US Army moves to WATCHCOM 2 + Casey: Army would have to ‘shift gears’ for N. Korea battle (updated)

Updated: May 30, 2009 Apparently the first story is not accurate.  The Army has moved to WATCHCOM 2.  See updated story below and US military in South Korea ‘pushing’ the North Dandelion Salad MINA Thursday, 28 May 2009 Sources close to MiNa claim the US Army has moved their alert level to Defcon 2. This [...]

Jonathan Drori: Why we’re storing billions of seeds

Dandelion Salad TEDtalksDirector May 28, 2009 Eggplant from my garden http://www.ted.com In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity — one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds [...]

Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos ‘Show Rape’ + Was Rape an Enhanced Interrogation Technique?

Dandelion Salad By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent and Paul Cruickshank ICH May 28, 2009 “The Telegraph“ Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged. At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is [...]

Torture? What Torture? We Need More Torture! By Gary Corseri

By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad May 28, 2009 “What they regard as Tao is not Tao, and what they consider as right is often wrong.  [They] do not really understand Tao, but understand some of it. … They are able to worst others by argument, but do not convince people in their hearts, [...]

Former Interrogator Rebukes Cheney for Torture Speech

Dandelion Salad bravenewfilms May 25, 2009 Dick Cheney says that torturing detainees has saved American lives. That claim is patently false. Cheney’s torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women. Matthew Alexander was the senior military interrogator for the task force that tracked down Abu [...]