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WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The United States said Tuesday that an errant satellite-guided bomb probably did not kill about 40 civilians in Uruzgan province north of Kandahar early Monday, since the bomb landed on an empty hillside. Instead, the casualties most likely resulted from an AC-130 gunship attack on Taliban or al Qaida anti-aircraft artillery sites or from anti-aircraft shells falling to the ground, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace told reporters at a press conference. "That hill mass had no people on it, and the air controller on the ground believes that there...

Democratic challengers gain, but Bush keeps lead in poll By Linda Kleindienst Tallahassee Bureau Chief Posted July 2 2002 TALLAHASSEE · Janet Reno continues to maintain a strong lead over fellow Democrats in their battle to face Republican Gov. Jeb Bush in November, but her closest challenger could pose a bigger threat to the incumbent governor's re-election bid, according to a new Sun-Sentinel poll. Reno, the former U.S. attorney general who enjoys widespread name recognition, leads her nearest rival, Tampa lawyer Bill McBride, by more than two-to-one -- 45 to 18 percentage points. Miami state Sen. Daryl Jones is a...

You are going to have to cut me a little slack today. I am somewhat light-headed, and finding it difficult to fix my mind on anything. I watched a lot of TV over the weekend — but don't ask me what, I can't remember a thing. I have been sleeping in 12-hour stretches, with naps in between. Let me explain. Last fall I signed a contract to write a nonfiction book for a respectable publisher. The contract specified delivery of manuscript at the end of January 2003. I was happy, looking forward to a year of living off my advance,...

A couple say their baby boy was left injured after a fox crept into their house while they slept. Fourteen-week-old Louis Day suffered bite marks on his head after the animal darted into the sitting room of the house in Dartford, Kent. His parents say the fox tried to drag the baby out before Louis' father Peter chased it away. Louis' injuries were treated at Darent Valley Hospital where doctors said the wounds could have been caused by a bite from a fox. Residents say foxes are becoming more boldThe youngster was kept in hospital overnight and given two courses...

Two women filed a civil suit Tuesday alleging they were sexually abused as young girls by a fellow member of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Annandale, Minn. The women, both now 22 and living in the Twin Cities, say the religion's very tenets make it virtually impossible for victims to come forward, because at least two witnesses are required to corroborate any act of wrongdoing. “After these incidents,’’ said the plaintiff’s attorney, Jeffrey Anderson of St. Paul, “these women went to the elders, and they were told, 'We don’t really believe you, because we require two witnesses to this for...

<p>A United Airlines jet made a U-turn and returned to San Francisco after the pilot discovered that a passenger's name matched a name on the FBI "watch list" of possible terrorists.</p> <p>Flight 249, bound for Baltimore, turned around Saturday morning after flying for about an hour, according to Ed Gomez, the Transportation Security Administration director at the airport.</p>

Jordan an Option for U.S. Special Forces 2 July 2002 Summary A flurry of reports says the United States has deployed Special Forces to Jordan although there is no direct evidence yet that such troops are there. But Washington's belligerency toward Iraq -- and the strategic advantages of having U.S. forces in Jordan -- makes such a deployment a distinct possibility in the future. Analysis In a statement to the Jordanian daily Al Rai, Information Minister Mohammed Edwan denied there were American forces in Jordan preparing to carry out military operations against Iraq, Arabicnews Online reported July 1. Edwan was...

<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A senior European diplomat, testifying Tuesday at the war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic, accused the former Yugoslav president of backing out of an agreement that could have averted war in Kosovo.</p> <p>The trial resumed after a two-week break to allow Milosevic to recover from the flu and high fever, the second lengthy interruption because of the defendant's illness since hearings began in February.</p>

A weekly look at death row predators beloved by liberals. Here's a sweet bedtime story to comfort any liberal - he stabbed the mother to death, then buried the sixteen month old baby alive. Obviously, this poor, misguided young man is a victim of the capitalist system.

President Bush is taking the tone of a preacher again, declaring that Americans have "received our rights from God" and that he feels "the prayers of the people" as he carries out his duties. In Cleveland on Monday, at what was characterized as a Rally on Inner City Compassion, Bush sought to rally support behind his faith-based initiative. He asserted that the United States "should not fear programs which exist because a church or synagogue or mosque has decided to start one." Since taking office, Bush has frequently cited his Christian beliefs and his desire for religion to play an...

