Monday digest

- In just the latest example of lies coming from this Administration, Governor Bush, along with his minions in the mainstream media, are propogating the myth of North Korea's nuclear capability. The reason they're doing this is in order to rally support for increased military spending to benefit not only the Administration's political fortunes but also Dick Cheney's stock portfolio, which contains an inordinate amount of defense holdings. This is all BS, too, and is simply being trotted out to justify the continuing imperialist war of aggression in Afghanistan.

(I'm just saving you lefties the trouble of having to roll out your usual arguments.)

- Speaking of lefties, anti-American fundamentalist Noam Chomsky insinuates that Iran can't really be blamed for wanting to nuke Israel off the face of the earth because they are provoked by "the very credible US and Israeli threats that virtually urge Iran to develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent". Oh, if only Iran was left out of the axis of evil, perhaps they wouldn't be forced to use such provocative language, right, Noam? (At least Chomsky admits that Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds, the realization of which must have been as difficult for him as it was when the proof was revealed about Stalin-era forced labour camps in Russia.)

- And back to reality with this article, one day late, on Father's Day.