GOP: Kicking the Poor in the Mouth
You know the movies: the thugs move in on someone they don’t like, punch him to the ground and then start kicking at his head, his ribs, his face. Like … [Keep reading >>]
Archive for June, 2010
Everything They Say
Uff! I’d hate to make this my daily reading but as a resource for fact checking and holding to account it should be invaluable.
Today, we’re [California Watch] unveiling … [Keep reading >>]
Hands Across the Sand
Like thousands of other people, I’ll be part of the “Hands Across the Sand” nationwide protests against offshore oil drilling this Sunday (June 27). Local events begin at 11 a.m. … [Keep reading >>]
The New Normal – High Unemployment
By NORMAN SOLOMON
Statistics might not lie — but they easily go flat as wallpaper when high unemployment is routine.
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Hispanic Votes Gushing from GOP Blow Hole
Don’t know if Robert Creamer is right, but the numbers are starting to line up.
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman felt compelled to back tough anti-immigrant measures to get the … [Keep reading >>]
Australia’s New Prime Minister
Not a few were gobsmacked late last night to read the breaking news from Thursday morning Australia. The once high-riding Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had been informed by major … [Keep reading >>]
Every War Has Two Losers: A Film
Every War Has Two Losers: A Film by Hayden Reiss
…based on the journals of William Stafford, a conscientious objector in World War Two and National Book Award winner. Despite being … [Keep reading >>]
Every War Has Two Losers: A Film in San Rafael
Bay Area filmmaker Haydn Reiss will present his film Every War Has Two Losers, a short documentary on poet and pacifist William Stafford, and engage in a discussion about the … [Keep reading >>]
McChrystal Mess
I’m off in the woods where the silence is mostly broken by birds and rushing rivers. The explosion of McChrystal’s bombshell remarks barely reach here however loud they are exploding … [Keep reading >>]
Gulf Gusher and Attack on Iraq: Oil, Hubris and Stupidity
Juan Cole:
In the cases both of Iraq and of Deepwater Horizon, oil men were trying to get a big reserves of petroleum that had earlier been out of their reach. … [Keep reading >>]
Environmental Disaster Champion? Not so Fast
President Obama has been claiming that the BP Gulf Oil gusher is the largest environmental catastrophe the U.S. has ever faced. In Americans’ short attention span, it probably is — … [Keep reading >>]
BP Flipped Off Early Warnings
NY Times business reporter, Joe Nocera, reminds us of two earlier BP accidents in the United States.
In March of 2006 thousands of barrels of oil spewed over the Alaska tundra … [Keep reading >>]
