The Cook Plan (video)

by Richard C. Cook Featured Writer We Hold These Truths by Richard C. Cook Originally uploaded by Lorri37 Dandelion Salad richardccook.com February 8, 2009 WillowTreeWorld Richard C. Cook proposes “A Bailout for the People: Dividend Economics and the Basic Income Guarantee.” Cook is a former analyst for the U.S. federal government. His book on monetary [...]

Bolivia, Obama, and UNASUR + Bolivia and the United States

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews More at http://therealnews.com/t/in… New constitution in Bolivia and the new U.S. government more about “Bolivia, Obama, and UNASUR Pt3“, posted with vodpod *** Bolivia and the United States Pt4 More at http://therealnews.com/t/in… Sinclair Thomson on the history of Bolivian-U.S. relations in the 2nd half of the 20th century. more about “Bolivia and [...]

America’s New Asian Quagmire – Graveyard of Empires by Tom Burghardt

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, February 7, 2009 antifascist-calling.blogspot.com With the situation on the ground rapidly deteriorating, U.S. imperialism’s South Asian adventure is going off the rails. The New York Times reported February 4 that supplies “intended for NATO forces in Afghanistan were suspended Tuesday after Taliban militants blew up a highway bridge [...]

Bank crisis? Reform! By Rudo de Ruijter

Dandelion Salad By Rudo de Ruijter, Independent researcher, www.courtfool.info Netherlands Abstract: This article describes an idea for a bank reform, with which the enterprises are protected against the antics in the banking world and which enables better economic policy, also in hard times. Inroduction There are many analyses about the causes of the bank crisis. [...]

Australia struggles to battle wildfires + Australian bush fires + Fire Hell

Dandelion Salad AlJazeeraEnglish Thousands of firefighters and hundreds of volunteers are battling wildfires in southeastern Australia. In the state of Victoria, dozens have been killed and at least 100 homes destroyed in the blazes. People are busy trying to protect their homes and to avoid the heat, as the temperature reaches record levels. Al Jazeera’s [...]