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American Society : Dick and Jane in Plastic Playland
Children’s play equipment and the decline of the American yard.By Tom Vanderbilt / April 2, 2008 The next time you drive down a street in suburban or exurban America, pay careful attention to the yards. Lurking somewhere, either peeping out … Continue reading
Supremes Revive Goldie Oldie
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
The Amerikkkan Bureaucracy Churns Tediously
U.S. has Mandela on terrorist listBy Mimi Hall WASHINGTON — Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza … Continue reading
Can We Stop the Destruction?
Fantasy or Reality – Is There a Way Back?By Siv O’Neall / May 1, 2008 The world is standing on its head. Logic and reason are gone. Humpty Dumpty had a big fall and is sliding downhill faster than has … Continue reading
How We Love Our Children
A Fagin NationBy Jerome Doolittle / May 1, 2008 One of the many things we believe about ourselves that just ain’t so is that Americans, God love us, are absolutely crazy about children. Dote on them. Pamper them. Protect them … Continue reading
Endlessly Banging Our Heads Against History
Raw sewage in the GazaIsrael is suppressing a secret it must faceBy Johann Hari / April 28, 2008 How did a Jewish state founded 60 years ago end up throwing filth at cowering Palestinians? When you hit your 60th birthday, … Continue reading
Quote of the Day – Noam Chomsky
Chomsky on American elections: If one is flipping a coin to pick the king, it is of no great concern if the coin is biased. Failed States, p.223.
Juan Cole Reviews Junior’s Lies of 5 Years Ago
5 Years after Mission Accomplished:April US Troop Toll 50 Killed;1,073 Iraqis Killed this MonthBy Juan Cole / May 1, 2008 5 Years after George W. Bush’s infamous speech aboard the USS Lincoln, the mission seems incomplete. Bush imagined that he … Continue reading
Denial and the Oil Crisis
When you are living inside a failing empire, of course there is going to be massive denial. The last thing to go will probably be the satisfied consumerist imagery that is the stock in trade of TV commercials. Kunstler isn’t … Continue reading
May Day : Iraqi Workers Declare Solidarity With U.S. Unions
Union solidarity in the face of war From The Rag Blog / May Day / May 1, 2008 The following comes to us from U.S. Labor Against the War. It includes two May Day communications from the working people of … Continue reading
Red Headed Stranger Turns 75
Part of Willie Nelson’s appeal has been the lack of certainty about his life, including the exact date of his birth. Some sources say it is April 28, some say it’s April 30. Photo by Bill Olive / Houston ChronicleFriends … Continue reading
New Math from the Sec’y of Defense
New U.S. carrier in Gulf a “reminder” to Iran: GatesBy David Morgan / April 30, 2008 MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Navy has temporarily added a second aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a “reminder” to Iran, but this was … Continue reading
