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Democrats and Labor : Wal*Mart Running Scared
Of all companies to be whining about money. WAL*MART the so-called American company with 600 factories in CHINA and zero in America, they have the audacity to be pushing this line on their underpaid front-line employees. While Lee Scott and … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Business, Congress, Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Labor, Labor Unions, Presidential Campaign, Wal-Mart
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Singin’ on Thursday – Roy Zimmerman
“Thanks For the Support” by Roy Zimmerman Available for download at royzimmerman.com. Recorded on 9/11/07 at “Mark Pitta and Friends,” 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA. The Rag Blog / Posted August 1, 2008
Justice for the King’s Men May Be Served
White House Aides Can Be SubpoenaedBy David Stout / August 1, 2008 WASHINGTON — President Bush’s top advisers cannot ignore subpoenas issued by Congress, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a case that involves the firings of several United … Continue reading
American Bridge Is Falling Down ….
The Year of Driving Dangerously: A construction expert blasts America’s lack of infrastructure action one year after the I-35W Bridge collapseBy Barry LePatner / July 31, 2008 Nervous that so little progress has been made since last summer’s tragic Minneapolis … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Peace Without Justice Is Meaningless
Street Scene in Kabul“Bleeding Afghanistan”: Interview with Sonali KolhatkarBy Mike Whitney / July 31, 2008 I think the primary goal of the war was always vengeance, but the neocons also wanted to pave the way for an attack on Iraq. … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
John Deering / The Arkansas Democrat-GazetteThe Rag Blog
James Ridgeway on the Rush to Nuclear Power
Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France.Recent radioactive leaks in France provide a cautionary tale for America’s ‘nuclear renaissance.’ By James Ridgeway / July 29, 2008 As gasoline prices rise along with global temperatures, the nuclear energy bandwagon is gaining momentum, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, France, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste
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Amy Goodman from Estonia : ‘It’s a Global Election’
From Estonia:’Obama will open doors.’In former Soviet republic, everyone has an opinion about Obamaby Amy Goodman / July 30, 2008 TALLINN, Estonia – When I arrived in Estonia last week — a former Soviet republic that lies just south of … Continue reading
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Tagged Estonia, Islam, Obama, Presidential Campaign, The World, World Opinion
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Houston : ‘The Colossal Colon’
Tours We’d Rather Not TakeBy Richard Connelly / July 30, 2008 Officials at LBJ Hospital [in Houston] are giving tours of a giant asshole. Officially called “The Colossal Colon,” the “8-foot-tall, 20-foot-long colon is designed to help hospital guests learn … Continue reading
Don Siegelman : Contempt for Rove
Don Siegelman.‘By ignoring a Congressional subpoena, Karl Rove has spit in the face of Congress and the American people’By Don Siegelman / July 31, 2008 Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, moving … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Karl Rove, Political Corruption
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Oil On Saturn Moon : That’s the Ticket!
NASA scientists said Wednesday they had found liquid on Saturn’s moon Titan, seen here in a 2005 NASA handout taken from the Cassini probe, only the second body in the solar system after Earth to have fluid on its surface.Titan … Continue reading
FILM : Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and the Protest Song
‘CSNY: Déjà Vu’: A Political Concert DocumentaryBy Jennifer Maerz / July 30, 2008 Bob Dylan’s “John Brown” is one of the most moving antiwar songs ever recorded. The track avoids sloganeering, resonating an anti–Vietnam War sentiment with a straightforward, human, … Continue reading →