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U.S. House passes measure easing immigration rule 3/13
Federal Election Commission Launches Investigation Of Independent Counsel Robert Ray 3/14
House GOP Backs $2.1 Trillion Budget: GOP Gives "Bush the defense and domestic security increases he wants while paring many domestic programs to keep deficits in check." Say Goodbye to A Gov't For The People. Say Hello To Gov't For War. 3/13
Senate Rejects Auto Fuel Standards. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.C., called the vote "a missed opportunity ... to pass meaningful (fuel economy) standards" 3/14
House OKs "Fetus Protection Bill" 3/13
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The March 13th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia
BuzzFlash interviews Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. NEW INTERVIEW!
The March 13th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
Terror fight undercut by careless words 3/14
Anti-anti-war crowd dreams up a disloyal opposition 3/14
Under the "We'll Believe It When We See It" Category: Russian, U.S. Officials to Cut Nukes 3/14
U. Moves To Keep Gun Ban; Machen seeks injunction until dispute is resolved 3/14
A Texas-size swell for voters in the Democratic Party Primary 3/14
John Ashcroft's Palmer Raids 3/14
Another Assault on Choice: Idaho House OKs Fetal Protection Bill 3/14
See The INS Docs of Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi 3/14
Gore, Back in Political Game, Takes Swipe at Bush 3/14
US admits killing Afghan civilians 3/14
Texas Lab Worker Infected with Anthrax, CDC Says 3/14
"I Am a Patriot" 3/14
Feisty and Furry, Gore Starts Race, Whacking Bush 3/14
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: Bob Barr is "Under Attack from the Radical Left" 3/14
Bob Barr Wins, Airport Gets Reagan Signs, Proving, Once Again, That Barr Is Never Above Promoting Ridiculous Legislation to Further His Warped Agenda 3/14
No Need To Lie: Hiding The Truth About 'Star Wars' 3/14
Fuel Efficiency Bill Faces Strong Opposition in Senate 3/13
Visas Approved for Terrorist Pilots Six Months After Attacks! 3/13
Lawmakers Doubt Need for Missile Defense Plan 3/13
New Shipment of "Stupid White Men" on BuzzFlash.com, by Michael Moore. In It's 9th Printing! #2 On NY Times Best Seller List.
Bush may tap retirement funds to avoid hitting debt ceiling 3/13
U.S. Endorses Palestinean State 3/13
Dozens Killed in Middle Eastern Violence 3/13
Does the Jingoistic Murdoch New York Post Discriminate Against Americans? 3/13
Otto Reich Has Quickly Turned to His Obsession: Watch out for this Condoner of Atrocities in Central America 3/13
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL: Of All The Republican Chicken Hawks, Tom Delay Takes The Cake 3/12
U.N. Backs "Vision" of Palestinian State 3/13
Robert Ray Resigns, Reportedly to Run for the Senate in New Jersey. He is the Perfect Candidate for the Grand Hypocrisy Party: a Thick Layer of Pompous Piety Over a Core of Raw, Ruthless Ambition. 3/13
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Tom Delay, Cluck Cluck 3/13
THE NEW YORKER CATCHES UP WITH BUZZFLASH IN DETAILING THE CHARGE THAT THE FBI IS DRAGGING ITS FEET IN IDENTIFYING THE ANTHRAX TERRORIST
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THE NEWARK NEW JERSEY STAR-LEDGER EXPOSES ROBERT RAY FOR WHAT HE IS, A GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY (GHP) OPPORTUNIST
"Still sealed are 150 pages of Reagan papers and tens of thousands of pages left behind by Reagan's vice president, George Bush." 3/13
In Texas, Continuing to dish out his lessons in shoestring politics on Tuesday, schoolteacher Victor Morales barely trailed former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk into a runoff for the Democratic Senate nomination. 3/13
Bush Goes Back to Elementary School Again. "I'm a Little Teapot...." 3/13
"Big-spending banker Tony Sanchez easily defeated Dan Morales in the Democratic primary Tuesday, capping a bitterly fought campaign to become the first Hispanic ever nominated for governor of Texas by a major party." 3/13
When Did America Become Sparta? 3/13
Boston Archdiocese Reaches $30 Million Settlement 3/13
The Fallout of Desperation: When in doubt, nuke 'em, by Robert Scheer 3/13
Texas is given low marks in unemployment benefits 3/13
" This is a plan to use nukes in conventional war-fighting and to maintain a Cold War-sized arsenal by stealth and deception. It is disgraceful." 3/13
Cheney & Co. Owe Thanks to Those Who Pressured Them to Unload Stock 3/13
US sends suspects to face torture 3/13
Yates Found Guilty of Murdering Her Children 3/13
You’re Shocked W Flip-Flopped on Free Trade? 3/13
Tensions Rise as Pickering Fight Drags on 3/13
"An Allapattah Baptist (Miami) minister who once led an anti-crime march was arrested Monday night after police found him inside a parked van, naked, having sex with a 17-year-old boy." 3/13
Possibly the biggest political myth of the year just keeps on growing 3/13
A Special Potential Distress Alert from the Legendary BartCop 3/13
Keep College Open to the Poor 3/13
Priest Shot During Mass in Long Island 3/13
The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the Denver Police Department of keeping illegal files on peaceful protest groups including Amnesty International and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning American Friends Service Committee. 3/13
