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Yearly Archives: 2010

Immigration Reform : It’s Time for Political Courage

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Daryl Cagle / MSNBC.comDemocrats must show some courage:Immigration laws need real reform Closing the border and deporting undocumented workers would actually hurt our economy. Over a 10 year period it would mean the loss of $2.6 trillion in … Continue reading →

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Decade of Deceit : Our Leaders and their Lies

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A catalog of calumny:The Decade of Deceit Lie: a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive. By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / January 9, 2010 Bookended by two lies, George Bush’s “Compassionate Conservatism” and Barack Obama’s “Change … Continue reading →

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BOOKS/ Jonah Raskin : Michael Pollan’s ‘Food Rules’

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

We can decide what we want to eat!Michael Pollan: America’s new Food CzarBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2010 [Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, Trade Paperback, December 29, 2009, 112 pp, $11.00.] … Continue reading →

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Cancer Survival : Reform Opponents Play the Numbers Game

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from DragonArtz Design.Cancer survival and health care reform:Selective statistics paint distorted picture By Barbara O’Brien / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 One argument you may hear against health care reform concerns cancer survival rates. The United States … Continue reading →

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Our Patriarchal History : The All-Conquering Cowboy

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cowboys and Indians:History’s relentless cattle drive …the thing we know as ‘history’ is just the continuing mechanism of the Indo-European cowboys stealing the livestock, the culture, and whatever else they want from what’s left of the Goddess driven producers of … Continue reading →

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And in this Corner : The Globalists Vs. the Pragmatists

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Globalist discourse’ on war and peace:2010 will be year of ideological struggle By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 The year ends with the resurgence of what we might call “globalist discourse.” Globalist discourse is a … Continue reading →

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Ireland : ‘Blasphemy’ Now Against the Law

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Irish atheists fight back:Dissing religion now a secular rap By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 6, 2010 On January 1st a new law took effect in Ireland — the so-called “Blasphemy Law.” This law makes it a … Continue reading →

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‘TV Everywhere’ : Pulling the Plug on Web-Based Video?

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Say goodbye to free online television:Comcast launches ‘TV Everywhere’By Josh Silver / January 6, 2010 On Monday, public interest groups called on federal authorities to investigate a plan by the largest cable, satellite and phone companies that threatens the future … Continue reading →

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Colombia : Pablo Emilio Moncayo: A Pawn in Uribe’s Game

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Pablo Emilio Moncayo in 1996, 19 years old.Colombia’s Uribe: Playing politics with Pablo Somewhere in the Amazon jungle tonight, Pablo sleeps chained to a tree stump, his release prevented by the government he served all these long years in order … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government : Six Decades of Spying on its Citizens

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s a national tradition:Spying on Americans Part One: LBJ and Nixon By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 5, 2010 [This is the first installment of Sherman DeBrosse’s series about the U.S. government’s extensive and inglorious history of … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse 2010 : Meltdown Under the American Bubble

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Planet Earth was coming apart at the seams.Remembering 2010 (if we must):Mass amnesia, the Rapture,and the Palin-Bachmann nuptials By John Ross / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 MEXICO CITY — Book-ended by mass amnesia under the American bubble, … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform : ‘This Won’t Hurt a Bit’

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Puckett from Stand Up For America.Congress’ health care fix: Cure worse than the disease? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 “History records that the money changers have used every form of … Continue reading →

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