The RIAA06 04 2007 - consumerist.com
Worst Company in America

According to Recording Industry vs The People, a new RIAA case in Tampa, Florida has some interesting counterclaims by the consumer, including extortion, conspiracy, and deceptive trade practices.

In the case of UMG v. Del Cid, the defendant has filed the following five (5) counterclaims against the RIAA, under Florida, federal, and California law:

1. Trespass

2. Computer Fraud and Abuse (18 USC 1030)

3. Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices (Fla. Stat. 501.201)

Mystery Skeleton: (CP PHOTO/HO/Department of Fisheries of Oceans) Scientists are puzzled by pictures that appear to show a mammalian skeleton jutting out of an iceberg that recently drifted past the east coast of Newfoundland. Monday June 4th, 2007 - canadaeast.com

Marine scientists in Canada and abroad are puzzled by bizarre photographs that appear to show the skeleton of a large mammal jutting out of an iceberg that recently drifted past Newfoundland's east coast.

The six pictures show what looks like a brown rib cage and spinal column, slightly bent, sticking out of a crust of ice.

Ray Bradbury with Bush: President George W. Bush and Laura Bush present the 2004 National Medal of Arts award to Ray Bradbury. White House photo by Susan Sterner.
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
rawstory.com - Monday June 4, 2007

Contrary to widespread critical and mass opinion accumulated over fifty years, author Ray Bradbury insists that his classic novel Fahrenheit 451, originally published in 1953 during the McCarthy era, isn't really about government censorship.

Darfur Refugee CampDarfur? It’s the Oil, Stupid...

by F. William Engdahl

Global Research, May 20, 2007

To paraphrase the famous quip during the 1992 US Presidential debates, when an unknown William Jefferson Clinton told then-President George Herbert Walker Bush, “It’s the economy, stupid,” the present concern of the current Washington Administration over Darfur in southern Sudan is not, if we were to look closely, genuine concern over genocide against the peoples in that poorest of poor part of a forsaken section of Africa.

No. “It’s the oil, stupid.”

Go Greengreenopia.com

The green world is growing every day, along with a whole new vocabulary. See our list below for a quick reference to terms to help you understand.

A

Alternative Energy
Energy derived from sources such as solar or wind.

B

Biodynamic Farming
The use of basic organic practices but adding special plant, animal, and mineral preparations to the land and using the rhythm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars to create a healthy, self-supporting, farming eco-system.

Medicinal MarijuanaFederal officials should allow competition in growing the drug for needed studies on its medical use.
May 31, 2007

Discussion OF medical marijuana has always been heavy on rhetoric, elisions and grandiose claims. What it has lacked is reliable research that might bring some of the discussion into line with reality. This is because access to the government's monopoly supply of research-grade marijuana is so restricted that the necessary research is effectively impossible.

Alicia Mayer poses for PETABy Ilan Wurman
May 31, 2007 - thehill.com

Citing the need to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling on congressional leaders to give vegetarians a tax break.

In a letter sent Wednesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), PETA President Ingrid Newkirk stated, “[V]egetarians are responsible for far fewer greenhouse-gas emissions and other kinds of environmental degradation than meat-eaters.”

The letter added that vegetarians should receive a tax break “just as people who purchase a hybrid vehicle enjoy a tax break.”

Democrats vs. Republicansby Jerry Mayer of Democracy Arsenal

So there's still time (about 12 days!) to enter the contest for coining a slogan to describe the Democratic foreign policy for '08. To spur you to greater heights of deft wordsmithing, here is what I found as the current slogans for the Democrats running for president:

Obama
Strengthening America Overseas
Or, possibly--
Strengthening American Security in the 21st Century

Biden --he didn’t seem to have a position paper on general foreign policy, but he did have a slogan for his Iraq policy of dividing the country into three regions:
Iraq: A Way Forward

Hillary

MercenaryCentury-old Goon Squad Law Invoked to Prevent Contract to Aegis Defence Systems
By ROBERT Y. PELTON - Iraq Slogger - 6/2/07

Steve Faineru continues his energetic coverage of security contractors with yet another scoop. It appears the awarding of the largest single security contract in Iraq to a controversial former mercenary has been derailed, not by Congress, not by media controversy, but by the efforts of a single citizen.

Former Marine Sgt. Adam Kokesh06/01/2007
Nick Juliano
rawstory.com

A veteran of the Iraq war is accusing the military of trying to stifle the freedom of speech he volunteered to fight to protect.

After serving his country in Iraq, grew disillusioned with US involvement there and became an anti-war activist. He participated in demonstrations around Washington, including Operation First Casualty, which was organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War in March.