By Greg Palast

Crawford, Texas - Celebrity bike champ Lance Armstrong joined President George W. Bush this weekend at the Crawford Ranch to celebrate the thirtieth day of the President's vigil against Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in action in Iraq.

Armstrong, fresh from his victory in the Tour De France, is seen here with Mr. Bush riding across the symbolic gravesite of Casey Sheehan, deceased Army specialist, son of the bereaved Mrs. Sheehan.

"We must stay the course," said a resolute Mr. Bush who vowed to "extend my vacation as long as necessary to accomplish this mission" and force Sheehan to give up her siege of the Western White House.

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By Matthew Pascarella

"Let us be clear. These are not elections. There are all processes of selections." -- Christian Arandel, Research Triangle Institute (A USAID contractor in Iraq)

It was January 30th 2005. Images of Iraqis' bright purple fingers, dyed with ink from voting, were ubiquitous - appearing throughout American television and newspapers. The networks looped clips of English speaking Iraqis praising the United States, some thanking coalition troops, and some even expressing gratitude to President George W. Bush. Far from all of these happenings, far from the curfews and travel restrictions, far from the 15,000 American troops marching patrol in the dusty streets of Baghdad monitoring what had been praised as a "successful election," I sat next to Sheikh Jawad Al-Khalesi as our bus sped along the bumpy highway leading to Porto Alegre. (Show me more...)

"Just Put Down That Law Suit, Pardner, and No One Gets Hurt."

By Greg Palast

There are 200 million guns in civilian hands in the United States. That works out at 200 per lawyer. Wade through the foaming websites of the anti-Semites, weekend militiamen and Republicans, and it becomes clear that many among America's well-armed citizenry have performed the same calculation. Because if there is any hope of the ceasefire that they fear, it will come out of the barrel of a lawsuit. (Show me more...)

by Greg Palast

In case you haven't the least idea what the heck it means for China to "float" its currency, let me put it in the language we economists use: China's float don't mean squat.

Yet our President, a guy whose marks in Economics 101 are too embarrassing to publish here, ran out to hail the fact that buying Chinese money will now cost more dollars. (Show me more...)

By Greg Palast

Well, it didn't take long, did it?

In the USA, the curtain opened on new anti-terror follies Wednesday when three Senate committees, in blustery response to the London bombings, voted to extend the power of the FBI under the Patriot Act to obtain library records without a subpoena. Exactly what suicide bomber or sleeper cell has so far been exposed by this powerful new intelligence weapon, we are not told. Did Osama fail to return his copy of 'Harry Potter'? Or 'Hijacking for Idiots'? (Show me more...)

By Greg Palast

The only thing more evil, small-minded and treasonous than the Bush Administration's jailing Judith Miller for a crime the Bush Administration committed, is Judith Miller covering up her Bush Administration "source." (Show me more...)

By Greg Palast

The tooth fairy, Santa Clause, WorldCom profits, the Easter Bunny, al-Qaeda.

The cruel, evil jerks who blew up the London subway last week, despite appropriating al-Qaeda's name for their website and T-shirts, have about as much to do with al-Qaeda as a Beatles tribute band has to do with the Fab Four. (Show me more...)

By Greg Palast

The New York Times doesn't want Judy jailed. Instead, the Time's point-man, William Safire, suggests busting whistleblowers, not journalists.

Judith Miller is facing big time in the Big House because of her refusal to name an intelligence source.

Miller, if you remember, was the willing conduit of official disinformation who by-lined the infamous stories in the Times backing Bush Administration hooey about Saddam's alleged Weapons of Mass Destruction. (Oddly, the Administration is not asking her to reveal who in Camp Bush fed her that hot, stinking load of baloney.)

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A July 4th note from Greg Palast's journal

I was in the drug store today out here in Podunk. Some old guy in front of me was picking up his little paper bag of prescription medicine. The lady behind the counter handed him a credit card slip and said, "I'm sorry."

She was sorry because the bill was over $1,200. The old man stared at the charge card receipt and stared at it some more. Hesitating, he signed, then said, "I hope I die before I have to pay for the next re-fill." (Show me more...)

CBGB's is the last safe refuge for the dissenters from the culture of the living dead that is American music today. We know what's next. First they take away our CBGB's, next we're all wearing orange suits at Guatanamo wired directly to Mariah Carey tracks. But I'm warning the Bush-bots now: you won't take me alive, or alone. Give me my CBGB's or slack or death. (Show me more...)