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Yearly Archives: 2008
BushCo: Violations of Geneva Conventions Persist
Secret “War on Terror” Prison on Diego Garcia ConfirmedBy Andy Worthington / August 02, 2008 Six “High-Value” Guantánamo Prisoners Held, Plus “Ghost Prisoner” Mustafa Setmariam Nasar The existence of a secret, CIA-run prison on the island of Diego Garcia in … Continue reading
Frankly, This Isn’t Really News: Iraq War Stupid
David KilcullenIraq war stupid, Aussie David Kilcullen tells USGeoff Elliott / August 2, 2008 DAVID Kilcullen, the Australian counter-insurgency expert who advises US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has stepped into a political minefield after being quoted as saying the … Continue reading
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Playing High School with 5000 Nuclear Warheads
To Provoke War: Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At Them By Faiz | August 1, 2008 Speaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist … Continue reading
BOOKS : Markos Moulitsas’ ‘Taking on the System’
“Rules for Radicals” Meets the 21st Centuryby Paul Hogarth / July 31‚ 2008 Markos Moulitsas’ new book, Taking On the System, is not really about political blogs. One would expect the founder of Daily Kos to write about the netroots … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogosphere, Books, Digital Media, Internet, Media, Political Campaigns, Politics, Writers
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Introducing DisneyIraq : The Unhappiest Place on Earth
An American financier is pitching a vast theme park in Baghdad, not out of kindness, but as he says, “for profit.” ‘I’m not here because I think you’re nice people. I think there’s money to be made’By Scott Thill / … Continue reading
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Tagged Amusement Parks, Capitalism, Disneyland, Iraq, Iraq Occupation
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Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No suspicion required under Homeland Security policiesBy Ellen Nakashima / August 1, 2008 Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Searches, Civil Liberties, Computers, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, War on Terror
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Arresting Report From Roving Reporter
Karl Rove arrested. Image by Fo’teau Shoppe.Four Iowan Citizens Arrested for Trying to Arrest Karl RoveJuly 30, 2008 You didn’t read about this in the mainstream media – wouldn’t want to encourage anyone, would they? This news, however, is certainly … Continue reading
Democrats and Labor : Wal*Mart Running Scared
Of all companies to be whining about money. WAL*MART the so-called American company with 600 factories in CHINA and zero in America, they have the audacity to be pushing this line on their underpaid front-line employees. While Lee Scott and … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Business, Congress, Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Labor, Labor Unions, Presidential Campaign, Wal-Mart
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Singin’ on Thursday – Roy Zimmerman
“Thanks For the Support” by Roy Zimmerman Available for download at royzimmerman.com. Recorded on 9/11/07 at “Mark Pitta and Friends,” 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA. The Rag Blog / Posted August 1, 2008
Justice for the King’s Men May Be Served
White House Aides Can Be SubpoenaedBy David Stout / August 1, 2008 WASHINGTON — President Bush’s top advisers cannot ignore subpoenas issued by Congress, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a case that involves the firings of several United … Continue reading
American Bridge Is Falling Down ….
The Year of Driving Dangerously: A construction expert blasts America’s lack of infrastructure action one year after the I-35W Bridge collapseBy Barry LePatner / July 31, 2008 Nervous that so little progress has been made since last summer’s tragic Minneapolis … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Peace Without Justice Is Meaningless
Street Scene in Kabul“Bleeding Afghanistan”: Interview with Sonali KolhatkarBy Mike Whitney / July 31, 2008 I think the primary goal of the war was always vengeance, but the neocons also wanted to pave the way for an attack on Iraq. … Continue reading
