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If You Think the Current Squabbling Is Bad
Knives and Pistols Drawn: Lively Fight at Texas Democratic County Convention San Antonio, Texas, May 28, 1892 – The Democratic County Convention today, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State, Congressional, Senatorial, and Judicial Conventions, was one of … Continue reading
Getting the Attention of the Bandit Class
If It’s Not Dead on Arrival, Someone Should Shoot It Quick: Paulson’s Fixit Plan for Wall StreetBy MIKE WHITNEY It is being billed as a “massive shakeup of US financial market regulation”, but don’t be deceived. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s … Continue reading
Federal Continuity Directive 1: Beyond Duct Tape
Lifted shamelessly from Bad Attitudes. Freedom Through Fear [snip] But today’s topic in the post-election prolonging of Bush ideology is the attempt to reinforce and extend the primacy of the “global war on terror“ (GWOT in Bush-speak) as the federal … Continue reading
The Disembodied Lightness Is Sheer Illusion
Well, this just sucks, especially since I’m an IT manager for a small manufacturing company. Welcome to the real world. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Google Data Center along the Columbia River in Oregon.It is no coincidence that search … Continue reading
An Israel-Palestine Peace Plan – D. Hamilton, et al
The Rag Blog / March 29, 2008Last updated, April 5, 2008 Our recent debate on Israel/Palestine/Zionism/anti-Semitism seems to have run its regular course without much resolution. While articulate statements were made, I don’t think it was unifying or moved the … Continue reading
We Need to Lead by Example, Not Threats
Toward a Humanist Foreign Policyby Carl Coon President George W. Bush has proved to be as much of a disaster on foreign affairs as on domestic issues. More, if possible. And not just on Iraq. On many other issues, including … Continue reading
Analysing the Conflict in Southern Iraq
Read the LA Times headline! This wouldn’t be happening if BushCo could have stayed the hell out of the Middle East. And the MSM doesn’t help by pushing buttons that make it sound like the US is always the “good … Continue reading
Bringing Iran to Its Knees at Minimal Cost
Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran BorderBy RIA Novosti / March 27, 2008 Moscow – Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday. … Continue reading
Even If You Die, They Pretend You Were Straight
Majour Alan RogersMedia and military closets gay soldier killed in IraqBy Pam Spaulding / March 28, 2008 This should present an interesting opportunity for discussion. Maj. Alan Rogers, 40, died in January from wounds from an IED while he was … Continue reading
Forfeiting His Integrity for His Ambition
A disclaimer, lest any moron out there think this is somehow an endorsement for Hillary Clinton, or any other criminal running for US president. I do not support any mainstream candidate as they are inconsistent with my beliefs, they accept … Continue reading
BushCo – Continuing to Punish Fallujah
Classified Memo Reveals Iraqi Prisoners as “Starving”by Jason Leopold / March 28, 2008 A classified memo written by a top military official stationed in Western Iraq reveals that a prison in downtown Fallujah is so overcrowded and dirty that it … Continue reading
A Good Show from the Cheap Seats
From Jim Kunstler’s Clusterfuck Nation. Black Swans Everywhere After a one-day reprieve from total meltdown in the financial markets, news media cheerleaders for the most reckless gang of bankers in world history declared the crisis over on Good Friday (with … Continue reading
