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Yearly Archives: 2008
Pentagon : The Five Secret Billion-Dollar Companies
Billionaire Ronald Perelman’s holding company MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. received $3,360,739,032 from the Department of Defense in 2007.Sucking Obscene Amounts of Taxpayer MoneyBy Nick Turse / June 26, 2008 At $34 billion, you’re already counting pretty high. After all, … Continue reading
Maybe He’s With Waldo…
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) 14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me. Matt [Matthew (Matt) Harding is an American video game developer and Internet celebrity known as … Continue reading
The Earth : Love It Or Lose It, Solar Energy Dept.
Photovoltaic electrical generation array.Solar Power to the RescueBy Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Paul Spencer is a former Austin activist and staff member of sixties/seventies underground newsppaper The Rag, who has been running for president … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability
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Mesmo’s Desert Digest : The Beat Goes On
Professor Longhair his own self.Bo Diddley, Professor Longhair and Drumming the Clave BeatBy Gerry Storm / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Gerry, aka Mesmo, is a former Austin activist and musician who now lives in harmony with the … Continue reading
You Wanna Win or Not?
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Hope Is Sometimes Green
An agreement between Florida and United States Sugar could help restore water flows through the Everglades’ mangrove-lined creeks. Photo: Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times.Florida Buying Big Sugar Tract for EvergladesBy Damien Cave — June 25, 2008 LOXAHATCHEE, … Continue reading
No Shit! George W. Bush Sewage Plant
An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace By Jesse McKinley / June 25, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be … Continue reading
Iraq : Closing the Deal
Deal Allows U.S. To Attack Any Country From IraqJune 24, 2008 BAGHDAD – A Sunni legislator said on Monday that the security agreement to be signed between Baghdad and Washington would allow the latter to attack any country from Iraqi … Continue reading
Hell No, We Won’t Go!
McCain: World War III Would Justify DraftJune 25, 2008 John McCain said last night during a campaign tele-conference that he would bring back a military draft in the United States only in the case of a ‘World War III’ scenario. … Continue reading
Stop the Noise!
When noise pollution is not making us sick and anxious, it is literally killing us. How do we turn it off? By Katharine Mieszkowski Jun. 25, 2008 Henry Bean can’t stand the sound of burglar alarms. He hates back-up beepers … Continue reading
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Telecom Donations Tied to FISA Vote
Supporters of the spying bill received twice the contributions as those against it.By Mike Lillis / June 24, 2008 When scores of House Democrats joined Republicans last week to reauthorize a controversial White House spying program, many critics attributed that … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Finance, Civil Liberties, Congress, Political Corruption, Political Donations, Privacy, Surveillance, Telecoms
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If I Had to Watch US News, I’d Blow My Brains Out
Iraq story buried by US networks: features Lara Logan of CBS h/t Informed Comment / Posted June 25, 2008 Go to War in Iraq? What War in Iraq? about lack of media coverage of the war. / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Journalism, Media, Network News
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