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Paying to Repair It for Decades to Come
Iraq and the US economy: ills feeding off each otherBy Joseph E. Stiglitz / April 11, 2008 Some say there are two issues in the coming American elections: the Iraq war and the economy. On days when the war seems … Continue reading
Illinois Man Makes It Through Day
Blume summons the strength to brush his teeth.Adam Blume: An amazing story of survival.April 11, 2008 Schaumburg, IL—Despite an overwhelming, seemingly endless barrage of frustrations, area systems analyst Adam Blume made it through the entire day Tuesday, overcoming the odds … Continue reading
Hook ‘Em : UT Laser Makes Brightest Light in the Universe
Erhard Gaul, research associate at the Fusion Research Center, left, speaks beside the Texas Petawatt laser with Dr. Yury Zakharov from the Novosibirsk Institute in Russia and Willie Padilla, professor of physics at Boston College. Photo by Peter Franklin / … Continue reading
George W. Bush Is a War Criminal
White House Authorized War CrimesBy Jan Crawford Greenburg, Howard L. Rosenberg and Ariane de Vogue / April 9, 2008 In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific … Continue reading
Junior’s Reality Is One We Don’t Comprehend
I’m through with masking the truth. It is time to publicise in vivid red, white, and blue the horrible consequences of this illegal, immoral, unconscionable war in the Middle East. When you finally become sick enough of seeing these graphic, … Continue reading
The Clinton-Colombia Connection : It Goes Back a Long Way
Bill Clinton and Columbian President Alvaro Uribe Valez at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, Sept. 20, 2006. Columbia : Coffee, Cocaine and ClintonBy Arianna Huffington A week ago, if you’d asked most people to say the first … Continue reading
And It All Comes Tumbling Down
Peak Energy. Peak Food? World oil price hit a record of $112 a barrel today, gasoline prices also hit a record, electric power generation is faltering, and rice prices have risen 50 per cent in two weeks. Peak energy soon … Continue reading
German Citizen Challenges U.S. Rendition Before Human Rights Commission
Khaled el-Masri, a German of Lebanese descent says the CIA abducted him Dec. 2003 at the Serbian-Macedonian border. Photo y Thomas Kienzle / AP.Man claims CIA tortured him, goes to international courtApril 9, 2009 Washington — A German citizen thwarted … Continue reading
Subjecting Iraqi Women to Medieval Mores
Hidden: The surge is spreading power to gunmen who prefer their women veiledWathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images Sacrificed to the SurgeBy Silvia Spring and Larry Kaplow / April 14, 2008 Tribal fighters have cut down Iraq’s violence. But they’re subjecting … Continue reading
Petraeus’ Testimony : Everything His President Wants to Hear
General Betray Us? Nahhh…..By Robert Scheer / April 9, 2008General Betray Us? Of course he has. MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to recycle its slogan from last September, when Gen. David Petraeus testified in support of escalating the U.S. war … Continue reading
Food Supplies: Killing Us Slowly
Photo: BBCFood Price Rises Threaten Global Security – UNby David Adam / April 9, 2008 Rising food prices could spark worldwide unrest and threaten political stability, the UN’s top humanitarian official warned yesterday after two days of rioting in Egypt … Continue reading
