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Iran says CIA is 'terrorist' agency

The US senate has called for Iran's Revolutionary Guards to be labelled a 'terrorist organisation' [AFP] Iran's parliament has approved a nonbinding resolution to label the CIA and the US army as "terrorist organisations". The move is seen as a diplomatic tit-for-tat after the US senate also voted in favour of a motion urging the state department to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a "terrorist organisation." The signing of the resolution by 215 politicians at an open session of the Iranian parliament was broadcast live on television on Saturday. The statement said: "The aggressor US army and the Central Intelligence Agency are terrorists and also nurture terror." Depleted uranium The parliament said the two organisations were terrorists for a number of reasons. It said they were involved in dropping nuclear bombs in Japan in World War II and used depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. It also said they supported the killings of Palestinians by Israel, bombed and killed Iraqi civilians and tortured terror suspects in prisons. The resolution urges Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's, the Iranian president, government to treat the two as terrorist organisations. It also paves the way for the resolution to become legislation which, if ratified by the country's constitutional watchdog, would become law. Awaiting reaction The government is expected to remain silent over the parliament resolution and wait for US reaction before making its decision. On Wednesday, the US senate voted 76-22 in favour of a resolution urging the state department to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation. While the proposal attracted overwhelming bipartisan support, a small group of Democrats said they feared labeling the state-run organisation a terrorist group could be interpreted as a congressional authorisation of military force in Iran. The Bush administration had already been considering whether to blacklist an elite unit within the Revolutionary Guard, subjecting part of the vast military operation to financial sanctions.

Headwind Throughout

comments on the Aegis Video

Headwind Throughout
It is actually a video of someone being totally careless and deliberately disruptive, worst of all -حاميها حراميها- those are the people who are paid and entrusted to provide security in Iraq, they are running around shooting at people. Aegis are the people who made this video, they are currently immune from prosecution.

Then, two days before he left Iraq for good, L. Paul Bremer III, the Coalition Provisional Authority administrator, signed a blanket order immunizing all Americans, because, as one of his former top aides told me, “we wanted to make sure our military, civilians and contractors were protected from Iraqi law.”

This is according to this article, because Iraq the land of the Hammurabi code, Mesopotamia, is so horrific in it's laws that killers and mercenaries need protection from. People focus on the blackwater while there are tens of other companies doing the exact same everyday and no one ever got convicted or even indicted.

and from
http://rhinocrisy.org/

Mercenaries

Apparently this is more than a month old, but I never heard of it, so perhaps you didn’t, either. Here is a video of a private contractor, working for Aegis Defense Services, shooting at (and apparently killing) Iraqi civilians in cars. Pretty gruesome and horrible, so please, consider whether you actually want to watch this.

In a Guardian article discussing American mercenaries killing in Iraq:

After initially denying involvement, Aegis, run by former Scots Guard Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, issued a statement saying the shootings were legal and within rules-of-force protocols established by the now-defunct CPA. Those guidelines allow security guards to fire on vehicles that approach too close or too quickly. U.S. Army auditors, in their own investigation, agreed with Aegis.

The video link has an article below it discussing the matter, including the Army “investigation” absolving the shooter. The head of Aegis is a guy named Tim Spicer, who has a pretty sordid history as a mercenary. Technically these guys are in Iraq as “armed guards” providing security, and although there was an addition to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 outlawing the use of mercenaries, the United States is not a signatory.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/humor.worldispnetwork.com/video/Aegis_Video.html

Bush's vocabulary lesson - Our leaders an idiot

Our leaders an idiot, but we already knew that.
What we didnt know is the people around him are idiots as well.
especially this guy who leaked Bush's cheat sheet to the public
LOL
Whats also funny, is that NOW i understand why Bush sometimes says words
S_L_O_W and with purpose in how he says them.

