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Yearly Archives: 2008
Dear Screaming Woman…
This is an excellent post about the lunacy into which much of the Obama-Clinton maelstrom has devolved and the need to gain a bit of perspective about who the real mysognists are in this picture. Thorne Dreyer I have to … Continue reading
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines. Photo byy Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P. Images.Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, which follows, first appeared in the May issue of … Continue reading
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Trained in the Use of Cameras by Al Jazeera
Our nation’s self-respect demands impeachmentBy Linda Boyd / May 31, 2998 I wept to see Sami al Haj embrace his young son for the first time after six years in Guantanamo prison. Sami al Haj, a Sudanese news cameraman, was … Continue reading
Junior’s Delusions Persist : Rewarmed WWII
Bush Compares War in Iraq, Afghanistan with WW IIBy Diane Smith / May 29, 2008 During a speech held at the graduating ceremony of the Air Force Academy cadets, U.S. President George W. Bush said the war waged by America … Continue reading
Steven Harper Joins Junior’s Repression Club
Antiwar Group Fears Speakers will be Blocked at Borderby Doug Ward / May 31, 2008 VANCOUVER – Organizers of an antiwar conference in Vancouver this weekend fear that Canada Border Services may prohibit their keynote speaker, retired U.S. Army Colonel … Continue reading
America, Incorporated, L.L.C.
we built this business up from scratchwith all the real estate we snatchedwe used resources down the hatchwith all the labor we could catchmythologized confabulatedself-congratulatedAmerica, Incorporated for a new place did real welllots of smokes and folks to sellway far … Continue reading
Fewer Flights : Costs Economy, Aids Environment
American Airlines and Northwest Airlines have raised their fuel surcharges for flights to Europe by an additional $20 per round trip, an air fare expert says. / Travel-Blog. US economy begins collapse into a state of greater efficiency. And greater … Continue reading
The Waste, the Fraud, and the Abuse : Staggering
Byron Dorgan’s Contracting Fraud CrusadeBy Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium / May 31, 2008 The North Dakota senator has made investigating contractor corruption his mission, but will he succeed in creating a congressional committee devoted to it? In the wake … Continue reading
Giddyup!
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
More Wrongful Convictions : The Justice Project
New DNA tests “do not support the current conviction” of Texas Death Row inmate Michael Blair (pictured), who was condemned in the 1993 slaying of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, a high-profile case that led to the creation of tough sex-offender laws, … Continue reading
Monks, not Junta, Providing Relief in Myanmar
A monk organized relief donations this week for people left homeless by the cyclone. This monastery, outside of Yangon, has become a temporary shelter. Photo by AP.In desperate times, Burmese turn to their monks KUN WAN, Myanmar / May 30, … Continue reading
Torture. Such a Simple Word. Why Not Use It?
Kids In America(n Torture Camps): Why Does the Media Cover Up War Crimes?By Ted Rall / May 30, 2008 LOS ANGELES–In last week’s column I cited New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau as a prime example of what ails us: … Continue reading
