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Yearly Archives: 2008
MEDIA : The Press and the Atomic Bomb
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of Aug. 9, 2008.63 Years Ago: Media Distortions Set Tone for Nuclear Age By Greg Mitchell / August 6, 2008 At this time … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Atomic Bomb, History, Media, Media Distortion, Military History, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, The Press, World War II
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The Saturday Snapshot
You would do well to trace the link to read Imad Khadduri’s article: Source / Free Iraq The Rag Blog
Elizabeth Edwards : Today
Elizabeth Edwards. Photo by Gerry Broome / AP.‘We have stood with one another through (it) all…’By Elizabeth Edwards / August 8, 2008 Our family has been through a lot. Some caused by nature, some caused by human weakness, and some … Continue reading
Seeking Moral Parity in the Community of Nations
It’s the Torture, Stupid: Restoring Human Rights Must Be Next Prez’s Top Priorityby Ted Rall / August 9, 2008 Both major presidential candidates have promised to roll back the Bush Administration’s torture archipelago. Both say they’ll close Guantánamo, abolish legalized … Continue reading
The Best Century in America Will Be the Last
U.S. Headed Toward Bankruptcy, Says Top Budget Committee RepublicanBy Terence P. Jeffrey / August 8, 2008 The ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee said the U.S. government is headed toward bankruptcy if it stays on its current fiscal course. … Continue reading
This Is Coming to the Truth in Your Home Towns
Tom Feeley, owner and editor of InformationClearingHouse.info, has endured public harassment, home invasions, death threats and threats to his family simply for running a website.Anti-war website operator threatened by armed thugsBy Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet / August 7, 2008 … Continue reading
Needed : Peace Movement Strategy on Afghanistan
Barack Obama with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center foreground, and other officials at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Photo by AP.‘Obama’s proposal is so ill advised that one might expect it to die on its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Obama, Peace Movement
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Tape : Order to Forge Iraq-9/11 Letter on White House Stationery
In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks By John Byrne / August 8, 2008 A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Political Corruption
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John McCain Rhymes With Pain
(Copy this, make your own video, make your own mix, circulate widely, the Creative Commons applies; L. A. Piltz, originator, 08/09/08.) John McCain rhymes with pain 4 more years of Bush Republican reignMcCain rhymes with pain4 more years of Bush-Cheney … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Chicago 1968 / Denver 2008
Veteran activist and former California state Sen. Tom Hayden. Photo by Chris Schneider © The Rocky Mountain News The New Left leader from four decades ago thinks Denver should be skeptical of federal authorities’ warnings about violent protest.By M.E. Sprengelmeyer … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago 1968, Chicago 8, Democratic Convention, Direct Action, New Left, Protest, SDS, Sixties, Social Action, The Movement, Tom Hayden, Vietnam
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Michael Moore : How to Blow it
It’s the most winnable presidential election in American history – but the Democrats are old hands at losing. Michael Moore offers some helpful hints on how they might gift it all to the Republicans.By Michael Moore / August 9, 2008 … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Democratic Party, Filmmakers, McCain, Obama, Political Strategy, Presidential Campaign
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When Medicine Meets Capitalism – Crony Politics
Peter Pitts (left) and Robert GoldbergThe FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonksby Evelyn Pringle / August 8, 2008 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, described on its … Continue reading
