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Everything Is Always Hunky-Dory
Thar She Blows: The Last Hurrah for the Banking SystemBy Mike Whitney / July 28, 2008 The Bush administration will be mailing out another batch of “stimulus” checks in the very near future. There’s no way around it. The Fed … Continue reading
And You Will Be Brought to Justice, No Matter How Long It Takes
New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimesby Ray Lilley / July 26, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A group of New Zealand students offered a higher reward Saturday for the citizen’s arrest of … Continue reading
Standing on Strong Legal Ground
Hearing on Limits of Executive Power: Vincent Bugliosi Vincent Bugliosi’s opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional limits of executive power. The Rag Blog / Posted July 27, 2008
Greed … Has Marked the Upward Surge of Mankind
Evil as the Absence of Empathyby Ernest Partridge / July 26, 2008 We live in a world … hardened and distorted by hate. We communicate in the language of fear and violence. Human beings are no longer viewed as human … Continue reading
BushCo Is Desperate for Results, Even in Failure
The M.E.K. [the Mujahideen-e-Khalqhas, Iranian dissident group] has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of … Continue reading
The Brewing Storm in Northern Iraq
Vetoing the law came after protests by Kurdish and some Shiite MPs, who boycotted the vote over a secret ballot on Kirkuk’s provincial council seats. (Reuters photo)Election Law Polarizes KirkukBy Afif Sarhan / July 24, 2008 KIRKUK — The controversial … Continue reading
BushCo : Remember Them When You Lose Your Home
Full Court Press: Charles Kaiser on the Bush administration’s role in the subprime mortgage crisisBy Charles Kaiser / July 25, 2008 One of the most ignored aspects of the subprime mortgage catastrophe is the extremely active role the Bush administration … Continue reading
No One Is Willing to Join the Brigade to Take Preventive Action
We’re a Nation of Lemmings: Screw The Climate! We Want Our Cheap Gas!By Dave Lindorff / July 25, 2008 Listening to the endless stream of cars passing my house every day, and knowing, from watching them from my mailbox, that … Continue reading
Quote of the Day – George Orwell
War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too … Continue reading
Thursday’s Snapshot
Thanks to Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / Posted July 24, 2008
Obama’s Plans for Afghanistan Could Mean Trouble
Sen. Barack Obama, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, July 20, 2008. Reuters.Obama is saying the wrong things about AfghanistanBy Juan Cole / July 23, 2008 He hit the right notes during his swing through Iraq, but his … Continue reading
