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Dick Cheney ’94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

2 – 5 pm, Sunday, August 26th, AFL-CIO (11th & Lavaca; Austin, Texas) The Gray Panthers are sponsoring a forum on health care issues titled “Improving Access to Health Care in Texas: Next Steps” on Sunday, August 26th from 2:00 … Continue reading →

Resistance of Oneby David Swanson, August 10, 2007 There is something else we can try. If you’ve given up on staging marches and rallies, or if – like me – you haven’t but you want to try something else as … Continue reading →

The FBI in peace and war — still the sameby Saul Landau, August 11, 2007, Progreso Weekly When I read a news story about the FBI “taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United … Continue reading →

Rough waters for Canada’s war in AfghanistanBy Roger AnnisAug 12, 2007, 01:29 On August 19-21, demonstrators across Canada will protest the conference of prime minister Stephen Harper, U.S. president George Bush, and Mexican president Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec. The … Continue reading →

Tales of Angst, Alienation and Martial Law: Roasting Marshmallows on the American Reichstag Fire to Come.By Phil Rockstroh, Aug 10, 2007, 18:03 In this summer of angst and grim foreboding about what further assaults against common sense and common decency … Continue reading →

Principal Resigns Over ‘Intifada’ T-ShirtsAP, Posted: 2007-08-11 10:13:10 NEW YORK (Aug. 11) – An Arabic-themed public school will still open in September, despite the abrupt departure of its embattled principal, the city Department of Education said. So far, 45 students … Continue reading →

Pfizer Facing 4 Court Cases in NigeriaBy HEIDI VOGT, AP, Posted: 2007-08-11 00:29:41 KANO, Nigeria (AP) – A security guard in this dusty Nigerian city is living with tragedy – a 14-year-old son whose dazed eyes, slow speech and uneven … Continue reading →

New York Officials Monitor Terror ThreatAP, Posted: 2007-08-11 07:42:43 NEW YORK (Aug. 11) – Authorities were taking extra counterterrorism precautions Friday in response to what they said was an unsubstantiated radiological threat to the city. Officials said they had not … Continue reading →

China’s “Nuclear Option” is realBy Paul Craig Roberts 08/11/07 “ICH’ — — Twenty-four hours after I reported China’s announcement that China, not the Federal Reserve, controls US interest rates by its decision to purchase, hold, or dump US Treasury bonds, … Continue reading →

We were fairly okay with this, right up to the part about installing Nancy Pelosi in the White House. Frankly, what has to happen is that the ruling class is simply eliminated from Amerikkkan politics once and for all time. … Continue reading →

TehranophobiaDilip Hiro, August 9, 2007 8:30 PM George Bush’s pronouncements on the relationship between Iran and Afghanistan lower his credibility even further. On Monday, the Iranophobia of US president George Bush was once again on display. The occasion was the … Continue reading →