Yearly Archives: 2007

March Madness The seeding at the Big Dance is usually pretty accurate. In the last ten years, 34 of 40 teams in the Final Four have been one through four seeds. Seventeen have been number one seeds. Lowest seed to … Continue reading →

President Bush’s Trip to Latin America Is All About Denialby Mark WeisbrotMarch 17, 2007Center for Economic and Policy Research “State of Denial” is the title of Bob Woodward’s famous book on the Bush team’s road to disaster in Iraq, but … Continue reading →

U.S.-Occupied Iraq: Women suffer untold violenceMarch 16, 2007 The radio news magazine “Between The Lines” interviewed Yifat Susskind, communications director with MADRE, an an international women’s human rights organisation based in New York City. Yifat is also author of a … Continue reading →

U.S. Expects Iraq Prison Growth: Crackdown Likely to Mean More Inmates at 2 Detention CentersBy Walter PincusWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, March 14, 2007; Page A10 The United States is expanding its two major detention centers in Iraq with the expectation … Continue reading →

Palestinian refugees in Iraq stuck in “Catch 22”16 Mar 2007 15:32:27 GMTSource: ReutersBy Ammar Alwan TANAF, Iraq, March 16 (Reuters) – Hameda Um Firas has lived most of her 70-odd years as a refugee — now she is stranded in … Continue reading →

Iran Is Playing a Growing Role in Iraq EconomyBy EDWARD WONGPublished: March 17, 2007 NAJAF, Iraq — While the Bush administration works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air-conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the … Continue reading →

The Last Days of Constitutional Rule?Published on Friday, March 16, 2007.By Paul Craig Roberts The Bush administration’s greatest success is its ability to escape accountability for its numerous impeachable offenses. The administration’s offenses against US law, the US Constitution, civil … Continue reading →

And it’s only called ‘honesty.’ ‘Friendly fire’ death in Iraq deemed unlawful killingby Phil Hazlewood Fri Mar 16, 2:47 PM ET LONDON (AFP) – A coroner on Friday accused the US military of a criminal breach of the international law … Continue reading →

From Missing Links Arab paper says Gulf regimes taking imminent Iran-strike reports seriously Al-Quds al-Arabi and Al-Hayat both give prominent play to a report in a Russian newspaper that said the US has past the point of no return for … Continue reading →

5. Support rapid development of “alternative”, renewable energy sources (solar, wind, wave, etc.) By the most generous interpretation of the federal Department of Energy budget, in the terms that most of us understand under the rubric of “renewable energy sources”, … Continue reading →

If they are just getting around to concluding they have reduced a country to civil war, they have failed us and must be retired. Pentagon Finds ‘Elements’ of Civil War in IraqBy Anna MulrinePosted 3/15/07 The findings of a new … Continue reading →

Sopa Albondigas del Pollo 2 cooked chicken breasts from any recipe, deboned & chopped2 tablespoons sweet red pepper, chopped1 tablespoon green bell pepper, chopped2 cloves Italian garlic, chopped1 tablespoon onion powder2 tablespoons pasilla chile powder1/2 teaspoon morita or chipotle chile … Continue reading →