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If you thought the rabid anti-Americanism displayed by such bottom-sucking slugs as Michael Moore was as low as Hollywood can sink, think again. The producer of the CBS miniseries "Hitler: The Rise of Evil" says it is a warning to the American people that if they don't watch out the Bush administration could morph into a carbon copy of Hitler's National Socialist dictatorship. According to the New York Post, something called Ed Gernon, the CBS producer of the Hitler miniseries starring Robert Carlyle, Peter O'Toole and Julianna Margulies, says he sees the program as a warning for Americans about the...

"Human Shields Flee Baghdad" Tuesday 1 April 2003, 8:05 AM Australian human shield Donna Mulhearn has fled Baghdad for Amman before what is expected to be a bloody battle for the capital. The 34-year-old said she and five other people arrived in Jordan on Sunday night, after paying a driver the equivalent of $A1,250 to drive them out of Iraq. She said the trip would normally cost less than $A16.71 on a bus. Ms Mulhearn said she met Australian SAS soldiers about 200km west of Baghdad at a roadblock, describing them as professional. "I was actually quite relieved when I...

<p>Funnyman Robin Williams has launched a scathing attack on President George W. Bush and his decision to go ahead with war on Iraq.</p> <p>The "One Hour Photo" actor also criticizes what he sees as his country's mixed messages when it comes to national security.</p>

EVEN on Donald Henry Rumsfeld, that formidable and remarkably well preserved 70 year old who as Secretary of Defence is running the campaign in Iraq, the strain is starting to tell. Outwardly, it is the pugnacious Rumsfeld of always, the steamrollering CEO who brooks no dissent. Look more closely, however, and the lines of strain are visible. The tiredness is evident in the eyes behind those rimless spectacles. And small wonder. For he is the man in the hot seat as, eight days into the Gulf War of 2003, a once cocksure America is forced to face the possibility it...

Something Suspicious Is in the Air By Courtland Milloy Monday, March 24, 2003; Page B01 The sign above the highway leading into the nation's capital advised motorists to "Report Suspicious Activity" and gave an 800 number for the Office of Homeland Security. As a reporter, I figured this was right up my alley and set out yesterday to report on things that struck me as suspicious. For instance, near the Jefferson Memorial, I saw a five-foot-tall metal box that was hooked up to an electrical outlet and equipped with a high-tech antenna and chrome-dome receptor. What was it? I asked...

Sheryl Crow wore a white T-shirt emblazoned with "War Is Not the Answer" when she accepted her American Music Award in January. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was received with cheers when he said, "This war has got to go away as soon as possible" during the Grammy telecast. But when Natalie Maines of the country music trio the Dixie Chicks said from a London stage that she was "ashamed" that President Bush was from Texas, the result was quite different. Angry fans flooded radio stations in San Diego, Nashville and Dallas with calls demanding that the Dixie Chicks' music...

Protesting For Peace Activists gather against Iraq invasion (WSBT) Activists from several Michiana churches gathered Thursday afternoon to protest the U.S. military action against Iraq. The Not in our Names demonstration was one of more than 100 planned around the country. The group started with songs and prayers in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. They say their goal was to show the effects of war on the women and children of Iraq. "The Iraqi people are mostly innocent," peace activist King Giloth-David told NEWS22. "To have them suffer for policy disputes between Saddam Hussein and...

I'll keep it short and sweet.I've had it! Sadly, I have to tell all my friends here, that I can't take anymore of this frog-bashing. The french have been better friends to me, than anyone here could ever be. So off I go and hope the door doesn't hit me on the way out!

Anyone else have their keywords and topics font shrink overnight? And the spaces have disappeared. I checked my font size, but I have to go to mongo to get readable keyword text.

Bunny Busters Amy Hamilton-Thibert protesting military-themed Easter baskets at Kmart (photo: Erik Baard) On the first Spring-like Sunday of 2003, kids at the Astor Place Kmart were treated to an unusual sight: the Easter Bunny getting cuffed by New York City cops. Amy Hamilton-Thibert, a 28-year-old mother from Astoria, Queens, came to the "Big K" in a bunny outfit to protest the sale of military-themed Easter baskets she had read about in a Village Voice article. Kmart, among other national retailers, sells Easter baskets in which the traditional chocolate bunny has been replaced by toys including plastic soldiers armed with...

