Bill Moyers Journal: Pecora hearings with Simon Johnson and Michael Perino

Dandelion Salad Bill Moyers Journal PBS April 24, 2009 Simon Johnson and Michael Perino Bill Moyers speaks with economist Simon Johnson and Ferdinand Pecora biographer and legal scholar Michael Perino. Johnson is a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Perino is a [...]

CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks + Countdown: Haynes was told methods were torture

Dandelion Salad By Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel McClatchy Newspapers April 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any “specific imminent attacks,” according to recently declassified Justice Department memos. That undercuts assertions [...]

Where’s My Change? by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page April 24, 2009 “No more fine print; no more confusing terms and conditions.” This is what Barack Obama told a White House gathering of leading credit card issuers this week. Right afterward, President Obama told the press that “there has to be strong and reliable protections for [...]

Just a Jesus-Christ’s phase: more genocides! By Roland Michel Tremblay

By Roland Michel Tremblay Featured Writer Dandelion Salad The Marginal 24 April, 2009 In history At some point or another Someone just reaches critical stardom Preaching some sort of distorted love Some sort of distorted truth about the world This is referred to As going through a Jesus-Christ’s phase Many people die as a consequence [...]

Death and Taxes by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com 04/21/2009 April 24, 2009 Oh those “tea parties.” They just go to show you how much publicity you can get for a cause that troubles not very many people when you’ve got a powerful Privatized Ministry of Propaganda behind you. And boy, was [...]