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Yearly Archives: 2008
Denver Police Brace for Convention
Security was heavy for the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, including state troopers in riot gear the day before it opened. This year’s convention is in Denver on Aug. 25-28. Photo by Bob Bukaty/Associated Press.Officials ‘fearing that the … Continue reading
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Latest About Obama From Toby Keith, New Darling of the Right
Keith: Obama ‘Talks, Acts, And Carries Himself As A Caucasian’By Max Blumenthal / August 5, 2008 Last week, I reported for the Huffington Post that country singer Toby Keith had performed a pro-lynching anthem on the Colbert Report, and would … Continue reading
Just Another "War on Terror" Conspiracy Theory
Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC NewsBy Glenn Greenwald The FBI’s lead suspect in the September, 2001 anthrax attacks — Bruce E. Ivins — died Tuesday night, apparently by suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him … Continue reading
DEA Uses Blackwater to Raid Medical Marijuana Providers
Blackwater does the DEA’s job in Culver City, Cal.‘I guess none of their usual buddies were available’By Rebecca Saltzman Last week the DEA raided a medical marijuana dispensary in Culver City, Cal., spending hours on site detaining employees and ultimately … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, California, Congress, DEA, Drug War, Drugs, juana, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
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SCIENCE : Dark Energy’s Fingerprint Found in Distant Galaxies
This image was produced by combining a dozen NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory observations made of a 130 light-year region in the center of the Milky Way. When microwaves created by the Big Bang pass through large galaxies, they appear to … Continue reading
The Compromise ‘Drill Anywhere’ Plan
‘Joe Sixpack will never notice the effect of any oil recovered from these areas’By Dean Baker / August 4, 2008 Senator McCain and the Republicans in Congress are calling Senator Obama and the Democrats environmental wimps for refusing to allow … Continue reading
BOOKS : Dick Reavis on Carl Oglesby
Another view of ‘Ravens in the Storm’By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2008 Comrades: A week or so ago I more or less promised a review of Oglesby’s Ravens in the Storm. I have read … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Carl Oglesby, New Left, SDS, Sixties, The Left, The Movement, Weather Underground
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Tom Hayden : Empire Through the Athens-Sparta Prism
Spartan Warriors by Howard Johnson.Obama-McCain Dilemma: Warriors or Statesman?By Tom Hayden ATHENS — As Barack Obama swept Europe politically this week, my vantage point was the ancient Agora of Athens, where I could muse whether the young conquerer might become … Continue reading
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Tagged Greece, History, McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Tom Hayden
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BOOKS : White House Ordered Forgery
‘Designed to portray a false link between Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda’ By Mike Allen / August 4, 2008 A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Books, Bush Lies, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Ron Suskind, Saddam Hussein, Terrorism, The Way of the World
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The Tire-Gauge Solution : No Joke
‘We can use significantly less energy without significantly changing our lifestyle’By Thomas Cleaver / August 5, 2008 God, a week to prove my great-grand-uncle who was Harry Truman’s “Eminence Grise” right: “The only ‘Good Republicans’ are pushing up daisies.” They … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Energy Conservation, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing
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Robert Reich : The Heart of the Economic mess.
Former labor secretary Robert B. Reich.Most Americans can no longer maintain their standard of living. And the core problem isn’t the housing crisis or rising oil and food prices.By Robert B. Reich / August 4, 2008. The Federal Reserve Board’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Cost of Living, Economic Collapse, Economy, Middle Class
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Houston Demonstrators Join World-Wide Protest Against Attacking Iran
A diverse, multi-generational group demonstrated on August 1 in Houston to demand that the US and Israel halt any plans for a war on Iran. Photo by Gloria Rubac.‘In our name, with our money, they are killing people across the … Continue reading
