A startled young Brazilian is shot dead - 8 times! - after being chased by gun-waving strangers who are, in fact, undercover police.

In Iraq, Afghanistan, the USA and around the world, innocent "terrorist suspects" are being harassed, imprisoned without trial, tortured, and killed, all in the sacred cause of George W Bush and co's reckless, phoney "war on terror".

We are all on his hit list.

Canadian experts warned Wednesday
of the devastating economic fallout
of a long-overdue flu outbreak.

With the Bush preoccupation - and occupation - with Iraq so far costing each and every U.S. citizen over $US700, it's really no wonder Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact is so much greater than it might have been.

Current estimates warn that the cost of the disasterous and completely illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq and its bloody aftermath may soon exceed $US700 billion. That's $US100 billion more than the U.S. spent blundering around in its war on the Vietnamese.

And where's the National Guard when you need it?!

As hurricane Rita - the third most intense Atlantic hurricane on record - heads for the Texas coast, forcing about 1.3 million people to evacuate, the frighteningly out-of-touch U.S. President and his creepy jesus brigade are no doubt thanking the lord for his latest bounty. Jehovah must surely have something special in mind for this pious, peace-loving faux cowboy's home state!

Or is it possible that, after the shock and awe of the Bush gang's obscene New Orleans fiasco, perhaps even they are wondering whose side 'god' is really on.

Or perhaps not. After all, grasping reality is not one of Dubya's strong points.