Author Archives: RagBlog

From CNET News. Does Senate FISA bill immunize FBI ‘black-bag jobs’?Posted by Declan McCullagh A few decades ago, the FBI regularly conducted “black-bag jobs” that involved sneaking into homes, hotel rooms and offices with the cooperation of the building’s owner … Continue reading →

Dual Power in the Venezuelan RevolutionBy George Ciccariello-Maher, Nov 11, 2007, 10:04 Too often, the Bolivarian Revolution currently underway in Venezuela is dismissed by its critics—on the right and left—as a fundamentally statist enterprise. We are told it is, at … Continue reading →

About 70 Stryker vehicles remain contained by PMR at the Port of Olympia, as of 8 pm Nov. 10th. The Port of Olympia Statement: “We oppose Olympia’s complicity in a war whose disastrous effects have been felt worldwide and we … Continue reading →

Treason of the Mainstream Democrats: The Political Crimes of ComplicityBy RICHARD W. BEHAN Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. — Article III, … Continue reading →

Waterboarding Republicans vs. Supporting Our TroopsBy Stephen Crockett 11/09/07 “ICH” — — You cannot honestly say you are supporting American soldiers if you support the use of torture techniques like waterboarding. By any objective definition, waterboarding is torture. The technique … Continue reading →

It’s Time to Rethink Privacy, Official SaysBy PAMELA HESS, Posted: 2007-11-11 22:28:26 WASHINGTON (Nov. 11) – As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States changed their … Continue reading →

Border Fence Sparks Outrage in TownBy ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Posted: 2007-11-09 07:48:46 GRANJENO, Texas (Nov. 8) – Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived … Continue reading →

‘Don’t rain on our parade’By Kelly Puente, Staff writerArticle Launched: 11/10/2007 08:54:24 PM PST HOLIDAY: Most in attendance support panel’s decision to bar anti-war groups. LONG BEACH – The 11th annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade was a smooth and … Continue reading →

Nick Coleman: Back from Iraq, veterans raise their voices against the warBy Nick Coleman, Star Tribune, November 10, 2007 – 8:47 PM Wes Davey, drafted during the Vietnam War, thought America learned a lesson in Vietnam. He never thought he’d … Continue reading →

Iraq: Call an air strikeBy Pepe Escobar “… the literature on counter-insurgency is so enormous that, had it been put aboard the Titanic, it would have sunk that ship without any help from the iceberg. However, the outstanding fact is … Continue reading →

U.S. Aid to Musharraf is Largely Untraceable Cash TransfersBy Spencer Ackerman 11/09/07 “TPMmuckraker” — — After Pervez Musharraf declared martial law this weekend, Condoleezza Rice vowed to review U.S. assistance to Pakistan, one of the largest foreign recipients of American … Continue reading →

A Conspiracy of Two Parties: The Grand DelusionBy JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN With an endless, futile and costly Iraq war, a stinking economy and most Americans seeing the country on the wrong track, the greatest national group delusion is that electing … Continue reading →