Bad Deeds for 11-13-06

The election is over, so now the Bad Deeds newsletter will be open to all political parties. Everyone should behave.

Outrage at London sting by US spies
U.S. Agents arrested British citizens on British soil. Just think how you would feel if British agents were arresting American citizens on American soil. Heck, Texas Rangers can’t even go into New Mexico.

Right-Wing Conservative Arrested for Sending Threatening Letters with White Powder
A conservative contributor to the right-wing Free Republic web forum has been arrested for mailing threatening letters containing a suspicious white powder to celebrities and U.S. politicians. those who received threatening letters were Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show;” talk show host David Letterman; Keith Olbermann of MSNBC; Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, who is set to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, both Democrats.

and toward the bottom of this web page:

US Leads Arms Sales to Unstable Regions
The United States last year provided nearly half of the weapons sold to militaries in the developing world, as major arms sales to the most unstable regions, many of them already engaged in conflict, grew to the highest level in eight years. America topped the list at 45.8% of total arms sales to developing countries – good for $8.1 billion—with Russia running a distant second at 15%

Regards,

Jim