Obama’s 100 Days – The Mad Men Did Well By John Pilger

Dandelion Salad By John Pilger April 29, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ The BBC’s American television soap Mad Men offers a rare glimpse of the power of corporate advertising. The promotion of smoking half a century ago by the “smart” people of Madison Avenue, who knew the truth, led to countless deaths. Advertising and its twin, [...]

Taking liberties with our justice system by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk Originally posted at the Guardian 30 April 2009 The use of secret evidence against terror suspects in British courts makes a mockery of our legal process On the surface, we live in a country where long-established legal processes guarantee that, if arrested, you will be promptly charged, [...]

Even In Cheney’s Bleak World, The Al-Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 30 April 2009 Since the publication last week of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s report into detainee abuse in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo (PDF), much has been made of a footnote containing a comment made by Maj. Paul Burney, a psychiatrist with the Army’s 85th Medical Detachment’s [...]

Mosaic News – 4/28/09: World News From The Middle East

Dandelion Salad Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. linktv Mosaic needs your help! Donate here: http://linktv.org/contribute Headlines coming soon. Produced for Link TV by Jamal Dajani. more about “Mosaic News – 4/28/09: World News Fro…“, posted with vodpod

In the Wake of Economic Collapse. Iceland’s Election: It’s not about Left and Right by Prof. Michael Hudson

Dandelion Salad by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, April 29, 2009 I can hardly believe the news reports on Iceland’s election on Saturday, April 25. Evidently in an attempt to interest readers in an island few know or have cared much about, the papers tried to attract reader attention by talking about the “left” unseating [...]