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Fox News : A Rogue’s Gallery
Fox News’ Criminal PunditsBy James Thindwa Conservatives have created a two-tier system of accountability: one for progressives, the other for themselves and their claimed moral rectitude. Share Digg del.icio.us Reddit Newsvine The sensationalist media inquest into Sen. Barack Obama’s associations … Continue reading
Psycho Christians, McCain, and the Media
Robert Mitchum as crazed preacher in “Night of the Hunter.” UNION CITY, Calif. — Republican John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler … Continue reading
Reflections on the Question of Appeasement
Financier Prescott Bush and son George H.W. Bush.The Bushes and Hitler’s AppeasementBy Robert Parry The irony of George W. Bush going before the Knesset and mocking the late Sen. William Borah for expressing surprise at Adolf Hitler’s 1939 invasion of … Continue reading
Texas Rebuked Over Seizure of Mormon Children
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leave the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, on Friday, April 18, 2008. Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP.Appeals court: state had no right to seize … Continue reading
Contempt for the Plight of the Common Man
Let’s be clear about the contempt that corporate Amerikkka holds for you, me, and all those trying to make their way. This example is one of thousands a day that shows that we are beneath them, they have no time … Continue reading
Vets Getting Shaft from Veterans Affairs
GI with PTSD. Photo by Nine Berman/ReduxPost-traumatic Stress under-diagnosed, documents revealBy Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner / May 21, 2008 Recently released documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are further proof the VA has failed to adequately address … Continue reading
Wanted : Vegan Republican Moles…
In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groupsBy Matt Snyders / May 21, 2008 They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin … Continue reading
The Financial Three-Card Monte Falls Down
“Far From Normal”By Jim Kunstler Those were the words that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke used to describe the financial markets (and by extension the economy) these heady spring days when everybody else with a rostrum, it seems, has pronounced the … Continue reading
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Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Resisting Monsanto’s Seed Imperialism
Focus On The Corporation: The Genetically Modified Food Gambleby Robert Weissman There have been few experiments as reckless, over-hyped, and with as little potential upside as the rapid rollout of genetically modified crops. The International Service for the Acquisition of … Continue reading
Surgeons (or Is It Politicians?)
An Oregon surgeon says: ‘I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.’ An Ohio surgeon, responds: ‘Sure, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.’ The … Continue reading
Austin’s Legendary Oat Willie’s, In Art
Oat Willie’s, Austin’s venerable sixties headshop, a living monument to counterculture history in one of the true birthplaces of the sixties counterculture, recently observed its fortieth birthday with a gala celebration at Austin’s Moose Lodge. Hosted by founder and proprietor … Continue reading
