Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Health Care Reform and our Socialist National Parks

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: Our Best Idea.” Real health care reform is isn’t such a bad idea, either.Taking refuge in PBS’ series on our public parksWhile the Kabuki dance in Washington continues By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : Get Out Before It’s Too Late

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Learn from history:Withdraw from Afganistan now …the United States and its NATO allies [have] slipped deeper and deeper into the Afghanistan quagmire with the same historical ignorance that characterized American lack of awareness of Vietnamese history. By Harry Targ / … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Cramming for the Downside

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Downside up.Riding down the moody Dow: Cramming for the downside If the humming engine of human history rides a geometry of social mood, then downtimes cannot be caused by anything that uptimes do… By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Roman Holiday : Fatty, Woody and Polanski, Oh My!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John. Silent screen giants, 1917.Hollywood’s patriarchal license His artistic defenders cling to the slim excuses the situation affords. It was a youthful indiscretion. It was, but not for Polanski. By Carl R. Hultberg … Continue reading →

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Iran’s Covert Nuke Sites : How Many Are There?

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom in Iran. Photo from Reuters.How many secret nuclear sites does Iran have? Secret facilities that evade the IAEA’s cameras and measuring devices can have only one purpose — to create nuclear … Continue reading →

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Security Tapes Shoot Blanks : Oklahoma City Bombing Revisited

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Screen grab from security video after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 shows people moving through nearby building. Photo from the FBI via The Oklahoman / AP.Gaps in security tapes:Revisiting the Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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Steve Weissman : How Washington Learned to Love Nonviolence

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The use of nonviolence for covert intervention Sharp was talking ‘about seizing political power or denying it to others,’ and doing it without having to break things or kill people. By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / September 29, … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO!

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

PREMIERING TUESDAY ON KOOP RADIO IN AUSTIN: RAG RADIO HOSTED BY THORNE DREYER KOOP, 91.7 FM — Every Tuesday afternoon — 2-3 PM The latest addition to the Rag media family, this show will present issue-oriented discussion and cutting edge … Continue reading →

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Drug War : Cartels Move North of the Border

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Sheriffs from El Dorado county in California dismantle a marijuana growing operation run by a Mexican cartel. Below, they show a bust of Jesus Malverde, the “Patron Saint of Drug Dealers,” found at the site. Photos by Randall Benton / … Continue reading →

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The U.S. and Iran : A Manufactured Crisis?

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Art by Ben Heine © Cartoons / DesertPeace.The new crisis in Iran:The facts and the allegations As intended, the hyped disclosure created headlines around the world. It probably convinced many Americans, already primed to detest Iran, … Continue reading →

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PRESS / Mexico’s Leftist ‘La Jornada’ : 25 Years of Rabble Rousing

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Noam Chomsky salutes left wing dailyKeynotes La Jornada anniversary event The first issue of La Jornada rolled off borrowed presses September 19th [1984] to the universal disdain of Mexico’s ruling class which then maintained a hammerlock on the press… By … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Obama’s LBJ Moment

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, July 31, 1968. Photo by Jack Kightlinger / LBJ Library.Obama’s LBJ moment He has inherited from George W. Bush the beginnings of a horrific quagmire. How … Continue reading →

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