Knowing Does Help. . .

It May Take Effort, But Knowing Helps, In Ways Not Always Understood
compiled by The Old Hippie Because Knowing Reality Is Our Only Hope Of Remaining Free

The Illusion of Normality - The Crisis Papers Attacking the Judge - Crooks and Liars Niger Uranium Forgery Mystery Solved? - AntiWar.com The New Fitzgerald Website - Office of Special Counsel Electronic Voting Corrupted? - GAO Report: "Yes." [via Brad Blog]

"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
  --  Mark Twain, 'The Mysterious Stranger,' 1916, Ch. 9

Deforestation of Brazilian Rainforest Underestimated by at Least 60% - BBC News

The Ohio Restoration Project - Bill Berkowitz via WorkingForChange.com

The So-Called "Lies" of Joe Wilson - Larry Johnson via TPMCafe.com

"Facing a Nameless War - Name That War" - Tom Engelhardt via TomDispatch.com

Miers' Nomination: "Inadequate, Insufficient and Insulting" - Andrew Cohen