Yearly Archives: 2007

Padilla Found Guilty in Terrorism CaseBy CURT ANDERSON, AP, Posted: 2007-08-16 16:59:11 MIAMI (Aug. 16) – Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant, was convicted Thursday of helping Islamic extremists and plotting overseas … Continue reading →

Nuestra Cultura: The Epic Struggle of Indigenous Andean / Amazonian CulturesBy HUGO BLANCO Over the course of more than 10,000 years, the rich biodiversity of the Andes-Amazon region has created a culture that is closely interlocked with Pachamama (Mother Nature). … Continue reading →

BeliefWatch: ReincarnateThe Next Lama: The Dalai Lama says he won’t reincarnate in TibetBy Matthew Philips, Newsweek Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue – In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without … Continue reading →

The Convenience of Denial: Backspin for WarBy NORMAN SOLOMON The man who ran CNN’s news operation during the invasion of Iraq is now doing damage control in response to a new documentary’s evidence that he kowtowed to the Pentagon on … Continue reading →

Protection Racket? The FDA and AvandiaBy EVELYN PRINGLE The FDA’s latest campaign to protect the profits of a drug company over the safety of Americans is unprecedented, and the organizers include a gang of current and former FDA officials largely … Continue reading →

A “Slow Motion Train Wreck”by Stephen Lendman, August 16, 2007 These days, financial/market punditry seems to follow two opposite lines of thinking. It ranges from the predominant view that world economies are growing and sound, problems in them minor and … Continue reading →

Army Suicide Rate Highest in 26 YearsBy PAULINE JELINEK,APPosted: 2007-08-16 01:31:49 WASHINGTON (Aug. 16) – Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and … Continue reading →

Dear Congressman Dicks: This is the lead paragraph of an article by Alex Cockburn that appeared this morning (11 August 2007) on CounterPunch: “Led by Democrats since the start of this year, the US Congress now has a confidence” rating … Continue reading →

We want it clearly understood that the MSM continues to play the role of enabler (and often cheerleader) for all of this dreck. Homegrown Terror Called Serious ThreatBy TOM HAYS,APPosted: 2007-08-15 14:52:23 NEW YORK (Aug. 15) – People in the … Continue reading →

The Peculiar Relationship: “No American President Can Stand Up to Israel”By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “No American President can stand up to Israel.” These words came from feisty Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations (1967-1970) and Chairman of the Joint … Continue reading →

When a US soldier in Iraq won’t soldierBy Mary Wiltenburg | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the August 13, 2007 edition What does the Army do with a private who can’t be persuaded to load his gun? WÜRZBURG, GERMANY … Continue reading →

Or better said, “We don’t count anything, at least not correctly – funds expended, civilians killed, wounded, or displaced, paid contractors …..” Do US, Iraqi Officials Undercount Detainees? Confusion Over the Official Number Held Raises SuspicionBy CHRISTINA DAVIDSON 08/13/2007 5:27 … Continue reading →