The End of International Law? By Robert Dreyfuss

Dandelion Salad By Robert Dreyfuss ICH November 04, 2008 The Nation 10/28/2008 A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib. Like the original Bush doctrine — the one that Sarah Palin couldn’t name, which called for preventive military action [...]

Election Returns (links) + Obama wins + McCain Concession Speech

Dandelion Salad Here is Barack Obama Acceptance Speech Nov. 4, 2008 Updated several times, see below for the latest reports At 1:27 AM with 3508 of 3533 precincts reporting in MO: 1,426,815 McCain 1,426,402 Obama Election Returns: The Real News Network Live from Washington and Toronto Coverage of the US election Call us with your election [...]

Dr. J.’s Commentary: What Certain Folks Will Miss About George Bush

by Steven Jonas, MD featured writer Dandelion Salad Buzzflash.com November 4, 2008 On the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times of November 2, 2008, six contributors were asked to respond to the question “What Will I Miss About President Bush“. As The Times said, “The Op-Ed editors asked six writers to reflect on what [...]

US and India forge a strategic partnership with globally disruptive nuclear treaty

Dandelion Salad By Kranti Kumara and Keith Jones 4 November 2008 www.wsws.org Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukerjee and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation treaty last month, concluding a three-year drive on the part of their countries’ respective elites to take Indo-US bilateral relations to “a new level.” The [...]

Jared Diamond: Why societies collapse

Dandelion Salad TEDtalksDirector http://www.ted.com Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how — if we see it in time — we can prevent it. more about “Jared Diamond: Why societies collapse“, posted [...]