If you dont know what i mean, listen close to his next speech.
Ive noticed this for a while

White House mistakenly releases Bush's phonetic guide to foreign names

2007/09/26 George Bush's battle to pronounce complicated words has been laid bare after White House officials mistakenly released an unedited copy of his UN speech, complete with phonetic spellings. The script of the President's address to the 192-nation UN General Assembly, which was accidentally distributed to journalists, revealed he is given a phonetic guide to key foreign names including countries and their leaders. President Bush has trouble with certain words Among those contained in the speech were "Keyr-geez-stan", the name of Zimbabwean president Robert "Moo-gah-bee" and the name of his new French ally, President "Sar-kozee". However he was given no help with the pronunciation of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose name he duly stumbled over. The President is famous for his verbal slipups. He has particular problems with the word "nuclear", is prone to coining made-up words such as "misunderestimate", and once forgot the name of President Musharraf of Pakistan. According to David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter, all presidential speeches contain phonetic guides, but passing the unedited version to the press was an "oversight". Despite the mix-up, the speech was described as eloquent. Mr Bush urged member states to join in a "mission of liberation" and predicted that the "long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end" in Cuba, dailymail.co.uk reports. His words caused anger among the Cuban delegation, who walked out, calling the speech "arrogant and mediocre". Most of the US delegation in turn left the room when President Ahmadinejad rose to speak, reiterating that Iran's nuclear programme was "completely peaceful and transparent".

Gay GOP Consultants Murdered - Link to Gay GOP Prostitution?

Gay GOP Consultants Murdered - Link to Gay GOP Prostitution?

by bernardpliers

Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:05:44 PM PDT

Wonkette has been tracking this story about three dead Republicans killed in an Orlando home.

http://wonkette.com/...
http://wonkette.com/...

At least two of them were gay. One was a political consultant and you can see a list of his GOP (political) clients at his web site, including Tom Feeney (R FL-24).

His (not gay?) roommate was the former president of the Central Florida Young Republicans. So you know he's not gay.

Police say the killer is a gay Republican former Marine with links to gay escorts and gay porn.

The Brad Blog suggests that one of the victims was being blackmailed with the threat of exposing the prominent GOP clients of a gay escort service.

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The hooker angle is pretty tenuous, but the stories of gay prostitution rings servicing the GOP elite have been around for 20 years.

Of course, part of this is the increasingly visible role that gay prostitutes play in the GOP.

Don't confuse the alleged killer with this gay Republican fake former Marine gay escort

...Or this gay Republican former Marine porn star

...Or this former Marine porn star who is not a Republican (well that's kinky!)

Note to the USMC - Guys: WTF? Seriously! WTF?

And don't confuse the Florida Young Republican with this guy.

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some comments here...

Jeff Gannon and The Rival Video Company

Are both from Eastern PA. Maybe someone else would like to follow up on that.

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Gannon story (occasionally); tawdry enough.

But it really piques my curiousity that continuing updates regarding a double homicide/suicide isn't being shoved down everyone's throat in Orlando.

Before you say "so as not to scare off the tourists", trust me, that never stopped them before. "Tawdry" is that local media's middle name, especially their FAUX affiliate.

"There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer

there's a book's worth of material to be

written of all the nefarious connections to Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fl), who has a starring role in this story also.
I can't remember it all, but bradblog has been following all the tentacles emerging from Feeney for years.
There is something for everyone---vote fraud, illegal activities at Wang Enterprises, China, money laundering, suspicious "suicides", other suspicous deaths, Atta on the casino boat, Abramoff and on and on it goes.
Many strange and troubling goings-on----and it seems like Feeney is always there somewhere.

Maybe Feeney's Consultant Knew Too Much

The secrecy of these sexual shenanigans points toward intimidation across the government.

Somewhere there are pretty ruthless enforcers making sure people stay silent.

and I might add that Feeney is best

buds with Jeb Bush. There are still links to the whole mess of shenanigans at http://www.bradblog.com

If anyone's looking for a lighter take on these things, go here:
link .

Leopold & Loeb...

...were just a couple who kidnapped and killed one person.

Who could have foreseen the same relationship on a nationwide scale kidnapping an entire country?

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/30/143517/145

Does it seem like there's a new Republican scandal in the news every single week? Well, that may be because there is:

January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child into a sexual relationship

January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado, Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges "in connection with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he awarded one of his employees"

(So much more below the fold.)

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January 31, 2007: Republican Congressman Gary Miller is named by Republicans as ranking member of oversight subcommittee of House Financial Services Committee despite the FBI's investigation into his land deals

February 14, 2007: Major Republican fundraiser Brent Wilkes and former CIA executive director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo are indicted by a grandy jury for corrupting CIA contracts

February 16, 2007: Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon, is indicted in federal court on charges of providing material support to terrorists

March 5, 2007: Ethics complaint filed against Republican Senator Pete Domenici for his role in the Attorney Purge scandal

March 6, 2007: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury

March 8, 2007: Republican former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair

March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush's energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee

March 27, 2007: Criminal charges filed against Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun; he is accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing

