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Yearly Archives: 2008
Run the Flag Up The Pole, Boys…
U.S. percentage of the world’s military spending. Source. / armscontrolcenter.org. Click to enlarge.There’s a little GI Joe in all of usBy Duncan Echelson / The Rag Blog / July 2, 2008 How military service suddenly qualifies someone for sainthood or … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Marketing, Militarism, Military, Military Budget, Propaganda, The World, U.S. Military
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Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife
Hole in one! Workers near Alaska’s Lake Teshekpuk take a core sample from a grizzly bear cub. Image courtesy The Onion.Drilling of polar bears, grizzlies, porpoises plannedWASHINGTON, DC — Following a recent ruling by a U.S. District Court that blocked … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Fauna, Humor, Nature, Satire
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Hot Shots and Classic Takes
Thanks to Kathy Doyle / The Rag Blog / Posted July 2, 2008
What Scott McClellan (and Jay Rockefeller) Didn’t Tell Us
The Story Behind George Bush’s Lies By Richard W. Behan / July 1, 2008 Long accused of signature dishonesty, the Bush Administration now stands twice indicted, by Scott McClellan’s book and by two damning reports from Jay Rockefeller’s Senate Select … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bush Administration, Bush Lies, Corruption, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Propaganda, War on Terror
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Gitmo Torture Methods Cribbed From Chinese Communists
Image by Matt Groller / Rolling Stone.“Coercive management techniques” copied verbatimBy Scott Shane / July 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Communists, CIA, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Military, Torture, Waterboarding
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Anti-science conservatives must be stopped
Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake.By Joseph Romm / Jun. 30, 2008 Conservatives put on a spectacular display of scientific ignorance this month in … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Conservatives, Environment, Global Warming, Religious Right, Right Wing, Science
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Moral Depravity in Very High Places
Averting our gaze from U.S. crueltyBy Linda McQuaig / July 1, 2008 Does the president of the United States have the right to order a detainee buried alive? Oddly, this grotesque question was posed at a U.S. Congressional hearing last … Continue reading
Arianna Huffington : Watch Out For Right Turn
The supposed innovation of Karl Rove was to have George Bush concentrate on activating his base rather than playing to the center during his presidential campaigns. That strategy won the last two elections even with a moron heading the ticket. … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Obama, Political Strategy, Presidential Campaign
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Vets Speak Out About Wesley Clark and John McCain
Army Gen. Wesley Clark, Ret, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO. The treatment of Clark’s lucid remarks made in the last few days by the ever-rabid media has been absolute and complete. Anyone who reads a transcript of Clark’s … Continue reading
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Tagged GI's, McCain, Media, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Veterans, Video, Wesley Clark
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Drawn and Quartered
Khalil Rahman. / The Daily Naya Diganta / Dhaka, Bangladesh The Rag Blog / Posted July 1, 2008
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Tagged Cartoon, George W. Bush, Humor, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Political Cartoon, Satire
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Tutu Visits Scene of Massacre; Calls For End to Blockade
Archbishop Desmond Tutu To try this out I googled “Desmond Tutu Gaza” and sure enough I got not one U.S. media hit. Democracy Now! radio had something but no newspaper at all. I went to the New York Times web … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Desmond Tutu, Israel, Journalism, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement, Religion
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Iraq Electrocutions : Shoddy Work by KBR?
At a 173rd Airborne base in Shin Kay, Afghanistan, in 2005, an outdoor, 200-ampere breaker panel, above, was uncovered and wired from the top. Photo courtesy NYT.After Deaths, U.S. Inspects Electric Work Done in IraqBy James Risen / July 1, … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Corruption, GI's, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Military Contractors
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