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What’s That in His Hand?
The Wool Over Our Eyes: A Nation of SheepBy Richard Rhames “The Labour proposal is modeled on a compulsory system in America where parents are threatened with jail if children are not immunized.” “No MMR jab, no school under new … Continue reading
Inner Strength That Will Carry His Family Forever
Ilse Ackerman, Meeno Peluce and their daughters get cozy in the nest the couple built from repurposed eucalyptus in the yard of their Lincoln Heights home.A Lincoln Heights fixer-upper is transformed into a country escape in urban L.A.By Lisa Boone … Continue reading
A Counterweight to the Northern Imperial Power
South America Creates Regional Union, ParliamentBy Marco Sibaja / May 23, 2008 BRASILIA, Brazil — A new South American union was born Friday as leaders of the region’s 12 nations set out to create a continental parliament. Some see the … Continue reading
Election of Judges : Only in America
Michael J. Gableman, left, defeated Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, right, after a campaign in which he falsely suggested Justice Butler had helped free a rapist.American ExceptionFor American Judges, Rendering Justice, With One Eye on … Continue reading
Corn Dog Cornyn : War Yes, GI’s No!
Sen. John (Corn Dog) Cornyn, R-Texas, aka “Lap Dog to the President.” Graphic by Bill Narum / The Rag BlogJohn Cornyn Funds the War But Not Those Who Fought ItBy Karl-Thomas Musselman/ May 23, 2008 The first paragraph from this … Continue reading
The Kernel of Solidarity Exists in Every Workplace
The Myth of the Reactionary Working Classby Adam Turl / May 23, 2008 The working class is back–or at least the words “working class” are. For decades, an army of pundits and academics argued that the majority of people in … Continue reading
No Torture. No Exceptions
“No Torture. No Exceptions” means: * reaffirming America’s commitment to existing federal laws and international treaties that ban torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under all circumstances. * renouncing all legal interpretations and executive orders that redefine torture and … Continue reading
If You Mess Up, People Get Hurt
How much we blatantly and consciously minimise the effects of this war in Iraq. It is unconscionable to me that we almost refuse to acknowledge the death in Baghdad of innocent civilians every day as a direct consequence of planned … Continue reading
Musical Remarks About the Big Five Oil Companies
Pain at the Pump by Brent Burns “This song is self-explanatory. It’s hard not to believe that a few people are making billions off a lot of regular folks who are just getting by! These ridiculous prices are a real … Continue reading
It’s Larry Craig "Bobblefoot" Day!
Minor league promotion is homage to senator’s airport bathroom bustMay 22, 2008 Capitalizing on Senator Larry Craig’s restroom bust, a Minnesota minor league baseball team this Sunday is giving away a promotional item celebrating the Republican politician’s arrest last year … Continue reading
Americans: Cowering from Our Responsibility to Defend the Constitution
For His Treatment of Children in the ‘War on Terror’ : Bush Is a War CriminalBy Dave Lindorff / May 22, 2008 Surely nothing that President Bush has done in his two wretched terms of office — not the invasion … Continue reading
Rove to Testify Before Congress … Hah, Hah, Hah
Man, just read what this piece says: “… Conyers had negotiated with Rove’s attorneys for more than a year …” This says everything I need to know about the meaning of Congress. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog House Committee … Continue reading
