Based on evidence of what he believes is unignited thermite particles in debris collected within minutes after the collapse of the World Trade Center's first tower, retired BYU physicist Steven Jones called for a criminal investigation into the destruction of three World Trade Center high rises in a speech at a 9/11 conference in Boston.  Public video of his presentation at the Decemeber 15, 2007 event was released on May 1 and can be seen below.

Site compliance note: This diary does not advocate any conspiracy theory. It  attempts to report objectively to interested Kossacks a significant development in ongoing investigations about the events of 9/11.

Yesterday, I wrote a diary about McCain's response to Elizabeth Edwards on Sunday's This Week about health care ("families should be making these decisions, not the government"), and how offensive and stupid it was:

Everyone knows who makes the decisions, and it ain't the families or the government. The line is hypocrisy and demagoguery on parade--not to mention it was uttered by someone who is the beneficiary of government health care.

As a coda to the diary, I added a reference to yesterday's news that Counterpunch is publishing a major series questioning McCain's status as a war hero.

Reaction to the diary was swift and negative: How dare someone on dKos engage in Swift Boating? How dare someone denigrate a war hero, even if he is a Republican running for the highest office in the land?

How dare you?

On Sunday's This Week, Stephie (aka Georgie Porgy) tried his mop-haired best to make up for what has been alternately called "tawdry" (Frank Rich), a "shameful night" (Greg Mitchell), "shoddy" (WaPo), and worse.

I was thinking Stephie made some progress, especially on the healthcare issue when he asked McCain why Americans couldn't have the same government insurance as he did.

McSame's answer is one of the most revealing of this twisted man's comments, easy to refute, and Georgie let the old man go.

Just how stupid are we?

A bit of good news, courtesy of Senator Patrick Leahy (Patriot-Vermont) and the Anti-War Blog:

If you haven't seen the Black Eyed Peas music video/homage to the spirit of hope and awakening that is occurring because of the Obama campaign, then here it is for you to enjoy.

OK. That's enough. First Willie Nelson and now "Professor" Hans Koechler. I'm tellin ya, I can't take it anymore. Could someone please stab out my eyes with one of Scalia's hot pokers? I don't believe what I'm seeing.

The dust has settled at Ground Zero, but the nation's first responders who came forth that day are still feeling its toxic effects: 70% of 9/11 rescue workers are sick and dying. They need our help now. Here's how you can help:

Currently, former Dodd staffer Tim Tagaris at Open Left does not offer any other details, but as of 2:00 PM on Thursday Tagaris is reporting that Reid "filed a 30-day extension and then filed cloture on that extension."

Haven't seen this diared yet, so here is a 5:10 EST post from the AP wire in which the once noble and fierce John Conyers is now asking pretty please for a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of torture harsh interrogation tapes.

Here's a story you won't see in the corporate-owned mainstream media: the public grilling of Japanese PM Fukuda over continued funding of Japan's participation in the Great War of Terror (c. 2004 Donald Rumseld) because of Japan's failure to investigate 9/11 as a crime against the Japanese people. Evidently because "President Bush told you so" isn't enough for some.

Lost credibility, much?

Updated: Changed "Endorses Edwards" to "Praises Edwards."

Haven't seen this up yet, so for all of you Iowa poll watchers, endorsement detailers and primary freaks--Michael Moore hit his email list this morn with the following missive and dismissive of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Ouch.