Category Archives: RagBlog

Blackwater USA Blackwater USA is the private American security company whose tactics are under scrutiny following a series of high-profile shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians. The company is just one of many such mercenary outfits that provide bodyguard details for … Continue reading →

But he’s gonna keep takin’ it, just the same as the rest of us are. At least he’ll stand up and tell Junior he’s lying and we know he’s lying. America Tortures Prisoners, Carter SaysCNN, Posted: 2007-10-10 20:01:44 WASHINGTON (Oct. … Continue reading →

Report: Swelling Hippie Herds Pose Threat To Delicate FreakosystemDecember 9, 1998 | Issue 34•19 WASHINGTON, DC–The indigenous North American hippie population has expanded to the point that its teeming herds are endangering the planet’s fragile freakosystem, warned a Department of … Continue reading →

Enough is Enough! Nooses at ColumbiaBy SUNSARA TAYLOR 2006: A noose is hung from a “Whites Only” tree in a Jena, Louisiana high school. September 20th, 2007: tens of thousands descend on Jena in an outraged and joyful protest. October … Continue reading →

FOX ATTACKS! Business Brave New Films says, “The laughter could have rocked a city block when we at BNF heard that FOX was launching a business channel called FBN, an anagram of BNF! Since we are among the precious few … Continue reading →

6. Pat Died for Our Sins “Was his death by fratricide an accident or a homicide? After all, he had reportedly advised fellow Rangers to vote for John Kerry and, on his next leave, was looking forward to meeting Noam … Continue reading →

The Big Lie: ‘Iran Is a Threat’By Scott Ritter 10/08/07 “Common Dreams” — — Iran has never manifested itself as a serious threat to the national security of the United States, or by extension as a security threat to global … Continue reading →

But apparently the US will to do so is! Derailing a dealBy Noam Chomsky 10/08/07 “Khaleej Times” — — NUCLEAR-armed states are criminal states. They have a legal obligation, confirmed by the World Court, to live up to Article 6 … Continue reading →

`This is a great day for liberty´By James TweedieOct 8, 2007, 13:08 Thousands of peace protesters won a victory for civil liberties and told Prime Minister Gordon Brown to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan on Monday. Police had threatened … Continue reading →

Disparitiesby Steve Coll October 8, 2007 Just over a year ago, during a high-school assembly in Jena, Louisiana, a black student asked the school’s white principal if it would be all right to sit under an oak tree outside, an … Continue reading →

Blackwater Shootings ‘Murder,’ Iraq SaysBy JAMES GLANZ and ALISSA J. RUBINPublished: October 8, 2007 BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 — The Iraqi prime minister’s office said Sunday that the government’s investigation had determined that Blackwater USA private security guards who shot Iraqi … Continue reading →

Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran