for today:

Me, news. Maybe Anthony.

11am-1pm 92.7 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.

Antiwar Radio you-tube channel

Vote Democrat. By the way, this war is treason.

“We don’t want to fight addicts; we want to fight addiction. We need to manage addiction.”

Which, I guess, makes us…

Barbarians?

And it’s all because of that damn underregulated internet!

It’s too bad James Bond doesn’t use his licence to kill on average cops and politicians. They are obviously the ones who deserve it most.

As far as mainstream media goes I quite like Olbermann, but good on Glenn Greenwald for calling him out on his double standards with regards Obama and telecom immunity

for today:

Gordon Prather.

KAOS.

Forget the court system, just shoot terror suspects in the head.

“I might consider it, I don’t think it’s necessary, but I might consider it if you could design a draft where everybody equally could serve.” - John McCain

I remember saying I would try and post this if it ever got put up onto you-tube, well it has been so here it is, it’s a BBC documentary about all the missing billions of dollars in Iraq, i doubt it has anything in it which you are not already aware of, but anyway….

Synopsis -

Panorama investigates claims that as much as $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.

When the US goes to war, corporate America goes too.

There are contracts for caterers, tanker drivers, security guards and even interrogators, many of them through companies with links to the White House.

Now more than 70 whistleblower cases threaten to reveal the scandals behind billions of dollars worth of waste, theft and corruption during the Iraq war.

Gagging orders

A total of $23bn (£11.75bn) is under scrutiny.

The US justice department has imposed gagging orders which prevent the real scale of the problem emerging.

But Panorama’s Jane Corbin has spoken to some of those involved - with astonishing stories to tell of who got rich and who got burned.

She hears allegations of mismanagement, fraud and waste; tales of contractors chosen for their US government connections without a competitive bidding process; contractors inflating their costs and double counting to increase their profits and billions supposed to be used to rebuild the Iraqi military allegedly ending up in the pockets of some Iraqi government officials.

Even the contract to oversee the expenditure went to a company with no relevant qualification in accounting.

“They are the quintessential war profiteers,” said a witness to one of the most notorious companies involved. “They made money out of chaos.”

Panorama: Daylight Robbery will be on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 10 June 2008.

for today:

Clay Ramsay.

Listen live from 11-1 Texas time on 92.7 in Austin or stream it from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.

Link.

U.S. officials say it comes just as the Israelis are mounting a full court press to get the Bush administration to strike Iran’s nuclear complex.

CBS consultant Michael Oren says Israel doesn’t want to wait for a new administration.

“The Israelis have been assured by the Bush administration that the Bush administration will not allow Iran to nuclearize,” Oren said. “Israelis are uncertain about what would be the policies of the next administration vis-à-vis Iran.”

Israel’s message is simple: If you don’t, we will. Israel held a dress rehearsal for a strike earlier this month, but military analysts say Israel can not do it alone.

“Keep in mind that Israel does not have strategic bombers,” Oren said. “The Israeli Air Force is not the American Air Force. Israel can not eliminate Iran’s nuclear program.”