Author Archives: RagBlog

Already we have riots, hoarding, panic: the sign of things to come?By Carl Mortished, World Business Editor 07/03/08 “The Times” — – The spectre of food shortages is casting a shadow across the globe, causing riots in Africa, consumer protests … Continue reading →

From How Many Miles From Babylon. Money on the Tableposted by Eleutheros This morning while going about the usual homestead tasks the radio was carrying Bush’s address concerning the economy where he opined that he saw no reason to think … Continue reading →

An Iraqi pilgrim finds kindness in the ‘Triangle of Death’By Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy NewspapersPosted on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 KARBALA, Iraq — With thousands of other Shiite Muslims, I walked through the infamous “Triangle of Death” where suicide bombers, … Continue reading →

No Standing to Lecture on JusticeBy JACOB HORNBERGER U.S. officials are hopping mad over the outcome of a criminal prosecution in Iraq. Two Iraqi officials who had been accused of kidnapping and murder walked out of an Iraqi court Monday … Continue reading →

Arms Dealer’s Planes Flew U.S. Missions in IraqBy Justin Rood and Maddy Sauer Viktor Bout Was an International Fugitive at the Time His Planes Were Used by the U.S. 06/03/08 “ABC News ” — — When U.S. officials announce the … Continue reading →

Who leaked the details of a CIA-Mossad plot against Iran?By Yossi Melman 06/03/08 “Haaretz” — — The Bush administration is prolonging the hunting season against journalists. The latest victim is James Risen, The New York Times reporter for national security … Continue reading →

Five YouTube Videos Show US Soldiers At Their Worst. Axis of Logic says they show them at their best.Mar 5, 2008, 21:06 The Digg story “U.S. Soldier throws puppy off cliff” had, at last count, 5,527 votes. Digg commenters, never … Continue reading →

Democracy is ill served by its self-appointed guardiansBy Simon Jenkins Our sonorous moralising lies behind so much bloodshed in the past 50 years. A sense of history surely counsels humility 05/03/08 “The Guardian” — – This week’s Russian elections were … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Iraq, 2003-2008, Two Recipes for Disaster The Commander-in-Chef Cooks Up a Storm: Recipes for Disaster in IraqBy Tom Engelhardt and Frida Berrigan In the week that oil prices once again crested above $100 a barrel and more Americans than … Continue reading →

Half the City’s Poor Now Permanently Displaced: The Cleansing of New OrleansBy BILL QUIGLEY Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages … Continue reading →

This comes from a remarkable album called Needle in the Groove: Women Singing for Social Change. It is an album conceived and created in the West Bank, Palestine from the talents of many musically professional women and Palestinian members of … Continue reading →

CIA Rendition Flight Paths Exclusive: I Was Kidnapped by the CIABy Peter Bergen, MotherJones, March/April 2008 Issue Inside the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program ­and the bungled abduction of would-be terrorists For hours, the words come pouring out of Abu Omar … Continue reading →