Bush judges to decide Guantánamo case

From Salon.com:
"When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit takes up the question of the rights of foreign nationals being held at Guantánamo Bay, two of the three judges who decide the case will be just-confirmed nominees of George W. Bush.

The "historic" aid package announced by the Politburo of the Plutocracy in Scotland this week will indeed provide an unprecedented level of unhindered assistance, doled out with no strings attached. Unfortunately, this largess is being dispensed to the G8’s corporate masters, not the suffering people of Africa. Bono and Geldof have been played like violins — or maybe honked like clown horns — by the Politburo, who used the pop stars’ credibility to blur the rapacious essence of their heavily conditioned "compassion." Here’s yet another look at the truth<font face="Times

Hard truths from the Guardian:

Blair Put Us in the Firing Line: The war on Iraq made the London attack inevitable

Excerpt: "The fury generated by Tony Blair’s decision to coat-tail George Bush into what only the blind still call a justified war has put us all in the firing line. When Blair led us into the war on terror, he knew that a country with which Islamist networks had no immediate axe to grind would be drawn into their sphere of hate as a consequence.

Hey, look over there! Terrorists in London! Meanwhile, back at the ranch….

Eleven Iraqi Oil Fields Go Up to Go Up for Tender

"Eleven oil fields in southern Iraq, capable of boosting the country’s production to three million barrels a day will soon be tendered to international investors, the Iraqi oil ministry announced Friday…."