Congress targets Global Crossing 3/13
Murdoch company in $1bn TV piracy row 3/13
Pearl Kidnapping Suspect Shouts Out Threats to U.S. in Pakistan Courtroom 3/13
Cheney Gets Warning in Jordan 3/13
H&R Block Severs Ties with National Rifle Association 3/13
"Yemen is important to world energy markets because of its oil and natural gas resources as well as its strategic location at the Bab el-Mandab strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's most active shipping lanes." 3/13
Why Fix Airport Security When We Have The Bomb? by Marie Cocco 3/13
Right Wing Hack William Bennett is on the Loose Again. Buy Some Ear Plugs. 3/13
Credibility: "If people are too stupid to think for themselves, and too lazy to do their own homework, I can’t get too worked up about it." 3/13
Transcript: “Earth Shattering” World Bank Scoop 3/13
Pushing marriage won't end women's poverty 3/13
Latin America: Enron Fallout is a Hot Issue 3/13
Reckless talk of new nukes 3/13
Itchy fingers on the trigger: The weekend's leaked Pentagon report has underlined the growing number of US advisers who now advocate the use of nuclear weapons 3/13
Report Says Many Major Polluters Operate Without Required Permits 3/13
The official who blocked a strong tire safety rule used flawed reasoning and has a conflict of interest 3/13
A Message Machine With the Hiccups. What's behind the embarrassing "aberrations" in the Bush P.R. department. 3/13
States Shouldn't Subsidize Religious Schools 3/13
Drug stores threaten to drop Medicaid if states cut payments 3/13
Federal agency investigating Enron's trading for possible fraud, manipulation 3/13
Unnamed Source Says "'Rogue' Nations Policy Builds on Clinton's Lead." How Convenient. More Leaks, More "It's Clinton's Fault." This Isn't Clinton's Gov't, It's Bush's Gov't. 3/13
Wash. Times Calls Robert Ray's Final Report Announcement A "prosecutorial abuse." We Agree. 3/13
How unfortunate that Bush and his family are so closely tied to performing Enron's bidding. 3/13
Questions From Congress for Enron's Law Firm 3/13
How long for the same old stories? by Molly Ivins 3/13
Nixon Tapes Are All Poison All the Time 3/13
Cicero Was Wrong. "Sure, there's a value to being feared, but it's safer to be feared and admired rather than just feared and loathed." 3/13
Ohio Board Hears Debate on an Alternative to Darwinism 3/13
"Under pressure from the White House, the leadership of the House has chosen the sneakiest possible way to get amnesty passed so the president can go to Mexico this month and tell [Mexican President] Vicente Fox [that] amnesty has been approved." 3/13
What It's All Worth, by Jimmy Breslin 3/13
ACLU: Police illegally monitor protest groups 3/13
Actor's Fate Is in Pakistan's Hands: Erik Aude, 21, is being held in jail near Islamabad on an opium charge. U.S. officials say he may face death. 3/13
House Republicans Sell "National Defense" Briefing By House Intelligence Chairman 3/13
Florida High School Paper Delayed Because of Condom Column 3/13
Attacking Iraq Now Would Harm War on Terror 3/13
Enron: The CSFB Connection 3/13
Jack Welch, Who Allegedly Told the NBC Election Desk to Call the 2000 Race for Bush, Does the Republican Marital Thing: Gets Divorced (for a second time). Follows in the Footsteps of Newt Gingrich and Bob Barr (Although They are on Their Third Marriages)
The National Archives is holding back 60,000 pages of presidential records despite receiving the okay to release them 3/13
Kenneth Starr's $70 million bag of garbage (It's a Salon Premium, but we loved the headline) 3/13
San Diego Police Shut Down Michael Moore's Book Signing 3/12
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Washington Post Uses BuzzFlash Original Item, and Even Acknowledges the 'Ol Buzz. (Read Down, but don't miss interesting item on Secretary of the Army Thomas E. "Enron" White) 3/12
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: Jerry Falwell Needs Your Dollars, He REALLY Needs Your Dollars! 3/12
Price of Oil Surges as Sabers Rattle 3/12
Senator Demands FTC Oversight Documents: Committee to Review Transfer of Media Antitrust Authority to Justice 3/14
Global Crossing asked to explain accounting practices 3/14
Stimulus package's dirty details: Many may not qualify for plan's extra unemployment benefits 3/14
If it's just theorizing, it's bad theorizing, Cragg Hines on Bush's Nuclear Posture Review 3/14
Hunt the Boeing! And test your perceptions! Web site Questions How a Boeing Boeing 757-200 Completely Disintegrated Into the Pentagon 3/14
"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
One More Time: Ashcroft Sings! 3/12
Get "Germs" AND "Grand Theft 2000" as a "Twofer"!
THE CAMPUS VOICE:
Republicans Make Draconian Cuts at the University of Wisconsin 3/13
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
The Top 10 Conservative Idiots 3/11
Nukelets, by Bill Mitchell 3/14
MUST READ INTERVIEW: Jackie Mason on Enron and Osama bin Laden (at end of interview) 3/9
Nukes Glorious Nukes 3/11
About the Gridiron Club "Roast" 3/11
Tom Ridge demonstrates the new Homeland Security Advisory System 3/13
To Think That This Man Has His Finger on the Nuclear Button 3/11
This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow 3/12
These are Ironic Times 3/11
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