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Not for What We Believe, But Rather for What We Do
Poll: American image remains dim in Muslim worldJune 15, 2008 AMMAN — The image of the United States remains overwhelmingly negative in most of the predominantly Muslim countries surveyed, a latest global poll revealed on its website. According to the … Continue reading
Global Economy in an Inverted World
Guys shooting craps in musical “Guys and Dolls.”The Stock Market :Shooting Craps From the LeftBy Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2008 [The following comments by Rag Blog contributor Steve Russell are followed by an Op-Ed piece … Continue reading
Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts
What the Jihadists REALLY Have in MindBy James Retherford / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2008 [An earlier version of this article was published by New York Times Online, October 29, 2004. James Retherford is an Austin activist, graphic … Continue reading
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Peak Oil to Food to Steel : The Domino Effect
First of all, we likely have already peaked last year, or are now peaking in world oil production, as currently soaring oil prices should indicate. But see also the following link: Revision of Depletion Model. This being the case, it … Continue reading
Carbon Dioxide Hits New High
World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warnBy David Adam / May 12, 2008 The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to … Continue reading
Engelhardt and McKibben : Last Chance to Save the Earth
The Defining Moment for Climate ChangeBy Tom Engelhardt Already climate change — in the form of a changing pattern of global rainfall — seems to be affecting the planet in significant ways. Take the massive, almost decade-long drought in Australia’s … Continue reading
High Price of Oil and the Global Economy
Paris sez: No prob! Smooth Sailing Ahead Its easy to disprove the pessimism below. When we had the great depression, all we had to do was to go discover enough new US oil to keep the economy expanding and then … Continue reading
Michael Klare : Oil Rules!
TomDispatch interview with author, Mike Klare It’s strange that the business and geopolitics of energy takes up so little space on American front pages — or that we could conduct an oil war in Iraq with hardly a mention of … Continue reading
Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger.
And if you care, eat less meatBy George Monbiot / April 15, 2008 A food recession is under way. Biofuels are a crime against humanity, but – take it from a flesh eater – flesh eating is worse. Never mind … Continue reading
Now, It Seems, We’re a Nation of Cowards
See below. Courtesy of the National Archives.George W. Bush’s Version of the Nuremberg TrialsBy David von Ebers In many respects, the war crimes trials held at Nuremberg, Germany, in the aftermath of World War II represented the pinnacle of American-style … Continue reading
Peak Oil Solutions: Biofuels and GMO’s
Scott Pittman, center, with Harvey Stone and Alice Embree at the Rag Reunion, Sept. 3, 2005. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.One Step Solution to a Two Step DitchBy Scott Pittman / April 15, 2008 / The Rag … Continue reading
World Economic Leaders Gather : Confront Major Food Crisis
World Bank president Robert Zoellick. Photo by Saul Loeb / AFPWorld economic leaders act to counter financial, food crisesApril 13, 2008Washington –World economic leaders here this weekend took steps to alleviate the worst financial shock in decades and a food … Continue reading
