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Yearly Archives: 2008

David Zeiger : Did the GI Movement End the Vietnam War?

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Updated July 26, 2008 G.I. dissenters in David Zeiger’s documentary “Sir! No Sir!”. Photo courtesy of Displaced Fillms.And What is the real legacy of the GI Coffeehouses?By David Zeiger / The Rag Blog / July 25, 2008 David Zeiger is … Continue reading →

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ENVIRONMENT : A Point of No Return for Greenland’s Ice

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Melt water is seen here running over the Greenlandic icecap, in August, 2007. A new analysis suggests there is a tipping point, in terms of how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, beyond which Greenland’s ice will be … Continue reading →

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HEALTH CARE : How Hospitals Are Killing E.R. Patients

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

King’s County ER in New York City where patient Esmin Green died due to negligence. Photo by uberzombie. Waiting Doom: A ‘systematic and widespread danger’By Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines / July 24, 2008 Last month, Esmin Green, … Continue reading →

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Lammas Seasonal Message – Kate Braun

Posted on July 25, 2008 by RagBlog

“Here we come rejoicing Bringing In The Sheaves”By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 25, 2008 Friday, August 1, is Lammas, also named Harvest Home, Lughnasach, and First Harvest. On this date we will be feeling the effects … Continue reading →

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McCaskill Takes On Military Industrial Complex

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

A Governmental Accountability Office report has found that Defense Contract Audit Agency officials and major defense contractors successfully pressured Pentagon auditors to hide damaging facts about the performance and costs of weapons systems. Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek / AP.Freshman senator … Continue reading →

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Racism At FOX News : Rapper Nas Delivers the Goods

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Hip-hop artist Nas joins members of MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver a speech to supporters protesting FOX News coverage of Barack Obama in front of News Corp. headquarters, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in New York. Photo by Mary Altaffer / … Continue reading →

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Slammed: Welcome to the Age of Incarceration

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The US holds 1 in 4of the world’s prisoners. What happens when you lock up 1 in every 100 American adults?By Jennifer Gonnerman The number first appeared in headlines earlier this year: Nearly one in four of all prisoners worldwide … Continue reading →

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Alleged Rove Threat Brings Immunity Request

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Rove Threatened GOP IT Guru If He Does Not ‘Take the Fall’ for Election Fraud in Ohio, Says AttorneyBy Brad Friedman / July 24, 2008 Karl Rove has threatened a GOP high-tech guru and his wife, if he does not … Continue reading →

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HEALTH CARE : Bone Density Drugs Can Do More Harm Than Good

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Big Pharma Pushes Drugs That Cause Conditions They Are Supposed to PreventBy Martha Rosenberg / July 24, 2008. Yet again, women are the industry’s main targets. Like gastroesophageal reflux and bipolar disease, osteopenia began to inflict millions when a drug … Continue reading →

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ECONOMICS : John McCain Has Embraced Republican Orthodoxy

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The Enforcer: Ronald Reagan brought laissez-faire economics to government.Laissez-Faire Economics? It’s a Code Word for One-Sided InterventionsBy Steven Conn Steven Conn is a professor of history at Ohio State University and a writer for the History News Service. As he … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly Attacks Gore For Attending Netroots Nation

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Drahn Design.‘The same as if he stepped into the Klan gathering’ On Saturday, July 19, former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas. In his speech, Gore praised the gathering of … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day – George Orwell

Posted on July 25, 2008 by RagBlog

War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too … Continue reading →

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