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Critiquing the Human Family
See “EdgeLeft: Taking China’s Side” by David McReynolds below It Was a Good Reminder for MeBy Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2008 Since my family came from Germany (my mom’s side in 1631; my dad’s in … Continue reading
A Video Series on World Agriculture: Monsanto
We will run the remaining videos in the series daily for the next week. The Rag The World According to Monsanto (Part 1 of 8) Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing more to endanger the … Continue reading
Iraq Report: Tense in the North
An Iraqi soldier inspects weapons which were found during military search operations in different parts of Diyala province.Outbreak of armed conflict in tense Kirkuk fearedBy Basil Adas / August 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has commissioned … Continue reading
Housing Crisis: "My Son Was Not So Lucky"
The Morgan-Stanley BuildingMorgan-Stanley freezing the home-equity credit lines on mortgage holdersBy Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2008 I’m certain other institutions will follow their lead; this article probably doesn’t surprise most of us. For me, I … Continue reading
The War on Drugs: Manufacturing Its Own Enemies
In plain English: Why the drug war is a crime against humanity explainedBy Carmen Yarrusso / August 9, 2008 Like the Iraq war and the “war on terror”, the so-called “drug war” is a government contrived “war” based on lies … Continue reading
You Will See It in a Child’s Dream
A Message of Peace Source / Where Date Palms Grow The Rag Blog / Posted August 9, 2008
The Saturday Snapshot
You would do well to trace the link to read Imad Khadduri’s article: Source / Free Iraq The Rag Blog
Seeking Moral Parity in the Community of Nations
It’s the Torture, Stupid: Restoring Human Rights Must Be Next Prez’s Top Priorityby Ted Rall / August 9, 2008 Both major presidential candidates have promised to roll back the Bush Administration’s torture archipelago. Both say they’ll close Guantánamo, abolish legalized … Continue reading
The Best Century in America Will Be the Last
U.S. Headed Toward Bankruptcy, Says Top Budget Committee RepublicanBy Terence P. Jeffrey / August 8, 2008 The ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee said the U.S. government is headed toward bankruptcy if it stays on its current fiscal course. … Continue reading
This Is Coming to the Truth in Your Home Towns
Tom Feeley, owner and editor of InformationClearingHouse.info, has endured public harassment, home invasions, death threats and threats to his family simply for running a website.Anti-war website operator threatened by armed thugsBy Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet / August 7, 2008 … Continue reading
When Medicine Meets Capitalism – Crony Politics
Peter Pitts (left) and Robert GoldbergThe FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonksby Evelyn Pringle / August 8, 2008 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, described on its … Continue reading
This Is How the United States Has Always Run Its Dirty Little Wars
A U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division walks past a member of the Iraqi CLC (Concerned Local Citizens) guard during a patrol in Baiji Dec. 27, 2007.‘We Were Basically Hiring Terrorists’By Anna Badkhen / August 6, 2008 The … Continue reading
