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Quote of the Day : Hobgoblins
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H.L. Mencken Thanks to Doug Zachary / … Continue reading
The Needle and the Damage Done
The Days of Wine and Oil-Soaked Rosesby Paul Dean / May 17th, 2008 Our valiant Prez once again in a recent interview shared his insight with Americans that we are “addicted to oil.” The solution? Bush says the country needs … Continue reading
Manipulating Highly-Educated Doctors
Pharmaceutical Payola — Drug Marketing to Doctorsby Robert Weissman / May 17, 2008 Last week, a Congressional committee properly raked Big Pharma over the coals for misleading advertising of pharmaceuticals. A hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight … Continue reading
Robert Fisk on Junior’s Words in Israel
Photo by Michael TottenSo Just Where Does the Madness End?All the monsters buried in the mass graves of the civil war have been dug upby Robert Fisk / May 17, 2008 I am not sure what was the worse part … Continue reading
Austin Family Joins War Against Stuff
Like many young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances, and, after a son, Quinn, 5, and daughter, Nichola, 15 months, came along, toys, toys, toys. Photo by … Continue reading
The Astounding Power of Empty Words
Military Matters: Iraq state fantasyBy William S. Lind WASHINGTON — When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sent his “army” to fight the Mahdi Army in Basra, U.S. President Bush called it “a defining moment.” It turned out instead to be … Continue reading
Iraqi Women Are Still Suffering the Most
How picture phones have fuelled frenzy of honour killing in IraqBy Patrick Cockburn / May 17, 2008 SULAYMANIYAH — A dark pool of dried blood and a fallen red scarf mark the place where Ronak, who had fled to a … Continue reading
Peak Oil to Food to Steel : The Domino Effect
First of all, we likely have already peaked last year, or are now peaking in world oil production, as currently soaring oil prices should indicate. But see also the following link: Revision of Depletion Model. This being the case, it … Continue reading
The Time Has Come for Americans to Blink
Everybody Knows.By Sheila Samples / May 16, 2008Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.Everybody knows the war is over.Everybody knows the good guys lost.Everybody knows the fight was fixed.The poor stay poor, the rich get … Continue reading
Moron-in-Chief on Obama and Appeasement (Bomb, Bomb Iran Dept.)
Lies of AggressionBy Paul Craig Roberts / May 16, 2008 On May 15, the White House Moron, in a war-planning visit to Israel, justified the naked aggression he and Ehud Olmert are planning against Iran as the only alternative to … Continue reading
McCain’s Magic Carpet Ride
John McCain Trades Straight Talk for Unadulterated FantasyBy Arianna Huffington / May 15,2008 John McCain unveiled his new campaign strategy today: invite the American people to take a magic carpet ride with him to the land of Eternal Sunshine. In … Continue reading
BushCo’s GWOT: Making You Less Secure
The survivors’ stories leave no doubt: Guantánamo Makes Us All Less SafeBy George Monbiot / May 14, 2008 Official accounts reveal with chilling clarity that acts carried out in the name of the war on terror have backfired dreadfully When … Continue reading
