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Yearly Archives: 2008
Suppressing the Research That Matters
Here you can see the effect of the treatment on the two patients with brain cancers. VEGFR-2 activation is shown in green and its expression in red. Cell nuclei are stained in blue. Relative values of activated-VEGFR-2 pixels are displayed … Continue reading
It Would Turn the Middle East Into a Fireball
U.N atom watchdog chief says to quit if Iran attackedJune 29, 2008 DUBAI — The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in remarks aired on Friday that he would resign if there was a military strike on Iran, … Continue reading
The "SuperCorridor" – Likely Still Alive and Kickin’
SuperCorridor Defeat? Don’t Bet On Itby Stephen Lendman / June 20, 2008 The title refers to the I-69/Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) portion of the North American SuperCorridor Coalition (NASCO) project. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced that, for now at … Continue reading
Facts That Are Ignored in the US Mainstream Media
We’re Number Two! By Jerome Doolittle Peter sends wonderful news. The global leader in whom the world has least confidence is Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. One step above him is our own lovable scamp, George Walker Bush of Greenwich, Connecticut. … Continue reading
Leaving the Rest of Us to Twist in the Breeze
Energy ReportBy Edgar Alpo The latest energy report from the EIA: Total petroleum consumption of liquid fuels and other petroleum products averaged 20.7 million bbl/d in 2007, similar to 2006 (U.S. Petroleum Products Consumption Growth). Based on prospects for a … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm Seems to Be Gathering Over Iran
Bomb Iran? What’s to Stop Us?By Ray McGovern / June 20,l 2008 It’s crazy, but it’s coming soon – from the same folks who brought us Iraq. Unlike the attack on Iraq five years ago, to deal with Iran there … Continue reading
Student Throws Blood Money at Congress
Blood Money, David Dutrizac / Visual Studies Programme, Univ of Toronto.CodePink action during war funding voteJune 20, 2008 During the vote on the House floor for money funds for war, Jason Ortiz, 24-year-old university student with CODEPINK , threw $164 … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Disobedience, CodePink, Congress, Direct Action, Iraq, Peace Movement, Social Action, War Funding
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Democrats : Cave Men on Capitol Hill
Bush Gives Dems STDsBy Marty Kaplan / June 20, 2008 The least popular, most lawless president in American history took to the Rose Garden today to thank congressional Democrats for having unprotected political sex with him. For caving — not … Continue reading
Torture Is a War Crime – When Will We Act?
Top Pentagon Officials Developed Brutal Interrogation Methods at Guantanamo By Jason Leopold / June 19, 2008 Top Pentagon officials developed the harsh interrogation methods used against detainees at Guantanamo less than a month before the Justice Department issued two now … Continue reading
Twist and Shout…
Daryl Cagle. The Rag Blog / Posted June 19, 2008
"The Whole World is Watching…."
Waiting For Obama: The First Global ElectionBy Derek Shearer / June 18, 2008 Nothing could be more accurate today than the political chant from Chicago in 1968: “The Whole World is Watching.” The level of interest in the upcoming U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama, Presidential Campaign, Public Opinion, The World, World Opinion
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Taguba : Bush Ordered Systematic Regime of Torture
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, now retired, author of an Army internal report on abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, reacts as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill May … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Antonio Taguba, George W. Bush, Human Rights, Iraq, Military, Torture, War Crimes
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