Author Archives: RagBlog

Military Is Expanding Its Intelligence Role in U.S.By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism … Continue reading →

Another way to pad some of his Repugnican buddies’ pockets. And that has remarkably been almost exclusively what this administration has been about – profiteering: war, energy, medical, agribusiness, you name it, …. Malpractice ‘Crisis’ Distorted for Profit, New Analysis … Continue reading →

The further along this goes, the more utterly absurd it gets. No doubt, requesting a halal menu on your flight will now mark you for additional scrutiny. US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellersBy David Millward, Transport CorrespondentLast Updated: … Continue reading →

Robert Fisk: Bush’s new strategy – the march of follySo into the graveyard of Iraq, George Bush, commander-in-chief, is to send another 21,000 of his soldiers. The march of folly is to continue…Published: 11 January 2007 There will be timetables, … Continue reading →

Not rocket science to figure out that our military and political planners in the Bush administration are as fuckin’ stupid as they come. This is as predictable as pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving … Guess God didn’t tell George that al-Sadr … Continue reading →

As far as I’m concerned, I’m the one who was saying this first. Richard Jehn Surge And Mirrors – What Bush Really SaidBy Paul Craig Roberts1-12-7 Bush’s “surge” speech is a hoax, but members of Congress and media commentators are … Continue reading →

h/t Pensito Review

From Missing Links PR gains expected from “lightening attacks”; Americans in the dark Al-Hayat this morning says Iraqi politicians and officers have said there are secret clauses in the Bush “new strategy” that talk about cooperation [between the Bush and … Continue reading →

The Iraq Gamble: At the pundits’ table, the losing bet still takes the potBy Jebediah Reed A few years ago, David Brooks, New York Times columnist and media pundit extraordinaire, penned a love letter to the idea of meritocracy. It … Continue reading →

Bush’s Sacrificial AmericansBy Tom Engelhardt A Surge of Bodies On January 4th, the Pentagon “announced the identities” of six American soldiers who had died between December 28th and New Year’s Eve. It was just one of many such listings over … Continue reading →

We presume this results directly from Bush’s assertions that Syria and Iran will pay dearly for interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Erdogan thinks little of it. Turk PM asserts right to intervene in Iraq, raps US12 Jan 2007 … Continue reading →

Eviction struggle highlights Katrina housing crisisBy David HoskinsJan 12, 2007, 13:28 On Jan. 4, eighteen families of the Woodlands complex in New Orleans assembled for a press conference to protest their eviction by Johnson Properties Group, LLC. Minutes before the … Continue reading →