Yearly Archives: 2007

The recent spate of food-borne pathogens is a timely reminder that fruits and vegetables grow outdoors, in actual dirt, and may be exposed frequently to bird poop, dog pee, both living and/or dead insects, frog spit, and whatever else is … Continue reading →

From News for Real. Please, Please, Please Don’t Do This to Us Please! Do 40% of Democrats really want Hillary? Really? That’s the question I ask myself each time I see polls that say that Hillary Clinton is the choice … Continue reading →

What is MDS and why do we need it? MDS (Movement for a Democratic Society) is what you make it. Like SDS of old, it will not have a strict set of ideological positions that one must endorse going in. … Continue reading →

US Iran intelligence ‘is incorrect’Julian Borger in ViennaThursday February 22, 2007Guardian Unlimited Much of the intelligence on Iran’s nuclear facilities provided to UN inspectors by US spy agencies has turned out to be unfounded, diplomatic sources in Vienna said today. … Continue reading →

Defending Marriage the Hard Way A Washington state gay group is conducting a tongue-in-cheek petition drive for a ballot measure which would require heterosexual couples who want to marry to prove they are able to have children, and then to … Continue reading →

Interview with Noam Chomsky: It All Comes Down to Control Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in US policy toward Iran, Iraq, North Korea … Continue reading →

Once George Bush has got hold of a bad idea he just can’t let it goGary YoungeMonday February 19, 2007The Guardian On December 20 1954, a woman known as Marion Keech gathered her followers in her garden in Lake City, … Continue reading →

Protests in Baghdad over US Raid: Journalists Call for Immediate Investigation Hundreds of Iraqi journalists and activists held a sit-in today in front of the headquarters of the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate to protest the recent US raid against the union, … Continue reading →

Cheney Seeks Allies’ Support for Iraq War as His Luster FadesBy Holly Rosenkrantz and Brendan Murray Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Vice President Dick Cheney is finding it harder and harder to locate a welcome mat. Cheney arrives today in Australia … Continue reading →

11. The Neocons – Hunt for Osama / The Disney Terrorists

Iraq coalition numbers dwindlingBy Tom RaumAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON – President Bush’s “coalition of the willing,” long seen by much of the world as a shell for a largely U.S. operation in Iraq, is quickly becoming a coalition of the … Continue reading →

Nigeria and the United States: Convergent Interests In its anxious search for energy security, the United States has embarked on a risky strategy to arm and train the militaries of oil-producing West African countries under the rationale of pursuing the … Continue reading →