Monthly Archives: January 2007

Naked colonialism : Iraq’s new oil law: not even a figleafBy Deirdre GriswoldJan 24, 2007, 17:18 “By 2010 we will need on the order of an additional fifty million barrels a day. So where is the oil going to come … Continue reading →

Why are we not surprised to find MS trying this stunt – well, because being kinda geeky, we’ve seen the company pull off a lot of sneaky, underhanded, lowdown tricks (e.g., stealing Windows from Apple). If it doesn’t fit Bill … Continue reading →

Palestinians Under Pressure To Leave Iraq: Militias and Police Are Targeting Community, Rights Officials SayBy Joshua PartlowWashington Post Foreign ServiceThursday, January 25, 2007; Page A20 BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 — The shouting in his Baghdad apartment building woke Luay Mohammed seconds … Continue reading →

Inside Baghdad: A city paralysed by fearBy Patrick CockburnPublished: 25 January 2007 Baghdad is paralysed by fear. Iraqi drivers are terrified of running into impromptu checkpoints where heavily armed men in civilian clothes may drag them out of their cars … Continue reading →

End Corporate Control Over Our MediaBy Sen. Bernie Sanders

Your Local Police Force Has Been MilitarizedWednesday, 24 January 2007By Paul Craig Roberts 01/24/07 “ICHBlog” — — In recent years American police forces have called out SWAT teams 40,000 or more times annually. Last year did you read in your … Continue reading →

C0lb£rt Defends Alberto Gonzalez

This is the second time in six months that a case such as this has surfaced. The first was a fourteen-year-old kid. Seems to us that he oughta quit worrying – his final judgement is not in the hands of … Continue reading →

Off the Rails: Big Oil, Big Brother Win Big in the State of the UnionPublished by Greg Palast January 24th, 2007 in Articles by Greg PalastTuesday, 23 January, 2006 There was that tongue again. When the President lies he’s got … Continue reading →

U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic SweatshopsBy Christopher Moraff, In These Times. Posted January 24, 2007. For more than a decade, the Federal Prison Industries has been forcing inmates to handle toxic “e-waste” containing arsenic, mercury, lead and … Continue reading →

Aliens in an Alien Land: Iraq Through the Lens of Soldiers’ Memoirsby Stephen Soldzwww.dissidentvoice.orgJanuary 23, 2007 Not so many years ago, perhaps five, there was a country known as “Iraq.” That Iraq no longer exists. It has been replaced by … Continue reading →

Prominent Iraqi tribal leader says a truce between U.S. and insurgents is possibleThe Associated PressPublished: January 23, 2007 AMMAN, Jordan: A truce between insurgents and the U.S. forces in Iraq is possible if the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad is dismissed … Continue reading →