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Harry Tarq : 9/11’s in U.S. and Chile 28 Years Apart
After 9/11: The War-on-Terror Machine. Political cartoon by David Baldinger / dbaldinger.com.U.S. and Chile:Two 9/11’s have similar impact In both countries the 9/11 event was followed by violence, threats to democracy, and economic shifts from the vast majority of the … Continue reading
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United States and Chile:The impacts of two 9/11’s By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 9/11 in Chile On the bright and sunny morning of September 11, 1973, aircraft bombed targets in Valparaiso, Chile, and moved … Continue reading
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Are Corporations Patriotic – Or Just Greedy? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 Are corporations patriotic? It’s an intriguing question. It seems to be the Republican point of view that it is patriotic to support … Continue reading
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Video / Larry Piltz : You Asked Us to Believe
“You Asked Us to Believe.” Music, lyrics, vocal, producer: Larry Piltz; arrangement, instruments, recording enginer: Lamar Pecorino; post-production graphics and duplication: Channel 3 Video. You Asked Us To Believe “Fear Wins” read the headlineson the papers on the windowsas the … Continue reading
Idiots and Blinders By Nancy Miller Saunders / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 Are the developers of our intelligence operations idiot savants, brilliant in some areas and totally oblivious in others? (Think Dustin Hoffman in The Rain Man.) … Continue reading
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Are Corporations Patriotic – Or Just Greedy? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 Are corporations patriotic? It’s an intriguing question. It seems to be the Republican point of view that it is patriotic to support … Continue reading
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Mike Lofgren : Why I Left the GOP Cult
Image from Gunaxin.Goodbye to all that:Reflections of a GOP operative Who left the cult By Mike Lofgren / Truthout / September 5, 2011 Barbara Stanwyck: “We’re both rotten!” Fred MacMurray: “Yeah — only you’re a little more rotten.” — Double … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Corporate Power, Mike Lofgren, Religious Right, Republican Party
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David Van Os : To the Blathering Pols on Labor Day
Political cartoon by Igor Smirnov / toonpool To the blathering pols this Labor Day: No more lies and excuses! By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 This weekend a multitude of elected and would-be political … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Are Bush and Perry Birds of a Feather?
What did you learn in school today? Dubya and Perry read to school children. Image from Addicting Info.If you liked George W., you’ll love Rick Perry By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 For those … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Lies, George W. Bush, Lamar W. Hankins, Rick Perry, Separation of Church and State, Social Security
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The Help, the blockbuster movie about the relationship between a young white woman and her black maids in 1963 Mississippi, has stirred up a bit of controversy, with some calling it “clichéd” and “condescending.” But writer Casey Hayden, who was … Continue reading
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Sarito Carol Neiman : Healthcare on the Ground
Image from Sky Dancing.Shredding the envelope:Healthcare on the ground, Part I By Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / September 1, 2011 [Shredding the Envelope (“Ruminations on news, taboos, and space beyond time”) is Sarito Carol Neiman’s (occasionally) regular … Continue reading
Harry Targ : The Power of a Good Example
NATO and the old narrative. Photo from AFP. The power of a good example: The Arab Spring and the Libyan Fall By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 1, 2011 For many years those of us who followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Spring, Cuban Revolution, Harry Targ, Libyan Intervention, Middle East, World History
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