Category Archives: RagBlog

One of our members thinks this is “dumb,” and there will certainly be no argument from me.But I’m posting this, too, just to make the point that there are no known limits of dumb …Oh, this second piece is titled … Continue reading →

This photo comes from Mariann Wizard, who says, “A gorgeous red-shouldered hawk photographed on the ground at Canton in late October — he did not appear to be feeding, but just strolling around; I believe I could have gotten closer … Continue reading →

To indicate how horrible the situation in Baghdad is, this is a brief excerpt from Healing Iraq, where we give only three of dozens of messages from frightened, concerned, fearful Iraqis about their neighbourhoods and what they were doing to … Continue reading →

For one man’s ego. And that would perhaps make a 15th article of impeachment. US unable to win in west Iraq, Marines sayDafna Linzer and Thomas Ricks, WashingtonNovember 29, 2006 THE US military is no longer able to defeat a … Continue reading →

Well, over at the Daily Kos, they’re getting real about what should happen to George Bush and Dick Cheney. We concur with their assessment. Here’s a snip of it: Articles of Impeachment against Bush and Cheneyby Eternal HopeFri Nov 24, … Continue reading →

Last Sunday: Digging in and digging deepby Robert Jensen [Remarks to the first in a series of “Last Sunday” community gatherings in Austin, TX, November 26, 2006.] We billed Last Sunday as a place for people to come together to … Continue reading →

Americans bearing gifts The Iraqi newspaper Azzaman prints a curtain-raiser on tomorrow’s the Bush-Maliki meeting in Amman that makes it appear Bush will be “choosing” among a number of points on the Sunni-Iraq wish-list, and will be pressing Maliki to … Continue reading →

Thank you, Charlie.

… science always loses. More Scientific Sleight of HandWilliam Fisher NEW YORK, Nov 24 (IPS) – Most abstinence-until-marriage education programmes in the United States — which receive about 158 million dollars annually from the Department of Health and Human Services … Continue reading →

Milton Lost: Can We Regain Paradise?By Jason MillerNov 27, 2006, 06:38 [I dedicate this essay to the untold millions who suffered as a result of Milton Friedman’s creation of an intellectual bulwark for economic brutality. On 11/16/06, Friedman died of … Continue reading →

AP Analysis: Firms Crimping Oil SuppliesPublished on Sunday, November 26, 2006. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — You’d think it was Texas. Dusty roads course the scrubland toward oil tanks and warehouses. Beefy men talk oil over burritos at lunch. Like grazing … Continue reading →

And they want more facts – it’s fact enough that you can be wire-tapped without warning or warrant at any time. Stop fact-finding and shut down the NSA program !! Year of bipartisan outrage on wiretaps bears little fruitEric LichtblauNew … Continue reading →