Category Archives: RagBlog

Israeli Researcher : Moses High on Psychedelics By Simon McGregor-Wood / ABC News / March 5, 2008 Jerusalem — Moses and the Israelites were on drugs, says Benny Shanon, an Israeli professor of cognitive philosophy. Writing in the British Journal … Continue reading →

Five YouTube Videos Show US Soldiers At Their Worst. Axis of Logic says they show them at their best.Mar 5, 2008, 21:06 The Digg story “U.S. Soldier throws puppy off cliff” had, at last count, 5,527 votes. Digg commenters, never … Continue reading →

Mark Penn: the bloody approach. Here are two important articles discussing the Democratic presidential race and especially the destructive turn the Hillary Clinton campaign has taken, much of it under the direction of Mark Penn. These pieces put current events … Continue reading →

Democracy is ill served by its self-appointed guardiansBy Simon Jenkins Our sonorous moralising lies behind so much bloodshed in the past 50 years. A sense of history surely counsels humility 05/03/08 “The Guardian” — – This week’s Russian elections were … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Iraq, 2003-2008, Two Recipes for Disaster The Commander-in-Chef Cooks Up a Storm: Recipes for Disaster in IraqBy Tom Engelhardt and Frida Berrigan In the week that oil prices once again crested above $100 a barrel and more Americans than … Continue reading →

Looking Past Super Tuesday David Hamilton / The Rag Blog Analysis of the Democratic presidential race. From a publicity perspective, Tuesday was a great day for Hillary Clinton. However, from the perspective of the delegate count, it was very nearly … Continue reading →

Million Musicians March, March 17, 2007, Austin, Texas MUSICIANS, EVERYONE: help amplify the call for peace from Austin, Texas! Saturday, March 15th, 2008. Noon Rally at State Capitol 1 pm — March to City Hall 1:30-4:00 Concert & Speakers Come … Continue reading →

Blackwater trainee Gregory Collier screams for team members to evacuate during a drill. I have edited the introductory part of this lengthy article. The link for the complete article is at the end. It was first posted on September 26, … Continue reading →

Half the City’s Poor Now Permanently Displaced: The Cleansing of New OrleansBy BILL QUIGLEY Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages … Continue reading →

This comes from a remarkable album called Needle in the Groove: Women Singing for Social Change. It is an album conceived and created in the West Bank, Palestine from the talents of many musically professional women and Palestinian members of … Continue reading →

CIA Rendition Flight Paths Exclusive: I Was Kidnapped by the CIABy Peter Bergen, MotherJones, March/April 2008 Issue Inside the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program ­and the bungled abduction of would-be terrorists For hours, the words come pouring out of Abu Omar … Continue reading →