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The Big Green Bus: Ex-Diesel Goes Veggie
‘Spreading the green gospel’By Patrick Pfeiffer / July 27, 2008 “Either you’re on the bus or you’re off the bus,” was the hackneyed statement proposed to me by three members of Dartmouth College’s Big Green Bus; an ex-diesel goes veggie … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Energy, Environment, Greenhouse Gasses, Transportation
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Standing on Strong Legal Ground
Hearing on Limits of Executive Power: Vincent Bugliosi Vincent Bugliosi’s opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional limits of executive power. The Rag Blog / Posted July 27, 2008
Greed … Has Marked the Upward Surge of Mankind
Evil as the Absence of Empathyby Ernest Partridge / July 26, 2008 We live in a world … hardened and distorted by hate. We communicate in the language of fear and violence. Human beings are no longer viewed as human … Continue reading
BushCo Is Desperate for Results, Even in Failure
The M.E.K. [the Mujahideen-e-Khalqhas, Iranian dissident group] has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of … Continue reading
The Brewing Storm in Northern Iraq
Vetoing the law came after protests by Kurdish and some Shiite MPs, who boycotted the vote over a secret ballot on Kirkuk’s provincial council seats. (Reuters photo)Election Law Polarizes KirkukBy Afif Sarhan / July 24, 2008 KIRKUK — The controversial … Continue reading
Military Women Ready to Rock the Boat
Sgt. Jennifer Hogg speaks out against sexual harassment and assault in the military. She calls attention to the importance of the upcoming election for military women. Photo by Jackie Scalone.‘For the military this election has heavy stakes’By Jennifer Hogg For … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Feminism, GI's, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Presidential Campaign, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Veterans, Women, Women's Movement
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4,000 U.S. Deaths, and Just a Handful of Public Images
Zoriah Miller, the freelance photographer who took this image and others of marines killed in a June 26 suicide attack and posted them on his Web site, was subsequently forbidden to work in Marine Corps-controlled areas of Iraq. Maj. Gen. … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Civil Liberties, Iraq War, Journalism, Media, Photography, U.S. Military
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BushCo : Remember Them When You Lose Your Home
Full Court Press: Charles Kaiser on the Bush administration’s role in the subprime mortgage crisisBy Charles Kaiser / July 25, 2008 One of the most ignored aspects of the subprime mortgage catastrophe is the extremely active role the Bush administration … Continue reading
No One Is Willing to Join the Brigade to Take Preventive Action
We’re a Nation of Lemmings: Screw The Climate! We Want Our Cheap Gas!By Dave Lindorff / July 25, 2008 Listening to the endless stream of cars passing my house every day, and knowing, from watching them from my mailbox, that … Continue reading
ENVIRONMENT : A Point of No Return for Greenland’s Ice
Melt water is seen here running over the Greenlandic icecap, in August, 2007. A new analysis suggests there is a tipping point, in terms of how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, beyond which Greenland’s ice will be … Continue reading
HEALTH CARE : How Hospitals Are Killing E.R. Patients
King’s County ER in New York City where patient Esmin Green died due to negligence. Photo by uberzombie. Waiting Doom: A ‘systematic and widespread danger’By Zachary F. Meisel and Jesse M. Pines / July 24, 2008 Last month, Esmin Green, … Continue reading
McCaskill Takes On Military Industrial Complex
A Governmental Accountability Office report has found that Defense Contract Audit Agency officials and major defense contractors successfully pressured Pentagon auditors to hide damaging facts about the performance and costs of weapons systems. Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek / AP.Freshman senator … Continue reading
