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Whirling Steadily Down a Big Wide Culvert
Slip of the TongueBy Jim Kunstler Barack Obama caught hell last week for daring to tell the truth about the ragged thing that the American spirit has become. He said that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling … Continue reading
BushCo Violates Federal Law, Again
President Is Rebuffed on Program for ChildrenBy Robert Pear / April 19, 2008 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration violated federal law last year when it restricted states’ ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families, and its new … Continue reading
Leaving Behind the Bunker and Barrier Mentality
Leaving Cheyenne Mountain: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the BombBy William Astore / April 17, 2008 It took more than four years just to excavate and construct that mountain redoubt outside of Colorado Springs, that Cold War … Continue reading
The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree
Thanks to Juan Cole and Brave New Films.
Brewing a Disaster with North American Agriculture
Photo by Aimee DonnellySowing Disaster: Why We Need a New Farm Billby Christopher D. Cook / April 18, 2008 Congress passes its share of boondoggles, but there’s a real doozy on the docket April 18. If the nearly $300 billion … Continue reading
Hugo Chavez: Accomplishments of a Rebel
Venezuela: Democracy, Socialism and ImperialismBy James Petras / April 17, 2008 Introduction Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez remains the world’s leading secular, democratically elected political leader who has consistently and publicly opposed imperialist wars in the Middle East, attacked extra-territorial intervention … Continue reading
From a Foreign Correspondent
This came to us covertly and we don’t know who wrote it. But it’s pretty darn funny, so we hope you enjoy as we did. The Rag FUCK A DUCKANYTHING FOR A BUCK I’m watching the financial channel here in … Continue reading
Real Power Can Be Manifest Through Our Spending
The Most Powerful People in AmericaBy Joel S. Hirschhorn / April 16, 2008 They are not the rich and superrich, nor the politically powerful running the two-party plutocracy, nor the greedy heads of banking and finance companies, and certainly not … Continue reading
Proof of Murder, Rape, and Torture in US Custody
Documents Describe Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody: Newly Released Government Documents Show Special Forces Used Illegal Interrogation Techniques In Afghanistan April 17, 2008 NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents today from the Department … Continue reading
An Act of Arrogance, Not Patriotism
Justice O’Connor, I Think I Love YouBy Lynn Grossman / April 16, 2008 Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Steven Breyer were at Hunter College the other evening talking about “The Supreme Court and the Presidency.” The event was … Continue reading
Aren’t There Awards for This?
Oklahoma Leaks 10,000 Social Security Numbersby Evan Shamoon / April 16, 2008 In what can be called a true Homer Simpson moment, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections managed to leak 10,000 social security numbers by way of an incompetent Web … Continue reading
If It Quacks Like a Duck
Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of FascismBy Dr. Lawrence Britt Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:1. Powerful and … Continue reading
