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Beware the New New Thing AND The Already Thing
Christian Northeast / NYTNew internet technologies could bring de facto censorship.By Damian Kulash Jr. / April 5, 2008 Recently, the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust task force invited me to be the lead witness for its hearing on “net neutrality.” I’ve … Continue reading
Defending the Indefensible: Billions in Subsidies
I don’t know about you, but I wanna throw up all over these smug, arrogant fuckers. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Stephen Simon (Exxon Mobil), John Hofmeister (Shell), Peter Robertson (Chevron), JohnLowe (Conoco Phillips) and Robert Malone (BP America) … Continue reading
Never Did the Possibility of Disappointment Offer So Much Hope
Would you like change with that? Super Tuesday II, as Fox dubbed it, took some steam out of the Obama bandwagon, but he’s still the likely Democratic nominee, and therefore the likely president-to-be. Which is remarkable, really—a nonparticipant can only … Continue reading
We Need to Demand a Less Bloated Budget
When Pigs Sprout Wings: Mangled Rationales for a Fatter Defense BudgetBy WINSLOW T. WHEELER The Pentagon’s budget is now bigger than at any point since World War II as measured in constant 2008 dollars. Nonetheless, some want more stuffing. They … Continue reading
Whoa doggies!
Gas prices in Death Valley this week. Source. Thanks to Jim Baldauf / The Rag Blog Some thought the above picture, posted earlier today (April 1, 2008), was an April Fools joke. Well, if it is, the joke’s on all … Continue reading
Howard Zinn on Election Madness
Howard Zinn Elections matter, when backed by the power of the peopleBy Howard Zinn [This article first appeared in the March, 2008, issue of The Progressive. Must say, Zinn’s perspective is worth paying attention to. We do go a bit … Continue reading
Getting the Attention of the Bandit Class
If It’s Not Dead on Arrival, Someone Should Shoot It Quick: Paulson’s Fixit Plan for Wall StreetBy MIKE WHITNEY It is being billed as a “massive shakeup of US financial market regulation”, but don’t be deceived. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s … Continue reading
Get ’em While They Last
The New Yorker Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
A Good Show from the Cheap Seats
From Jim Kunstler’s Clusterfuck Nation. Black Swans Everywhere After a one-day reprieve from total meltdown in the financial markets, news media cheerleaders for the most reckless gang of bankers in world history declared the crisis over on Good Friday (with … Continue reading
Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Iran
The March 20, 2008 US Declaration of War on IranBy John McGlynn 28/03/08 “ICH” — — March 20, 2008, destined to be another day of infamy. On this date the US officially declared war on Iran. But it’s not going … Continue reading
His Overwhelming Grace and Exasperated Wrath
God Damn America, Especially PennsylvaniaBy Greg Palast The kids were snoozing so I drove along the back roads skirting the Lackawanna River on a dawn hunt for black coffee and a newspaper. I think even Norman Rockwell would have found … Continue reading
Supreme Court Inc.
How the nation’s highest court became increasingly receptive to the arguments of American business. By Jeffrey Rosen [This article first appeared in the March 16, 2008 issue of The New York Times Magazine. It’s a scary read if you’re not, … Continue reading
