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Rag Blog Bash : Party Down on Einstein’s Birthday
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE If you don’t live in Austin, or can’t attend the event, please help us out with a $10 one-time or monthly donation. Click HERE — or on the “DONATE” button on the right sidebar. Thanks … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Obama to Cave on Iraq Withdrawal?
Image from Progressive America Rising.Pressure from the ‘longer warriors’:Obama to cave on Iraq withdrawal? By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / March 3, 2010 Was it too good to be true? In February at Camp Lejeune, our new President … Continue reading
Texans : Living Proof that Evolution’s a Myth?
Cartoon by Stanfill / The Far Left Side.Thanks to Ted McLaughlin and jobsanger / The Rag Blog
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
The picture By David Cox / Mar 2, 2010 I want you to look very closely at this picture and try and keep it in your minds eye. This was a perfectly healthy 22-year-old young man who in the service … Continue reading
US Generosity: $2000 per Dead Afghan Child
This photo taken by a cell phone on Aug. 22, 2008, shows an Afghan child who was allegedly killed during a US-led raid in Azizabad village of Shindand district of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Source.Calculating life for … Continue reading
Martial Law in Chile
Tossed like toys: People look at vehicles, strewn belongings, and large shipping containers hurled aground by the tsunami in downtown Talcahuano, Chile (March 1, 2010). Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images.Government declares martial law in central Chile after earthquake By Rafael Azul … Continue reading
Empathy: Human Evolution’s Next Step
The human ability to empathize with other humans, to place oneself in the shoes of another, is a skill that is greatly diminished in modern society.Image from Demand More.‘Empathic Civilization’: When both faith and reason fail, stepping up to the … Continue reading
Saying Coal Can Be Clean Doesn’t Make It So
The dirty truth behind clean coal By Joshua Frank / February 28, 2010 If you’ve tuned in to the Winter Olympics this past week, you likely sat through repeated showings of a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign paid for by Big … Continue reading
Utah : Challenging Women’s Rights Again
Critics fear the new law could affect women who drink and miscarry.Photo: UPPA / Photoshot.Utah women may face murder charges after miscarriages By David Usborne / February 28, 2010 Outrage at bill that could jail women who ‘recklessly’ endanger unborn … Continue reading
Cole on the "Swift-Boating" of Climate Change Science
Advice to climate scientists on how to avoid being Swift-boated and how to become public intellectuals By Juan Cole / February 28, 2010 Climate Scientists continue to see persuasive evidence of global warming and climate change when they speak at … Continue reading
The Pentagon and All Its Suckers (That Would Be Us)
Gargantua’s mouth:The Pentagon and the suckers By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes / February 27, 2010 The perpetual menacings of danger oblige the government to be always prepared to repel it; its armies must be numerous enough for instant … Continue reading
