This month, ACT UP marks its 20th anniversary. Co-founder Larry Kramer wrote 1st articles warning about AIDS epidemic in early 1980s; also wrote play "The Normal Heart", diagnosed with HIV in mid-1980s, nearly died 2001, now 70+/still kickin’ ass!

The second largest electronics retailer in the country, Circuit City, is firing 3,400 of its best-paid workers. In an outrageous offer, company says it will give these workers the opportunity to reapply for those same jobs at lower pay. +Headlines!

In Florida 100 people landed on beach via sailboat north of Miami, fleeing Haiti. At least one died before boat reached shore. Authorities are expected to deport Haitians under long-standing US policy that bars them while accepting fleeing Cubans.

AUTISM: group of developmental disorders in children, characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal & nonverbal communication problems, and unusual, repetitive, or severely limited activities and interests.

The Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March, triggering an instant veto threat.. Veto insurmountable; but DEFUNDING THE WAR IS NOT! ONLY METHOD OF STOPPING BUSH!

Reese Erlich: American sources & Iranian Kurdish guerillas based in northern Iraq say United States is supporting guerilla raids against Iran, channeling money through organizations in Iraqi Kurdistan. - Only way to prevent IRAN is DEFUND IRAQ NOW!

Senate wants to know if Patriot Act needs to be revised to keep FBI from illegally gathering telephone, e-mail & financial records.. NYPD carried out extensive spying operation on protesters prior to 2004 Republican National Convention.

Remember Tobacco Industry said Cigarettes are NOT Addictive! We can NEVER trust Capitalist Oligopolies to tell us the TRUTH if it conflicts with their financial BottomLine! These are unvarnished facts –Tabacco has NO financial interests to protect.

“A rose by any other name”: Proposed constitutional changes would enshrine tough anti-terrorism laws into Egypt's constitution _They also would outlaw political parties based on religion, the Muslim Brotherhood. – Bush’s redefined “Democracy”!

DOBBS: Shocking new evidence: federal prosecutors have repeatedly refused to bring charges against illegal aliens crossing Mexican border. Outrageous official policy allows illegal aliens, are you ready? at least 6 strikes before they're prosecuted.

“Believing they have been given a clear mandate from voters, Democrats are trying to challenge President Bush on the Iraq war while struggling to find enough votes to do it.” – Tabacco: NO! I didn’t know that. Dem Dems are really quick!

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses, And all the king's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again. - Nighty, Nite, Georgie!

"The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" - HBO documentary traces political/legal precedents re prisoner torture. MILGRAM STUDY 61-62: 100% of people, brought in & asked to shock man they knew to be innocent, were willing because someone in authority asked them.

KITTY PILGRIM, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight: Another law enforcement officer working to secure our borders is sentenced to prison for simply doing his job. – Tabacco: NEVER TRUST ANY PUBLIC FIGURE ON EVERY ISSUE! Are you reading this, Lou Dobbs?

Women’s struggle for equality: Specialist Mickiela Montoya came face to face with rape danger by her male comrades when deployed to Iraq with National Guard. Native American Eli Painted Crow served Army for 22 years including time in Iraq in 2004.

Guatemala, Mayan spiritual leaders conducted purification ritual at pyramid President Bush visited earlier this week. Mayans led protests against Bush’s trip to Iximche ruins. Mayan leader Jorge Morales Toj: "Ceremony is to get rid of bad spirits".

Center Face has a bone to pick with Chavez. On an ethical basis, Center Face is right & Chavez is wrong. But this world has changed. Evil Rich circumvent Bill of Rights in Venezuela as well as USA. They use ethics & morality as weapons against us.

In 1935 Sinclair Lewis wrote “It Can't Happen Here”. In that book he wrote, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”. – That was written in 1935! Hats off to a prescient & very wise man, Sinclair Lewis!

Cockburn talks about Rumsfeld's role in the Iraq war, his links to the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, his time as a pharmaceutical executive, and his tenuous relationship with George H.W. Bush.

Asian stocks plunged Wednesday and European shares opened sharply lower after Wall Street chalked its second-biggest point drop in four years and rattled already nervous markets worldwide. – Associated Press

BUSH: We are sons & daughters of this struggle; our mission to complete revolution they began. CHAVEZ: He said we are children of Washington & Bolivar. He thinks he is a son of Bolivar. What he is is a son of a - I can't say that word here. (I can!)

Bush, undeterred by protests at every stop on his 5-nation Latin American trip, works to convince Guatemalans that United States is a compassionate nation. It's the same message he delivered earlier at stops in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.

“If a politician isn't doing it to his wife, then he's doing it to his country.” - Amy Grant “A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar” - Henry Louis Mencken Source: ThinkExist.com... Tabacco: That's just the beginning!

George W. Bush has “No-Fault Insurance”. If YOU cheat people out of their oil reserves, cause them to lose their jobs, burn down their homes and murder their families, you go to prison. But GWB has that “No-Fault”, courtesy of congress & Voters!

Lou Dobbs: This new Congress was supposed to be different. Instead, it is being led by a gaggle of partisan hacks pandering to the same special interests and corporate masters as the previous Republican-led Congress. - Lou bites his tongue; I don't!