Layered hypocrisy: Pelosi and the Lama do their thing to wash the empire’s robes. Bad Faith I SEE MORE AND MORE PROTESTS regards Tibet … and they seem to go hand and hand with the *save Darfur* crowd. Share on Facebook
This story was sent to us by our friend Aika Ames, to whom we extend our gratitude. The Wages of Compassion Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn’t open all the way even [...]
Beyond the New Deal by Howard Zinn We might wonder why no Democratic Party contender for the presidency has invoked the memory of the New Deal and its unprecedented series of laws aimed at helping people in need. The New Deal was tentative, cautious, bold enough to shake the pillars of the system but not [...]
March 21, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist NYTimes Partying Like It’s 1929 By PAUL KRUGMAN If Ben Bernanke manages to save the financial system from collapse, he will — rightly — be praised for his heroic efforts. But what we should be asking is: How did we get here? Share on Facebook
Hardly surprising that this latest plunge into pathetic exhibitionism and public self-debasement is brought to us by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Channel, the bottom-feeder par excellence…specializing in the mass merchandising of lies & manure, dear Rupert also gave us the equally moronic and wildly over-rated American Idol…The proper name for such shows is really “American Fools.” [...]
Bear Stearns in Bankruptcy: Can You Feel Their Pain? By Dean Baker Originally at t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 17 March 2008 According to the current plans being crafted in Washington, you will. Bear Stearns, one of the longstanding giants of Wall [...]
ANSWER: When you’re talking about US media owners, honchos, or a mainstream politician. Action Alert Why Are Winter Soldiers Not News? Dateline: 3/19/08 Dozens of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars gathered in Silver Spring, Maryland last weekend for the Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan hearings (3/13/08-3/16/08), where they offered harrowing [...]
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