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Don’t Argue. Just Do It.By Jerome Doolittle This is your own, personal mantra. Repeat it to yourself silently, over and over, with your eyes shut and your ears plugged. It will help, I promise. It has worked for others. No … Continue reading
An Economic Allegory
The Emperor CultBy Tim Case “Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be … Continue reading
The So-Called Success of the Surge
Dahr Jamail portrait ©2005 Robert Shetterly.Rule, Not Reconciliationby Dahr Jamail / FPIF / March 17, 2008 As we mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, rhetoric around the “success” of the so-called surge continues. Presidential … Continue reading
The End of the Sovereign Self
Tomgram: Philip K. Dick Meet George W. Bush Blowing Them Away Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry: Globalization Bush-styleBy Tom Engelhardt Imagine, for a moment, that you live in a small town somewhere near the Southern California coast. You’re … Continue reading
Beyond Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Judge calls immigration officials’ decision ‘beyond cruel’By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2008 In a stinging ruling, a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials’ alleged decision to withhold a critical medical test and other treatment from … Continue reading
Free Rodney Reed
Walter Reed, father of Rodney Reed. National Phone Jam For Rodney ReedMarch 17 and 18: Demand a new trial for Rodney Reed! Oral arguments in Rodney’s case are being heard Wednesday, March 19 by the notorious Texas Court of Criminal … Continue reading
Gotcha’ Bank Right Here…
George W. Bush puts an optimistic spin on purchasing Bear Stearns for $2 per share when it traded last year for $159. BuckFush.comThanks to Jim Baldauf / The Rag Blog
Nostalgia for Saddam?
Only Saddam Hussein could run Iraq, says aide By Damien McElroy / Telegraph.co.uk / March 16, 2008 Baghdad — A prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition movement that helped propel America and Britain to war in 2003 has said the … Continue reading
A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
U.S. Chief Auditor Leaves: Giving Dire Warning About National DebtBy David S. Broader 16/03/08 “Washington Post” — -It was sheer coincidence that David M. Walker spent his last day Wednesday as comptroller general of the United States at the same … Continue reading
Police watch riot at SXSW
Fucked Up fucks up. Music fans leap into river to escape chaosBy NME.com / Mar 15, 2008 A riot occurred in the early hours of this morning (March 15) on Lamar Pedestrian Bridge in the midst of the SXSW festival … Continue reading
Carolyn Wonderland
Carolyn Wonderland: A True Texas Guitar Hero(ine) Gets Her SXSW DueBy Michael May / American Public Media / March 15, 2008 It’s South By Southwest time in Austin, Texas. And right now, the streets are clogged with an event optimistically … Continue reading
No Longer a Nation – Just a Geographic Expression
Inside Iraq – Iraq: Five years on – 14 Mar 08 Patrick Cockburn: Iraq is a country no more. Like much else, that was not the planSunday, 16 March 2008 The death rate in Baghdad has fallen, but it is … Continue reading
