Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Kate Braun : Full Moon on Frigga’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Full moon over Austin. Image from Haggard & Halloo / Matt Schiavenza.Moon Musings:Full Moon on Frigga’s Day(Friday, February 18, 2011) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2011 Friday is Frigga’s day: Frigga who is wife to … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Fighting for Green Jobs against Right-Wing Wave

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from treehugger.Blue-Green Alliance:Organizing the fight for green jobsin conservative political climate By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2011 ‘What brings us together is the commitment to make those jobs green jobs and to make them … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Post-Racial America? Yeah, Right.

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Confederate massacre of black Union troops after the surrender at Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864 — under the command by Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Post-racial America?Some would honor ConfederateGen. Nathan Bedford Forrest By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers : ‘Terrible Beauty’ Is Born in Tahrir Square

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A terrible beauty. Photo by Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP.Tahrir Square:A terrible beauty is bornBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2011 All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born. William Butler Yeats penned those lines after the … Continue reading →

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Karen Lee Wald : Posada Carriles and the Puppies That Got Away

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Caricature of Luis Posada Carriles from Progreso Weekly.Posada Carriles and Cubana 455:The puppies that got away By Karen Lee Wald/ The Rag Blog / February 11, 2011 See “The Posada trial takes a historic turn,” by Peter Kornbluh, Below. Flying … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : I Was a Facebook Junkie

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Prison break? Paul Krassner’s Facebook profile pic.Cold turkey:I was a Facebook junkie By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / February 10, 2011 I posted this farewell message on Facebook last night, and then I went cold turkey. Look, Ma, … Continue reading →

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James McEnteer : Our Chickens Will Come Home to Roost

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Roosting chicken from Yesteryear’s NewsWhose side are we on?Our chickens come home to roost The U.S. styles itself a beacon of liberty but has turned its back on the democratic aspirations of human beings in every region of this planet. … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Foreign Policy ‘By Any Means Necessary’

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Holding hands: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak welcomes U.S. President George W. Bush to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on June 2, 2003. Photo from AP.By any means necessary:U.S. foreign policy is about getting our way History is rife with examples of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : Mummies and Dummies in Egypt

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from The English Blog.Mummies and dummies:The Egyptian crisis will only get deeperthanks to lurking economic disaster By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2011 The African journalist Nathanial Manheru chose a quote from French icon Andre … Continue reading →

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Joan Wile : Calling All Grannies!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Another grandmother against the war. Photo from cessemi’s photostream / Flickr.Calling all peace granniesto get off their fannies By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 NEW YORK CITY — There we were, last Wednesday as usual, … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : When Humans Play God

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Human ignorance.” Photo by Lindstol / Crestock.Technological fundamentalism: Why bad things happen when humans play God By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 If humans were smart, we would bet on our ignorance. That advice comes … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Drug Dogs Don’t Pass Sniff Test

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Drug-sniffing dog and pal. Image from Adam Carolla Show.Establishing probable cause?Drug dogs just don’t cut it By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 Here in the Texas Panhandle the Department of Public Safety (Texas’ state police) … Continue reading →

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