The “Geithner Put”: It’s time to break up the big banks by Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad by Mike Whitney Global Research, February 25, 2009 Dumping $1 trillion of toxic assets onto US taxpayers Timothy Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan that will dump $1 trillion of toxic assets onto the US taxpayer. The plan, which goes by the opaque moniker the “Public-Private Investment Fund” (PPIF), is [...]

Obama’s Afghan “surge” sows seeds of new wars by Keith Jones

Dandelion Salad by Keith Jones www.wsws.org 24 February 2009 US imperialism is set on a course to expand and intensify the Afghan War—vastly increasing the number of troops deployed to Afghanistan and extending the war into neighboring Pakistan. The Obama administration’s Afghan troop “surge” and the ensuing ratcheting up of violence will have catastrophic consequences [...]

Campaign to close down School of The Americas

Dandelion Salad Updated: 3.02.09  added Pt 2 TheRealNews More at http://therealnews.com/t/in… Pablo Ruiz: US tax dollars are used to train Latin American soldiers how to oppress their own people more about “Campaign to close down School of The …“, posted with vodpod *** Updated Campaign to close the School of the Americas Pt.2 For more [...]

Justice Department will stop medical marijuana raids, Attorney General says + Massive drug sweep nets 750 arrests

Dandelion Salad by John Byrne and David Edwards The Raw Story Thursday February 26, 2009 In a little-noticed remark Wednesday, Obama Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries established under state laws but technically prohibited by the federal government. The decision marks a shift from the [...]

Empire: Israel and the US

Dandelion Salad AlJazeeraEnglish In this episode of Empire, Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, and his guests zero in on the special relationship between the US and Israel. They explore who benefits from the special relationship and whether the status quo will prevail. more about “Empire: Israel and the US“, posted with vodpod Part [...]