Category Archives: RagBlog

Major Blow Struck Against Racist U.S. Crack Sentencing RulesBy Bill Piper, AlterNet. Posted December 13, 2007. Finally, some good news for drug policy. In the history of the civil rights movement there are probably only a handful of moments in … Continue reading →

The Freedom to Starve: Why the Left Should Reject Ron PaulBy SHERRY WOLF “POLITICS, LIKE nature, abhors a vacuum,” goes the revamped aphorism. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s surprising stature among a small but vocal layer of antiwar activists and … Continue reading →

Obama Versus Clinton Versus Plutocracy: Democratic Primaries Are Just EntertainmentBy Joel Hirschhorn, Published Dec 11, 2007 Here comes another inconvenient truth. Despite all the attention to Oprah for Obama and the pundit blabbering about the Democratic primary horse race the … Continue reading →

Only one thing unites Iraq: hatred of the USBy Patrick Cockburn The Americans will discover, as the British learned to their cost in Basra, that they have few permanent allies 12/12/07 “”The Independent”” — — As British forces come to … Continue reading →

‘Not us. We’re not going.’Stories by KELLY KENNEDY – Staff writerPosted : Saturday Dec 8, 2007 14:32:57 EST Soldiers in 2nd Platoon, Charlie 1-26 stage a ‘mutiny’ that pulls the unit apart Spc. Gerry DeNardi stood at the on-base Burger … Continue reading →

We Are What We Eatby Jamey LionetteDecember 12, 2007, AlterNet The following is an excerpt from Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed edited by Vandana Shiva (South End, 2007). I am not a scientist, journalist, or other specialist. … Continue reading →

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293www.tarotbykate.bigstep.comkate_braun2000@yahoo.com “Although you are still weak and helpless/Appearing as an infant small/yet we adore you as a great monarch,/Mighty, glorious Lord of all!” Saturday, December 22, 2007 is Yule, the Winter Solstice. This year, the Winter Solstice … Continue reading →

This Canadian wilderness is set to be invaded by BP in an oil exploration project dubbed … ‘The biggest environmental crime in history’By Cahal Milmo, Published: 10 December 2007 BP, the British oil giant that pledged to move “Beyond Petroleum” … Continue reading →

CIA Destroyed Tapes Despite Court OrdersBy MATT APUZZO,AP, Posted: 2007-12-12 06:45:58 WASHINGTON (Dec. 12) – The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some … Continue reading →

BUSH’S PHONY IRAN ‘THREAT’ EXPOSEDBy Bill Gallagher DETROIT — The stunned reaction of so many to the intelligence report that Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003 frankly stuns me. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and … Continue reading →

Iraq rejects permanent U.S. basesTue 11 Dec 2007, 15:47 GMTBy Peter Graff BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government’s national security adviser said, calling the issue a … Continue reading →

Advocates file complaint over detained immigrant childBy ANABELLE GARAY, Associated Press 8-year-old girl was separated from her mother for four days in detention facility meant to keep families together DALLAS — Immigrant advocates have filed complaints over an 8-year-old girl … Continue reading →