[MCM] US chemical companies sued by Kurds over Saddam's poison gas attack

2009-04-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
And maybe plaintiffs also ought to name some other, far more prominent US defendants, since the shipments of that gas, and other lethal weapons, were okayed by the Reagan/Bush administrations. If the Iraqgate scandal hadn't been shut down by Pres. Clinton at the start of his first term, the

[MCM] Rally for Parsons Fine Art faculty on 4/23!

2009-04-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Joel Schlemowitz: Support Our Union! Support Parsons Fine Art Faculty! When: Thursday, April 23, 12-1 pm Where: Directly in front of the New School administration building at 66 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York City) What: ACT-UAW Local 7902, the union of

[MCM] You guys wouldn't be in the White House without Tom, Tom Feeney's COS tells Rove

2009-04-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
And that's probably true. (For those who want the proper background, do a Google search on Tom Feeney and Clint Curtis.) MCM Karl Rove accosted by ex-GOP chief of staff http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0409/Karl_Rove_accosted_by_ex_GOP_Chief_of_Staff.html Former Bush adviser Karl

[MCM] Vote-flipping in Kansas just last week (and more from DVN)

2009-04-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From John Gideon: Voters in Salina, Saline County, Kansas went to the polls this past Tuesday and some of them had their votes flipped by the county's ESS iVotronic machines. Our 'Featured' article talks about the vote flipping and gives some new information. Kansas was warned about 'vote