Good story on GNN How the Bush family profits from War. How about that Dick Cheney who retired from Halliburton in 2000 with a 33.7 million package. Apparently still owns stock in Halliburton. Keep these and other stories in the fore front. Do it day after day, just like the war machine does. The more people read of the crimes against humanity maybe, just maybe the voters will get smart. Remind everyone each day of the death toll in Iraq/Afganistan. Have a daily counter. How about a weekly top ten list of Americas funniest political home movies?
Keep bending over America, the Bush Crime family has you over the barrel. Oil barrel that is.

So, another 'big story' from the 'Alternative Media' here at Tyee.

Important to keep the readers up with developments on an old and sordid story I guess.

I happened to notice, in the Salt Spring Island 'alternative' media the other day, that someone else is being recognized for keeping another old and sordid story afloat long after the main stream media have sold out and gone home.

I will have to post the little story below since it's a bit long to meet the content rules here. Hopefully it'll fit in one post.

Here it is - a hat tip to the Saltspring Island News and Rob Cottingham:

Welcome to the blogroll: The Legislature Raids
Rob Cottingham robcottingham.ca October 22 2006

Hard to believe I hadn’t added her blog already, but now I have: BC Mary’s The Legislature Raids, pretty much the only news source constantly tracking the Basi/Virk trial and the associated staggering BC Liberal scandal.

It’s not a dispassionate account; Mary has a passionate viewpoint, one informed by outrage over the breach of trust alleged by the Crown and the media’s failure to devote anything like the same minute attention to this trial that they did to Glen Clark’s trial or Bingogate. But her biases are clear and honest, her dedication to pursuing the story is unquestionable, and you don’t see anyone from the so-called respectable press stepping up like this. Mary’s filling a serious vacuum in BC political news coverage and commentary, and doing an admirable job.

This CanWest spin-doctored story is behind a buyerwall. BC Mary has the entire article on her website for all to read immediately following the link below:

"Procedural issues plague corruption case
Lawyers for B.C. aids want to question cops"
CanWest News Service
Published: Sunday, October 22, 2006

VANCOUVER -- A lawyer for David Basi is concerned about the "integrity or wholeness" of the disclosure process in the government's corruption case against his client and wants the RCMP to attend court for possible questioning. ...

Some troubling thoughts ...
BC Mary The Legislature Raids October 23, 2006

I can't quite come to grips with the CanWest story (below). And it is a CanWest story, without by-line; that's point #1. This sometimes happens when a seasoned journalist dislikes the editor's changes so much, he/she refuses to let his by-line appear. I'm not saying that's what happened. But it could have.

Here's another point of concern: the CanWest article refers to "the government's corruption case against [Basi, Virk, Basi]". Hello? This isn't "the government's corruption case". No way. No. A thousand times No, it is not.

The government isn't the judiciary. The government isn't even Special Prosecutor, Bill Berardino, I hope. Surely it's the people (Regina, the Crown, as symbol of The People) represented by Special Prosecutor Berardino, who stands in open court to call to account these three men for alleged wrongdoing involving, for cryin' out loud, "the government".

This could be a slip-of-the-pen by a youthful reporter. Maybe. Or it could be a reflection of the junta's determination to create some new propaganda, suggesting that it's "the government", not the people of British Columbia, which is wearing the white hat and sheriff's badge, seeking justice in this case. I think not. I think "the government" must stand back, allowing justice to take its course in a fair, impartial trial.

Let's be very clear about this: "the government" could be implicated in some of the things done under Dave Basi's alleged influence. "The government" should not in any way be trying to influence this trial. Or the public's understanding of the trial. They should be told, by The People, to stand aside.

In this trial, The People are owed a fair answer; owed big-time. ...

Something more should be said, at this time, by the most important witnesses in this case: the British Columbia public. People, by making their voices heard, have an important part to play in bringing The Legislature Raids to justice.

Now is the time to speak up. Those mentioned in this news story aren't supermen. They can benefit from public input ... if only they hear it.

It would also be nice if the links in the body of these "BIG STORIES" actually worked.

I think the one you meant to post at the NEW YORKER (about the Boeing subsidiary) is this one:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/061030ta_talk_mayer

I guess the frenzy every morning to decide what the current biggie actually is leaves not enough time for editing and checking eh?

Ah the perils of alternative journalism!

Hope this one works a little better.

Your links are all fu--ed up in this story!!

gerrycgc
No doubt, here's another interesting link to information about the US and torture by proxy.

It claims that the 'confession' which formed the nominal basis of the whole Iraq War was suborned under torture:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbritainiraqmilitary

Hope it works for you.

Club; how cruel of you. Heart disease is the leading cause of death , it's huge disability. More than Parkinson's Disease. Way more.
Apparently it's not proper to criticize Michael Fox, after all it's cruel to call him on his political stance because he is disabled.
It not forbidden to put down Cheney. What about Pope John Paul. He suffered from Parkinson Disease, and was vilified regardless.
The hypocrisy is apparent.

Ron,
What are you talking about?

Too many drinks tonight, eh?

You can't dismiss my point Alci. You can only produce ignorance about the point I am trying to make. Cheney is a disabled person. So is Michael Fox and Pole Paul. As is Ali.
If it's fair to attack Cheney, it's fair to attack Michael J Fox.
What were you smoking tonight?

Ron,
Fox made an ad to support a politician who takes a stand that seems important to him...relative to stem cell research.

The attack dog is your buddy Limbaugh.

I posted material about this days ago.

All of the other flak wouldn't have started if Limbaugh wasn't such a hypocrite.

Cheney is not, in any meaningful sense, disabled - in my view - but he and the Pope have nothing to do with the Fox question. There is no way to justify Limbaugh's outrageous behavior - in my view.

DO you have to have everything spelled out for you?

Laura Bush is on your case Alci, she's lookin fer u. She's the next President. Condi at her side, this is what you are facin babe.
I am not at all happy with the Republican Party. It's too left wing for my Libertarian views. The Democrats are too left for me.
I have to cast my vote toward the conservative offering.
The alternative seems void of offering fresh ideas.
No disrespect intended.

What fresh ideas are you peddling IAMC?

None of your ideas seem new to me, just the same old neo-con nonsense that's short-sighted in the extreme.

My point exactly. The Bush crime family sets up this Kool-aid stand and you line up to gulp it down. Soon you have swallowed so much of it it starts to come back up and sounds, well, like the incoherent babble you see above. You have to laugh... just to keep from cryin.
The supreme court is now telling Bush to fuk off. The American people are telling Bush to fuk off. The world is telling Bush to fuk off. But you... you're still in the kool-aid line. ?????????? You are, what is reffered to in the psych field as unaware, with no hope for recovery. That is to say you are unaware that you are unaware. Have some more kool-aid.

and here I thought this was an article about Air Canada.....

Good humor Friday!

This story ain't about torture; but it sure illustrates how 'tortured' the Pentagon's idea of Press Freedom has become; an important read:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_re_us/apme_detained_photographer_5