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Loving’s Take on the Wall Street Bailouts
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Iraq Elections May Change the Political Landscape
ON ALERT: An Iraqi soldier checks security at a polling station in the southern city of Basra. Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images.Iraq elections: Security tight for provincial voteBy Tina Susman / January 31, 2009 There is a curfew on cars in … Continue reading
So Far: Obama Has Defied the Odds On Palestine
Palestinian Presidident Mahmoud Abbas: Obama called him first. Photo by Mohammed Omer / Rafah Today.Obama and the Oddsmakers:‘Obama — to offer yet again one of my favorite quotes from Lenin — has to become as radical as reality itself.’By Alexander … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Media, Obama Presidency, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation
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Medical Mistakes Kill 100,000 Per Year in the US
See related John Rockefeller Op-ed below. Health Care in AmericaBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2009 In this video, Tom Daschle analyzes our health care system, not the best in the world. In the US, medical … Continue reading
Foreclosed On? Congresswoman Says: Stay and Fight
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, wants those losing their homes to stay and fight. Photo by Rick Bowmer / AP.‘So I say to the American people, you be squatters in your own homes,’ said Congresswoman Kaptur before the House of Representatives. … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Economic Crisis, Finance, Foreclosures, Housing Crisis
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Hurricane Watch : Texas-Cuba Alliance?
Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas, who will lead a delegation to Cuba, is shown with Shreveport, La. Mayor Cedric Glover, testifying on Capitol Hill Sept. 23, 2008, before a Senate hearing on disaster recovery. Photo by Jose Luis Magana / … Continue reading
Unions and the Left : A Million March in France Against Sarkozy
An anti-government demonstration in Bordeaux Jan. 29, 2009. Photo by Getty Images. The US mainstream media did not even approach this kind of coverage. Of course the left-center European press — like The Independent and Le Monde — is much … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Labor Unions, Political Protest, Sarkozy, Social Action, The Left
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Melting Arctic Ice Creates International Drilling Free For All
Melting ice will open up much of the Arctic to undersea excavation of natural resources. ‘The United States, Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, and other interested parties are all attempting to claim jurisdiction over the opening Arctic territory… Increasingly lost in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Natural Resources, Russia
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Austin : Watch Out for Zombies
Austin road signs warn of zombies. Photo from KXAN.Construction signs warn of zombies:Hackers change public safety message.By Shannon Wolfson / January 29, 2009 See Video below. AUSTIN — Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when … Continue reading
Robert Scheer on Obama : Follow the Money!
Obama’s economic team, unveiled last November: the fixers helped create the problem. Photo by Sally Ryan / NYT.‘While the new president has already proved to be a brilliant and super-competent agent of change in so many ways, in matters of … Continue reading
Dahr Jamail on Iraq : The Story Beneath the Story
A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, which the US military now uses for most of its patrols in Iraq’s Sadr City. Photo by Dahr Jamail / truthout. ‘The political divides across the country run deep, and this thin, fresh, external … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, Defense Contractors, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, U.S. Military
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