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Tales of Boy George, His Pootie-Poot, and His Grand Tour of Europe, by Maureen Dowd 5/26
Dirty Tricks Come Early This Year for Michigan Republicans 5/26
Pentagon Retreats from Plans to Attack Baghdad 5/26
Jim Jeffords, This One's for You! 5/26
MUST READ: Supreme Irony, A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY 5/25
In Moscow, Advice on Not to Get Too Close to Boy George's Limo (Read to Bottom of Article) 5/26
Why Bush's deal with Putin doesn't make the world safer 5/26
It's Back! Get Your Copy of "Fortunate Son"
Is Bush Backing off an Iraq Invasion for the Time Being? If So, What Other Diversion Will He Choose to Create a Sense of a Permanent War to Win at the Polls in 2002? 5/26
Of Course, Boy George Thinks the FBI is Doing Just Fine 5/26
"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
Grand Hypocrisy Party Dirty Tricks in Michigan: GOP leader admits staff faked Dems 5/26
Grand Hypocrisy Party Connecticut Governor Has an Enron Headache 5/26
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison 5/22
In the End, the FBI is Going to Have to Fess up 5/26
Guess Who the Heritage Foundation Uses For Its Endorsement Quotation? Rush Llimbaugh (Read to Bottom of Page). That Says It All, Doesn't It? 5/26
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE AT THE INCOMPETENCE AND MENDACITY OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?
Bizarre Item of the Day: U.S. Military Plan to Strike "Enemy" With Valium. Don't You Need a Prescription for That? 5/26
"A study of ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News in the year 2001 shows that 92 percent of all U.S. sources interviewed were white, 85 percent were male and, where party affiliation was identifiable, 75 percent were Republican."
"Capitol Hill analysts blame good old-fashioned politics for Republican complaints that the Congressional Budget Office is using fuzzy math to fuel the fire of Democrats seeking to cast aspersions on the Bush tax cut package." 5/26
It Looks Like Ashcroft is Once Again Coming to the Aid of Florida Republicans When It Comes to Voting 5/26
Bush Hooked by Putin's Fishy Caviar Tale 5/26
AN ODE TO KING SHRUB: A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION 5/26
Can Someone Explain This to BuzzFlash? Jacksonville, Fla., police arrested a Fort Stewart soldier Saturday after finding him armed, wearing black clothes and leaving a power plant where he allegedly left an explosive. 5/26
The Bush People Know How to Run and Hide 5/26
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"An irreverent left-leaning German newspaper published a blank front page on Friday under the headline "Bush's historic speech" to mock the U.S. president's address" 5/26
The "Potemkin Partnership" 5/26
"A federal judge will decide soon whether Florida's policy of denying the right to vote to all ex-felons is constitutional" 5/26
FROM THE ARCHIVES: "On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of security concerns." 5/25
"At least 16 Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children, including 12 priests in the United States, have killed themselves since 1986, a newspaper reported Saturday." 5/26
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A Review of Greg Palast's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" 5/26
The Daily Enron 5/26
Junction City: Progressive America Starts Here 5/26
Wisconsin Protests Force Cancellation of Rehnquist Award's Ceremony 5/26
About 300 Protestors Greet Rehnquist in Milwaukee 5/26
Castro to Americans: Don't Fear Cuba 5/26
The Carlyle Group is Everywhere. Read Down Into this Story. 5/26
Agent Complaints Lead F.B.I. Director to Ask for Inquiry 5/24
Have Some of the D.C. Press Corps Actually Started to Show Evidence of Brain Activity? 5/25
BIA Official Fired Amid Probes of Influence Peddling 5/26
Taiwan Plane Crashes with 225 Aboard. "Broke" Into Four Parts Before Crashing. 5/26
BECOME A GOP TEAM LEADER AND JOIN THE GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY CAMAPAIGN OF LIES AND DECEPTION: A BUZZFLASH ANALYSIS 5/25
Good Interview with Tipper Gore 5/25
Another Incident in NYC That Shows How the Bush Administration is All Scare and No Action in Terms of Protecting Us at a Time of Daily "Frights" 5/25
Security Chiefs from Differing States Express Frustration with Vague White House Alerts 5/26
Sailors Sprayed With Nerve Gas in Cold War Test, Pentagon Says 5/24
Phoenix FBI Agent Accused of Naming Terrorism Informant 5/24
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. Get the Buzz!
