Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

FILM / Ed Felien : Big Brother With a Dash of ‘Salt’

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt: She takes it into her own hands.Ignorance is Strength:Perhaps we need a little ‘Salt’! By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / September 3, 2010 How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck : Testing the Waters?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Glenn Beck and friend. Photo by Alex Brandon / AP.Testing the waters?Glenn Beck could happen here Beck…ignores the reality that our essential legal structures are Greco-Roman and Hodenosaunee (Iroquois) in origin, NOT Judaeo-Christian. Five of the first six presidents of … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree : The War is Over

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dude. The War is over. President Obama visits with Iraq war veterans and their families at Fort Bliss, Texas, August 31. Photo from AFP.(But don’t tell the GI’s at Fort Hood)THE WAR IS OVER! By Alice Embree / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Glenn W. Smith : It’s Getting Hot in Houston

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Dog Canyon.Likely Arson in Houston, and Voter suppression from the Right By Glenn W. Smith / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 A mysterious fire last Friday destroys all of the voting machines in Harris County (Houston), … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : These Jobs Won’t Cut It

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

We don’t just need jobs;We need good jobs By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 George Bush, with his policy of accelerated Reaganomics, made a real mess of the United States economy before he left office. … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : Censorship at Facebook

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Unfriending the control freaks:Censorship at Facebook By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 Those control freaks who run Facebook are doing it again. This time, as you probably know, they’re not allowing the image of a … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The Evolving Techniques of Empire

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from ccsd.org.Techniques of empire:What is new and what is the same old stuff? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 Empires past Nations, tribes, armed members of messianic religions from time to time have engaged … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Glenn Beck’s Redemption Song

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

rial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28. Photo by Alex Brandon / AP / Christian Science Monitor.‘Restoring honor’ in DC:Glenn Beck’s redemption song By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2010 About halfway through Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” rally … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : ‘Danse Macabre’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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Larry Ray : (Tea) Party Hats and the Great American Snake

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Oliver Douliery / Abaca Press.Nonplussed in Naples:Party hats and the Great American Snake By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 29, 2010 I talk with friends in Italy almost daily and this past year it has … Continue reading →

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David McReynolds : Glenn Beck’s Faux Dream

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Photo by Warren K. Leffler / U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Remembering August 28th:Martin Luther King had a real dream By David McReynolds / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Cover Ups

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.COVER UPS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 28, 2010 Dionysus reigns! Our front porch is overwhelmed with grapes red and white, leaves bristling out like mad conductor’s hair, fruit … Continue reading →

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