] NEW YORK -- A closely watched measure of future economic
] activity fell in August for a third consecutive month,
] reflecting an uncertain climate for both businesses and
] consumers.
]
] The Conference Board said Thursday its Composite Index of
] Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.3 percent in August to
] 115.7, following a decline of 0.3 percent in July.
]
] The August reading was the third month of decline in the
] index, after a year in which it gained steady ground. The
] drop last month was larger than the 0.2 percent decrease
] forecast by analysts.

Leading Indicators Decline in August (washingtonpost.com)

] At Fuck The Vote we provide a Pledge Sheet that can be
] used conveniently before becoming physically intimate
] with a conservative. The Pledge Sheet asks the signee to
] make a promise to vote for anyone but George Bush in the
] November election. FTV has not endorsed a single
] candidate but recommends strategic voting. We also
] encourage FTV fans to take road trips this summer to
] swing(er) states to collect pledges. If you collect a
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] 41 of the posters in full color and for each poster, a
] full page of political commentary by the Center for
] Constitutional Rights giving names, dates, footnoted
] sources backing up the humorous claims of the posters.

The Propaganda Remix Project

] Congressional negotiators beat back efforts yesterday to
] expand and preserve tax refunds for poor families, even
] as they added $13 billion in corporate tax breaks to a
] package of middle-class tax cuts that could come to a
] vote in the Senate today.

Bid to Save Tax Refunds for the Poor Is Blocked (washingtonpost.com)

This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an unmistakable message from God. I hope everyone is listening.

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] One of this year's candidates for president, to hear his
] opposition tell it, has a long history of policy
] reversals and rhetorical about-faces -- a zigzag trail
] that proves his willingness to massage positions and even
] switch sides when politically convenient.
]
] The flip-flopper, Democrats say, is President Bush.
] Over the past four years, he abandoned
] positions on issues such as how to regulate air pollution
] or whether states should be allowed to sanction same-sex
] marriage. He changed his mind about the merits of
] creating the Homeland Security Department, and made a
] major exception to his stance on free trade by agreeing
] to tariffs on steel. After resisting, the president
] yielded to pressure in supporting an independent
] commission to study policy failures preceding the Sept.
] 11, 2001, attacks. Bush did the same with questions about
] whether he would allow his national security adviser to
] testify, or whether he would answer commissioners'
] questions for only an hour, or for as long they needed.

Yahoo! News - Despite Bush Flip-Flops, Kerry Gets Label

] House Republicans rallied around Majority Leader Tom
] DeLay (Tex.) yesterday, but they could not prevent news
] of Tuesday's indictments of three of his political
] associates from dampening a GOP celebration marking
] nearly 10 years of House control.
]
] Republican leaders and back-benchers defended DeLay,
] saying a Texas grand jury's action this week has not
] shaken their confidence in the 10-term lawmaker. The
] panel indicted three of DeLay's political associates on
] charges of illegally collecting corporate donations and
] funneling them to Texas legislative races.

GOP Unites Behind DeLay After 3 Aides Are Charged (washingtonpost.com)

Dreier clearly meets that standard, for his voting record is strewn with anti-gay positions. To cite just a few: He voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would have banned discrimination against gay people in hiring; voted for the gay-bashing Defense of Marriage Act; voted for banning adoption by gay and lesbian couples in the District of Columbia (3,000 miles away from Dreier’s district); voted to allow federally funded charities to discriminate against gays in employment, even where local laws prohibit such bias; and voted against the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

LA Weekly: News: The Outing [of an Anti-Gay Legislator]

] A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when
] it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam --
] formerly known as singer Cat Stevens -- was on a
] government watch list and barred from entering the
] country.
]
] United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles
] International Airport when the match was made Tuesday
] between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said
] Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation
] Security Administration.
]
] The plane was met by federal agents at Maine's Bangor
] International Airport around 3 p.m., Melendez said.
]
] Homeland Security Department spokesman Dennis Murphy
] identified the passenger as Islam. "He was interviewed
] and denied admission to the United States on national
] security grounds," Murphy said.

That rumble you hear is the crumbling resolve of Al-Qaeda.

Bush 1 Terrorists 0: Cat Stevens Banned From America

] US secretary of state Colin Powell is the main candidate
] to be the next American ambassador to London, the Evening
] Standard has learned.
]
] Mr Powell is widely expected to step down from his
] current post after the presidential elections in
] November.
]
] It is understood President Bush, if re-elected, may use
] the offer of the ambassadorship, one of the most
] sought-after diplomatic postings, to ease the departure
] of Mr Powell, 67.

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