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Yearly Archives: 2008
Never Did the Possibility of Disappointment Offer So Much Hope
Would you like change with that? Super Tuesday II, as Fox dubbed it, took some steam out of the Obama bandwagon, but he’s still the likely Democratic nominee, and therefore the likely president-to-be. Which is remarkable, really—a nonparticipant can only … Continue reading
On the Road with the Beats
On Display Through August at The University of Texas at Austin.Now on display at The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin is Jack Kerouac’s scroll manuscript of On the Road, included for a limited time with … Continue reading
An Outrageous Miscarriage of Justice
Lynne Stewart arrives at court Oct. 16, 2006. Photo: AP Targeting Defense Lawyers: Lynne Stewart’s Long Struggle for JusticeBy Stephan Lendman / April 3, 2008 On April 9, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft made a symbolic visit to “Ground Zero.” … Continue reading
The Surge Is Prolonging Instability
General William Odom Tells Senate: Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQBy William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret. / April 2, 2008 Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It … Continue reading
Col. Ted Westhusing : A Death Reconsidered
Gen. Petraeus and a High-Level Suicide in Iraq
We Need to Demand a Less Bloated Budget
When Pigs Sprout Wings: Mangled Rationales for a Fatter Defense BudgetBy WINSLOW T. WHEELER The Pentagon’s budget is now bigger than at any point since World War II as measured in constant 2008 dollars. Nonetheless, some want more stuffing. They … Continue reading
Urban Crisis : Gentrification Endangered
Incoming aristocrats are easily spotted by their distinctive dress and taste for chamber music. Report: Nation’s Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization Washington —According to a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, the recent influx of … Continue reading
Freaky Fanged Fish Found in Pond
More than 4,000 fish dead of unknown causesBrigham City, Utah — It looks like something from the swamps of a science fiction movie, not from Pioneer Park. The remains of an unidentified aquatic species that appears to have been carnivorous … Continue reading
Tibetan Protest in NYC
At a protest in Washington, DC, Dechea Dolma, a Tibetan from New York City, responds with tears to deaths in Lhasa under Chinese troops’ crackdown. Protests around the world coincided with the Olympic torch relay begun in Olympia, Greece. Photo … Continue reading
The Fork in the Road…
old stork’s a good friendbringing me my next of kingirl boy scale of tenjoy hope win win where goeth cousin toadhopping round its damp abodedisappearing by the loadcroaking as its sky erodes every mile that we gotakes us with it … Continue reading
They’re Going to Pay the Price
Mukasey Knew About 9/11 Before It Happened Keith Olbermann Mukasey Hints US Had Attack Warning Before 9/11By David Edwards and Muriel Kane 02/04/08 “Raw Story” — – When Attorney General Mukasey delivered a speech last week demanding that Congress grant … Continue reading
Activism in April
Progressive activists on the march, in April.By Thomas Good / April 2, 2008March was a very busy month for activists around the country, and April appears to be continuing this trend. Here is a preview of some upcoming events. PROVIDENCE, … Continue reading
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