The May 24th BuzzFlash Mailbag - Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, And All-american
The May 24th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)
Democrats Celebrate Jeffords' Switch 5/26
Once Again, Rumors of Missing U.S. Special Forces Soldiers Surface in Foreign Papers 5/25
PHOENIX MEMO REVEALED!! Chilling" Says Fortune Magazine; Cheney's Nonsense Exposed; Why The Bushies Are Stonewalling 5/24
Border agents on lookout for stolen cyanide 5/25
The Head of our Democracy Should Stop Acting Like Stalin When It Comes to Secrecy 5/25
"A federal court threw out most of a Democratic challenge to Michigan's redistricting plan today, saying the plan may be unfair but that doesn't mean it's unconstitutional." 5/25
Florida Republican Candidate Disgraces Himself with Grandstanding HIV and Drug Testing 5/25
Laugh of the Day: Grand Hypocrisy Party Accuses Democrats of Scaring Seniors About Bush's Plans to Privatize Social Security 5/25
What Bush Did During the Week of the Cravenly Political "Terrorist Warnings" 5/25
Ashcroft Will Continue to Trample on States' Rights by Opposing Oregon Assisted Suicide Law 5/25
Rehnquist Received Award From High School Alma Mater Despite Student Protests 5/25
Bush Knew, the Perspectives Page 5/25
As soon as Israelis and Palestinians truly desire something different, they can create it 5/25
Government Claims Financial Analyst May Have Profited from September 11th 5/25
Daschle Slams White House: GOP Accused Of Hoarding Information 5/24
A Bloody Primary Season in Rural Kentucky (read down headlines) (5/24)
Student Tied to Terror Suspect Gave F.B.I. Disturbing Portrait 5/25
Under Bush, the Briefing Gets Briefer 5/25
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GOP Leader Admits Staff Faked Democratic Candidates 5/25
Fat Cats And Early Birds 5/25
Cheney's Tie-Breaking Vote DEFEATS Amend. For Aid for Workers Who Lose Jobs Because of New Trade Laws. In Addition, The Vote Gave Bush "Trade Promotion Authority," Which Will Cause People to Lose Jobs. See How That Works? 5/25
Milwaukee Archbishop to Issue Apology for Abuse Case He Denies Occurred, But that the Church Paid Nearly a Half-a-Million Dollars to Settle. 5/25
In Florida, Man Shot Greyhounds for 10 Dollars-a-piece and Buried Them on His Property 5/25
As Far As Enron is Concerned, The GOP's Is "to protect 'queen bee Bush,' the American public be damned." 5/25
Scare tactics: "Americans are confused. And for good reason." 5/25
CalPERS' stake in Crusader 5/25
Court-appointed commander 5/25
Oregon voters sweep out the Republicans 5/25
The Bush Administration Conflicts of Interest in Favor of Campaign Contributing Industries Continues to Mount 5/25
Justice Dept. Urged To Widen Fla. Probe. Do You Wonder If Jeb Still Thinks It Was Worth The Effort? Just Asking. 5/25
Military Bids to Postpone Iraq Invasion 5/25
The Undersea World of Jacque Blow Things Up: FBI Warns of Possible Scuba Diver Terror Attacks 5/25
EPA says biggest polluters are hard-rock mining companies and coal-burning power plants. Hmm, And What Kind of Power Were Bush and Cheney Pushing Down Our Throats? Just checking. 5/25
Big Bucks for Closet Intelligence, A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY 5/25
Evildoers In The Hood: Another batch of fresh terrorist warnings from the government, and you without your skepticism 5/25
Quick drawl: Liberal wag James Carville likes to play dumb. But his aw-shucks delivery doesn't blunt the sting of his political shots. 5/25
Britain warned US to expect September 11 al-Qaeda hijackings 5/25
FORTUNE MAGAZINE SAYS ADMINISTRATION DROPPED THE BALL ON FBI PHOENIX MEMO
Pope Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee; Weakland Had Paid A $450,000 Settlement in 1998 With a Man Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault. 5/24
Reluctant FBI Critic is Among the Best of the Best 5/25
BOMBSHELL: MINNEAPOLIS FBI AGENT SAYS HEADQUARTERS REWROTE AND DOWNPLAYED PRE-SEPTEMBER 11TH MOUSSAOUI WARNINGS. FBI DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF MAKING MISLEADING PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Flight School Warned F.B.I. of Suspicions 5/25
