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The Sunday Snapshot : The Signpost for Change
Source / MoveOn.org Thanks to Betsy Gaines / The Rag Blog / Posted August 24, 2008
My Generation Didn’t Exactly Live Up to Expectations
Goodbye and Get Lost! The Devolution of the Baby Boom GenerationBy John F. Miglio / August 22, 2008 Some people say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. — John Lennon Although Albert Camus died before baby … Continue reading
We Should All Follow Our Hearts and Minds
The old future’s gone: Progressive strategy amid cascading crisesby Robert Jensen / August 15, 2008 “The old future’s gone,” John Gorka sings. “We can’t get to there from here.”1 That insight from Gorka,2 one of my favorite singer/songwriters chronicling the … Continue reading
It Is the World That Junior Has Helped Build
Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and George W. Bush arrive at a summit on the Black Sea, April 5, 2008. Photo credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque.Putin’s war enablers: Bush and CheneyBy Juan Cole Russia’s escalating war on Georgia reveals the consequences of … Continue reading
Are the Rest of Us to Be Mere Bystanders?
On the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, John Pilger describes the ‘progression of lies’ from the dust of that detonated city, to the wars of today – and the threatened attack … Continue reading
Greed … Has Marked the Upward Surge of Mankind
Evil as the Absence of Empathyby Ernest Partridge / July 26, 2008 We live in a world … hardened and distorted by hate. We communicate in the language of fear and violence. Human beings are no longer viewed as human … Continue reading
We are doomed! Sort of!
Earth in crisis, food and water increasingly scarce, people freaking out. Should you join them?By Mark Morford / June 25, 2008 It would be nice to think much of the ugliness is coming to an end. It would be lovely … Continue reading
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A Cacophony of Inanity
Fastened to a Dying AnimalBy Phil Rockstroh / April 30, 2008 Here in this crumbling empire once known as the American Republic, here in a nation that, at present, for all practical purposes, only produces Cheetos and killer drones, whose … Continue reading
Our Hands Are Tainted with Innocent Blood
‘Blood Diamonds’ ‘Blood Oil’ and ‘Blood Food’By Pablo Ouziel True commitment to stopping the war in Iraq requires a global human rights strike, in which the working population of the world stops producing, until the governments and the corporations realize … Continue reading
New Chemical Weapon ‘Ennui Gas’ Induces Listlessness, Dissatisfaction With Life
A group of test subjects in an Afghan cave contemplate the banality of modern terror.Pentagon reveals secret weapon.April 21, 2008 WASHINGTON—Calling it the most effective tool to date in the War on Terror, the Pentagon announced Monday that it had … Continue reading
Trembling with Indignation at Every Injustice
“Guerrillero Heroico” – Alberto KordaHope is for Suckersby Mickey Z. / April 11, 2008 Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man. – Friedrich Nietzsche We can’t give up hope, I’m often told. Keep hope … Continue reading
