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POPSFBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No Cont.... Note the language used by Eid in dismissing the gravity of the case: the case isn't serious because they were "more aspirational, perhaps, than operational"? Well, when it was the Liberty Seven -- black Muslim men who were described by the FBI as "aspirational rather than operational" -- there was no hesitation by the Justice Department in bringing charges. Another funny thing: When a black man in prison sent a threatening letter containing baby powder to John McCain, Troy Eid brought down the full force of the law, complete with press conferences and public declarations that "We won't stand for threats of this kind in Colorado." But when it’s a claque of white men with rifles, disguises, and all the accoutrement of a conspiracy – as well as open admissions to it – Troy Eid isn’t worried. After all, they just a bunch of harmless, tweakers, right? … Just like little Timmy McVeigh.
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POPSIsrael ENews Poll Result: Dial M for Murder! Maybe it was the misuse of an expendable to provide Sarkozy with a memorable end to his visit and divert attention away from the normal Israeli PM corruption charges now pressing on Olmert. No? Well I certainly don't believe he deliberately shot himself in the head in public and then jumped off a roof!!! One bullet in the head normal prevents subsequent high jinks.
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POPSList Universe's Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries Excellent primer on many of the more well known mysteries like the Shroud, the Black Dahlia, Mary Celeste and Jack the Ripper. The less well-known mysteries like the Babushka Lady, the Voynich Manuscript, The Taos Hum, The Zodiac Killer and the Comte de Sainte-Germaine are informative in a few short paragraphs and I suggest those interested to use this as a stepping stone into their own search for the weird, unusual, bizarre and truly unsolved mysteries.
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POPSNight follows Day in Gaza. Predicted consequences. The Haaretz story predicting the event of today was on 3/13/2008. The predicted Islamic Jihad response was 3/14/2008,today. Night follows day. The Zionist don't want peace or else they'll be out bred. Good Jews - the majority - want nothing to do with the Russian settles Mafia.
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POPSTruly Understanding Martin Luther King Jr. I love Sarah Vowell. Not because I'm an NPR nerd. Not because I'm a history nerd. Not even because I'm an assasination nerd. I have been accused of such vile things! But I protest! I love her because I'm an Emma Goldman nerd, in all her obscure anarchistic and humanistic glory. Emma Goldman perfectly balanced being a political figure with still being a living-and-breathing, loving-and-losing human being. Something that many professional activists (as well as historians) lose track of. I think Sarah Vowell introduces just enough levity to bring the force of irrefutable humanity (and its resultant moderation) to a field badly needing in perspective. Although she could take glib pot shots at the Christian right like Marueen Dowd, she has enough class instead to put it all in perspective and remind us that people who are different aren't necessarily deviant. She actually appears to have listened to what Dr. King says.
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POPSBhutto Assasination and Paki "Regime Change" Agenda It was the CIA who helped Musharraf into power by coupe in 1999, who benefits most from Bhutto's assassination. The typical "militant Islam" and "Al Qaeda did it" propaganda being played by Musharraf government is highly incredulous, and the people are not believing the official story for a minute, while it is being played heavily in the U.S. to propagate the "war on terrorism" in order to continue global "regime change". The assassination of Bhutto represents classical "destabilization" tactics employed in history to radically alter governments. Musharraf benefits most from her assassination, along with the Anglo-American interests, and probably cement his power--until the people rise up against him in what should only be expected as "blow-back". Odds are he will again declare Martial Law, and begin iron fist rule, perhaps without suspension this time.
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POPSThe Assasination of Benazir Bhutto When in power, corruption hemmed in around her, and her visions were stalemated by the reality of bureaucratic government. She was at her best when she was disenfranchised, chiding those in control. In power she was a bureaucrat, but in opposition she was an icon. Now she has died as icons die, as opposition leaders die, in an explosive annihilation of waves of humanity. ...at the back gate of a park after a speech, on the eve of her comeback.
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POPSFarewell, My Dear Brother - Sireli Yegpayris From early morning, tearful mourners, many holding identical black-and-white signs reading "We are all Hrant Dink" and "We are all Armenians," gathered outside the Agos newspaper office where Dink was shot three times in broad daylight last Friday. Rest in peace, Hrant. We will never forget you, sireli yegpayris - my dear brother.
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POPSFury in Turkey at editor's murder A crowd of several thousand people marched towards the office of Agos, the bilingual Turkish and Armenian weekly newspaper Dink edited, on Friday night. Many carried red carnations and photographs of Dink with the inscription "My dear brother" in Turkish, Armenian and English. The mood was not sombre but angry, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Istanbul, with many demanding justice. There was also a protest by several hundred people in Ankara.
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