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Top Stories from AlterNet for April 8, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/

Opiate addicts are a crafty bunch, it seems. At least one of them is -- a Nevada writer who manages to find poppy pods for sale on eBay (intended for use in "crafting," wink-wink). His tale is no light-hearted romp -- but it does say something about the absurdity of draconian regulation, when FedEx can deliver the goods overnight.
Also, remember that uranium from Niger? That's right -- the uranium that never existed that Bush claimed was going to Iraq. Now an intelligence expert claims that perhaps those forged documents were fabricated right here at home. That's Yankee ingenuity. True ingenuity comes from the Center for Public Integrity, which has put together another well researched report, this time on the pervasive influence of lobbyists and their sneaky ways to get around the regulations. Maybe lobbyists should be peddling their wares on eBay. Seems like everybody's doing it.

CONFESSIONS OF AN EBAY OPIUM ADDICT
Peter Thompson, Reno News & Review
Looking for drugs on the cheap, a writer found poppy pods available on the internet. He also found himself hooked.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21673/

WHO FORGED THE NIGER DOCUMENTS?
Ian Masters, AlterNet
A former counterterrorism chief claims that the now-discredited documents that showed Iraq trying to purchase uranium were fabricated right here in the United States.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21704/

THE WAR ON BIRTH CONTROL
Caryl Rivers, Women's eNews
The pope's mixed legacy included a consistent assault on birth control.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21696/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/

THE 'FOURTH BRANCH' OF GOVERNMENT
Alex Knott, The Center for Public Integrity
Shadowy lobbyists ignore rules and exploit connections -- and their industry of influence nets almost $13 billion.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21702/

MUSLIM REFUSENIK
Terrence McNally, AlterNet
Irshad Manji, author of 'The Trouble with Islam Today,' discusses the closemindedness and literalism of present-day Islam and her path to freethinking.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21705/

UN-EMBED THE MEDIA
Amy Goodman, David Goodman, AlterNet
Government-supplied propaganda has become pervasive in mainstream media, from hiring journalists to write puff pieces to credentialing fake reporters to fawning reports from embedded reporters in Iraq. Where is independent media?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21703/

TRAILER OF TEARS
Nikki Finke, LA Weekly
Judging from the latest movie trailers, it's gonna be a long, not-so-hot summer movie season.
http://www.alternet.org/movies/21706/
More Movie Mix: http://www.alternet.org/movies/

NEWSBREAKERS
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org
Whether a new chapter in media criticism or just classless, low-rent, no-talent clowns, the NewsBreakers are serious about the need to reform our broken media system.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21695/
More MediaCulture: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/


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