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What’s More Important Than Saving the Planet?
This poster is just part of the propagandaThe Scam of Energy IndependenceBy Juan Cole John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy independent … Continue reading
Where Baghdadi Graves Are Marked with Tin Cans
God’s Promise Will Be Fulfilled Source / Informed Comment / The Guardian The Rag Blog
Overly Confident in Voting As the Path to Change
Economic pain spurs delusion, not rebellion. Credit: open source.Working poor unready to revolt: When economic pain does not motivate political rebellion, is all lost?By Joel Hirschhorn / Aug 7, 2008 Once upon a time when governments no longer served most … Continue reading
A Deal of Stunning Simplicity
A Powerful Peaceby Jonathan Schell If the nuclear powers wish to be safe from nuclear weapons, they must surrender their own. With each year that passes, nuclear weapons provide their possessors with less safety while provoking more danger. Possession of … Continue reading
Before the Spine of the Free Internet Is Broken
Lessig also revealed there is already in existence a cyber equivalent of the Patriot Act waiting for a cyber terrorism event in order to implement its provisions.Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 … Continue reading
Are the Rest of Us to Be Mere Bystanders?
On the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, John Pilger describes the ‘progression of lies’ from the dust of that detonated city, to the wars of today – and the threatened attack … Continue reading
MEDIA : The Mythical Obama Bias
Trust me, John McCain doesn’t know what bad press looks like by Eric Boehlert / August 5, 2008 Did you know the big bad media are beating up on John McCain? For weeks, the campaign’s media debate centered on whether … Continue reading
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Assessing the Success of the Surge
The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast walls and forcible division of the city into isolated micro-neighborhoods are the cause of the … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Bush’s Empty Promise to Wounded Vets
Portrait of Marine Staff Stg. John Jones by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. ‘Where is George when thousands severely wounded in his misguided Iraq war need him to act?’ By Jim Hightower / August 6, 2008 When Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie … Continue reading
FILM : Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Patti Smith. Photo by Steven Sebring.‘This androgynous Jersey girl obsessed with Rimbaud and Shelley and Whitman came to the big city 40 years ago’By Andrew O’Hehir / August 6, 2008 Almost at the beginning of Steven Sebring’s documentary “Patti Smith: … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Entertainers, Film, Independent Film, Music, Musicians, Poetry, Punk Rock, Rock 'n Roll
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How Washington’s Right-Wing Wrecking Crew Robbed Us Blind
Conservatives have turned a vast government built for our protection into a device for exploiting us By Thomas Frank / August 6, 2008 Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if … Continue reading
The PATRIOT Act’s War on Charity
‘New powers granted to the Treasury Department currently allow the government to shut down charities based on unfounded claims’ By Maya Schenwar / August 5, 2008 Since the PATRIOT Act’s passage almost seven years ago, many of its adverse effects … Continue reading
