Category Archives: RagBlog

Jay Rockefeller’s Unintentionally Revealing Commentsby Glenn Greenwald As the Senate takes up “debate” today over granting the President new warrantless eavesdropping powers and granting immunity to lawbreaking telecoms, the individual who joined forces with Dick Cheney to get this ball … Continue reading →

Why I Would Vote for Barack ObamaBy Steve Russell If I got to vote at a time when it mattered, that is. But I will not moan and groan about being cut out of the process. If we move to … Continue reading →

Canada’s Mining Continuum: Resources, Community Resistance and “Development” in Oaxaca, MexicoWritten by Dawn Paley, Wednesday, 23 January 2008Source: The Dominion CAPULÁLPAM DE MENDEZ, OAXACA — It is an open secret that throughout the Americas and the world, people are struggling … Continue reading →

Palestinians have poured into the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing through holes blown along the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

The “Brutal World”: How did Western Civilization get a monopoly on “moral conscience” when it has no morality?By Paul Craig Roberts “The first use of nuclear weapons must remain in the quiver of escalation as the ultimate instrument to prevent … Continue reading →

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293www.tarotbykate.bigstep.comkate_braun2000@yahoo.com “Happy Days Are Here Again, the skies above are clear again…”Saturday, February 2, 2008, is the celebration of Candlemas, also known as Imbolc, Brigit’s Day, Feast of Lights, and Candelaria. We celebrate and encourage the growth … Continue reading →

Thanks to Kate Braun for this snippet. Do you want a National Sales Tax in addition to your state sales tax? Presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee do. They support a bill by John Linder (R-GA) to institute a … Continue reading →

American pressure thwarts UN censure of Gaza Strip blockadeBy Shlomo Shamir and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies 21/01/08 ” Haaretz.” — – -The United Nations Security Council will not approve a resolution condemning Israel over the closure of … Continue reading →

Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, Nato toldIan Traynor in Brussels, Tuesday January 22, 2008, The Guardian The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other … Continue reading →

Going Bankrupt: Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American RepublicBy Chalmers Johnson The military adventurers of the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups … Continue reading →

How the Iraq war’s $2 trillion cost to U.S. could have been spentCraig and Marc Kielburger, Jan 21, 2008 04:30 AM In war, things are rarely what they seem. Back in 2003, in the days leading up to the U.S. … Continue reading →

Guys, I’m afraid we haven’t got a clue …Monday January 21, 2008, The Guardian In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, experts warned Tony Blair that occupying the country and trying to impose a western-style democracy was … Continue reading →