Philip Alston: Record AfPak Drone Attacks Under Obama May Violate International Law

Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! Oct. 28, 2009 UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, Philip Alston: Record AfPak Drone Attacks Under Obama May Violate International Law Investigative reporter Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine revealed last week that the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan has risen dramatically under President Obama. During his first [...]

Is Capitalism on the Ropes? By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney October 28, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ Interview with Michael D. Yates and Fred Magdoff 1. Mike Whitney—In your new book, “The ABCs of the Economic Crisis: What Working People Need to Know”, you allude to right wing think tanks, like the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, which promote [...]

US-Israeli Missile Defense War Game Signals Israeli Attack on Iran By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts October 28, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ There’s no word in the Western press, but Al Jazeera reports that the US and Israel are conducting tests of the high altitude missile defense system that the US has provided to Israel. The anti-missile system is useless against the short range rockets [...]

Congressman Alan Grayson Honors the Dead

Submitted on Buzzflash Dandelion Salad RepAlanGrayson October 28, 2009 This is Rep. Alan Grayson reading stories from the site http://www.NamesOfTheDead.com. more about “Congressman Alan Grayson Honors the D…“, posted with vodpod pt 2

Tea Party Express II: Rise Of The Tea Bags

Dandelion Salad TheBRADBLOG October 28, 2009 A short film of sorts, by Brad Friedman — We went out to Griffith Park out here in L.A. on Sunday 10/25/09 to check out the kick-off day for the new “Tea Party Express II” national tour. Thought we might meet some interesting people and file a quick video [...]