A Canadian man had to be rescued by police after his cat went berserk and trapped him in a bathroom.It took two police officers and animal control officer Ron Sabean, to subdue the seven-year-old cat. The pet was snarling and hissing at the bathroom door in the house near Greenwood, Nova Scotia, when Mr Sabean arrived.He said: "I've been in this business going on 24 years and I've never seen a cat focus on a person like that one did."He had been called by police, who were unable to catch the cat on their own.Mr Sabean said the cat has...

<p>He lives in a pineapple under the sea, in a town called Bikini Bottom. His best friend is an exuberant pink starfish named Patrick. His name is SpongeBob SquarePants, the absorbent yellow star of the most highly rated kids show on TV.</p>

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Liberal Democrats have decided to put their mouths where their money is and take on Rush Limbaugh and the conservative talk-radio establishment. Atlanta consultant Jon Sinton is directing a $10 million venture, AnShell Media, that will develop liberal radio programs for national consumption. Sinton told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the money will come not from political donors, but from ''enterprise-savvy'' investors who will ''expect a return on investment.'' If these venture capitalists are truly enterprise-savvy, they will ask themselves what has made Limbaugh's program such a ratings success. And if they...

Fifty Democrats in the state Legislature, including most from the Bay Area, have signed a letter to President Bush opposing a war with Iraq. The letter cites a lack of credible evidence that Iraq poses an imminent threat to America's interests; the administration's failure to gain international support for a war; and the damage a war would cause the already-reeling economy; and other factors. The letter urges Bush to delay launching a war until the U.N. Security Council and Congress vote to support military action. All state Senate Democrats signed on except four, from Fresno, San Diego, Garden Grove and...

Save the planet – stop cows burping. Unlikely as that sounds, it's a serious scientific mission. Cattle around the world produce huge amounts of methane, a powerful gas, which accounts for about a fifth of the greenhouse effect. The methane cows belch out every day floats into the stratosphere to join carbon dioxide and other gases holding in the Sun's reflected heat and causing the Earth's temperature to soar, with potentially disastrous effects. But researchers at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen say they are close to producing a bovine belch-inhibitor. It is a combination of sugars and a novel...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) --  Phil Donahue struck back at MSNBC on Wednesday for his firing, suggesting the network was too quick to pull the trigger and that it might be trying to "out-fox Fox" with conservative voices.</p> <p>Donahue's political talk show, a distant third in the cable news ratings in his time slot, was abruptly pulled from the air after Monday's show. The show premiered last July 15.</p>

Americans are 'bastards,' jokes Liberal MP, Alliance demands apologyCanadian Press Wednesday, February 26, 2003 ADVERTISEMENT OTTAWA -- The Canadian Alliance is calling on a Liberal MP to apologize for an offensive joking remark she made about the United States. Carolyn Parrish was walking away from reporters after expressing frustration about the likelihood of war in Iraq when she joked: "Damned Americans, I hate the bastards." Alliance Leader Stephen Harper said the off-hand comment is the latest in a series of anti-American remarks by people in government and doesn't do anyone any good. Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham refused to comment...

Over the past few weeks, I've noticed that I have been added to MANY ping lists without my asking. It seems to me this is much like spam and I should not have to "Freepmail you if I don't want on the ping list." PLEASE do not add Freepers to your ping list if they do not ask for it. I am a very active user and barely have time to keep up with the lists in which I do participate, threads to which I have posted, and just catching up on the news without having to sort through and...

At 4:15am EST a strange thing happened on the Internet. Two Freepers were posting pictures and communicating with each other, one in Spain and the other in Florida. Suddenly all logos and pictures filed to appear on the separate sites although the text did. Up to that time the refresh time was two to three seconds. A single server going down or a photographic site disabled is common and would not be a cause for concern. But when servers in two different countries are affected at precisely the same time with only graphics involved then we have a very unusual...