Category Archives: RagBlog

Great – I just start buying CFBs to increase my energy efficiency and reduce my carbon footprint, and now we discover that CFBs are serious sources of mercury pollution. I recall arguing with a member of the East Lake Washington … Continue reading →

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We’ve said before that you could be next. It seems clear based on everything we’ve seen this criminal administration do in the past seven years that they are beyond the law, they will steam-roll anyone in their way, and they … Continue reading →

This article has already been on European Tribune in late December, and there is an update now concerning the fact that I have registered an LLC in Washington for the purposes outlined in this piece. I will send the update … Continue reading →

Activists Bare Teeth Over ForeclosuresBy Adam Geller / March 1, 2008 Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town. They rounded the suburban traffic circle in a pair … Continue reading →

A Brand of Politician: To a True Maverick, It’s an Earned LabelBy Joe Holley / March 1, 2008 Arizona Sen. John McCain happily donned the “maverick” mantle in 2000 as he climbed aboard the Straight Talk Express and set off … Continue reading →

US: Vets Break Silence on War CrimesBy Aaron Glantz SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 28 (IPS) – U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed … Continue reading →

From Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog

Human Rights, Torture and the PresidencyBy Naomi Wolf / February 28, 2008 I just flew back from Australia, where I was speaking about the erosions of our civil liberties. Believe me, the rest of the world is agog at our … Continue reading →

In its March 3, 2008 issue, The New Yorker magazine has a major feature story on the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas – one of two facilities in the country used to detain immigrant families. Hutto has … Continue reading →

Ben Griffin: Former SAS, Banned Speech to Anti-War Rally Ben Griffin speaks to World Against War rally before being gagged by UK Government “As of 1940 hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly … Continue reading →

Nah … George W. Bush and his gang have been scaring us into believing that the terrorism threat is much greater than it really is, and making it dramatically worse by their actions in Iraq and other parts of the … Continue reading →