Indonesian minister says swine flu could be man-made

Dandelion Salad ABS-CBN News Online Beta Agence France-Presse | 04/28/2009 3:22 PM JAKARTA – Indonesian Heath Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said Tuesday the deadly swine flu virus could have been man-made, as she urged calm over its spread around the world. The controversial minister did not elaborate but in the past she has said Western [...]

Spanish judge starts Guantanamo torture probe + Torture Prison in Poland

Dandelion Salad Stuff.co.nz Reuters 30/04/2009 A Spanish judge has started a criminal investigation into suspected torture of detainees in the base at Guantanamo and said he would target both US military personnel and those who issued their orders. Judge Baltasar Garzon, who once tried to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, said he based his [...]

Former U.S. Senator Ernest F. (“Fritz”) Hollings on “Silent Conspiracies” by Richard C. Cook

by Richard C. Cook Featured Writer Dandelion Salad richardccook.com April 29, 2009 We Hold These Truths by Richard C. Cook Originally uploaded by Lorri37 I met Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings (D-SC) in 1985 in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I had testified before the Rogers Commission after I leaked documents to [...]

Mexico City on lockdown to slow swine flu spread

Dandelion Salad AlJazeeraEnglish Officials in Mexico City, home to about 20 million people, have declared a state of high alert. Restaurants have been partially closed, with only takeaway food being allowed to be sold. Gyms, sports clubs, swimming pools and billiard halls have been suspended as part of the government’s strategy to slow the spread [...]

The Mixed Economic Report Card on Obama’s First 100 Days by Rodrigue Tremblay

Dandelion Salad by Rodrigue Tremblay www.thenewamericanempire.com Wednesday, April 29, 2009 “An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd [...]