On Jan. 29, President George W. Bush talked about the urgency of the war on terrorism: "We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events while dangers gather." But in Washington this summer, so far as we can determine, waiting remains the bureaucratic style. There is so much waiting, so much confusion and delay, that even the greatest admirers of the United States may find it hard to avoid asking a painful question: Are today's Americans capable of performing the titanic job that history has assigned them? They prosecuted the Afghanistan war with...

An Anne Arundel County grand jury has decided not to indict an F-B-I agent in the mistaken shooting of an unarmed Pasadena man. The panel began considering the case last week, and heard testimony from the shooting victim, Joseph Schultz, and his girlfriend, Krissy Harkum. F-B-I agent Christopher Braga thought he had cornered a bank robbery suspect when he shot Schultz in the face. Schultz was in the passenger seat in Harkum's car as they were returning from a shopping tip March 1. The F-B-I and Anne Arundel County police investigated the shooting, and the county state's attorney's office took...

<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- Florida's child welfare system, still reeling from the unsolved disappearance of 5-year-old Rilya Wilson, faces new criticism after several underaged, foster children were found, unattended, at a West Palm Beach motel.</p> <p>The Department of Children and Families (DCF) rented two rooms last month for six girls, between the ages of 11 and 15.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced in a one-sentence statement Monday that President Bush had signed into law a nearly half-trillion-dollar increase in the government's ability to borrow money.</p> <p>White House press secretary Ari Fleischer put the news out on paper: "On Friday, June 28, 2002, the president signed into law S. 2578, increases the public debt limit from $5.95 trillion to $6.4 trillion."</p>

Massachusetts Libertarians have filed a final batch of signatures to qualify for the ballot an initiative to abolish the state income tax -- setting up a titanic political battle this fall over the fate of $9 billion in taxpayers' money. On June 28, the secretary of state in Boston certified that 12,500 valid signatures had been submitted by the Committee for Small Government, which is spearheading the effort. In this final stage of the qualification process, just over 9,500 signatures were required to place the initiative on the ballot. When Massachusetts citizens step into the voting booth on November 5,...

THE HAGUE, July 2 (IslamOnline) – More than 20 thousand Palestinian flags hang outside Dutch balconies in several Dutch cities – the work of a solidarity campaign organized by Dutch and Palestinian associations. Organizers said hanging the Palestinian flags was also an act of solidarity with Greta Duisenberg, wife of the European Central Bank CEO, who has been recently sued for insisting on hanging the Palestinian flag outside the balcony of her home in an upper class neighborhood in Amsterdam. Duisenberg took part in a demonstration April 13 in solidarity with the Palestinian Intifada. She decided to keep the Palestinian...

Apple today announced that it has acquired Emagic, makers of the Logic product line. Emagic will operate as a wholly owned division of Apple. "Emagic has set the industry standard for professional music creation and production," said Sina Tamaddon, Apple's senior vice president of Applications. "We're very excited to have the Emagic team join Apple and create more amazing products for musicians." According to information released by Apple, Macintosh-based products account for over 65 percent of Emagic's current revenues. Emagic's Windows-based product offerings will be discontinued on September 30, 2002. Over 200,000 musicians around the world actively use Logic. Emagic's...

A delegation of high-ranking Muslim leaders from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Egypt stopped in Chicago on Monday to offer a voice of "tolerance and moderation" after the Sept. 11 attacks and urge an end to Muslim stereotypes, particularly in the media. "Sept. 11 had nothing to do with Islam and Muslims," said Dr. Al-Shieck Ahmad Lemu, president of the Islamic Educational Endowment in Nigeria. "Don't define Muslims according to them," he said, referring to the terrorists. Lemu is one of a dozen Muslim leaders, scholars and lawyers on a four city "goodwill" tour organized by the Muslim World League, a...

An Italian politician has been caught dressed up as a woman and having sex with another man in a car. The unnamed politician, a local councillor in Solbiate Olona, northern Italy, was caught in a park at 4.30am. According to police reports, he was wearing high heels, fishnet stockings, a wig and a thong. He was caught by a police car patrolling the area and admitted having an affair with the other man, Tgcom website reports. The politician was charged with acting indecently and fined £40. He has declined to comment on the case.

This is an excerpt from a much longer article at Frontpage Magazine, titled: -- What Are Leftists? ---- And also posted under the same title here at FR. -- This excerpt below is the only mention of libertarianism in the entire article, -- but the authors opinions on what he calls 'neo-liberalism', and what we at FR call libertarianism, deserves a thread of its own, imo, separate from his equally valid opinions on leftists.