March 27, 2007: Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman, "indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit"

March 28, 2007: Robert Vellanoweth, a Republican activist and appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one child

April 18, 2007: The FBI raids the home of Republican Congressman John Doolittle, investigating his ties to Jack Abramoff

April 19, 2007: The FBI raids a business tied to the family of Republican Congressman Rick Renzi, as part of an investigation into his business dealings

April 23, 2007: The FBI questions Republican Congressman Tom Feeney about his dealings with Jack Abramoff

April 23, 2007: Federal auditors find repeat violations of federal election law from the 2004 Senate campaign of Republican Senator Mel Martinez

April 26, 2007: David Huckabee, son of Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, is arrested at an Arkansas airport after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage

May 4, 2007: Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott, former Alaska state Republican legislators, were arrested and accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from the corrupt VECO Corporation

May 4, 2007: Republican state Assemblyman Michael Cole is censured and stripped of his leadership position after the married father of two spent the night at a 21-year-old intern's apartment

May 11, 2007: A field coordinator for Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry is indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina

May 12, 2007: NBC News breaks the story that the FBI is investigating Republican Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons for suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for securing government contracts

May 15, 2007: Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy is arrested for drunk driving (he pled no contest on June 1, but didn't publicly disclose the event until June 11)

May 18, 2007: Republican former South Dakota State Representative Ted Klaudt is charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count of stalking against two foster children in his care

May 21, 2007: Republican state Senate candidate Mark Tate is indicted on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand jury

June 11, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig is arrested for lewd conduct in the men's bathroom of an airport

June 19, 2007: South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South Carolina Chairman of Giuliani for President Thomas Ravenel is indicted by a grand jury on cocaine distribution charges

July 2, 2007: President George W. Bush commutes the sentence of former Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby following Libby's conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury

July 3, 2007: A grand jury report declares that the sale of public land to Republican Congressman Ken Calvert and his business partners violated the law

July 11, 2007: Republican state Representative and Florida co-Chairman of McCain for President Bob Allen is arrested for soliciting a male undercover police officer, offering to pay $20 to perform oral sex

July 16, 2007: Republican Senator David Vitter holds press conference acknowledging being on the D.C. Madam's list and past involvement with prostitutes

July 16, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski was involved in a sweetheart real estate deal

July 19: Republican former state legislator Coy Privette is charged with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution

July 24, 2007: Michael Flory, former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, pleads guilty to sexual abuse

July 26, 2007: Media report that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski will sell back land purchased in a sweetheart deal, following close scrutiny of the shady transaction

July 29, 2007: Glenn Murphy Jr., recently-elected Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation, is accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping man

July 30, 2007: The FBI and IRS raid the home of Republican Senator Ted Stevens following investigations into Stevens' dealings with the corrupt VECO Corporation

August 2, 2007: Bush administration senior adviser Karl Rove disregards a Congressional subpoena and refuses to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee

August 6, 2007: Investigation called for after House Republican Leader John Boehner leaked classified information regarding a secret court ruling over warrantless wiretapping

August 8, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig pleads guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct following his June 11 arrest

August 9, 2007: Major Republican donor Alan Fabian is charged with 23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and perjury

August 15, 2007: Republican state House candidate Angelo Cappelli is arrested for perjury and grand theft

August 22, 2007: Republican political consultant Roger Stone resigns his role with the New York state Senate Republicans after reports surfaced that he made a "threatening, obscenity-laced" phone call to the 83-year-old father of Governor Eliot Spitzer

August 27, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested and pled guilty - he had not publicly disclosed the events to that point

That seems like an awful lot of corruption, scandal, hypocrisy, impropriety, and jail-worthy crime, huh? A lot of corruption. One might say an entire Culture of Corruption.

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additions pointed out...

August 9: Bush #41 appointee Chief Judge Edward Nottingham of the District Court for the District of Colorado admit
ted in court documents that he got so blotto in a titty-bar that he couldn't even remember how he blew $3,000 in a single night.

It was also revealed that Judge NaughtyHam paid $150 to an Internet dating site for swingers wherein, or so I am told (not having checked this out for myself), you are expected to ... errrr, ahem, "display your wares."

Gay GOP Consultants Murdered - Link to Gay GOP Prostitution?

A Long Catalog of Recent Republican Misdeeds

also see...
senate2008guru.blogspot.com/2007/08/republican-culture-of-corruption-2007.html