Category Archives: RagBlog

USDA appoints corporate agribusiness reps to Organic Standards BoardPublished on Tuesday, December 19, 2006.Source: News Target (NewsTarget) The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week that it has appointed four corporate agribusiness representatives to positions on the National … Continue reading →

Much AdoBy: Jane Hamsher Via Josh Marshall, we learn that the AP is trying to find out what happens to Guantanamo Bay detainees once they are released. These are, after all, the people who were so very dangerous that we … Continue reading →

Having followed the events in the Iraqi blogosphere from early in 2003, this post from Faiza Al-Arji is so sad. I have not read the Family in Baghdad blog for quite some time, but I have followed one of the … Continue reading →

John Kane died of cancer last Wednesday. Without going into too much detail, John was one of those who did much to make Austin weird in the first place. John was my roommate at Nueces College House in the summer … Continue reading →

h/t Melanie Colburn

December 04, 2006, Letters To The Editor, The Oregonian To the Editor: I have a son in Iraq: the 1st Armored Division of the Army, stationed at a remote outpost near the hotbed Ramadi. Last week his platoon lost two … Continue reading →

U.S. forces detain Reuters correspondent in Ramadi Ramadi, Dec 19, (VOI) – U.S. forces early on Tuesday arrested the correspondent of Reuters news agency in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, Iraqi police said.“A large number of U.S. Hummer vehicles … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq WithdrawalMarc Cooper For the first time since Vietnam, an organized, robust movement of active-duty US military personnel has publicly surfaced to oppose a war in which they are serving. Those involved plan to petition … Continue reading →

We are just not getting it – under the provisions of the Military Commissions Act, the Patriot Act, and other legislation that our Congress has passed and that has been signed into law, you could potentially be picked off the … Continue reading →

We will continue to demand that George Bush and this administration respect and uphold the Geneva Conventions. Not doing so is a war crime, and anyone who does not object to the knowledge that George Bush and his administration are … Continue reading →