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Pakistan Shuts Down Khyber Pass Supply Line
Lawyers in Multan burn an effigy of President Bush during a protest against U.S. attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Sept. 6. U.S. forces have conducted a raid inside Pakistan in the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan against a … Continue reading
Community College Students Need Not Apply : Our Reward for Bailing Out the Banks
‘The following lenders have started turning away from community college students: Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, SunTrust, and PNC’by Kesi Foster / September 3, 2008 “Since so many students at community college work full-time, I bet we’re actually paying a great deal … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Banking, Campuses, Community Colleges, Economy, Finance, Student Loans
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The Moose-Hunting Pitbull with Lipstick
This cynical choice has left McCain’s honour in shredsBy Minette Marrin / September 7, 2008 I’m an American, California born. It’s true my mother was English and that I was brought up here from early childhood and think myself exceptionally … Continue reading
Go Tell Sarah : Celebrate the Freedom to Read
Banned Books WeekCelebrating the Freedom to ReadSeptember 27–October 4, 2008Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this … Continue reading
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Tagged Banned Books Week, Books, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Libraries
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Team McCain and the Trooper : Attempt to Derail Palin Probe
Alaska state trooper Mike Wooten tells CNN he never drank while driving his patrol car during inverview.Obstruction of Justice Dept: McCain allies seek to avoid ‘October surprise’ in ‘Troopergate’ investigationBy Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball / September 5, 2008 Key … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, Political Scandal, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Troopergate, Vice President
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Extraordinary Rendition: The Grief Isn’t Yet Over
Rendered to Egypt for torture, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni is released from GuantánamoBy Andy Worthington / September 6, 2008 News that three more prisoners have been released from Guantánamo is cause for celebration, as all three men should never have … Continue reading
The Con-Servative Way: Privatize the Profits and Socialize the Losses
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: Phase two of financial crisisBy Jack Rasmus / September 1, 2008 Despite repeated efforts during the past year by the Federal Reserve (Fed), the U.S. Treasury, regulatory agencies, and global central banks, the current financial crisis … Continue reading
Unaccountable Privatization: Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work
One Fifth of Iraq Funding Goes to Private ContractorsBy Willam Fisher / September 6, 2008. If spending continues at the current rate, the U.S. will have spent 100 billion dollars on military contractors in Iraq by the end of the … Continue reading
New Media Targeted With Harassment, Arrests at RNC
Using horseback officers, police moved to cut off demonstrators during GOP convention in St. Paul. Photo by Nick Vlcek / City Pages.‘Dozens of journalists, photographers, bloggers and videomakers arrested in an orchestrated round up of independents covering the Republican National … Continue reading
Where Iraqi Spending Priorities Lie
Please keep this in perspective: Iraq does not provide potable water for the majourity of its citizens, there are still 4 million Iraqis displaced because of ethnic cleansing (termed “civil war” by the US), cholera has become a majour concern … Continue reading
ART : R. Crumb: Mr. Natural Goes to the Museum
“Mr. Natural” (1974), paint on plywood, from “R. Crumb’s Underground.” Image courtesy of John Lautemann / NYT. R. Crumb’s Underground One of the more than 100 works in this exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Image courtesy … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Comix, Counterculture, Exhibitions, Psychedelia, R. Crumb, Sixties, Underground Culture
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Sarah Palin : ‘So Sambo Beat the Bitch!’
‘Being openly racist is only the tip of the Palin iceberg’by Charley James / September 5, 2008 “So Sambo beat the bitch!”This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Presidential Campaign, Racism, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
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