(counterpunch) This is two nations, each claiming to be the United States of North America. We cohabit the same territory, sort of like Palestinians and Israelis. But more and more, they are all around us now. We mingle with them at airports and follow them on freeways. They have already moved in next door, perhaps into our own homes incubating down in the basement like the pods in "Invasion of the Body-Snatchers. They are coming in with the fluoridation. Make no mistake about it, comrades; we now live under an evangelical theocracy. Those who are not Born Again will soon get the death penalty. (...) What's left of the U.S. Left has two obligations to the people of the world. One is to oppose Washington's imperialist aggressions, and the other is to both build an electoral alternative and an alternative to elections.

Mark my words! Demnächst gibt's den ersten Soli-Bazar für die US-Linke in Deinem Kirchgemeindehaus!

(<a href=www.nytimes.com target=_blank>NYT) In the last few months, the Army has sent notices to more than 4,000 former soldiers informing them that they must return to active duty, but more than 1,800 of them have already requested exemptions or delays, many of which are still being considered. And, of about 2,500 who were due to arrive on military bases for refresher training by Nov. 7, 733 had not shown up.

Ganz im Sinne von Eminem in "Mosh": "Strap him with an AK-47, let him go fight his own war, let him impress daddy that way!"

(BBC) Earlier this year the head of the United Nations drugs control agency said efforts to tackle Afghanistan's growing drugs trade were failing. The UK-based development agency Spirit Aid offers a radical solution to the problem: industrial hemp.

Das Mansonmobil, unlängst gesichtet auf dem Bruderholz...

(MSNBC News) One of the Marines noticed that one of the severely wounded men was still breathing. He did not appear to be armed, Sites said. The Marine could be heard insisting: “He’s f---ing faking he’s dead — he’s faking he’s f---ing dead.” Sites then watched as the Marine raised his rifle and fired into the man’s head from point-blank range. “Well, he’s dead now,” another Marine said.

Diesen Mord (Video) an einem Verwundete, der übrigens bereits 24 Stunden verletzt dort lag (CNN: When told by the pool reporter that the men were among those wounded in Friday's firefight, the Marine who fired the shot said, "I didn't know, sir. I didn't know." The Marines said they are investigating why the wounded Iraqis were left behind for 24 hours and whether the man was killed illegally. <a href=wireservice.wired.com target=_blank>REUTERS: "I would have shot the insurgent too. Two shots to the head," said Sergeant Nicholas Graham, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You can't trust these people. He should not be investigated. He did nothing wrong."), untersuchen sie nun, weil hier zufällig ein Journalist zugegen war (Noch ein Mord, der aber wohl keine Untersuchung zur Folge hat, obwohl er ebenfalls auf Video dokumentiert ist). Aber das hat fast schon System!