stone Magazine 11/03/05 Fox News Pays 14K for Tom Delay to Fly to DC - Goddard Political Wire 11/03/05 CIA Holds Prisoners in Secret Prisons for Interrogation since 2001 - Washington Post 11/02/05 National Guard is Short On Gear - St. Louis Dispatch 11/03/05
	Protest Against War & IN Support of Troops in Los Angeles (more LA video), CA and high school students walked out in New York City (video), Twin Cities (video) & AROUND THE COUNTRY. World Can't Wait called for National Protests in many states across the US yesterday, thousands protest the war & support troops 11/02/05	Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby pleads not guilty to the five charges brought against him in CIA Leak Case. ABC News Video 11/03/05	One year later . . . was the 2004 presidential election valid? Discussion of facts on Democracy Now. Pro and Con - 11/04/04 READ the Government Accountability Office (BI-Partisan Rep/Dem) Report To Congressional Requesters Concerns of Electronic Voting	More civilians are killed in Iraq by car bombs, and a US helicopter is shot down 11/03/05

*November 1, 2005*
	US Declines United Nation Request for Guantanamo Information - ABC news/Australia 11/01/05 Guantanamo: Suicide Attempts Witnessed by Outsiders - Washington Post 11/01/05 Seven US troops killed in bloodiest month since January 2005 - Reuters/Yahoo, 10/31/05 Times Reporter Confirms He Learned CIA Agent's Identity from K. Rove - ABC News US 11/01/05 Administration Missing Dozens of Security Deadlines - Boston.com 11/01/05
	The Torture Question - Video Part Six of Six - Abu Ghraib and Beyond. "Home videos document how the brutal treatment effects everyone". PBS Frontline Documentary Video; How far should torture of prisoners go? Windows media player or Real Player formats	20 Died In Latest Iraq Blast and more than 40 got injured when a car next to restaurant exploded in Basra, Iraq. Also, US denies killing any civilians in latest airstrike though BBC reported many Iraqi civilian deaths. 11/01/05	Wal Mart - The High Cost of a Low Price. US Labor Dept Makes Unethical Pact with WalMart. Many are speaking out as Wal Mart takes over towns and crushes businesses, families and peoples lives. NY Times Article with Internal Wal Mart Memo - discriminating on health care. Learn more at walmartmovie.com, Fast Company and Wal-Mart Watch