Ignorance is Strength By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts June 24, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ The American media’s one-sided and propagandistic coverage of the Iranian election has made an American hero out of the defeated candidate, Mousavi. This leaves one wondering if anyone anywhere in the US media or US government knows that Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who served as [...]

Woman On Fire Asked If It’s A Pre-Existing Condition (satire)

Dandelion Salad Also titled, “Those G-d Damn Socialist Fire Fighters!” leecamp June 24, 2009 more about “Woman On Fire Asked If It’s A Pre-Exi…“, posted with vodpod see Health Care Reform Legislation Markup, Day 4 Healthcare Hypocrisy + Tell ABC to Ask Obama Why Isn’t Single Payer on the Table? (updated)

Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim? by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 24 June 2009 In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, I learned early on to expect, as one of Guantánamo’s first commanders, Maj. Gen. Michael Dunlavey explained, that many of the men were “Mickey Mouse” prisoners, with no [...]

Like Killing Flies by Bruce Gagnon

by Bruce Gagnon featured writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes June 24, 2009 My letter to the editor was published in our local paper, The Times Record, today. Just as I was posting this I learned about US drones killing another 45-50 people in Pakistan as they were attending a funeral of people who had recently [...]

Iran Election Questions: Noam Chomsky’s Speculation

Dandelion Salad representativepress June 23, 2009 Here are two short clips I edited and transcribed of Noam Chomsky answering questions about the Iranian elections. Iranian People Speak: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/… Noam Chomsky’s hour interview on WorldStreams Radio on June 17, 2009: http://worldstreams.org/past62.html Text of flyer I handed out at Riverside Church on Friday June 12th: http://representativepress.blogspot.c… http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/steal… [...]