Category Archives: RagBlog

This comes from a writer, new to us, discovered today. He is Manuel Valenzuela of Valenzuela’s Veritas. Collaborators of Catastrophe: Inside the Ministry of Truth [snip] With the complete and utter failure of America’s experiment with hubristic imperialism outside its … Continue reading →

… W was dead a long time ago. I admired George Lakoff when I studied linguistics in the late 1970’s. Apparently, I still do. Staying the Course Right Over a Cliff The Bush administration has finally been caught in its … Continue reading →

From Healing Iraq, with an excellent accompanying map of the current situation in Baghdad from an Iraqi perspective. More ‘Coup’ Rumours in Baghdad Baghdad is rife with the strangest rumours again chiefly as a result of the latest deployment of … Continue reading →

One commentor put it, the point isn’t the chair. it’s a demonstration of a given technology. Imagine dropping boxes of parts out of a plane and then having those parts assemble themselves into a shelter, or a bridge, or a … Continue reading →

Kerry Richardson holds her twin sons, Kaydon, left, and Layton.Infant Twins Have Different Skin Color LONDON (Oct. 27)- A pair of British twin boys has been born with different skin color, a rare genetic occurrence according to experts. In an … Continue reading →

This comes from our buddy at Crushed by Inertia. “Back off”? This is how our elected officials explain themselves to us? “Back off”? “Hey, Don, since none of your plans have worked out yet and things are getting worse by … Continue reading →

Since we’re in the mood to kick Don Rumsfeld’s sorry ass across the living room and back, we give you DoD Day. The YouTube poster says, sponsored by Texaco and Ballantine Ale, Keith Olbermann posted the comedy musings of Donald … Continue reading →

France, the United States and Japan slip further Mauritania and Haiti gain much ground North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea: The worst violators of press freedom New countries have moved ahead of some Western democracies in the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders … Continue reading →

… Before Something Constructive Will Finally Happen? Iraqis Were Better Off Under Saddam, Says Former Weapons Inspector COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix on Wednesday described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as a “pure failure” that … Continue reading →

I s’pose this guy must be talking about US. Hah, hah, hah …. Rumsfeld: Terrorists use media to manipulate American peopleby Army Sgt. Sara WoodAmerican Forces Press Service 10/26/2006 – WASHINGTON (AFPN) — The “center of gravity” in the Iraq … Continue reading →

Complaints Mount at US Fortress in Iraqby David Phinney WASHINGTON – Several months before a U.S. construction foreman named John Owen would quit in disgust over what he said was blatant abuse of foreign laborers hired to build the sprawling … Continue reading →