Financial Reform, Words and Deeds by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader June 26, 2009 The Nader Page It’s good that Barack Obama is an agile basketball player because on financial regulatory reform he’s having to straddle an ever widening chasm between his words and his deeds. Obama said: “Millions of Americans who have worked hard and behaved responsibility have seen their [...]

White House Drafts Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects

Dandelion Salad By Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn washingtonpost.com Friday, June 26, 2009; 5:18 PM The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White [...]

The Sanctity of Human Blood: Vaccination is not Immunization – A Book Review

by Guadamour Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Guadamour’s blog post June 26, 2009 In this thirteen edition of his book, (thedoctorwithin 2009) Tim O’Shea, a San Jose California chiropractor, gives all the well documented information a parent or grandparent needs to know before they choose or choose not to vaccinate their child. O’Shea’s approach is systematic, [...]

Iranian envoy: CIA involved in Neda’s shooting?

Dandelion Salad CNN.com June 26, 2009 MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — The United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting Saturday made her a symbol of opposition to the June 12 presidential election results, the country’s ambassador to Mexico said Thursday. “This death of [...]

Obama administration seeks to quash suit by 9/11 families By Barry Grey

Dandelion Salad By Barry Grey www.wsws.org 26 June 2009 The Obama administration has intervened to quash a civil suit filed against Saudi Arabia by survivors and family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The suit seeks to hold the Saudi royal family liable, charging that it provided financial and other support [...]