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House Resolution Calls for Naval Blockade against Iran
Proposed actions could lead to war with Iran by Andrew W Cheetham A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Department of Defense, Iran, Naval Blockade, Social Action
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Food For Thought
Turning Your Lawn into a Victory Garden Won’t Save You — Fighting the Corporations WillBy Stan Cox / June 23, 2008 The corporate agriculture industry would like nothing better than to see us spend all of our free time in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Capitalism, Corporate Power, Dissent, Gardening, Political Action, Social Action
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A Litany for George Carlin in Seven Words
George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Comics, Deaths, Dissent, Entertainers, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Language, Obscenity, Satire, Social Commentary
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Amsterdam : To Have Such Problems!
Coffee shop for cannibis smokers in Amsterdam You can’t get busted for smoking weed, but tobacco is another matter. Roger Baker / The Rag Blog Marijuana Is In, Tobacco Is Out Under Netherlands’ Smoking Ban By Martijn van der Starre … Continue reading
Juan Cole’s Requiem for Iraq
And he shreds the MSM while he enumerates the litany of horrors and grief in Iraq. It is disgusting how the American press chooses the things we are allowed to know. And their complicity in the lead up to this … Continue reading
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Members of the Austin peace movement demonstrate outside the Texas state capitol Friday afternoon, June 20, 2008. The vigil, organized by CodePink and MDS/Austin, was part of the monthly Iraq Moratorium demonstrations held around the country. Photo by Heidi Turpin … Continue reading
Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House : No More Power Bills–Ever
Power Plant: Computers, inverters and other controls help Strizki harvest as much as 90 kilowatt-hours of electricity on a sunny June day. Photo by David Biello / Scientific American.A New Jersey resident generates and stores allthe power he needs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Architecture, Energy, Engineering, Sustainability
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The Return of the Neocons
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, an architect of the neocon philosophy. Illustration by Paul Giambarba / Courtesy truthout. Bush Hawks Aggressively Working to Rewrite Accepted Iraq War History By James Risen / June 19, 2008 Ever since … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Administration, CIA, Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, George W. Bush, History, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Right Wing
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Washington Beheading
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
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Tagged Cartoon, Civil Liberties, Congress, Democratic Party, Privacy
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Iraq: The Never-Ending (Dismal) Story
Witnesses Link Chemical to Ill US Soldiers: Highly toxic substance used at Iraq plantBy Farah Stockman / June 21, 2008 WASHINGTON – US soldiers assigned to guard a crucial part of Iraq’s oil infrastructure became ill after exposure to a … Continue reading
Another One Bites the Dust
George Carlin: American RadicalBy John Nichols / June 23, 2008 I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. — George Carlin. The last vote that George Carlin said … Continue reading →