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Yearly Archives: 2008
POETRY / Larry Piltz : People of a Jealous God
move Air Wing One to Sector Nineand Air Wing Two just across the linerefresh the map at Sector Rnow flood the field with hover carclick it once to enlarge the gridencrypt the code for Captain Kidddelete and clear each square … Continue reading
Perfect Fit : Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush
‘Muntazer al-Zaidi jumped up as Bush held a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, shouted “It is the farewell kiss, you dog” and threw his footwear.’ December 14, 2008 BAGHDAD — A journalist hurled two shoes at President … Continue reading
Potential Afghan War Crime Ignored by US
As possible Afghan war-crimes evidence removed, U.S. silentBy Tom Lasseter / December 11, 2008 DASHT-E LEILI, Afghanistan — Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern Afghanistan loaded with a human cargo of suspected Taliban and al … Continue reading
US, Russia, China Refuse to Sign Cluster Treaty
Just a reminder: this is what cluster bomblets do to people.Cluster Bomb Treaty and The World’s Unfinished BusinessBy Ramzy Baroud / December 13, 2008 The United States, Russia and China are sending a terrible message to the rest of the … Continue reading
Loving: What Are You Looking At ?
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Rogers: "We’re Going to Have a Lost Decade"
Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks “bankrupt”By Jonathan Stempel / December 11, 2008 NEW YORK – Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks “totally bankrupt,” and said … Continue reading
Drag Queen Daddy : What Do We Tell the Kid?
We are running the following important advice as a special service to our readers. It comes from ‘Dear Prudence: Advice on Manners and Morals’ from the online magazine Slate. Go here to read more from Prudence, to get her to … Continue reading
A Lesson From Canada (and Detroit) : Single Payer Health Care is Way to Go
‘Canada pays LESS for health care per person than the US — with far better results in terms of general wellness of the population.’By Tommie Sue Montgomery / The Rag Blog / December 13, 2008 See ‘If G.M. Were a … Continue reading
P. Cockburn: Iraq SOFA* Hands US Total Defeat
It’s All Spelled Out in Unpublicized Agreement: Total Defeat for U.S. in IraqBy Patrick Cockburn / December 11, 2008 On November 27 the Iraqi parliament voted by a large majority in favor of a security agreement with the US under … Continue reading
On Revoking Israel’s UN Membership Pending Compliance with International Law
Of course, one key issue with this proposal is that UN membership of a whole bunch of nations would have to be revoked for consistency, starting with the US. Can’t see too many folks going along with that scenario. Richard … Continue reading