Court Choice Cleared With Democrats' Help; 12-7 Vote Frustrates Liberal Groups 5/25
Are Pakistan and India on the Brink of War? 5/25
What Do You Mean the NRA's Bark is Much Worse Than Its Bite: A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY 5/24
McBride dares Jeb Bush to debate education 5/25
!!!"The Minnesota agents became so frustrated by roadblocks erected by terrorism supervisors in Washington that they began to joke that FBI headquarters was becoming an "unwitting accomplice" to Osama bin Laden's efforts to attack the United States" 5/25
Republican Ga. Candidate Criticized for Video 5/25
Whopper of the Week: Robert Mueller - He knew more than he said about 9/11. 5/24
Here's What Bush Knew, A BUZZFLASH READER NEWS ANALYSIS 5/23
The Smell Test, A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY 5/23
Liars, Morons, or Both? 5/24
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Israeli security issued urgent warning to CIA of large-scale terror attacks 5/24
The Pentagon Spokesperson is Lying, A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY 5/23
Maryland Gun Control Advocates Rally Against Grand Hypocrisy Party NRA Shill Who is Running for Governor 5/26
WHITE HOUSE ADMITS TERROR WARNINGS USED TO "FEND OFF CRITICISM FROM THE DEMOCRATS." IT'S NO LONGER THE WHITE HOUSE; IT'S AMERICA'S HOUSE OF SHAME.
Genuflecting Before the Bush Throne, by Gene Lyons 5/24
Military Used Nerve Gas in '60s: The Pentagon admitted for the first time that chemical and biological weapons were tested on Navy ships in the 1960s, and said anyone who was harmed could be eligible for health benefits. 5/24
Whether or not they emerged politically better off from the week-long debate about what President Bush knew before September 11, many Democrats feel as though they have blunted the White House's ability to use the war as a political issue. 5/24
U.S. was warned that Moussaoui had close ties to al-Qaida, analyst says 5/24
BuzzFlash Perspectives: Bush & Enron, Bush's Accomplishments, Carlyle Group, Chickenhawks, Etc., Etc., Etc.
The U.S. ignored foreign warnings, too 5/24
Utah Gun Lobby Wants to Bring Its Guns to Court, and the Grand Hypocrisy Party There Supports Them. But Utah Judges Believe the Law is Shot Full of Holes, and They Don't Want to Be (Shot Full of Holes, That Is) 5/26
"A president who heard almost nothing to make him believe he was on the wrong course and who saw his critics only as political opportunists." 5/24
"George W. and George H.W., his father, were very much involved in the whole rise of Enron's influence and power in this country." 5/24
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: What Bush Could Have Done
Britain Warned U.S. of Multiple Al-Qaeda Plane Hijackings 5/24
THE WASHINGTON TIMES CONFIRMS IT: "The Bush administration issued a spate of terror alerts in recent days to mute criticism that its national security team sat on intelligence warnings." Now Will the Democrats Get Some Backbone and Stand up for America?
Will Somebody Please Stand up to the Bush Administration and Say, "Have You No Decency, Have You No Shame About Scaring America Half to Death to Protect Your Poll Numbers?" This is Truly Orwellian. A State of Permanent Rule by Permanent Fear. 5/22
The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex by Dr. Helen Caldicott
A BuzzFlash Interview With U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Democrat and Progressive
REPOSTED: BuzzFlash interviews David Brock, author of Blinded By The Right.
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
MUST SEE Mark Fiore Cartoon 5/24
Our Fearless Leader 5/26
Ann Coulter, A Malevolent Pox Upon Humanity 5/26
Where Was George W. in 1973, a Poem? 5/26
Training Wheel President 5/26
Laura Bush Starts "Keep It In Your Pants" Abstinency Campaign 5/24
REMARKS BY MRS. BUSH ANNOUNCING THE CREATION OF THE FIRST LADY'S YOUTH PROMISCUITY TASK FORCE 5/24
Bush and Putin Talk Business 5/25
Dick Cheney, Get a Life! 5/25
Pope Forgives Molested Children 5/25
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