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Sarah Palin : Dinosaurs and Men on Earth Together
Devil Dinosaur #2.According to Palin the two species coexisted 6,000 years ago, about 65 million years after dinosaurs are believed to have become extinct.By Rachel Weiner / September 28, 2008 The LA Times reports: Soon after Sarah Palin was elected … Continue reading
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Tagged Creationism, Dinosaurs, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Science
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The Poetry of Sarah Palin
Recent works by the Republican vice presidential candidate.By Hart Seely / October 1, 2008 See some of Sarah Palin’s finest work, Below. It’s been barely six weeks since the arctic-fresh voice of Alaskan poet Sarah Heath Palin burst upon the … Continue reading
Michael Moore : Bucks Not Delivered; People Say ‘No’
‘Hundreds of thousands of Americans woke up yesterday morning and decided it was time for revolt’By Michael Moore / September 30, 2008 Everyone said the bill would pass. The masters of the universe were already making celebratory dinner reservations at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Congress, Economic Collapse, Financial Crisis, Populism
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Wall Street Bailout and the Republican Right : Far from Populist Heroes!
Sandra Hines, of Detroit, who said she lost her home after 40 years, speaks at the Spirit of Detroit statue to protest the government bailout of financial institutions on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in Detroit. Photo by Rashaun Rucker / … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Campaign Finance, Economic Collapse, Republican Party, Right Wing, Wall Street, Wall Street Bailout
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Apocalypse Soon? : The World Keeps Getting Hotter
Eden adjusted by climate change 2005 by James Gleeson.Carbon is building up in the atmosphere at a much faster pace then previously thoughtBy Juliet Eilperin / September 26, 2008 The rise in global carbon dioxide emissions last year outpaced international … Continue reading
Larry Piltz : Bush’s Final Jenga Surprise
Jingo Bush Pulls Out the Last Piece and the Tower Comes Tumbling Down By Larry Piltz / The Rag Blog / September 30, 2008 1st Jenga piece: The 9/11 Attacks – Bush, with his “9/10 mentality” and bring-it-on, laissez-faire national … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Bush Presidency, George W. Bush, Larry Piltz, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Retired Physician : Our Health Care System an Outrage
‘The insurance industry, and the Republican Party, over the years have sold the public a bill of goods’By S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog / September 30, 2008 I have been reading Vincent Bugliosi’s “The Prosecution of George W. … Continue reading
Republican Election Tampering? No Way!
Republican consultant Michael L. Connell is refusing to testify or produce documents related to alleged 2004 election tampering.Republican IT consultant subpoenaed about 2004 election hanky pankyBy Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane / September 29, 2008 COLUMBUS — A high-level Republican … Continue reading
NUTRITION : The Pros and Cons of "Organic" Food Revisited
Yesterday The Rag Blog posted an article by Roger Baker in which he contended that the types of food you eat can be more important than eating food labeled “organic.” [NUTRITION: Are Organic Foods Just a Marketing Trend? by Roger … Continue reading
Bush’s Bailout Tanks; What Austin Thinks
Congress failed to pass the economic bailout plan today: the pundits are atwitter, the stock market has tanked, the politicos are pointing fingers, and the doomsday prophets are taking center stage. And George the Decider has added a final (one … Continue reading
‘Burn Baby Burn’ : Fight Censorship During ‘Banned Books Week’
September 27 – October 4, 2008. . .Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read! See ‘Burn, Baby, Burn: On “Fahrenheit 451” and why good democracy should make you feel bad’ by Josh Rosenblatt, Below. Banned Books Week is the … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Banned Books Week, Books, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Social Action
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How Fascism Happens : That Hoary Truism About Learning From History
Photo by basetree.Fascism: When bad things happen to good peopleBy Paul Fish / The Rag Blog / September 28, 2008 A good and recent read is John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience which is really a rather dispassionate and mildly scholarly … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Fascism, History, Nazi Germany, Neocons, World History
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